Alfred Hitchcock Presents

(Opening Narration) Alfred Hitchcock: Tonight we are going to tell the story of a woman who disappeared into thin air. By the way, have you noticed that thin air seems to be the type of air most conducive to disappearances? There, certainly, is a fact well worth knowing. Now, in case you seem to recognize parts of the story don't be alarmed. It is familiar because it is a classic of its kind. Many, many people have borrowed this legend quite profitably, too. Two novels have been written about it and it has been made into a motion picture called "The Lady Vanishes". Once by no less a personage than Ah... Alfred Hitchcock. It was also related by Alexander Woollcott in his book "While Rome Burns". Here, following our sponsor's all too brief message is our version of that famous old tale. Now I had better get out of the way to enable you to see better. (He looks off camera.) May I have a bit of thin air, please.