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Lux Radio Theatre - "Destry Rides Again" (Old Time Radio, 1945) · Lux Radio Theater | Old Time Radio

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Speaker 1: Corrupt interests in the frontier boomtown of Bottleneck have forced
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Speaker 1: out the sheriff and put the town drunk, Wash Dimmesdale,
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Speaker 1: in office. For its 500th broadcast on November 5th, 1945,
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Speaker 1: Lux Radio Theater brings us Destry Rides Again, adapted from
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Speaker 1: the 1939 Universal Pictures film based on Max Brand's story.
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Speaker 1: James Stewart returns to his film role as Tom Destry Jr.,
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Speaker 1: the deputy Wash summons to Bottleneck. Joan Blondell plays Frenchie,
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Speaker 1: the town's saloon singer, and Leo Cleary is Wash. Gertrude
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Speaker 1: Purcell and Henry Myers wrote the radio adaptation, with William
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Speaker 1: Keeley serving as producer and host in his first regular
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Speaker 1: Lux broadcast. And now, we return to the original broadcast.
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Speaker 2: Lux presents Hollywood. The Lux Radio Theater brings you Jimmy
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Speaker 2: Stewart and Joan Blondell in Destry Rides Again. Ladies and gentlemen,
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Speaker 2: tonight we're happy to announce, as regular producer of the
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Speaker 2: Lux Radio Theater, the appointment of Mr. William Keeley, who
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Speaker 2: has been our guest producer several times in weeks past.
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Speaker 2: Prior to three years of active service as colonel in
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Speaker 2: the Army Air Corps, Mr. Keeley directed such screen hits
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Speaker 2: as The Fighting 69, Each Dawn I Die, George Washington
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Speaker 2: Slept Here, The Man Who Came to Dinner, and a
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Speaker 2: score of other stage and screen successes. We are happy
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Speaker 2: to add his talent, experience, and producing skill to our
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Speaker 2: regular Monday evening broadcasts.
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Speaker 3: Mr. William Keeley.
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Speaker 4: Greetings from Hollywood, ladies and gentlemen, and I'd like to
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Speaker 4: say first how happy I am to be able to
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Speaker 4: be with you in this theater every Monday night. It
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Speaker 4: so happens that this week is the 25th anniversary of radio,
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Speaker 4: and celebrating that event, we welcome back to the airways
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Speaker 4: and to the Lux Radio Theater a gentleman we've missed
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Speaker 4: for almost five years, Jimmy Stewart. He appears in one
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Speaker 4: of his favorite roles, as the soft-spoken, gentlemanly guardian.
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Speaker 3: Of the law.
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Speaker 4: in Universal's Western melodrama, Destry Rides Again. Co-starred with Jimmy
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Speaker 4: is another favorite of this theater.
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Speaker 5: Joan Blondell.
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Speaker 4: for whom I've always felt a warm regard... since Joan
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Speaker 4: acted in the very first play that I produced on Broadway. Now,
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Speaker 4: our story tonight takes us to the early West... those
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Speaker 4: halcyon boomtown years... when life was lived from day to day.
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Speaker 5: and gold slipped easily through the fingers.
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Speaker 4: When a fine-tooth comb costs seven dollars, and a sewing
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Speaker 4: needle twice that much, while a cake of soap, if
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Speaker 4: you could get it, was worth its weight in gold dust.
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Speaker 4: So if the bells of the early West were proud
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Speaker 4: of their complexions, it's a credit to the laws of chance. Nowadays,
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Speaker 4: I'm sure that Western beauties by the thousands, like so
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Speaker 4: many lovely women everywhere, attribute their smooth complexions to luxe
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Speaker 4: toilet soap. And if Destry's descendants ever ride again, I
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Speaker 4: trust it will be to the corner store for a
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Speaker 4: cake of luxe. The curtain now rises on our first act,
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Speaker 4: starring Jimmy Stewart as Tom Destry and Joan Blondell as Frenchie,
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Speaker 4: with Leo Cleary as Wash Dimmesdale. It lies on the
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Speaker 4: prairie like a glittering jewel, the tranquil little town of Bottleneck.
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Speaker 4: Here the honest, God-fearing cattleman tends his lowing herd, and
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Speaker 4: after a day of honest toil, repairs to Johnny Kent's
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Speaker 4: tavern for a friendly glass of ginger beer and a
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Speaker 4: round or two of checkers. Yes, all is peaceful and
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Speaker 4: serene on this typical bottleneck evening.
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Speaker 3: Hello, Frenchie.
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Speaker 6: Oh, hello, Mayor. What are you doing in my dressing room?
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Speaker 3: Seeking sanctuary. That's quite a brawl.
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Speaker 6: A convenient brawl.
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Speaker 7: Oh?
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Speaker 6: Bugs and chips started it, so no one will hear
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Speaker 6: the shots upstairs.
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Speaker 3: Oh, I see.
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Speaker 8: Clara!
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Speaker 3: Yes, ma'am.
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Speaker 9: Stay where you are.
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Speaker 6: I'll change later.
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Speaker 10: Yes, ma'am.
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Speaker 3: Did Kent come down with you, Frenchy?
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Speaker 11: Uh-uh.
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Speaker 6: He's still upstairs doing a little arithmetic.
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Speaker 12: Arithmetic?
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Speaker 13: Yeah.
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Speaker 6: He owns Claggett Ranch now.
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Speaker 3: Well, well. That gives him a solid strip of land
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Speaker 3: right across the valley.
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Speaker 10: Right straight across.
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Speaker 6: And from now on, every time the cattlemen drive their
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Speaker 6: herds across the valley, it's going to cost 25 cents
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Speaker 6: a head.
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Speaker 7: Hmm.
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Speaker 12: Sounds reasonable to me. You know, that's what I like
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Speaker 12: about Johnny Kent. He's not greedy.
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Speaker 6: No. All he wants is everything.
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Speaker 3: Here, now, let's see. 400,000 steers at 25... Don't knock.
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Speaker 6: Your brains out, Mayor. Kent will figure it out.
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Speaker 12: Well, I trust he'll also figure out a way of
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Speaker 12: removing the body of the unfortunate Mr.
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Speaker 3: Claggett.
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Speaker 6: Claggett's not dead.
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Speaker 8: He's only mad.
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Speaker 3: What are you talking about?
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Speaker 6: Well, shut up and listen.
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Speaker 14: They had a.
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Speaker 6: Poker game up there. Claggett bet everything he owned, including
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Speaker 6: his ranch. Naturally, he lost.
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Speaker 4: Naturally?
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Speaker 6: When he started to yell he was framed, they threw
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Speaker 6: him out.
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Speaker 3: And who was shot?
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Speaker 8: The sheriff.
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Speaker 3: Sheriff Watson?
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Speaker 6: Claggett went running to Watson. Watson accused Kent. And, well,
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Speaker 6: the boys resented him.
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Speaker 3: He was a fine man, the sheriff. Fine man.
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Speaker 6: Well, start thinking about a new appointment.
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Speaker 3: I've got just the right man in mind.
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Speaker 12: And if he happens to be sober enough to get
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Speaker 12: on his feet, I'll... Why, wash Dimmesdale, of course.
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Speaker 6: The town drunk, and you ought to.
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Speaker 6: Oh, I see what you mean, Mayor. I see what
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Speaker 6: you mean.
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Speaker 3: Quiet! Quiet, everybody!
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Speaker 9: Will you shut up?
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Speaker 3: Okay, now. Johnny Kent here has got something to say.
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Speaker 3: Having a good time, everybody?
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Speaker 15: That's what I like to see in my place. Well, folks,
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Speaker 15: we got some important news from Mayor Slade.
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Speaker 12: Fellow citizens, our esteemed Sheriff Watson has suddenly been called
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Speaker 12: out of town on urgent business. He'll be gone permanently. Therefore,
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Speaker 12: I hereby appoint as our new sheriff, that paragon of courage,
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Speaker 12: the pride.
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Speaker 3: Of our community, Mr. Washington Dimmesdale. All right, somebody, get
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Speaker 3: him up here.
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Speaker 9: There he is, Johnny, under the table. He's coming, Johnny.
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Speaker 3: Here comes the new sheriff.
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Speaker 9: Hooray! It's his dog.
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Speaker 16: Little Joe, whatever become of him.
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Speaker 9: Oh, hello, Frenchie.
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Speaker 17: What are we cheering for?
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Speaker 9: For you, Wash.
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Speaker 8: You're the new sheriff.
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Speaker 9: Hooray for the new sheriff, Wash.
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Speaker 3: That's right, Wash. Congratulations.
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Speaker 15: Drink some house, everybody. And a fresh bottle for the
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Speaker 15: new sheriff.
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Speaker 6: Come on, Mars.
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Speaker 10: Aren't you going to drink?
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Speaker 3: Nancy, am I really the sheriff?
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Speaker 6: Sure you are.
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Speaker 3: Then no, I'm not going to drink.
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Speaker 9: No, sir.
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Speaker 16: Man's got to choose between the bottle and the badge.
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Speaker 3: You hear that, you pack of no-good skunks?
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Speaker 17: All right. Listen to me.
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Speaker 15: It's going to be law and order in Bottlenecker. I'm
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Speaker 15: putting the whole town in jail. And if you need
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Speaker 15: any help, I'll be a deputy.
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Speaker 3: No, I wouldn't have you. I want a deputy like
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Speaker 3: I used to be.
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Speaker 9: What?
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Speaker 3: When were you ever a deputy? When was I? Why,
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Speaker 3: when Tom Dusty was sheriff.
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Speaker 9: That's when. You think you're tough and on there?
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Speaker 16: You ain't nothing like there was when Dusty was my boss.
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Speaker 6: But Dusty's been dead for five years.
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Speaker 14: What?
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Speaker 16: Well, maybe so, but young Tom ain't dead, and his
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Speaker 16: daddy brought him up to be the toughest fighting man
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Speaker 16: that ever rode up in the West. I'm sending for
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Speaker 16: him right now, and when he gets here, dust he'll
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Speaker 16: ride again.
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Speaker 9: Hey, driver, how many times do I have to tell you?
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Speaker 9: Take it easy on those bumps.
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Speaker 3: Pull your head in.
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Speaker 9: Just wait till we get to Bottleneck, that's all.
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Speaker 14: Jack, please.
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Speaker 8: The trip will be over soon. I don't mind the bumps, really.
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Speaker 3: Well, I do. And if he don't take it easy on... Mr.
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Speaker 7: Destry.
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Speaker 3: Yes, ma'am?
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Speaker 8: Please don't mind my brother, Mr.
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Speaker 3: Destry.
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Speaker 6: He's always threatening to do something.
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Speaker 3: You know, I had a friend once named Stubbs. He
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Speaker 3: was sort of like you, Mr. Tyndall. Huh? He's always
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Speaker 3: threatening to fill somebody full of holes.
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Speaker 6: Well.
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Speaker 3: Well, folks say now that Stubbs is holding up one
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Speaker 3: of the prettiest tombstones in the cemetery. Very funny. This
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Speaker 3: gun here ain't no ornament, and I'm pretty good with it. Yeah,
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Speaker 3: so was my friend Stubbs. Meaning what? Well, just you
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Speaker 3: ought to be careful about who you meet up with,
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Speaker 3: that's all. For a deputy sheriff, mister, you got some
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Speaker 3: mighty peculiar ideas.
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Speaker 8: But they do make sense, Jack.
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Speaker 3: You know, maybe you ought to take up a hobby, Mr. Tyndall,
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Speaker 3: like me. See here, wood carving. You'd be surprised the
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Speaker 3: genuine rage you can work off just by whittling away
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Speaker 3: at a little piece of wood. Wait a minute. Are
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Speaker 3: you sure your name's Desiree? Yeah, folks are always asking
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Speaker 3: me that.
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Speaker 8: Your father was a wonderful man, Mr.
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Speaker 17: Desiree.
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Speaker 3: Yes, he was. Yes, he was. I guess I'm different.
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Speaker 3: I'll say you're different. Yeah, my father got shot in
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Speaker 3: the back. And there are a lot of things I do, Mr. Kendall,
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Speaker 3: just to avoid getting shot in the back.
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Speaker 9: It's coming.
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Speaker 17: It's coming.
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Speaker 9: The stage is coming. Wash, is he really coming?
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Speaker 14: Is Despy really coming?
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Speaker 3: Of course he is. He is my new deputy.
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Speaker 14: Jiminy Wash, you sure look like a real sheriff.
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Speaker 10: Well, thank you, son.
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Speaker 3: Well, Lily Bell.
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Speaker 9: Lily Bell. What do you want, Wash?
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Speaker 17: The coach is coming.
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Speaker 9: You got his room ready? Sure, I got it ready. Good.
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Speaker 3: Get ready, everybody. Here he comes. Just easy. Come with
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Speaker 3: the bottleneck.
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Speaker 9: All right, driver, I warned you.
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Speaker 3: I said, where do we get the bottleneck? Yeah, and
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Speaker 3: what are you going to do about it? Just this.
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Speaker 9: Hey, look out, he's.
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Speaker 3: Pulling a gun.
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Speaker 9: Doug Stranger, he's going to... He's going to what?
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Speaker 3: You see that?
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Speaker 9: You see that?
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Speaker 3: Knocks him down and shoots the gun right.
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Speaker 9: Out in his head. Maybe that'll teach you to drive
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Speaker 9: a little slower.
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Speaker 17: You sure, mister? Sure.
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Speaker 16: Well, folks, that's just a small sample of what you're
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Speaker 16: going to get from now on.
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Speaker 9: Tom Desty!
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Speaker 3: Welcome to Bottleneck, Tom.
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Speaker 9: I'm Walsh.
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Speaker 3: Sorry, partner.
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Speaker 9: My name's Tyndall.
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Speaker 17: You ain't Desty?
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Speaker 9: He's still in the coach. You can come out now. Tom!
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Speaker 17: Tom!
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Speaker 18: Hello, Walsh.
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Speaker 3: You haven't changed a bit.
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Speaker 9: Well, get out of there, Tom.
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Speaker 3: I'll be right with you, Walsh, as soon as I
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Speaker 3: help the lady here.
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Speaker 10: Now, if you'll just hold my birdcage, Mr.
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Speaker 7: Desty.
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Speaker 6: Oh, and my parasol.
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Speaker 3: Yes, ma'am. Oh, no, no.
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Speaker 9: Look at him.
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Speaker 3: A canary bird. A parasol. Tom, will you put down
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Speaker 3: that darn bird?
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Speaker 8: Well, thank you very much, Mr.
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Speaker 17: Destry.
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Speaker 3: Not at all, ma'am.
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Speaker 10: Well, you must be Mrs.
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Speaker 9: Destry.
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Speaker 3: How do you do? Oh, wrong again, Ann.
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Speaker 8: Oh, I'm Janice Tyndall.
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Speaker 6: Oh, well, you'll be needing rooms, too.
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Speaker 3: Come on, I'll show you across.
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Speaker 6: Oh, thank you very much. And you come on, too, Mr.
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Speaker 14: Destry.
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Speaker 8: You'll be wanting a cup of tea or something.
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Speaker 14: Tea?
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Speaker 3: You crazy? Come on, Tom. We're getting over to the saloon. Now,
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Speaker 3: look here, Tom.
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Speaker 16: You're making an impression on this town that's got to
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Speaker 16: be eradicated right now.
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Speaker 3: But don't you think first impressions are darn fool things
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Speaker 3: to jump at? Around here, you got to jump first
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Speaker 3: or you don't live long. You know, what you're saying
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Speaker 3: reminds me of a friend of mine. And he woke
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Speaker 3: up in the middle of the night and he saw
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Speaker 3: a great big hand coming at him. A hand?
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Speaker 12: Yeah, yeah.
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Speaker 3: So he got out his gun and he aimed and
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Speaker 3: he shot a hole right through his own foot.
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Speaker 19: No.
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Speaker 13: Yes, he did.
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Speaker 12: Now.
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Speaker 3: He shouldn't have gone by that first impression, should he? Well,
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Speaker 3: he was just a darn fool. Oh, come on in.
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Speaker 3: This here's the saloon.
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Speaker 16: Shut up, everybody, and pay attention.
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Speaker 3: Well, here he is, folks.
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Speaker 16: I want you all to meet my new deputy, Thomas
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Speaker 16: Jefferson Destry.
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Speaker 3: Hello there. Howdy. Destry, my name's Kent. Howdy. And this
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Speaker 3: is Piggy Slade, our mayor. And, uh, oh, Frenchy. Frenchy.
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Speaker 9: Coming. Frenchy.
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Speaker 3: Here's a girl you gotta meet, Mr. Destry. When she
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Speaker 3: meet the new deputy.
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Speaker 6: A deputy or a beanpole? Say, Mr. Destry, how's the
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Speaker 6: weather up there?
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Speaker 3: How's the weather up there? Everybody says that when they
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Speaker 3: see me.
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Speaker 18: Come on, everybody.
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Speaker 6: Let's have a drink to the new deputy.
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Speaker 15: Oh, uh, Destry, I think you and me ought to
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Speaker 15: have an understanding right off.
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Speaker 2: Oh, good.
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Speaker 3: I'm all for folks understanding each other.
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Speaker 15: Well, I'll start by telling you that I've got a hobby.
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Speaker 3: You have, huh? Well, mine's carving napkin rings. What's your hobby?
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Speaker 15: Collecting guns. Deputy Sheriff's gun. Whenever I meet one, I
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Speaker 15: ask him for his gun. I ask him real nice.
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Speaker 3: Uh-huh. Well, I'm afraid this here's one time you're going
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Speaker 3: to be disappointed. You mean I have to take him
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Speaker 3: from you? If you can.
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Speaker 17: If I can!
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Speaker 3: Hold on, hold on now.
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Speaker 17: Hold on.
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Speaker 3: Don't get excited. I'm just trying to tell you I
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Speaker 3: ain't got any guns. See here? Just what kind of
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Speaker 3: a deputy are you? Now, if I had a had
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Speaker 3: a gun on me, why, uh, one of us might
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Speaker 3: have got hurt. And it might have been me. And
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Speaker 3: I wouldn't have liked that, would I?
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Speaker 9: Look at me, fellas. I'm a canary.
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Speaker 3: Tweet, tweet. My goodness, where's my parrot?
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Speaker 9: Now cut it out.
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Speaker 15: If anybody starts picking on you, Mr. Despy, just you
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Speaker 15: come to uncle.
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Speaker 3: I'll remember that, Mr.
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Speaker 12: Kent.
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Speaker 17: Good.
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Speaker 3: What do you have to drink? How about a nice
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Speaker 3: glass of milk? Yeah, yeah, I think it will. Nice
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Speaker 3: blouse of milk.
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Speaker 6: And here's a present for you, Mr.
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Speaker 9: Destry.
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Speaker 3: A bucket of water. And a mop. Sure.
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Speaker 6: He wants to clean up bottleneck, doesn't he? He our deputy.
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Speaker 6: And don't forget the corner.
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Speaker 3: So this here's our office, huh, Walsh? Yeah, yeah, this shit. Oh, Tom, Tom.
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Speaker 5: What's the matter?
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Speaker 3: Tom Destry's boy, the laughingstock of the town. Looks bad.
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Speaker 3: I told Lily Bell you won't be needing that room
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Speaker 3: after all. You're leaving on the next stagecoach. But I
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Speaker 3: sort of like it here, Warren. How are you going
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Speaker 3: to face anybody after what you took from Kent and
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Speaker 3: from Frenchy? What do you expect me to do?
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Speaker 20: I expected you to be like your pa, to roar
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Speaker 20: in blasting behind your shooting irons.
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Speaker 3: What happened? Didn't have any.
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Speaker 9: Why?
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Speaker 3: Well, I don't believe in them. Say, Walsh, open that
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Speaker 3: bag there. Huh? Go on, go on, open it. You'll
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Speaker 3: find two guns in there. You mean you... Tom! Well, here,
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Speaker 3: strap them on, boys, strap them on. No, no, no, no.
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Speaker 3: My pa had these on, Walsh, the day he got
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Speaker 3: shot in the back. They didn't seem to do him
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Speaker 3: much good, did they? That's one reason why I don't
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Speaker 3: believe in them. What in tarnation do you believe in?
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Speaker 3: Law and order. Without guns? Without them. Well, if that
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Speaker 3: don't beat, I'll get out. Oh, Tom, don't you see?
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Speaker 16: The only reason they made me sheriff was to have
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Speaker 16: somebody they could kick around.
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Speaker 3: But I was aiming to fool them, to do things right.
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Speaker 17: That's why I sent for you.
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Speaker 3: Instead, you fool me. Oh, you will fool them, Wash.
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Speaker 3: We'll fool them together. Now, don't you see? When you
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Speaker 3: shoot it out with them, somehow or other, they get
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Speaker 3: to look like heroes. But if you put them behind bars,
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Speaker 3: then they look little and cheap the way they ought
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Speaker 3: to look. And it serves as a warning to the
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Speaker 3: rest of them.
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Speaker 7: Oh.
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Speaker 3: Go on home, Tom, and I'll get back to being
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Speaker 3: the town drunk. That's all I'm good for. No, you're
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Speaker 3: not going back to being the town drunk, and I'm
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Speaker 3: going to stay here and do this job I come for.
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Speaker 3: My pa did it the old way. I'm going to
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Speaker 3: do it a new way. If I don't prove to
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Speaker 3: you I'm right, I'll get out of town quick enough.
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Speaker 3: But first, you've got to give me a chance.
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Speaker 7: No.
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Speaker 3: You've got to give me a chance.
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Speaker 18: No, no.
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Speaker 3: Come on. Come on. Swear me in. No.
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Speaker 14: All right.
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Speaker 20: Raise your right hand.
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Speaker 16: You, Thomas Jefferson, just as I swear to uphold the
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Speaker 16: law and do your duty and everything else that goes
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Speaker 16: with it?
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Speaker 3: Yep, yep, I do. All right, then.
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Speaker 11: Here.
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Speaker 3: Here's your badge. Just don't let anybody see you wearing it.
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Speaker 3: No guns. Well, where are you going? I'm taking a walk.
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Speaker 3: I'll probably get drunk. I think I'll go along with you, then.
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Speaker 17: You'll just get into trouble, Tom.
16:26
Speaker 3: I'm warning you. What's this here, the main street here?
16:29
Speaker 9: Yes.
16:31
Speaker 3: Nice hardware store over there. Yeah, yeah, it is. Got
16:34
Speaker 3: some mighty fine bowie knives in stock. Bowie knives, an
16:38
Speaker 3: elegant weapon. Wash. No.
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Speaker 12: No.
16:41
Speaker 3: No, I was afraid you wouldn't be interested. Tom, look here.
16:46
Speaker 16: You see this hitching post soaked through and through with
16:48
Speaker 16: the blood of Sawtooth McGee. He objected to a petticoat
16:51
Speaker 16: his neighbor's wife was wearing.
16:53
Speaker 3: They fit to a draw, both buried in the same grave.
16:56
Speaker 3: Sawtooth and the petticoat. Sawtooth and the neighbor.
16:58
Speaker 5: Oh, dear.
17:00
Speaker 20: Also for innocent bystanders. Now you've got to listen to reason, Tom,
17:03
Speaker 20: or get out of town. You know, I had a
17:05
Speaker 20: friend once. Used to collect postage stamps. And he always
17:09
Speaker 20: said the one good thing about a postage stamp, it
17:11
Speaker 20: always sticks to one thing till it gets there.
17:14
Speaker 4: Well.
17:15
Speaker 3: I'm sort of like that.
17:16
Speaker 17: Hey, Walsh, wait a minute.
17:18
Speaker 3: I've been looking all over for you. What is it?
17:20
Speaker 9: Here's your crate, Walsh.
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Speaker 20: It comes to the express office the day before yesterday
17:24
Speaker 20: for Sheriff Watson.
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Speaker 3: Well, what's in it? It appears to be rabbits in there.
17:28
Speaker 3: And I've got to get them off my hands. When
17:29
Speaker 3: that crate come, there was only two of them.
17:31
Speaker 9: Now look.
17:32
Speaker 3: Well, rabbits is like that.
17:33
Speaker 5: Yeah.
17:34
Speaker 3: Say, uh... Where did Sheriff Watson go? I don't know
17:38
Speaker 3: nothing about nothing. Well, you better start learning about rabbits
17:41
Speaker 3: because I just give you these.
17:42
Speaker 9: Now, get. Hey, thanks, Sheriff.
17:43
Speaker 17: Get out of here.
17:46
Speaker 10: Hold on now.
17:48
Speaker 9: Hey, hey, wait a minute now.
17:57
Speaker 3: You guys are getting pretty playful, aren't you? Yeah, we're
18:00
Speaker 3: full of liquor and full of fight.
18:02
Speaker 9: Hold my horse here, Creepy.
18:04
Speaker 3: Now, Bugsy, he didn't mean nothing by it. Don't start
18:07
Speaker 3: no trouble.
18:07
Speaker 17: Trouble?
18:08
Speaker 3: Why, we just want to see the new deputy dance.
18:10
Speaker 3: Come on, Destry, dance. I said dance. Now, wait a minute.
18:17
Speaker 3: Hold on now. Say, Bugsy, there's... Looked like pretty good
18:22
Speaker 3: guns you got there. You mind if I heft them
18:23
Speaker 3: a little? Well, I guess you can't hurt yourself, sonny,
18:26
Speaker 3: just hefting them. Yeah, it's a nice weight there, yeah.
18:31
Speaker 3: You know, aside from being pretty ornaments, a fella can
18:34
Speaker 3: have a lot of harmless amusement out of these here toys.
18:38
Speaker 3: I'll take, for instance, them knobs on the top of
18:40
Speaker 3: that sign down the street there. There?
18:43
Speaker 17: Where?
18:43
Speaker 3: Down the block there, right there. Now watch them. Don't
18:51
Speaker 3: see them anymore, do you? Yes, sir. These guns are
18:55
Speaker 3: all right. They're all right.
18:57
Speaker 17: Tom.
18:58
Speaker 3: Tom, we ain't seen nothing like that since... Now, the
19:01
Speaker 3: next time any of you fellas start any of this
19:02
Speaker 3: promiscuous shooting around the street, you're going to land in jail,
19:05
Speaker 3: you understand? Deputy, we were just... All right, so you understand. Now,
19:09
Speaker 3: you heard me. Come on, Ward. You can't believe my eyes.
19:12
Speaker 3: And you walking around here condemning the use of firearms. Now, Ward, listen.
19:17
Speaker 3: Where did you say Sheriff Watson went to? Well, I
19:19
Speaker 3: didn't say it. Well, he certainly left your office in
19:22
Speaker 3: a mess. And those rabbits, it appears he clean forgot
19:25
Speaker 3: about the rabbits. What about them? Rabbits is easy to figure.
19:28
Speaker 3: I know, but there's something wrong here. I don't understand. Oh,
19:31
Speaker 3: you don't understand. You don't understand. Green snakes and pink elephants,
19:34
Speaker 3: them I can understand.
19:35
Speaker 17: But you.
19:36
Speaker 3: Oh, you got to listen to me, Tom. All right, Wash.
19:39
Speaker 3: Go ahead. So I ain't been telling you.
19:41
Speaker 20: You got to behave like I expect you to behave.
19:43
Speaker 17: Where's the sheriff?
19:43
Speaker 9: Where's the sheriff?
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Speaker 3: He's out of town and went... Wait a minute, that's me.
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Speaker 14: Boss, you got to help us. You got to come
19:49
Speaker 14: to the ranch now.
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Speaker 9: Sure, boy, sure.
19:52
Speaker 14: Say, you're Thomas Jefferson Destry, ain't you?
19:54
Speaker 3: Yeah, that's right.
19:55
Speaker 14: Well, I'm Eli Whitney Claggett.
19:56
Speaker 3: Well, glad to know you.
19:57
Speaker 21: Gosh, I hear about your pa all my life whenever
19:59
Speaker 21: we play sheriff's in the engines. Well, I'm always your pa.
20:02
Speaker 3: Well, you couldn't do better, son. Now, what's the matter here?
20:05
Speaker 21: Oh, they come to take our ranch away, Johnny Kent
20:07
Speaker 21: and his gang. We've been holding them up so far,
20:09
Speaker 21: but we ain't got much ammunition left. Pa said for
20:12
Speaker 21: me to sneak into town and get the sheriff.
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Speaker 3: Good work, son. Emergency, I'll fill him so full... Hold on, Wash.
20:18
Speaker 3: Wait a minute. How come Kent's trying to take Claggett's ranch?
20:21
Speaker 3: Says he won it from Claggett in a crooked poker game. Uh-huh.
20:25
Speaker 3: Let's see. Well, seems like to me we're wasting time here.
20:28
Speaker 3: Come on, Sheriff. We got some work to do.
20:43
Speaker 4: In just a minute, we'll bring you Act Two of
20:46
Speaker 4: Death Street Rides Again, starring James Stewart and Joan Blondell.
20:50
Speaker 4: And now, here's Libby Collins, our Hollywood reporter, with news
20:54
Speaker 4: about the stars. Which star are we turning the spotlight
20:57
Speaker 4: on tonight, Libby?
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Speaker 10: A very famous and lovely one, Mr. Keeley, Merleau Brown.
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Speaker 5: Ah, there's glamour for you.
21:03
Speaker 4: I understand Merleau Brown's especially lovely in her new picture,
21:07
Speaker 4: Universal's This Love of Ours.
21:09
Speaker 10: Oh, yes. She plays the romantic role of a French
21:11
Speaker 10: music hall entertainer who becomes a great lady. And speaking
21:14
Speaker 10: of glamour, Mr. Keeley, wait till you see Merle Oberon
21:17
Speaker 10: and some of the gowns she wears in the picture.
21:19
Speaker 10: There's a dusty pink evening gown embroidered all over with
21:22
Speaker 10: pink crystal beads.
21:24
Speaker 5: Well, that's just the thing for a dark-haired beauty, I'd say.
21:27
Speaker 10: Yes, Merle is famous for her perfect costumes. But lovely
21:31
Speaker 10: as she is, she has some very practical hints for
21:33
Speaker 10: women everywhere. Every woman, she says, is born with a
21:37
Speaker 10: certain amount of glamour. But it has to be developed
21:39
Speaker 10: just as a diamond has to be polished to bring
21:41
Speaker 10: out the sparkle.
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Speaker 3: Luxe girls know about that, don't they, Libby?
21:44
Speaker 10: They certainly do, Mr. Kennedy. They've discovered what a wonderful
21:47
Speaker 10: difference it makes when you find the right complexion care.
21:50
Speaker 10: Merle Oberon spoke about that, too. Soft, smooth skin, she said,
21:54
Speaker 10: is so important. She told me active lather facials with
21:58
Speaker 10: luxe soap have always worked for her.
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Speaker 3: Won't you tell us, Libby, how Miss Oberon takes her
22:02
Speaker 3: luxe soap facials?
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Speaker 10: Well, here's exactly how she does it, Mr. Kennedy, in
22:05
Speaker 10: her own words.
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Speaker 13: I cover my face generously with a luxe soap lather
22:10
Speaker 13: and work it well in. Then I rinse with warm water,
22:13
Speaker 13: splash on cold, and pat with a soft towel to dry.
22:16
Speaker 13: The luxe soap lather's so creamy, it feels like smoothing
22:19
Speaker 13: beauty in. I wouldn't trust my skin to any other care.
22:22
Speaker 2: That's the way nine out of ten other lovely screen
22:25
Speaker 2: stars feel, too. They've found daily active lather facials really
22:29
Speaker 2: make skin softer, smoother. Recent tests of these beauty facials... Actually,
22:34
Speaker 2: three out of four complexions improved in a short time.
22:38
Speaker 2: This tip from Merle Oberon may help you win lovelier skin.
22:42
Speaker 3: Why not try it?
22:43
Speaker 2: Get some gentle white luxe toilet soap, Hollywood's own beauty soap, tomorrow.
22:48
Speaker 3: Mr. William Keeley now presents our second act.
22:52
Speaker 4: We continue with Destry Rides Again, starring James Stewart as
22:56
Speaker 4: Tom Destry and Joan Blondell as Frenchie. Johnny Kent and
23:12
Speaker 4: his men have come to take over the Claggett Ranch,
23:15
Speaker 4: and they're doing it in the usual Kent manner. But
23:18
Speaker 4: behind the stout walls of the ranch house, Sam Claggett
23:22
Speaker 4: and his wife have managed thus far to.
23:24
Speaker 3: Hold their own. Stop that shooting!
23:28
Speaker 8: You hear me, Kent?
23:30
Speaker 3: Stop that shooting!
23:32
Speaker 9: Hold it, boys!
23:32
Speaker 3: Hold it! Well, hello, Sheriff. And Mr. Destry.
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Speaker 16: Put down your guns in there, Claggett. I'm taking over here.
23:41
Speaker 8: And stay in the house.
23:43
Speaker 16: Kent, I said we was to have law and order
23:45
Speaker 16: around here.
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Speaker 3: Certainly. So do your duty and get those people out
23:47
Speaker 3: of my house. Your house? Maybe you better look at
23:49
Speaker 3: this paper. I ain't interested in no documents. You move
23:53
Speaker 3: on out of here before I start blasting.
23:54
Speaker 2: Mr.
23:55
Speaker 3: Kent, can I see that paper? Certainly. Mm-hmm. This signature here,
24:00
Speaker 3: is that Claggett's? Well, you don't think I'd forge it,
24:02
Speaker 3: do you? All right, come on, Walsh. We'll go inside
24:04
Speaker 3: and talk to Claggett. Send the ration, Tom. Who are
24:06
Speaker 3: you trying to protect around here? Don't you see, Mrs. Claggett?
24:11
Speaker 3: It's like I just told your husband.
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Speaker 10: Deputy or no deputy, we ain't giving up our ranch.
24:16
Speaker 3: I'd sooner hang that crowd out there than let them
24:19
Speaker 3: have this ranch. But your husband signed the paper, ma'am,
24:22
Speaker 3: and it gives Kent a perfect legal right to the property,
24:25
Speaker 3: doesn't it, Walsh? Sure it does. Well, we're operating now.
24:29
Speaker 3: I told you about that poker game. I was winning
24:31
Speaker 3: when that Frenchie girl spilled a pot of coffee in
24:33
Speaker 3: my lap. While I was cleaning it off, they switched
24:35
Speaker 3: cards on me. I don't doubt that, but it's your
24:37
Speaker 3: word against theirs. They'd swear themselves blue in the face again,
24:40
Speaker 3: you Sam.
24:41
Speaker 11: Mm-hmm.
24:42
Speaker 3: Yes, I'm afraid you folks are over a barrel.
24:44
Speaker 10: Fine goes on when the law takes the side of cheats.
24:47
Speaker 3: No, I'm sorry, Mrs. Claggett, but you folks stick around town. Now,
24:50
Speaker 3: we'll figure out some way to get this ranch back
24:52
Speaker 3: for you. That's what Sheriff Watson said the night he disappeared.
24:54
Speaker 3: Watson couldn't do nothing about it. Everybody knows that he
24:57
Speaker 3: left town sudden. Yeah, I'll bet he did. I'll bet
25:01
Speaker 3: he did.
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Speaker 10: Huh?
25:02
Speaker 3: No, nothing, nothing. Well, help these folks get their stuff together, Watson.
25:06
Speaker 5: I'm going to have a talk with Mr.
25:07
Speaker 3: Kent. All right, what about it, that street? The ranch
25:12
Speaker 3: is yours. They're packing up now. Well, good. I can
25:15
Speaker 3: see you and me are going to get along fine. Well,
25:17
Speaker 3: we have to enforce the law, don't we? We sure do.
25:20
Speaker 3: We sure do. You hear him, fellas? And I thought
25:22
Speaker 3: he was dumb.
25:34
Speaker 9: I'm coming.
25:34
Speaker 3: I'm coming.
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Speaker 5: Yes, sir.
25:37
Speaker 14: My goodness, if it ain't the law.
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Speaker 3: Would you tell Miss Frenchy I'd appreciate seeing her on
25:42
Speaker 3: some official business, please? Yes, sir.
25:45
Speaker 14: Miss Frenchy?
25:46
Speaker 3: Yeah, what is it?
25:47
Speaker 14: Say, Miss Frenchy, that tall drink of water's here on
25:50
Speaker 14: fishy business.
25:51
Speaker 10: Here's Izzy.
25:53
Speaker 6: Will you tell him for me that I.
25:54
Speaker 3: Hold on, hold on now, ma'am.
25:56
Speaker 17: Hold on now.
25:57
Speaker 3: Just come over to apologize.
25:59
Speaker 6: Apologize for what?
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Speaker 3: Well, for not realizing who's the real boss of Bottleneck.
26:05
Speaker 6: My coffee, Clara.
26:06
Speaker 5: Yes, sir.
26:06
Speaker 3: Don't let me interfere with your dinner, ma'am.
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Speaker 8: It's breakfast.
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Speaker 14: Does he get some too, miss?
26:12
Speaker 3: I don't mind if I do join you in a cup.
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Speaker 6: So you found out what's good for yourself, huh?
26:17
Speaker 3: Yes, I sort of figured I'd better use a little
26:19
Speaker 3: common horse sense. Now, of course, I could have come
26:22
Speaker 3: barging in here with all sorts of rumors, like a
26:25
Speaker 3: couple of rumors I just heard about you.
26:27
Speaker 6: I'm supposed to say what rumors?
26:29
Speaker 3: Yeah, you're supposed to do that. And if you would
26:31
Speaker 3: say that, why, I'd say that the talk is that
26:34
Speaker 3: you do more than sing down in Tent Saloon. take
26:38
Speaker 3: part in crooked poker games, cheating folks out of their ranch.
26:42
Speaker 6: Who said that?
26:43
Speaker 3: Oh, just a rumor, just a rumor. Of course, you
26:44
Speaker 3: wouldn't have anything to do with anything like that.
26:46
Speaker 14: Here's your coffee.
26:47
Speaker 3: Oh, thanks, thanks. I'd better be careful with this, too.
26:51
Speaker 3: I wouldn't want to have it spilt in my lap.
26:53
Speaker 3: Get out. Would I?
26:54
Speaker 6: Get out of here, get out.
26:55
Speaker 3: Hold your fire, hold your fire. I'll go. Just put
26:59
Speaker 3: that lamp down. There, that's fine. And just one more thing.
27:04
Speaker 3: You know, I've seen hundreds like you All the way
27:08
Speaker 3: from Jacksonville to Sacramento. You all think easy pickings will
27:12
Speaker 3: last forever.
27:13
Speaker 6: You better mind your own business, Mr.
27:14
Speaker 3: Bestley.
27:15
Speaker 6: You're heading for trouble.
27:16
Speaker 3: Trouble is my business.
27:17
Speaker 6: I do as I like in this town. Anyone who
27:18
Speaker 6: gets in my way is taken care of.
27:20
Speaker 3: Like the took care of sheriff?
27:21
Speaker 6: Yeah, just like they took care.
27:24
Speaker 3: That's just what I thought.
27:25
Speaker 6: I don't know what you're talking about. You better keep
27:27
Speaker 6: your mouth shut and get out of town before it's
27:29
Speaker 6: too late.
27:29
Speaker 3: Oh, come on now. I don't think you're half as
27:31
Speaker 3: bad as you make out to be.
27:32
Speaker 6: Well, never mind what I am.
27:33
Speaker 3: I'll bet you've got kind of a pretty face underneath
27:36
Speaker 3: all that paint. Look, I'll show you what I mean.
27:40
Speaker 6: Take your hand off.
27:41
Speaker 3: Sure, sure. All right. But why don't you wipe it
27:44
Speaker 3: off someday and have a good look? It's a wonderful face.
27:51
Speaker 3: Figure out how you can live up to it. That's all. Clara.
27:58
Speaker 5: Yes, ma'am?
27:59
Speaker 6: Bring me a mirror. And a towel.
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Speaker 3: Yes, ma'am.
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Speaker 14: Well, that's the most peculiar acting man I ever did see.
28:10
Speaker 8: He's got personality. He sure has.
28:21
Speaker 10: You and Sam worry one bit, Miss Claggett. You can
28:23
Speaker 10: stay here as long.
28:23
Speaker 8: As you want.
28:24
Speaker 10: I sure appreciate it, Lily Bell. Still and all, if
28:27
Speaker 10: we could have kept on shooting this afternoon instead of
28:29
Speaker 10: sending for them.
28:30
Speaker 3: Now, Meg, they had the law on their side.
28:32
Speaker 14: The law?
28:33
Speaker 3: I've got something to say about that.
28:34
Speaker 17: Oh, Jack, please.
28:36
Speaker 8: It's none of your affair.
28:37
Speaker 3: It is my affair, Janice.
28:38
Speaker 19: That brat Kent's charging me two bits for every head
28:40
Speaker 19: of cattle going through this valley.
28:41
Speaker 3: It's time decent people joined up and got rid of
28:43
Speaker 3: them cutthroats.
28:44
Speaker 19: Well, you better start in with this watery-eyed sheriff here
28:46
Speaker 19: and that gun-shy lady-finger deputy of his.
28:50
Speaker 3: Come on in, Destry. I saw you standing there. I
28:53
Speaker 3: wouldn't have said that, Kendall. Turn your back on me.
28:56
Speaker 14: Oh, Jack, please.
28:57
Speaker 3: You heard me, Destry. I ain't paying one cent to
29:00
Speaker 3: move my cattle. Now, what do you aim to do? Well,
29:02
Speaker 3: at present, nothing. That's what I thought. But I'll do
29:04
Speaker 3: something if I have to take the law in my
29:06
Speaker 3: own hands. Nobody's going to set themselves up above the
29:08
Speaker 3: law around here, you understand? Listen, I've got something to
29:13
Speaker 3: say to you. I think maybe I could illustrate it
29:16
Speaker 3: better if I told you a story. I used to
29:19
Speaker 3: have a friend. Oh, another one, Tom? Yep, another one.
29:23
Speaker 3: He was an opera singer, but he went into the
29:26
Speaker 3: cement business, and one day he fell into the cement.
29:30
Speaker 3: And now, instead of singing in the new opera house
29:33
Speaker 3: at St. Louis, he's just part of the cornerstone. He
29:37
Speaker 3: should have stuck to his trade. You better stick to
29:39
Speaker 3: your Tom, where are you going? Up to my room.
29:42
Speaker 3: Time to get ready for supper. Tom, how can you
29:44
Speaker 3: talk of eating at a time like this? Because I'm hungry.
29:47
Speaker 5: Come on.
29:56
Speaker 3: Well, there's your room.
29:57
Speaker 17: Shh, open.
29:59
Speaker 3: Listen, there's somebody in there.
30:00
Speaker 10: Huh?
30:02
Speaker 3: Step aside here.
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Speaker 17: Oh.
30:06
Speaker 3: Good evening. Good evening.
30:09
Speaker 18: Doubtlessly, you are wondering what I am doing in your room. Well,
30:13
Speaker 18: you may believe this or not, but I am waiting
30:15
Speaker 18: for a stagecoach.
30:18
Speaker 3: Good God. Aren't you Lily Bell's husband? Sure, Tom, that's
30:22
Speaker 3: just Callahan.
30:23
Speaker 8: Callahan, Callahan.
30:24
Speaker 3: I am a Stavrogin of Vardyshev. Everybody calls him Callahan, Tom.
30:28
Speaker 5: Easy to say.
30:29
Speaker 3: Yeah, well, I don't mind who you are, but what
30:32
Speaker 3: are your legs doing on my pants? I find this
30:36
Speaker 3: all very awkward. Oh, he loses pants regular, Tom. They
30:40
Speaker 3: win him off in the Met Poker. Then Lily Bell
30:42
Speaker 3: locks him up in his room.
30:43
Speaker 18: Ah, this time I outsmart Lily Bell. I climb through
30:48
Speaker 18: the window, across the roof, and zoff, I find some pants.
30:52
Speaker 3: Yeah, but they're my pants, so come on, off with
30:55
Speaker 3: them now. You mean now? Now, yeah. Well, the whole
30:58
Speaker 3: world is against me. Oh, now wait a minute now.
31:01
Speaker 3: I might be able to make a deal with you.
31:03
Speaker 3: How well do you know this country around here? Like
31:05
Speaker 3: a field mouse. There isn't a twig, a tree, a bush...
31:08
Speaker 3: All right, that's good enough. All right, the pants are
31:12
Speaker 3: yours if you do a little job for me. Agreed.
31:14
Speaker 18: What can I lose?
31:15
Speaker 3: Only a job. Commend me. I want you to find something. Ah,
31:19
Speaker 3: I'm a weasel, a hawk. I have the memory of
31:22
Speaker 3: an elephant, the strength... Thunder, Ace, and he's not asking
31:25
Speaker 3: for zoo.
31:28
Speaker 3: Only a bloodhound who can keep his mouth shut. I
31:30
Speaker 3: shall be a bloodhound, sniffing and silent. What's missing? The
31:35
Speaker 3: body of Sheriff Watson. Pardon me while I give you
31:38
Speaker 3: back your pants. Tom, what do you want to find
31:42
Speaker 3: Watson's body for? Because you can't prove a murder without
31:45
Speaker 3: a corpse. And I sort of think Callahan would make
31:48
Speaker 3: a pretty good second deputy.
31:49
Speaker 17: A deputy?
31:51
Speaker 18: Deputy Stavrogin, order me where you will, to Siberia.
31:56
Speaker 3: Come on, then. We're going down to Cancelon. It's me, Frenchie.
32:05
Speaker 3: Open up.
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Speaker 6: Make us nappy, Johnny. I've got a song coming up.
32:08
Speaker 3: I know that. Look, did you have any callers at
32:10
Speaker 3: your house today?
32:11
Speaker 6: Men, women, or children?
32:12
Speaker 15: You start acting smart with me, and I'll start slapping
32:14
Speaker 15: you around. Did you or didn't you?
32:16
Speaker 6: Who, for instance?
32:17
Speaker 3: Despy, for instance.
32:18
Speaker 6: Why not?
32:18
Speaker 3: That's better. What was the conversation? All of it.
32:21
Speaker 5: All of it.
32:22
Speaker 6: Well, let me see. I said, hello.
32:25
Speaker 8: No, he said, hello.
32:27
Speaker 6: And I said.
32:28
Speaker 3: I don't feel like kidding, Frenchie. What did he come for?
32:31
Speaker 6: Because he's a gentleman. He came to apologize.
32:33
Speaker 3: And that's all?
32:34
Speaker 6: All he had time for. He was in a hurry
32:35
Speaker 6: to go, just like you are now.
32:37
Speaker 17: Okay.
32:38
Speaker 15: But if I ever catch you stacking them on me,
32:40
Speaker 15: I'll personally put out the lights so I don't know
32:42
Speaker 15: you from anyone.
32:43
Speaker 3: Else in the game.
32:44
Speaker 6: Get my dress, Clara.
32:46
Speaker 3: My, my.
32:47
Speaker 14: He just ain't got no personality at all, is he?
32:52
Speaker 3: Thank you. All right, now, Callahan, stay outside here, right
32:59
Speaker 3: outside the saloon, and follow any of Kent's gang to
33:02
Speaker 3: come out. I wish you'd tell me what you're up to, Tom. Well,
33:05
Speaker 3: we can't find the missing body, can we? Well, the
33:08
Speaker 3: next best thing, have them find it for us. Please,
33:11
Speaker 3: let's go home. You do as you're told. Now, wait
33:13
Speaker 3: a minute.
33:14
Speaker 9: Who's that?
33:14
Speaker 3: They're on the porch of the saloon. No, it's Frenchie,
33:17
Speaker 3: pacing up and down on the porch. Well, here goes.
33:20
Speaker 9: Get over here, Callahan.
33:21
Speaker 3: We're waiting to see how it is.
33:24
Speaker 6: Got a match, deputy?
33:26
Speaker 3: Oh, hello. Yeah, yeah, sure.
33:29
Speaker 6: Thanks.
33:30
Speaker 3: You've been arguing with somebody again, huh?
33:32
Speaker 8: How'd you know?
33:34
Speaker 3: Well, I read a book once that said that women
33:36
Speaker 3: always look their best in the peace and quiet that
33:38
Speaker 3: follows a storm.
33:40
Speaker 6: Very good.
33:41
Speaker 3: But it would have been.
33:42
Speaker 6: A lot nicer if you'd thought of that yourself.
33:44
Speaker 3: Well, as a matter of fact, I did.
33:47
Speaker 6: You won't take my advice, will you?
33:48
Speaker 3: You mean leave town? No, no, no.
33:51
Speaker 6: Here, I got something for you.
33:52
Speaker 3: What's this? What a rabbit's foot, huh?
33:54
Speaker 6: Yeah, take it. And keep away from dark corners. I'll
33:58
Speaker 6: see you inside, maybe, huh? I've got to do my number.
34:00
Speaker 3: Yeah, sure, sure. I'll be right here. See you. Wait
34:03
Speaker 3: a minute, Destry. I see now why you don't need guns.
34:06
Speaker 3: You do? Yeah.
34:07
Speaker 19: And why I can't get my cattle through. And I'm
34:10
Speaker 19: taking them through in spite of you, Kent, or anybody else.
34:12
Speaker 3: I'd think twice if I were you, Tyndall, before I
34:15
Speaker 3: started trespassing. You're cutting in on Kent two or three
34:18
Speaker 3: different ways, aren't you? Sorry you made me do that, Tyndall.
34:24
Speaker 3: Mighty sorry. Oh, good evening, Mayor Slade. Evening, son. Sit down.
34:40
Speaker 3: I think she sure sings a song, doesn't she? She
34:42
Speaker 3: sure does. I was kind of hoping I'd find you here, Mayor.
34:46
Speaker 3: I want to talk to you. Not a private talk, Mr. Destry,
34:48
Speaker 3: or is it? No, no, no, no. Why don't you
34:51
Speaker 3: join us, Ken? Thanks, I will. Well, I'll tell you
34:54
Speaker 3: what was on my mind. I just don't think we're
34:57
Speaker 3: getting the kind of cooperation around town we should be getting. No? No. No,
35:03
Speaker 3: it seems every time the sheriff or me asks a question,
35:06
Speaker 3: folks just shut up or walk away like they never
35:08
Speaker 3: heard it.
35:09
Speaker 12: Well, my guess is they just don't cotton to sheriffs
35:12
Speaker 12: around here.
35:13
Speaker 3: Well, you're probably right. Sheriff Watson wasn't very popular either,
35:18
Speaker 3: was he? Meaning what? Well, nothing special. Hey, Frenchy. Over here.
35:22
Speaker 6: Do you like my number, Mr.
35:23
Speaker 10: Destry?
35:24
Speaker 3: Oh, yeah, I like that.
35:26
Speaker 17: Well, good.
35:26
Speaker 6: Then you can buy me a drink, huh?
35:28
Speaker 3: Sure, fine.
35:29
Speaker 6: Yeah, that's the idea of the song, you know. Gets
35:31
Speaker 6: me free drinks.
35:32
Speaker 3: Oh, I sort of get it, that. About what's on
35:33
Speaker 3: your mind, Destry, I'm telling you now. Watson left town. Well,
35:37
Speaker 3: that's what I say. That's what I say. But, uh...
35:40
Speaker 3: We thought he might have left something behind, like a body, maybe. Oh,
35:45
Speaker 3: I see. I see. You couldn't prove a case without one,
35:49
Speaker 3: could you? That's right. And suppose we knew where there
35:53
Speaker 3: was one?
35:53
Speaker 6: Oh, this is a lively conversation when a lady wants
35:56
Speaker 6: a drink. Come on, deputy, let's go to the bar.
35:58
Speaker 3: Wait a minute.
35:58
Speaker 15: I haven't settled with Destry yet for that very good
36:00
Speaker 15: favor he did me out at Claggett's Ranch. That called
36:03
Speaker 15: for some champagne.
36:04
Speaker 3: The best. Well, in that case, we'd better stay right here, huh, Frenchy? Giff,
36:13
Speaker 3: come here. Yeah, Johnny? Tell Eddie to ice up some
36:16
Speaker 3: champagne and send it over to the table.
36:18
Speaker 17: Sure, boss.
36:18
Speaker 3: Wait a minute.
36:19
Speaker 15: Then ride out to the place and see if it's gone.
36:22
Speaker 3: If what's gone? Oh, you mean... Yeah. Well, if it is,
36:26
Speaker 3: then Destry's done it. If he did, can I personally
36:29
Speaker 3: slap him in the mouth with my pistol? Hit Destry? Yeah.
36:32
Speaker 3: You wouldn't want to hit a dead man, would you, Giff?
36:34
Speaker 4: Mm-hmm.
36:35
Speaker 3: Oh, I see what you mean. Now, get going. You know, Mayor,
36:45
Speaker 3: that fellow Johnny Kent reminds me of a friend of
36:47
Speaker 3: mine in Kansas City. He drinks nothing but wine. Every
36:49
Speaker 3: time he comes to town.
36:50
Speaker 6: I had a friend in New Orleans like that, only
36:52
Speaker 6: he was crazy about clams. Every time he'd come to town,
36:55
Speaker 6: he'd rush to the nearest restaurant and order a hundred clams.
36:58
Speaker 14: Oh, I'm sorry.
36:59
Speaker 6: I interrupted you.
37:00
Speaker 3: Oh, that's all right. I don't think there's much point
37:02
Speaker 3: to my story. What about the clans?
37:04
Speaker 6: Yeah, this particular time, they didn't have any clans. So
37:07
Speaker 6: they got him oysters, and he just about tore the
37:09
Speaker 6: place down. He was so mad.
37:11
Speaker 3: What's the point of that?
37:12
Speaker 6: Well, the point is he found a pearl in one
37:14
Speaker 6: of them that big.
37:15
Speaker 3: That's cool.
37:16
Speaker 8: No, no, it was bad. The oyster, I mean. It
37:19
Speaker 8: killed him.
37:20
Speaker 3: Now, who got the pearl? I did. Well, here it is, Destry. Champagne. Yeah,
37:24
Speaker 3: I'd better go easy if I want to do any
37:26
Speaker 3: sheriffing tomorrow. You might take the day off, huh, man?
37:30
Speaker 3: Might have that. Well, if I'm going to make an
37:32
Speaker 3: evening of it, how about you and me having a dance, Frenchy?
37:35
Speaker 3: All right with you, Kent? Sure, go right ahead.
37:38
Speaker 6: You won't listen, will you? But I'm not going to
37:45
Speaker 6: warn you again.
37:45
Speaker 3: No, it's all right. I still got your rabbit foot.
37:47
Speaker 6: You're going to need it. Say, isn't that our fearless
37:51
Speaker 6: sheriff rushing over?
37:52
Speaker 3: Yeah, I believe it is.
37:54
Speaker 17: Tom!
37:54
Speaker 9: Tom!
37:55
Speaker 3: Tom, come here, quick! Oh, I'm sorry, Frenchy.
37:57
Speaker 6: I'm sorry, too, Tom. Always a warning.
37:59
Speaker 3: Come on, come on. Oh, that's fine, Walsh, fine. I'll
38:07
Speaker 3: get back to the jailhouse with Callahan. I'll handle things here. Sure, Tom.
38:12
Speaker 3: All right, stop the music. All right, hold it down, folks.
38:17
Speaker 3: Hold it down, everyone, and stop the music. Sorry to interrupt, folks,
38:22
Speaker 3: but I got a little official business. You know, Walsh
38:25
Speaker 3: and me's been pestering you folks with a lot of
38:28
Speaker 3: questions about the former Sheriff Watson. Hold on now.
38:32
Speaker 9: Hold on.
38:34
Speaker 3: You ain't going to ask any more questions because Walsh
38:36
Speaker 3: just found the answer. And one more thing. All relatives
38:40
Speaker 3: and friends of Jip Hiller are hereby notified that he's
38:43
Speaker 3: in the jailhouse charged with murder. That's all.
38:46
Speaker 5: Yeah, wait a minute.
38:48
Speaker 3: My brother didn't have nothing to do with that murder.
38:50
Speaker 3: Don't get excited, Bugsy. Jip ain't hanged yet. And he's
38:53
Speaker 3: not going to be. You get over there and turn
38:55
Speaker 3: him loose. I'm afraid I can't do that, Kent. Not
38:58
Speaker 3: until after our trial. Maybe by then he'll explain what
39:01
Speaker 3: he was doing just now when Callahan and the sheriff
39:03
Speaker 3: found him with Watson's body.
39:05
Speaker 12: Well, now, now, I'm sure Mr. Kent had no idea
39:08
Speaker 12: you had evidence like that.
39:09
Speaker 3: Yes, Mayor, I think we got a pretty good case.
39:12
Speaker 3: Darn near airtight, I'd say. Good work, son, good work.
39:16
Speaker 12: And just to make sure there won't be no miscarriage
39:19
Speaker 12: of justice, as Chief Magistrate of Bottleneck as well as Mayor,
39:23
Speaker 12: I'm going to try.
39:24
Speaker 3: This here case myself. Uh-huh. Oh, I see what you mean.
39:29
Speaker 3: So do I. Sorry I got so upset.
39:32
Speaker 10: How about finishing our dance, Deputy?
39:34
Speaker 3: Oh, thanks, Frenchie. I believe I've danced to tense tunes
39:37
Speaker 3: long enough. Good night.
39:39
Speaker 10: Good night.
39:49
Speaker 2: We pause now for station identification. This is CBS, the
39:53
Speaker 2: Columbia Broadcasting System.
40:15
Speaker 4: In a minute, we'll bring you the third act of
40:17
Speaker 4: Destry Rides Again, starring James Stewart and Joan Blondell. Meanwhile,
40:23
Speaker 4: I'd like to introduce a rather unusual young woman. She's
40:27
Speaker 4: had years of acting experience, yet she's only 19. And
40:31
Speaker 4: here she is, Miss Nancy Gates, soon to appear in
40:35
Speaker 4: the RKO radio picture, The Spanish Main. Tell us, Nancy,
40:40
Speaker 4: how old were you when you began your acting career?
40:43
Speaker 10: Well, Mr.
40:43
Speaker 11: Keeley, I was 12 when I appeared on a Dallas
40:45
Speaker 11: radio station. And at 13, I was booked for a
40:48
Speaker 11: theater dancing and singing act.
40:50
Speaker 5: And that brought you your movie contract?
40:52
Speaker 3: Well, it did help.
40:53
Speaker 11: But actually, it was my picture in a Dallas paper
40:55
Speaker 11: that did the trick. I came to Hollywood with my
40:58
Speaker 11: mother in 1941 for a vacation.
41:00
Speaker 7: And?
41:01
Speaker 11: RKO talent scouts had seen the photograph, and I was
41:04
Speaker 11: signed up two weeks later.
41:05
Speaker 4: And so the Hollywood vacation turned into.
41:08
Speaker 5: A Hollywood career.
41:09
Speaker 11: I guess that's right. I've appeared in a number of
41:11
Speaker 11: RKO pictures... The master race, and this land is minor, too.
41:15
Speaker 5: Splendid.
41:16
Speaker 4: And you'll be appearing in many more, I'm sure. Don't
41:19
Speaker 4: you agree, John Kennedy?
41:20
Speaker 3: I certainly do.
41:21
Speaker 2: If I may say so, it's easy to see why
41:23
Speaker 2: that newspaper picture got Miss Gates a Hollywood contract.
41:26
Speaker 3: And I'm sure if the women in our.
41:27
Speaker 2: Audience could see her, they'd be interested in her beauty care.
41:30
Speaker 3: Do you want to tell us about it, Miss Gates?
41:32
Speaker 5: It's really a.
41:33
Speaker 11: Very simple one, Mr.
41:34
Speaker 3: Kennedy.
41:35
Speaker 11: Active lather facials with luxe soap. You know, there's a
41:38
Speaker 11: real soap. No wonder it's a Hollywood favorite. Maureen O'Hara,
41:41
Speaker 11: the star of the Spanish main, always has Lux soap
41:44
Speaker 11: in her dressing room. She uses it every day. You
41:47
Speaker 11: know how beautiful she is.
41:48
Speaker 2: Thanks for telling us about that, Nancy Gates. In Hollywood,
41:52
Speaker 2: hundreds of stars and starlets find they can depend on gentle.
41:55
Speaker 3: Lux toilet soap care.
41:57
Speaker 2: That's because Lux is a beauty soap made only of
41:59
Speaker 2: the finest ingredients. If you haven't used it, why not
42:03
Speaker 2: begin tomorrow? You'll be delighted with Lux soap's satin smoothness,
42:07
Speaker 2: the rich, creamy lather it gives. You'll find it leaves
42:10
Speaker 2: your skin looking flower-fresh, appealing, the way skin ought to look.
42:15
Speaker 2: Here's our producer, Mr. William Keeley, at the microphone.
42:18
Speaker 4: Our curtain rises on Act Three of Destry Rides Again,
42:22
Speaker 4: starring Jimmy Stewart as Tom Destry and Joan Blondell as Frenchie.
42:33
Speaker 5: J.P.
42:33
Speaker 4: Hiller's in jail, charged with the murder of Sheriff Watson.
42:38
Speaker 4: But with Mayor Slade presiding over the forthcoming trial, justice
42:42
Speaker 4: in bottleneck still is just a joke. An hour ago,
42:46
Speaker 4: Tom Destry locked up another prisoner, Jack Tindall. And now
42:51
Speaker 4: Janice has rushed to the jailhouse.
42:55
Speaker 3: Don't get upset, Janice. I had to put him in jail.
42:57
Speaker 3: But why?
42:58
Speaker 8: What did he do?
42:59
Speaker 3: Drove his cattle through Kent's property. That's trespassing.
43:01
Speaker 10: I see.
43:02
Speaker 8: It's all right for murderers to go free, but trespassers.
43:05
Speaker 3: Nobody's gone free yet, now.
43:06
Speaker 17: Oh, Tom.
43:08
Speaker 8: I wish I could understand you.
43:09
Speaker 3: Now, don't worry. I think we got a chance. Good chance.
43:13
Speaker 8: A chance for what?
43:14
Speaker 3: I can't say right now. Now, if you want to
43:16
Speaker 3: see Jack... Oh, please. Well, he's down here. Jack? Hello, Janet. Well,
43:25
Speaker 3: I told you I was going to bring our cattle through,
43:27
Speaker 3: and I did. I didn't pay a penny. I ain't
43:29
Speaker 3: going to pay. Nobody's going to make me pay.
43:30
Speaker 8: Jack, you're the most.
43:31
Speaker 3: Stubborn, ornery, mule-headed... Self-opinionated, is a good word.
43:35
Speaker 8: Oh, I give up. Talking to Jack's like talking to
43:37
Speaker 8: a stone wall.
43:38
Speaker 3: Yeah, Jep Heller won't talk and your brother won't listen.
43:42
Speaker 3: You know, if he was reasonable and paid Kent the
43:45
Speaker 3: money for moving his cattle, he could turn right around
43:48
Speaker 3: and sue and get it all back.
43:49
Speaker 19: Sue Kent? With Slade as the judge? Well, you must
43:53
Speaker 19: think I'm really dumb.
43:54
Speaker 3: All right, all right, forget it. Well, anyway, Janice, thanks
43:56
Speaker 3: for trying to help out. Jack will be here for
43:58
Speaker 3: some time, so... It's here, it's here.
44:01
Speaker 9: I got it, I got it.
44:02
Speaker 3: Callahan. Look, it came. The letter? Yes, here, from Cheyenne. Oh, thanks. Yeah,
44:08
Speaker 3: let's see. That's right.
44:14
Speaker 7: Wow.
44:15
Speaker 3: Now, here's something you might like to read, Jack. From
44:18
Speaker 3: a friend of mine. He's a federal judge with a
44:21
Speaker 3: hankering for travel. Huh? Now maybe you can see why
44:24
Speaker 3: I wanted you to pay Kent. Slade won't be on
44:27
Speaker 3: the bench. And if you can just keep from getting
44:29
Speaker 3: your fool head shot off until that federal judge gets here,
44:32
Speaker 3: I can get my convictions and you can get your
44:35
Speaker 3: money back. See what you mean.
44:37
Speaker 17: Okay.
44:38
Speaker 3: Okay, I'll pay him. Here. Here, I got a draft.
44:41
Speaker 3: Wells Fargo will cash it. Now, that's your job, Callahan.
44:44
Speaker 3: Then take the money over to Kent, get a receipt. Yes, Commander.
44:47
Speaker 3: I'm a courier. A bolt of lightning, but silence is
44:50
Speaker 3: the night.
44:50
Speaker 2: Farewell.
44:51
Speaker 8: You'd better wait for the draft, Mr.
44:53
Speaker 3: Callahan. Oh, here. Now, come right back. All right, Tyndall.
44:58
Speaker 3: I'm turning you loose in your sister's custody. Wash, why
45:10
Speaker 3: don't you go home and get a little sleep for yourself?
45:12
Speaker 3: I'll handle things around here at the jail. Well, I
45:14
Speaker 3: guess I will, Tom. Just wish Callahan had come back. Oh,
45:18
Speaker 3: it's going to work out fine, Wash. Jip's going to
45:21
Speaker 3: tell us a whole lot as soon as he finds
45:23
Speaker 3: out Slade isn't going to be judge. Don't hardly seem possible, Tom.
45:28
Speaker 19: And who is that?
45:29
Speaker 18: Deputy Stavrosing Reporting Excellency, with the receipt.
45:33
Speaker 5: See?
45:34
Speaker 3: Kent signed it himself. Good work, Callahan.
45:36
Speaker 9: Please, not Callahan.
45:38
Speaker 3: Oh, I'm sorry. Anything special going on.
45:40
Speaker 17: In the saloon?
45:41
Speaker 3: Very little. Mayor Slade is sweating in his jury.
45:46
Speaker 18: $ 200 each for now, $ 300.
45:47
Speaker 3: More when they set J. Piller free. He's wasting Kent's cash.
45:51
Speaker 3: He could pack a jury for a lot less. That's
45:53
Speaker 3: what I told him.
45:54
Speaker 18: I said, just wait till that federal judge gets here,
45:56
Speaker 18: and then you'll see.
45:57
Speaker 3: You what? I said just wait till that federal....
46:02
Speaker 7: Oh.
46:03
Speaker 3: Oh, I presume you'll want the pants back with the badge? No. No,
46:08
Speaker 3: it doesn't matter, Callahan. It doesn't matter now. It won't
46:11
Speaker 3: be any trial now, Tom, crooked or no. They'll be
46:14
Speaker 3: down here tearing this jail apart and turning the jib loose. Oh, no,
46:17
Speaker 3: maybe not. Maybe not. Maybe for once we got them scared.
46:20
Speaker 9: Hey, Tom.
46:21
Speaker 12: Mr.
46:22
Speaker 10: Daschle.
46:23
Speaker 3: Mr. Daschle. Oh, it's all right, Walsh. It's the only
46:25
Speaker 3: French he's made. Mr. Daschle.
46:28
Speaker 14: This princess says she wants to see you right away.
46:30
Speaker 14: She says it's awfully important.
46:31
Speaker 3: All right, tell her I'll be right over. Tom, you're
46:33
Speaker 3: walking into an ambush. They'll spot you out on that street. No,
46:36
Speaker 3: I hardly think so, Walsh. Not yet. Now, you just
46:39
Speaker 3: hold down the fort here. Well, don't worry none about me.
46:42
Speaker 12: I will.
46:42
Speaker 6: Well, I just decided to come, Tom.
46:52
Speaker 3: Well, your maid said it was important.
46:54
Speaker 5: Well, it is.
46:54
Speaker 3: Trouble?
46:55
Speaker 6: No, no trouble. I... Leaving town tonight. Wanted to see
46:59
Speaker 6: you before I left.
47:00
Speaker 3: Pretty sudden, isn't it, Frenchie?
47:02
Speaker 6: Well, I'm like that.
47:04
Speaker 3: What, something happen or something? A bit of news, maybe?
47:06
Speaker 6: Don't be so suspicious. I'm just tired of bottleneck and
47:09
Speaker 6: I'm going back to New Orleans. Miss me?
47:13
Speaker 3: Yeah, I guess I will.
47:14
Speaker 6: Or will Tyndall's sister get me off your mind?
47:17
Speaker 3: Uh, no. Well, anyway, I'd like to wish you good luck.
47:21
Speaker 3: Good luck on the nice trip.
47:22
Speaker 6: You didn't answer my question.
47:24
Speaker 3: Uh... I'd better get back to the job here.
47:27
Speaker 6: Tom, you ever been to New Orleans?
47:31
Speaker 12: No.
47:31
Speaker 6: It's a wonderful town. You'd like it there.
47:35
Speaker 11: How about it?
47:36
Speaker 14: Well.
47:38
Speaker 3: Well, what's that? Listen, that shooting's coming from the jailhouse.
47:41
Speaker 6: Tom, no, you can't go out there.
47:43
Speaker 12: Why not?
47:43
Speaker 6: Kent knows all about the federal judge.
47:45
Speaker 8: They'll kill you.
47:45
Speaker 6: They're getting gypped.
47:46
Speaker 8: Now stay here, Tom. Stay here.
47:48
Speaker 3: Oh, so it was all your idea, huh? Yours and Kent's.
47:51
Speaker 3: Get me away from the jailhouse, and I was stupid
47:53
Speaker 3: enough to....
48:04
Speaker 17: Did you get him, Tom? Tom, did you get him?
48:10
Speaker 3: No, Walsh, they were gone when I got here.
48:12
Speaker 17: I fell asleep, Tom. Didn't hear you until it was
48:17
Speaker 17: too late.
48:18
Speaker 3: Don't talk, Walsh. Callahan's getting a doctor. Is it bad, Walsh? No.
48:28
Speaker 17: But it just makes me so doggone mad.
48:32
Speaker 3: Shot in the back. That's the way they shot my pa.
48:37
Speaker 3: They didn't dare face him either.
48:39
Speaker 17: Didn't give either of us a chance, did they?
48:43
Speaker 3: No.
48:46
Speaker 17: Plum, tuck it out.
48:51
Speaker 5: Plum, tuck it out.
48:55
Speaker 3: Wash, listen to me. I'm going to that Ruman house
48:59
Speaker 3: and I'm coming back here wearing my father's guns. You'd
49:03
Speaker 3: like that, wouldn't you, Wash? Because... Wash? Wash? Oh, no. Oh, no. Now,
49:25
Speaker 3: wait a minute, Desprey. You can't do this alone. Now,
49:27
Speaker 3: where's the men that murdered Walsh? Where'd they go? They're
49:29
Speaker 3: in the saloon. Kent's got it barricaded like a fort.
49:31
Speaker 19: Now, these men here, Desprey, say the word and we'll
49:33
Speaker 19: all go with you.
49:34
Speaker 9: All right.
49:36
Speaker 3: All right, hold on now. As long as you're with me,
49:39
Speaker 3: there are two things I want. I want every freight
49:42
Speaker 3: wagon in town and a stick of dynamite. We can
49:44
Speaker 3: get closer to the saloon and wagons, and when we do,
49:47
Speaker 3: the dynamite will open it up. All right, now, come on,
49:49
Speaker 3: let's get down to the corral.
49:50
Speaker 6: Let me through, let me through.
49:51
Speaker 8: Tom, wait.
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Speaker 9: Wait, Kent's got 30.
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Speaker 3: Men in there.
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Speaker 8: You won't have a chance.
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Speaker 3: I thought you said you were leaving town.
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Speaker 10: Come on.
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Speaker 19: And you women, you women, those are your men, and
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Speaker 19: you stand there like a lot of sheep while they
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Speaker 19: walk out to slaughter.
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Speaker 9: Why don't you stop them?
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Speaker 3: Go back where you belong.
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Speaker 9: Wherever I belong, I don't pretend. You shut your painted mouth.
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Speaker 21: And I wouldn't wait around for my men to get
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Speaker 21: killed without doing something about it.
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Speaker 3: I'm warning you, you Jezebel.
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Speaker 8: Wait a minute. Maybe she's right.
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Speaker 9: Miss Tyndall.
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Speaker 8: You talk about doing something. What can we do?
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Speaker 10: I'll show you what you can do.
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Speaker 6: Get every dame in town.
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Speaker 8: And follow me.
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Speaker 3: All right, you met all your wagons? All right, you'll
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Speaker 3: head down the main street, bring your horses to a gallop,
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Speaker 3: and when I throw the dynamite, cut in toward the saloon,
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Speaker 3: start shooting.
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Speaker 9: All right, let's go now.
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Speaker 3: Light that fuse, Jack. Throw that dynamite, Tom. Throw it.
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Speaker 6: Head in, boys.
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Speaker 9: Head in.
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Speaker 3: Tip the wagons over.
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Speaker 9: Use them as barricades.
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Speaker 3: Tom, look. Look.
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Speaker 9: Are you women crazy? Get back there.
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Speaker 3: They're marching down the street between us and the saloon.
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Speaker 2: Get back.
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Speaker 9: Get back. Hold your fire now.
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Speaker 3: Francie, hold those women back.
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Speaker 8: You want to get in there, don't you?
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Speaker 9: Then follow us.
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Speaker 8: Not even Kenneth shooted a woman.
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Speaker 9: Francie, get those poor women off the street.
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Speaker 8: We're coming in, Johnny.
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Speaker 6: Keep your men out here, Tom.
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Speaker 21: Then if you've got to shoot it out, at least
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Speaker 21: for once we'll be on the level and face to face.
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Speaker 11: Come on.
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Speaker 3: All right, you better get out of the saloon, Frenchy.
51:47
Speaker 3: We're going to burn it down. Besides, we got them all,
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Speaker 3: all except Kent.
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Speaker 6: I saw him run upstairs. He's up there somewhere.
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Speaker 12: All right, thanks.
51:52
Speaker 6: Tom knows there's a dozen places he could be hiding.
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Speaker 3: Kent's here. I'm getting him myself. I'm coming up, Kent.
51:59
Speaker 3: Your hobby's still collecting deputies' guns. Here's a chance to
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Speaker 3: get a couple. You're standing in my light, Frenchy. Johnny. Sure,
52:05
Speaker 3: I went upstairs, but I come down again.
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Speaker 9: Tom, look out.
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Speaker 8: Tom, he's down here.
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Speaker 3: Too bad, Frenchy. Just a mite too late to... Frenchy,
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Speaker 3: come back.
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Speaker 8: Tom, he's... He's... No, Johnny.
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Speaker 3: Not too late, Frenchy. Johnny. He's dead, Frenchy.
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Speaker 6: I had to work out like this, didn't I? Maybe
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Speaker 6: this will make up for Wash.
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Speaker 17: Why did you save me?
52:34
Speaker 3: Why?
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Speaker 6: The paint's still on my face. I never learned how
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Speaker 6: to take it off, Tom.
52:43
Speaker 3: That's a wonderful face.
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Speaker 11: Tom, you're in love with that Tyndall girl, aren't you?
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Speaker 6: Do you suppose she'd mind if you kissed me?
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Speaker 3: No, Frankie, I don't think she'd mind at all. Thank you, Deputy.
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Speaker 17: Thank you.
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Speaker 3: Oh, you're all settled down your ranch again, huh, Eli?
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Speaker 14: Oh, sure, Tom. Been settling out for almost two weeks.
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Speaker 3: Well, that's good. That's fine.
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Speaker 14: Things sure are quiet around here now.
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Speaker 3: Yeah, sure. Hey, you see that hitching post over there?
53:29
Speaker 3: Did you ever hear the story about Sawtooth McGee?
53:32
Speaker 14: Oh, everybody's heard that one, Tom.
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Speaker 3: Yeah, I suppose, yeah.
53:35
Speaker 14: Well, I sure could make him up, couldn't you?
53:36
Speaker 3: Sure.
53:37
Speaker 21: Say, did he ever tell you the one about the
53:38
Speaker 21: guy that went.
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Speaker 6: Tom, hurry!
53:39
Speaker 3: He's gone mad! Janice, what's the trouble?
53:42
Speaker 6: It's Lily Bell's husband, Callahan.
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Speaker 14: Hurry, Tom, hurry.
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Speaker 8: He's in there, Tom, behind that door.
53:49
Speaker 6: Stop it, Mr. Taylor.
53:52
Speaker 14: Callahan, don't you dare.
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Speaker 17: Callahan, you're crazy. Who wouldn't be crazy?
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Speaker 3: Tom, go in.
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Speaker 6: Stop it.
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Speaker 3: Oh, I don't really think it's necessary, Janice. I think
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Speaker 3: Callahan's just finding his pants.
54:04
Speaker 14: What?
54:04
Speaker 18: After five, five long years, I finally find out why
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Speaker 18: they call me Callahan.
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Speaker 3: So you had a husband once, huh? And his name
54:14
Speaker 3: was Callahan.
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Speaker 18: Well, the old regime is over. It's come the revolution.
54:20
Speaker 18: Boris Stavrogin is now the head of his house. Come here, madam.
54:26
Speaker 18: What is your husband's name?
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Speaker 3: Well, uh.
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Speaker 5: Speak.
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Speaker 17: Stavrogin.
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Speaker 3: Hmm.
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Speaker 5: See that you don't forget it.
54:35
Speaker 3: Now, how about a kiss, Lily Belsky?
54:38
Speaker 14: Why, for a damn reason.
54:41
Speaker 8: Oh, I'm sorry, Tom.
54:43
Speaker 10: It sounded like murder, at least.
54:45
Speaker 3: Oh, well, that's probably just a Russian way of expressing something. Uh,
54:51
Speaker 3: speaking of marriage, Janice.
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Speaker 11: Yes, Tom?
54:54
Speaker 3: I had a friend once down in Texas. He'd been
54:58
Speaker 3: so busy he never had a chance to propose. One day.
55:19
Speaker 4: With that well-deserved applause, our thanks to Jimmy Stewart and
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Speaker 4: Joan Blondell, who come to the footlights for their curtain call.
55:27
Speaker 4: And Jimmy, I hardly need say how happy we are
55:31
Speaker 4: to welcome you back to the Lux Radio Theater.
55:34
Speaker 3: Well, thank you, Bill, and I'm mighty glad you had
55:36
Speaker 3: Joan Blondell on the receiving line.
55:38
Speaker 6: And we're happy to hear that the welcome mat is
55:39
Speaker 6: up for you too, Bill, as regular producer of the
55:42
Speaker 6: Lux Radio Theater.
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Speaker 4: Well, I'm looking forward to the job, Joan, but right
55:46
Speaker 4: now it seems a big responsibility.
55:48
Speaker 3: Well, I'd say you have everything it takes, Bill. You've
55:50
Speaker 3: been actor, director, and producer. I don't know of anyone
55:54
Speaker 3: in Hollywood who's better fitted for the job.
55:56
Speaker 4: Well, thanks for the kind words, both of you. And
55:59
Speaker 4: I'm happy to see from that smooth complexion, Joan, that
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Speaker 4: you've been faithful to the real producer of this theater,
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Speaker 4: Lux Toilet Soap.
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Speaker 6: I've always used Lux Toilet Soap, Bill. It's a wonderful
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Speaker 6: complexion care.
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Speaker 3: What's Lux producing next week, Bill?
56:13
Speaker 4: Next Monday night, we have a Broadway stage success that
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Speaker 4: made an equally dramatic and exciting picture. It's Hunt Stromberg's
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Speaker 4: psychological thriller, Guest in the House, starring Robert Young and
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Speaker 4: Anne Baxter. For sheer dramatic suspense, you'd have a hard
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Speaker 4: time beating this melodrama of a happy family invaded by
56:35
Speaker 4: a strange and sinister influence, a conflict building towards a
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Speaker 4: startling and extraordinary climax.
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Speaker 3: Well, a guest in the house should fill the house, Bill. Congratulations.
56:45
Speaker 4: And while we're reminding our listeners to join us, there's
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Speaker 4: another important reminder for this coming week.
56:51
Speaker 3: You mean a little matter of $ 11 billion, Bill?
56:54
Speaker 6: A little matter of $ 11 billion.
56:56
Speaker 5: Well, it depends on how you look at it.
56:58
Speaker 4: Eleven billion dollars is a lot of money, of course,
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Speaker 4: but it's little compared with the debt America owes to
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Speaker 4: the men who fought and won the war.
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Speaker 6: I guess you're right, Bill, and America was never a
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Speaker 6: country to Welsh on debts.
57:10
Speaker 3: Of course, a lot of people may feel that with
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Speaker 3: the war over, there's no need to go on buying bonds.
57:15
Speaker 3: They feel that the job's done so that that stops.
57:18
Speaker 3: And yet the job isn't done for thousands of men
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Speaker 3: that we're leaving overseas to keep the peace while we
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Speaker 3: enjoy it. They're counting on us for food, shelter, supplies.
57:27
Speaker 6: And how about the cost of bringing so many thousands
57:29
Speaker 6: of our troops home?
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Speaker 3: Well, it's just about the biggest, costliest transportation move in history.
57:35
Speaker 3: And when we've got them home, another job begins. What
57:39
Speaker 3: we've been calling rehabilitation. What it really means is giving
57:43
Speaker 3: those men a break, giving them a chance to learn
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Speaker 3: a trade, get an education, everything that was promised them
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Speaker 3: while they were fighting.
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Speaker 4: And, of course, some of those boys we'll never be.
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Speaker 3: Able to repay. I'm afraid not. We can never repay
57:57
Speaker 3: the men who died in this war, but we can
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Speaker 3: see that their families are taken care of. We can
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Speaker 3: see that the thousands of wounded in our hospitals will
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Speaker 3: have the best medical care and the best possible chance
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Speaker 3: to get back on their feet again.
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Speaker 6: You know, they're having a bond drive in Canada, too,
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Speaker 6: with many of these same purposes in mind.
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Speaker 5: That's right, Joan.
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Speaker 4: And in both countries, bonds are the safest and best
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Speaker 4: investment you could find. How else in the United States
58:21
Speaker 4: can you get $ 4 back for three and guarantee your
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Speaker 4: future and your country's future at the same time? You know,
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Speaker 4: if everybody in our audience tonight were to buy one
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Speaker 4: extra $ 100 war bond this week, we'd.
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Speaker 5: Have more than a quarter of the total loan subscribed.
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Speaker 3: Well, that's quite a challenge to your audience, Bill. Or
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Speaker 3: perhaps I should say quite an opportunity. Here's hoping with
58:44
Speaker 3: all our hearts they take it. Good night.
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Speaker 6: Good night, Bill.
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Speaker 5: Good night and come back again soon.
58:56
Speaker 4: Our sponsors, the makers of Lux Toilet Soap, join me
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Speaker 4: in inviting you to be with us again next Monday
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Speaker 4: evening when the Lux Radio Theater presents Robert Young and
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Speaker 4: Ann Baxter in Guest in the House. This is William
59:11
Speaker 4: Keeley saying goodnight to you from Hollywood.
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Speaker 3: This week here in.
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Speaker 2: Hollywood, the motion picture industry begins its little-known and little-publicized
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Speaker 2: United Charities Drive. Members of the studio colony have pledged
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Speaker 2: a total of more than $ 2 million to be distributed
59:32
Speaker 2: throughout the year to worthy causes. All this, of course,
59:35
Speaker 2: is over and above the personal appearances of stars and
59:38
Speaker 2: the donation of promotional films and other services in support
59:41
Speaker 2: of the current victory loan drive. Jimmy Stewart's next picture
59:45
Speaker 2: will be It's a Wonderful Life, produced and directed by
59:48
Speaker 2: Frank Capra. Joan Blondell can currently be seen in the
59:52
Speaker 2: 20th Century Fox production A Tree Grows in Brooklyn.
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Speaker 3: Our music was directed by Louis Silvers.
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Speaker 2: This program is broadcast to our men and women overseas
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