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Yes, this is Sunset Boulevard,Los Angeles, California.
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It's about 5:00 in the morning.
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That's the homicide squad...
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complete with detectivesand newspaper men.
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A murder has been reported fromone of those great big houses...
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in the ten thousand block.
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You'll read about itin the late editions, I'm sure.
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You'll get it over your radioand see it on television...
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because an old-time star isinvolved-- one of the biggest.
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But before you hear it all distortedand blown out of proportion...
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before those Hollywood columnistsget their hands on it...
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maybe you'd like to hear the facts--the whole truth.
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If so, you've cometo the right party.
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You see, the body of a young manwas found...
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floating in the poolof her mansion...
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with two shots in his backand one in his stomach.
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Nobody important, really.
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Just a movie writer with a coupleof pictures to his credit.
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The poor dope.He always wanted a pool.
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Well, in the endhe got himself a pool...
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only the price turned out to bea little high.
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Let's go back about six months andfind the day when it all started.
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I was living in an apartment houseabove Franklin and Ivar.
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Things were tough at the moment.
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I hadn't worked in a studiofor a long time.
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