Get this and get it straight. Crime is a suckers road and those who travel it wind up in the gut of the prison of the grave.

The story you are about to hear is true, only the names have been changed to protect the innocent.

The Adventures of Sam Spade Detective.

The Adventures of the Saints starring Vincent Prize

Bob Bailey in the exciting adventures of the man with the action-packed expense account

America's fabulous freelance insurance investigator.

Yours truly, Johnny Deller. And the Hello and welcome to this week's Bonus Comedy Quarantine episode of Down These mean streets.

Normally in the last week of May we'd be into the summer movie season and hopefully

we'll get to our overdue blockbusters next year.

But today I've got another trip to the movies via radio as we hear again

from Jack Benny and Mary Livingston, not in their own comedy series but on the Lux Radio Theater in a production of Seven Keys to Bald

Pate.

The story of a writer who makes a bet that he can write a story within 24 hours and who chooses to do his work in a supposedly

haunted house was adapted into a hit comedy play by George M. Cohen from a novel by mystery writer Earl Durb Biggers, the creator of Charlie Chan.

Seven Keys to Bald Pade premiered in 1913 and it enjoyed several revivals

including one in 1935 starring Cohen himself. It was brought to the big screen

several times as well.

Jack Benny and his real life wife Mary Livingston never starred in a film version, but

they played themselves in this no spoilers except to say that this episode features a rarity on the Lux Radio Theater

Host Cecil B. DeMille plays himself as a character in the story as Jack Benny sets out to pen a sensational script for the producer and director.

And DeMille makes the bet that if Benny can complete an original screenplay within 24 hours.

Not only will DeMille make the picture,

...