Charlie Chan at Treasure Island Page #4

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up. Anything for a laugh.

Myra, darling, you're not looking a bit well.

Hasn't Dr. Zodiac been able to cheer you up?

- I wouldn't believe that faker under oath.

- Then why go to him?

[Myra] It was Mrs. Sibley's idea.

Oh, but you were so worried about

Rhadini and his popularity with the girls.

- [Laughs]

- Darling, let me worry about him.

You worry about that

husband of yours who died.

What do you mean?

Didn't his sudden exit have

the district attorney bothered?

- Oh, now, Myra- - It's

awfully stuffy here.

Excuse me, please.

Why, that jealous guttersnipe.

Don't ever pick a knife

thrower for a wife, Mr. Chan.

- Sharp words from sharp tongue?

- No, I mean real knives.

She used to be in vaudeville.

Thinks she's an actress.

Dr. Zodiac can't help

her. She's too conceited.

I beg your pardon. Are you Mr. Rhadini?

No. There's Mr. Rhadini over there.

Oh, thank you. Excuse me.

- What- Uh, excuse, please? -

[Bessie] I said she's too conceited.

Good evening, Mr. Rhadini. It's awfully

nice of you to invite me here tonight.

I'm glad to have you. Make yourself

at home. Give the house a good name.

Thank you. I'll do my best.

Say, Bessie, you know everybody.

Who's that fellow over there?

Thank you.

Well, he's a new one to me.

But he looks interesting.

- You do not know own guest?

- I never laid eyes on him before.

Pardon me, Mr. Chan. You're

wanted on the telephone.

- I'll show you the way, Charlie.

- Excuse, please.

Hurry back, Mr. Chan. I want

all the news about Honolulu.

Oh, excuse me a minute, Charlie. The

phone's right over there. You can't miss it.

How many times do I have to tell you?

Didn't you say I could be a guest?

I didn't tell you to make

a pig out of yourself.

Well, if you invite me, you

gotta invite my tapeworm.

Yes? Who, please? Who?

It's only me, Pop-Jimmy.

I've located Gregory, and he's

registered right here in our hotel.

Mr. Gregory here at party now.

I know it. I sent him a fake invitation so

that he'd leave his room, and I could search it.

You invite Gregory?

Keep an eye on him, will you? Good-bye.

- ~~[Ends]

- Uh-

- [Applause]

- Mr. Chan, I thought I recognized you.

- Good evening.

- Strange we should meet again so soon.

Odds are about 40-to-1 against

travel mates meeting within 48 hours.

- I've made a study of it.

- Even here you pursue art of statistics?

Everywhere

- even in my sleep.

[Bells Chiming]

Charlie, Eve's just about to go on,

and I don't want you to miss her.

Now look, if you folks will bring

your chairs up a little closer...

we're gonna have a little

entertainment for you...

by one of the finest

prestidigit- presti-

He's a magician. I know you all know

him. Needs no introduction to you.

The Great Rhadini! Ta-da!

Thank you, thank you. Now

before we go any further, l-

Uh, Irma, would you mind

holding this cage for me, please?

- [Irma Laughs]

- Just a sample.

As you all know, I give two performances

a day at the Temple of Magic.

I didn't ask you to come here

tonight to watch me perform.

I want to introduce a little lady

from my show whom I consider...

the world's greatest living mind reader.

It gives me great pleasure

to present Miss Eve Cairo.

Would you mind putting

out the lights, please?

Thank you. Now, ladies and gentlemen,

I must ask for absolute quiet.

Under hypnosis, Miss Cairo becomes a

delicate radio-receiving apparatus...

tuned to every forceful mind.

Thank you.

[Steady Ticking]

Your eyes close.

You will sleep.

I am your control.

You will seek the mind I name.

I will seek the mind you name.

All right, give me something

- anything.

What have I in my hand?

It is a ring-

a gold wedding ring.

In it are engraved words:

"Bopsie loves Toots."

- [Woman Laughing]

- Okay, Toots?

- Oh, why, it's simply incredible.

- All right, how about you?

- No?

- Very clever. How does he give her signals?

I tell you, it's real.

They don't use any code.

- Would you care to try it?

- I would.

- [Whispering, Indistinct]

- What? Again?

I've been asked a question. What is it?

The lady wishes to know if-

if she will marry again this year.

- Oh, that's wonderful. That's right. Will I?

- [Gregory Chuckles]

I'm sorry. She cannot predict the future.

There's nothing supernatural

about Miss Cairo's powers.

They've been recognized by

scientists as extrasensory perception-

or the "sixth sense"

- which we call mental telepathy.

[Pete] Go on, Charlie. Test her.

[Ticking Continues]

What have I in my hand?

A card.

There are... Chinese characters on it.

Possible to read characters?

I tell you what you do, Charlie.

You concentrate on the translation,

and Eve will read it from your mind.

The Chinese words mean...

"Great happiness follows great pain."

Is mind still open book to young lady?

Can you tell us what

else Mr. Chan is thinking?

Dr. Zodiac.

I hear the name "Dr. Zodiac" in his thoughts.

Most uncanny.

All right. Now let's

have something real hard.

This last demonstration proves

that she doesn't read my mind alone.

She can read any strong, dominant thought.

- Would anyone else care to try it?

- [Woman] I would.

[Rhadini] Will you please

concentrate, Miss Cairo?

What do I hold in my hand?

It is-

You-

- There's someone else!

- [Ticking Continues]

I can't go on!

I can't! I hear death among us!

I'm frightened! There's evil here!

Someone here is thinking murder!

[Audience Murmuring]

- [Pete] That was Charlie, all right. He came in this way.

- Are you sure?

Sure. Hey, Charlie. Come out,

come out, wherever you are.

- [Whispering] Please, quiet.

- [Gasps] Don't do that.

You left like a bloodhound on the

trail. I knew you were up to no good.

He had a hunch you were coming this way.

Do not need brass band

to commit simple burglary.

Burglary? Which window do we use?

Better to ring bell like

law-abiding citizen...

to make sure house is empty.

- [Pete] But suppose the Turk's here.

- That'd be a break.

He'd either talk or take a punch in the nose.

- [Pete] I think we ought to try a back window.

- No, try bell first.

Oh. Only honorable sprout.

Gee, Pop, I wasn't expecting you.

- Surprise mutual.

- You scared the daylights out of me.

Can explain presence here?

- I wanted to find out who the doctor is for you.

- How'd you get in?

- Through an open window upstairs.

- Where's the light switch?

No. No lights.

Please remove disguise.

[Jimmy] Gee. Nothing but black curtains.

- This must be the spook room.

- ~~[Eerie Background]

- [Pete] What was that?

- Shh!

- [Gasps] Pop!

- [Crash]

- [Moaning Through Horn]

- [Tambourine Rattling]

- Hey, look!

- [Gasps]

Ectoplasm most interesting.

Ghost filled with hot air.

Well, what about Paul Essex's voice?

Proof Dr. Zodiac knew Paul Essex.

Doctor excellent ventriloquist.

Uncle maybe to Charlie McCarthy.

Yeah? What makes all this operate?

Mechanical spirits respond

to buttons concealed in floor.

Dr. Zodiac sit here with feet

hidden underneath table...

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