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- 0:00Speaker 1: On his birthday, pump company chief Timothy Borden leaves business
- 0:04Speaker 1: pressures and an inattentive family behind only to meet unemployed
- 0:09Speaker 1: Mary Gray on a New York City park bench. Their
- 0:13Speaker 1: acquaintance brings Mary into the Borden household, unsettling a wealthy
- 0:17Speaker 1: family and setting new relationships in motion. From CBS on
- 0:22Speaker 1: December 16th, 1940, Lux Radio Theater presents episode 286, Fifth
- 0:29Speaker 1: Avenue Girl, adapted from the 1939 RKO picture, with Ginger
- 0:35Speaker 1: Rogers reprising Mary Gray opposite Edward Arnold as Borden. George
- 0:40Speaker 1: Wells adapted for radio, Sanford Barnett directed, and Lux Toilet
- 0:45Speaker 1: Soap brings us to the microphone. And now, our story begins.
- 0:51Speaker 2: Lux presents Hollywood.
- 0:56Speaker 3: The Lux Radio Theater brings you Ginger Rogers, Edward Arnold,
- 1:10Speaker 3: John Howard, and Joan Perry in.
- 1:12Speaker 2: Fifth Avenue Girl. Ladies and gentlemen, your producer, Mr. Cecil B. DeMille.
- 1:25Speaker 3: Greetings from Hollywood, ladies and gentlemen. One way of staying
- 1:29Speaker 3: out of trouble is to follow this rule. Don't give
- 1:32Speaker 3: advice when you're asked for it. And never, under any conditions,
- 1:35Speaker 3: lend a helping hand to a stranger. You'll never be misunderstood.
- 1:40Speaker 3: But you'll never have any friends, and you'll probably lead
- 1:42Speaker 3: a very dull and useless life. I'll play tonight Fifth
- 1:46Speaker 3: Avenue Girl. It's the story of a young lady who
- 1:48Speaker 3: left that rule behind her on a lonely park bench
- 1:51Speaker 3: one day. Got into all kinds of trouble, won friends,
- 1:54Speaker 3: influenced people... fell in love, and lived happily ever after.
- 1:59Speaker 3: The young lady is played by Ginger Rogers, who created
- 2:02Speaker 3: Fifth Avenue Girl in the RKO picture to the delight
- 2:05Speaker 3: of the whole country. In fact, her performance in that
- 2:08Speaker 3: picture is one of the very good reasons why RKO bought.
- 2:11Speaker 2: Kitty Foyle, which Ginger has just finished.
- 2:14Speaker 3: With Ginger tonight, you'll hear Edward Arnold in the kind
- 2:18Speaker 3: of part that made him famous, a tycoon of industry.
- 2:21Speaker 3: John Howard plays his son, and Joan Perry his daughter.
- 2:25Speaker 3: Together they constitute a family called the Bordens, a family
- 2:28Speaker 3: with too much money but enough.
- 2:29Speaker 2: Courage to make up for it.
- 2:32Speaker 3: And Ginger is the guardian angel, who pulls them back
- 2:35Speaker 3: from such disasters as divorce, bankruptcy, and unrequited love. Last week,
- 2:42Speaker 3: I mentioned a problem that confronts the studio wardrobe department
- 2:45Speaker 3: when a musical picture is being made. But I've discovered
- 2:48Speaker 3: that the problem is much greater when the picture is
- 2:50Speaker 3: in color. The solution, however, is the same.
- 2:54Speaker 2: Luxe Flakes.
- 2:55Speaker 3: In making a picture like Northwest Mounted Police in Technicolor,
- 2:59Speaker 3: a costume must be kept the same shade through many
- 3:01Speaker 3: hard weeks of production. Of course, so far as washable
- 3:05Speaker 3: costumes are concerned, that assignment goes.
- 3:07Speaker 2: To Lux Flakes.
- 3:08Speaker 3: It certainly plays a star role in making a color picture,
- 3:11Speaker 3: and it will play a star role for you at home.
- 3:14Speaker 3: Experience at the studio makes it easy for me to
- 3:16Speaker 3: understand the popularity of our product with the women of America.
- 3:21Speaker 3: But right now, it's time for laughter, love, and a
- 3:23Speaker 3: light heart. as we ring up the curtain on Act
- 3:25Speaker 3: One of Fifth Avenue Girl, with Ginger Rogers as Mary Gray,
- 3:30Speaker 3: Edward Arnold as Timothy Borden, John Howard as Tim, and
- 3:34Speaker 3: Joan Perry as Catherine.
- 3:45Speaker 2: Certainly the one day.
- 3:46Speaker 3: A year on which the problems of the overworked captain
- 3:49Speaker 3: of industry should be lightened.
- 3:51Speaker 2: Is his birthday. So believes Mr. Timothy Borden.
- 3:54Speaker 3: Of the Borden Amalgamated Pump Company. But sadly enough, it's
- 3:57Speaker 3: not working out that way for him. A dozen men
- 4:00Speaker 3: surround his desk, all hurling argument and query, their voices
- 4:04Speaker 3: growing hotter and louder, until Mr. Borden's temperature has reached
- 4:08Speaker 3: feverish proportions. Right now, he's at the boiling point.
- 4:12Speaker 4: Gentlemen, please, please, please!
- 4:16Speaker 2: I'm going home.
- 4:16Speaker 5: I'm worn out.
- 4:18Speaker 2: I've had enough for one day, and this of all days.
- 4:20Speaker 2: But wait, T.J., the Stanton contract has to be signed.
- 4:22Speaker 2: Not today. They'll turn us down.
- 4:24Speaker 6: All right, all right.
- 4:25Speaker 4: Business can't be any worse than this anyhow. Underwood and
- 4:27Speaker 4: Company cancel their order. The stockholders want to stop the
- 4:29Speaker 4: bond issue. Our tax and repeal is rejected, and now Stanton.
- 4:33Speaker 2: I've had enough, General. Now, wait, T.J., Hershey and Company called. Well,
- 4:37Speaker 2: what about it? The Hershey account is foolproof. My son's
- 4:39Speaker 2: attending to that. I'm sorry, T.J., Huh? What's that?
- 4:43Speaker 7: Well, you see, Hershey asked for a revised estimate. Your
- 4:46Speaker 7: son wasn't here, so they took their account to Acme.
- 4:49Speaker 7: Is my son here now? He hasn't been here all week.
- 4:51Speaker 7: He's been out playing polo, the international finals or something.
- 4:54Speaker 2: Don't tell me anymore.
- 4:56Speaker 8: Yes, Mr. Borden.
- 4:57Speaker 2: Tell Michael to bring the car around, Miss Watson.
- 4:59Speaker 8: Yes, sir.
- 5:00Speaker 2: Gentlemen, gentlemen, that's all for today. My nerves are as
- 5:04Speaker 2: afraid as a weather-beaten rope. That's all. I'm going home. Well, Michael,
- 5:22Speaker 2: there seems to be a touch of spring in the air. Yes, sir.
- 5:24Speaker 2: Spring is something that even the poor people can enjoy.
- 5:27Speaker 8: Huh?
- 5:28Speaker 2: Spring, sir. It's free. Oh, oh. I see. Well, I
- 5:32Speaker 2: won't need you tonight, Michael. Yes, sir. Oh, good evening, Higgins.
- 5:37Speaker 2: Good evening. You're home early, sir. Well, a man should
- 5:40Speaker 2: get home early, on his birthday at least. I suppose
- 5:42Speaker 2: the family will be here for dinner? No, sir.
- 5:45Speaker 8: Nobody?
- 5:46Speaker 2: Mrs.
- 5:46Speaker 9: Borden is dining out, as usual. Your daughter is going
- 5:49Speaker 9: to Frisbee coming out, Poppy. I haven't heard from Mr.
- 5:51Speaker 8: Junior.
- 5:52Speaker 2: I see. Aren't you feeling well, sir? Oh, yes, I'm
- 5:55Speaker 2: all right. Perhaps a touch of spring fever, sir. Perhaps.
- 5:58Speaker 9: I felt it myself this afternoon, just walking in the park.
- 6:01Speaker 9: By the way, sir, here's a special delivery letter for you.
- 6:03Speaker 2: Oh, thank you, Higgins. It was lovely there today.
- 6:06Speaker 8: Where?
- 6:07Speaker 2: The park, sir. The park?
- 6:09Speaker 5: Oh, oh, yes.
- 6:09Speaker 9: Whenever I'm free, I like to go there. Some people
- 6:12Speaker 9: like to look at the animals, but personally, I like
- 6:14Speaker 9: trees and flowers.
- 6:15Speaker 8: Higgins.
- 6:16Speaker 2: Yes, sir? Higgins, do you read the gossip columns?
- 6:19Speaker 8: Always, sir.
- 6:20Speaker 10: Then I suppose you've read this item. What Fifth Avenue
- 6:23Speaker 10: matron is dancing her way to Reno with what well-known
- 6:25Speaker 10: playboy while her husband ponders the problems of pumps?
- 6:29Speaker 2: Well, Higgins? Yes, sir. I saw it, sir. Higgins, is
- 6:33Speaker 2: there anything wrong with me? Oh, no, sir. Not that
- 6:36Speaker 2: I know of. You don't suppose my family's frightened of me? Oh, no, sir.
- 6:39Speaker 4: Then why am I treated the way I am? Why
- 6:41Speaker 4: does my wife... Well, why does she? What's wrong with
- 6:45Speaker 4: my daughter and my son? Why can't they stay at home?
- 6:48Speaker 4: Why do people work as hard as they do and
- 6:49Speaker 4: for what? I've often wondered myself. After all, what do
- 6:53Speaker 4: they get out of life?
- 6:54Speaker 2: That's right. What do they get out of life? Sit down, Higgins. Oh,
- 6:57Speaker 2: but I'd be very uncomfortable. Well, sit down anyway. You
- 7:00Speaker 2: make me uncomfortable.
- 7:01Speaker 10: Oh, you're happy just looking at trees and flowers, huh? Oh, no,
- 7:04Speaker 10: not entirely, sir. I find my work here very pleasant.
- 7:08Speaker 2: Why?
- 7:08Speaker 9: Well, to be frank, sir, we servants enjoy the luxuries
- 7:11Speaker 9: of the rich and have none of the responsibility.
- 7:13Speaker 2: None of the responsibility? Oh, I see, I see. I'd
- 7:16Speaker 2: like to get up, sir. May I arrange for your dinner?
- 7:19Speaker 2: Just a minute, Higgins.
- 7:21Speaker 10: What was the name of the tree you were talking
- 7:23Speaker 10: about over in the park?
- 7:24Speaker 2: A maple, sir. A maple. Thank you, Higgins.
- 7:30Speaker 5: Peanuts.
- 7:36Speaker 2: How to roast the peanuts. Say, do the pigeons eat peanuts? Sure.
- 7:41Speaker 2: How many? Two. Okay. Twenty cents. Wait a minute. Could
- 7:45Speaker 2: you tell me if that's a maple tree over there?
- 7:47Speaker 2: How should I know? I sell peanuts. Peanuts.
- 7:50Speaker 8: Peanuts. How to roast the peanuts. Mm-hmm.
- 7:53Speaker 5: Mm-hmm.
- 7:53Speaker 2: Mm-hmm.
- 7:55Speaker 5: Mm-hmm.
- 7:56Speaker 2: Oh, excuse me, miss. Do you mind if I sit here?
- 8:00Speaker 8: Why not? It's a public bench.
- 8:02Speaker 2: Thanks. These pigeons are friendly little creatures, aren't they?
- 8:06Speaker 8: No, they're just hungry.
- 8:08Speaker 2: See, they are hungry.
- 8:09Speaker 4: Look.
- 8:10Speaker 3: Yeah.
- 8:12Speaker 2: You know, when I was a kid, I used to
- 8:13Speaker 2: have a whole flock of them.
- 8:15Speaker 5: Yeah?
- 8:15Speaker 10: Yeah, they used to fly around all over. I hope
- 8:20Speaker 10: you don't think I'm trying to snag up an acquaintance.
- 8:22Speaker 8: Hey, what are you, a flatfoot?
- 8:24Speaker 2: You mean a detective?
- 8:24Speaker 8: No. Well, if you are, I haven't done anything.
- 8:27Speaker 2: Do I look like one?
- 8:28Speaker 8: You might be.
- 8:29Speaker 2: Did you ever hear of Borden's Amalgamated Pump Company?
- 8:32Speaker 8: What kind of pump?
- 8:33Speaker 2: Amalgamated pump.
- 8:34Speaker 8: Vegetable or mineral?
- 8:35Speaker 2: Business. A very worrying one. It's a very distressing subject.
- 8:39Speaker 2: I don't know why I brought it up.
- 8:41Speaker 8: Why talk about it then?
- 8:42Speaker 2: I don't think I will.
- 8:43Speaker 10: You know, as a matter of fact, I am trying
- 8:46Speaker 10: to strike up an acquaintance with you.
- 8:47Speaker 2: You see, I'm lonely. It's my birthday.
- 8:51Speaker 8: Well, birthdays are all right, but you never get over
- 8:52Speaker 8: the first one. You've got a knife? I'll split this
- 8:56Speaker 8: apple with you.
- 8:57Speaker 2: Thank you very much, Noel.
- 8:58Speaker 8: Very good.
- 8:59Speaker 2: Aren't you afraid you'll spoil your dinner?
- 9:01Speaker 8: This is my dinner.
- 9:02Speaker 2: Are you on a diet?
- 9:04Speaker 8: Yes, but against my wishes.
- 9:06Speaker 2: Haven't you got a job?
- 9:08Speaker 8: Who has?
- 9:08Speaker 2: Doesn't seem to bother you very much.
- 9:11Speaker 8: Doesn't? I'm alive and kicking. Got five dollars in my pocketbook.
- 9:14Speaker 8: My room rent's paid for another week.
- 9:15Speaker 2: And then what?
- 9:17Speaker 8: Oh, I don't know. Something will turn up. Always does.
- 9:20Speaker 2: You mean you sleep in the park?
- 9:23Speaker 8: What's wrong with that?
- 9:24Speaker 2: And that wouldn't worry you?
- 9:25Speaker 8: Say, you sound like one of those Fifth Avenue cadavers.
- 9:28Speaker 2: Fifth Avenue what?
- 9:30Speaker 8: Oh, those people that live over there, those millionaires. They're
- 9:33Speaker 8: always squawking. You'd think the country was going to the dogs.
- 9:37Speaker 2: Well, they have their troubles. What troubles?
- 9:40Speaker 11: I used to stand over in the plaza and watch
- 9:41Speaker 11: them come home at night. They look like a lot
- 9:43Speaker 11: of wax dummies who've had an overdose of dill pickles.
- 9:46Speaker 8: Gee, they make me tired.
- 9:47Speaker 10: Well, I don't like them either, when you come right
- 9:49Speaker 10: down to it.
- 9:50Speaker 2: Look, I've just had an idea. This is my birthday.
- 9:52Speaker 8: Well, it's not mine.
- 9:53Speaker 2: Would it be presumptuous if I asked you to help
- 9:56Speaker 2: me celebrate it?
- 9:57Speaker 8: And do what?
- 9:57Speaker 2: Oh, we could go someplace and eat. Where? Well, there's
- 10:00Speaker 2: a place they call the Flamingo Club.
- 10:03Speaker 8: Look, mister, are you feeling all right?
- 10:06Speaker 10: People must have a wonderful time there because it costs
- 10:08Speaker 10: so much money.
- 10:09Speaker 8: Is your keeper around, thank you?
- 10:12Speaker 2: No, no, I mean it. I'd love to go there.
- 10:15Speaker 8: So would I, but I'd rather go to the automat
- 10:17Speaker 8: and keep the change.
- 10:17Speaker 2: But this is my birthday. We could have lots of
- 10:20Speaker 2: fun insulting the rich.
- 10:21Speaker 8: You sure you wouldn't run out on me and leave
- 10:23Speaker 8: me holding the check?
- 10:23Speaker 2: No, no, I've got lots of money. Look, here, you
- 10:26Speaker 2: can hold it.
- 10:28Speaker 8: Well, gee, and you better get somebody to hold me.
- 10:30Speaker 2: No, no, you'll be all right.
- 10:31Speaker 8: Well, thanks.
- 10:33Speaker 2: Well, that's swell. Let's eat.
- 10:34Speaker 11: Gee, if I eat any real food, I'll probably die,
- 10:37Speaker 11: but might as well die of food poisoning as anything else.
- 10:40Speaker 8: Come on.
- 10:43Speaker 2: What do you have for us refreshments, Champagne?
- 10:48Speaker 8: How much will it cost?
- 10:50Speaker 2: Oh, never mind that. Waiter, waiter. Oui, monsieur.
- 10:51Speaker 8: Champagne.
- 10:52Speaker 2: Oui, monsieur.
- 10:53Speaker 5: Shoppe.
- 10:53Speaker 8: Look, it's your money, but do you print it yourself?
- 10:57Speaker 2: We're celebrating. It's my birthday.
- 10:58Speaker 8: You're telling me.
- 11:06Speaker 2: Now, waiter, waiter. More champagne. You'd better bring enough for everybody. Oui, monsieur.
- 11:10Speaker 2: Enough for everybody.
- 11:11Speaker 5: Here.
- 11:12Speaker 8: I wish you knew what this was doing to my
- 11:13Speaker 8: Scotch blood.
- 11:14Speaker 11: We ought to be able to take a table and
- 11:15Speaker 11: a couple of chairs home with us and throw in
- 11:17Speaker 11: some silverware.
- 11:19Speaker 2: Ah, but it is good. Will you have some more?
- 11:22Speaker 8: Why not? Every sip is like drinking six pairs of
- 11:25Speaker 8: silk stockings.
- 11:28Speaker 2: Yeah, but you can't drink silk stockings.
- 11:31Speaker 8: Say, is this your birthday or has Christmas sneaked up
- 11:33Speaker 8: on me, too?
- 11:34Speaker 2: Well, it's my birthday and we're going to have a
- 11:36Speaker 2: good time. Come on, let's dance.
- 11:38Speaker 8: Yeah, let's.
- 11:39Speaker 2: Whoa, whoa. Who are you waving at? Wait a minute,
- 11:41Speaker 2: wait a minute. Just a friend of mine. Her name
- 11:43Speaker 2: is Mrs. Borden.
- 11:45Speaker 8: Your wife?
- 11:45Speaker 2: Yes, that's what I'm told.
- 11:48Speaker 8: I was afraid of something like this. Is that your
- 11:51Speaker 8: son with her, too?
- 11:52Speaker 2: If I had a son like that, I'd disown him.
- 11:54Speaker 2: Come on over and say hello, huh? Hello, Martha.
- 11:58Speaker 8: Timothy, what are you doing here?
- 12:00Speaker 2: I'm celebrating my birthday. And what are you doing here?
- 12:03Speaker 8: Oh, please sit down. You're making yourself conspicuous.
- 12:05Speaker 2: I'll only be a minute. I just wanted to meet
- 12:07Speaker 2: the gentleman.
- 12:08Speaker 8: Oh, Mr. Hopkins, my husband.
- 12:11Speaker 2: How do you do? How do you do? And this
- 12:13Speaker 2: is Miss... Gray. Gray. Miss Gray. How do you do? Say,
- 12:16Speaker 2: you know, I've been reading about you in the papers, Mr. Hopkins.
- 12:20Speaker 2: The gossip columns. Congratulations. I think you show very good taste.
- 12:23Speaker 8: Well, that's more than I can say for you. Tommy,
- 12:25Speaker 8: let's go.
- 12:26Speaker 2: Yes, I think we'd better. Oh. Now, there's a fellow
- 12:30Speaker 2: I wanted to insult.
- 12:31Speaker 8: Why didn't you?
- 12:33Speaker 2: I couldn't think of anything to say.
- 12:34Speaker 8: Well, let's sit down. I'll dream up something for you.
- 12:36Speaker 2: That's a good idea, too.
- 12:39Speaker 8: But the way I'm feeling right now, I'm beginning to
- 12:41Speaker 8: like everybody. Good morning.
- 12:53Speaker 2: Oh, good morning, my dear. Will you have some breakfast
- 12:56Speaker 2: with me?
- 12:56Speaker 8: I've had it.
- 12:57Speaker 12: Are you in a mood this morning to discuss a
- 12:59Speaker 12: few matters of importance to both of us?
- 13:01Speaker 2: Well, I... Well, there are several things that need my attention,
- 13:04Speaker 2: and I... I can well imagine.
- 13:06Speaker 8: That black eye of yours is one of them.
- 13:08Speaker 2: Yes, I noticed it. I had a bit of an accident.
- 13:10Speaker 3: Yes.
- 13:10Speaker 8: The papers give a full account of it. Who is
- 13:13Speaker 8: this woman?
- 13:14Speaker 2: Woman? What woman?
- 13:15Speaker 8: Who is she?
- 13:16Speaker 2: Oh, she?
- 13:17Speaker 10: Oh, she's a very nice girl, yes.
- 13:19Speaker 2: A very nice girl.
- 13:20Speaker 8: Where did you meet her?
- 13:21Speaker 2: I met her in the park. I never saw her
- 13:23Speaker 2: before in my life, and I'll probably never see her again.
- 13:24Speaker 8: Good morning.
- 13:26Speaker 2: Oh, my goodness.
- 13:27Speaker 8: I'm glad you're here. I was afraid I'd overslept.
- 13:30Speaker 2: Well, this is my wife, Miss Gray.
- 13:33Speaker 8: I believe we've met. What's wrong with her?
- 13:37Speaker 2: Say, where did you come from?
- 13:39Speaker 8: Upstairs, don't you remember?
- 13:41Speaker 2: In a way, I do, yes. And in a way,
- 13:43Speaker 2: I don't.
- 13:44Speaker 8: Hey, Mrs. Borden seems upset. I... I'd better be on
- 13:47Speaker 8: my way.
- 13:48Speaker 2: Oh, for heaven's sake, don't leave me now.
- 13:49Speaker 8: Well, I can't think of a better time. No, no, no.
- 13:52Speaker 2: I've got to find out how you got here and
- 13:54Speaker 2: also how I did.
- 13:55Speaker 8: Well, it's a little vague to me.
- 13:57Speaker 2: Well, maybe Higgins can help us.
- 13:58Speaker 3: Oh, Higgins.
- 13:59Speaker 2: Breakfast is served, sir. Higgins, were you awake when Miss
- 14:02Speaker 2: Gray and I came in last night?
- 14:03Speaker 12: Oh, look.
- 14:05Speaker 8: He's got one, too.
- 14:06Speaker 2: What?
- 14:07Speaker 8: A black eye. Say, that's a pep, Higgins. Thank you, miss.
- 14:12Speaker 2: Oh, that's a shame, Higgins. What happened? Well, it was
- 14:14Speaker 2: this way, sir. When you came in last night, you... Oh,
- 14:18Speaker 2: it happened last night. Never mind, Higgins. You better get
- 14:21Speaker 2: us some breakfast. Yes.
- 14:22Speaker 8: Look, I've had a beautiful evening.
- 14:25Speaker 11: I've been out in society, and I've got a wonderful headache.
- 14:28Speaker 8: And I couldn't be happier, but really, I've got to
- 14:30Speaker 8: be running along.
- 14:31Speaker 2: Oh, no, no, no. You must have some breakfast. Besides,
- 14:34Speaker 2: I need your advice. Oh, if I don't have another
- 14:37Speaker 2: birthday for ten years, it'll be soon enough.
- 14:39Speaker 8: Well, why? We had a wonderful time. We must have.
- 14:43Speaker 8: I spent a dollar of my own money.
- 14:46Speaker 2: You shouldn't have done that.
- 14:47Speaker 8: That's what started the argument with the taxi driver.
- 14:50Speaker 2: Taxi driver?
- 14:51Speaker 8: Yeah. You remember the taxi driver, don't you, Higgins?
- 14:54Speaker 2: I shall never forget him.
- 14:55Speaker 10: Well, if I'm not too inquisitive, just what is all
- 14:58Speaker 10: this about a taxi driver?
- 14:59Speaker 2: He was much less belligerent than the policeman, sir. What policeman?
- 15:02Speaker 9: The one who calmed you down after you told him
- 15:05Speaker 9: you'd defend Miss America with your life, sir.
- 15:07Speaker 2: Defend who? Miss America, sir. You were quieter after you
- 15:11Speaker 2: fell down the steps.
- 15:12Speaker 9: But your last request was that we put Miss America
- 15:15Speaker 9: in the guest room.
- 15:16Speaker 2: Miss America? Did anybody else come home with us?
- 15:19Speaker 8: No, I'm Miss America.
- 15:22Speaker 12: Oh.
- 15:23Speaker 9: I want you to know, sir, that I hold not
- 15:24Speaker 9: one moment's anger toward anyone for smashing me in the eye.
- 15:28Speaker 2: It was nice to see you gay for a chance.
- 15:30Speaker 2: Thank you, Higgins. Not at all, sir. Well, all that
- 15:33Speaker 2: was last night.
- 15:34Speaker 8: And today's a new day.
- 15:35Speaker 3: Right.
- 15:36Speaker 10: You know something happened in this house this morning that
- 15:38Speaker 10: hasn't happened in a long time?
- 15:40Speaker 4: This is the first time in years my wife's paid
- 15:41Speaker 4: any attention to me.
- 15:42Speaker 2: And I think you had something to do with it.
- 15:44Speaker 8: I think I did.
- 15:46Speaker 2: You said something had turned up. Well, here it is.
- 15:49Speaker 2: Why not take a job with me?
- 15:51Speaker 8: What kind of a job?
- 15:51Speaker 2: Well, we'll think of something. I'd just like to keep
- 15:54Speaker 2: you around here.
- 15:55Speaker 8: No, thank you.
- 15:57Speaker 2: I'd feel much safer. You see, yesterday I learned I
- 15:59Speaker 2: was about to lose my wife.
- 16:00Speaker 8: And you want me to stay here and make sure?
- 16:02Speaker 2: Well, it might work just the other way around.
- 16:04Speaker 8: And again, it lightened.
- 16:06Speaker 10: You know, Martha, that's my wife, is a very nice person.
- 16:09Speaker 10: Though you would scarcely believe it by the way she
- 16:11Speaker 10: acted toward you this morning.
- 16:13Speaker 8: Oh, well, she just had me figured wrong.
- 16:15Speaker 2: Well, that's what's so nice about it. You need a
- 16:17Speaker 2: job and I need you.
- 16:19Speaker 8: No, thank you. You're too rich. Besides, you'd scare me,
- 16:23Speaker 8: living in a house this big.
- 16:25Speaker 2: But I didn't want all this. Is it my fault
- 16:27Speaker 2: that I invented a pump? All I ever wanted in
- 16:29Speaker 2: my life was to have a little fun and a family.
- 16:32Speaker 2: I haven't got a family and never had any fun
- 16:34Speaker 2: until last night.
- 16:35Speaker 8: Well, thanks, but I'll see you next birthday.
- 16:38Speaker 2: Now, wait a minute, Miss Gray. Come here.
- 16:39Speaker 8: Hey, who's the mob?
- 16:42Speaker 2: Oh, my daughter, Kathleen, and her gang, I suppose. She's
- 16:45Speaker 2: probably brought them all home for breakfast.
- 16:47Speaker 8: Oh, do they do this often? I mean, does this
- 16:49Speaker 8: go on all the time?
- 16:50Speaker 2: Let's go out in the garden. I have an offer
- 16:51Speaker 2: to make you. A business offer.
- 16:53Speaker 8: Come on in, gang.
- 16:55Speaker 2: Come on in. Hey, Catherine. Who's that?
- 16:59Speaker 8: That? Oh, it's Dad and somebody. Don't let him bother you.
- 17:02Speaker 8: Make yourselves at home, gang.
- 17:03Speaker 2: I'll get Cook to.
- 17:04Speaker 8: Whip us up some breakfast.
- 17:05Speaker 3: Cook?
- 17:06Speaker 2: Oh, hello, Michael.
- 17:07Speaker 5: Hello.
- 17:08Speaker 2: Cook, how about some breakfast? How many? How many?
- 17:14Speaker 8: Oh, I don't know.
- 17:14Speaker 2: Ten or twelve.
- 17:15Speaker 8: Will you hurry it up? Of all things, ten, twelve.
- 17:18Speaker 2: I ain't running a restaurant.
- 17:20Speaker 8: Michael, would you mind helping cook? She's got a grouch
- 17:22Speaker 8: on again.
- 17:23Speaker 2: I'm the chauffeur of the house. Besides, this is my
- 17:25Speaker 2: breakfast hour. I'm supposed to be eating.
- 17:27Speaker 8: Well, sit down then and eat.
- 17:29Speaker 2: I'm just a mechanical puppet. I'm not supposed to sit
- 17:32Speaker 2: in the presence of my... I know.
- 17:34Speaker 13: You're not supposed to sit in the presence of your betters,
- 17:36Speaker 13: as you say.
- 17:37Speaker 8: But go ahead.
- 17:38Speaker 2: I didn't say that.
- 17:39Speaker 8: You were thinking it.
- 17:40Speaker 2: Oh, I'm not supposed to think.
- 17:42Speaker 7: I'm only supposed to wait outside a hotel all night
- 17:44Speaker 7: while my betters are getting drunk.
- 17:47Speaker 2: And throwing away more money than most people make in
- 17:49Speaker 2: a year.
- 17:49Speaker 8: I'm sorry, Mike. You'll feel better after you get some sleep.
- 17:53Speaker 2: I'm not supposed to sleep. Just wind me up like
- 17:56Speaker 2: a mechanical toy.
- 17:58Speaker 8: I didn't mean to be rude, Michael.
- 17:59Speaker 2: The rich can afford to be rude. You and your
- 18:02Speaker 2: brother and all your rich friends.
- 18:04Speaker 8: What's wrong with Tim and me? Tell me, Michael.
- 18:06Speaker 2: Listen, will you get out of here and let me
- 18:08Speaker 2: finish my breakfast?
- 18:09Speaker 13: Oh, Michael, you're wonderful. I love you when you get mad. Look,
- 18:13Speaker 13: if I hurry and get the gang out of here,
- 18:15Speaker 13: will you talk to me?
- 18:16Speaker 2: No.
- 18:16Speaker 8: Oh, thanks, Michael. See you later.
- 18:20Speaker 5: Oh, Mom, what's up?
- 18:30Speaker 2: Higgins said you wanted to see me.
- 18:31Speaker 8: Read this, second column. It's about your father.
- 18:33Speaker 2: Oh, that, I saw it. It must have been some shindig.
- 18:35Speaker 2: Was Dad banged up much?
- 18:37Speaker 8: Just a common black eye. It's not funny, Tim. And
- 18:40Speaker 8: you haven't heard the worst.
- 18:41Speaker 2: Who's the blonde woman they mentioned?
- 18:43Speaker 8: I'm coming to that. She spent the night here.
- 18:46Speaker 2: You're kidding.
- 18:46Speaker 8: She spent the night here in the guest room. Now
- 18:50Speaker 8: I want you to go right downstairs and get her
- 18:51Speaker 8: out of this house.
- 18:52Speaker 2: Well, I'll do the best I can. I'm not so
- 18:54Speaker 2: sure about Dad now. He might poke me in the eye. Oh,
- 19:03Speaker 2: good morning.
- 19:03Speaker 8: Good morning.
- 19:04Speaker 2: I'm Mr. Borden's son.
- 19:05Speaker 8: Yes, your father's just told me about you.
- 19:08Speaker 6: Well, let's come to the point. How long have you
- 19:10Speaker 6: known my father?
- 19:11Speaker 8: Oh, a long time. Ever since last night.
- 19:14Speaker 2: You only met him last night?
- 19:16Speaker 8: In the park.
- 19:17Speaker 2: Oh, a pickup.
- 19:19Speaker 8: Nothing as vulgar as that.
- 19:20Speaker 2: Well, what would you call it?
- 19:22Speaker 8: Love at first sight, I guess.
- 19:23Speaker 2: Don't make me laugh. My father's an old man.
- 19:26Speaker 8: Age doesn't matter when the real thing comes along.
- 19:28Speaker 2: How about money? Does that matter?
- 19:30Speaker 8: It helps.
- 19:31Speaker 2: Now we're getting somewhere. Look, you see this? You know
- 19:36Speaker 2: what it is?
- 19:36Speaker 8: Um, it's a $ 50 bill, isn't it?
- 19:40Speaker 2: That's exactly what it is. Here, hold it.
- 19:43Speaker 8: Uh-huh. Yeah, yeah, it's a real thing. I can see
- 19:46Speaker 8: the little veins running through it.
- 19:47Speaker 2: I'll tell you what I'll do. I'll bet you that.
- 19:50Speaker 6: $ 50 you can't get out that door by the time
- 19:51Speaker 6: I count 10.
- 19:53Speaker 8: Oh, that's pretty far.
- 19:55Speaker 2: Well, I could count to 20.
- 19:57Speaker 11: No, I don't think I could make it. You see,
- 20:00Speaker 11: my rheumatism's been bothering me. Here's your money.
- 20:06Speaker 14: I understand you play polo.
- 20:08Speaker 2: What's that got to do with it?
- 20:10Speaker 8: Nothing, just that I'm amazed.
- 20:12Speaker 2: Amazed at what?
- 20:14Speaker 11: Amazed to discover that horses have better breeding than the
- 20:16Speaker 11: people who ride them.
- 20:18Speaker 2: Well, have you decided about... Oh, hello, Tim. Hello, Dad.
- 20:22Speaker 2: Have you thought the matter over, Miss Gray?
- 20:24Speaker 8: Oh, yes. I've had a couple of propositions this morning.
- 20:27Speaker 8: Your son wants me to leave, then you want me
- 20:30Speaker 8: to stay. And of the two propositions, Mr. Borden Sr.,
- 20:33Speaker 8: I think I prefer yours.
- 20:36Speaker 5: The End.
- 20:53Speaker 2: In just a moment, Mr.
- 20:54Speaker 3: DeMille will bring us Act II of Fifth Avenue Girl,
- 20:57Speaker 3: with Ginger Rogers, Edward Arnold, John Howard, and Joan Perry. Meantime,
- 21:03Speaker 3: you all remember the old saying, give me the making
- 21:05Speaker 3: of the songs of a nation, and I care not
- 21:08Speaker 3: who makes its laws? Well, nearly every region in America
- 21:11Speaker 3: has its own beloved songs. You know this old-time one.
- 21:23Speaker 3: That's Oh Susanna, one of Stephen Foster's most engaging songs.
- 21:27Speaker 3: Remember how it starts?
- 21:28Speaker 15: I came from Alabama with my banjo on my knee.
- 21:32Speaker 15: I'm going to Louisiana, my true love, for to see.
- 21:37Speaker 3: Yes, and speaking of Louisiana, here's a bit of recent
- 21:40Speaker 3: news from the South. Down in New Orleans, and in
- 21:42Speaker 3: many other cities too, we made a survey to find
- 21:45Speaker 3: out how the women wash their nice things. And when
- 21:48Speaker 3: all the results from all the cities were added up,
- 21:51Speaker 3: We found.
- 21:52Speaker 8: Twice as many women use new quick-lux flakes for stockings, underthings, sweaters,
- 21:57Speaker 8: and other nice things as use any other flakes, chips,
- 22:01Speaker 8: or beads.
- 22:01Speaker 2: Yes, Sally.
- 22:02Speaker 3: It's new quick-lux two-to-one. All over the country. East, west, north, south.
- 22:09Speaker 3: From Boston to San Francisco, American women choose new quick-lux two-to-one.
- 22:15Speaker 8: Well, no wonder, Mr.
- 22:16Speaker 2: Ruick.
- 22:16Speaker 8: It's so much faster. It's so thrifty. It's so safe.
- 22:20Speaker 2: Three good reasons for popularity, aren't they? First, speed.
- 22:25Speaker 3: In water as cool as your hand, new Quick Lux
- 22:28Speaker 3: dissolves three times as fast as any of ten other
- 22:31Speaker 3: leading soaps tested.
- 22:33Speaker 2: Second, drift.
- 22:35Speaker 3: New Quick Lux goes further, gives more suds ounce for
- 22:39Speaker 3: ounce than any of these soaps, even in hard water.
- 22:43Speaker 2: Third, safety.
- 22:45Speaker 3: New Quick Lux Flakes are safe for anything safe in water.
- 22:49Speaker 2: Mr.
- 22:49Speaker 8: Ruick, I had written a verse about New Quick Lux.
- 22:52Speaker 2: Well, that's interesting, Sally. How does it go?
- 22:54Speaker 8: Well, it's a new version of Oh, Susanna. And here's
- 22:56Speaker 8: our friend to sing it. Listen.
- 22:58Speaker 15: From Maine to Alabama, in states near and far away,
- 23:02Speaker 15: New York to California, New Quick Lux Sweets USA.
- 23:07Speaker 3: Yes, New Quick Lux Flakes are America's favorite way of
- 23:11Speaker 3: washing nice things. why not get the generous big box tomorrow?
- 23:15Speaker 3: It comes in the same familiar package, costs you no more. Now,
- 23:21Speaker 3: our producer, Mr. DeMille. Act II of Fifth Avenue Girl,
- 23:24Speaker 3: starring Ginger Rogers as Mary Gray, Edward Arnold as Timothy Borden,
- 23:29Speaker 3: John Howard as Tim, and Joan Perry as Catherine.
- 23:33Speaker 16: ¶ ¶.
- 23:39Speaker 3: The arrival of Mary Gray in the Borden household created
- 23:42Speaker 3: a storm of dissension, but all efforts to dislodge her
- 23:45Speaker 3: have proved futile.
- 23:47Speaker 2: Her pretended romance with Mr.
- 23:48Speaker 3: Borden has stunned the family completely, and for the first
- 23:51Speaker 3: time in years, the master of the house assumes a
- 23:54Speaker 3: certain importance in their eyes. But Timothy Jr. feels he's
- 23:58Speaker 3: been personally affronted. In the library, he faces the unwelcome guests.
- 24:04Speaker 2: Say, you.
- 24:04Speaker 8: You're referring to me?
- 24:05Speaker 2: Yes. Did you put this picture of Father on my dresser?
- 24:08Speaker 8: What's wrong with your father?
- 24:09Speaker 6: That's beside the point. Did you put these business reports there, too?
- 24:13Speaker 8: Well, I didn't know what to do with them since
- 24:14Speaker 8: your father's too old to work.
- 24:15Speaker 2: That's a lot of bunk. He wasn't too old a
- 24:17Speaker 2: couple of weeks ago.
- 24:18Speaker 8: Oh, he seems to think so now.
- 24:19Speaker 2: Well, what am I supposed to do with these reports?
- 24:21Speaker 8: Well, somebody's got to fill your father's shoes. I guess, though,
- 24:24Speaker 8: they're probably too big for you.
- 24:26Speaker 2: Oh, I'm not a man, is that it?
- 24:28Speaker 8: Well, you wear long pants.
- 24:29Speaker 2: Say, what are you trying to do, disrupt this family?
- 24:32Speaker 8: I haven't done anything.
- 24:33Speaker 2: What's your racket, sister?
- 24:34Speaker 8: Haven't quite made up my mind.
- 24:36Speaker 6: Do you think my mother's going to step aside for you?
- 24:38Speaker 8: That's what I heard.
- 24:40Speaker 2: So you think you're going to marry my father, is
- 24:42Speaker 2: that it?
- 24:43Speaker 11: I might be your stepmother. Heaven knows I'd hate to
- 24:46Speaker 11: be your mother.
- 24:46Speaker 2: I've got you figured. You're a gold digger.
- 24:50Speaker 11: What makes you think you're not a gold digger? What
- 24:52Speaker 11: have you ever done to deserve all this? What have
- 24:54Speaker 11: you ever accomplished?
- 24:55Speaker 2: What do you expect to accomplish?
- 24:56Speaker 8: I've got my cause in plush, and I like the
- 24:58Speaker 8: feel of it.
- 24:59Speaker 6: No, you're just kidding yourself. With father's business going to pot,
- 25:02Speaker 6: there isn't going to be any plush left.
- 25:04Speaker 8: Oh, there'll be enough for my needs.
- 25:06Speaker 11: When I get through, you're going to be faced with
- 25:08Speaker 11: the awful predicament of going to work for a change.
- 25:10Speaker 2: Oh, there you are, Mary. Shall we go? I'm all ready. Yes,
- 25:13Speaker 2: I'm ready. Dad, listen. Oh, hello, son.
- 25:15Speaker 6: How's the polo coming along? Dad, can I speak to
- 25:17Speaker 6: you privately? Well, you might ask Miss Gray for an appointment.
- 25:20Speaker 6: Miss Gray, do.
- 25:21Speaker 2: You mind if I speak to my father?
- 25:23Speaker 8: Uh, no.
- 25:25Speaker 2: Well, please go away, then.
- 25:28Speaker 8: Not any farther than this.
- 25:30Speaker 6: Are you two fastened together with wires or something? Look, Dad,
- 25:33Speaker 6: I don't know what's come over you. You know Mother's
- 25:36Speaker 6: in a pretty nervous condition. Oh, I didn't know. That's
- 25:38Speaker 6: too bad. I can't criticize you for neglecting Mother, but
- 25:41Speaker 6: I do criticize you for neglecting your business.
- 25:43Speaker 2: What business? The pump business. Have you seen these reports?
- 25:46Speaker 2: I told Miss Gray to throw them out.
- 25:47Speaker 6: But, Dad, the business is in a very desperate condition.
- 25:49Speaker 2: Is that so? Well, why don't you do something about it? Dad,
- 25:51Speaker 2: I don't know anything about pumps.
- 25:53Speaker 8: You can learn, can't you? Come on, Mr.
- 25:55Speaker 5: Borden.
- 25:55Speaker 8: We're going to be late for our rumba lesson.
- 26:06Speaker 12: Oh, children, we've got to be calm. The important thing
- 26:11Speaker 12: is that we must change our attitude toward this woman.
- 26:14Speaker 2: Yeah.
- 26:14Speaker 8: If we're pleasant to her, she'll reveal her true colors.
- 26:17Speaker 8: They always do. Then your father will get rid of
- 26:20Speaker 8: her himself.
- 26:21Speaker 2: Why are you so anxious about father? I thought you
- 26:23Speaker 2: were going to Reno.
- 26:24Speaker 8: No, Reno will come in time. Mother's voice then gave
- 26:27Speaker 8: her the air. Catherine, nothing of the kind.
- 26:30Speaker 2: Mr.
- 26:31Speaker 12: Hopkins is simply being discreet in this emergency. Besides, we
- 26:35Speaker 12: can't let your father make a fool of himself. After
- 26:38Speaker 12: we've saved him from himself, we.
- 26:39Speaker 8: Can all live our own lives. We might as well
- 26:42Speaker 8: save some of his money for ourselves while we're at it.
- 26:44Speaker 6: And just what are you doing for the cause? Hanging
- 26:47Speaker 6: around the kitchen, mooing after that dope Michael.
- 26:49Speaker 8: Michael? What, Catherine? Tim, you shut up.
- 26:52Speaker 12: He doesn't know what he's talking about. Now, children, children,
- 26:54Speaker 12: bickering is not the answer to our problem. We've all
- 26:57Speaker 12: got to pull together.
- 26:58Speaker 8: Now, Tim, I want you to be especially nice to
- 27:01Speaker 8: Miss Gray.
- 27:01Speaker 2: Well, what am I supposed to do, enter into competition
- 27:03Speaker 2: with Dad?
- 27:04Speaker 8: You can't take a girl away from your own father. Well,
- 27:07Speaker 8: the least you can do is to make the same
- 27:09Speaker 8: sacrifices I'm making.
- 27:10Speaker 2: I've had enough of sacrifices. I've been going to that
- 27:12Speaker 2: office every day for a week.
- 27:14Speaker 8: Pumps, pumps, pumps.
- 27:16Speaker 6: That's all I hear all day long. You make some
- 27:18Speaker 6: sacrifices for a change. I'm not going to spend my
- 27:21Speaker 6: evenings with a female I loathe.
- 27:23Speaker 8: But we've got to do something. And we can only
- 27:25Speaker 8: succeed by unified action.
- 27:27Speaker 12: Oh, I'm asking my family to rally round for the
- 27:30Speaker 12: last time.
- 27:31Speaker 8: Hold it, Mother, hold it. You look like the Statue
- 27:34Speaker 8: of Liberty.
- 27:35Speaker 5: Now, Higgins.
- 27:46Speaker 8: Mr. Borden will sit here, and I'd like Miss Gray
- 27:49Speaker 8: to sit next to Mr. Timothy. Miss Catherine will sit
- 27:51Speaker 8: next to me.
- 27:52Speaker 2: Yes, madame.
- 27:53Speaker 8: Now, has Cook prepared all of Mr. Borden's favorite dishes?
- 27:56Speaker 2: Everything, madame, including the beef stew.
- 27:58Speaker 8: Oh, thank you, Higgins. Good evening. Oh, good evening, Miss Gray. Well,
- 28:02Speaker 8: how charming you look. Children, come and see how lovely
- 28:05Speaker 8: Miss Gray looks in her new frock. Won't you join
- 28:08Speaker 8: us in the living room? Well, Mr. Gordon and I
- 28:11Speaker 8: are going out.
- 28:12Speaker 5: Oh.
- 28:13Speaker 8: Oh, Tim, doesn't Miss Gray look charming?
- 28:15Speaker 2: She certainly does.
- 28:17Speaker 8: Is that a new gown? Oh, yes, it is. It's
- 28:20Speaker 8: very chic.
- 28:21Speaker 2: Where did you get it? Where?
- 28:23Speaker 8: Oh, I don't know. I mean, I don't remember. Catherine,
- 28:26Speaker 8: you shouldn't be so inquisitive. Oh, I'm sorry, dear. We
- 28:29Speaker 8: haven't got to know you better. After all, you are
- 28:32Speaker 8: practically one of the family. As a matter of fact,
- 28:35Speaker 8: we've all been a little upset.
- 28:36Speaker 2: That's right. We haven't meant to be rude. Personally, I'd
- 28:39Speaker 2: like to offer you my apologies.
- 28:41Speaker 8: Oh, you haven't been that rude.
- 28:42Speaker 2: Mary, Mary, where are you?
- 28:46Speaker 8: In here.
- 28:47Speaker 2: Lessons from Madame La Sangre. You do the rumba, the
- 28:51Speaker 2: lula conga. It's lessons in.
- 28:53Speaker 10: Oh, hello, hello, everybody. I'm sorry I'm late. I was
- 28:57Speaker 10: just practicing that new rumba step.
- 28:59Speaker 12: Oh, Timothy, I was just saying that I thought it
- 29:02Speaker 12: would be a good idea if you and Miss Gray
- 29:03Speaker 12: joined us for dinner.
- 29:04Speaker 2: Yes, what do you say, Dad? For dinner? Well, I'm
- 29:07Speaker 2: not quite sure.
- 29:08Speaker 8: We have all your favorite dishes.
- 29:09Speaker 2: You have? Well, why didn't you let me know about it?
- 29:12Speaker 8: Well, it's sort of a surprise.
- 29:14Speaker 2: Well, what do you think about it, Miss Gray?
- 29:16Speaker 8: We have a party of friends waiting for us.
- 29:20Speaker 2: Oh, yes, that's true. And it wouldn't be nice to
- 29:22Speaker 2: keep them waiting.
- 29:23Speaker 8: I shouldn't think so.
- 29:25Speaker 2: Well, I'm sorry, but we could make it some other night.
- 29:27Speaker 8: Just as you say, Timothy.
- 29:29Speaker 2: Well, we'd better be getting along. We're a little late now,
- 29:31Speaker 2: and I wouldn't want to keep them waiting. Uh, bye-on, dear.
- 29:35Speaker 8: Thank you, sir.
- 29:36Speaker 2: I'm just trying out that new rumba step again, see?
- 29:39Speaker 2: Six lessons from Madame Lazanga. You'll do the rumba and
- 29:42Speaker 2: the conga six, you know? Oh, say, wait a minute.
- 29:45Speaker 2: I got it. Six lessons. Well, can you beat it?
- 29:48Speaker 6: Five million bucks walking right out of our lives, and
- 29:50Speaker 6: there's nothing we can do about it.
- 30:02Speaker 2: Say, how did you like that rumber I showed the
- 30:04Speaker 2: family there?
- 30:05Speaker 8: I think you got something there.
- 30:07Speaker 2: You know, it's a shame to go on deceiving them
- 30:09Speaker 2: like this.
- 30:10Speaker 8: Don't weaken now. It'll do them good.
- 30:12Speaker 2: Well, you're the boss. Oh, Michael. Michael, just drive through
- 30:16Speaker 2: the park as usual. We'll let you know when we
- 30:18Speaker 2: want to go home. Phew.
- 30:21Speaker 10: Do people get in these clothes every night? And why
- 30:23Speaker 10: they ever put tails on a man's coat, I don't know.
- 30:26Speaker 8: No, don't ask me.
- 30:27Speaker 10: And why they keep guzzling champagne night after night, I'll
- 30:31Speaker 10: never know.
- 30:31Speaker 8: I can still feel the effects of your birthday party
- 30:34Speaker 8: every time I shake my head.
- 30:35Speaker 10: You see, the family was being very nice to you when.
- 30:38Speaker 2: I came down.
- 30:39Speaker 8: Oh, they had me scared to death.
- 30:41Speaker 2: They were even nice to me lately.
- 30:43Speaker 8: It's pretty simple. You take something away from people they
- 30:46Speaker 8: don't want, and they want it more than ever.
- 30:49Speaker 2: You know, you've got a lot of common sense.
- 30:51Speaker 8: You've got to have common sense on my side of
- 30:53Speaker 8: the fence.
- 30:53Speaker 2: There are a lot of nice people on your side
- 30:55Speaker 2: of the fence.
- 30:56Speaker 8: The other fellow's pasture always looks greener.
- 30:58Speaker 2: Does my side of the fence look any different to you?
- 31:01Speaker 8: You can have it.
- 31:02Speaker 2: I'm beginning to feel sorry for the rich.
- 31:05Speaker 8: I guess rich people are just poor people with money.
- 31:08Speaker 2: Oh, this vicious nightlife is getting me down.
- 31:13Speaker 8: I'm not very good at faking. When I do things,
- 31:17Speaker 8: I want to mean them. Don't you think I'd better
- 31:20Speaker 8: be on my way?
- 31:21Speaker 2: Why?
- 31:23Speaker 8: I'd better get back to where I belong before this
- 31:24Speaker 8: kind of life catches up with me.
- 31:26Speaker 2: Oh, you can't walk out on a contract.
- 31:28Speaker 8: It's the goofiest job I've ever had.
- 31:30Speaker 11: I don't see what good I'm doing in that house
- 31:32Speaker 11: outside of getting myself into a mess.
- 31:34Speaker 2: Well, whatever you're doing, it seems to work.
- 31:36Speaker 10: I've never enjoyed so much attention before for my family.
- 31:41Speaker 8: Why do you hang on to a bunch like that anyhow?
- 31:44Speaker 2: Oh, well, I like them.
- 31:46Speaker 8: You really do like them?
- 31:47Speaker 2: Yeah, they're a pretty nice family. Because I remember them.
- 31:55Speaker 8: Everybody to his own poison. You're still in love with
- 31:59Speaker 8: your wife, aren't you?
- 32:00Speaker 2: Well, no.
- 32:01Speaker 10: You see, after love goes away, something's left in its
- 32:04Speaker 10: place that's even more important.
- 32:09Speaker 8: It's okay with you. It's okay with me. I'm getting paid.
- 32:14Speaker 2: That's the girl. But you know, we've got to begin
- 32:16Speaker 2: thinking about your future.
- 32:17Speaker 8: Don't worry about my future. It doesn't bother me. I
- 32:19Speaker 8: haven't any squat coming.
- 32:23Speaker 2: Oh, this life, life. You said it.
- 32:26Speaker 8: Well, we can go home in a couple of hours.
- 32:42Speaker 8: It'll be quiet. Somebody may still be up.
- 32:44Speaker 2: Well, if they are, go into the act.
- 32:46Speaker 8: Oh, look out. Here comes your wife.
- 32:48Speaker 2: Oh, good evening. Did you have a nice time? Happy
- 32:50Speaker 2: birthday to you.
- 32:51Speaker 5: Timothy.
- 32:53Speaker 8: Boy, I'll say we've had an evening. You should have
- 32:55Speaker 8: seen him at the Flamingo Club. He was a scream.
- 32:59Speaker 11: He kept insisting it was his birthday all over again.
- 33:02Speaker 2: Whoa there, wait a minute.
- 33:04Speaker 8: One step at a time. Oh, I don't know what
- 33:07Speaker 8: I've done to deserve this.
- 33:09Speaker 2: Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday, she gone.
- 33:15Speaker 8: Say, you're a great actor, you know that?
- 33:17Speaker 2: Well, you'd better get some sleep. Good night and pleasant dreams.
- 33:20Speaker 8: Good night. Who is it?
- 33:26Speaker 5: Me, Catherine.
- 33:27Speaker 8: Oh, come in. I've waited up for you. I wanted
- 33:31Speaker 8: to talk to you. Oh, well, what's the trouble? I've
- 33:34Speaker 8: got a problem. Who hasn't? It's about Michael. Oh, what
- 33:38Speaker 8: about Michael? He doesn't respond. He doesn't what? Well, you see,
- 33:45Speaker 8: Miss Gray, I'm rich and I know it. But it
- 33:47Speaker 8: isn't my fault.
- 33:48Speaker 13: I try to understand everything he says to me, even
- 33:51Speaker 13: though sometimes I don't know what he's talking about. What
- 33:54Speaker 13: are you talking about? You see, I'm broad-minded. I understand
- 33:58Speaker 13: perfectly about you and Father.
- 34:01Speaker 11: Aren't you getting a little ahead of yourself?
- 34:03Speaker 13: Why shouldn't younger people marry older people? Fat people marry
- 34:06Speaker 13: thin people. Tall people marry short people. I'm afraid you
- 34:09Speaker 13: don't quite understand the situation. I'm not a child. You're young,
- 34:14Speaker 13: father's own. All right, Michael's poor and I'm rich, and
- 34:17Speaker 13: I love him very much. But I can't go on waiting.
- 34:20Speaker 8: For the day.
- 34:21Speaker 2: What day?
- 34:23Speaker 8: You know.
- 34:24Speaker 13: When we'll all be the same. Michael calls it dialectical materialism.
- 34:31Speaker 8: What does that mean?
- 34:32Speaker 11: I'm not sure, but I think it's when everybody will
- 34:34Speaker 11: be more or less like Michael. Look, I'm a little tired,
- 34:38Speaker 11: and I think you're a little tired, too.
- 34:40Speaker 8: But what am I going to do about it?
- 34:42Speaker 13: I know you know. You're a woman of the world.
- 34:46Speaker 13: I think you'd better talk about this to your mother.
- 34:49Speaker 13: Mother doesn't understand those things.
- 34:51Speaker 8: She's not alone.
- 34:53Speaker 3: Perhaps.
- 34:54Speaker 8: If I got a job, it would make a difference. Yes,
- 34:56Speaker 8: might be a good idea. That's what I'll do. Then
- 34:58Speaker 8: if I'm like him, he can't ignore me, can he? Oh,
- 35:01Speaker 8: you're wonderful. Why?
- 35:03Speaker 13: For giving me this swell advice.
- 35:06Speaker 8: Well, now look here.
- 35:07Speaker 11: I didn't say anything. I don't want to say anything.
- 35:10Speaker 11: I'm in enough hot water as this.
- 35:22Speaker 2: Well, Terwilliger, the boy's really coming along, huh? Yes, he's
- 35:25Speaker 2: really taking hold down there at the office. Well, he's
- 35:27Speaker 2: my son.
- 35:27Speaker 7: He's got ideas, T.J. He's figured out a method of
- 35:30Speaker 7: marketing a cheaper pump on long-term credit. Ought to make
- 35:32Speaker 7: you a mint of money.
- 35:34Speaker 2: Oh, am I butting in? No, no, Mr.
- 35:36Speaker 10: Terwilliger and I were just talking over a few personal matters.
- 35:39Speaker 10: Thanks very much for dropping in like this, Terwilliger.
- 35:41Speaker 2: Good night. Good night, T.J., Good night, Tim.
- 35:43Speaker 10: Good night.
- 35:44Speaker 2: Say, Tim, what's all this about long-term credit and cheaper pumps?
- 35:47Speaker 2: Your pumps have got whiskers, and so have your ideas.
- 35:49Speaker 2: If I'm going to run this business, I'm going to
- 35:51Speaker 2: run it my way.
- 35:52Speaker 8: All right.
- 35:52Speaker 2: Do as you like.
- 35:53Speaker 6: Look, this is really what I wanted to talk to
- 35:55Speaker 6: you about, Dad. I'm worried about Mother. She's taking an
- 35:58Speaker 6: awful beating. But I haven't done anything. It isn't easy
- 36:01Speaker 6: for Mother to live in the same house with another
- 36:03Speaker 6: woman hanging around.
- 36:04Speaker 2: What other woman? Oh, we don't know what it's all about.
- 36:08Speaker 2: Are you going to marry this girl?
- 36:10Speaker 4: Now, I don't inquire into your personal affairs, and I
- 36:12Speaker 4: don't see why you should inquire into mine.
- 36:13Speaker 6: Well, why don't you at least give Mother a break?
- 36:15Speaker 6: Why don't you talk to her? I didn't know she
- 36:17Speaker 6: wanted to talk to me.
- 36:18Speaker 2: Well, she does. I just left her.
- 36:19Speaker 6: She's upstairs. Look, why don't we clear out of here
- 36:23Speaker 6: tonight and leave you two alone? Maybe you can straighten
- 36:26Speaker 6: out a few things.
- 36:27Speaker 8: It's almost 8.30. Are you ready?
- 36:28Speaker 2: Oh, hello, Mary. Just a second now. I'll run up
- 36:32Speaker 2: and get my coat. Dad?
- 36:33Speaker 5: Yeah?
- 36:33Speaker 6: I'd be very happy to take Miss Gray any place
- 36:36Speaker 6: she wanted to go tonight.
- 36:37Speaker 2: Well, why not? What do you say, Mary?
- 36:41Speaker 8: Oh, well, thanks. I'd just as soon spend one evening
- 36:44Speaker 8: at home.
- 36:45Speaker 6: Oh, wait a minute. Is there anything wrong with me?
- 36:47Speaker 6: Have I got Barry-Barry or something?
- 36:50Speaker 10: Mary, I don't like to ask you to do this,
- 36:52Speaker 10: but would you mind going to the opening with Tim?
- 36:55Speaker 8: Well, I don't know. I wasn't very.
- 36:57Speaker 2: Oh, please, Mary. You see, Mrs. Borden and I have
- 36:59Speaker 2: a few things to talk over.
- 37:01Speaker 3: Oh.
- 37:02Speaker 2: All right. Well.
- 37:03Speaker 8: In that case, I'd love to go. That is, if
- 37:07Speaker 8: he doesn't mind taking me.
- 37:08Speaker 2: Mine? Why, it'd be a pleasure. Is the car outside? Yes. Well,
- 37:14Speaker 2: come on, then. By the way, where is this opening?
- 37:22Speaker 8: Oh, I don't know.
- 37:24Speaker 3: It is.
- 37:26Speaker 11: I don't really feel like going anyplace. As a matter
- 37:30Speaker 11: of fact, we were just going for a walk through
- 37:32Speaker 11: the park.
- 37:34Speaker 8: Look, you don't have to come along if you don't
- 37:36Speaker 8: want to.
- 37:37Speaker 2: Do you put on evening clothes to take a walk
- 37:39Speaker 2: in the park?
- 37:40Speaker 8: I do it quite often.
- 37:41Speaker 2: Oh, I see. That's why you ordered Michael to have
- 37:43Speaker 2: the car, too.
- 37:44Speaker 8: No. We were going to the band concert.
- 37:48Speaker 2: In evening clothes?
- 37:49Speaker 8: Look, I'm not submitting to a third degree unless you
- 37:51Speaker 8: show me a badge.
- 37:52Speaker 2: Well, I'm not going to let you walk in the
- 37:53Speaker 2: park alone.
- 37:54Speaker 11: I do it quite often, but you needn't come along
- 37:57Speaker 11: if you're afraid of the dark.
- 37:58Speaker 2: Come on, come on. Never mind us.
- 38:02Speaker 8: Peanuts.
- 38:03Speaker 2: Hot roast of the peanuts.
- 38:04Speaker 8: Some peanuts, please.
- 38:06Speaker 2: Okay, lady. Thanks. Peanuts.
- 38:09Speaker 8: Hot roast of the peanuts. Here. Want some peanuts?
- 38:12Speaker 2: Thanks. Will this be dinner?
- 38:15Speaker 8: Sure. Everything's on me tonight.
- 38:17Speaker 2: Well, where do we go from here?
- 38:19Speaker 8: Over on that bench.
- 38:21Speaker 2: That bench? How do you think we're going to find
- 38:23Speaker 2: any room on that bench?
- 38:25Speaker 8: We will. Come on, squeeze in. Pardon me, please. The
- 38:28Speaker 8: nerve of some people's children.
- 38:31Speaker 2: Well... We made it. Sure.
- 38:34Speaker 6: Now, eat your peanuts. Uh, don't look now, but love
- 38:37Speaker 6: is certainly in the air around here.
- 38:40Speaker 8: The park bench is the only place poor people can
- 38:42Speaker 8: make love.
- 38:43Speaker 2: Say, lady, do you mind moving over? Me and me
- 38:45Speaker 2: gals got a little neck and a toe.
- 38:50Speaker 8: There's only room for one.
- 38:52Speaker 2: That's all we need. Come on, honey, sit.
- 38:56Speaker 6: Look, is this the only bench in the park? I'm
- 38:59Speaker 6: beginning to feel like a sardine still in the cans.
- 39:02Speaker 8: I met your father on this bench.
- 39:05Speaker 2: Well, that ought to make it a museum piece. Say,
- 39:08Speaker 2: is this what you and Dad do every night?
- 39:10Speaker 8: Not every night.
- 39:12Speaker 2: You might at least have picked a bench away from
- 39:13Speaker 2: that seal pond.
- 39:15Speaker 11: If there's anything you want to know about seals, I
- 39:17Speaker 11: can tell you. They eat nothing but fresh oysters on
- 39:20Speaker 11: the half shell every day.
- 39:21Speaker 2: It's too bad they don't like fresh blondes.
- 39:23Speaker 8: I've been thrown to them before, but they always toss
- 39:25Speaker 8: me back.
- 39:26Speaker 2: Well, they've got more intelligence than I thought.
- 39:27Speaker 8: Hey, why don't you two fight at home?
- 39:29Speaker 11: Can't even have a pleasant evening in the park without
- 39:31Speaker 11: someone coming along to spoil it.
- 39:33Speaker 8: Let's go, Milton. Now, you see? You frighten people.
- 39:39Speaker 2: Well, we'll at least have a little more room. Shove over.
- 39:42Speaker 2: Pardon me, bud. How about us sitting there? Come on, baby.
- 39:45Speaker 8: Okay, Commodore.
- 39:46Speaker 2: Well, that's that. Now the Marines have moved in.
- 39:49Speaker 8: Why don't you go home?
- 39:51Speaker 6: I can sit here as long as you care.
- 39:55Speaker 4: Hey, look, sailor.
- 39:58Speaker 2: Don't you mind piping down? We'd like to listen to
- 40:00Speaker 2: the band concert. What's the matter with my sink? Just
- 40:02Speaker 2: pipe down. Oh, now you frighten me, bud. What are you,
- 40:05Speaker 2: a junior G-man? If you think I am, just step
- 40:07Speaker 2: out on a walk. Well, when you gotta do it,
- 40:09Speaker 2: you gotta do it.
- 40:09Speaker 8: Hey, wait a minute, sailor. Sister, why don't you give
- 40:12Speaker 8: your friend a liver pill? Why don't you button up
- 40:14Speaker 8: your lip?
- 40:14Speaker 2: Would you two ladies like to fight it out?
- 40:16Speaker 8: Come on, Luxon, let's scram out of here.
- 40:18Speaker 2: So long, Junior G-Man. Go on, beat it.
- 40:21Speaker 8: Did you come here to fight?
- 40:22Speaker 2: Look, I don't want to fight. I just want to talk.
- 40:25Speaker 8: If you don't mind, I'd rather listen to the music.
- 40:28Speaker 2: Oh, thank you, thank you, please. Would you kindly move over, please?
- 40:31Speaker 2: Here we go again. Move over.
- 40:33Speaker 4: Oh, thank you.
- 40:34Speaker 8: Here is seat.
- 40:35Speaker 6: Sitting down, kiddo.
- 40:37Speaker 8: Oh, it's a swell night, isn't it? The moon's just
- 40:43Speaker 8: coming up.
- 40:44Speaker 2: Yeah. You know, you're very pretty by moonlight, Miss Gray. Mary.
- 40:50Speaker 5: Hey.
- 40:51Speaker 8: Wait a minute. What makes you think you can get
- 40:54Speaker 8: away with that stuff?
- 40:55Speaker 2: What, the kiss?
- 40:57Speaker 8: Yeah. Why did you do that?
- 41:00Speaker 2: Because it's something I wanted to do.
- 41:02Speaker 8: Oh, you give me an idea, Mr. Borden. That's something
- 41:05Speaker 8: I've wanted to do.
- 41:06Speaker 3: The End.
- 41:23Speaker 8: Come in. Oh, what do you want, Kevin? I want
- 41:27Speaker 8: to see you. Look, would you mind some other time? No,
- 41:31Speaker 8: right now. I just want to tell you what I
- 41:34Speaker 8: think of you. You're the most deceitful, double-crossing, sneaky... Wait
- 41:37Speaker 8: a minute. What have I done? You know very well... Michael.
- 41:43Speaker 8: What about him? I told him I was going to
- 41:46Speaker 8: get a job, just as you said. I said? And
- 41:49Speaker 8: now he hates me.
- 41:52Speaker 13: He says I'm just a spoiled brat trying to take
- 41:54Speaker 13: somebody's job away.
- 41:55Speaker 8: He hates me. You could have stopped it. I confided
- 42:00Speaker 8: in you. I trusted you. Oh, well, we'll do something
- 42:03Speaker 8: about it. You've done enough. You don't care anything about Dad.
- 42:07Speaker 8: You only go out with him so you can be
- 42:08Speaker 8: near Michael. Oh, for heaven's sake. But you're not going
- 42:13Speaker 8: to get him. If I can't have him, nobody can.
- 42:16Speaker 5: I hate you.
- 42:18Speaker 8: Oh, I hate you. Mama hates me. Daughter hates me.
- 42:25Speaker 8: Junior hates me. I guess I'm a pretty popular girl
- 42:29Speaker 8: around here.
- 42:46Speaker 3: After a short intermission, Mr. DeMille presents Ginger Rogers, Edward Arnold,
- 42:50Speaker 3: John Howard, and Joan Perry in Act Three of Fifth
- 42:53Speaker 3: Avenue Girl. Tonight, we've asked Libby Collins, our Hollywood fashion reporter,
- 42:58Speaker 3: to round up some last-minute fashion news for us, just
- 43:01Speaker 3: in time for last-minute Christmas shopping.
- 43:03Speaker 2: Here she is, Libby Collins.
- 43:05Speaker 8: Well, Mr. Roig, it looks like a white Christmas.
- 43:07Speaker 2: You mean we're going to have snow for Christmas, Libby,
- 43:09Speaker 2: here in Hollywood?
- 43:10Speaker 8: No, indeed.
- 43:12Speaker 14: That's not a weather report, it's a fashion report. This year,
- 43:15Speaker 14: white has climbed right into the fashion spotlight in the
- 43:18Speaker 14: middle of winter. Joan Bennett modeled a gorgeous evening cape
- 43:22Speaker 14: for one of the fashion magazines. It's made of chalky
- 43:25Speaker 14: white gabardine with swirls of gold kit on the shoulders.
- 43:29Speaker 14: Marlena Dietrich, in her current hit Seven Sinners, wears a
- 43:33Speaker 14: beautiful white afternoon suit. Smart shops are featuring white coats,
- 43:38Speaker 14: even for city streets. And white evening dresses will be
- 43:41Speaker 14: as thick as snowflakes at holiday parties.
- 43:44Speaker 2: Well, I guess this year, Libby, if it's white, it's right.
- 43:47Speaker 8: That's about it, Mr.
- 43:48Speaker 2: Ruick.
- 43:48Speaker 14: And there's one place where white is specially right. That's
- 43:52Speaker 14: in winter sports clothes. Short, white woolen skating dresses, luscious
- 43:56Speaker 14: white sweaters, and adorable white fuzzy hoods and mittens.
- 44:00Speaker 2: Now, wait a minute, Libby.
- 44:01Speaker 8: I know what you're thinking, Mr.
- 44:02Speaker 2: Ruick.
- 44:03Speaker 8: White is lovely, but it does get dirty.
- 44:07Speaker 3: And? And new quick luxe flakes is the answer. Yes,
- 44:12Speaker 3: all your washable woollens will stay fresh and new-looking longer
- 44:16Speaker 3: if you care for them with new quick lux. You see,
- 44:19Speaker 3: there's no harmful alkali, no cake soap rubbing when you
- 44:22Speaker 3: use new quick lux. It's safe for any color or
- 44:26Speaker 3: fabric that's safe in pure water.
- 44:28Speaker 14: That's why leading motion picture studios use lux flakes.
- 44:31Speaker 8: For all their washables.
- 44:32Speaker 2: Yes, and that's why women everywhere depend on new quick lux.
- 44:36Speaker 3: Why twice as many use it for sweaters as use
- 44:39Speaker 3: any other flake chips, or beads. It's so gentle, and
- 44:43Speaker 3: it's so fast, and then so thrifty. A little goes
- 44:48Speaker 3: so far. Be on the popular side, the safe side,
- 44:52Speaker 3: the thrifty side. Use new quick luck flakes. We pause
- 44:58Speaker 3: now for station identification. This is the Columbia Broadcasting System.
- 45:05Speaker 16: The curtain rises on Act Three of Fifth Avenue Girl.
- 45:21Speaker 3: The curtain rises on Act Three of Fifth Avenue Girl.
- 45:37Speaker 3: Next morning, when a curtain of gloom hangs over the
- 45:40Speaker 3: Borden household, Mrs. Borden, Tim, and Catherine are submerged in
- 45:44Speaker 3: black thoughts. Even Mary is having a time trying to
- 45:48Speaker 3: straighten out Catherine's tangled romance with Michael.
- 45:53Speaker 8: Good morning, Kurt. Good morning, Mrs.
- 45:54Speaker 2: Borden.
- 45:55Speaker 8: Mind if I join you for a cup of coffee, Michael?
- 45:57Speaker 2: Aren't you stepping out of your class?
- 45:59Speaker 8: Me? I haven't any class.
- 46:01Speaker 2: Look, just what is your position in this household?
- 46:04Speaker 8: Don't ask me. Michael, will you stop being a dope?
- 46:07Speaker 2: Atta girl.
- 46:08Speaker 8: Keep your coffee.
- 46:09Speaker 2: What do you mean?
- 46:11Speaker 8: Straight from the shoulder. You're in love and you have
- 46:13Speaker 8: to spunk to fight for the thing you want.
- 46:15Speaker 6: I don't have to listen to this nonsense.
- 46:16Speaker 8: You've made Catherine unhappy. You make everyone unhappy.
- 46:19Speaker 2: Oh, so you know all about me.
- 46:21Speaker 8: You are like a.
- 46:21Speaker 11: Pane of glass to me, brother. You try to make
- 46:23Speaker 11: everybody believe things you don't even believe yourself.
- 46:26Speaker 2: You're a pawn in the hands of your betters.
- 46:28Speaker 8: I'm a what?
- 46:29Speaker 2: You're a renegade to your own class.
- 46:31Speaker 8: Is that so? You can't call me that and get
- 46:34Speaker 8: away with it. How dare you slap Michael. I saw you.
- 46:36Speaker 8: I'll pull every hair out of your head. You'll do what,
- 46:38Speaker 8: you bat-winged flapper?
- 46:39Speaker 2: Put down that knife.
- 46:40Speaker 4: Stop waving that knife.
- 46:42Speaker 2: What are you going to do?
- 46:43Speaker 8: You talk too much. I'm going to carve you out
- 46:46Speaker 8: a new mouth.
- 46:47Speaker 2: I don't care what you do to me. But you
- 46:49Speaker 2: leave Catherine alone. Who says? I do.
- 46:52Speaker 8: You're going to fight for her, huh?
- 46:54Speaker 2: Yes, I'll fight for her.
- 46:55Speaker 4: Michael.
- 46:56Speaker 8: Oh, Michael. That ought to prove how much he hates you.
- 47:00Speaker 8: Thanks for your use of the knife, cook. Good morning, all.
- 47:05Speaker 16: Good morning, Mary.
- 47:12Speaker 2: Say, where have you been all day? Home.
- 47:15Speaker 8: Just taking care of some odds and ends.
- 47:17Speaker 2: I slept most of the day getting in trim to
- 47:19Speaker 2: go out tonight.
- 47:20Speaker 8: Do we have to? Why don't you stay home for
- 47:23Speaker 8: a change?
- 47:24Speaker 2: Oh, I'd love to, but we started this thing and
- 47:26Speaker 2: we've got to go through with it.
- 47:28Speaker 8: Don't you think we've gone too far?
- 47:30Speaker 2: You don't know my wife like I do.
- 47:33Speaker 8: Well, I'm... Yes, I do. She's completely cured.
- 47:36Speaker 2: Has she been talking to you?
- 47:38Speaker 8: Oh, just to say hello.
- 47:40Speaker 2: Well, you've got to be careful. She's a very persuasive woman,
- 47:44Speaker 2: especially when she cries.
- 47:46Speaker 11: Listen, if I stay in this house any longer, you're
- 47:48Speaker 11: not going to have any family, and I'm not going
- 47:50Speaker 11: to have any sanity.
- 47:52Speaker 2: Oh, you're not going to run out on me.
- 47:54Speaker 8: I've been thinking of it.
- 47:55Speaker 2: No, no, you can't.
- 47:57Speaker 10: Not yet. I'll put you out when the time comes.
- 48:00Speaker 10: But if she thinks she has anything to do with
- 48:02Speaker 10: your leaving, I'll be right back where I started.
- 48:04Speaker 8: Well, whatever you say. But I've got a feeling that.
- 48:06Speaker 2: Mary, leave it to me. Will you leave it to me?
- 48:09Speaker 2: When the right time comes, I'll put on a big scene.
- 48:12Speaker 8: You mean, get out and never dock in my door again?
- 48:15Speaker 2: That's it. What do you say?
- 48:17Speaker 8: I'll think it over.
- 48:17Speaker 17: Oh, Higgins.
- 48:32Speaker 2: Yes, miss? You want me to order the car?
- 48:34Speaker 8: No, uh, Higgins, I'm leaving. Will you tell Mr. Borden
- 48:38Speaker 8: in about a half an hour, please?
- 48:40Speaker 2: You mean you're leaving for Good Miss?
- 48:41Speaker 8: Yes. Now, don't forget to tell him.
- 48:43Speaker 2: Very good, Miss. Hello there.
- 48:50Speaker 5: Oh, hello.
- 48:52Speaker 2: Where are you going? On a prowl again tonight?
- 48:54Speaker 8: Maybe.
- 48:55Speaker 2: Any special victim in mind?
- 48:57Speaker 8: I don't play favorites. What's the matter?
- 48:59Speaker 2: You're not dressed up. No band concert?
- 49:01Speaker 8: Good night.
- 49:02Speaker 2: Oh, now, don't run away. Let's sit down.
- 49:04Speaker 8: Listen, I haven't got time to go.
- 49:05Speaker 2: Come on.
- 49:06Speaker 6: I haven't sat on a front stoop since I was
- 49:08Speaker 6: a kid. Anyway, there's a couple of questions I'd like
- 49:10Speaker 6: to ask you. You don't mind, do you?
- 49:13Speaker 8: Well, that depends.
- 49:15Speaker 2: Well, to begin with, what is your angle? What are
- 49:17Speaker 2: you doing in this house?
- 49:19Speaker 8: You know the answer to that. I'm going to.
- 49:21Speaker 2: Look, let's quit stalling. I'll admit you've had us all
- 49:23Speaker 2: pretty upset, but that's okay. It's probably done us good.
- 49:26Speaker 2: But I'm getting tired of this mystery stuff.
- 49:28Speaker 8: There's no mystery about me.
- 49:30Speaker 2: You know, you're really a pretty nice girl.
- 49:32Speaker 8: That's what you think.
- 49:33Speaker 2: Well, aren't you?
- 49:34Speaker 8: What do you care?
- 49:36Speaker 2: You've got my father all mixed up, and now you've
- 49:37Speaker 2: got me all mixed up.
- 49:38Speaker 8: Look, why pick on me? I haven't done anything to anybody.
- 49:40Speaker 2: Not much you haven't.
- 49:41Speaker 8: What have I ever done to you?
- 49:42Speaker 2: Do you really want to know?
- 49:45Speaker 8: No. Look, why don't you go away? Oh, no.
- 49:49Speaker 2: I'm going to sit right here. And you're going to
- 49:51Speaker 2: sit right here until you open up.
- 49:54Speaker 8: All right. But you're going to be sitting here for
- 49:56Speaker 8: an awfully long time.
- 49:58Speaker 2: Mary.
- 50:00Speaker 8: Keep your distance. Remember what happened to you in the park?
- 50:02Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm thinking about that. And it was worth it.
- 50:06Speaker 8: Listen, you, let me go.
- 50:07Speaker 2: Why don't you be honest, Mary? You know that I...
- 50:09Speaker 2: Let me go! What's the matter? Afraid?
- 50:12Speaker 8: I'm not afraid of you.
- 50:13Speaker 2: Afraid of yourself?
- 50:14Speaker 8: Listen, you keep on your own side of the steps
- 50:16Speaker 8: or I'll bat you down.
- 50:17Speaker 2: Hey, what's the matter up there? Anything wrong here, lady?
- 50:21Speaker 8: Uh, no, officer. Everything's all right.
- 50:24Speaker 2: Was this fella annoying you?
- 50:26Speaker 8: I told you everything was all right, officer.
- 50:29Speaker 2: Well, watch your step, buddy. Well, now are you satisfied? Well, I.
- 50:35Speaker 6: Thanks for saving you from the law. But I came
- 50:37Speaker 6: here to talk, and cop or no cop, Miss Gray,
- 50:40Speaker 6: that's what.
- 50:40Speaker 2: We're going to do.
- 50:44Speaker 8: It's true, Timothy. I heard her tell Higgins.
- 50:46Speaker 2: I don't believe it. She wouldn't do a thing like that.
- 50:48Speaker 8: Timothy, do you mind so very much?
- 50:50Speaker 2: Of course I mind. I'll go out and look for her.
- 50:52Speaker 8: Oh, Timothy, I... I thought perhaps we could stay home
- 50:56Speaker 8: tonight together. I made some stew, Timothy.
- 51:00Speaker 2: Stew? You made stew?
- 51:02Speaker 8: Yes.
- 51:05Speaker 2: All right, I'll look for her later.
- 51:06Speaker 8: Oh, Timothy, thank you. Oh, it'll be like old times,
- 51:10Speaker 8: won't it? Just you and me alone. Timothy, I was thinking,
- 51:16Speaker 8: couldn't we start all over again?
- 51:18Speaker 2: Start all over again? After the way I acted? I
- 51:21Speaker 2: wouldn't think of asking you, Martha.
- 51:22Speaker 8: Well, you haven't acted any worse than I have. The
- 51:24Speaker 8: whole thing's been my fault.
- 51:26Speaker 2: No, no, no, it was my fault. Those innocent flirtations
- 51:30Speaker 2: of yours meant nothing.
- 51:31Speaker 8: Of course not, but there'll never be another. Timothy, do
- 51:34Speaker 8: you know what I've been doing in my spare time?
- 51:36Speaker 8: I've been learning to rumba.
- 51:39Speaker 2: What for?
- 51:40Speaker 12: So that I could go out dancing with you.
- 51:42Speaker 8: If you'll let me.
- 51:44Speaker 2: Oh, well, we'll see.
- 51:45Speaker 8: Oh, Timothy. And you won't go looking for Miss Gray?
- 51:48Speaker 2: We'll see about that, too.
- 51:49Speaker 8: Oh, Timothy. Come on in, Michael. Hello, Mother. Hello, Dad. Catherine,
- 51:54Speaker 8: what's Michael doing in here? Oh, you didn't have an accident,
- 51:57Speaker 8: did you? No, Mother. Tell them, Michael.
- 52:02Speaker 3: No.
- 52:02Speaker 2: You tell them. All right.
- 52:05Speaker 8: Michael and I are man and wife. Michael and you
- 52:08Speaker 8: are what?
- 52:08Speaker 2: We're married.
- 52:09Speaker 8: Oh, stop this nonsense. It is nonsense. Oh, but I
- 52:12Speaker 8: don't believe it. Married to a chauffeur? He's not a chauffeur.
- 52:16Speaker 2: Here, you may have the cap. I relinquish the badge
- 52:20Speaker 2: of servitude.
- 52:21Speaker 8: Michael, you go to the kitchen. You're not going to
- 52:23Speaker 8: separate us. Go to your room, Catherine.
- 52:25Speaker 2: You stay where you are.
- 52:26Speaker 8: Oh, send him away, Timothy. The girl's out of her mind.
- 52:29Speaker 2: I'm afraid you'll have to go away, Michael. I'm taking
- 52:31Speaker 2: Catherine with me. Naturally, she's your wife.
- 52:34Speaker 8: Oh, Dad.
- 52:35Speaker 2: Congratulations, Michael.
- 52:36Speaker 8: Oh, Timothy.
- 52:37Speaker 2: Now, wait a minute, Martha.
- 52:38Speaker 8: Oh, but this is too much. Married to a chauffeur.
- 52:42Speaker 2: Well, I wasn't much when you married me. Oh, but
- 52:44Speaker 2: she's such a baby. About the same age as you were. Huh?
- 52:48Speaker 1: Yeah.
- 52:49Speaker 8: Oh, well, all right. Congratulations, darling. I hope you'll be
- 52:53Speaker 8: very happy. Congratulations, Michael. What's your last name?
- 52:58Speaker 2: Parents bother.
- 53:00Speaker 8: Oh!
- 53:01Speaker 2: What's going on?
- 53:02Speaker 8: Is there anything wrong? Oh, Mary. Mary, you're wonderful. Just wonderful.
- 53:07Speaker 8: I can't thank you enough.
- 53:08Speaker 2: What's Mary done?
- 53:09Speaker 8: Tim, Michael and I are married. We're going on our
- 53:12Speaker 8: honeymoon now. Say goodbye, Michael.
- 53:14Speaker 2: Goodbye. Dad and Mom.
- 53:18Speaker 8: Goodbye.
- 53:19Speaker 5: Goodbye.
- 53:20Speaker 8: Goodbye, Mary, and thanks again.
- 53:22Speaker 2: Goodbye and good luck. Great kids, huh?
- 53:27Speaker 8: Timothy, hadn't you better tell Miss Gray?
- 53:30Speaker 2: Huh? What? Oh, yes, yes, Miss Gray. What have you
- 53:34Speaker 2: got to say for yourself? Is it true you advised
- 53:36Speaker 2: my daughter.
- 53:37Speaker 8: To elope with the house over? I... I suppose I did.
- 53:40Speaker 4: You suppose you did? I want you to know, Miss Gray,
- 53:43Speaker 4: this is the end. You've come between me and my
- 53:45Speaker 4: family for the last time.
- 53:46Speaker 2: Aren't you being a little rough, man? Rough? After what
- 53:48Speaker 2: this woman has done to all of us? Your mother-in-law,
- 53:50Speaker 2: the virgin of a nervous breakdown? Your sister? Well, look
- 53:53Speaker 2: what she's done to your sister. You're a wicked, conniving woman,
- 53:56Speaker 2: Miss Gray.
- 53:57Speaker 4: You've hypnotized me for the last time, and I must
- 53:59Speaker 4: ask you to leave this house.
- 54:04Speaker 2: Oh, I can't play any longer.
- 54:07Speaker 8: I wasn't doing anything to anybody. Just sitting on a
- 54:10Speaker 8: park bench minding my own business. I didn't ask for
- 54:14Speaker 8: this job.
- 54:14Speaker 5: No, no, no, no, no.
- 54:15Speaker 8: You forced it on me. I'm sorry I ever saw you.
- 54:19Speaker 8: I'm sorry I ever saw this place. I can't take
- 54:22Speaker 8: it any longer.
- 54:24Speaker 2: I'm going. Hey, wait a minute, Dad. What was that
- 54:26Speaker 2: about a job?
- 54:27Speaker 15: Huh?
- 54:27Speaker 2: Job?
- 54:28Speaker 8: Yes, Timothy. What was that?
- 54:29Speaker 2: Dad, was she working here?
- 54:30Speaker 8: Huh?
- 54:31Speaker 2: Working? Was she working here? She was working here. I
- 54:34Speaker 2: knew it. Mary.
- 54:35Speaker 8: Mary, come back.
- 54:36Speaker 3: Listen.
- 54:37Speaker 8: What is it, Mary? Timothy. Look me in the eyes.
- 54:43Speaker 2: Well, um.
- 54:44Speaker 8: Timothy Borden, you old fake.
- 54:47Speaker 2: Well, gosh, Martha, I had to do something.
- 54:51Speaker 8: I'm glad you did. Oh, Martha.
- 54:57Speaker 2: Mary, Mary, wait. Listen, Mary.
- 54:59Speaker 8: Let me alone.
- 55:00Speaker 2: Come here. Where do you think you're going?
- 55:02Speaker 8: Why should you care where I'm going?
- 55:03Speaker 2: Well, I do care.
- 55:04Speaker 8: I'm going back to where I belong.
- 55:06Speaker 2: I'll say you are. You belong with me. And you're
- 55:08Speaker 2: coming back to the house right now.
- 55:09Speaker 8: I'm not.
- 55:10Speaker 2: You're coming back if I have to carry you.
- 55:11Speaker 8: Come on.
- 55:12Speaker 3: No.
- 55:12Speaker 8: Put me down. You can't do this to me.
- 55:15Speaker 2: I'll show you.
- 55:16Speaker 8: Let me down. You hear?
- 55:17Speaker 14: Let me down.
- 55:17Speaker 6: Here, here, here.
- 55:18Speaker 2: What's going on here? Out of the way, officer. Put
- 55:20Speaker 2: that girl down or I'll run you in.
- 55:22Speaker 8: Officer.
- 55:22Speaker 2: Yes, lady?
- 55:23Speaker 8: Why don't you mind your own business?
- 55:37Speaker 2: In just a moment, Mr.
- 55:38Speaker 3: DeMille will bring our stars back to the microphone for
- 55:40Speaker 3: their curtain call. But first, there's a Christmas hint I'd
- 55:43Speaker 3: like to give our listeners. It's about luxe snow on
- 55:47Speaker 3: your Christmas tree. Lovely, real-looking Christmas snow for your tree
- 55:51Speaker 3: that you can make from the same pure white luxe
- 55:53Speaker 3: flakes that you use for washing all your pretty things.
- 55:57Speaker 3: This luxe snow costs so little, yet it makes your
- 56:00Speaker 3: tree distinctive and different, just like one that's been out
- 56:03Speaker 3: in the woods in a real snowstorm. It's very easy
- 56:06Speaker 3: to make, and it lasts right through the holiday season.
- 56:09Speaker 3: Now here's what you do to make this snow out
- 56:11Speaker 3: of Lux Flakes. Take a large box of Lux Flakes
- 56:15Speaker 3: and empty it into a big bowl or a dishpan.
- 56:18Speaker 3: Then take two cups of lukewarm water, just two cups,
- 56:23Speaker 3: and pour them into the bowl with the flakes. Now,
- 56:26Speaker 3: with an egg beater, beat this mixture until it gets fluffy,
- 56:29Speaker 3: like rich whipped cream. Then take handfuls of this whipped
- 56:33Speaker 3: up snow and spread it with your fingers along the
- 56:35Speaker 3: branches of your tree. If you want more sparkle, get
- 56:39Speaker 3: some of that shiny artificial snow that you buy in
- 56:41Speaker 3: a store and sprinkle it right on top of the
- 56:43Speaker 3: lux snow while the lux snow is still moist. Christmas
- 56:47Speaker 3: wreaths will look gayer than ever in your windows if
- 56:50Speaker 3: you add a touch of lux snow to them. For
- 56:52Speaker 3: your holiday table decorations, take pine boughs or just bare
- 56:56Speaker 3: branches from a tree or shrub and spread on the
- 56:59Speaker 3: whipped up snow. Now remember, To make this Christmas snow,
- 57:03Speaker 3: use two cups of lukewarm water to each large box
- 57:07Speaker 3: of Lux Flakes. Then beat with an egg beater till
- 57:10Speaker 3: the mixture is fluffy like thick whipped cream.
- 57:13Speaker 2: Be sure to buy the large box of Lux Flakes. Now,
- 57:17Speaker 2: here's Mr. DeMille with our stars.
- 57:19Speaker 3: We're a long way from Fifth Avenue now, but here's
- 57:21Speaker 3: our Fifth Avenue girl again, Ginger Rogers, with Edward Arnold
- 57:25Speaker 3: and John Howard.
- 57:26Speaker 2: You know, C.B., Ginger is a constant source of amazement
- 57:28Speaker 2: to me.
- 57:29Speaker 8: Is that good or bad?
- 57:30Speaker 2: Oh, good. Very good. Well, then you can speak freely, Eddie. Yes.
- 57:33Speaker 2: What's amazing about Ginger this week? The discovery I made
- 57:36Speaker 2: the other day.
- 57:37Speaker 3: Good.
- 57:37Speaker 2: Excellent.
- 57:38Speaker 10: I was wandering around an art gallery downtown when all
- 57:41Speaker 10: of a sudden I found myself in front of a
- 57:42Speaker 10: drawing signed by Ginger Rogers, a charcoal sketch of the
- 57:46Speaker 10: actress Maria Ospenskaya.
- 57:48Speaker 2: And it was great. How do you play, Ginger? Guilty
- 57:51Speaker 2: or not guilty?
- 57:52Speaker 8: Well, it's a form of insanity, Judge.
- 57:54Speaker 11: You know, like you navigate your boat or Eddie gets
- 57:57Speaker 11: out in the kitchen and cooks dinner, I draw pictures.
- 58:00Speaker 10: And a very nice hobby it is, Ginger, especially when
- 58:04Speaker 10: they hang your pictures in art galleries.
- 58:07Speaker 2: What's on the program next week, Mr. DeMille?
- 58:09Speaker 3: Next Monday night, the marquee will read Mickey Rooney, Dula Bondi,
- 58:13Speaker 3: and Virginia Weidler in Young Tom Edison. Our play is
- 58:18Speaker 3: adapted from the MGM picture with Mickey and the same
- 58:21Speaker 3: part he played on the screen. It's the drama of
- 58:23Speaker 3: a genius, but a genius who was a regular American boy.
- 58:26Speaker 3: Tom Edison got into more than his share of scrapes,
- 58:30Speaker 3: so Mickey Rooney will be right at home in the
- 58:32Speaker 3: pod next Monday night.
- 58:33Speaker 2: When we present young Tom Edison.
- 58:36Speaker 8: That's a swell Christmas present for any audience, Mr.
- 58:38Speaker 3: DeMille.
- 58:38Speaker 8: We'll be listening.
- 58:40Speaker 2: Ginger, I understand they're previewing your new picture, Kitty Fall, tonight.
- 58:43Speaker 8: Yes, that's right, John.
- 58:44Speaker 2: I hear great reports on it. Good luck. Thanks.
- 58:47Speaker 8: Thanks, John. Good night.
- 58:48Speaker 2: Good night. Good night, GB. Good night. We'll ask Santa
- 58:52Speaker 2: Claus for tomorrow, like you.
- 58:59Speaker 3: Our sponsors, the makers of Luxe Flakes, join me in
- 59:02Speaker 3: inviting you to be with us again next Monday night
- 59:05Speaker 3: when the Lux Radio Theater presents Mickey Rooney, Beulah Bondi,
- 59:09Speaker 3: and Virginia Weidler in Young Tom Edison.
- 59:12Speaker 2: This is Cecil B.
- 59:13Speaker 3: DeMille saying goodnight to you from Hollywood. We want to
- 59:24Speaker 3: remind you that this is the time to help the
- 59:26Speaker 3: 1940 drive to fight tuberculosis. Purchase your supply of anti-tuberculosis
- 59:31Speaker 3: Christmas seals now. Use them on all your Christmas mail.
- 59:35Speaker 3: Show that you are helping to fight this dread disease, too.
- 59:38Speaker 3: Buy seals for Christmas, and you buy health for the
- 59:41Speaker 3: new year. Edward Arnold will soon be seen in the
- 59:44Speaker 3: Frank Capra production, The Life of John Doe. John Howard
- 59:48Speaker 3: has just completed the universal picture, The Invisible Woman. Heard
- 59:52Speaker 3: in tonight's play were Claire Vedera as Mrs.
- 59:54Speaker 2: Borden, J.
- 59:55Speaker 3: Arthur Young as Higgins, Christian Coffin as Michael, Lou Merrill
- 59:59Speaker 3: as Terwilliger, Fred McKay as Hopkins, Verna Felton as Cook,
- 1:00:03Speaker 3: and Sally Payne, Ralph Sedan, Alan Wood, Gene Webb, and
- 1:00:07Speaker 3: Bob Burleson. Our music was directed by Louis Silvers, and
- 1:00:11Speaker 3: your announcer has been Melville Roy. And this is the
- 1:00:13Speaker 3: Columbia Broadcasting System.
- 1:00:15Speaker 2: Thank you.
- 1:00:30Speaker 1: We conclude this Lux Radio Theater presentation of Fifth Avenue Girl.
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