In this thrilling episode of "Crime Photographer," we follow the adventures of Casey, the ace cameraman, as he navigates the dangerous backstage world of a theater production. The story unfolds at the Bluenote Cafe, where Casey and his friends, including news reporter Ann Williams, are drawn into a murder mystery involving the star of a new musical, "Angel Face." As tensions rise and secrets are revealed, Casey must use his keen eye and quick thinking to unravel the truth behind the murder of Andrea Ballou, a dancer with a complicated past and many enemies.
With a colorful cast of characters, including the charming but suspicious Carlo Chapman and the ambitious Eva Carling, the plot thickens as Casey and Ann find themselves in the midst of a deadly game. As the investigation unfolds, Casey's hunches and photographic memory become crucial in solving the case. Will they be able to uncover the real murderer before it's too late? Tune in to find out in this captivating episode filled with suspense, intrigue, and unexpected twists.
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What's new, Ethelbert? I was just reading here where a fellow in town won $5,000, How did he win it? He sent in the winning name to a radio contest. See, $5 is a lot of money for a name. I don't know.
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Our adventure for tonight, Too Many Angels. The Bluenote Cafe. Early evening, and we find Ann Williams, news reporter for the Morning Express, perched on one of the high barstools. Casey with his camera and film case hasn't arrived as yet, And Ethelbert, the bartender, for lack of something better to do, says Walter,
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you better bring up some more lemons.
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And Dan says
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Gee,
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I hate to go home tonight. Just the chorus, miss Williams. Maybe I've heard it. What chorus? See how I hate to go home tonight. I never can remember popular
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songs. Apple bird, that isn't a song. That's how I feel on account of my apartment being painted today. And I hate the smell of paint, and things are all upside down. I don't know how I'll be able to sleep. Well, gee, my sister, Edna, I'd be glad to let you use her.
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No. I guess you couldn't sleep on that. It's kind of Oh, thanks. Anyway, Edna
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Baby Casey will barge in with one of those all night assignments. Oh, no. I was hoping to catch you here, Annie. I got a great idea, Annie. What'd I tell you? Speak of angels and you hear the flapping of angels? Make mine the same, Ethelberg, Annie. You're okay. Keep coming right out. Now what's that about angels, Annie? You tell me. A great idea, you say? Yeah. Yeah. I feel like stepping out for a change tonight, Annie. Dinner and a show. Later, we can drop in at the Top Hat Club. Oh, I can't see. This is so sudden. Sudden? Oh, no. I mean it. And what's the best show in town? How about Angel Face? Angel Face? Well, that's a musical. It won't open till next Monday. I'm with a bit of influence, Casey.
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I can get us in to see a preview performance tonight. That sounds exciting.
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How much influence, Evelyn?
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Oh, a hundred dollars worth. A hundred dollars? But I don't get it. Well, I was, gonna keep the news kinda subnormal until after I started getting weekly dividends. You mean, you put a hundred bucks into that show? I'm what we call a angel, Katie. I know what you are, but,
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how did it happen to you? Oh,
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I do know how it is here in the blue note, celebrities and such. They get on the confidential side. So a few months ago when miss Carling asked me did I wanna take a crack at the big money. It's, Carling. Yeah. Blonde, Annie. First name, Eva. Sings, dances,
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is in the show. Oh, it's a man with a photographic memory. Thanks. Or blonde.
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You must have seen her in here too, miss Williams. Pretty, but, you know.
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So you gave miss Carling your piggy bank, and later on, you got a legal paper making you an limited partner in Angel Face. Ain't it alright?
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Legal, as I say. So if you folks will do me the honor, I'll be glad to escort you to the preview. Suits me. I think it'll be fun. I'll get my other coat. This is my night off if I want it, but I usually don't because it's quite good.
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We'll have dinner together too, Esselberg. Anything to keep me out of my four walls tonight. The apartment's being redecorated, and I'm afraid to go home. Annie, what a sucker, that poor guy. I read the out of town notices.
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Angel Face is so bad, they're gonna have to produce it again before the critics can even call it a flop. Oh, for heaven's sake. Well, don't tell Esselberg. It costs $200 so far, Annie. Had all kinds of trouble, and on top of that, Carlo Chapman is the artistic genius behind the whole mess. You mean the nightclub owner? Yeah. Kind of a splash full of hundred bucks making that show with or without Chapman behind it. Oh, poor Ethelbert. Isn't there something you can do, Casey? I ought to go backstage and turn Eva Carling over my knees. Thank her. Don't be silly.
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I'll pay the taxi case, okay? Seems to be quite a crowd going into the theater. Yeah. Friends, relatives, and Steve Mornish. Now don't let F. O. G. Hear you. There was a funny driver.
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I gave him a dime tip and he handed it back, said I might need it myself. Well, let's go in by the stage door. Why the stage door? I want you should both meet miss Carling, miss miss Williams. She's a very charming cantout. What? That's, theatrical language for singer, Casey. Oh, I see. Studying up.
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Okay, Ecklebert. Let's go.
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Now, this miss Williams is the, behind of the scene. Sorry. No visitors. The doorman should have stopped you. Mister, maybe you don't know it, but I own a considerable hunker they show, and these here are friends. Mister Casey and miss Williams at the Morning Express. Morning Express?
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Oh, I'm sorry. I'm Jack Blake, stage manager. Anyone from the press is always welcome. But please excuse me so many last minute details and it's almost curtain time. Make yourselves at home. See Casey?
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Angels always get in where fools fear to come. Yeah. Well, let's find miss Carling's room. I want you to meet her. Yeah. Wish her luck too. Gonna meet it with a turkey.
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Penny, what you said with cables on the floor and sandbags overhead that Backstage at a theater is a dangerous place. Oh. What? Over there near the door. Go over to Star Runner. It's Carlo Chapman, owner of the top hat club. Hello. Oh, that's That crook is one man you're not gonna meet, lady.
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Oh, by the way, who's the star of Angel Cake? Andrea Ballou. Should I be impressed?
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You mean does La Ballou have talent? Well, just average. She's queen bee in this show, though, thanks to Chapman. Oh, so it's that way? Just some gossip everybody knows. Let's move along, or we'll lose Ethelbert in the next quarter. Yeah. And what's bothering you, Ethelbert?
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Hey. Hey. Are those real? Those diamonds?
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All that you're
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coming up, miss Carling?
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All the crew coming up, miss Carling? Well, we've enjoyed meeting you, miss Carling.
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We'll get on out front. Good luck. Lovely, miss Carling. That's a very, original hairdo, sort of, Veronica Lakey? Yeah. It certainly hides your sort of blonde, I mean.
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Yes. Well, I do wish my duck. I'm sorry. I'm not myself. We understand. Preview of butterflies, Yeah. Something else. Nobody can kid me. This show is going right down the drain. Right now, I know it. I sure wish you had your money back in over. Well, gee, miss Carling, where does life Life? Yeah. Angel Faye Smite live as Andrea Baloo drops dead. She's a double crossing microbe with a neat pan and a mink coat. Don't you like her? Ever since I can remember, Baloo has been in my way. I shoulda had that star part, so I'm lucky to be her understanding. Someday, I'll take care of that she devil. She can't push me around. I won't take it. Sorry to have to shoot you out, folks. That's alright. That's alright. We understand.
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Well,
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what's wrong with you, Eva? Nothing. Nothing at all. You ought to know everything's just
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Sorry, mister Casey, miss Williams. Everybody's keyed up tonight. Follow me. We can go down these stairs.
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I don't know if it would help or not, mister Blake, but, who can I take a few shots of your star, miss Baloo? You mean now? Why not?
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Why yes. We can use some publicity. That's her dressing room. I'll see if she's ready.
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This is your night towel. Alright? What? Why? Annie.
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They're trying to help Appleford's investment.
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Mhmm. Miss Malone, I have a gentleman outside.
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Ah, the gentleman.
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I'd better put my head inside and ask if it's safe. You know how temperamental it is. Miss Baloo, I was wondering if mister Casey, something's happened. Come here. What is it? She's on the floor. She's fainted. I better call a doctor. Yeah. Better. I'll be right back.
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No wonder she's fainted. You just had a awful fight with someone. This dressing room's a mess. I wonder what happened. This is what happened.
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Step over here. Look.
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Oh my gosh. Hey. Hey. The show started, Casey. What are we gonna do? Miss Ballou can't dance with a knife in her back, Edward.
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Angel Face has too many angels, including a dead
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Let me through here. Which dressing room door is which? Say who's in charge backstage? Get these people out of here. Let me through. Who is he anyway?
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Miss William. You've got here mighty quick. This way, captain Logan. Who's out of you? I suppose. Casey somewhere. Most certainly is. In here.
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Hello, Logan. What are you doing here? I'm a news department. Remember?
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I just had to be driving by and got the radio report myself. How'd you find out about it? Nice to hear.
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Yeah. You're attending the preview of his show. I asked Blake, the stage manager, if I could take some pictures of mister Ballou. He knocked, and nobody answered, so he came in.
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Now this Well, our text squad will be here in a few minutes. In the meantime, I hope you haven't disturbed anything in here. Wait a minute, Mark. An accurate aid. You don't mean a few pictures. Well, maybe I can save you some time, though. Of this place must have been quite a fight. Get that stage manager in here. I'll get him tested. A fight between two gals.
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Gals? Yep. Okay.
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Strands of yellow hair cut in her nails. A blonde. You can take that to Blake. We'll wind this business up, Prickle. Blake, round up all the blondes in this company. I, I think there's only four of the girls. Yeah. The one I want has scratches on her on her face or arm. She's probably trying to hide them with makeup. I'll catch the girls now before they leave the theater. And there's miss Carling who might have something to hide behind a cocker spaniel here. We'll get to her. Now about this knife.
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Oh, hello, chaplain. So you're here. Why shouldn't I be? I have an interest in this show. You tell me there's been an accident.
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That's too bad.
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You ever see that weapon before? I didn't come here to answer no questions, but I'm one of those fellows like to help the cops. I had a fallen out with Andrea tonight. I got nothing to hide. That's my knife. I recognize it. Had it in my desk at the Popeye Club. Disappeared three weeks ago. Your lawyer tell you to say all this? If you figure you can hang anything on me and make it stick,
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just say the word. Chapman, I'll talk to you later. Right now, all I want is a blonde. Yeah.
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That's all most men want, love
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it. No. No. Why do you keep on asking me over and over again? I told you I was in a room and we had a scrap. I would've killed it, but I didn't. I never saw that knife before. I never saw it. I don't know how it happened right now. Step outside a minute, Logan. I'm
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the clean
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I see. This Baloo was killed, Logan, by a single clean knife thrust in the back. Well, now is it logical after a wild fight between two women that the knife was only used once? No other cuts or slashes? Well, I'll bet your little Eva can't even peel potatoes without cutting a finger off. Yet I go home now. Can't you just let me go home and rest? We were just talking about you, miss Carling and I. Hold on, Casey. Casey, let go. Look. Sandbag, I thought it started slipping my pants. Yeah. Well, we're okay, anyway. Must weigh a hundred pounds. Yeah. They use it for counterweights on the curtains.
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Yeah. Look at it. Yeah.
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It didn't wear out or come loose.
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It was cut to the night. Flanagan, get some more light on back here. Come on, Casey. We'll take a look up there in the catwalks. Alright? I'll go up to the fly this way, Logan. Anybody's up there, we'll please find out. Alright? Careful, Casey.
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I'm
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still up there, Casey. Not anymore.
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But I got out through the door to the roof, though. Got away over the fire escape. Yeah. Hello? Listen. Will you give me a break now?
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It depends.
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Eva calling. Couldn't have cut that same scent I knew. She was standing right beside us. Yeah. That's right. Pretty worked up. I'll tell Annie to take her home. You can pick her up later if you want her. Okay.
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Let's go over and have a talk with Carlo Chapman.
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Got a lush office, Soft light,
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softer rug, all the glossy pinups along the walls. Yeah. The top hat club seems to feature that scheme, just pictures and anything.
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Here's a shot of the late, unlamented miss Andrea Ballou picking up her pretty ankles with a dancing partner. Boy, looks kinda familiar. Oh, good evening, mister Chapman. I'm firing a picture gallery. Sure.
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Look around plenty. Sorry I wasn't here. We're doing a little exercise.
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Up and down fire escape. What? Never mind. I'd say, who's the lad with miss Belleau when it shot you? He used to be part of the team.
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Blue and Baloo. I gave him their spouse here at the club. Blue and Baloo. That was funny. And he got hurt, couldn't dance anymore. So miss Baloo went into a single act. Now, let's come out the small talk. I don't know nothing more about the night, captain Logan. Any idea of who might have taken it? No. What did you and Baloo quarrel about in her dressing room tonight? I told her she didn't behave. She was through. Who could take her place? There she was. Understood.
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Eva Carling. Did you promise Eva anything in case Andrea Balu was out of the picture? If you wanna put it that way.
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Yes.
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If we ever open the show again, this Carling will be a sensation. Power of the year.
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I see. Come on, Chaplain. I'm arresting you on suspicion of murder. And after I've taken you in a headquarters, I'm also picking up Eva Carling. Hey, Steve. There's no use talking. I'm not soft. I'm gonna pick up Eva at her apartment and book her on a charge of homicide at least if we get more evidence. Yeah. She and miss Williams should have had plenty of time to get there by now. Yeah. I guess so. I look, Casey. Miss Colling was Chapman's new girlfriend. She knew Ballou was in her way. She had a motive. Alright?
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So she took Chapman's old knife, stuck it in Baloo's back, all of which is point a finger at Chapman. I'll go this far with you, Logan. We'll leave her may have a hunch who did put Baloo out of the way. Right now I'm trying to dig something out of my memory, though. Ever since we were in Chapman's office, I've been scratching my head.
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So where are we? Eli McCarthy. Is that the building across the street, Flanagan? Yes, sir. The address miss Carlin Gables, 317, Apartment 4 B. Looks like a four story walk up. Come on, JC. Let's start climbing.
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Don't ask. Don't ask them to come in. Yeah. You're just relaxed. Nobody's going to ask. Whoever it is, I don't wanna see anybody. I'm afraid. I didn't do it. I told you everything. I told you the truth. You believe me, don't you? Yes. Yes. Of course I believe. No. She wasn't ringing, please. Why not? She doesn't have to.
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Oh.
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Whoever it is, let them ring. Don't answer it.
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It.
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Buddy. It's William. It's Carling. I haven't gotten here yet. All that climbing we did for nothing. Instead Instead of coming here to Carling department, they probably went to Annie's place. You've got an extra room. That's where they are.
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Climb in.
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Hey, Logan. I think I've got it. Got it. What? Look. Remember that that photograph in Chapman's office, the dance team of Blue and Ballou? Well, let's go, Flanagan. Well, look. He he said the kid got hurt some years ago. Wasn't able to dance anymore. Well, I've got a memory for faces. You know, you get that way in my business. Now hold on a minute, Flanagan.
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Okay. So you that fella going into the apartment house, isn't it?
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Yeah. That that's Blake, the stage manager. Yeah. That's Blake alright. Uh-huh. See how it drags one foot? I didn't notice it before.
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Yeah. He does walk with a kind of limp. What about he's calling on calling the butt?
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Logan.
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I'm beginning to get one of those hunches. You and your hunches. What is it this time? So strong that if I weren't sure that Annie and miss Conning aren't up there, I'd follow Blake up those stairs again. Why? Because according to my hunch, Blake is the murderer of miss Bellew. And miss Conning's life and Annie's too will be worth a nickel if Blake finds it. Well, let's have it, Jason. At least we know the gals aren't up there. All Blake can do is walk up there and ring the bell as we did. If there is any reason to think he had anything to do with the murder, we can pick him up when he comes down.
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That's right. The girls are safe enough. But, Logan, look. Here's the basis of my hunch. Yeah. As I was telling you before about that photograph of the camera phone.
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There they are. There they are again. Don't let me know when you the lady is calling. I think that you're asking. No one wants to know if it is the police, the only one I have to do more stuff. Alright. Set them in. It couldn't be worse than sending you a request. Sure. I'll ask who it is. Who is it? It's Blake. Please call me mister Blake, this stage manager. Oh, I'm coming, mister Blake.
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Come in.
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Get over there and sit down with Eva. But I don't see what You see this, don't you? Get over there. It's a lot more effective than a knife. What do you want, Jack? You saw me go into Baluth's dressing room just after you came out. I'd be a scrap with her, but you'll never tell the police. No. I I didn't see you going, Jack. I tell you I didn't I thought I'd pick you up with that sandbag, but now I'll have to try again. You're a fool to think you can use that gun to get away. Listen. I waited a long time to take care of Andrea. Seven years. She knew Chapman crippled me, so I couldn't dance again. Well, she'll never dance again either.
When I leave here, I'll take care of Chapman. I couldn't make the cops think he used his knife on Andrea. Too bad you had to be up here tonight, miss Williams, but that's how it is.
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There you are. My hunch, Blake, or Blue, if you prefer, had his dancing career cut short by an accent. Now suppose he nursed a grudge against fellow oop, seeing her go on and on and up and up, showbiz, when all he could ever hope for was a job as a stage manager now and then. You know, Casey,
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at this hour in the morning, I admire your energy to think up such an idea. Well,
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like I said, Logan, it's just a hunch. I'm a completely sold under myself. I wonder what's keeping Blake so long up there
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because he's wearing that door buzzer out. Casey, that's a theatrical apartment house. Lots of theater people live there. He probably lives there, and he's in bed asleep by now while we sit out here in the cold. I'll pick him up tomorrow for more questioning. But right now, I'll settle for Eva Carling, and then I'm going home. Flanagan, you know where miss Williams live. Step on the starter. We're going there.
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But didn't, Chaplain recognize you backstage?
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He never notices anything unless it wears skirts. But, as a state manager of Angel Face, surely miss Baloo would remember you with her former partner. Sure. She knew I had the job. She didn't mind. She thought it was nice to have me under her thumb, like throwing bones to a dog.
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What what about You stall long enough.
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We're gonna have some radio music. I'll turn it up real loud for a few minutes. No. No. I'll never tell about you, Jack. I'll I'll
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I've been waiting to promise him I'll do anything but make him listen to me for it. No. No. Don't please, Jack. Don't shoot. I'll do anything. All my life, Jack. I'll do anything. I'll be done
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with no. I
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I got him, Logan. Where are these cars? I've been again. Forget the cops on it. I take care of him. I said, let's turn off that radio. Jason, Justin Logan. You alright, Annie? What about the girl? Is she good? No. No. I mean, yes. I'm alright. I guess Eva fainted though. Casey, you and the marines.
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She almost made two more angels out of us.
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Casey, don't ever tell a newspaper. I'm all in. I won't, Annie. It's good thing I remembered one thing, Annie. Yeah. You remembered just in time. Remembered? Remembered what? Oh, I don't mind now, honey. Come on. I think we can just make the blue note before it closes.
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So Blake was deliberately crippled by Chapman.
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Casey? That's right, Albert. According to what he told us, he knew when three mugs held him up, knocked him out, and didn't take his money, that it was a frame up. He'd been injured on purpose. That's horrible.
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That was seven years ago, you say? And there's no way to pin it on Chapman? Well, if miss Ballou was alive, she might, but But why did Chapman bother with Blake seven years ago? But Blake and Ballou had an ironclad
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contract that neither could break. Miss Ballou met Carlo and saw her big chance to latch onto the big time. But Blake was a drag, so Chapman helped out by fixing Blake so that he was through as an answer because that nullified the contract.
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There's a five letter word for a louse like that, or is it sick? Well, he'll get his some night in a dark alley. To think Chapman can walk around unfettered while poor Blake winds up in a chair.
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Yeah. For murder. She almost got me with a sandbag. He was just gonna add Heba Carling and our own Annie to his list. I was sure anxious to cover his tracks When you broke in, and it was heavenly timing. Here, Casey. How come? Well, Logan and I started to drive to Annie's place, but at the last moment, I remember that her apartment had just been painted. She wouldn't go there if she could help it. So I because I knew you must be at Eva's place, Annie. We did a quick turnaround and got there in time to get the radio tuned up. Well, boy, don't think it hasn't been fun, but I'm going home to my new smelling apartment and collapse. Wait a minute, Annie. I got a bright idea. Oh, I know. You feel like stepping out tonight. No. Tomorrow night, Annie. We'll have dinner and a show. What's a good show? How about Hello Broadway? There's a preview performance. Wait a minute, Eve. Wait.
Don't tell me. Not again.
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What's new, Ethelbert? I was just reading here where a fellow in town won $5,000, How did he win it? He sent in the winning name to a radio contest. See, $5 is a lot of money for a name. I don't know.
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Our adventure for tonight, Too Many Angels. The Bluenote Cafe. Early evening, and we find Ann Williams, news reporter for the Morning Express, perched on one of the high barstools. Casey with his camera and film case hasn't arrived as yet, And Ethelbert, the bartender, for lack of something better to do, says Walter,
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you better bring up some more lemons.
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And Dan says
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Gee,
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I hate to go home tonight. Just the chorus, miss Williams. Maybe I've heard it. What chorus? See how I hate to go home tonight. I never can remember popular
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songs. Apple bird, that isn't a song. That's how I feel on account of my apartment being painted today. And I hate the smell of paint, and things are all upside down. I don't know how I'll be able to sleep. Well, gee, my sister, Edna, I'd be glad to let you use her.
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No. I guess you couldn't sleep on that. It's kind of Oh, thanks. Anyway, Edna
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Baby Casey will barge in with one of those all night assignments. Oh, no. I was hoping to catch you here, Annie. I got a great idea, Annie. What'd I tell you? Speak of angels and you hear the flapping of angels? Make mine the same, Ethelberg, Annie. You're okay. Keep coming right out. Now what's that about angels, Annie? You tell me. A great idea, you say? Yeah. Yeah. I feel like stepping out for a change tonight, Annie. Dinner and a show. Later, we can drop in at the Top Hat Club. Oh, I can't see. This is so sudden. Sudden? Oh, no. I mean it. And what's the best show in town? How about Angel Face? Angel Face? Well, that's a musical. It won't open till next Monday. I'm with a bit of influence, Casey.
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I can get us in to see a preview performance tonight. That sounds exciting.
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How much influence, Evelyn?
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Oh, a hundred dollars worth. A hundred dollars? But I don't get it. Well, I was, gonna keep the news kinda subnormal until after I started getting weekly dividends. You mean, you put a hundred bucks into that show? I'm what we call a angel, Katie. I know what you are, but,
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how did it happen to you? Oh,
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I do know how it is here in the blue note, celebrities and such. They get on the confidential side. So a few months ago when miss Carling asked me did I wanna take a crack at the big money. It's, Carling. Yeah. Blonde, Annie. First name, Eva. Sings, dances,
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is in the show. Oh, it's a man with a photographic memory. Thanks. Or blonde.
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You must have seen her in here too, miss Williams. Pretty, but, you know.
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So you gave miss Carling your piggy bank, and later on, you got a legal paper making you an limited partner in Angel Face. Ain't it alright?
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Legal, as I say. So if you folks will do me the honor, I'll be glad to escort you to the preview. Suits me. I think it'll be fun. I'll get my other coat. This is my night off if I want it, but I usually don't because it's quite good.
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We'll have dinner together too, Esselberg. Anything to keep me out of my four walls tonight. The apartment's being redecorated, and I'm afraid to go home. Annie, what a sucker, that poor guy. I read the out of town notices.
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Angel Face is so bad, they're gonna have to produce it again before the critics can even call it a flop. Oh, for heaven's sake. Well, don't tell Esselberg. It costs $200 so far, Annie. Had all kinds of trouble, and on top of that, Carlo Chapman is the artistic genius behind the whole mess. You mean the nightclub owner? Yeah. Kind of a splash full of hundred bucks making that show with or without Chapman behind it. Oh, poor Ethelbert. Isn't there something you can do, Casey? I ought to go backstage and turn Eva Carling over my knees. Thank her. Don't be silly.
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I'll pay the taxi case, okay? Seems to be quite a crowd going into the theater. Yeah. Friends, relatives, and Steve Mornish. Now don't let F. O. G. Hear you. There was a funny driver.
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I gave him a dime tip and he handed it back, said I might need it myself. Well, let's go in by the stage door. Why the stage door? I want you should both meet miss Carling, miss miss Williams. She's a very charming cantout. What? That's, theatrical language for singer, Casey. Oh, I see. Studying up.
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Okay, Ecklebert. Let's go.
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Now, this miss Williams is the, behind of the scene. Sorry. No visitors. The doorman should have stopped you. Mister, maybe you don't know it, but I own a considerable hunker they show, and these here are friends. Mister Casey and miss Williams at the Morning Express. Morning Express?
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Oh, I'm sorry. I'm Jack Blake, stage manager. Anyone from the press is always welcome. But please excuse me so many last minute details and it's almost curtain time. Make yourselves at home. See Casey?
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Angels always get in where fools fear to come. Yeah. Well, let's find miss Carling's room. I want you to meet her. Yeah. Wish her luck too. Gonna meet it with a turkey.
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Penny, what you said with cables on the floor and sandbags overhead that Backstage at a theater is a dangerous place. Oh. What? Over there near the door. Go over to Star Runner. It's Carlo Chapman, owner of the top hat club. Hello. Oh, that's That crook is one man you're not gonna meet, lady.
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Oh, by the way, who's the star of Angel Cake? Andrea Ballou. Should I be impressed?
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You mean does La Ballou have talent? Well, just average. She's queen bee in this show, though, thanks to Chapman. Oh, so it's that way? Just some gossip everybody knows. Let's move along, or we'll lose Ethelbert in the next quarter. Yeah. And what's bothering you, Ethelbert?
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Hey. Hey. Are those real? Those diamonds?
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All that you're
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coming up, miss Carling?
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All the crew coming up, miss Carling? Well, we've enjoyed meeting you, miss Carling.
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We'll get on out front. Good luck. Lovely, miss Carling. That's a very, original hairdo, sort of, Veronica Lakey? Yeah. It certainly hides your sort of blonde, I mean.
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Yes. Well, I do wish my duck. I'm sorry. I'm not myself. We understand. Preview of butterflies, Yeah. Something else. Nobody can kid me. This show is going right down the drain. Right now, I know it. I sure wish you had your money back in over. Well, gee, miss Carling, where does life Life? Yeah. Angel Faye Smite live as Andrea Baloo drops dead. She's a double crossing microbe with a neat pan and a mink coat. Don't you like her? Ever since I can remember, Baloo has been in my way. I shoulda had that star part, so I'm lucky to be her understanding. Someday, I'll take care of that she devil. She can't push me around. I won't take it. Sorry to have to shoot you out, folks. That's alright. That's alright. We understand.
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Well,
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what's wrong with you, Eva? Nothing. Nothing at all. You ought to know everything's just
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Sorry, mister Casey, miss Williams. Everybody's keyed up tonight. Follow me. We can go down these stairs.
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I don't know if it would help or not, mister Blake, but, who can I take a few shots of your star, miss Baloo? You mean now? Why not?
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Why yes. We can use some publicity. That's her dressing room. I'll see if she's ready.
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This is your night towel. Alright? What? Why? Annie.
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They're trying to help Appleford's investment.
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Mhmm. Miss Malone, I have a gentleman outside.
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Ah, the gentleman.
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I'd better put my head inside and ask if it's safe. You know how temperamental it is. Miss Baloo, I was wondering if mister Casey, something's happened. Come here. What is it? She's on the floor. She's fainted. I better call a doctor. Yeah. Better. I'll be right back.
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No wonder she's fainted. You just had a awful fight with someone. This dressing room's a mess. I wonder what happened. This is what happened.
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Step over here. Look.
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Oh my gosh. Hey. Hey. The show started, Casey. What are we gonna do? Miss Ballou can't dance with a knife in her back, Edward.
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Let me through here. Which dressing room door is which? Say who's in charge backstage? Get these people out of here. Let me through. Who is he anyway?
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Miss William. You've got here mighty quick. This way, captain Logan. Who's out of you? I suppose. Casey somewhere. Most certainly is. In here.
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Hello, Logan. What are you doing here? I'm a news department. Remember?
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I just had to be driving by and got the radio report myself. How'd you find out about it? Nice to hear.
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Yeah. You're attending the preview of his show. I asked Blake, the stage manager, if I could take some pictures of mister Ballou. He knocked, and nobody answered, so he came in.
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Now this Well, our text squad will be here in a few minutes. In the meantime, I hope you haven't disturbed anything in here. Wait a minute, Mark. An accurate aid. You don't mean a few pictures. Well, maybe I can save you some time, though. Of this place must have been quite a fight. Get that stage manager in here. I'll get him tested. A fight between two gals.
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Gals? Yep. Okay.
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Strands of yellow hair cut in her nails. A blonde. You can take that to Blake. We'll wind this business up, Prickle. Blake, round up all the blondes in this company. I, I think there's only four of the girls. Yeah. The one I want has scratches on her on her face or arm. She's probably trying to hide them with makeup. I'll catch the girls now before they leave the theater. And there's miss Carling who might have something to hide behind a cocker spaniel here. We'll get to her. Now about this knife.
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Oh, hello, chaplain. So you're here. Why shouldn't I be? I have an interest in this show. You tell me there's been an accident.
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That's too bad.
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You ever see that weapon before? I didn't come here to answer no questions, but I'm one of those fellows like to help the cops. I had a fallen out with Andrea tonight. I got nothing to hide. That's my knife. I recognize it. Had it in my desk at the Popeye Club. Disappeared three weeks ago. Your lawyer tell you to say all this? If you figure you can hang anything on me and make it stick,
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just say the word. Chapman, I'll talk to you later. Right now, all I want is a blonde. Yeah.
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That's all most men want, love
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it. No. No. Why do you keep on asking me over and over again? I told you I was in a room and we had a scrap. I would've killed it, but I didn't. I never saw that knife before. I never saw it. I don't know how it happened right now. Step outside a minute, Logan. I'm
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the clean
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I see. This Baloo was killed, Logan, by a single clean knife thrust in the back. Well, now is it logical after a wild fight between two women that the knife was only used once? No other cuts or slashes? Well, I'll bet your little Eva can't even peel potatoes without cutting a finger off. Yet I go home now. Can't you just let me go home and rest? We were just talking about you, miss Carling and I. Hold on, Casey. Casey, let go. Look. Sandbag, I thought it started slipping my pants. Yeah. Well, we're okay, anyway. Must weigh a hundred pounds. Yeah. They use it for counterweights on the curtains.
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Yeah. Look at it. Yeah.
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It didn't wear out or come loose.
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It was cut to the night. Flanagan, get some more light on back here. Come on, Casey. We'll take a look up there in the catwalks. Alright? I'll go up to the fly this way, Logan. Anybody's up there, we'll please find out. Alright? Careful, Casey.
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still up there, Casey. Not anymore.
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But I got out through the door to the roof, though. Got away over the fire escape. Yeah. Hello? Listen. Will you give me a break now?
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It depends.
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Eva calling. Couldn't have cut that same scent I knew. She was standing right beside us. Yeah. That's right. Pretty worked up. I'll tell Annie to take her home. You can pick her up later if you want her. Okay.
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Let's go over and have a talk with Carlo Chapman.
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Got a lush office, Soft light,
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softer rug, all the glossy pinups along the walls. Yeah. The top hat club seems to feature that scheme, just pictures and anything.
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Here's a shot of the late, unlamented miss Andrea Ballou picking up her pretty ankles with a dancing partner. Boy, looks kinda familiar. Oh, good evening, mister Chapman. I'm firing a picture gallery. Sure.
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Look around plenty. Sorry I wasn't here. We're doing a little exercise.
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Up and down fire escape. What? Never mind. I'd say, who's the lad with miss Belleau when it shot you? He used to be part of the team.
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Blue and Baloo. I gave him their spouse here at the club. Blue and Baloo. That was funny. And he got hurt, couldn't dance anymore. So miss Baloo went into a single act. Now, let's come out the small talk. I don't know nothing more about the night, captain Logan. Any idea of who might have taken it? No. What did you and Baloo quarrel about in her dressing room tonight? I told her she didn't behave. She was through. Who could take her place? There she was. Understood.
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Eva Carling. Did you promise Eva anything in case Andrea Balu was out of the picture? If you wanna put it that way.
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Yes.
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If we ever open the show again, this Carling will be a sensation. Power of the year.
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I see. Come on, Chaplain. I'm arresting you on suspicion of murder. And after I've taken you in a headquarters, I'm also picking up Eva Carling. Hey, Steve. There's no use talking. I'm not soft. I'm gonna pick up Eva at her apartment and book her on a charge of homicide at least if we get more evidence. Yeah. She and miss Williams should have had plenty of time to get there by now. Yeah. I guess so. I look, Casey. Miss Colling was Chapman's new girlfriend. She knew Ballou was in her way. She had a motive. Alright?
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So she took Chapman's old knife, stuck it in Baloo's back, all of which is point a finger at Chapman. I'll go this far with you, Logan. We'll leave her may have a hunch who did put Baloo out of the way. Right now I'm trying to dig something out of my memory, though. Ever since we were in Chapman's office, I've been scratching my head.
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So where are we? Eli McCarthy. Is that the building across the street, Flanagan? Yes, sir. The address miss Carlin Gables, 317, Apartment 4 B. Looks like a four story walk up. Come on, JC. Let's start climbing.
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Don't ask. Don't ask them to come in. Yeah. You're just relaxed. Nobody's going to ask. Whoever it is, I don't wanna see anybody. I'm afraid. I didn't do it. I told you everything. I told you the truth. You believe me, don't you? Yes. Yes. Of course I believe. No. She wasn't ringing, please. Why not? She doesn't have to.
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Oh.
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Whoever it is, let them ring. Don't answer it.
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It.
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Buddy. It's William. It's Carling. I haven't gotten here yet. All that climbing we did for nothing. Instead Instead of coming here to Carling department, they probably went to Annie's place. You've got an extra room. That's where they are.
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Climb in.
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Hey, Logan. I think I've got it. Got it. What? Look. Remember that that photograph in Chapman's office, the dance team of Blue and Ballou? Well, let's go, Flanagan. Well, look. He he said the kid got hurt some years ago. Wasn't able to dance anymore. Well, I've got a memory for faces. You know, you get that way in my business. Now hold on a minute, Flanagan.
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Okay. So you that fella going into the apartment house, isn't it?
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Yeah. That that's Blake, the stage manager. Yeah. That's Blake alright. Uh-huh. See how it drags one foot? I didn't notice it before.
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Yeah. He does walk with a kind of limp. What about he's calling on calling the butt?
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Logan.
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I'm beginning to get one of those hunches. You and your hunches. What is it this time? So strong that if I weren't sure that Annie and miss Conning aren't up there, I'd follow Blake up those stairs again. Why? Because according to my hunch, Blake is the murderer of miss Bellew. And miss Conning's life and Annie's too will be worth a nickel if Blake finds it. Well, let's have it, Jason. At least we know the gals aren't up there. All Blake can do is walk up there and ring the bell as we did. If there is any reason to think he had anything to do with the murder, we can pick him up when he comes down.
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That's right. The girls are safe enough. But, Logan, look. Here's the basis of my hunch. Yeah. As I was telling you before about that photograph of the camera phone.
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There they are. There they are again. Don't let me know when you the lady is calling. I think that you're asking. No one wants to know if it is the police, the only one I have to do more stuff. Alright. Set them in. It couldn't be worse than sending you a request. Sure. I'll ask who it is. Who is it? It's Blake. Please call me mister Blake, this stage manager. Oh, I'm coming, mister Blake.
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Come in.
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Get over there and sit down with Eva. But I don't see what You see this, don't you? Get over there. It's a lot more effective than a knife. What do you want, Jack? You saw me go into Baluth's dressing room just after you came out. I'd be a scrap with her, but you'll never tell the police. No. I I didn't see you going, Jack. I tell you I didn't I thought I'd pick you up with that sandbag, but now I'll have to try again. You're a fool to think you can use that gun to get away. Listen. I waited a long time to take care of Andrea. Seven years. She knew Chapman crippled me, so I couldn't dance again. Well, she'll never dance again either.
When I leave here, I'll take care of Chapman. I couldn't make the cops think he used his knife on Andrea. Too bad you had to be up here tonight, miss Williams, but that's how it is.
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There you are. My hunch, Blake, or Blue, if you prefer, had his dancing career cut short by an accent. Now suppose he nursed a grudge against fellow oop, seeing her go on and on and up and up, showbiz, when all he could ever hope for was a job as a stage manager now and then. You know, Casey,
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at this hour in the morning, I admire your energy to think up such an idea. Well,
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like I said, Logan, it's just a hunch. I'm a completely sold under myself. I wonder what's keeping Blake so long up there
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because he's wearing that door buzzer out. Casey, that's a theatrical apartment house. Lots of theater people live there. He probably lives there, and he's in bed asleep by now while we sit out here in the cold. I'll pick him up tomorrow for more questioning. But right now, I'll settle for Eva Carling, and then I'm going home. Flanagan, you know where miss Williams live. Step on the starter. We're going there.
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But didn't, Chaplain recognize you backstage?
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He never notices anything unless it wears skirts. But, as a state manager of Angel Face, surely miss Baloo would remember you with her former partner. Sure. She knew I had the job. She didn't mind. She thought it was nice to have me under her thumb, like throwing bones to a dog.
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What what about You stall long enough.
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We're gonna have some radio music. I'll turn it up real loud for a few minutes. No. No. I'll never tell about you, Jack. I'll I'll
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I've been waiting to promise him I'll do anything but make him listen to me for it. No. No. Don't please, Jack. Don't shoot. I'll do anything. All my life, Jack. I'll do anything. I'll be done
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with no. I
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I got him, Logan. Where are these cars? I've been again. Forget the cops on it. I take care of him. I said, let's turn off that radio. Jason, Justin Logan. You alright, Annie? What about the girl? Is she good? No. No. I mean, yes. I'm alright. I guess Eva fainted though. Casey, you and the marines.
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She almost made two more angels out of us.
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Casey, don't ever tell a newspaper. I'm all in. I won't, Annie. It's good thing I remembered one thing, Annie. Yeah. You remembered just in time. Remembered? Remembered what? Oh, I don't mind now, honey. Come on. I think we can just make the blue note before it closes.
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So Blake was deliberately crippled by Chapman.
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Casey? That's right, Albert. According to what he told us, he knew when three mugs held him up, knocked him out, and didn't take his money, that it was a frame up. He'd been injured on purpose. That's horrible.
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That was seven years ago, you say? And there's no way to pin it on Chapman? Well, if miss Ballou was alive, she might, but But why did Chapman bother with Blake seven years ago? But Blake and Ballou had an ironclad
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contract that neither could break. Miss Ballou met Carlo and saw her big chance to latch onto the big time. But Blake was a drag, so Chapman helped out by fixing Blake so that he was through as an answer because that nullified the contract.
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There's a five letter word for a louse like that, or is it sick? Well, he'll get his some night in a dark alley. To think Chapman can walk around unfettered while poor Blake winds up in a chair.
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Yeah. For murder. She almost got me with a sandbag. He was just gonna add Heba Carling and our own Annie to his list. I was sure anxious to cover his tracks When you broke in, and it was heavenly timing. Here, Casey. How come? Well, Logan and I started to drive to Annie's place, but at the last moment, I remember that her apartment had just been painted. She wouldn't go there if she could help it. So I because I knew you must be at Eva's place, Annie. We did a quick turnaround and got there in time to get the radio tuned up. Well, boy, don't think it hasn't been fun, but I'm going home to my new smelling apartment and collapse. Wait a minute, Annie. I got a bright idea. Oh, I know. You feel like stepping out tonight. No. Tomorrow night, Annie. We'll have dinner and a show. What's a good show? How about Hello Broadway? There's a preview performance. Wait a minute, Eve. Wait.
Don't tell me. Not again.
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Well, as my sister Edna says, quote, most of us keep one eye on the temptations we pray not to be let into, unquote.
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Introduction to Crime Photographer
Casey's New Adventure: Too Many Angels
The Bluenote Cafe: Setting the Scene
The Preview Performance: A Night at the Theater
A Murder Unfolds: The Mystery Deepens
Investigating the Crime: Suspects and Motives
The Chase: Unraveling the Truth
Confrontation and Resolution
Reflections at the Blue Note
