Adventures Inc. (1929) - full transcript

DIE ABENTEURER GMBH

"ADVENTURES INC."

("The Spy 313")

On board the freighter Herculania, which

has run on the rocks, are two members

of a spy service of a European state...

...known for their courage and daring:

Janette Finné and her brother Georges,

designated Spy 313 by the Secret Service.

"Be careful, Janette, for we've been

watched during the entire crossing."

"And above all, don't forget that this

letter contains a secret document

of the highest importance,

...which has to be handed over to

the chief of staff of the Ministry

of Foreign Affairs at all cost."

Tony Huderg

ess Joe Igituoisie

und Piere Lafitte

na Harquis

isi Bevergere

[Ri]ta van de[n] Meer

nd Herga

ina Bivespos

J(e)annette Finne

"Do you know if my brother was saved?"

"You are really very

good to me, madam."

"You need care after so much

suffering...I want to take you

to spend some days with me."

"So it's understood then,

little one, you will be my guest."

"We have to find the document;

the chief demands it."

At the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the

chief of staff has not received the

expected document and makes an inquiry.

"Do you know where Janette

Finné, who was among the

rescued, could be found?"

"Help me, if you please!

The door is so hard to open..."

"She has lost her mind, it's plain."

"I will bring her to reason!"

The shipwreck of the Herculania

List of victims...

Those saved...

...Georges Finné...

"And you, do you know where

Janette Finné could be?"

"Have you not noticed if her

brother or her handed a letter,

of which here is a picture?"

"I have never seen neither

the gentleman or his sister."

"Bravo, Pierre! I congratulate

you on having escaped from

death so miraculously."

"But yes, Lucienne. You know

that luck is with the rotten."

"There, I am already searching

for a new employment."

"While waiting, let's

have lunch together."

"Only, Lucienne, my means don't allow

me to accompagny you to the Savoy."

"I've done all jobs, my dear Pierre.

Subsequently I've been...

...librarian, typist, reporter, nanny,

cinema pianist, reader for a man who

craved love. I even tried the cloister."

"That's like me, my life has

been one series of trials.

We're both great adventurers."

"Pierre, you have nothing. Me,

even less. With that capital,

we should start a company."

"I have adventurer's blood in my veins.

When you're young and bold, you can do

anything, so long as honour isn't lost."

"How shall we call our company?"

JANETTE FINNÉ, WHERE ARE YOU?

Provide us information through this

paper. Large reward for information.

"Our name? Simply "Adventurers'

Club". And as our first case

we will find Jannette Finné."

"Until tomorrow at one, then...

We shall ascertain what to do

to recover the disappeared."

"I heared your conversation just now

at the restaurant without wanting to."

"Perhaps I could be of use

to your Adventurers' Club.

Will you listen to me?"

"So you've become a captain

of industry overnight?"

"Indeed. I've received money to conceal

something I didn't know one word about."

C. Wittington

Director General of the

Esthonie Glass Factories

"In summary, what offer do you want

to make to the Adventurers' Club?"

"If you abandon the Finné case,

you can make a lot of money."

"If you know something about

Jannette Finné, and if you

do not keep silent, beware!"

"Beware, yourself: it is

known that I am here!"

"What is the price of your silence?"

"I expect you here tomorrow,

you and your partner."

"All this seems very complicated. Still

we take this money. It will be the first

daily funds for the Adventurers' Club."

"Are you not mistaken in the floor?

You don't seem to remember this place."

After this little incident,

the Adventurers' Club held

its first general assembly.

"To your health, my little air acrobat."

"I think that you have had enough of

adventures? Wouldn't it be better if we

informed the police of what we know?"

"Well, providing you want it, we'll

continue the adventure by placing

an advert in the paper, as follows:

"If you wish to know about Janette Finné,

apply to the Adventurers' Club. Write the

editors of the paper." We shall see..."

The next day, several people

took an interest in the advert.

Having read your advert, I would be much

obliged if you call on me as soon as

possible. Georges Herward, Savoy Hotel

Your advert concerning Janette Finné has

my interest. Could you receive me soon?

Yours sincerely, Rita van den Meer.

The chief of staff of the

special service at the ministry

of foreign affairs, Marlin.

"All this seems to me a bit

fantastical, mister president

of the Adventurers' Club."

"Nevertheless I am at your disposition

as soon as you learn anything new."

"That one is not taking us seriously.

Let's see the next one."

Having read your advert, I would be much

obliged if you call on me as soon as

possible. Georges Herward, Savoy Hotel

"So, what do you know

about Janette Finné?"

"Why do you take an interest in her?"

"Janette Finné and her brother

are relations of me."

"That is why I wanted to

make your acquintance."

"What those two young people told

you, my dear Marlin, is probably just

the product of their imagination!"

"You know, Monsieur Verdier,

that the secret document was not

recovered with the body of Spy 313."

"...and that until now his sister

has not been located yet?"

"So, it's very clear: There's an obvious

connection between the disappearance

of the document and that of the sister."

"That little walk over the roofs and

the sudden bath made us decide

to pursue this mysterious affair."

"Courage and love for adventure is

our only capital for the moment."

"Would you like me in

your club as financier?"

"Now, we're going to visit

the third person, who is

interested in Janette Finné."

"My car is of course at the disposal

of the Adventurers' Club."

"That man, who leaves the house of Rita

van der Meer, is Wittington. Strange..."

"Wait for me at Herward."

"No doubt someone will ask

for me... I am upstairs."

"This time, you won't

kick us downstairs."

"No use lying... We're very

well informed on you..."

"On the Herculania you were

a stoker. But in reality,

you're an officer and a spy."

"You have risked your life for

nothing, because the secret

document is already in our hands."

"Come on! Don't play games! If I am

your guest now, it's because you want

to make me tell where the document is."

"Well, where is the document?"

"Give me ten thousand dollars, and

my freedom, and I will get it for you."

"Perfect. Our chef will decide."

"I'm convinced that the prisonner

knows nothing about the document.

He has simply lead you on!"

"And Janette Finné?

Is she still silent?"

"I'm beginning to get very worried

concerning Pierre. What could

have happened to him?"

"I know that Verdier, the minister,

takes a great interest in that document.

Let's go to him. He will surely help us."

"You are the cousin of Janette Finné,

the one who disappeared?"

"Why didn't you inform the police?"

"I've preferred to investigate myself."

"Since Wittington exited with Mrs. Van

der Meer, the woman is suspect. She must

be able to tell us where he currently is."

"You must go and see her

before alerting the police."

"Do you want us to go there

all three this evening?"

"Search discretely, and wihtout delay,

Herward, at the Savoy Hotel, room 147."

"You're under suspicion. You

must disappear immediately."

"We shall wait for the arrival of

Monsieur Verdier, the minister."

"Listen, I'm going to tell

you the while truth..."

"She was going to confess it all when

you entered. Careful, she will escape."

"Lift that grate, and you will

find yourself in the open air."

"I've come from their hideaway...

You must send a police squad

down there immediately."

"The nest is empty...

That was to be expected!"

The document that you seek is buried

at the foot of milestone on the road

of Saint Georges to Vaumont.

Burn this paper because if it was known

that I gave you this information

then my life would be in danger.

"Young man, I see that you burn with

desire to go get the document. We shall

place some officers at your disposal."

"If I find the document, I'll get a very

big reward, and then we can marry!"

"My dear Herward, I entrust Lucienne

to you during me absence."

"The others have already left... Now

I will make Janette Finné leave town."

"It's essential that Lucienne Fermont

disappears at the same time."

The hunt for the document...

TELEGRAM

I await you at six, St.Georges station.

Pierre

TELEGRAM

I await you at six, St.Georges station.

Pierre

I've gone to collect Pierre. Lucienne.

No use persisting in searching

the secret document, it's

already in our possession.

"Lucienne! Lucienne!"

TELEGRAM

I await you at six, St.Georges station.

Pierre

"Miss Fermont made me take

a ticket for St. Georges."

"Lucienne has disappeared...

and that telegram is not from me."

"Moreover, I have no idea

where Herward is."

"But that is the young lady

who has made me escape..."

"Pierre Lafitte sends you this car."

"Take these ladies to Minister Verdier.

They will notify him about everything."

"You're going crazy, Pierre.

Who do you take me for?"

"You are the chef of the spies!"

"This is madness... You told me

to take care of Lucienne, that's

why I've followed her until here."

"And the second girl in your car? I've

already seen her with the bandits..."

"This man calls himself Herward..."

"I've unmasked him; because at the

moment he wanted to take Lucienne,

he had with him the young girl...

...who had enabled my escape, but who

was no less a part of the gang of spies."

"Me? But I do not know that girl..."

"This photo is of my

cousin Janette Finné?"

"Was it her who in my car? It all went

so fast that I did not recognize her!

...Besides, she had never seen me,

and I only knew her from her portrait."

"But just say your name...

You can speak in full confidence

before Monsieur the minister."

"My name is Janette Finné."

"But you are going crazy, poor

man! Suspecting Mr. Verdier

is the height of stupidity!"

"Herward may be right... Think: the

document in question may have brought

to light diplomatic transgressions...

Verdier attempted to remove the letter

to avoid the fall from the ministry."

"Recall: it's Verdier himself who had

sent me to the milestone, while his

accomplices lured Lucienne into a trap."

"To escape their interrogations

and their threats, I pretended to

have lost my mind and memory."

"But then where did you hide

the secret document that

your brother passed to you?"

"Let's go there quickly to get it."

ARREST WARRANT

"At this moment, Verdier, accompanied

by the two girls, is entering the building

where the bandits were hiding."

"So they're in his power... Let's hurry

to save them, while there's still time!"

"You've caused me a lot of trouble...

But I've finally reached my goal...

The only thing left is to make you

disappear, for you truly know too much!"

"...and I will be found wounded. No-one

will think to go and search for the

document with Verdier, the minister!"

The end.