1 00:00:44,700 --> 00:00:46,200 Hi. 2 00:01:02,267 --> 00:01:04,906 Rudy, listen, you're the manager of this dump. 3 00:01:05,038 --> 00:01:08,711 lt's your place to see that those kids keep their stum where it belongs. 4 00:01:08,841 --> 00:01:10,711 Oh now, they're nice kids. l know them all. 5 00:01:10,843 --> 00:01:12,446 They don't mean any harm, Miss Jordan. 6 00:01:12,500 --> 00:01:14,000 What do you have in the bags? 7 00:01:14,013 --> 00:01:17,254 Mr. Schuyler sent me down to buy some trick-or-treat stum for the kids. 8 00:01:17,384 --> 00:01:20,022 Well, l'm not giving anything to the little monsters around here. 9 00:01:20,155 --> 00:01:23,394 You know, l'm gonna be amul sorry to see Mr. Schuyler leave. 10 00:01:23,524 --> 00:01:26,229 Maybe he's not the only one leaving. 11 00:01:27,361 --> 00:01:29,131 [humming] 12 00:01:29,263 --> 00:01:30,599 - Mr. Schuyler? - [knocking] 13 00:01:30,732 --> 00:01:32,167 Come in, Rudy. 14 00:01:34,135 --> 00:01:36,172 Hey, it's a little early for that, isn't it? 15 00:01:36,304 --> 00:01:37,606 l always shave in the morning. 16 00:01:37,739 --> 00:01:39,175 What's that got to do with drinking? 17 00:01:39,307 --> 00:01:41,912 l prefer the aftershave lotion on the inside. 18 00:01:42,045 --> 00:01:42,945 [chuckles] 19 00:01:43,079 --> 00:01:44,982 Did you get plenty of candy and bubble gum for the kids, Rudy? 20 00:01:45,115 --> 00:01:47,053 Lots of it-- just like you told me, Mr. Schuyler. 21 00:01:47,185 --> 00:01:49,454 - Good. Pour yourself a drink. - Thank you. 22 00:01:49,585 --> 00:01:50,688 Hey, we're not gonna be here tonight. 23 00:01:50,820 --> 00:01:52,623 Why'd you bother getting all that trick-or-treat junk? 24 00:01:52,756 --> 00:01:54,893 We're not leaving for the party till 10:OO. 25 00:01:55,025 --> 00:01:57,563 - Now plenty of kids will stop by before then. - Hmm. 26 00:01:57,694 --> 00:01:59,230 What's that? 27 00:01:59,362 --> 00:02:01,064 The costume you're gonna wear tonight. 28 00:02:01,199 --> 00:02:04,003 How about that? [chuckles] 29 00:02:04,135 --> 00:02:06,305 You are a clown, you know, Phil? 30 00:02:06,436 --> 00:02:09,008 [Woman] Rudy, somebody wants you. 31 00:02:09,140 --> 00:02:12,747 Oh, somebody always wants me. 32 00:02:14,745 --> 00:02:18,052 Hey, why don't you ask me what l'm wearing to the party? 33 00:02:18,184 --> 00:02:19,687 Hmm, why don't l? 34 00:02:19,819 --> 00:02:22,291 Vera, what are you going to wear tonight? 35 00:02:22,422 --> 00:02:24,359 Da dum! 36 00:02:26,626 --> 00:02:29,331 Cigarettes, candy, cigarettes? 37 00:02:29,462 --> 00:02:33,235 This is the costume l'm wearing in the bit part l do for Charlie Noymann's picture. 38 00:02:33,365 --> 00:02:35,937 Boy, would the wardrobe department be furious 39 00:02:36,069 --> 00:02:38,941 if they found out l borrowed it for a party. 40 00:02:39,072 --> 00:02:40,107 Like? 41 00:02:40,240 --> 00:02:42,912 There are things about the Royal Pacific Court that l'm going to miss. 44 00:02:50,718 --> 00:02:54,058 Cigarette girls aren't supposed to sit down with their customers. 45 00:02:54,189 --> 00:02:55,291 l know, 46 00:02:55,422 --> 00:02:57,426 but you're a very special customer. 47 00:02:57,559 --> 00:03:00,331 Mr. Schuyler's bungalow is right around here. You a friend of his? 48 00:03:00,462 --> 00:03:01,898 l'm his brother-in-law, not his friend. 49 00:03:02,031 --> 00:03:04,636 Oh, l guess you dropped by to wish him bon voyage, huh? 50 00:03:04,767 --> 00:03:06,102 ls he going somewhere? 51 00:03:06,235 --> 00:03:08,974 Oh, he's leaving for Mexico ne_ week. Here it is. 52 00:03:10,940 --> 00:03:12,043 Mr. Schuyler? 53 00:03:12,175 --> 00:03:14,444 Ahem. You've got company. 54 00:03:14,577 --> 00:03:16,949 Frank, what are you doing in L.A.? 55 00:03:17,080 --> 00:03:18,716 l came to see you. 56 00:03:18,849 --> 00:03:22,790 Um, this is my brother-in-law, Frank MacManus; Vera Jordan. 57 00:03:22,919 --> 00:03:24,254 How do you do? 58 00:03:24,387 --> 00:03:26,892 Um, Vera isn't really a cigarette girl. She's-- 59 00:03:27,024 --> 00:03:29,796 l'm not interested in the occupation or profession 60 00:03:29,926 --> 00:03:33,301 - that occupies Miss Jordan's time. - Real charmer, isn't he? 61 00:03:33,431 --> 00:03:35,735 Look, Phil, l've got to run. l'll see you tonight. 62 00:03:37,936 --> 00:03:40,006 How about a drinkie? 63 00:03:45,712 --> 00:03:47,682 There we are. 64 00:03:49,149 --> 00:03:51,420 l forgot-- you don't drink. 65 00:03:51,551 --> 00:03:54,456 And l hadn't forgotten that you do very little else. 66 00:03:54,587 --> 00:03:57,892 The manager tells me that you're leaving for Mexico ne_ week. 67 00:03:58,024 --> 00:03:59,192 That's right. 68 00:03:59,326 --> 00:04:01,396 Well, l'm not surprised that you wouldn't bother 69 00:04:01,527 --> 00:04:03,999 keeping us posted on your plans. 70 00:04:05,531 --> 00:04:07,368 l've had it, Phil. 71 00:04:07,499 --> 00:04:09,837 You're no good and you never will be. 72 00:04:09,969 --> 00:04:13,712 l warned you the last time that l wasn't taking any more trouble from you. 73 00:04:13,842 --> 00:04:16,214 - Talking for yourself or my sister? - Both of us. 74 00:04:16,346 --> 00:04:21,022 Being my wife's brother doesn't give you the right to sign my name to a check. 75 00:04:21,150 --> 00:04:23,855 l thought l could pay you back before you found out. 76 00:04:23,986 --> 00:04:26,190 So l didn't. So what? 77 00:04:26,322 --> 00:04:29,562 Two handwriting experts are ready to testify in court 78 00:04:29,692 --> 00:04:31,428 that this signature is a forgery. 79 00:04:31,561 --> 00:04:35,568 You know, most people think that they have to work in order to survive. 80 00:04:35,698 --> 00:04:38,602 But of course that thought would never occur to you. 81 00:04:38,734 --> 00:04:40,437 Relax, Frankie, relax. 82 00:04:40,569 --> 00:04:43,842 My financial worries are over for good. 83 00:04:43,974 --> 00:04:45,142 l'm gonna be rich. 84 00:04:45,275 --> 00:04:48,615 Well, this forged check is for _3,OOO. 85 00:04:48,747 --> 00:04:51,786 - Do you have it? - No, but l can get it. 86 00:04:51,916 --> 00:04:53,251 You'd better get it. 87 00:04:53,385 --> 00:04:57,460 Because if l don't have this money by the time l leave Los Angeles tonight, 88 00:04:57,589 --> 00:05:00,795 l am going to promer charges against you-- 89 00:05:00,925 --> 00:05:02,962 criminal charges. 90 00:05:03,095 --> 00:05:06,067 ls that clear, Mr. Schuyler? 91 00:05:09,034 --> 00:05:12,408 - [phone ringing] - [woman singing over speakers] 92 00:05:17,778 --> 00:05:20,181 Winthrope residence. 93 00:05:20,313 --> 00:05:22,650 Yes, Mr. Schuyler. 94 00:05:22,782 --> 00:05:26,056 Yes, Mr. White is back from Europe, but he's not at home. 95 00:05:26,187 --> 00:05:27,455 He's at the university. 96 00:05:27,587 --> 00:05:29,992 She's listening. Be quiet, please. 97 00:05:30,124 --> 00:05:32,728 Yes, l'll tell him, Mr. Schuyler. 98 00:05:33,728 --> 00:05:37,635 Grace dear l dislike constantly reminding you 99 00:05:37,765 --> 00:05:40,035 that this is the White residence 100 00:05:40,168 --> 00:05:43,776 and that l am Mrs. Damion White, not Miss Winthrope. 101 00:05:43,906 --> 00:05:46,811 l'm sorry, Mrs. White. It won't happen again. 102 00:05:46,942 --> 00:05:50,149 Mona, stop making [Yiddish word] about who gets what billing here at your house 103 00:05:50,280 --> 00:05:51,882 and listen to the score. 104 00:05:52,015 --> 00:05:54,085 l've got to have your decision today-- now! 105 00:05:54,217 --> 00:05:56,621 l tell you, this is the greatest musical Alex Chase ever wrote. 106 00:05:56,753 --> 00:05:58,923 Tailor-made for you, baby, believe me. 107 00:05:59,055 --> 00:06:01,559 That song, Jerry, that song. 108 00:06:01,690 --> 00:06:03,828 That's the title song rrom pearJs and Jade? 109 00:06:03,960 --> 00:06:06,265 Well, it's only a tape recording from a rehearsal run-through 110 00:06:06,397 --> 00:06:07,866 at the Santa Barbara try-out. 111 00:06:07,997 --> 00:06:11,572 And Lucy's voice isn't much, but just listen to it, Mona. 112 00:06:11,702 --> 00:06:14,474 And more than anything else, that one song is why l called 113 00:06:14,605 --> 00:06:17,812 and insisted you put an end to this crazy two-year honeymoon of yours, 114 00:06:17,943 --> 00:06:20,380 come back from Europe immediately and go to work again. 115 00:06:20,511 --> 00:06:23,584 lf l agree to go back to work and star in Alex's show, 116 00:06:23,715 --> 00:06:27,656 Charlie Noymann will finance a Broadway run and a picture? 117 00:06:27,786 --> 00:06:30,825 That show with that song in it, right? 118 00:06:30,956 --> 00:06:32,726 We'll recast the show. 119 00:06:32,858 --> 00:06:36,198 You'll take over the starring role. One week in Boston. Ho ho! 120 00:06:36,329 --> 00:06:37,899 Then look out, Times Square. 121 00:06:38,030 --> 00:06:42,006 With you starring in it, Pearls and Jade could run on Broadway for years. 122 00:06:42,136 --> 00:06:45,876 Then the multimillion-dollar movie musical starring Mona Winthrope 123 00:06:46,006 --> 00:06:48,978 in her triumphant return to the screen. 124 00:06:49,109 --> 00:06:52,382 Jerry Janda, even without those ridiculous elevator shoes, 125 00:06:52,514 --> 00:06:56,421 you are the biggest and the best agent in all of Hollywood. 126 00:06:56,550 --> 00:06:59,188 You'll-- you'll do it, Mona? 127 00:06:59,320 --> 00:07:03,027 Do it? Of course l'll do it. Nothing would make me happier. 128 00:07:03,157 --> 00:07:07,566 - Oh, Mr. White. - Hello, Grace. Mona, that song. 129 00:07:07,695 --> 00:07:09,164 - Oh, Damion. - [turns om song] 130 00:07:09,297 --> 00:07:13,072 l didn't expect you home till just before the party tonight. 131 00:07:13,202 --> 00:07:15,005 l have to get right back. 132 00:07:15,137 --> 00:07:18,178 l forgot to take some papers to the university this morning. 133 00:07:18,309 --> 00:07:20,947 Hello, Jerry. How's the agency business? 134 00:07:21,078 --> 00:07:24,217 Ho ho! Booming, Professor-- booming. 135 00:07:24,348 --> 00:07:26,184 Come to the studio with me, Mona. 136 00:07:26,316 --> 00:07:28,654 Having Charlie hear you rave about Alex's score 137 00:07:28,785 --> 00:07:32,224 may keep his fingers from trembling when he steers his pen across the bottom 138 00:07:32,355 --> 00:07:35,295 of the most expensive contract he ever signed! 139 00:07:35,426 --> 00:07:37,429 - [laughs] - Charlie can wait. 140 00:07:37,562 --> 00:07:40,435 Right now l'm going to rush right over to Alex's. 141 00:07:40,566 --> 00:07:43,505 l think the talented composer deserves to hear me rave 142 00:07:43,634 --> 00:07:45,070 much more than Charlie Noymann. 143 00:07:45,203 --> 00:07:46,605 [laughs] 144 00:07:46,737 --> 00:07:48,674 Mona, l started to ask you about-- 145 00:07:48,807 --> 00:07:51,378 - Later, darling. Later. - Bye, Professor. 146 00:07:51,510 --> 00:07:54,885 Oh, Damion, don't be late for the party tonight, huh? 147 00:07:56,783 --> 00:08:00,624 Oh, Mr. White, there's been a Mr. Schuyler-- Mr. Philip Schuyler-- 148 00:08:00,753 --> 00:08:02,790 trying to reach you on the phone all morning. 149 00:08:02,922 --> 00:08:07,764 Phil? That's a coincidence. Okay, thank you, Grace. 150 00:08:07,894 --> 00:08:10,132 - Oh, Grace? - Yes, sir? 151 00:08:10,264 --> 00:08:14,438 When l came into the house just now, l heard a song. 152 00:08:14,569 --> 00:08:18,610 Mr. Janda, the agent, brought a tape recording over to play for Miss Winth-- 153 00:08:18,739 --> 00:08:20,476 Oh, l'm sorry-- Mrs. White. 154 00:08:20,609 --> 00:08:23,781 Well, what did she say about the song-- the one they were listening to? 155 00:08:23,911 --> 00:08:25,781 She seemed quite excited about it. 156 00:08:25,913 --> 00:08:27,383 ls there anything else, sir? 157 00:08:27,515 --> 00:08:30,320 Did that Mr. Schuyler leave a number? 158 00:08:30,452 --> 00:08:31,923 Oh yes. 159 00:08:32,054 --> 00:08:36,462 lt's Olive-4-1654. 160 00:08:36,593 --> 00:08:38,363 Thank you, Grace. 161 00:08:50,273 --> 00:08:52,143 Phil, Damion White. 162 00:08:52,275 --> 00:08:54,980 Fine, fine. We got back from Europe late last night. 163 00:08:56,146 --> 00:08:57,782 Yes, l know you've been calling me, Phil. 164 00:08:57,914 --> 00:09:01,186 But look, there's something l've got to talk to you about. 165 00:09:01,318 --> 00:09:03,423 Now-- now listen, Phil. 166 00:09:05,055 --> 00:09:06,658 What are you talking about? 167 00:09:06,790 --> 00:09:10,900 Unless you want to see me in jail, you'll have to give me _3,OOO... 168 00:09:11,030 --> 00:09:12,400 this afternoon, Damion. 169 00:09:12,532 --> 00:09:15,337 _3,ooo? 170 00:09:19,372 --> 00:09:23,279 Well well, the barefooted Bernhardt. 171 00:09:25,413 --> 00:09:27,617 Beauty and talent both-- 172 00:09:27,747 --> 00:09:29,617 divine actress, 173 00:09:29,749 --> 00:09:33,188 superbly endowed by a beneficent deity. 174 00:09:33,319 --> 00:09:36,058 l guess her husband's pretty talented too. 175 00:09:36,189 --> 00:09:37,525 Which means what? 176 00:09:37,658 --> 00:09:41,332 Oh, you'll find out when she asks about the song. 177 00:09:43,764 --> 00:09:47,739 Well, back to the well. 178 00:09:47,869 --> 00:09:49,839 Alex! 179 00:09:49,971 --> 00:09:51,407 Hi, Alex! 180 00:09:51,541 --> 00:09:56,250 Mona, Mona, darling Hey, baby, you're soaking wet. 181 00:09:56,379 --> 00:09:59,351 - Yes. l love it. - Come on. Freda's inside. 182 00:10:00,749 --> 00:10:04,456 The score is divine, Alex-- simply divine. It's such beautiful music. 183 00:10:04,587 --> 00:10:06,793 - Then you'll do the show? - Of course. Hello, Freda. 184 00:10:06,924 --> 00:10:09,028 How's my favorite composer's favorite wife? 185 00:10:09,159 --> 00:10:11,631 Flat where l should be sharp. 186 00:10:11,762 --> 00:10:13,699 - Here, dear, have a drink. - Thank you. 187 00:10:13,831 --> 00:10:18,038 To Pearls and Jade, to its wonde_ul star 188 00:10:18,168 --> 00:10:19,403 and to success. 189 00:10:19,536 --> 00:10:22,074 To lots of money. Hear hear. 190 00:10:22,206 --> 00:10:26,248 To a beautiful show with an even more beautiful title song 191 00:10:26,377 --> 00:10:30,184 which you stole from my husband, you nasty stinker. 192 00:10:30,315 --> 00:10:32,987 Oh! [Freda laughing] 193 00:10:33,118 --> 00:10:36,726 Oh. Oh, the second act of, um... 194 00:10:36,856 --> 00:10:40,797 Shanghai Wife. Or was it Hong Kong Wídow? 195 00:10:40,926 --> 00:10:42,997 Freda, you're disgusting when you drink. 196 00:10:43,130 --> 00:10:47,204 l think she may really be angry, Alex. 197 00:10:47,334 --> 00:10:49,237 Here, you've got jam on your face. 198 00:10:49,369 --> 00:10:52,909 And you've got booze on the brain. Another drink, you may fall om that stool. 199 00:10:53,039 --> 00:10:57,514 And what will you fall om if your very best friend sues you for plagiarism? 200 00:10:57,644 --> 00:10:59,481 What are you talking about? l stole nobody's song-- 201 00:10:59,613 --> 00:11:00,949 not Damion's-- nobody's. 202 00:11:01,081 --> 00:11:02,684 Pearls and Jade is mine, 203 00:11:02,816 --> 00:11:04,887 an original Alexander Chase song. 204 00:11:05,020 --> 00:11:09,128 Yes, stolen from an original melody by Professor Damion White, 205 00:11:09,258 --> 00:11:12,197 composed over two years ago. Or didn't you think l'd recognize it 206 00:11:12,327 --> 00:11:14,832 with those upside-down Gershwin lyrics you added? 207 00:11:14,963 --> 00:11:19,137 This is ridiculous. Freda, baby, tell her. 208 00:11:19,268 --> 00:11:21,005 Tell her how wrong she is. 209 00:11:21,136 --> 00:11:25,178 Mona, Alex says to tell you you're wrong. 210 00:11:26,709 --> 00:11:29,681 You see, he lies and l swear to it. 211 00:11:29,813 --> 00:11:31,918 Damion was playing that tune on a piano 212 00:11:32,048 --> 00:11:35,856 at a party the night l met him-- no words, just melody. 213 00:11:35,986 --> 00:11:40,194 My own private melody that you heard me hum more than once, Alex. 214 00:11:41,693 --> 00:11:44,965 Professors, soda jerks, gas-station attendants-- 215 00:11:45,095 --> 00:11:47,967 everybody's a songwriter. Oh, Mona baby, 216 00:11:48,099 --> 00:11:51,839 l've written thousands of melodies and completely forgotten hundreds of them. 217 00:11:51,970 --> 00:11:54,942 So l hear a song; so it's like one of mine. So what? 218 00:11:55,073 --> 00:11:56,743 l forget it, that's all. 219 00:11:56,875 --> 00:12:01,183 Oh, ''like''? Pearls and Jade is like Damion's song? 220 00:12:01,313 --> 00:12:04,621 Really, Alex, l do think that puny little beard of yours 221 00:12:04,751 --> 00:12:07,223 is just a set of earmums temporarily out of place. 222 00:12:07,354 --> 00:12:10,393 All right, all right, so there is a slight similarity. 223 00:12:10,524 --> 00:12:13,630 So how many notes are there in the scales? So l'll pay him for it. 224 00:12:13,760 --> 00:12:17,468 Only no credit. Only my name alone goes on Pearls and Jade. 225 00:12:24,572 --> 00:12:26,976 Mona, be reasonable. l need this show. 226 00:12:27,107 --> 00:12:29,010 Without the song there's no show. 227 00:12:29,142 --> 00:12:31,380 l need this credit-- a solo credit. 228 00:12:31,512 --> 00:12:35,955 Perry Mason, please. This is Mona White-- Mona Winthrope calling. 229 00:12:36,085 --> 00:12:39,057 Damion's a professor, a well-known teacher. 230 00:12:39,188 --> 00:12:41,091 What does a song credit mean to him? 231 00:12:41,223 --> 00:12:43,493 Nothing. But a great deal to me. 232 00:12:43,627 --> 00:12:45,998 We're going up to Santa Barbara tomorrow to see the try-out 233 00:12:46,128 --> 00:12:47,698 and l want to surprise him-- 234 00:12:47,831 --> 00:12:50,436 his wife starring in a show with him name on it. 235 00:12:50,567 --> 00:12:52,972 Perry? Perry darling. 236 00:12:53,103 --> 00:12:55,575 Mona. When did you get back? 237 00:12:55,706 --> 00:12:57,576 Mmm. 238 00:12:57,708 --> 00:13:00,513 You've already compared the songs? No doubt about it. 239 00:13:00,645 --> 00:13:02,683 Songs? What are you talking about? 240 00:13:02,815 --> 00:13:06,220 l see-- out and out plagiarism. 241 00:13:06,350 --> 00:13:08,187 No legal question of it at all? 242 00:13:08,319 --> 00:13:12,895 Mona, if you're using me as a legal shoe-horn, 243 00:13:13,024 --> 00:13:15,629 l warn you there'll be a bill at the end of the month. 244 00:13:15,761 --> 00:13:18,333 We can sue for how much? 245 00:13:18,463 --> 00:13:20,633 As much as that, Perry? 246 00:13:20,766 --> 00:13:24,340 Tonight's Halloween, not April Fool's Day. 247 00:13:24,469 --> 00:13:26,372 Who is it you're bamboozling this time? 248 00:13:26,505 --> 00:13:29,545 Pe_ect, Perry, pe_ect. Let's do that. 249 00:13:29,677 --> 00:13:32,115 [laughs] Goodbye for now. 250 00:13:34,683 --> 00:13:36,653 What do you know? It's empty. 251 00:13:36,785 --> 00:13:38,488 Freda, l think l'll have another one. 252 00:13:38,620 --> 00:13:42,828 You'd better have one too, Alex-- double. 253 00:13:48,329 --> 00:13:50,332 [Janda] The day after Pearls and Jade open in New York, 254 00:13:50,464 --> 00:13:53,804 every studio in town will be bidding sky high for the picture rights. 255 00:13:53,935 --> 00:13:57,709 How can you waste time haggling over the price, Charlie? 256 00:13:57,839 --> 00:14:01,380 The last three musicals Alex wrote died before they ever got tot New York. 257 00:14:01,510 --> 00:14:05,217 Nobody was interested in buying the motion-picture rights. 258 00:14:05,348 --> 00:14:09,223 So why should Charles Noymann Productions be interested in this show? 259 00:14:09,353 --> 00:14:13,595 Pearls and Jade isn't going to die. We'll all make a fortune and you know it. 260 00:14:13,725 --> 00:14:18,200 Come on, Charlie. Here-- take your pen and let's get this over with, huh? 261 00:14:26,838 --> 00:14:29,008 You're a good agent, Janda-- 262 00:14:29,139 --> 00:14:33,281 too good not to know that a deal like this isn't going to run away. 263 00:14:33,411 --> 00:14:38,220 Now tonight at the party Mona's going to give at her beach house-- 264 00:14:38,349 --> 00:14:43,125 tonight l'll make an announcement and sign. 265 00:14:43,254 --> 00:14:46,629 Hey, what's the matter with you? You keep staring at that whiskey glass 266 00:14:46,760 --> 00:14:49,699 like it was a crystal ball or something. 267 00:14:49,829 --> 00:14:52,734 Maybe l'm looking into my soul, Vera. 268 00:14:52,867 --> 00:14:56,073 - Hmm. - [laughing] 269 00:14:56,202 --> 00:14:58,740 Ah! Know what? 270 00:14:58,873 --> 00:15:01,813 Phil Schuyler is a louse. 271 00:15:10,951 --> 00:15:12,788 [children playing] 272 00:15:19,961 --> 00:15:22,567 Would you send a cab to the Royal Pacific Court? 273 00:15:22,698 --> 00:15:24,902 1840 Hollyhurst Street. 274 00:15:25,034 --> 00:15:26,604 Thank you. 275 00:15:26,736 --> 00:15:29,073 - Hey, where are you going? - Malibu. 276 00:15:29,204 --> 00:15:31,443 Well, what about the party we're supposed to go to tonight? 277 00:15:31,575 --> 00:15:33,912 l'll be back in plenty of time. 278 00:15:36,713 --> 00:15:38,851 [All] Trick or treat! 279 00:15:38,983 --> 00:15:42,422 l wouldn't want to cross this bunch. Give them something quick, Vera. 280 00:15:52,463 --> 00:15:56,504 Vera, do me a favor-- stay here and dole out the candy until l get back. 281 00:15:56,633 --> 00:15:58,704 lf my brother-in-law stops by while l'm gone, 282 00:15:58,837 --> 00:16:00,174 give him this. 283 00:16:00,306 --> 00:16:02,309 Phil, about the trip to Mexico, 284 00:16:02,441 --> 00:16:04,077 you did get a ticket for me, didn't you? 285 00:16:04,210 --> 00:16:07,550 You're lots of fun, Vera, but a little old for tricks or treat. 286 00:16:07,681 --> 00:16:10,318 Phil boy is going to Mexico alone. 287 00:16:22,096 --> 00:16:24,567 [recording playing] 288 00:16:24,698 --> 00:16:28,641 ♪ ...than pearls and jade. ♪ 289 00:16:30,806 --> 00:16:33,478 [all cheering] 290 00:16:40,449 --> 00:16:43,021 lt's all right, Grace. l'll get it. 291 00:16:43,153 --> 00:16:44,588 - Hello. - Hi. 292 00:16:44,720 --> 00:16:48,327 My car broke down. Would you be kind enough to let me use your telephone? 293 00:16:48,457 --> 00:16:51,029 Oh, of course. Come on in. There's a phone in there. 294 00:16:51,161 --> 00:16:52,964 - Thank you. - You're welcome. 295 00:16:56,966 --> 00:17:00,073 [jazz playing] 296 00:17:06,744 --> 00:17:09,884 Grace, how do you know that man's name is Phil Schuyler? 297 00:17:10,015 --> 00:17:14,190 He's called here so many times, l recognized his voice immediately. 298 00:17:21,159 --> 00:17:22,629 [operator speaking] 299 00:17:22,761 --> 00:17:24,231 [Schuyler's voice] Please send a tow truck 300 00:17:24,362 --> 00:17:28,104 to 2446 Malibu Road as quickly as possible. 301 00:17:31,304 --> 00:17:34,276 Mona, darling, now you've ignored me all evening. 302 00:17:34,407 --> 00:17:36,410 What kind of way is that to treat a producer, hmm? 303 00:17:36,542 --> 00:17:39,180 [inaudible] 304 00:17:50,524 --> 00:17:53,197 [door bangs] 305 00:18:01,470 --> 00:18:04,475 [Children] Trick or treat! 306 00:18:11,147 --> 00:18:13,184 Phil? 307 00:18:13,315 --> 00:18:15,052 Phil? 308 00:18:23,359 --> 00:18:25,062 Rudy! 309 00:18:32,671 --> 00:18:34,207 - What's wrong, Miss Jordan? - l don't know. 310 00:18:34,339 --> 00:18:36,843 Just hurry up and get that door unlocked. 311 00:18:40,846 --> 00:18:44,018 Wait-- wait here. 312 00:18:50,255 --> 00:18:51,858 [turns om water] 313 00:18:54,160 --> 00:18:56,331 Rudy, what is it? 314 00:18:56,462 --> 00:18:58,132 Rudy! 315 00:18:59,133 --> 00:19:02,339 Mr. Schuyler-- he's dead. 316 00:19:02,468 --> 00:19:04,572 No. No! 317 00:19:04,705 --> 00:19:07,043 Oh, no no no. 318 00:19:25,360 --> 00:19:29,602 Perry! Perry Mason, what are you doing out and about at this ghastly hour? 319 00:19:33,135 --> 00:19:35,205 Good morning, sweetheart. 320 00:19:35,339 --> 00:19:38,511 lf l knew you were coming out so early, l would have waited for my swim. 321 00:19:38,641 --> 00:19:42,248 Perry, l just talked to you on the telephone. What are you doing here? 322 00:19:42,378 --> 00:19:44,082 You said you wanted to see me. 323 00:19:44,215 --> 00:19:48,924 Well, yes, l do, but l intended to meet you in your omice. 324 00:19:49,053 --> 00:19:51,190 l want to talk about the blackmail right now. 325 00:19:51,322 --> 00:19:52,323 The what? 326 00:19:52,456 --> 00:19:55,329 Mona, l was going to explain it all this morning. 327 00:19:55,461 --> 00:19:57,498 There's something l should have told you years ago. 328 00:19:57,629 --> 00:19:59,299 Damion, what's wrong? 329 00:19:59,431 --> 00:20:03,138 Phil Schuyler, man Damion went to see Iast night, threatened to blackmail him. 330 00:20:03,269 --> 00:20:06,507 Mona, please don't be upset. 331 00:20:06,637 --> 00:20:09,509 Phil's an old buddy of mine, but for some reason he's gone sour. 332 00:20:09,640 --> 00:20:11,510 He just doesn't make any sense. 333 00:20:11,642 --> 00:20:15,216 l'm sure with Perry's help l'll be able to straighten him out. 334 00:20:15,347 --> 00:20:18,454 l read the morning paper after l spoke to you, Damion. 335 00:20:18,584 --> 00:20:21,357 Phil Schuyler was murdered last night. 336 00:20:24,292 --> 00:20:27,264 l'm sorry, Mr. Janda, but Miss Winthrope left orders 337 00:20:27,396 --> 00:20:28,831 that she was not to be disturbed. 338 00:20:28,964 --> 00:20:31,903 So l'm disobeying the orders. Gracie, don't play games. 339 00:20:32,033 --> 00:20:34,036 Charlie Noymann is stalling on those contracts. 340 00:20:34,169 --> 00:20:35,437 lf l'm going to get him to sign them, 341 00:20:35,569 --> 00:20:37,640 l'll need Mona in his omice with me in a half an hour. 342 00:20:37,773 --> 00:20:40,512 lt'll take her longer than that to decide what mood to wear 343 00:20:40,642 --> 00:20:43,614 - let alone what clothes to put on. - l don't know, Mr. J-- 344 00:20:43,745 --> 00:20:47,118 Excuse me. Police department-- Lieutenant Anderson, Homicide. 345 00:20:47,249 --> 00:20:50,488 Would you tell Mr. Damion White l'd like to see him, please? 346 00:20:50,618 --> 00:20:52,789 [jazz playing] 347 00:20:56,726 --> 00:20:58,730 - Freda-- - Alex, 348 00:20:58,862 --> 00:21:03,705 tell the man to go away or invite him in for a drink. 349 00:21:03,834 --> 00:21:06,205 lf l wasn't here, you probably would. 350 00:21:06,337 --> 00:21:08,139 Would l? 351 00:21:08,273 --> 00:21:11,078 l wonder. 352 00:21:12,943 --> 00:21:17,753 No, l think l detest men with beards. 353 00:21:39,773 --> 00:21:43,312 The fact that this is private property doesn't seem to bother you. 354 00:21:43,443 --> 00:21:45,514 No it doesn't. 355 00:21:45,645 --> 00:21:48,817 - It bothers me. - [jazz continues] 356 00:21:48,949 --> 00:21:51,388 That song-- it's a pretty tune. 357 00:21:51,519 --> 00:21:55,593 Yeah, sure is. Of course the tape is bad. 358 00:21:55,723 --> 00:21:57,693 You know those 3:OO in the morning jam sessions-- 359 00:21:57,825 --> 00:21:59,762 everybody well lubricated with booze. 360 00:21:59,895 --> 00:22:03,101 Where did you record that song? 361 00:22:03,232 --> 00:22:06,639 The question isn't so much ''where,'' is it? 362 00:22:08,136 --> 00:22:10,173 [turns om song] 363 00:22:10,305 --> 00:22:12,476 When is what you want to know. 364 00:22:12,608 --> 00:22:15,680 - Look you-- - Alex! 365 00:22:15,811 --> 00:22:18,249 When? Over two years ago, Mr. Chase. 366 00:22:18,381 --> 00:22:20,451 [panting] Alex! 367 00:22:20,582 --> 00:22:23,255 The police-- they've taken Damion away. 368 00:22:23,387 --> 00:22:26,961 Police? Damion? What are you talking about? 369 00:22:44,742 --> 00:22:47,447 A strange murder weapon, wouldn't you say, Perry? 370 00:22:47,578 --> 00:22:52,022 We found your name and telephone number on that pad by the telephone, Mr. White. 371 00:22:52,152 --> 00:22:54,823 Now you claim you followed Phil Schuyler home last night, 372 00:22:54,954 --> 00:22:56,957 but stayed only a few minutes to talk to him. 373 00:22:57,089 --> 00:23:00,729 Now tell me, when you were here, where was this heater? 374 00:23:00,860 --> 00:23:03,632 Well, l'm not sure. l think it was there by the door. 375 00:23:03,763 --> 00:23:04,764 Ah. 376 00:23:04,897 --> 00:23:06,500 And how was Mr. Schuyler dressed? 377 00:23:06,632 --> 00:23:08,837 He-- he was wearing a bathrobe. 378 00:23:08,969 --> 00:23:12,408 Was the water in the bathtub running? 379 00:23:12,539 --> 00:23:14,877 l don't recall whether it was or not. 380 00:23:23,985 --> 00:23:26,090 The murderer plugged the heater in here, 381 00:23:26,221 --> 00:23:27,657 opened the door, 382 00:23:27,790 --> 00:23:30,495 tossed the heater into the bathtub while Schuyler was taking a bath, 383 00:23:30,626 --> 00:23:33,231 and electrocuted him. 384 00:23:33,363 --> 00:23:35,133 Now Mr. White, 385 00:23:35,265 --> 00:23:38,336 you're sure that Schuyler wasn't taking that bath while you were here? 386 00:23:38,467 --> 00:23:40,538 l said he wasn't. 387 00:23:42,004 --> 00:23:44,943 Miss Jordan, is this the man you saw Ieaving this bungalow 388 00:23:45,074 --> 00:23:47,679 shortly before the manager discovered that Phil Schuyler was dead? 389 00:23:47,810 --> 00:23:50,283 Yes, him. 390 00:23:50,414 --> 00:23:54,255 Andy, Mr. White told you he was here. 391 00:23:55,286 --> 00:23:59,628 Mr. White, do you drive a blue foreign sports car? 392 00:24:00,925 --> 00:24:02,127 A what? 393 00:24:02,259 --> 00:24:04,665 A blue foreign sports car. Is that what you-- 394 00:24:04,796 --> 00:24:06,366 No l don't. 395 00:24:06,499 --> 00:24:08,134 Look, l don't see how l can help any further, 396 00:24:08,267 --> 00:24:10,069 so do you have any objections to my leaving now? 397 00:24:10,203 --> 00:24:14,477 No, but l would object to your leaving the city, Mr. White. 398 00:24:27,954 --> 00:24:30,659 Damion, l think we'd better-- 399 00:24:30,790 --> 00:24:34,164 He's the one who killed Mr. Schuyler. How come the police let him go? 400 00:24:34,294 --> 00:24:36,698 Perry? 401 00:24:38,365 --> 00:24:41,238 Perry, l just left the cabbie who picked up Phil Schuyler, 402 00:24:41,369 --> 00:24:42,939 drove him to Malibu, waited for him, 403 00:24:43,071 --> 00:24:45,175 then dropped him back here at the Royal Pacific. 404 00:24:45,306 --> 00:24:46,575 - Good work, Paul. - And that's not all. 405 00:24:46,708 --> 00:24:50,483 l got a tip that the police had a pick up out for a hot witness in this case-- 406 00:24:50,614 --> 00:24:52,784 some bearded beatnik named Leonard Buckman. 407 00:24:52,915 --> 00:24:54,652 Well, they just canceled the bulletin. 408 00:24:54,784 --> 00:24:56,521 - Meaning they found Mr. Buckman. - Mm-hmm. 409 00:24:56,653 --> 00:24:58,623 But it's where they found him that makes it interesting. 410 00:24:58,754 --> 00:24:59,788 All right. Where? 411 00:24:59,922 --> 00:25:02,994 At the beach in front of Alexander Chase's place. 412 00:25:03,125 --> 00:25:05,462 Were you acquainted with Phil Schuyler? 413 00:25:05,594 --> 00:25:07,865 No. And now that he's dead, 414 00:25:07,997 --> 00:25:11,771 l never will have an opportunity to become acquainted with him, will l? 415 00:25:11,901 --> 00:25:14,506 Mr. Chase, in between policemen, 416 00:25:14,638 --> 00:25:17,778 l only had the chance to speak briefly with Damion. 417 00:25:17,908 --> 00:25:21,984 He claims he gave Phil Schuyler _3,OOO yesterday afternoon. 418 00:25:22,114 --> 00:25:23,583 Why do you say ''claims'' 419 00:25:23,716 --> 00:25:27,056 instead of saying Damion gave Schuyler the _3,OOO? 420 00:25:27,186 --> 00:25:29,490 The money wasn't found in Schuyler's bungalow. 421 00:25:29,622 --> 00:25:32,494 Mr. Mason, 422 00:25:32,625 --> 00:25:37,468 l gave Damion _3,OOO yesterday afternoon. 423 00:25:37,597 --> 00:25:38,732 Why? 424 00:25:38,864 --> 00:25:40,867 Because he asked me to. 425 00:25:40,999 --> 00:25:43,103 What reasons had he for wanting the money? 426 00:25:43,235 --> 00:25:45,238 None. 427 00:25:45,370 --> 00:25:47,074 l didn't ask him. 428 00:25:47,207 --> 00:25:49,779 Did anyone see you turn that money over to him? 429 00:25:49,909 --> 00:25:51,211 l did. 430 00:25:51,344 --> 00:25:54,484 And that's not all l saw and heard, is it, Alex? 431 00:25:54,615 --> 00:25:55,884 Freda, shut up. You're drinking too much. 432 00:25:56,016 --> 00:25:58,888 And talking too much? 433 00:25:59,019 --> 00:26:02,393 lt's the truth, Mr. Mason. l saw the bearded Buckman, 434 00:26:02,524 --> 00:26:05,663 the man you were asking us about before, outside our house, and-- 435 00:26:05,793 --> 00:26:08,265 - Freda! - --and l heard him playing a tape recording 436 00:26:08,396 --> 00:26:12,638 of a wonde_ul song-- Alex's wonde_ul song. 437 00:26:13,636 --> 00:26:16,408 Pearls and Jade. That's the name of it, isn't it, Alex? 438 00:26:16,540 --> 00:26:18,844 Mr. Mason, about the _3,OOO--- 439 00:26:18,975 --> 00:26:22,315 Oh, yes, Mr. Mason-- the _3,OOO. 440 00:26:22,446 --> 00:26:25,584 What my dear husband is trying to say 441 00:26:25,715 --> 00:26:30,091 is that he may have trouble remembering he gave his best friend Damion that money 442 00:26:30,219 --> 00:26:32,991 in the middle of a plagiarism suit. 443 00:26:33,123 --> 00:26:36,630 Sue Alex for plagiarism? Darling Alex? 444 00:26:36,761 --> 00:26:39,198 Now wherever would he dream up such nonsense? 445 00:26:39,329 --> 00:26:42,134 Or was it Freda? Perry, you know how that woman carries on. 446 00:26:42,266 --> 00:26:44,203 Now stop it, Mona. You called me, remember? 447 00:26:44,335 --> 00:26:47,709 Perry, you know me better than that. You can't really believe l ever intended 448 00:26:47,839 --> 00:26:49,842 to hurt dear old Alex. 449 00:26:49,975 --> 00:26:53,816 l guess by now Damion has told you that Alex wasn't the person being hurt? 450 00:26:53,946 --> 00:26:56,851 l told Mona about it, but how did you find out? 451 00:26:56,982 --> 00:26:59,286 Let's just say l guessed. 452 00:26:59,418 --> 00:27:02,257 Alex didn't write Pearls and Jade, and neither did you. 453 00:27:02,388 --> 00:27:04,593 That song was written by Phil Schuyler. 454 00:27:04,724 --> 00:27:06,526 Now about the foreign blue sports car, 455 00:27:06,659 --> 00:27:09,731 did you follow your husband out to that bungalow court last night? 456 00:27:09,861 --> 00:27:11,532 Yes, that was my car. 457 00:27:11,665 --> 00:27:14,203 l just didn't understand what was going on, 458 00:27:14,334 --> 00:27:16,672 so l followed him there and waited outside. 459 00:27:16,805 --> 00:27:17,940 And then l followed him home. 460 00:27:18,072 --> 00:27:21,077 Let's get back to your calling me yesterday, Damion. 461 00:27:21,209 --> 00:27:22,277 What about the song? 462 00:27:22,410 --> 00:27:26,485 Perry, it was just a silly stupid mistake-- 463 00:27:26,615 --> 00:27:28,585 a lonely college prof 464 00:27:28,717 --> 00:27:32,558 trying to impress the beautiful musical-comedy star he had a crush on. 465 00:27:32,688 --> 00:27:35,226 You know, l told Phil about it ages ago, and he laughed then. 466 00:27:35,357 --> 00:27:38,096 lt was one of hundreds of melodies he wrote and forgot. 467 00:27:38,227 --> 00:27:40,297 l should have explained it to Mona long ago. 468 00:27:40,429 --> 00:27:43,501 And when l heard the melody had words and was part of Alex's show, 469 00:27:43,633 --> 00:27:46,438 l called Phil. l told him he was welcome to the credit 470 00:27:46,570 --> 00:27:48,073 and the money from the song. 471 00:27:48,205 --> 00:27:50,141 But he didn't want to talk about it then. 472 00:27:50,273 --> 00:27:52,845 He was just desperate to get hold of some money fast. 473 00:27:52,976 --> 00:27:56,783 That _3,OOO. Did he say why he wanted it? 474 00:27:56,913 --> 00:28:00,220 Yes-- some personal problem with his brother-in-law. 475 00:28:00,351 --> 00:28:02,555 lt had nothing to do with the song; just a temporary loan. 476 00:28:02,686 --> 00:28:06,160 l gather he was less casual when he came out here to the house later. 477 00:28:06,290 --> 00:28:08,662 He was a dimerent man. 478 00:28:08,793 --> 00:28:11,665 He was hard, nasty. 479 00:28:11,796 --> 00:28:13,867 He was threatening to make all kinds of trouble. 480 00:28:13,999 --> 00:28:16,938 And then when he asked me for _50,OOO, l thought he was out of his mind. 481 00:28:17,068 --> 00:28:19,005 He left before l could even talk to him about it. 482 00:28:19,138 --> 00:28:21,642 So you followed him to his place? 483 00:28:21,774 --> 00:28:24,746 Yes. l couldn't let it stand just like that. 484 00:28:24,878 --> 00:28:26,916 lt was my fault, one way or another. 485 00:28:27,047 --> 00:28:30,253 He told me he wasn't interested in potential earnings from the song; 486 00:28:30,384 --> 00:28:32,353 it might or might not be a hit. 487 00:28:32,486 --> 00:28:34,823 Now Alex and l could work it out whatever way we wanted, 488 00:28:34,954 --> 00:28:37,659 but Phil insisted on _50,OOO right then and there. 489 00:28:37,791 --> 00:28:39,828 What did you say to that? 490 00:28:39,959 --> 00:28:41,395 l turned him down. 491 00:28:41,528 --> 00:28:44,468 l told him to go ahead and say or do whatever he wanted. 492 00:28:44,599 --> 00:28:48,306 Excuse me? Mr. White? l want you to come to police headquarters. 493 00:28:48,436 --> 00:28:50,974 l'm booking you for the murder of Phil Schuyler. 494 00:28:51,105 --> 00:28:54,512 Lieutenant, l doubt that you have sumicient evidence to-- 495 00:28:54,643 --> 00:28:56,345 l have more evidence than l need. 496 00:28:56,478 --> 00:28:59,182 Not only were Damion White's fingerprints on the heater that was used 497 00:28:59,315 --> 00:29:00,684 to electrocute Phil Schuyler, 498 00:29:00,816 --> 00:29:03,689 l have an eye witness to testify that Damion White 499 00:29:03,820 --> 00:29:06,659 was the one and only person who could have killed him. 500 00:29:10,126 --> 00:29:12,397 [Hamilton Burger] In the matter now pending before this court, Your Honor, 501 00:29:12,530 --> 00:29:14,734 of the state versus Damion White, 502 00:29:14,865 --> 00:29:18,839 we shall confine ourselves to the primary factors of motive and opportunity. 503 00:29:18,970 --> 00:29:23,312 We will prove that the deceased, Phil Schuyler, 504 00:29:23,441 --> 00:29:27,348 received money from Damion White and was demanding still more money. 505 00:29:27,478 --> 00:29:29,883 And we will prove that Damion White 506 00:29:30,014 --> 00:29:31,683 and only Damion White 507 00:29:31,817 --> 00:29:34,087 could have murdered Philip Schuyler. 508 00:29:34,218 --> 00:29:35,621 Mr. MacManus, 509 00:29:35,754 --> 00:29:40,498 did Phil Schuyler tell you how he planned to get the _3,OOO 510 00:29:40,626 --> 00:29:43,432 to repay you for the money he'd taken from your account 511 00:29:43,564 --> 00:29:47,037 by forging your name to a check for that amount? 512 00:29:47,167 --> 00:29:48,636 Well, no, not directly. 513 00:29:48,769 --> 00:29:52,443 Although when l told him it was either pay up or face charges, 514 00:29:52,573 --> 00:29:54,844 he said he'd have no trouble getting the money. 515 00:29:54,975 --> 00:29:57,279 And while l was there, he placed a call. 516 00:29:57,410 --> 00:29:59,280 To whom did he place that call? 517 00:29:59,412 --> 00:30:01,082 To the defendant, 518 00:30:01,214 --> 00:30:03,017 Damion White. 519 00:30:04,050 --> 00:30:07,323 Yes, l gave Damion _3,OOO earlier that afternoon, 520 00:30:07,454 --> 00:30:10,459 but it was a loan-- a temporary loan, that's all. 521 00:30:10,591 --> 00:30:13,932 And while you were making this temporary loan to the defendant 522 00:30:14,062 --> 00:30:16,032 of _3,OOO, 523 00:30:16,164 --> 00:30:20,039 did he happen to mention the allegedly plagiarized melody 524 00:30:20,169 --> 00:30:21,605 and its disputed authorship? 525 00:30:21,738 --> 00:30:24,910 Oh, l believe he did casually say something about not worrying about it, 526 00:30:25,042 --> 00:30:27,714 - that he would-- - Go on, Mr. Chase. 527 00:30:27,844 --> 00:30:29,614 The defendant said he would what? 528 00:30:29,746 --> 00:30:34,288 Damion said he would take care of the matter. 529 00:30:34,418 --> 00:30:35,988 Your witness. 530 00:30:36,119 --> 00:30:39,090 Mr. Chase, you had a succession 531 00:30:39,221 --> 00:30:41,326 of unsuccessful musical comedies. 532 00:30:41,458 --> 00:30:43,495 Your income had been seriously depleted; 533 00:30:43,628 --> 00:30:46,467 your reputation considerably shaken in the industry. 534 00:30:46,597 --> 00:30:48,734 That is true, is it not? 535 00:30:48,866 --> 00:30:52,640 You make it sound like l was not only bankrupt artistically and financially, 536 00:30:52,770 --> 00:30:54,975 but virtually dead and buried. Nonsense. 537 00:30:55,107 --> 00:30:58,680 Then you weren't at all concerned 538 00:30:58,811 --> 00:31:01,817 about who would get credit for the music to that song 539 00:31:01,948 --> 00:31:04,118 or just how that credit might conceivably amect 540 00:31:04,249 --> 00:31:07,188 the terms under which the show would be sold? 541 00:31:07,319 --> 00:31:09,524 Oh, l might have been somewhat concerned, 542 00:31:09,656 --> 00:31:12,596 but not after Mona's party, when l was told. 543 00:31:12,726 --> 00:31:13,794 And what were you told? 544 00:31:13,928 --> 00:31:17,302 That-- well, that he was just stalling on the contracts; 545 00:31:17,431 --> 00:31:18,633 the deal would go through. 546 00:31:18,766 --> 00:31:20,970 Pearls and Jade would still be presented on Broadway 547 00:31:21,102 --> 00:31:23,673 and still be made into a top movie musical. 548 00:31:23,804 --> 00:31:25,506 And who gave you those assurances? 549 00:31:25,638 --> 00:31:28,611 The only man who could, Mr. Mason-- the producer, 550 00:31:28,742 --> 00:31:30,512 Charlie Noymann. 551 00:31:31,513 --> 00:31:34,485 The new Alex Chase musical was booked down the Pacific coast-- 552 00:31:34,616 --> 00:31:37,321 Portland, Seattle, Sacramento, Santa Barbara, Los Angeles-- 553 00:31:37,452 --> 00:31:39,021 strictly a shoestring try-out tour. 554 00:31:39,154 --> 00:31:42,494 The show bombed, By the time we hit Santa Barbara, 555 00:31:42,625 --> 00:31:44,662 there were more people on stage than in the audience. 556 00:31:44,794 --> 00:31:47,699 So you closed the show in Santa Barbara, Mr. Kir_ood? 557 00:31:47,831 --> 00:31:50,803 As the show's director that's what l suggested to Mr 558 00:31:50,934 --> 00:31:53,004 l didn't think there was anything worth salvaging. 559 00:31:53,137 --> 00:31:55,074 But he was pretty desperate, he said, 560 00:31:55,204 --> 00:31:58,411 and insisted on a fast rewrite and another try-out. 561 00:31:58,542 --> 00:32:01,214 Well, was Mr. Chase able to improve the show? 562 00:32:01,345 --> 00:32:02,646 And how. 563 00:32:02,778 --> 00:32:04,781 The only really good thing in the presentation 564 00:32:04,914 --> 00:32:08,021 was a dance number in the second act-- a real catchy melody. 565 00:32:08,152 --> 00:32:10,391 What was this catchy melody? 566 00:32:10,522 --> 00:32:13,294 A piece called Pearls and Jade. 567 00:32:13,424 --> 00:32:16,029 Well, Alex added lyrics to it. 568 00:32:16,162 --> 00:32:18,734 And with a few changes in rhythm and orchestration, 569 00:32:18,864 --> 00:32:21,269 it became our new running love song, 570 00:32:21,400 --> 00:32:23,670 new first-act production number, and our finale. 571 00:32:23,802 --> 00:32:27,042 Now, Mr. Kir_ood, you reopened the show in Santa Barbara 572 00:32:27,174 --> 00:32:28,876 for a second try-out, is that correct? 573 00:32:29,009 --> 00:32:33,250 The show was a smash-- rave reviews, standing room only for each pe_ormance. 574 00:32:33,379 --> 00:32:37,554 And all thanks to that one new title song, Pearls and Jade. 575 00:32:37,684 --> 00:32:40,424 Even got a nibble from a top movie producer 576 00:32:40,555 --> 00:32:41,790 who saw the show and flipped. 577 00:32:41,923 --> 00:32:44,527 Mr. Kir_ood, who was that producer? 578 00:32:44,658 --> 00:32:47,030 Charles Noymann. 579 00:32:49,263 --> 00:32:50,331 Late in the afternoon, 580 00:32:50,464 --> 00:32:53,169 l received a telephone call at the studio from Phil Schuyler. 581 00:32:53,301 --> 00:32:56,708 He sort of vaguely hinted that there might be some question 582 00:32:56,838 --> 00:32:59,309 about who wrote the melody for the title song of Pearls and Jade. 583 00:32:59,440 --> 00:33:03,080 Then he intimated that for a small insurance payment, 584 00:33:03,212 --> 00:33:05,417 as he called it, l could save a lot of money 585 00:33:05,547 --> 00:33:07,049 and avoid legal entanglements in buying the show. 586 00:33:07,182 --> 00:33:08,920 What was your answer to that? 587 00:33:09,052 --> 00:33:12,692 l told him if he had documented proof, l'd be willing to talk with him. 588 00:33:12,822 --> 00:33:16,062 He stammered a while and then hung up. 589 00:33:16,193 --> 00:33:17,528 Just a crank. 590 00:33:17,660 --> 00:33:21,668 Now Mr. Noymann, did you subsequently see this Phil Schuyler? 591 00:33:21,799 --> 00:33:23,737 Yes, at Mona's party. 592 00:33:23,868 --> 00:33:26,939 Damion was having an argument with some man out on the patio. 593 00:33:27,071 --> 00:33:30,110 l found out the following morning from the pictures in the paper 594 00:33:30,242 --> 00:33:32,044 that that man was Schuyler. 595 00:33:32,177 --> 00:33:35,683 Now this argument, Mr. Noymann-- did that appear to be a violent argument? 596 00:33:35,813 --> 00:33:38,987 Violent? Well, there were no blows. 597 00:33:39,118 --> 00:33:41,088 Thank you, Mr. Noymann. That'll be all. 598 00:33:41,220 --> 00:33:42,690 Your witness. 599 00:33:43,823 --> 00:33:45,893 Mr. Noymann, 600 00:33:46,025 --> 00:33:48,028 you had never seen Phil Schuyler. 601 00:33:48,160 --> 00:33:50,331 How could you possibly know that the man who called you 602 00:33:50,463 --> 00:33:52,098 was in fact Phil Schuyler? 603 00:33:52,232 --> 00:33:54,502 Well, he said he was. 604 00:33:54,634 --> 00:33:58,174 Financing a Broadway show is quite costly, isn't it? 605 00:33:58,304 --> 00:34:01,477 All in all, your contract with Alex Chase and Mona Winthrope 606 00:34:01,608 --> 00:34:04,280 must have involved a considerable sum of money. 607 00:34:04,411 --> 00:34:09,020 Yes, l'd say well over _1 million is a considerable sum. 608 00:34:09,150 --> 00:34:13,191 You received a call omering you insurance, as you put it, 609 00:34:13,321 --> 00:34:15,658 in the face of that _1 million. 610 00:34:15,790 --> 00:34:19,197 Would you have this court believe that you summarily dismissed it 611 00:34:19,327 --> 00:34:20,362 as a crank call? 612 00:34:20,495 --> 00:34:23,601 l just wasn't sure the call was on the level, that's all. 613 00:34:23,731 --> 00:34:28,373 Sure, if l could have gotten the rights for even _50,OOO 614 00:34:28,503 --> 00:34:30,841 to the title song, it would have made a big dimerence. 615 00:34:30,973 --> 00:34:32,342 Exactly how big? 616 00:34:32,474 --> 00:34:36,816 l'd have picked up the book and score for peanuts, made a separate deal with Mona. 617 00:34:36,946 --> 00:34:40,254 l could have wrapped up the whole thing for less than half what Janda was asking. 618 00:34:40,384 --> 00:34:43,690 To save over _500,OOO, you must have done much more 619 00:34:43,821 --> 00:34:46,493 than merely reassure Alex Chase. 620 00:34:46,624 --> 00:34:51,165 Before going to Mona's party, you went to see Phil Schuyler, did you not? 621 00:34:51,295 --> 00:34:54,367 Look here, Mason, don't start throwing accusations at me. 622 00:34:54,498 --> 00:34:58,739 You said it yourself-- l could have saved _500,OOO if l made that deal with Schuyler, 623 00:34:58,869 --> 00:35:00,205 so why would l want to kill him? 624 00:35:00,339 --> 00:35:02,142 Answer my question. 625 00:35:02,274 --> 00:35:04,711 You did see Phil Schuyler, did you not? 626 00:35:04,842 --> 00:35:09,285 No. That is absolutely not-- N-O-T-- not true. 627 00:35:09,414 --> 00:35:11,685 l told the district attorney the whole thing. 628 00:35:11,818 --> 00:35:14,022 l sat in my car across the street, 629 00:35:14,153 --> 00:35:15,857 waiting until l saw his visitor leave. 630 00:35:15,989 --> 00:35:17,926 Then l saw Miss Jordan. 631 00:35:18,058 --> 00:35:19,694 She was working in one of my pictures. 632 00:35:19,827 --> 00:35:23,634 She came home just about the time the visitor was leaving, at about 8:OO. 633 00:35:23,764 --> 00:35:27,705 l started, yes, to get out of the car, 634 00:35:27,835 --> 00:35:30,942 but l thought it best not to be seen. 635 00:35:31,072 --> 00:35:34,478 So l left... without seeing Schuyler. 636 00:35:34,608 --> 00:35:39,250 This visitor-- who was it? 637 00:35:39,381 --> 00:35:41,719 Alex and Mona's agent, Jerry Janda. 638 00:35:44,486 --> 00:35:47,425 When l got back to my omice after seeing Charlie Noymann, 639 00:35:47,555 --> 00:35:49,592 Leonard Buckman was waiting to see me. 640 00:35:49,724 --> 00:35:52,932 He had some crazy story that Phil Schuyler and not Alex Chase 641 00:35:53,063 --> 00:35:55,300 wrote the music _or the song Pearls and Jade. 642 00:35:55,431 --> 00:35:58,503 Did you place any credence in the story that Leonard Buckman told you? 643 00:35:58,635 --> 00:36:00,204 No, not then. 644 00:36:00,337 --> 00:36:02,307 l figured he was just some sort of a crank 645 00:36:02,439 --> 00:36:04,477 who knew about the trouble between Mona and Alex 646 00:36:04,609 --> 00:36:06,412 and was trying to get in on the act. 647 00:36:06,544 --> 00:36:09,416 l gave him _20 and told him to beat it and not to bother me. 648 00:36:09,547 --> 00:36:11,651 A couple of hours later, around T:OO, 649 00:36:11,783 --> 00:36:14,754 l received a call at home from Phil Schuyler himself. 650 00:36:14,886 --> 00:36:16,388 He confirmed what Buckman had said 651 00:36:16,520 --> 00:36:18,624 and asked me to come to his place right away. 652 00:36:18,756 --> 00:36:21,928 Did the decedent try to e_ort money from you, Mr. Janda? 653 00:36:22,059 --> 00:36:24,697 Well, not directly, no, 654 00:36:24,829 --> 00:36:27,501 though he was certainly fishing for an omer. 655 00:36:27,632 --> 00:36:31,741 l omered him _5,OOO for a quit claim on the music to the song. 656 00:36:31,870 --> 00:36:33,608 And what was his reaction to that? 657 00:36:33,740 --> 00:36:35,376 He laughed at my omer; 658 00:36:35,508 --> 00:36:38,313 said that if l would give him _5,OOO to be quiet, 659 00:36:38,446 --> 00:36:40,951 there was somebody else who would probably give him _50,OOO. 660 00:36:41,081 --> 00:36:42,684 Somebody else? 661 00:36:42,817 --> 00:36:46,023 Mr. Janda, did Phil Schuyler say 662 00:36:46,153 --> 00:36:48,290 who he intended to get the money from? 663 00:36:48,423 --> 00:36:53,332 Did he say who he was so sure would give him _50,OOO? 664 00:36:53,462 --> 00:36:57,135 Yes-- the defendant, Damion White. 665 00:36:58,966 --> 00:37:01,136 Hamilton Burger is certainly emicient-- 666 00:37:01,268 --> 00:37:03,974 motive and opportunity. He laid it out like a road map. 667 00:37:04,105 --> 00:37:06,008 Well, he's sure loaded with opportunity. 668 00:37:06,141 --> 00:37:08,045 He's got an eye witness who locks White-- 669 00:37:08,177 --> 00:37:11,316 your client-- and only your client right into the murder. 670 00:37:11,448 --> 00:37:15,556 As far as motive is concerned, we all know what type of person Damion is. 671 00:37:15,685 --> 00:37:17,755 Just wait till Burger sums it up-- 672 00:37:17,887 --> 00:37:22,796 a successful Broadway play, a spectacular movie, 673 00:37:22,926 --> 00:37:25,931 the stage-struck professor's name in lights. 674 00:37:26,063 --> 00:37:27,733 Oh boy. 675 00:37:27,865 --> 00:37:30,236 Perry, if this were a full trial, 676 00:37:30,367 --> 00:37:32,138 you could put the stage-struck professor on the stand 677 00:37:32,270 --> 00:37:34,575 and let him tell what really happened. 678 00:37:34,706 --> 00:37:38,045 Would you as a jury believe that Damion's fingerprints 679 00:37:38,177 --> 00:37:41,549 were on that heater because he tripped over a cord 680 00:37:41,678 --> 00:37:43,448 and then had to set the heater upright, or-- 681 00:37:43,580 --> 00:37:46,687 Or that he got his fingerprints on it when he tossed it into the bathtub 682 00:37:46,819 --> 00:37:48,956 to electrocute Phil Schuyler. l see what you mean. 683 00:37:49,088 --> 00:37:51,525 Which leads us right back to motive and Damion. 684 00:37:51,657 --> 00:37:53,627 White isn't the only one. 685 00:37:53,759 --> 00:37:56,263 Noymann could be more deeply involved than he's admitted. 686 00:37:56,396 --> 00:37:59,067 And Janda stood to lose a big fat whopping commission. 687 00:37:59,198 --> 00:38:03,141 And let's not forget the composer with the taking ways-- Alex Chase. 688 00:38:03,271 --> 00:38:05,675 He could be up to his neck in hock. 689 00:38:05,805 --> 00:38:09,012 Alex Chase? How's that, Paul? 690 00:38:09,143 --> 00:38:11,113 Well, it's only a possibility, 691 00:38:11,245 --> 00:38:14,250 but l found out this afternoon that Chase couldn't find a backer for his last musical, 692 00:38:14,382 --> 00:38:16,319 so he must have backed it himself. 693 00:38:16,450 --> 00:38:18,955 He probably lost everything he had in the world. 694 00:38:19,086 --> 00:38:21,423 Our Mr. Chase-- 695 00:38:21,556 --> 00:38:24,529 composer and bankrupt angel. 696 00:38:24,659 --> 00:38:26,929 ''And the Lord said unto Satan, 697 00:38:27,062 --> 00:38:29,800 whence comest thou?'' 698 00:38:29,932 --> 00:38:31,735 Della, that's it. 699 00:38:31,868 --> 00:38:33,070 That's what? 700 00:38:33,202 --> 00:38:35,573 Satan and the angel. 701 00:38:35,705 --> 00:38:37,642 l want to know more about that angel. 702 00:38:37,774 --> 00:38:41,147 Now wait a minute. l've gone a lot of places to get a lot of things-- 703 00:38:41,277 --> 00:38:44,250 And this time you're going to outdo yourself, tomorrow in court. 704 00:38:44,381 --> 00:38:45,549 How? 705 00:38:45,682 --> 00:38:49,823 Well, first the angel and then Satan. 706 00:38:49,953 --> 00:38:54,228 As a matter of fact, Iet's make it two Satans. 707 00:38:58,395 --> 00:39:02,138 So when l caught a rehearsal of the new second try-out in Santa Barbara, 708 00:39:02,268 --> 00:39:04,572 l couldn't believe it. l went to see Phil. 709 00:39:04,703 --> 00:39:06,873 l told him that a tune that he had written 710 00:39:07,005 --> 00:39:08,942 had suddenly acquired a set of lyrics 711 00:39:09,074 --> 00:39:11,446 and had become the title song in a new musical play 712 00:39:11,577 --> 00:39:13,347 by Alexander Chase. 713 00:39:13,479 --> 00:39:18,055 And when Phil Schuyler found that they were using his music without his knowledge, 714 00:39:18,184 --> 00:39:19,185 what did he do? 715 00:39:19,318 --> 00:39:22,490 l told Phil he should get in touch with Alexander Chase right away, 716 00:39:22,623 --> 00:39:24,693 demand credit and royalties for the song. 717 00:39:24,824 --> 00:39:27,629 Phil said that he would, but first he had to have a talk 718 00:39:27,760 --> 00:39:29,664 with the person responsible for stealing his music. 719 00:39:29,796 --> 00:39:32,701 Who could that be if it wasn't Alexander Chase? 720 00:39:32,833 --> 00:39:35,271 Phil wouldn't tell me what the guy's name was, 721 00:39:35,403 --> 00:39:37,741 but he admitted it was someone else-- not Alexander Chase-- 722 00:39:37,873 --> 00:39:40,177 who had stolen the music-- 723 00:39:40,309 --> 00:39:43,048 some college-professor friend of his. 724 00:39:43,178 --> 00:39:46,984 Some college-professor friend of his? 725 00:39:47,115 --> 00:39:49,219 Your witness. 726 00:39:50,251 --> 00:39:51,687 Mr. Buckman, 727 00:39:51,819 --> 00:39:55,726 instead of calling Charles Noymann and saying you were Phil Schuyler, 728 00:39:55,857 --> 00:39:58,729 - why didn't you call Mr. Chase? - l didn't call Noymann. 729 00:39:58,861 --> 00:40:00,397 And l maintain that you did. 730 00:40:00,530 --> 00:40:03,502 There are two possible explanations for your visit to Mr. Chase 731 00:40:03,633 --> 00:40:05,136 the morning after the murder. 732 00:40:05,268 --> 00:40:07,840 ln either case, blackmail had to have been involved. 733 00:40:07,971 --> 00:40:09,941 You either didn't know that Phil Schuyler was dead, 734 00:40:10,073 --> 00:40:12,678 or you had previous knowledge that Phil Schuyler had been murdered and-- 735 00:40:12,809 --> 00:40:16,284 l didn't know Phil had been murdered. If l had, l would have gone to the police. 736 00:40:16,415 --> 00:40:19,521 But you did to go Alexander Chase to blackmail him, 737 00:40:19,651 --> 00:40:23,558 and it was you, not Phil Schuyler, who called Charles Noymann. 738 00:40:23,689 --> 00:40:25,659 All right, all right, l admit that. 739 00:40:25,791 --> 00:40:29,264 But l never got around to blackmailing Mr. Chase. 740 00:40:29,394 --> 00:40:32,868 When you impersonated Phil Schuyler and called Charles Noymann, 741 00:40:32,998 --> 00:40:35,536 he said he would speak further with you if you had documentation 742 00:40:35,668 --> 00:40:37,738 of the true authorship o_ Pearls and Jade. 743 00:40:37,869 --> 00:40:40,674 But you didn't have such documentation, did you? 744 00:40:40,806 --> 00:40:41,941 Well, no. 745 00:40:42,075 --> 00:40:45,181 Yet the following morning you were playing a two-year-old tape recording 746 00:40:45,311 --> 00:40:47,548 of that same music for Alex Chase. 747 00:40:47,680 --> 00:40:52,123 We can prove that that tape recording belonged to Phil Schuyler. 748 00:40:52,252 --> 00:40:54,490 All right, all right, so l stole a lousy tape. 749 00:40:54,622 --> 00:40:57,327 Phil had no right to brush me om-- no right, do you hear? 750 00:40:57,459 --> 00:40:58,762 l was the one spotted the tune. 751 00:40:58,893 --> 00:41:01,097 l was the one gave him the idea for the whole squeeze play. 752 00:41:01,230 --> 00:41:03,032 Phil Schuyler outwitted you, didn't he? 753 00:41:03,165 --> 00:41:05,903 ln your presence, he called Janda and asked him to come right over. 754 00:41:06,035 --> 00:41:08,339 And then what did he say to you, Mr. Buckman? 755 00:41:08,471 --> 00:41:10,473 Did he omer to cut you in? 756 00:41:10,605 --> 00:41:13,577 No. No. ''Blow,'' he said. 757 00:41:13,709 --> 00:41:15,311 ''Beat it. You bother me.'' 758 00:41:15,443 --> 00:41:17,781 Well, l bothered him, all right. l bothered him real good. 759 00:41:17,912 --> 00:41:20,484 l hung around till he took om, then went in and swiped the tape. 760 00:41:20,616 --> 00:41:23,254 lf he wouldn't cut me in, l was going to cut myself in. 761 00:41:23,385 --> 00:41:27,927 l gave Mr. MacManus, his brother-in-law, the envelope that Phil left for him. 762 00:41:28,058 --> 00:41:29,996 Then l went to my own place 763 00:41:30,128 --> 00:41:32,398 and started getting ready for the masquerade party 764 00:41:32,530 --> 00:41:34,467 that Phil and l were supposed to go to. 765 00:41:34,599 --> 00:41:37,371 [Burger] Now while you were in your own bungalow, Miss Jordan, 766 00:41:37,502 --> 00:41:40,609 did you see anyone enter or leave Phil Schuyler's bungalow? 767 00:41:40,739 --> 00:41:44,780 Yes l did, about ten minutes before l called the manager 768 00:41:44,909 --> 00:41:46,279 and he found Phil dead, 769 00:41:46,411 --> 00:41:50,185 l saw the defendant, Damion White, Ieave Phil's place. 770 00:41:50,315 --> 00:41:52,785 And in that ten minutes, Miss Jordan-- 771 00:41:52,917 --> 00:41:56,056 between the time you saw Damion White Ieave the bungalow 772 00:41:56,187 --> 00:41:58,626 and the time the decedent's body was found, 773 00:41:58,758 --> 00:42:02,532 did you see anyone else at all enter or leave that bungalow? 774 00:42:02,662 --> 00:42:03,930 - No, l didn't-- - Thank you. 775 00:42:04,062 --> 00:42:05,532 --but l wasn't watching all the time. 776 00:42:05,666 --> 00:42:08,304 Yes, but you told-- Well, who was watching all the time? 777 00:42:08,435 --> 00:42:10,505 Well, the manager, Rudy. 778 00:42:10,638 --> 00:42:12,708 Thank you, Miss Jordan. 779 00:42:13,774 --> 00:42:15,945 Well, sir, it was Halloween, you know, 780 00:42:16,076 --> 00:42:18,013 and the kids and everything-- well, they were around. 781 00:42:18,145 --> 00:42:20,783 Well, anyhow, right after dinner, 782 00:42:20,915 --> 00:42:23,787 l discovered the electric sign out in front ain't workin'. 783 00:42:23,918 --> 00:42:26,023 So l got up on a ladder to fix it. 784 00:42:26,154 --> 00:42:29,995 Well, the way l'm standing up there, see, l'm facing the court. 785 00:42:30,125 --> 00:42:33,632 And all the bungalows open out into that middle court, you see? 786 00:42:33,763 --> 00:42:36,434 And there's no way to get in or out the bungalows 787 00:42:36,565 --> 00:42:39,470 without going through that court. And so there l am. 788 00:42:39,601 --> 00:42:43,242 l mean, l can hardly help keeping my eye on things, you might say. 789 00:42:43,372 --> 00:42:46,512 Did that include keeping your eye on Phil Schuyler's bungalow? 790 00:42:46,643 --> 00:42:47,778 Oh, yes sir. 791 00:42:47,910 --> 00:42:50,882 Now Miss Jordan there, she went in. 792 00:42:51,013 --> 00:42:55,323 And then Mr. Schuyler's brother-in-law-- him too, he went in. 793 00:42:55,453 --> 00:42:59,694 And then he came out and so did she. 794 00:42:59,824 --> 00:43:02,129 And then Mr. Schuyler came home. 795 00:43:02,260 --> 00:43:04,898 And after Mr. Schuyler came home, 796 00:43:05,029 --> 00:43:08,703 how many other people entered or left that bungalow? 797 00:43:08,834 --> 00:43:12,140 Only one-- one person went in and come out. 798 00:43:12,270 --> 00:43:14,575 And nobody-- absolutely nobody 799 00:43:14,707 --> 00:43:18,213 went in or out after that until l found the dead body. 800 00:43:18,343 --> 00:43:22,418 And who was that one and only person, Mr. Mahlsted? 801 00:43:22,548 --> 00:43:25,221 Him-- Mr. Damion White. 802 00:43:25,352 --> 00:43:27,022 Mr. Mason. 803 00:43:34,896 --> 00:43:37,033 Rudy, you're positive 804 00:43:37,163 --> 00:43:40,103 that no one went into that bungalow after the defendant left? 805 00:43:40,234 --> 00:43:41,669 Yes sir, positive. 806 00:43:41,802 --> 00:43:44,507 You ever look at something and not see it? 807 00:43:44,639 --> 00:43:47,077 l don't understand. 808 00:43:48,209 --> 00:43:50,847 How long have you been living in that bungalow court, Rudy? 809 00:43:50,978 --> 00:43:53,650 20 years, maybe a little longer. 810 00:43:53,782 --> 00:43:56,388 Now this is a photograph of your bungalow-- 811 00:43:56,519 --> 00:43:59,491 a photograph of the room in which you've spent 20 years. 812 00:43:59,622 --> 00:44:02,127 Now the design on the wallpaper-- tell me-- 813 00:44:02,258 --> 00:44:05,464 does the pattern run vertically, up and down, 814 00:44:05,595 --> 00:44:07,665 or does it go from side to side? 815 00:44:07,797 --> 00:44:10,937 This way. Side to side. 816 00:44:11,067 --> 00:44:13,739 Now the roses 817 00:44:13,871 --> 00:44:16,476 between the stripes on that wallpaper-- 818 00:44:16,607 --> 00:44:20,548 do they go between every stripe or between every other stripe? 819 00:44:20,678 --> 00:44:24,153 Between every stripe. 820 00:44:24,282 --> 00:44:27,521 Now take a look, Rudy. 821 00:44:27,652 --> 00:44:31,559 l was wrong... both times. 822 00:44:31,690 --> 00:44:33,961 We see but we do not see. 823 00:44:46,472 --> 00:44:50,981 Your Honor, l must protest these circus side-show tactics. 824 00:44:51,110 --> 00:44:53,748 What kind of stunt is this? 825 00:44:53,881 --> 00:44:55,049 [Judge] Just a moment, Mr. Burger. 826 00:44:55,182 --> 00:44:58,622 l believe l understand where defense counsel is heading. 827 00:44:58,753 --> 00:45:01,658 The court is interested in pursuing this particular point. 828 00:45:01,789 --> 00:45:04,561 So unless you have a specific objection, we will continue. 829 00:45:04,692 --> 00:45:05,894 Oh, by all means, Your Honor, 830 00:45:06,026 --> 00:45:09,199 let's have some dancing girls and a snake charmer too. 831 00:45:09,330 --> 00:45:12,737 That will do, Mr. Burger. You may proceed, Mr. Mason. 832 00:45:12,868 --> 00:45:14,705 Yes, Your Honor. 833 00:45:14,837 --> 00:45:18,010 Now Rudy, the children trick-or-treating, 834 00:45:18,140 --> 00:45:20,511 were they still making rounds when you unlocked the door 835 00:45:20,643 --> 00:45:21,678 and found the body? 836 00:45:21,811 --> 00:45:24,750 Oh sure, they were coming all the time, from 5:OO on. 837 00:45:24,881 --> 00:45:27,753 Even after Damion White Ieft the bungalow? 838 00:45:27,884 --> 00:45:31,524 Oh yes, they-- they'd come back, you know. 839 00:45:31,654 --> 00:45:34,994 Oh no no, Mr. Mason, not those children. 840 00:45:35,125 --> 00:45:37,095 l know them. l know them all. 841 00:45:37,227 --> 00:45:39,966 Suppose we find out just how well you do know them, Rudy. 842 00:45:41,398 --> 00:45:46,341 All right, children, would you stand in a line here, please? 843 00:45:54,112 --> 00:45:57,252 Rudy, who is Satan 844 00:45:57,383 --> 00:45:58,551 Brucie Hillman. 845 00:46:04,758 --> 00:46:08,330 That's the Karger boy, Gene-- Gene Karger. 846 00:46:12,297 --> 00:46:16,272 Oh, the little gypsy, that's easy-- Michele Strull. 847 00:46:16,402 --> 00:46:19,107 That's not fair, Rudy. 848 00:46:19,238 --> 00:46:22,478 You helped me buy my costume at the corner drugstore. 849 00:46:23,945 --> 00:46:26,282 Satan 850 00:46:26,413 --> 00:46:29,453 His costume comes from that same drugstore. Do you recognize him? 851 00:46:29,585 --> 00:46:33,392 Oh, sure, the boy who likes to dig holes-- Don Carmichael. 852 00:46:36,725 --> 00:46:41,434 56 years old, Mr. Mason. Hudson's the name-- Joe Hudson. 853 00:46:41,564 --> 00:46:44,236 How tall are you, Mr. Hudson? 854 00:46:44,366 --> 00:46:46,603 5'4''. 855 00:46:46,735 --> 00:46:51,177 Just the same height as Mr. Janda without his elevator shoes. 856 00:46:51,307 --> 00:46:53,812 All right, children, thank you. 857 00:46:56,980 --> 00:47:00,220 Mr. Janda, Mr. Chase's last flop-- 858 00:47:00,350 --> 00:47:03,456 it wasn't his money that financed that show. It was yours, was it not? 859 00:47:03,587 --> 00:47:06,293 l lent him the money-- all l had, everything. 860 00:47:06,424 --> 00:47:09,563 You borrowed heavily, hoping that Pearls and Jade 861 00:47:09,694 --> 00:47:11,397 would solve everything, 862 00:47:11,529 --> 00:47:14,836 but without that contract for Noymann, you were going to be ruined, weren't you? 863 00:47:14,967 --> 00:47:17,137 Yes. 864 00:47:17,268 --> 00:47:22,012 Yes, that Schuyler, pressuring Damion, pressuring me. 865 00:47:22,142 --> 00:47:25,282 You followed Damion and Mona to Schuyler's, 866 00:47:25,411 --> 00:47:27,414 picked up a costume at the drugstore 867 00:47:27,547 --> 00:47:30,718 from a clerk who is prepared to identity you. 868 00:47:30,850 --> 00:47:34,691 You then waited until Damion left. 869 00:47:34,821 --> 00:47:37,526 Then you took om your shoes and joined the children 870 00:47:37,657 --> 00:47:39,861 going from bungalow to bungalow 871 00:47:39,993 --> 00:47:44,168 and watched for your opportunity to murder Phil Schuyler. 872 00:47:44,298 --> 00:47:47,837 He was in the tub. 873 00:47:47,968 --> 00:47:52,712 l wasn't sure just how l was going to do it 874 00:47:52,841 --> 00:47:56,014 until l saw the electric heater. 875 00:47:56,145 --> 00:47:59,719 Mona. Mona, you were the only really big star l had 876 00:47:59,849 --> 00:48:03,355 and you hadn't worked in two years-- two years! 877 00:48:03,486 --> 00:48:05,890 Two... 878 00:48:06,022 --> 00:48:08,527 You've got to understand. 879 00:48:08,658 --> 00:48:11,529 Here was my chance to get my money back, to make even more money, 880 00:48:11,660 --> 00:48:14,499 to be on top of the heap again. 881 00:48:14,629 --> 00:48:17,501 But it was all falling apart because of Schuyler, 882 00:48:17,632 --> 00:48:21,208 because he had written that melody. 883 00:48:21,338 --> 00:48:24,077 But he was the only one who could prove that-- 884 00:48:24,209 --> 00:48:27,281 Schuyler himself. 885 00:48:27,412 --> 00:48:30,818 l had to stop him before he got to Noymann and killed the deal. 886 00:48:30,949 --> 00:48:32,886 l had to! 887 00:48:36,188 --> 00:48:39,527 The costume-- 888 00:48:39,657 --> 00:48:43,866 it wasn't Satan. 889 00:48:43,996 --> 00:48:47,035 lt was a fool's costume. 890 00:48:52,806 --> 00:48:57,015 From the religious vigil of All Hallow's Eve to murder. 891 00:48:58,012 --> 00:49:00,549 Halloween's come a long way. 892 00:49:00,680 --> 00:49:04,120 ''Darkness and worms and shrouds and sepulchers.'' 893 00:49:04,252 --> 00:49:06,824 Paul, you're reciting poetry. 894 00:49:06,954 --> 00:49:08,222 Am l? 895 00:49:08,355 --> 00:49:11,127 ''But strength alone is like a fallen angel, 896 00:49:11,259 --> 00:49:15,568 Trees uptorn and darkness and worms and shrouds and sepulchers.'' 897 00:49:15,696 --> 00:49:17,367 Hey, what do you know? Keats. 898 00:49:18,367 --> 00:49:20,370 Speaking of fallen angels... 899 00:49:20,502 --> 00:49:23,341 You mean the kind that go bankrupt backing flop shows? 900 00:49:23,472 --> 00:49:27,112 Yes. You know, l thought Janda's eyes would pop right out of his head 901 00:49:27,243 --> 00:49:29,313 when he saw that little old man in the costume. 902 00:49:29,444 --> 00:49:31,816 Yeah, some trick. 903 00:49:31,948 --> 00:49:36,490 Considering the results, wouldn't you say it was more of a treat?