 The Clyde Beatty Show The world's greatest wild animal trainer Clyde Beatty with an exciting adventure from his brilliant career The circus means thrills excitement snarling jungle beasts The circus means fun for young folks and old but under the big top you see only a part of the story The real drama comes behind the scenes where 500 people live as one family where Clyde Beatty constantly risks death in the most Dangerous act on earth this master of the big cats has journeyed to Africa and India hunting down his beasts in their native jungle All of this is part of the Clyde Beatty story Here is an absorbing tale called for children only Mercy hospital devoted to crippled children stands on a hill at the center of one of the larger New England industrial cities It is morning and Clyde and Harriet Beatty arrived here two hours ago to pay a surprise call on Alice Richards Daughter of one of their performers now they're ready to leave but have saved a second surprise till last We do have to go now Alice, but I think Clyde has something to tell you first What is it? Mr. Beatty? Well, we've done some rerouting in the circus lately Alice and next month. We're showing here You are oh, they'll be wonderful Then I'll be able to see mother and dad you probably see them before then but we have a surprise for you We'll probably be here three days and on the afternoon of one of those days We'll have all the children from the hospital at the circus as our guests That will be wonderful. Mr. Beatty. They'll love it. Have you arranged it already? Yes, Alice. We talked to the superintendent before we came down to see you He said there'd be about 200 children who could go just about that We're saving you and your friends the best block of seats we have you get all the trimmings including pink lemonade And afterwards we'll see that the children get a chance to visit with the performers They'll probably enjoy that most of all they probably will we'll try to see that they enjoy all of it Well, let's go Harriet. We've stayed longer than we should already. We'll have to hurry to get back in time There's a door at the end of this corridor we can go out isn't there Alice? Yes, just at the end there Oh, I think that's the side we parked on. Well, come on club. Goodbye Alice. Goodbye, Mrs. Beatty. Goodbye, Mr. Beatty and thank you for coming That's all right. We love seeing you She's a nice kid. Oh, she's a lovely girl. She's looking better too. Oh, she'll be all right It'll be fun seeing all those kids at the circus What next to your car looks as if someone's waiting to speak to you. Oh Hello there. You're a Clyde Beatty. That's right. You waiting to see me. I'm just there. Oh My wife, Mr. Thayer, how do you do for your information Harriet Thayer is the man who runs this town He is the town you want anything. He's the man to see. Oh You're the mayor No, not the mayor, Mrs. Beatty just the man who picks him out and tells him what to do afterwards. Oh Understand you're interested in charity, baby. What do you mean by that? I've heard things For instance, I've heard you're routing your circus this way giving those kids a free show news travels fast In this town I may get my business to know the news before it happens My information correct, baby. It's correct. But what about it? Well, maybe you'd be interested in another charity. What charity's that I haven't exactly decided That's all I'd figured on a basis of the amount of time you plan to stay here They expect you stay three days, don't you? We thought of it. Yes. Well three days at a thousand dollars a day makes three thousand dollars $3,000 for charity. This is a good circus town doesn't sound too steep to the baby beginning to sound to me like a personal charity Maybe it's for you. Maybe don't they say charity begins at home I've heard the saying but I'm not interested there I've never yet greased palms in order to show my circus and I don't intend starting to do it now. Okay, baby Your business a few to decide That permits are my business and without a permit you don't show here in that case. I don't show here, right Well, no hard feelings, baby Change your mind. Look me up. Well How low can you get if you're there that low? Come on get in But what are you going to do give in to it? I told you Harriet he runs this town But wait the children Clyde We've given them our promise look Harriet. I don't like this any better than you do but facts or facts Excuse me. Oh What do you want? I'm dr. Standish mr. Bady attached to the hospital. Oh, hello, dr You'll have to excuse me for speaking to you like this But I was trying to catch up with you felt I had to tell you what a wonderful thing you've done I've heard about the treat you promised the children that we can apply physical therapy mr. Bady But you can give them happiness and that's a great deal more important. Well, thank you. That's good to hear. Well, goodbye Goodbye, mr. Bady. I don't want to stain you just felt I had to tell you that Okay, Harriet that settles it. I don't know how but in spite of Thayer and his threats We're gonna put on a show for those kids We pause for this message Now back to our exciting Clyde Bady adventure for children only Clyde promised Harriet that he would do everything he could to make it possible for the crippled youngsters of Mercy Hospital to attend the circus So now a week later. He calls on Jeff fair in the latter's office. Oh, baby. Glad to see you No, thank you fair. I haven't much time and I'd rather stand I've had to cut things fine to get away from the circus for this long and I'd like to get right down to business I've come to see you about a permit. You should have gone to the city hall your city hall Right you are You can have that permit anytime you want it Bady Anytime that is if you decide on that little charitable gift. That's what I've come to talk about Okay, talk When I first started out with my circus there. I said I'd never pay graph money to anyone so far I never have I mean to keep that record clear and you're wasting your time You might be persuaded on other grounds. What other grounds those crippled kids at Mercy Hospital there I've promised them a free performance. They're looking forward to it. Do you want to be the one to disappoint them? Heck publicity what don't hand me that hearts and flowers stuff, baby You framed that stunt just for publicity now listen fair now you look here and that there's today's paper And here's your hospital story all written up in great style a story. You couldn't buy and for free You're doing very well too bad. You can't deliver. I didn't give that story out there You didn't have to it was a smoother job this way Now this is what you had in mind this beautiful publicity now. Don't try to work on my sympathy. They won't go down I'd like to know what makes a man like you take there money same thing that make you tick Can't you believe in a disinterested act of charity now? Can I I never seen one keep your eyes closed? And you'll never see anything okay, baby. I'll call your bluff. What do you mean by that? You're so interested in those kids you care so little about the publicity this story gave you that I'll cut that 3000 exactly in two make out your check for 1500 and the permits yours. No I saw I said no graft. Okay. No circus. Maybe I'll find another way Maybe I will don't know what it could be though right now neither do I but if there is another way I'll find it there and That's a promise I'm glad you're late expected you back two hours ago Good enough it Harriet and a little extra business to attend to well I've changed for my act and I'll tell you all about it. No, you've got plenty of time. Tell me now What happened with there? Oh Just about what you might have expected would happen. He wouldn't listen all he do is cut his figure But I got another idea. Oh, what was that? I went outside his jurisdiction I spoke to the mayor of Naplesville Naplesville. That's a suburb just outside town. Oh, not anywhere near as good a location But for our purpose plenty good enough At least it's close enough to the city for those kids to see their circus You've actually got the permit. Oh, it'll come by mail tomorrow. I'm so glad I was afraid. Oh, excuse me What is it Pete? There was a phone call over at the hotel for you, mr. Funko. Yeah, I took the message. It was long distance a fellow named Dodds calling from Naplesville Naplesville Dodds is the mayor Harriet Pete what did he have to say? Well, I didn't rightly understand the message, but he said you would mr. Beatty. Oh, what was it? Well, he said everything was off He said he'd been talking your proposition over with a man named Steyer and it couldn't be done. Oh Well, thanks. Oh, that's all right, mr. Beatty glad I could help What is it Clyde checkmate or only check? I don't know Harriet But it looks like checkmate. Why couldn't you done that this afternoon? Okay down boy all through Pete open the runway. I'm sending pass out. Yes, sir right away William just a minute Harriet. All right, I'll shoot up There you go coming Harriet Ah Pasha tried to disobey me this afternoon and a teacher me couldn't get away with it Is there something you want to see me about? Yes, I have a letter here Clyde. Oh, who from it's from the hospital from Alice. Oh, I won't read you all of it But I thought you might be interested in hearing this Mrs. Beatty, I particularly wanted to tell you how excited all the children are about the circus You think it was the most wonderful thing they'd ever looked forward to in all their lives Oh, yes, and I have to tell you about little Skippy Davis one of the boys here Dr. Standish told him if he could walk even just a step or two He might be allowed to be the elephant and now he's out in the garden trying very hard It would break your heart to see I'm sorry dr. Standish, but that's the way it is. Yes, of course mr. Beatty was good of you to drive all this distance to tell me. Oh, it wasn't so far We've doubled back toward the east, you know, then you're quite sure you won't be able to bring us your circus Quite sure I'm afraid doctor. In fact, it's impossible. I see Well, I should have to explain to the children, of course. No, no, that's my job. It'll be unpleasant, but it's my job all the same I admire your courage. It won't be easy. Oh Hello Alice you wanted to see me. I heard mr. Beatty was here. Hello, mr. Beatty. Hello Alice. How are you? I'm fine Thank you. It's good to see you Won't be long till you're here with the circus. Well, I I'm afraid I have something to explain about that Alice. Oh, you have what is it? Well Alice, I'm sorry to have to say this. Oh wait I'm sorry to have to interrupt you mr. Beatty, but I do want you to see this look here out the window in the garden See him. Hmm. See who give me Davis. I wrote you about him See how he's holding on and trying to walk. He's been doing that every day, mr. Beatty It's so good of you what you've done If he didn't have something to look forward to something to make him want to walk What's the matter? Did I did I say something I should mr. Beatty? You said something you should Forget what I told you just now dr. Standish. We're gonna do just as we first planned. I'll see you later I've just decided what I have to do Well, you win fair I do just what are you talking about baby? Here's my check $1,500 made out to you. Oh good. Thank you Decided all that fine publicity about the kids at the hospital shouldn't be wasted here. No. No, it wasn't that at all I didn't want to waste something else. Huh? What's that? Faith and hope I don't expect you to understand that there Just see that I get that permit by tomorrow morning after seeing a kid named Skippy Davis. I'm in no mood to be delayed We continue with the Clyde Beatty show and our story for children only after this message Now back to Clyde Beatty again Anxious to bring the circus to the crippled children of Mercy Hospital Clyde did the last thing He would ever have expected himself to do gave way to the political boss there and paid him the bribe money He demanded in exchange for a permit the 24 hours have passed since then and with the passage of each of these hours Clyde has found himself regretting his decision ever more deeply You don't like giving there that check do you Clyde would you expect me to like it? Well, don't feel too bad about it. You simply couldn't disappoint the children. Could you oh, that's the way? I felt at the time if I hadn't I'd never have done it, but Hey, wait a second. Maybe there's still a way out of this. Harry. It was our car I've parted in the backyard. Why what do you want to do drive? Well, there's a phone What I'm gonna call our bank and stop that check. Oh, no, you can't you just think I can't I suppose he will but he won't be collecting bribe money from me and the kids will still see their surface Come on, you can drive me to the drugstore at the corner Do you baby? With the idea of stopping that check I had a change of heart there. You'd better have another I'll make you so confounded much trouble Yeah All right, I'll take the stop order off the check can go through and I'll give the cancel check in the story to the newspapers Or would you rather I wouldn't you will never get a permit to show in my city as long as I live you're wrong We're showing that tomorrow. What you heard me. We're showing there tomorrow, baby You try that and I'll you'll what? Well, there's plenty I can do and you know that as well as I do I warned you trying anything like that and I'll make it cost you will see I'm going now, but you'll see That's a warning baby Anything like that. You'll regret it. Goodbye I've heard all that sounds like you're in for it now. You think so I'm gonna call our lot man What for if we're gonna show there? We're gonna have to have a lot, aren't we tell everybody to stay on their toes when I get back We may have to move fast Well, I got him Harriet everything fixed up. He can get us a lot He's already got it, but we'll have to bring the circus into town by a roundabout route So we'll have to move fast Pete. Oh Pete Get hold of Sandy tell him we'll have to knock down the tops just as fast as we can We won't have a minute to waste Okay, you will the first truck's get rolling take the back road into town Mary Okay Harriet have you checked the animal? All right, come on fellas. We're gonna make this fast. All right boys get those trucks rolling. We can't keep the kids waiting Come on boys. Let's go We're all ready to go now aren't we Clyde already as soon as the children show up. I wonder what's keeping you there I think it's possible. He doesn't know we're in town. Mm-hmm. It's possible after all we did come by a roundabout way You know, but if he doesn't know it yet, he soon will wait. I think that might Well, that's dr. Standish coming now. Come on Let's see how soon we can expect the children Hello there doctor. Oh Mrs. Beatty took us a little by surprise mr. Beatty. I thought we might didn't make you any trouble Did I know no no not a door not a bit the children were delighted But here they come now for those of their buses. You say you have men to help them into the tent. Why yes, of course The buses are here Pete. Tell the boys to get over there and help the kids inside You can go in with them doctor see that they're comfortable need anything extra just let me know Thank you. I'll do that. You're not going in now. No Clyde's expecting He's expecting Still other visitors one's not so welcome as these. Oh Oh, I see I'll go in then and again. Thank you for all you've done. It's quite all right Well, no sign of our power. No, not yet There's a band. Well, we'll wait another minute or two and if he hasn't come then we'll go in Who's that all right? Oh, that's fair Looks like he's brought half the thugs in down with him stopping over there. Come on. Let's see what he has to say What he has to say we could probably hear that if we go over in the next block probably good Hello there there haven't come to see the circus have you thought you'd put one over me by having your performance in the morning Didn't you well, it didn't work and no one knows better than I do that you haven't got a permit All right boys close up a shop for him. He's just a moment there Better call off your dogs. You may be making a bad mistake. What you don't think I'd have done this if I didn't know what I was doing Do you know just a minute boys? All right, baby. Let's hear what you have to say. I don't need a permit. Oh, you don't if you look at our ordinances You'll find that any public performance where a charge is made what public performance What this isn't the public performance is for those kids from the hospital and for no one else Even you couldn't get in Well, maybe it'd make more sense if I said that you especially couldn't look here baby just a minute Furthermore, this is one performance for which we're making no charge Only those youngsters are inside the big top besides the performers. We're not charging them one cent not even for pink lemonade So you take a look at that ordinance again. Is this true? You're not selling tickets not a one and no one but those kids are in there No one except the doctors and the tendons that came with them. What's the idea you trying to show me up? Not at all I made those kids a promise. I'm keeping it. That's all Well, what do you plan to do about it there? I'm just thinking You go right ahead you seem to be inside the letter of the law That's what I thought as a matter of fact. I made sure of that first of all All right, go ahead and give your performance, and I'll be seeing you afterwards I think I'll still have a surprise in store for you, baby. I'll be here. Good. See that you are All right boys forget it. Let's go Well, that's that I didn't like the way you said that about seeing you off to the show client neither did I That's three hours away, and I'm afraid I can't worry that far ahead Come on. Everything's clear now. Let's get back to the show Well, how did you like it doctor? Oh, we had a wonderful time We'll be forever indebted to you both mr.. Beatty and we thought your act was fine, Mrs.. Beatty Oh, thank you, and I don't know when the children have enjoyed themselves one half so much But look at them at their faces. You can see that for yourself Yes, they did seem to have a good time Glad what over there there. He's waiting for you. I saw him. Let him wait. Oh Hello there Alice. Did you have a good time too wonderful time, mr.. Beatty? I've just been saying goodbye to mother and dad, but I have to come over and tell you how much we all Appreciated it. I think I told mr.. Beatty the truth about this several weeks ago I told him then that the hospital could only provide the children with physical therapy But he could give them happiness and today. He certainly did. Well. Goodbye, mr. Beatty. Goodbye, Mrs.. Beatty Yes, and so must I goodbye Well, there we are a good time was had by all now we pay for it Hello there there. I've been expecting you. You've been standing over there like the skeleton at the feast I imagine I have how do you do mrs.. Beatty? I Want you to take this hmm take what my hand and told you I might have a surprise for you didn't I yes But what well, this is it. I want to shake your hand, Beatty Nobody ever got the best of just there before But you've proved something to me that I didn't think possible and that is that something can be done without hope of reward It's a fair this morning cost you several thousand dollars in it That's a company secret. I can't tell you. Well, it muster and I Well, I've never seen a character like you before baby And I wanted to remind you that I swing a lot of weight around this whole county So if anybody starts giving you trouble you tell them to see me well up wait a minute I had one thing more baby. What's that when you come back next year? Don't be going to the city hall asking for any permit There says you don't need one and I'm still boss of this town So long goodbye miss baby That's what I like about life with a circus area what you meet so many interesting people In a moment Clyde Beatty returns with a preview of our next adventure Here is Clyde Beatty when Harriet and I visited a small village in North Wales to see a performing bear We thought might fit into our circus. We had no idea. We'd meet a human beast who needed taming But that was what happened in the adventure. I call the bear It's a strange story of the Welsh mountains the black shaft of an abandoned coal mine a devil in human form and The bear I'd like to tell it to you next time we meet All stories are based upon incidents in the career of the world's famous Clyde Beatty and the Clyde Beatty Circus The Clyde Beatty show is produced by Shirley Thomas for children only was written by Gibson Scott Fox All names used were fictional and any resemblance to persons living or dead is purely coincidental. This is a Commodore production