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Portrait of Death

Inner Sanctum · June 12, 1945 · 29 min · 4,408 words

The transcript of “Portrait of Death”, an episode of Inner Sanctum first broadcast June 12, 1945. Press a time to play from that line (a 60-second preview; Potato Plus plays it all). The Night Shift plays Inner Sanctum free, live around the clock. Search inside this transcript.

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And soup present in a sanctum mystery. Is your host to be in a sanctum, inviting you in through the squeaking door. Come on in, have your picture taken with the corpse.

You'll look good next to him. Poor fellow, what's a photographer? Pashed on last winter while taking a picture. Yes, died of overexposure. Awful, isn't it? Enough to make your camera shutter. Well, let's gather around the coffin now for a nice happy picture.

Watch the body. Watch the body. Oh dear. We'll have to take that again. Someone moves. And I think it was the corpse. Why, that's downright silly. Oh, hello, Mary. You're just in time. Come on. Get in the picture.

What? Do you think I'd stand next to a corpse? Oh, please, Mary. You can wear your Lipton sterling silver medallion. Then I'll send a picture to my friends in the graveyard. Why Mary, with your figure, your symmetry?

They'll probably elect you Miss Cemetery of 1945. Wouldn't that be nice? Thank you. But I can do without that honor. And as far as the sterling silver medallion is concerned, it's mighty popular right now.

I've been getting hundreds of letters from ladies all over the country telling me how much they appreciate it. You see the medallion is made of real sterling silver. It's about an inch in diameter and it's decorated with the Chinese symbol for good luck.

You can wear the medallion as a necklace or a choker. You see it's hung on a narrow black ray on satin ribbon. Or you can simply add it to your charm bracelet if you wish.

It's just the thing to brighten up your simple silk dresses in your dressy suits. And ladies, here's how you get this hands of medallion. Just send 25 cents and the box top from a package of Liptons, the tea with the Brisk flavor, to Lipton tea box 92.

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