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A World of Darkness

Suspense · January 20, 1944 · 29 min · 4,290 words

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Roma wines present Suspenves Roma wines made in California for enjoyment throughout the world Salud your health senior Roma wines toast the world the wine for your table is Roma wine made in California for enjoyment throughout the world This is the man in black here for the Roma wine company of Fresno, California to introduce this weekly half hour of suspense.

Tonight in Hollywood, Roma Wines bring you the distinguished actor who has just won the New York Film Critics Award for his performance in Watch on the Rhine, Mr. Paul Lucas. The suspense play which stars Mr. Lucas and which is produced and directed by William Speer is called A World of Darkness.

And so with the performance of Paul Lucas as the musician named Anton Rijak to whom the world was a world of darkness, we again hope to keep you in... ...suspend. Okay, okay, everybody here now?

Yes, I think I've got all of them. Mrs. Collins, Mr. Farrell, Mr. Walker, Mr. Gunther. Yes, they're all here, Lieutenant. You're the landlady, Mrs. Washburn, right? Well, if you want to be blunt about it.

I'm afraid I'm a blunt man, maybe it's a business I mean. Last night a girl was killed in this house. According to the coroner, it happened about two in the morning. She was killed in a particularly cold-blooded manner, stabbed.

And that's murder. There's no two ways about it. Now you're intelligent people, you're all connected with the theatre. No, not all, not all. France is my sort of a caretaker, handyman. Yes, handyman. But not to do with that theatre, that place of sin and abomination.

Don't mind him. France has always been a little prejudice. I know when the sword of righteousness is ready to strike. Where were you at two o'clock in the morning? I was in my room waiting.

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