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🕵️‍♂️🎤 The Phantom Broadcast (1933) is a mystery-thriller that peels back the curtain on radio stardom, scandal, and murder. When a celebrated radio singer is found dead, secrets, lies, and double lives come to light in a gripping pre-Code whodunit.  📽️ Plot Summary: A radio sensation is adored for his velvet voice—but few know his fame hides a shocking truth: someone else has been singing behind the curtain. When he turns up dead, a murder investigation reveals a tangled web of egos, ambition, and betrayal that rocks the world of early broadcasting.  🕰️ Year Released: 1933 🎭 Genre: Mystery, Drama, Crime 🎬 Directed by: Phil Rosen 🎞️ Starring: Ralph Forbes, Gail Patrick, Arnold Gray  🎯 Why Watch It? ✔️ Early look at the dark side of celebrity culture ✔️ Intriguing mystery with twists and hidden identities ✔️ Strong atmosphere and stylish pre-Code storytelling ✔️ Great for fans of film noir roots and classic thrillers  🔔 Don’t forget to LIKE 👍 | COMMENT 💬 | SUBSCRIBE 🔔 for more golden-age thrillers, rare vintage cinema, and pre-Code mysteries!  👇 Discover More Classic Crime & Drama Films Here: 📺 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYSxyPafGbnT7hNTlq29mZQJKn7wrNglY ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎞️ #ThePhantomBroadcast #PreCodeHollywood #ClassicMystery #1930sCinema #GoldenAgeThriller #OldHollywood #RadioMystery #VintageWhodunit #PublicDomainMovies ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎤💀 A voice that mesmerized millions... a murder that shocked them all. The Phantom Broadcast (1933) reveals the deadly price of fame! ________________________________________

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00:00:00When you hear the chimes, the hour will be 7 o'clock.

00:00:03For your entertainment, Grant Murdaugh, the clarion voice of the air, will sing a group of songs.

00:00:08Norman Wilder at the piano.

00:00:09Out where the moonbeams greet the morning, someone is waiting patiently.

00:00:36Out where my ship of dreams is sailing, over a calm, romantic sea.

00:00:52And when the distant blue horizon beckons to me, I know I'll be.

00:01:09Out where the moonbeams greet the morning, someone is waiting patiently.

00:01:14I'm going.

00:01:16Deliver these while Grant Murdaugh is still broadcasting, or I'll lose his trade.

00:01:20Step on it.

00:01:22Ah, the big sissy.

00:01:28Grant Murdaugh singing, Tell Me Once More.

00:01:31Grant Murdaugh, my big moment.

00:01:52Grant Murdaugh, huh?

00:01:54He's every woman's big moment.

00:01:56I spoke to him in the hall only yesterday, when he was going up to Norman Wilder's studio.

00:02:01We talked.

00:02:02We've been nodding to each other as we passed for months.

00:02:06And now these.

00:02:09Stick to your modeling, girly.

00:02:11I remember him two years ago.

00:02:13A big, beautiful animal posing in the life class at the art league, and later for cholera.

00:02:19And now he gets 1,500 every time he sings.

00:02:24And you're telling me to stick to my modeling?

00:02:26Oh, tell me you want to see when he comes please.

00:02:42Are you still selling cigarettes, sister?

00:02:56Or is some man crowned your queen of the maids?

00:02:59No man has crowned me yet, brother.

00:03:01I live in hope.

00:03:08Thanks.

00:03:09You're welcome.

00:03:12Hey, sweet pea, give us a look, will you?

00:03:31Give us a look.

00:03:32Yes, sir.

00:03:36It's from the sap, Lefty.

00:03:39I'm singing to you now.

00:03:42Oh, don't take it like that.

00:03:46The only difference between Elsa's racket and ours is she gets the flowers while she can still smell them.

00:03:52Give me them flowers.

00:03:53Yes, sir.

00:03:54No use tipping your hand.

00:03:55I told the boss not to put her on this job.

00:03:57Oh, Elsa don't care for nobody but you, Lefty.

00:04:03Take them in.

00:04:04Yes, sir.

00:04:05Does that look like I've fallen down?

00:04:09I'm moving in tomorrow.

00:04:10First my suitcases, then in go the trunks.

00:04:13I'm going to marry Grant Murdock.

00:04:15There.

00:04:16Flowers from him.

00:04:17Bring them here, Minnie.

00:04:18Yes, ma'am.

00:04:19And does these look like I've fallen down?

00:04:21Sends me a box every night.

00:04:23He used to send flowers to other women.

00:04:25But I could have stopped to that.

00:04:26I made him promise he wouldn't even give an autograph to anyone but me.

00:04:29Look at this card.

00:04:32I'm singing to you now.

00:04:35Singing to me.

00:04:37Others are listening in.

00:04:38Millions of women.

00:04:39But he's singing only to me.

00:04:41Does that look like...

00:04:43Joe.

00:04:46Why don't you say something?

00:04:49Look, give me more time, Joe.

00:04:52Ike Bergen fell down.

00:04:53Listen, Joe.

00:04:54Minnie.

00:04:54Yes, sir.

00:04:55Get out.

00:04:56Yes, sir.

00:04:59You've lost your head.

00:05:04You've fallen for this crooner.

00:05:06He's not a crooner.

00:05:07He's got the swellest voice ever heard on the radio.

00:05:10Anyway, it's the first time I ever fell for anyone, except Lefty.

00:05:14And, Joe, the harder I fall, the better I work.

00:05:17You've had a month already.

00:05:19And you haven't gotten rid of Murdock's manager.

00:05:21That's all that interests me.

00:05:23Bergen had more than a month.

00:05:24And you told him he could offer Wilder 50 grand.

00:05:26Then 100 grand to pay down the picture.

00:05:28And what happened?

00:05:29Wilder just laughed at Ike.

00:05:31That's why I put you in.

00:05:33I told you the beer racket is out.

00:05:36This is a new racket.

00:05:37If you'd give me more time.

00:05:38Listen, Joe.

00:05:39You listen.

00:05:40There isn't any more time to waste.

00:05:42At the end of this week, Wilder will be signing new radio contracts for Grant Murdock.

00:05:47I got contracts all drawn up.

00:05:49I got a new manager to take Wilder's place.

00:05:51I even got a new piano player.

00:05:54Half a million a year to be split up.

00:05:57And you've fallen down.

00:05:58Joe, you've got to listen.

00:06:00That question mark of a manager's got a hold on Grant.

00:06:03He's got him hypnotized.

00:06:04Why not imagining things?

00:06:05Why, he's even got the run of his apartment.

00:06:08And Grant's afraid to ask him for the key.

00:06:09He's scared of Wilder.

00:06:10He won't be scared of Wilder after tonight.

00:06:13But you're out.

00:06:14What do you mean?

00:06:15Your cut goes to an old friend of yours.

00:06:19He's in there, waiting.

00:06:21Who do you mean?

00:06:22Joe.

00:06:23Not Lefty Morris.

00:06:24Oh, Joe, you can't do that.

00:06:25Lefty knows I've fallen for Grant.

00:06:26He'll kill him.

00:06:27That's all he knows how to do is just kill and kill.

00:06:30I'm not killing the goose with a golden voice.

00:06:33Lefty will do your job.

00:06:35He'll get rid of Murdock's manager.

00:06:37But they'll trace it to you, Joe.

00:06:38To me.

00:06:39I can't help it.

00:06:40If he gets bumped off, accidental, in a gang fight, can I?

00:06:44Anyway, you're out of it.

00:06:46I'm glad I'm out of it.

00:06:48But I'll get a bigger cut.

00:06:49I tell you, I'm going to marry Grant Murdock.

00:06:53Get down to the radio building.

00:06:59You can pick him up there.

00:07:01Step on it.

00:07:01You just go ahead and marry that singing man and laugh at them all.

00:07:18And when Mr. Murdock sees you in this dress, he'll be dead in an hour.

00:07:23Oh, that's just because you're so emotional.

00:07:26I'm poisoning him.

00:07:28No, you ain't poison.

00:07:30You just that away.

00:07:33He'll be through singing in no time, Miss Elsa.

00:07:35You better get dressed if you're going to meet him.

00:07:38All right.

00:07:46Now, that's a good girl.

00:07:47You know, Miss Elsa, I just can't get it through my head.

00:08:16How that singing comes through the sky.

00:08:21Sing to me.

00:08:31Sing to me.

00:08:32To the night.

00:08:33Someone is waiting patiently

00:08:39Out where my ship of dreams is sailing

00:08:48Over a calm romantic sea

00:08:56And when the distant blue horizon

00:09:03Beckons to me, I know I'll be

00:09:11Out where the moonbeams greet the morning

00:09:20Greeting the one who waits on me

00:09:31You have just heard Grant Murdock in a group of songs

00:09:42Accompanied by Norman Wilder

00:09:43This concludes the Murdock broadcast

00:09:46Which will come to you twice a day during the anniversary week

00:09:49Through the courtesy of the Radio Advertisers Association

00:09:52Grant Murdock will be on the air again

00:09:55At 4 o'clock tomorrow afternoon

00:09:57And 7 o'clock tomorrow evening

00:09:59Please stand by for station announcements

00:10:01Thank you

00:10:02Oh, I'm putting in a new song tomorrow

00:10:19I'll coach you in it tonight and tomorrow morning

00:10:23Say, I've got to have some time to myself

00:10:25We put in a new song last week

00:10:26Thank you

00:10:36Thank you so much

00:10:36Thank you so much, girl

00:10:41Thank you

00:10:44It's awfully nice to meet you

00:10:46Thank you

00:10:47It's awfully nice to meet you

00:10:49Thank you

00:10:49Oh, Mr. Matt, I see you

00:10:52Oh, I surely

00:10:53A lot depends on whether I can see Mr. Wilder tonight

00:11:01Tell him I'll only take a minute or two of his time

00:11:03I'll fix it

00:11:04Just as soon as he finishes sorting Mr. Murdock's fan mail

00:11:07Do you want an audition?

00:11:08No, but I do want to talk to him about my voice

00:11:11Just leave it to me

00:11:12I'll take care of it

00:11:13He's a regular guy

00:11:15Not like that

00:11:16Say, when all the dames are gaga about a guy

00:11:19There's usually something the matter with him

00:11:21There you are, girl

00:11:22Thank you so much

00:11:23Bye

00:11:24Bye

00:11:25Wait here till I come back

00:11:29I'll tell Mr. Wilder you've got a swell voice

00:11:31Just like a canary

00:11:32Oh, uh, you won't let me down, will you?

00:11:36You can sing, can't you?

00:11:37Oh, yes, I can sing

00:11:39Okay

00:11:39Oh

00:11:40Hello

00:11:45Hello

00:11:46Working girls smile at last rewarded

00:11:49Where am I saying?

00:11:51That means dinner with me Wednesday night?

00:11:53Uh-huh

00:11:53Even if I have to rob the cash register for a new dress

00:11:57Let me send you a new dress

00:12:00Together with an overnight case

00:12:01Prettyly fitted out

00:12:02Are you sure?

00:12:14All right

00:12:15Just dinner then

00:12:17Wherever you say

00:12:17A soup kitchen with you would be the risk to me

00:12:20Ritz it is

00:12:22Wednesday night?

00:12:23You bet

00:12:24Okay

00:12:32Okay, darling

00:12:34Bye-bye

00:12:35Bye-bye

00:12:35Oh, Sandy

00:12:46Tell Mr. Wilder I'll rehearse that new song in his studio tomorrow morning

00:12:51I have engagements tonight

00:13:02Hi, Jake

00:13:16Hi, Sandy

00:13:17How's about it?

00:13:18Everything is great

00:13:19Howdy, boy

00:13:19Where's that little blonde in your head, doesn't it?

00:13:21Oh, next to Kraken

00:13:32Lefty Morris

00:13:33And Poison

00:13:35With a couple strong-armed guys

00:13:44Looks like somebody's going for a ride

00:13:46Say

00:13:48It just comes to me

00:13:50The big shot Murdoch is running around with that dame that Lefty used to go with

00:13:54A couple nickels, sweetheart

00:13:56We got time

00:13:57I'll roll you for the cigar as soon as I phone

00:13:59All right

00:14:00Here you are

00:14:04Say, wasn't that the big radio singer just pulled out in that swell car?

00:14:10Sure was

00:14:10Has manager come down yet?

00:14:12No, not yet

00:14:13Thanks

00:14:13Hi, Nancy

00:14:22Hello, Sandy

00:14:23Say, what guy sent you them cabbages?

00:14:27And who wants to know?

00:14:28Me, Sandy Higgins

00:14:30Oh, Nancy

00:14:31Tell me who sent him

00:14:32So I can bust him in the nose

00:14:34By myself

00:14:35Oh, no girl bought flowers for herself

00:14:38Oh, no?

00:14:39Well, get wise, big boy

00:14:41They all do

00:14:42They paid for him anyway

00:14:43Oh, fooling, Nancy

00:14:45Tell me who sent him

00:14:46Was it him?

00:14:50What does he want around here, anyhow?

00:14:52Nothing

00:14:52Just wanted to know if Mr. Murdoch's manager has come down yet

00:14:55What, my balls?

00:14:56Uh-huh

00:14:57Uh-huh

00:15:09I understand.

00:15:27You don't want to make sacrifices unless your voice justifies them.

00:15:32I don't want others to make sacrifices.

00:15:34Tell me, how long have you studied voice?

00:15:39Since I was 16, even before that.

00:15:42But I don't want to continue unless I can reach the top.

00:15:45Well, it isn't an easy matter to reach the top,

00:15:49but it is simple to test your voice.

00:15:51Now, I have an appointment for Mr. Murdoch this evening,

00:15:54but if you'll tell me where I can get in touch with you.

00:15:57You're very, very kind, Mr. Wilder.

00:15:59No, not at all. I'm very, very interested.

00:16:02You have an unusual quality in your speaking voice.

00:16:06I think we could make the test tomorrow morning.

00:16:09I hope you can.

00:16:10Tomorrow I have to decide which way I'm going.

00:16:13I've reached a crossroads.

00:16:15Crossroads.

00:16:17Each day, hundreds of letters come to Mr. Murdoch.

00:16:23These are love letters.

00:16:26Mash notes.

00:16:27The secretary answers those.

00:16:29These I answer.

00:16:33They are from people whom, as you express it,

00:16:37have reached the crossroads.

00:16:39Some of them have even taken the wrong turning.

00:16:42This broadcast has made them pause.

00:16:45This is from a man in prison.

00:16:48A criminal.

00:16:49Well, all of us commit crimes, so perhaps all of us are criminals.

00:16:53That man has the same emotions as you or I.

00:16:57This is from a woman who is dying.

00:17:00She asks for a particular sound.

00:17:03It will be sung tomorrow afternoon.

00:17:05There are not more than eight or ten of these a day,

00:17:08but each one contains a heartening phrase

00:17:11that every musician should strive for.

00:17:15Each says in his own language,

00:17:18it's as though you were singing directly to me.

00:17:21It would be wonderful to have such a voice.

00:17:23The voice is merely an instrument

00:17:26to reach people who one must have sympathy.

00:17:29The realization that every person in the world is a human being.

00:17:33Whether it's a king on his throne

00:17:36or a cripple on the street corner.

00:17:39You know, we're all of us very nearly alike.

00:17:44I shall always remember what you've said.

00:17:52Goodbye, and thank you, Mr. Aradine.

00:17:54Goodbye.

00:17:56Say, boss, you got any business with a guy named Lefty Morris?

00:18:01Mr. Morris, Sandy, who's he?

00:18:03He's Joe Maestro's rod man.

00:18:05Rod man?

00:18:06Death, boss, guns.

00:18:07He's out there, he's waiting for you.

00:18:09Well, why didn't you bring him up?

00:18:11Bring him up?

00:18:12Why, boss, he bumps people off, croaks them,

00:18:14kills them for Joe Maestro.

00:18:16Oh, you have fantastic ideas, Sandy.

00:18:19Here, gather up the letters, will you?

00:18:21I have an appointment this evening.

00:18:23No fooling, boss.

00:18:24Killing is Lefty Morris' business, just the same as music as yours.

00:18:27It's very interesting.

00:18:28I'd like to talk to him.

00:18:29I tell you, boss, he don't talk.

00:18:31Ike Bergen did the talking when he offered a hundred grand to buy you off.

00:18:34He's Joe Maestro's mouthpiece lawyer.

00:18:36You just laughed at him, but I told you then they wouldn't stop at nothing.

00:18:39He was very amusing, Sandy.

00:18:41He wanted to manage Mr. Murdoch.

00:18:43It's a racket, boss.

00:18:44You handle the jack for Murdoch, don't you?

00:18:46Jack?

00:18:47Money.

00:18:48Dough.

00:18:49Listen, boss, if I could play it on the piano,

00:18:51or you could understand the English language.

00:18:53Yes, Sandy, what then?

00:18:55Get this.

00:18:56Lefty Morris and two lookouts are downstairs waiting to take you for a ride.

00:18:59What?

00:19:00I...

00:19:01Yeah, I know.

00:19:02You got your own car.

00:19:03But it ain't that kind of a ride.

00:19:04They want to put you out of the way.

00:19:06Bump you off.

00:19:07They want to kill you.

00:19:08But why?

00:19:09Oh, boss, but with you out of the way,

00:19:11they could make a play for the jack that Murdoch draws down.

00:19:14Couldn't they?

00:19:15With me out of the way?

00:19:17Oh, Sandy, you have no idea how laughable that is.

00:19:20Oh, boss, it's nothing to laugh at.

00:19:27Listen, boss.

00:19:30That woman that, uh, Murdoch's running around with,

00:19:33she's in it, too.

00:19:34She used to be Lefty Morris' mom, and she's still with the gang.

00:19:38Oh, boss, just this once, do what I tell you, will you please?

00:19:45Baby, you ain't had a horse on me yet.

00:19:47That only proves that horses are scarcer around here than horses make.

00:19:57Back then, boss.

00:19:58Lefty Morris.

00:19:59Don't lamp him like he was wise.

00:20:01There goes Mr. Wilder now.

00:20:08Swell guy.

00:20:11You got that tip off?

00:20:12Now, boss, do what I tell you.

00:20:27Right through, boss.

00:20:28Jake Turner's taxing back of us.

00:20:29He's a pal of mine.

00:20:58He's not going to leave.

00:20:59Stop.

00:21:00Yes.

00:21:01Come on, look.

00:21:02I'm sorry for that.

00:21:03Come on.

00:21:04He's gone.

00:21:05Come on.

00:21:06Now, look.

00:21:07Come on.

00:21:08Come on, boumed.

00:21:09I'm sorry.

00:21:10Come on, Marty.

00:21:11Come on.

00:21:14Come on, Marty.

00:21:15I'm sorry.

00:21:16Come on,子.

00:21:17Come on.

00:21:18Come on, Wendy.

00:21:19Come on,ロ.

00:21:20Don't let him have it.

00:21:22Come on, 20 minutes.

00:21:23Come on, Captain.

00:21:24Oh

00:21:54You know, while he wanted me to rehearse a new song tonight

00:22:08Oh, what did you tell him?

00:22:12Told him I wouldn't

00:22:13You know, you were right, what you said yesterday

00:22:16I've got to put him in this place and keep him there

00:22:19Oh, did I say that?

00:22:22I really like the hunchback

00:22:24Anyway, I'm sorry for him

00:22:26But you might do better with a manager who could mix with people

00:22:29And for piano players, you can buy them like bananas in the bunch or by the carload

00:22:34Pardon me

00:22:37Oh, hello

00:22:38Yes, she's here

00:22:41Some man wants to talk to you

00:22:45To me

00:22:46Hello

00:22:50The hunchback has been bumped off

00:22:54Accidental in a gang fight

00:22:56The bulls are apt to come to the crooner's apartment

00:23:00Say, what man's calling you at my apartment?

00:23:11Oh, it's the manager of the apartment house where I live

00:23:14I should have moved my things over here this afternoon

00:23:17My apartment's been robbed

00:23:18But let's forget about it

00:23:20Let's go out and make a round of the night clubs and forget about everything

00:23:24It's not a bad idea

00:23:25The hunchback's liable to come here and insist on a rehearsal

00:23:28I'll get that key away from him first thing tomorrow

00:23:31Why do you keep talking about that hunchback?

00:23:34You're right

00:23:35I hate him too

00:23:36I don't hate him

00:23:38I don't hate anybody

00:23:39I'm in love with you

00:23:41Oh, Grant

00:23:42For the first time in my life

00:23:43I'm really in love all the way through

00:23:46You know, don't get on your things

00:23:51And we'll go out and forget about everybody except just us

00:23:54All right, darling

00:23:55All right, thank you

00:24:25Oh, hello

00:24:52I didn't sign to give you my message

00:24:55I told him I'd rehearse that song at your studio tomorrow morning

00:24:58We're rehearsing it tonight

00:25:00But I'm going out

00:25:02I've got engagements

00:25:03Come on, Grant

00:25:04Don't let that hunchback tell you where to get off

00:25:07Aside from the necessity of rehearsing

00:25:10It might be as well if you chose your company a little more carefully

00:25:13Are you trying to tell me who I can go with?

00:25:16Merely cautioning you

00:25:17I don't want to take the time to create another celebrity

00:25:21Incidentally, the car I was supposed to be riding in tonight

00:25:26Was riddled with bullets

00:25:28What?

00:25:30Say, somebody must have thought I was in the car

00:25:32No

00:25:34But apparently some of your friends

00:25:37Have planned to share in the profits of your voice

00:25:39The most amusing thought

00:25:42Why is he staring at me like that?

00:25:45He's crazy

00:25:45Don't listen to him, Grant

00:25:47He's trying to come between you and me

00:25:48Come on

00:25:50His mind's as twisted as his body

00:25:52I'll be at your studio first thing in the morning

00:25:55I'll be at your studio first thing in the morning

00:26:22I'll enter it

00:26:34All right

00:26:35Hello

00:26:39Oh, yes, Mr. Wilder

00:26:41Yes

00:26:46Mr. Wilder, that'll be wonderful

00:26:49Oh, no, you mustn't bother

00:26:52A friend of mine, Dr. Brooks, will bring me to your studio.

00:26:55Yes.

00:26:56Goodbye.

00:26:58Bob.

00:26:58Yes?

00:26:59Mr. Wilder's going to try my voice.

00:27:01Now, in half an hour, at his studio.

00:27:03But you don't have to have a crooner as the company

00:27:05to tell you whether you have a voice or not.

00:27:07Grant Murdock isn't a crooner.

00:27:08He has the finest voice singing on the radio.

00:27:10But, Laura, can't we decide this for ourselves?

00:27:13Listen.

00:27:14Well, you had soap on your hands.

00:27:16No, I'll take that job as doctor on the ship.

00:27:20Then we'll make a six-month honeymoon of this cruise.

00:27:23You can come back to your music,

00:27:24and I will have saved enough money

00:27:26to hang my shingle out in front of my own office.

00:27:28Oh, gee, honey, everything will be swell.

00:27:31That's what I really want to do, Bob.

00:27:33But first, let's go to Mr. Wilder's and see what he has to say.

00:27:37Well, all right.

00:27:39Maybe I should give up all thought of a career.

00:27:42Oh, no, don't do that.

00:27:45Well, you go finish the dishes while I change my dress.

00:27:47We've got to hurry.

00:27:48Well, all right, but don't forget to leave the door open

00:27:51so we can talk.

00:27:52I won't look.

00:27:53If you didn't, I'd never forgive you.

00:27:58Oh, the soul can be known

00:28:04to which I will, but may be more dear.

00:28:14I have soup, a cabbage, some sugar,

00:28:25but no coffee, no bread, no butter.

00:28:27Well, we have some coffee and a ham hock.

00:28:29We'll cook it with the cabbage.

00:28:30Fine.

00:28:30And crackers and cheese.

00:28:32That's plain.

00:28:33That's a salad.

00:28:34I'm glad.

00:28:37Just listen to that woman's voice.

00:28:41Norman Wilder certainly can pick talent.

00:28:43And he can.

00:28:45Beth, what's in those bundles?

00:28:47They're radios.

00:28:48You've sold something.

00:28:50What a lovely voice.

00:28:52Oh, yes, I did.

00:28:54I sold my mouth to peace for $8.

00:28:56They said they'd use the design for a wallpaper.

00:29:00Come on.

00:29:01Come on.

00:29:01I'd like to try the range of your voice again.

00:29:14But first, tell me,

00:29:15what is the sacrifice you must make

00:29:17in order to keep on with your music?

00:29:19Well, you see, Mr. Wilder, I, uh, we...

00:29:21She was thinking of me, Mr. Wilder.

00:29:24Oh, I understand.

00:29:26The question of a career or a marriage?

00:29:29There's a little more to it,

00:29:30but that's about the case.

00:29:32You see, we're both poor and...

00:29:34In love.

00:29:36If I could go into some kind of business,

00:29:38then Laura could have both marriage and a career.

00:29:41More doctors and sick people anyway.

00:29:43That's absurd, Mr. Wilder.

00:29:44Bob worked his way through college and medical school,

00:29:46and he served his internship.

00:29:48Now he's been offered the position of ship's doctor

00:29:49on a long cruise.

00:29:51He'll be able to save enough money to open his own office.

00:29:55Even if there were no question of money,

00:29:57music is a zealot master.

00:30:00So is love.

00:30:02It's up to you, Mr. Wilder.

00:30:03It all depends on what you think of her voice.

00:30:16She has as true a voice as I've heard in years.

00:30:21But if she wants to reach the top,

00:30:23the concert or the operatic stage,

00:30:25someone will have to make sacrifices.

00:30:28You mean that if Laura's voice is properly trained,

00:30:31she'll become famous?

00:30:33Yes.

00:30:34But no great singer can serve two masters.

00:30:36You can't mean that Bob and I...

00:30:44But you don't know how much we love each other.

00:30:46She's going on with her music.

00:30:48Well, that is for you two to decide.

00:30:52If you come back at noon, Miss Hamilton, tomorrow,

00:30:55I shall know that you've decided on a career.

00:30:58Then we can plan your future.

00:31:00There's nothing to cry about.

00:31:12You're going to be the world's greatest singer.

00:31:14But Bob...

00:31:15Oh, now, come on.

00:31:16Stop it.

00:31:17Well, you'll have me crying in a minute.

00:31:20Come on.

00:31:20We'll talk this thing out ourselves, huh?

00:31:23Come on.

00:31:24Come on.

00:31:54You forgive and forget

00:32:22I can't go on without you

00:32:31Life is a sad affair

00:32:37How can I prove

00:32:45I'm sorry

00:32:52How can I prove

00:33:00I care

00:33:06But you give no appearance

00:33:16Of sustaining the phrases

00:33:17Till the end

00:33:18Now, come here

00:33:20Now, take this phrase

00:33:24I can't go on without you

00:33:34There, you see?

00:33:36All right, now then

00:33:38Now, let's try again

00:33:39From here

00:33:40How can I help you

00:33:47Forgive and forget

00:33:51I can't go on without you

00:33:58I can't go on without you

00:34:00Life is a sad affair

00:34:09Life is a sad affair

00:34:11How can I prove

00:34:12I'm sorry, how can I prove I care?

00:34:34You seem to have a sick diaphragm. Now come here and watch me closely.

00:34:38I've been watching you closely.

00:34:43As I have repeatedly told you, your mouth must absolutely be timed with my voice.

00:34:50Do you want the whole world to know that you're a dummy?

00:34:54Who's going to tell the world? Nobody but you and I and Robertson know anything about it.

00:34:59Yes, only you and I and Robertson know about it.

00:35:02But any musician can tell at a glance that you're not vocalizing.

00:35:05Well, I don't think you sing that song too good anyway. No better than my expressions.

00:35:15You can go now. I have a pupil coming at 12 o'clock.

00:35:19Oh, I forgot to ask you at the studio, how many families I got yesterday?

00:35:24About 850.

00:35:26Hmm, biggest mail I got this month.

00:35:29I congratulate you.

00:35:30Thanks. And I'll see you at the Broadcasting Station.

00:35:33Yes.

00:35:34I congratulate you.

00:35:35Thanks. And I'll see you at the Broadcasting Station.

00:35:37Yes.

00:35:38Thanks, sir.

00:35:40That goes.

00:35:41You could have good ideas just to hear a computer.

00:35:42We have a stamp on that information.

00:35:44Cool, thank you, very much.

00:35:47Yes?

00:35:49Is there anyone in New England?

00:35:51I saw a wonderful paper大哥, received a testimony in New England in March.

00:35:57Oh, I'm so sorry. It's my fault.

00:36:18The mirror's broken. May I have it fixed for you?

00:36:21Oh, thanks. You mustn't travel.

00:36:24Are you the pupil my manager expected at noon?

00:36:26Yes. I should like to hear you sing.

00:36:29I'm afraid I couldn't sing for you, Mr. Murdoch. I'd be too frightened.

00:36:33You know my name? Yes.

00:36:36What does the initial L.A. stand for?

00:36:38Laura Hamilton. What a pretty name.

00:36:41Thank you. I'll have this mirror fixed. A new one put in. You're not superstitious.

00:36:46I'm not sure. Perhaps I am.

00:36:50Well, I'm not. Let me keep this vanity case and prove it'll bring me luck.

00:36:54Just such things inspire me in my work.

00:36:58And at payment, I'll sing for you at this afternoon's broadcast. Any song you like.

00:37:03I like all your songs, Mr. Murdoch.

00:37:05But for a special reason.

00:37:08You see, I've just told someone goodbye.

00:37:10Goodbye. Oh, then you'd like me to sing goodbye.

00:37:13Yes, goodbye. It's the loveliest of all your songs.

00:37:16Oh, thank you. And I'd like to have your phone number.

00:37:20And perhaps I might be instrumental in getting you an audition or something.

00:37:25Chelsea, 11-808.

00:37:57So, Dr. Brooks is sailing at midnight.

00:38:15Well, I'll bring you back from the dock after you've said goodbye to him, if I may.

00:38:19Bob doesn't want me to come to the boat.

00:38:21Both of us would weaken.

00:38:23But when he comes back in six months...

00:38:27But I said I wasn't even going to think of such things.

00:38:30Just music.

00:38:33This cruise meant a great deal to you, didn't it?

00:38:36We planned on it as a honeymoon.

00:38:39And I'm to blame for spoiling your plan?

00:38:42No.

00:38:43Both of us appreciate that you're doing a marvelous thing for me.

00:38:46Bob said to tell you he's leaving me entirely in your charge.

00:38:53Then let me make a suggestion.

00:38:54We invariably do all of our thinking and our dreaming in the language which we know and like the best.

00:39:04So should it be with music.

00:39:06One should actually think and dream in music?

00:39:08To the musician, the world should be an orchestra.

00:39:15Sometimes playing harmoniously, sometimes discordantly.

00:39:21Just now I looked out of the window.

00:39:24You were saying goodbye to Dr. Brooks.

00:39:27Although in a minor key, that was harmonious.

00:39:30Then I wondered what was delaying you.

00:39:32I went and looked out into the hall.

00:39:36You were talking to Mr. Murdoch.

00:39:39That was discordant.

00:39:41I was crying.

00:39:43But Mr. Murdoch kindly said he'd sing for me this afternoon.

00:39:46Any song I should select.

00:39:49Which song did you select?

00:39:51Goodbye.

00:39:55Mr. Murdoch sometimes makes promises which he cannot fulfill.

00:39:59He promises to sing to many women.

00:40:03But Mr. Wilder, he has such depth of feeling in his voice.

00:40:06I can't believe he's shallow.

00:40:11Sometime we'll talk more about him.

00:40:14At the moment it's enough to say that

00:40:16the afternoon's program is already made up.

00:40:21Mr. Murdoch will not be able to sing for you the song he promised.

00:40:26Now.

00:40:27Now, come.

00:40:28Shall we do some scales?

00:40:31Out where the moonbeams greet the morning

00:40:37Someone is waiting patiently

00:40:43Out where my ship of dreams is sailing

00:40:51Over a calm, romantic sea

00:41:00And when the distant blue horizon

00:41:06Beckons to me

00:41:09I know I'll be

00:41:14Out where the moonbeams greet the morning

00:41:23Out where the moonbeams greet the morning

00:41:23Greeting the one who waits for me

00:41:34This concludes the special afternoon broadcast of the radio advertisers' anniversary program.

00:41:48Grant Murdoch will be on the air again this evening at 7 o'clock

00:41:52Norman Wilder at the piano

00:41:54I asked you to put in goodbye as a final number

00:41:57I had a special reason for singing it

00:41:59I had a special reason for not singing it

00:42:03So what are you doing with my letters?

00:42:20Just today I realized what I have done

00:42:24In giving you money and fame

00:42:26I put before the public a splendid dummy

00:42:29So that people wouldn't have the vision of my distorted body

00:42:32When they heard my voice

00:42:33Your voice

00:42:34Where were you into your voice before you got a hold of me?

00:42:36People laughed as soon as you opened your mouth

00:42:38It's my personality that's put this act across and brings in the money

00:42:41Neither the fame nor the money mattered

00:42:44My voice is reaching millions

00:42:47Today it was brought home to me

00:42:51That you have abused the prestige I have given you

00:42:54You've given me?

00:42:56It's me that people talk about

00:42:58Say if you want to know how much your voice has to do with it

00:43:01You've got it in front of your eyes

00:43:03Five or six letters a day

00:43:04While hundreds come from the olds who admire me

00:43:06Now get this

00:43:08You keep your nose out of my personal affairs

00:43:10Or I'll slap you down

00:43:11Murdoch

00:43:14Keep away from Miss Hamilton

00:43:16Miss Hamilton?

00:43:19Oh yes

00:43:20The young lady you met in my hall

00:43:22Leaving my studio this morning

00:43:23Oh so that's it

00:43:25You've fallen for her

00:43:27That's funny

00:43:29Say Wyler

00:43:31Have you ever taken a good look at yourself in the mirror?

00:43:34That's beside the point

00:43:35Remember you have nothing to do with Miss Hamilton

00:43:37She differs materially from your type of woman

00:43:40She has talent and it's been placed in my charge

00:43:43Stay away from her

00:43:45You interest me in this dame

00:43:47Fact is as soon as I

00:43:50Laid eyes on her I was interested

00:43:52Whom are you telephoning to?

00:43:57That's my business

00:43:58Hello

00:44:06Miss Hamilton

00:44:08This is

00:44:10This is Grant Murdoch

00:44:12I didn't sing goodbye to you this afternoon

00:44:14Because I didn't want to sing it to several million people

00:44:16I'll sing it to you this afternoon at my apartment

00:44:20Oh and say

00:44:22I heard several complimentary things about you

00:44:24From my manager

00:44:25Yes

00:44:27Five o'clock

00:44:29All right

00:44:30Well she's coming to my apartment

00:44:34To hear me sing

00:44:35I never had to sing for one yet

00:44:41Just passed Mr. Murdoch in the hall

00:44:58Looked like he was in a hurry

00:44:59What's the matter boss

00:45:01Say he'd done something to you

00:45:03But boss there's a mark on your face

00:45:06Did he hit you?

00:45:08Did Murdoch hit you?

00:45:09Why the dirtiest

00:45:11Are you all right boss?

00:45:16I won't need you anymore today Sandy

00:45:17You can go now

00:45:36I'll have you back

00:45:39So

00:45:41Listen

00:45:42I can take mortgage

00:45:43I won't need you

00:45:44Just

00:45:45If I lose

00:45:45Never

00:45:46And

00:45:46Hall

00:45:47I'm

00:45:48And

00:45:49I'll

00:45:49If I lose

00:45:50There

00:45:51Jerry

00:45:52Did he

00:45:53There

00:45:53He

00:45:53My

00:45:54His

00:45:54Only

00:45:54It

00:45:54I

00:45:54It

00:45:55He

00:45:57He

00:45:58He

00:45:59He

00:46:00��

00:46:00He

00:46:01How

00:46:03He

00:46:03basic

00:46:05Of

00:46:06All right.

00:46:36Oh

00:47:06so you were through with all women that's what you said last night that's what you promised

00:47:18again this morning so where'd you find that where do you suppose in your pocket yes in

00:47:23your pocket well put her down and get out

00:47:25so you think you can move me in before breakfast and throw me out before dinner

00:47:35well I'm not getting out not for any woman

00:47:37so what are you going to do about it what am I going to do about it well just this

00:47:53grant grant you said we were going to be married I love you I'm not going to let you do this to

00:48:02me married say get out and get out quick I got a date well are you going to get out no

00:48:14are you going to get out or do I have to throw you out I'll go

00:48:27I'm going to get out of here

00:48:41Give it an apartment.

00:49:11Give it an apartment.

00:49:41Give it an apartment.

00:50:11Give it an apartment.

00:50:41Give it an apartment.

00:51:11Give it an apartment.

00:51:41Give it an apartment.

00:51:42Give it an apartment.

00:51:43Give it an apartment.

00:51:48Give it an apartment.

00:51:49Give it an apartment.

00:51:50Give it an apartment.

00:51:54Hello.

00:51:55Peace department.

00:51:56This is Norman Wilder speaking.

00:52:01The manager and accompanist of Grant Murdoch, radio singer.

00:52:08Grant Murdoch has been shot.

00:52:11Yes.

00:52:12Yes.

00:52:13Yes.

00:52:14The Tibetan apartment.

00:52:15Yes.

00:52:16He's dead.

00:52:17Shot through the heart.

00:52:20I killed him.

00:52:21I killed him.

00:52:28There he is.

00:52:30I友達.

00:52:32I am the one who is in the heart.

00:52:34See my быстро.

00:52:36So Mmmnie.

00:54:07It's an attractive place.

00:54:09What's the matter?

00:54:12You must have come back for this.

00:54:16Come back?

00:54:17But I've never been here before.

00:54:20Mr. Murdoch said if I'd come and find these things for me.

00:54:22Is he in?

00:54:24Do you mean to say you've never been here before?

00:54:26No.

00:54:26Then how did this get here?

00:54:30Oh, Mr. Murdoch was going to have it fixed for me.

00:54:32I broke the mirror this morning.

00:54:33Dropped it outside your studio.

00:54:35Oh, yes.

00:54:44Oh, yes.

00:54:46My dear, you must take it and go away at once.

00:54:57Mr. Murdoch isn't here.

00:54:58You must never tell anyone you came to his apartment.

00:55:00But why?

00:55:02I nearly came to...

00:55:03What's happened to him?

00:55:19Mr. Murdoch's been shot.

00:55:24He's dead.

00:55:27Mr. Murdoch is dead?

00:55:29Who killed him?

00:55:30I don't know now who killed him.

00:55:35But you must leave at once.

00:55:37I telephoned the police that I killed him.

00:55:41You telephoned the police that you...

00:55:44I came here to kill him.

00:55:46I bought a pistol and I came here and I found this.

00:55:52Murdoch was in there dead.

00:55:54And this in your vanity case lying on the floor beside him.

00:56:00You thought I'd been here.

00:56:03Did you think I had...

00:56:05Yes, sir.

00:56:08So that's why you told the police you did it?

00:56:11Let's go at once.

00:56:16But they mustn't find you here.

00:56:18Later you can clear yourself.

00:56:20You can tell them someone else telephoned the police.

00:56:21Please go quickly.

00:56:22You mustn't be seen with me.

00:56:24You'll leave as soon as I've gone?

00:56:25Yes.

00:56:26I'll be at my apartment.

00:56:27You'll hear from me.

00:56:30I'll be at my apartment.

00:56:32I'll be at my apartment.

00:56:52Don't let anyone in or out.

00:57:13A couple of you go around the back there.

00:57:22Bring it in.

00:57:46Got him to the heart.

00:58:13Never mind that.

00:58:14Search the rest of the apartment.

00:58:20There he is up there.

00:58:33Come on down over there.

00:58:35Come on down.

00:58:37Come on down.

00:58:52Come on down.

00:59:39He must have jumped down off that roof.

00:59:54Yes, Lieutenant, the blood stopped right here.

00:59:56Yeah, come on.

01:00:01You couldn't get him yourself, so you put him where we couldn't get him.

01:00:06Oh, off my head.

01:00:07I was jealous.

01:00:08He was going to throw me out of his apartment.

01:00:10He was going to...

01:00:11You double-crossed me.

01:00:12Now you want me to help you make your getaway.

01:00:15Well, I got a passport.

01:00:17All I need is a grand.

01:00:18Have a heart, Joe.

01:00:20It's the first time she's ever muffed.

01:00:23Besides, that fluke ought to have been killed.

01:00:26Give her the jack and count it out of my pile.

01:00:29You mean it, Lefty?

01:00:30Oh, I don't think I'm falling for you again.

01:00:32Say it's worth a grand to know that fluke won't ever sing no more.

01:00:35What time does that boat leave?

01:00:38Midnight.

01:00:39When you hear the chime, the hour will be exactly 6.45.

01:00:43Please stand by for a special announcement.

01:00:54A bulletin just received from police headquarters tells us that Grant Murdock,

01:00:58who for nearly a year has broadcast from this station,

01:01:00was shot through the heart shortly after his afternoon broadcast.

01:01:04The shooting occurred in Mr. Murdock's apartment.

01:01:06If you'll stand by, I'll try to get further news.

01:01:14What's the matter, honey?

01:01:16You don't seem very glad to see me.

01:01:18I wanted to see you once more before I say it.

01:01:20The most terrible thing has happened, Bob.

01:01:22I was there.

01:01:24What? Where?

01:01:25In his apartment.

01:01:26Grant Murdock's apartment.

01:01:28Just after he was killed.

01:01:29In Grant Murdock's apartment?

01:01:34A city press bulletin has just been received,

01:01:37saying that Norman Wilder,

01:01:39the manager and accompanist of Grant Murdock,

01:01:42after confessing over the telephone that he'd killed Murdock,

01:01:45attempted to escape from the apartment.

01:01:47He was fired on and wounded, but is still at large.

01:01:50Please stand by.

01:01:51Mr. Wilder's been wounded.

01:01:53Bob, he didn't do it.

01:01:54I'll tell you all about it.

01:01:55Oh, come, come, come, darling.

01:01:57Sit down.

01:01:57Don't upset yourself like that.

01:02:01Just think of it.

01:02:02I had a date with Mr. Murdock tomorrow night for dinner.

01:02:05Oh, that little hunchback.

01:02:07I knew he was jealous of Mr. Murdock's voice.

01:02:10I just knew it all the time.

01:02:11That's so.

01:02:12Uh-huh.

01:02:16Say, did you hear the news?

01:02:17Grant Murdock's been killed.

01:02:18Murdered.

01:02:19You're telling me.

01:02:20I was dressing to go out to dinner with him.

01:02:22You dress and everything.

01:02:23Why do such things have to happen to me?

01:02:26Yeah, but did you know that Norman Wilder killed him?

01:02:29I knew he'd do it.

01:02:30After that, he went and confessed to the police.

01:02:32Oh, never mind that.

01:02:33Go on upstairs and get the remains of that ham, hawk, and cabbage.

01:02:36Go on.

01:02:36I know, but we've got to eat.

01:02:38Go on.

01:02:49Go on.

01:03:19I'm telling you, Lieutenant, I'd have croaked Murdock myself for hitting that hunchback.

01:03:22Say, he's a swell guy.

01:03:25I'd take the rap for him.

01:03:26Stick to the facts.

01:03:28Well, that's all there is then.

01:03:30I ain't seen either Murdock or Mr. Wilder since they left the broadcasting station.

01:03:35All right, Sandy.

01:03:37You can go.

01:03:38Thanks.

01:03:47Stay on his trail.

01:03:49He may lead you to Wilder.

01:04:00Okay, Glenn.

01:04:00I'm all ready with the substitute number for the Murdock broadcast.

01:04:03Fine.

01:04:07Gee, it gives me the willies waiting for seven o'clock.

01:04:10Sort of creepy, eh, Jimmy?

01:04:12I guess it gives us all that...

01:04:14Who's in Murdock's room?

01:04:21Nobody.

01:04:22All the doors are locked.

01:04:24Glenn.

01:04:25The signal has just come from Murdock's room.

01:04:27Hey, that's funny.

01:04:28You better stall until I investigate.

01:04:30Yeah, sure.

01:04:30What's the matter now, Thornton?

01:04:32The usual signal has just come from Murdock's room.

01:04:34The ready signal.

01:04:35I'm investigating.

01:04:36Your instructions are to keep out of Murdock's room.

01:04:39I'll investigate.

01:04:40Sound the chimes for Murdock at seven o'clock and be ready to cut in with that mic.

01:04:44But Murdock's dead.

01:04:47Be ready to cut in with that microphone at the usual time.

01:04:50Mr. Wilder made me leave the apartment ahead of him.

01:04:53He said I'd hear from him later.

01:04:54The hour is seven o'clock.

01:04:57We're tolling the chimes for Grant Murdock.

01:05:06That's Grant Murdock's signature song.

01:05:09Norman Wilder must be playing.

01:05:12That's Grant Murdock's voice.

01:05:14But he's dead.

01:05:16I saw him in my own eyes, dead.

01:05:18Bob, I'm fighting.

01:05:20Come on, honey.

01:05:21We'll go to the broadcasting station.

01:05:23We'll find out what it's all about.

01:05:29He's dead.

01:05:31I killed him.

01:05:35But that's his voice.

01:05:37Say, what is this?

01:05:38Are you trying to pull a fast one?

01:05:47Either way, she's double-crossed us.

01:05:50Now she's turned yellow.

01:05:52She's liable to squeal.

01:05:59Oh, I know why you're following me, Lefty.

01:06:01But I'm entitled to a break.

01:06:02Anyway, until I can find out whether he's still alive.

01:06:05Sure, kid.

01:06:06I'll wait that long.

01:06:07I got a heart.

01:06:09Murdock's singing?

01:06:10Ah, you're crazy, Mac.

01:06:12That guy's been cold for an hour.

01:06:32Am I screwy or am I screwy?

01:06:34Any police broadcast?

01:06:39Go to the radio building in connection with the Murdock murder.

01:06:43Investigate the broadcast now in the air.

01:06:45Shadows are creeping and darkness is near.

01:06:54This is the end of it all.

01:07:02Soon we'll be parted forever, my dear.

01:07:08Promise you'll sometimes recall

01:07:16Just a little lonely love song

01:07:29This is my goodbye to you

01:07:37Just a little thing

01:07:43To help me carry on

01:07:49Just a lonely dream

01:07:55To linger when you're gone

01:08:02Every note is filled with long

01:08:10Every word is sad and blue

01:08:22Hear it whisper

01:08:28Dear

01:08:31I love you

01:08:33I love you

01:08:38This is my goodbye

01:08:49Goodbye

01:08:51To you

01:08:57I love you

01:08:59I love you

01:09:57I was wrong.

01:10:08Love and music are not two masters.

01:10:12I know that now.

01:10:17You must go to him, my dear.

01:10:27I can still hear his voice.

01:10:44To me, he's like a song that's been sung, yet it lives forever in your heart.

01:10:48I can't get that hunchback out of my mind.

01:11:02I wonder who he thought he was taking the rap for.

01:11:08Maybe for that dame that kissed him after he was dead.

01:11:11Well, anyway, he took the rap from me.

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