A scream, for example. There's something so exciting about pulling out all the stops and drowning out all human sound!

— Mr. Theodore Evans (Vincent Price)

lucille fletcherscreamingsoundsvincent price

8 seconds sound clip from the Fugue in C Minor (Suspense) classic radio play.

You can hear this line at 00:23:21 in the radio play.

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[...]

- Margaret, of course, preferred 'Narcissus.'

- You're very gullible, Amanda.

- Then you did kill her. You killed her in this room. And you're going to kill me!

- Yes. Simple, isn't it?

- But why? Why?

- I don't know. One gets tired every now and then of mere music.

- Sometimes the classics demand competition.

- A scream, for example. There's something so exciting about pulling out all the stops and drowning out all human sound!

- Have you ever tried to match your voice against the thunderous voice of Bach? It's most effective!

- And then, when the struggle gets weaker... when the air is almost gone and you choke and gasp for breath... to bring the music down softer, softer...

- Theodore, you're mad, you're mad!

- Come, Amanda. Would you deny me that pleasure?

- No. Help! Help!

- I promise the concert won't be too long. It takes about eight hours before the air gives out. But, you know, I could play for days!

[...]

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The idiotic tunes people play nowadays. Give me the old stern classics. They have strength and power! Give me something with life to it, something that will flood the whole house with sound!
A scream, for example. There's something so exciting about pulling out all the stops and drowning out all human sound!
And the delightful thing, of course, about having a pipe organ in the house is that it's everywhere. To sit at a keyboard and hear the walls, the ceilings, the floors vibrate.
Why, there's no one here. No one at the keyboard. The organ's playing itself. -That's impossible. The motor's not going.
And by some malicious stroke of fate, there was an epidemic of scarlet fever raging out there. The authorities wouldn't lift the quarantine and let them out for her funeral.
Fugue in C Minor (Suspense) Sound Clip

Fugue in C Minor (Suspense)Quotes from Fugue in C Minor - Suspense Radio Show based on a horror story written by Lucille Fletcher, aired on June 1st, 1944.

Actors: Vincent Price (Mr. Theodore Evans), Ida Lupino (Miss Amanda)

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