The Shadow - The Bells of St. Peter’s (Radio Recreation)
Xero for Vittorio Scalza (Italian Movie Director)
Vittorio Scalaz (Around the age of 30 Years old) is one of the most famous Director's in Italy. But when his main Actress goes missing, he fears for both her and his reputation for if the movie is not complete; A hundred thousand dollars would have been wasted...
(Off mike, shouting) Twenty years in the theater . . . and never, never has such a thing happened to me – Vittorio Scalza! . . .
They cannot do this to me! I will not permit it! . . . Never! A hundred thousand . . . (Breaks off) Ah! Signore Cranston. . . . I am glad to see you!Now – one day before the film is finished – with only two more scenes to shoot . . . the most important scenes in the story. . . .
A love scene – the greatest love scene in the history of the cinema. And a death scene – the most tragic one ever written. Without them I have nothing . . . a hundred thousand dollars lost!Last night I have a dinner engagement with her. She is to meet me at Donay’s. She does not come. I call her apartment. No answer. Today – all day – I call her place. She is not there. Now I have been calling the police. They are looking for her.
Rest! (Laughs scornfully) You do not know this Stevens woman. She lives only for her work. Nothing – nothing stands in the way of her career. No. If she is not here, it is because she is dead . . . or kidnapped . . . or out of her mind. And I – I am ruined. I may as well throw myself into the Tiber.
