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Lux Radio Theatre - "Elmer the Great" (Old Time Radio, 1936) · Lux Radio Theater | Old Time Radio

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  Speaker 1: In snowy Gentryville, Indiana, Elmer Cain is content to drive
• 0:04
  Speaker 1: a grocery delivery wagon until a chance at the New
• 0:07
  Speaker 1: York Major Leagues places his hometown ties in the balance.
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  Speaker 1: This is Lux Radio Theater, Episode 101, Elmer the Great,
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  Speaker 1: first heard on CBS October 5th, 1936.
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  Speaker 2: Joe E.
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  Speaker 1: Brown stars as Elmer, with June Travis as Nellie Poole,
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  Speaker 1: in the story by Ring Lardner and George M. Cohan,
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  Speaker 1: adapted from their 1928 Broadway play.
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  Speaker 2: Cecil B.
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  Speaker 1: DeMille is your host and producer, and during the intermission,
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  Speaker 1: this broadcast welcomes Yankees first baseman Lou Gehrig and Giants
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  Speaker 1: pitcher Carl Hubble, appearing amid the 1936 World Series. And now,
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  Speaker 1: our story begins.
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  Speaker 2: Hollywood, California, Monday, October 5th.
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  Speaker 3: The Lux Radio Theater presents Elmer the Great, starring Joey
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  Speaker 3: Brown with June Travis. Lux presents Hollywood. Tonight, the Lux
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  Speaker 3: Radio Theater, from its home on Hollywood Boulevard, brings you
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  Speaker 3: Joey Brown, June Travis.
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  Speaker 2: Cecil B.
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  Speaker 3: DeMille, Max Reinhart, and Louis Silvers. And from New York,
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  Speaker 3: Carl Hubble and Lou Gehrig, fresh from their deeds in
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  Speaker 3: the World Series. Gathered here to witness our performance is
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  Speaker 3: an audience filled with Hollywood notables. Welcome to the Lux
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  Speaker 3: Radio Theater.
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  Speaker 2: We can think of.
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  Speaker 3: No higher recommendation for luxe flakes than the fact that
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  Speaker 3: these sheer, marvelously effective flakes are used by all the
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  Speaker 3: leading picture studios here in Hollywood for wardrobe protection. And
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  Speaker 3: now the producer of the Luxe Radio Theater takes his
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  Speaker 3: place at the microphone.
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  Speaker 2: Motion Pictures' most eminent director, ladies and gentlemen, Mr. Cecil B. DeMille.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you.
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  Speaker 3: Greetings from Hollywood, ladies and gentlemen. Among the things for
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  Speaker 3: which Joey Brown is distinguished is the singular void between
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  Speaker 3: his upper and lower lips and his ability to play baseball.
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  Speaker 3: Both of these are probably the result of Joe's belief
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  Speaker 3: in the old Spanish proverb, a closed mouth catches no flies.
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  Speaker 3: But Joe caught flies off and on for 10 years
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  Speaker 3: as a member of minor league baseball teams.
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  Speaker 2: Later, he played exhibition ball with the Boston Red Sox.
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  Speaker 2: For three years, he kept a bench warm for the
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  Speaker 2: New York Yankees... and today is the owner of a
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  Speaker 2: semi-professional team in Los Angeles. But long before Joe ever
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  Speaker 2: struck out as a ball player... he struck out for
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  Speaker 2: a career in the circus. When only nine years old,
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  Speaker 2: he became an acrobat. He was known as Master Joe,
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  Speaker 2: the Boy Wonder. His aerial feats were not limited to acrobatics, however.
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  Speaker 3: In 1907, at Montreal, he was persuaded... to make a
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  Speaker 3: flight in an airplane glider. He sailed 50 feet in
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  Speaker 3: this pioneer venture... landed on his head and.
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  Speaker 2: Broke a finger. But no records.
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  Speaker 3: Joe was earning $ 300 a week as the daring young
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  Speaker 3: man on a flying trapeze when he decided to turn
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  Speaker 3: comedian for one quarter of the salary. It was the
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  Speaker 3: wisest move in his career. A series of hit plays
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  Speaker 3: soon brought him stardom. Among them, the baseball comedy in
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  Speaker 3: which we hear Joe tonight, Alma the Great. Hollywood was
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  Speaker 3: quick to sign him when he appeared on the West Coast.
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  Speaker 3: And after nine years in pictures, Joseph Evan Brown... remains
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  Speaker 3: among our top flight comedians. June Travis is also appropriately
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  Speaker 3: cast as the leading lady in a baseball story, for
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  Speaker 3: she's the daughter of Harry Grabiner, vice president of the
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  Speaker 3: Chicago White Sox, and while at college, played first base
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  Speaker 3: in an all-girls team. In pictures, June has played leads
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  Speaker 3: in Ceiling Zero and with Joey Brown in Earthworm Tractors. Tonight,
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  Speaker 3: we hear her in the role of Nellie Poole, owner
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  Speaker 3: of a small-town grocery store. And now the players are
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  Speaker 3: warming up. A hush falls as 30 million fans from
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  Speaker 3: Boston to Los Angeles await the first inning. Deluxe Radio
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  Speaker 3: Theater presents a four-base hit by Ring Lardner and George M. Cohen,
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  Speaker 3: Elmer the Great, starring Joey Brown as Elmer Cain and
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  Speaker 3: featuring June Travis as Nellie Poole.
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  Speaker 4: Play ball.
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  Speaker 3: Our scene is Elmer Cain's home in the village of Gentryville, Indiana.
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  Speaker 3: It's 2 o'clock in the afternoon on February 22nd, Washington's birthday.
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  Speaker 3: And our hero, taking full advantage of the holiday, has
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  Speaker 3: still not come down for breakfast. As the curtain rises, Mrs. Cain,
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  Speaker 3: Elmer's mother, is busily setting the table in the dining room.
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  Speaker 4: Elmer!
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  Speaker 5: Oh, Elmer! Better come down to breakfast now. Your breakfast's ready.
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  Speaker 6: Oh, Elmer! Is that you, Nick?
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, Ma.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, boy. Gosh, it's cold out. It's regular blizzard.
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  Speaker 6: Now, Nick, don't you go tracking snow all over the house.
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  Speaker 2: I won't. Well, what are you setting the table for, Ma?
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  Speaker 6: Your brother Elmer's going to have his breakfast.
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  Speaker 2: Breakfast? In the middle of the day?
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  Speaker 6: Well, there ain't no reason to get up early on
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  Speaker 6: Washington's birthday.
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  Speaker 2: Why not? I'll bet Washington did.
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  Speaker 6: Oh, don't be silly, Nick. Anyway, Elmer worked hard all
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  Speaker 6: day yesterday.
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  Speaker 7: Oh, driving a delivery wagon ain't hard work. The horse
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  Speaker 7: snows away and the boy delivers the groceries. All Elmer
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  Speaker 7: has to do is sit on the front seat and
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  Speaker 7: go to sleep.
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  Speaker 2: Hello, Ma.
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  Speaker 6: Oh, hello, Elmer.
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  Speaker 2: Breakfast ready yet?
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  Speaker 5: In a minute.
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  Speaker 6: You can sit right down now if you want.
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  Speaker 2: I can. Say, that's the best news I had since
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  Speaker 2: dinner time last night. How are you, Nick? All right,
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  Speaker 2: sleeping beauty. And how are you? Oh, pretty good. A
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  Speaker 2: little tired, but pretty good.
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  Speaker 6: Oh, Elmer, Mr.
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  Speaker 5: Wade just telephoned. Said it was important.
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  Speaker 2: Wade? Oh, yeah, I know him.
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  Speaker 6: He wants you to call him back at the commercial house.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, he does, huh? Well, he's going to have a
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  Speaker 2: long wait. Bring on the ham and eggs, Ma, and
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  Speaker 2: let's get down to business.
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  Speaker 6: Maybe that's him again.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, well, if it is, you tell him that I
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  Speaker 2: ain't in.
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  Speaker 6: Hello? Oh, hello, Nellie.
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  Speaker 5: How are you? Is that good?
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  Speaker 6: It's Nellie Fool, Elmer.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, gosh, what does she want? Here, Ma, give me
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  Speaker 2: the phone.
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  Speaker 5: I'll go and get you breakfast.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, hello, Nellie. Yes. What? Oh, Mr. Wade. Yes, I
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  Speaker 2: know him. I was speaking to him yesterday. He's scout
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  Speaker 2: for the New York Ball Club.
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  Speaker 4: Hmm?
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  Speaker 2: Well, what was he doing over at the store?
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  Speaker 8: Oh, yes.
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  Speaker 2: Well, listen, boss. You tell him he's wasting his time.
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  Speaker 2: I had all the league baseball I wanted when I
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  Speaker 2: was with Terrell Hutt last summer. I don't have to
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  Speaker 2: think it over, boss. Sure I know the New York
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  Speaker 2: club bought me. The New York club? Holy jeez. Wait
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  Speaker 2: a minute, Nellie. Listen to me, will you? I know
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  Speaker 2: what I want to do. I'm going to stay right
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  Speaker 2: here in Gentryville and drive your delivery wagon, just like
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  Speaker 2: I always done. Now, listen, boss. Let's not go into
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  Speaker 2: extra innings about this. I'll explain it all to you
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  Speaker 2: when I see you at the store tomorrow morning.
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  Speaker 6: Here's your breakfast, Elmer.
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  Speaker 2: Gotta say goodbye now. My food's here. So long. Say,
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  Speaker 2: is that right? Did New York buy it from Tara Hut, Elmer? Yes.
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  Speaker 2: How's the ham, Ma?
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  Speaker 5: And you knew it right along, Elmer?
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  Speaker 2: Sure I did. How's the ham, Ma?
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  Speaker 8: It's all ready.
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  Speaker 6: Is anything the matter?
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  Speaker 2: Nothing's the matter with me, except that I'm hungry. They
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  Speaker 2: really want you to join the New York ball club? Yes.
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  Speaker 2: The New York Giants. Well, what are you going to do? Well,
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  Speaker 2: right now I'm going to eat this food.
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  Speaker 7: You mean you're going to pass up a chance to
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  Speaker 7: pitch for the Giants?
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  Speaker 2: Yes, but I ain't going to pass up a chance
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  Speaker 2: to pitch into the Sam... Gee, can you beat that?
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  Speaker 2: You must be crazy, Elmer. Hey, Ma, take this kid
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  Speaker 2: away from me before he spoils my appetite.
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  Speaker 6: Leave Elmer alone, Nick, and let him eat in peace.
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  Speaker 6: There's pancakes, too, Elmer.
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  Speaker 2: Swell, Ma. Shoot them right along. And bring plenty of
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  Speaker 2: syrup with them, too.
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  Speaker 7: Gee, Ma, he'll never get a break like this again
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  Speaker 7: in a thousand years.
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  Speaker 2: Turning down the Giants. You know what that means?
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  Speaker 8: No.
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  Speaker 6: What's it mean, Elmer?
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  Speaker 2: Don't mean a thing in the world to me, Ma.
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  Speaker 2: But it'll probably cost them the pennant. Where's the pancakes?
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  Speaker 6: Oh, yes, I'll get them right away.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, listen here, Elmer. You ain't serious about this, are you? Oh,
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  Speaker 2: forget it, Nick.
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  Speaker 7: But if you go with the Giants, you're liable to
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  Speaker 7: turn out.
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  Speaker 2: To be the greatest pitcher in the world. Liable to
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  Speaker 2: turn out to be? Say, where do you get that stuff?
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  Speaker 7: Well, Len, you are the greatest pitcher in the world.
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  Speaker 7: Didn't I always say you were?
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  Speaker 2: Yes. Well, I had to explain it to you first... Oh, Ma! Ma,
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  Speaker 2: got any more ham?
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  Speaker 6: I'll bring it right in, Elmer.
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  Speaker 7: Listen, Elmer, why don't you see this fellow Wade again
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  Speaker 7: and have another talk with him?
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  Speaker 2: Talk about what? About pitching. Say, he can't tell me
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  Speaker 2: nothing about pitching. I don't care who he is. Oh, gosh.
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  Speaker 7: I'm so excited about this thing, I won't be able
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  Speaker 7: to sleep tonight.
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  Speaker 2: Well, I will. I think I'll take another little nap
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  Speaker 2: this afternoon, too. Boy, that sure was good ham.
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  Speaker 7: Oh, how can you talk about ham at a time
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  Speaker 7: like this?
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  Speaker 2: What time is it?
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  Speaker 6: Here's the pancakes and more ham, Elmer.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, well, put them right down there, Ma. I'll dive
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  Speaker 2: right into them. Oh, sit down there, Ma, will you?
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  Speaker 2: Let's talk to this fella. He's got the chance of
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  Speaker 2: his lifetime. A chance to become rich and famous.
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  Speaker 6: Is that so, Elmer?
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  Speaker 2: Let him rave, Ma. Let him rave. Oh, listen, Ma.
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  Speaker 2: This may be the most important day of his life.
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  Speaker 4: Why?
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  Speaker 6: Because it's Washington's birthday? That's a corker, Ma.
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  Speaker 2: Hey, where's the syrup?
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  Speaker 5: Oh, dear, I forgot the syrup. Do you want a
• 10:41
  Speaker 5: piece of apple pie, too?
• 10:43
  Speaker 2: Yes, bring it in. I'll flirt with it. Why don't
• 10:49
  Speaker 2: you want to go to New York?
• 10:50
  Speaker 4: Why?
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  Speaker 2: Because I don't like it, that's why. How do you
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  Speaker 2: know you don't like it? You've never been there. That's
• 10:56
  Speaker 2: just it. I hate places I ain't never been.
• 11:00
  Speaker 7: But New York's the greatest city in the world.
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  Speaker 2: How do you know? You ain't never been there. Well,
• 11:05
  Speaker 2: I can read, can't I? Well, that ain't nothing to
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  Speaker 2: brag about. Seven out of every ten can read. I
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  Speaker 2: don't prove nothing.
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  Speaker 6: See if you like this syrup, Elmer. It's a new kind.
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  Speaker 6: And here's the pie.
• 11:18
  Speaker 2: Say, Ma, that sure looks scrumptious.
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  Speaker 4: Oh, gee, Ma.
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  Speaker 2: Can't you even try and talk some sense into him?
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  Speaker 2: He's passing up a fortune, I tell you. Gosh, I
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  Speaker 2: only wish I could pitch like him. Yes. So does
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  Speaker 2: Dizzy Dean.
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  Speaker 7: Say, if you were only as good as you think
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  Speaker 7: you are, you're not as good as Dizzy Dean, I'll.
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  Speaker 2: Tell you that right now.
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  Speaker 6: Who's Dizzy Dean?
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  Speaker 2: There you are. That's how good Dizzy is.
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  Speaker 5: Well, who is he?
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  Speaker 7: Who is he?
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  Speaker 2: He's the greatest pitcher in the world.
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  Speaker 6: Is he, Elmer?
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  Speaker 2: Well, I ain't saying a word, Ma. Got any donuts? Oh, donuts. Say,
• 11:57
  Speaker 2: are you going to eat donuts on top of all that? Sure,
• 12:00
  Speaker 2: why not? A fellow's got to eat something to keep
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  Speaker 2: up his strength. And Ma, better give me a glass
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  Speaker 2: of milk and a couple of bananas, too. Oh, ye gods.
• 12:09
  Speaker 6: How many donuts do you want, Elmer?
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  Speaker 2: Oh, only five or six. Don't want to spoil my supper. Hey, listen.
• 12:16
  Speaker 2: Somebody's driving up.
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  Speaker 6: See who it is, Nick.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, it looks like Nellie Poole Slay. Yeah, that's who
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  Speaker 2: it is.
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  Speaker 7: It's Nellie.
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  Speaker 2: Nellie. Oh, gosh.
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  Speaker 6: Why, Elmer, ain't you always glad to see Nellie?
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  Speaker 2: Well, sure I am, but not just when I'm starting
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  Speaker 2: my breakfast, I ain't. It's all right.
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  Speaker 5: You can begin all over again after she leaves.
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  Speaker 6: Answer the door, Nick.
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  Speaker 2: All right, Ma.
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  Speaker 8: Hello, Nick.
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  Speaker 2: Hiya, Nellie. Come on in.
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  Speaker 8: Hi.
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  Speaker 5: Good afternoon, Nellie.
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  Speaker 2: Hello, Mrs.
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  Speaker 9: Kane.
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  Speaker 4: Hello, Elmer.
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  Speaker 2: Hiya, boss. Just having a bite to eat.
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  Speaker 5: Oh, don't let me disturb you.
• 12:48
  Speaker 2: Oh, it's all right. I ain't very hungry anyhow.
• 12:52
  Speaker 6: Well, it's some day, ain't it?
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  Speaker 5: I'll say it is.
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  Speaker 6: Sit down and make yourself at home.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you.
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  Speaker 6: How's things at the store, Nellie?
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  Speaker 5: Oh, pretty well. People are still buying groceries.
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  Speaker 6: Everyone says it's wonderful the way you took over that
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  Speaker 6: store after your pa died and put it on a
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  Speaker 6: good paying basis.
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  Speaker 7: Yeah, with Elmer in town, any grocery store could make
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  Speaker 7: a big profit.
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  Speaker 2: Hey, that'll be just about enough out of you, young fella.
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  Speaker 5: Well, if you'll excuse me, Nellie. Of course, Mrs.
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  Speaker 8: Kane.
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  Speaker 6: I'd better get after those dishes.
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  Speaker 5: I'll see you before you go.
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  Speaker 4: Elmer.
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  Speaker 2: Yes? What's on your mind, boss?
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  Speaker 5: Well... I went over to the commercial house after I
• 13:29
  Speaker 5: spoke to you, and I saw Mr.
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  Speaker 2: Wade again. Yes, I thought that was it. Well, I
• 13:33
  Speaker 2: ain't gonna go to New York, and you might as
• 13:35
  Speaker 2: well not.
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  Speaker 5: Now, wait a minute. Now, listen to reason, Elmer. Wade
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  Speaker 5: is going to leave town in a few minutes.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah? I ain't holding him back.
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  Speaker 5: Oh, but you're passing up a wonderful opportunity. Why, Wade
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  Speaker 5: says you're the greatest pitching possibility of the season. He
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  Speaker 5: predicts you'll be a second Dizzy Dean.
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  Speaker 2: Boy, what a boost. Yeah, for Dizzy.
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  Speaker 5: Nick, will you run upstairs for a few minutes? I
• 13:57
  Speaker 5: want to speak to Elmer alone.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, all right. But it ain't gonna do no good.
• 14:01
  Speaker 2: I can see that. You'll never be able to get
• 14:03
  Speaker 2: anything through that swell head. He's a great kid, ain't he?
• 14:08
  Speaker 5: Elmer, what's the matter? Why are you throwing this chance away?
• 14:13
  Speaker 2: Oh, I got more reasons.
• 14:15
  Speaker 5: Is it because you're afraid to go to New York?
• 14:17
  Speaker 2: Afraid to go to New York? I wouldn't be afraid
• 14:20
  Speaker 2: to go to Chicago. Oh, no.
• 14:23
  Speaker 5: I mean because it's a big league... Is that what
• 14:25
  Speaker 5: scares you?
• 14:26
  Speaker 2: Scares me? Say, listen. I could take the whole 16
• 14:30
  Speaker 2: clubs in both leagues and make them look as though
• 14:31
  Speaker 2: they never had a bat in their hands. Scared. Say,
• 14:34
  Speaker 2: is that what that fellow Wade thinks? That I'm scared?
• 14:38
  Speaker 5: Well, he's got to think something.
• 14:39
  Speaker 10: Yeah?
• 14:40
  Speaker 2: Well, I'd knock his block off if he said it
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  Speaker 2: to me.
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  Speaker 5: Elmer, they paid Terrell Hart $ 10, 000 for you.
• 14:47
  Speaker 2: Did you know that? I didn't get any of it. Oh.
• 14:51
  Speaker 5: Oh, so that's the reason you won't go.
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  Speaker 2: I wouldn't go if they paid a million.
• 14:56
  Speaker 5: Elmer, look at this.
• 14:59
  Speaker 2: What is it? Your contract.
• 15:00
  Speaker 5: I asked Mr. Wade to let me have it. It's
• 15:02
  Speaker 5: all ready for you to sign.
• 15:04
  Speaker 2: Yeah? Well, I ain't ready to sign it.
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  Speaker 5: Well, then you're out of baseball if you know anything
• 15:08
  Speaker 5: about the game.
• 15:09
  Speaker 2: I know all about the game.
• 15:12
  Speaker 5: Well, here it is on the table in case you
• 15:14
  Speaker 5: change your mind. Oh, Elmer, what's the reason for your
• 15:19
  Speaker 5: acting this way? Why do you want to stay in
• 15:21
  Speaker 5: a one-horse town like this when you've got a chance
• 15:23
  Speaker 5: to get out and be somebody? There's no future for
• 15:26
  Speaker 5: you here driving my delivery wagon.
• 15:28
  Speaker 2: Oh, what is it?
• 15:30
  Speaker 5: Tell me.
• 15:32
  Speaker 2: You... You really want to know? Yes, Elmer. Well.
• 15:38
  Speaker 4: Well, I.
• 15:39
  Speaker 2: Here, take a look at this watch. Your watch? Well? Well,
• 15:45
  Speaker 2: open the back of the case.
• 15:48
  Speaker 4: Oh.
• 15:48
  Speaker 2: There.
• 15:49
  Speaker 4: There.
• 15:49
  Speaker 2: Now, you see?
• 15:51
  Speaker 5: My picture. You carry my picture in your watch case.
• 15:54
  Speaker 6: Yes.
• 15:56
  Speaker 2: I never thought I'd get up courage enough to show
• 15:58
  Speaker 2: it to you. That's the first time anyone's ever seen
• 16:00
  Speaker 2: it outside of my cell. But.
• 16:03
  Speaker 5: but I don't understand.
• 16:04
  Speaker 2: Gee, boss. Don't you know what I mean? Gosh, I'm miserable.
• 16:12
  Speaker 2: I dream about you when I go to sleep at night.
• 16:15
  Speaker 2: Even when I'm eating, I think about you. And sometimes
• 16:18
  Speaker 2: when I'm driving a delivery wagon during the day, I
• 16:21
  Speaker 2: make believe you're sitting beside me and I talk to you.
• 16:24
  Speaker 2: Just like you was there. No matter what I do,
• 16:27
  Speaker 2: I can't get my mind off you. Oh, I know
• 16:31
  Speaker 2: I got an awful crust for even having such thoughts.
• 16:35
  Speaker 2: But this has been going on for years and getting
• 16:37
  Speaker 2: worse every day. Had to come out sometime, I suppose. Well...
• 16:44
  Speaker 2: Now I guess you know why I've been acting like
• 16:46
  Speaker 2: I was half off my nut. I'm sorry, boss. Please
• 16:52
  Speaker 2: forgive me.
• 16:54
  Speaker 5: It's all right, Elmer. Here's your watch.
• 16:58
  Speaker 2: Do you mind if I keep the picture in it?
• 17:00
  Speaker 8: No.
• 17:02
  Speaker 5: I don't mind.
• 17:02
  Speaker 2: I don't suppose... I don't suppose I got a chance
• 17:07
  Speaker 2: in the world to have a... I mean, with you.
• 17:12
  Speaker 5: I'm sorry, Elmer.
• 17:13
  Speaker 8: I'm sorry.
• 17:15
  Speaker 2: You ain't gonna hate me, are you? No.
• 17:18
  Speaker 5: You don't know how sorry I am.
• 17:21
  Speaker 2: Oh, yes, I do. I ain't no darn fool altogether.
• 17:25
  Speaker 2: I understand. Elmer.
• 17:30
  Speaker 4: Yes?
• 17:31
  Speaker 5: Elmer, I don't think you ought to come to the
• 17:33
  Speaker 5: store anymore.
• 17:35
  Speaker 2: No?
• 17:36
  Speaker 7: No.
• 17:37
  Speaker 2: Well, I guess you're right.
• 17:40
  Speaker 5: I'm sure I am. Well, I've got to go now.
• 17:46
  Speaker 5: I've got an awful lot to do. Well, goodbye, Elmer.
• 17:50
  Speaker 8: Goodbye.
• 17:55
  Speaker 2: Gosh. Hey, Elmer.
• 17:58
  Speaker 5: Hmm?
• 17:59
  Speaker 8: Oh.
• 18:00
  Speaker 2: What do you want? Did Nellie go? Yeah, she went. Well,
• 18:04
  Speaker 2: what's the matter with you?
• 18:06
  Speaker 4: Nothing.
• 18:06
  Speaker 2: Why? Well, you look kind of funny. Well, what are
• 18:10
  Speaker 2: you going to do about that offer?
• 18:11
  Speaker 4: Hmm? Oh.
• 18:13
  Speaker 2: Oh, I don't know. I don't know what to do. I...
• 18:16
  Speaker 2: Wait a minute. Yeah, sure. Sure, I know what I'm
• 18:19
  Speaker 2: going to do. Hey, get that fellow Wade on the phone,
• 18:21
  Speaker 2: will you, Nick?
• 18:22
  Speaker 5: What?
• 18:22
  Speaker 2: Get him on the phone. I'm going with a New
• 18:24
  Speaker 2: York Giant.
• 18:25
  Speaker 5: You mean it?
• 18:26
  Speaker 2: Of course I do. You heard what I said. Hey,
• 18:28
  Speaker 2: old boy. Hey, Mark, Mark, come on down here, Mark.
• 18:30
  Speaker 2: Where's that contract? Where'd she leave it?
• 18:33
  Speaker 7: Give me the commercial house right away.
• 18:35
  Speaker 5: What's the matter, Nick?
• 18:36
  Speaker 2: Elmer's going with the big legs. He's going with the Giants.
• 18:39
  Speaker 2: He's going to play ball in the big legs, Mark.
• 18:40
  Speaker 5: Elmer, are you really?
• 18:42
  Speaker 4: Yes.
• 18:43
  Speaker 2: I guess I'll be leaving for the training quarters pretty soon, Ma. Hello,
• 18:45
  Speaker 2: commercial house? Let me speak to Mr. Wade.
• 18:48
  Speaker 6: Was it Nellie who convinced you, Elmer?
• 18:50
  Speaker 2: Yeah, I'll say she did.
• 18:51
  Speaker 6: Hello, Mr.
• 18:52
  Speaker 9: Wade?
• 18:53
  Speaker 2: Hold the wire a minute, Mr. Wade.
• 18:54
  Speaker 5: Just a second.
• 18:54
  Speaker 2: Here we are. All right. Hello, Mr.
• 18:56
  Speaker 7: Wade.
• 18:57
  Speaker 2: This is Elmer Kane. Yes, I changed my mind, Mr.
• 18:59
  Speaker 4: Wade.
• 19:00
  Speaker 2: I'm going to pitch for you after all. Yeah, that's
• 19:03
  Speaker 2: what I said. But wait a second. Just a minute.
• 19:05
  Speaker 2: I want to warn you about something. You better tell
• 19:07
  Speaker 2: those big league batters of yours to button up their overcoats. Yes,
• 19:11
  Speaker 2: because when I start speeding them in, there's going to
• 19:13
  Speaker 2: be plenty of breeze. And I don't want to be
• 19:15
  Speaker 2: responsible for giving anybody pneumonia. So long.
• 19:35
  Speaker 3: Here in Hollywood, working hours are often irregular, frequently very long.
• 19:39
  Speaker 3: Wives often spend the evenings with each other for company.
• 19:43
  Speaker 3: So here you have Mabel sharing the evening and Jim's
• 19:46
  Speaker 3: radio with Mrs.
• 19:46
  Speaker 2: Jim. Suddenly they hear... Hail, Hans, I've loved beside the Shalimar.
• 19:58
  Speaker 5: Oh, Mabel, that's the song Jim always sang when we
• 20:01
  Speaker 5: first married.
• 20:02
  Speaker 6: He was so proud of my hands.
• 20:04
  Speaker 5: Doesn't he sing it now? No, and I don't blame him.
• 20:08
  Speaker 5: Dishwashing has made my hands perfectly horrid. Why, you poor lamb.
• 20:12
  Speaker 5: Don't you know that luxe for dishes keeps hands soft
• 20:15
  Speaker 5: and white? Honestly, it's like a beauty treatment right in
• 20:18
  Speaker 5: your dishpan. You must try it.
• 20:23
  Speaker 2: Luxe flakes do keep your hands lovely. Just because you
• 20:26
  Speaker 2: have housework to do, dishes to wash, don't think that
• 20:29
  Speaker 2: your hands need look rough and work-worn. They can stay
• 20:32
  Speaker 2: as soft and white as they were on your wedding day.
• 20:35
  Speaker 2: When you use Lux in the dishpan, hands are protected
• 20:37
  Speaker 2: against roughening and reddening. Lux has none of the harmful
• 20:41
  Speaker 2: alkali ordinary soaps may have. Lux does not irritate or
• 20:45
  Speaker 2: dry your skin. Begin using Lux for your dishes tomorrow.
• 20:49
  Speaker 2: And once again, Mr.
• 20:50
  Speaker 8: DeMille.
• 20:52
  Speaker 3: We continue Elmer the Great starring Joey Brown as the
• 20:55
  Speaker 3: modest baseball pitcher and featuring June Travis as Nellie Poole.
• 21:05
  Speaker 3: Several weeks have passed and Elmer has been training with
• 21:08
  Speaker 3: the Giants in Florida. Elmer is a sensation, but he's
• 21:18
  Speaker 3: been taking a good deal of ribbing from the other
• 21:20
  Speaker 3: players and has twice threatened to quit. In a hotel room, Walker,
• 21:24
  Speaker 3: the Giants' manager, has called a meeting to lay down
• 21:28
  Speaker 3: the law to the rest of the team.
• 21:31
  Speaker 2: Hello? Hello? Is that you, Doyle? Well, this is Walker speaking.
• 21:37
  Speaker 2: I'm up in my room with the rest of the boys.
• 21:39
  Speaker 2: Round up Kane and bring him along with you right away.
• 21:41
  Speaker 2: And what's your excitement, Dave?
• 21:43
  Speaker 4: Why the big meeting?
• 21:44
  Speaker 2: Well, it's just this. I've been telling you guys for
• 21:47
  Speaker 2: a month to lay off Elmer Kane, and you haven't
• 21:49
  Speaker 2: listened to me. Well, you're going to start now. Stop kidding.
• 21:52
  Speaker 2: Leave him alone. I know he's a fathead, but lay off.
• 21:56
  Speaker 2: This guy Kane is a valuable man. We need him,
• 21:58
  Speaker 2: and you birds ain't gonna laugh him off this team. Sure,
• 22:00
  Speaker 2: let's give him a loving kiss. Never mind the sarcasm, Noonan. No,
• 22:04
  Speaker 2: I mean it. If we're gonna humor him, let's go
• 22:06
  Speaker 2: after it right. Maybe if we keep telling him how
• 22:08
  Speaker 2: good he is, he'll quit telling us. Ain't that what
• 22:10
  Speaker 2: I preached here right along? And take it from me,
• 22:13
  Speaker 2: that's the only way to handle him. Well, Doyle... Where's Kane?
• 22:17
  Speaker 2: Bad news, boys. He's quit again. He's packed and everything. No. Yeah,
• 22:21
  Speaker 2: I had.
• 22:22
  Speaker 3: To talk fast to stop him. I told him we
• 22:24
  Speaker 3: had a big surprise for him. He's on his way
• 22:26
  Speaker 3: down here now.
• 22:26
  Speaker 2: Yeah, but what's the surprise? I don't know. I was
• 22:29
  Speaker 2: thinking maybe you could tell him he was going to
• 22:31
  Speaker 2: pitch the opening game or something.
• 22:32
  Speaker 4: Yeah?
• 22:33
  Speaker 2: Well, maybe he might have that. Hey, I got an idea. Well,
• 22:36
  Speaker 2: spill it. Listen, this guy's crazy to talk on the radio. Well,
• 22:39
  Speaker 2: what of it? You've got an electric heater, ain't you? Yeah,
• 22:42
  Speaker 2: but what's an electric heater got to do with Kane
• 22:44
  Speaker 2: talking on the radio? Listen, give me the heater. We'll
• 22:46
  Speaker 2: tell him it's a microphone and let him talk in it.
• 22:49
  Speaker 2: He'll never know the difference. He'll think he's talking on
• 22:51
  Speaker 2: a coast-to-coast hookup. Well, all right, all right, Noonan. Set
• 22:55
  Speaker 2: up the heater. There it is over there by the bed. Yeah,
• 22:58
  Speaker 2: I'll fix the wire so it'll look like a microphone lady. Hey,
• 23:02
  Speaker 2: wait a minute. See who that is.
• 23:04
  Speaker 6: Hello, Dave.
• 23:05
  Speaker 2: Well, if it ain't Evelyn Corey. Well, how are you, Evelyn?
• 23:08
  Speaker 5: Pretty good, Dave. The clerk told me you were here,
• 23:10
  Speaker 5: and I just couldn't wait to see you.
• 23:12
  Speaker 2: What are you doing in Fort Gray?
• 23:13
  Speaker 5: Blew in about two hours ago. It's my hometown. Don't
• 23:16
  Speaker 5: you remember? I told you that in New York, the
• 23:18
  Speaker 5: night you came backstage to see me.
• 23:19
  Speaker 2: Sure, that's right. Oh, say, fellas, meet Miss Evelyn Corey,
• 23:24
  Speaker 2: a good kid and a great pal of mine. How
• 23:26
  Speaker 2: are you, boys? Say, Dave, here's your surprise. I got
• 23:29
  Speaker 2: your thought, Doyle. I beat you to it. Listen, Evelyn,
• 23:32
  Speaker 2: there's a guy coming in this room in a few minutes.
• 23:34
  Speaker 2: He's a kind of a nut. Will you stand for
• 23:36
  Speaker 2: anything I tell him and play up? It's all fun,
• 23:38
  Speaker 2: you understand.
• 23:39
  Speaker 6: Sure, I'll string along.
• 23:40
  Speaker 5: You know me. What is he, a sap?
• 23:43
  Speaker 2: He's the last word in the comic supplement. Do you mind?
• 23:46
  Speaker 9: Mind?
• 23:46
  Speaker 5: I'd love it.
• 23:47
  Speaker 2: That's a good day. Wait a minute. That's probably him now.
• 23:52
  Speaker 2: Come in. Why, hello, Elmer. How are you feeling? Doyle
• 23:57
  Speaker 2: said you had a surprise for me. I certainly have. Oh,
• 24:00
  Speaker 2: but first of all, let me present Miss Evelyn Corey.
• 24:02
  Speaker 2: Miss Corey, this is Elmer Cain himself. Elmer the Great
• 24:06
  Speaker 2: in the flesh. The greatest pitcher in the country. Yeah, sir,
• 24:10
  Speaker 2: in the city either.
• 24:12
  Speaker 5: Well, well, this is an overwhelming honor, I'm sure. You've
• 24:15
  Speaker 5: no idea. I'm certainly glad to meet you, Mr.
• 24:18
  Speaker 2: Cain. Oh, that's all right.
• 24:20
  Speaker 7: Well.
• 24:21
  Speaker 2: What's the big surprise you said there was, Mr. Walker?
• 24:23
  Speaker 5: You tell him, Doyle.
• 24:24
  Speaker 3: Elmer, we've decided that you're to pitch the opening game
• 24:27
  Speaker 3: of the season. And you've been selected most popular man
• 24:29
  Speaker 3: in the club.
• 24:30
  Speaker 2: Come on, boys. Three cheers for Elmer. Hooray! Hooray! Hooray! Well, now,
• 24:37
  Speaker 2: what do you think of that? What do you mean,
• 24:39
  Speaker 2: what do I think of it? Well, you didn't expect
• 24:41
  Speaker 2: to pitch the opening game, did you, Elmer? You want
• 24:44
  Speaker 2: to win it, don't you? Elmer, we'd like to win
• 24:46
  Speaker 2: all the games. No, sirree. I can't pitch every day. Well,
• 24:52
  Speaker 2: come on, where's the big surprise? Well, ain't you surprised
• 24:54
  Speaker 2: to meet Miss Corrie? What for? I guess Alma don't
• 24:57
  Speaker 2: understand who Miss Corrie is. Oh, I guess he doesn't.
• 25:00
  Speaker 2: Come on, fellas, three cheers for Miss Corrie. Hooray! Hooray! Hooray! Say,
• 25:07
  Speaker 2: what are you, Miss Corey, a female pitcher?
• 25:10
  Speaker 8: No, no, no.
• 25:12
  Speaker 2: Now, you see, Elmer, Miss Corey is a very famous person.
• 25:15
  Speaker 2: She's field scout for the International Broadcast Association of the World. Yeah? Well,
• 25:19
  Speaker 2: what's so wonderful about that? Miss Corey has come all
• 25:22
  Speaker 2: the way from California to have you say a few
• 25:24
  Speaker 2: words over the radio about joining the Giants and about yourself.
• 25:29
  Speaker 2: and about what a wonderful little fella you are. Yeah?
• 25:34
  Speaker 2: You mean... You mean you want me to talk over
• 25:36
  Speaker 2: the radio? Yes, please do.
• 25:38
  Speaker 8: Here's the microphone.
• 25:39
  Speaker 2: It's all set up and waiting for you. All ready
• 25:40
  Speaker 2: to shoot, ain't it, Miss Curry? All prepared. Yeah? What
• 25:43
  Speaker 2: do you do? Just talk right smack dab into it?
• 25:46
  Speaker 4: That's right.
• 25:47
  Speaker 2: Go on, Alma. Say a few words.
• 25:49
  Speaker 5: Oh, please.
• 25:50
  Speaker 2: Go on. No, I feel like a fool. Oh, go ahead, Alma.
• 25:53
  Speaker 2: Talk up. Talk up. All right. All right. Uh... Good evening,
• 25:59
  Speaker 2: ladies and gentlemen. This is Elmer Cain speaking. Louder. They
• 26:02
  Speaker 2: can't hear you.
• 26:04
  Speaker 4: Oh, they can't?
• 26:04
  Speaker 2: No. Okay. Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. This is Elmer
• 26:09
  Speaker 2: Cain speaking. I wish all the little boys in America
• 26:13
  Speaker 2: the best of good luck in baseball. The same as I,
• 26:16
  Speaker 2: Lou Gehrig, and many others. I'm glad New York's has
• 26:20
  Speaker 2: got me. And I guess New York's will be glad
• 26:22
  Speaker 2: to get back into the world serious. In the world serious,
• 26:26
  Speaker 2: I ain't gonna use nothing... Only my fast and my downer.
• 26:30
  Speaker 2: And I guess that'll be plenty. And how?
• 26:36
  Speaker 5: Say a few words to President Roosevelt.
• 26:39
  Speaker 4: What?
• 26:40
  Speaker 5: Say a few words to President Roosevelt. He's listening in.
• 26:43
  Speaker 2: Yeah?
• 26:44
  Speaker 7: Yes.
• 26:47
  Speaker 2: Good evening, President Roosevelt. This is Elmer. Elmer Cain speaking.
• 26:52
  Speaker 2: Guess you're going to be at the World Series to
• 26:54
  Speaker 2: see the four straight games won by I and the
• 26:57
  Speaker 2: New Yorks Well, good evening, ladies and gentlemen, and heaven
• 27:02
  Speaker 2: bless all the little children, especially the baseball fans. Yours truly,
• 27:08
  Speaker 2: Elmer Cain. That's right. Wait a minute. Hello, Ma. How's
• 27:16
  Speaker 2: the pancakes? Excuse me, ladies and gentlemen. I was just
• 27:21
  Speaker 2: saying a few kind words to my mother. Always remember,
• 27:25
  Speaker 2: a boy's best friend is his mother. For when she's gone,
• 27:30
  Speaker 2: you'll never have another. Yours for clean sport, Elmer Cain.
• 27:35
  Speaker 2: Now you can clap if you want to. Very good.
• 27:40
  Speaker 5: You were wonderful, Mr.
• 27:42
  Speaker 4: Cain.
• 27:42
  Speaker 5: The president will be more than pleased, I'm sure.
• 27:45
  Speaker 2: Yeah, I guess I did look pretty good up there
• 27:47
  Speaker 2: at that.
• 27:48
  Speaker 5: I've got to give you a little kiss for that.
• 27:51
  Speaker 2: A kiss? Well, all right. Oh, wait a minute. Wait
• 27:55
  Speaker 2: a minute. What was that? The dinner bell. The dinner bell?
• 27:58
  Speaker 2: Excuse me, folks.
• 27:59
  Speaker 10: I got a very important date in the dining room.
• 28:11
  Speaker 10: Here you are, final baseball scores. Elmer Cain wins opener
• 28:17
  Speaker 10: for Giants. Shuts out Phillies.
• 28:20
  Speaker 2: Here you are. Elmer Cain wins opener. Hello, everybody.
• 28:31
  Speaker 4: This is Jerry Osborne, the Daily Express sports reporter, giving
• 28:33
  Speaker 4: you the latest news of the sporting world. Well, folks,
• 28:35
  Speaker 4: the baseball season got off to a big start today
• 28:37
  Speaker 4: with Elmer Cain, the hayseed hurler, leading the Giants to
• 28:39
  Speaker 4: a shutout victory over Philadelphia. Cain pitched one of the
• 28:41
  Speaker 4: greatest games I ever saw.
• 28:45
  Speaker 2: Hey, Nellie, Elmer won the opener.
• 28:52
  Speaker 4: I know. Isn't it wonderful?
• 28:53
  Speaker 2: Oh, you ain't seen nothing yet. He'll win them all.
• 28:55
  Speaker 4: © BF-WATCH TV 2021.
• 29:20
  Speaker 2: Good evening, everybody. Jerry Osmond speaking. Well, it came true, folks.
• 29:23
  Speaker 4: Just as I predicted on this program three months ago.
• 29:25
  Speaker 4: The Giants cinched the National League pennant today, and Al McCain,
• 29:28
  Speaker 4: the ace pitcher from Gentryville, is the boy who did it.
• 29:30
  Speaker 4: The World Series opens next week between the Giants and
• 29:32
  Speaker 4: the Tigers. And when Kane is in there pitching for
• 29:35
  Speaker 4: New York, it's going to be a cinch to pick
• 29:36
  Speaker 4: the winner.
• 29:42
  Speaker 2: Gee, it's good to see you, Evelyn. Sit down. Thanks, Dave.
• 29:45
  Speaker 2: You got my telegram, huh?
• 29:46
  Speaker 5: Yes, and I left the show flat in Pittsburgh. What's
• 29:49
  Speaker 5: the excitement?
• 29:50
  Speaker 2: Oh, it's Kane again. He's walking around in a daze.
• 29:53
  Speaker 2: He didn't sleep a wink on the train last night.
• 29:55
  Speaker 2: Never closed his eyes on the whole jump to Detroit.
• 29:57
  Speaker 5: What do you suppose it is?
• 29:58
  Speaker 2: I don't know. But there's one thing certain. The World
• 30:01
  Speaker 2: Series starts Thursday. He's got to work two out of
• 30:04
  Speaker 2: the first four games or we're sunk. And I'm depending
• 30:06
  Speaker 2: on you to get him right.
• 30:08
  Speaker 5: I'll do my best, Dave.
• 30:09
  Speaker 2: Atta girl. Listen, he's on his way up here right now. Okay.
• 30:13
  Speaker 5: Say, Dave, you know this is the third time this
• 30:15
  Speaker 5: season you've sent for me. You might as well put
• 30:17
  Speaker 5: me under salary and I'll travel with the club as
• 30:19
  Speaker 5: Kane's keeper.
• 30:20
  Speaker 2: I wish you could. But find out what's on his mind,
• 30:22
  Speaker 2: will you? You can make him talk. He likes you.
• 30:25
  Speaker 5: No, he's got a rude sweetheart back in Gentryville. He
• 30:27
  Speaker 5: told me all about her. But he's got an idea
• 30:29
  Speaker 5: I'm crazy about him.
• 30:32
  Speaker 8: Hello?
• 30:33
  Speaker 2: Want to see me, Walker?
• 30:34
  Speaker 5: Well, if it isn't Elmer.
• 30:36
  Speaker 2: Oh, hello.
• 30:36
  Speaker 8: Hello.
• 30:37
  Speaker 2: How are you, Elmer? Oh, pretty good. Bet you're surprised
• 30:40
  Speaker 2: to see Evelyn here, eh, Elmer? No, not much.
• 30:43
  Speaker 5: I couldn't stay away. I want to see New York
• 30:45
  Speaker 5: win the series.
• 30:46
  Speaker 2: We'll win all right. There's nothing going to stop this
• 30:48
  Speaker 2: ball club now, is there, Elmer?
• 30:50
  Speaker 10: Yeah.
• 30:51
  Speaker 2: How do you know I won't drop dead?
• 30:53
  Speaker 5: Oh, Elmer, you wouldn't pull a trick like that.
• 30:55
  Speaker 2: Well, I might if I don't get some sleep. I
• 30:58
  Speaker 2: ain't had no sleep for two nights. Excuse me for
• 31:01
  Speaker 2: butting in, but I gotta see you, Dave. What's the matter, Doyle? Oh, plenty.
• 31:04
  Speaker 2: Noonan is off again. Again? Yeah, he's lit to the skies.
• 31:06
  Speaker 2: I got him up in his room now. Can you
• 31:08
  Speaker 2: beat that fella? I'll tell him his right name. See
• 31:10
  Speaker 2: you later, Evelyn. Come on, Doyle.
• 31:13
  Speaker 5: Guess Mr. Noonan's got it coming to him, evidently.
• 31:15
  Speaker 10: Yeah.
• 31:16
  Speaker 2: I told that guy to lay off the liquor. He
• 31:18
  Speaker 2: was drinking all night on the train.
• 31:20
  Speaker 5: He's that left-handed pitcher, ain't he?
• 31:22
  Speaker 2: Yeah, but he drinks with both hands. Gee, I hate
• 31:26
  Speaker 2: that fella. Wish I'd have never met him. I told
• 31:29
  Speaker 2: him when I told his friend Crabtree what I thought
• 31:31
  Speaker 2: of both of them.
• 31:32
  Speaker 5: Crabtree?
• 31:32
  Speaker 8: Yeah.
• 31:33
  Speaker 2: Friend of Noonan's in Chicago.
• 31:35
  Speaker 5: You don't mean Walter Crabtree, the gambler?
• 31:37
  Speaker 4: Yes.
• 31:38
  Speaker 2: Do you know him?
• 31:39
  Speaker 5: I met him. We had a roulette party at his
• 31:41
  Speaker 5: place one night.
• 31:42
  Speaker 2: No. Did you shoot crabs? No.
• 31:45
  Speaker 5: Did you?
• 31:46
  Speaker 2: Well, I never did. Only them two nights that I
• 31:49
  Speaker 2: went out with Noonan. I wish I'd have stayed the home.
• 31:52
  Speaker 2: I wouldn't have nothing to worry about now if I did.
• 31:54
  Speaker 5: What are you worried about, Elmer?
• 31:57
  Speaker 2: Oh, nothing. Say, listen. Don't you say nothing about me
• 32:00
  Speaker 2: shooting craps, will you? And don't say nothing about me
• 32:02
  Speaker 2: knowing this fellow Crabtree, either.
• 32:04
  Speaker 5: It's against the rules for league players to mix it
• 32:06
  Speaker 5: with professional gamblers, isn't it?
• 32:07
  Speaker 9: Yes.
• 32:08
  Speaker 2: And I don't want to be brought up before Judge
• 32:10
  Speaker 2: Landis again. I was up before him just two weeks ago.
• 32:13
  Speaker 5: Is that so? What about?
• 32:15
  Speaker 2: About eating.
• 32:16
  Speaker 5: Eating?
• 32:18
  Speaker 4: Yeah.
• 32:19
  Speaker 2: The Empire's claimed that I didn't have no right to
• 32:21
  Speaker 2: eat while I was in the pitcher's box.
• 32:25
  Speaker 5: You don't mean to say you eat while you're pitching.
• 32:27
  Speaker 2: Well, why not? I get hungry sometimes in a game.
• 32:30
  Speaker 2: You know, when they start fouling them off. I always
• 32:33
  Speaker 2: carry a couple of donuts in my back pocket.
• 32:35
  Speaker 10: Donuts?
• 32:37
  Speaker 5: What did Judge Lander say about it?
• 32:39
  Speaker 2: Oh, he said the Empire thought that I was putting
• 32:41
  Speaker 2: lard on the ball. So he asked me to show
• 32:45
  Speaker 2: him one of the donuts and I did.
• 32:47
  Speaker 5: What did he do?
• 32:49
  Speaker 2: He had it.
• 32:50
  Speaker 5: Oh, no, really?
• 32:52
  Speaker 2: Yeah. He said there wasn't no rule against donuts, but
• 32:56
  Speaker 2: I'd have to eliminate them.
• 32:58
  Speaker 5: Well, I guess he'd rather see a ball player eat
• 33:00
  Speaker 5: than drink at that.
• 33:01
  Speaker 8: Yeah.
• 33:02
  Speaker 2: Look at Noonan. He and Crabtree was drinking all the
• 33:05
  Speaker 2: time we was in Chicago.
• 33:07
  Speaker 5: Say, Elmer, did Noonan introduce you to Crabtree?
• 33:11
  Speaker 2: Yeah, that's how it all happened. We got to playing dice,
• 33:14
  Speaker 2: and I didn't even know we was playing for keeps.
• 33:17
  Speaker 2: But now I owe him a lot of money. What
• 33:19
  Speaker 2: are you owing? You know how much money is $ 5, 000?
• 33:23
  Speaker 5: $ 5, 000? Yeah.
• 33:26
  Speaker 2: Well, it's $ 500 more than that.
• 33:28
  Speaker 5: You don't mean to say you owe Walter Crabtree $ 5, 500?
• 33:32
  Speaker 2: Yes, I think that's it.
• 33:33
  Speaker 5: Can't you pay him off?
• 33:35
  Speaker 2: Pay him off? Gosh, I only got $ 3 right now,
• 33:38
  Speaker 2: and I gotta have dinner.
• 33:40
  Speaker 5: What are you going to do?
• 33:40
  Speaker 2: Oh, I don't know. Crabtree wants to see me tomorrow.
• 33:44
  Speaker 2: But look... You won't say nothing about this to anyone,
• 33:47
  Speaker 2: will you?
• 33:47
  Speaker 5: Why, no, of course not.
• 33:49
  Speaker 2: Oh, please don't, because I've been playing pretty good ball
• 33:52
  Speaker 2: this year, and it'd be kind of tough to be
• 33:54
  Speaker 2: pitched off the team. Come in. Hello there, Kane. Oh, hello, Mr. Crabtree. Hmm,
• 34:10
  Speaker 2: all alone?
• 34:11
  Speaker 4: Yeah.
• 34:12
  Speaker 2: Sit down. Thanks. Well... I suppose you know why I'm here, Cain. Yes,
• 34:17
  Speaker 2: but I ain't got it, Mr. Crabtree. I ain't got
• 34:19
  Speaker 2: but only a few dollars. Look, you'll have to give
• 34:22
  Speaker 2: me more time. I'll dig it up someplace, honest to will. Oh,
• 34:25
  Speaker 2: that's all right. Now, don't get excited. I'm not going
• 34:29
  Speaker 2: to rush you, son. Oh, no? Why, of course not.
• 34:34
  Speaker 2: After all, what's $ 5, 500? Chicken fee.
• 34:36
  Speaker 8: Chicken?
• 34:36
  Speaker 2: You don't say. Sure. That's all it is to me.
• 34:44
  Speaker 2: Chicken feed. You know, as a matter of fact, I
• 34:48
  Speaker 2: came here tonight for the express purpose of telling you
• 34:52
  Speaker 2: not to bother about it. Yes? You mean I don't
• 34:55
  Speaker 2: have to pay you? That's the idea. Well, say, that's swell.
• 35:00
  Speaker 2: But I owe it to you, don't I? Well, I'll
• 35:02
  Speaker 2: tell you. You see, Cain, you know, you're in a
• 35:06
  Speaker 2: position to do me a little favor and maybe make
• 35:09
  Speaker 2: a little something for yourself on the side. Say, what
• 35:12
  Speaker 2: are you getting at, mister? Well, I'm playing spoken, Kane,
• 35:15
  Speaker 2: so here it is in a nutshell. Now, I'm willing
• 35:18
  Speaker 2: to forget that little debt and cut you in on
• 35:21
  Speaker 2: a percentage of all I win betting on the series. Oh,
• 35:24
  Speaker 2: you mean you're betting on the Giants to win? Say,
• 35:27
  Speaker 2: you understand. You weren't born yesterday. I'm betting on the
• 35:32
  Speaker 2: Giants to lose. Oh, see, you want me to throw
• 35:37
  Speaker 2: a game and then you'll call everything square, is that it? Yes,
• 35:40
  Speaker 2: that's it. Get out of here.
• 35:42
  Speaker 4: What?
• 35:43
  Speaker 2: Get out of here before I bust you one in
• 35:45
  Speaker 2: the nose.
• 35:45
  Speaker 8: Now, just a minute.
• 35:46
  Speaker 2: You heard what I said, didn't you? I ain't throwing
• 35:48
  Speaker 2: no ball game for anybody. Now, listen, Rube. Get out
• 35:50
  Speaker 2: of here, I tell you. All right. All right. But
• 35:55
  Speaker 2: get this. You'll either play ball my way, or you
• 35:58
  Speaker 2: won't play ball at all.
• 36:00
  Speaker 8: No?
• 36:00
  Speaker 2: How are you going to stop me? Well, there's more
• 36:02
  Speaker 2: than one way to skin a cat. Yes, and there's
• 36:05
  Speaker 2: more than one way to skin a set of knuckles, too.
• 36:08
  Speaker 2: You get out of here before I lose my temper.
• 36:10
  Speaker 2: Go on. Now, keep your hands to yourself. I'm going.
• 36:12
  Speaker 2: You bet your life you are. But don't forget this.
• 36:15
  Speaker 2: I've got plenty of dough on this series, and I'm
• 36:17
  Speaker 2: not going to lose it. I've been up against suckers
• 36:20
  Speaker 2: like you before, and I know just how to handle you.
• 36:25
  Speaker 2: So long, Rube. Dirty, four-flushin' crook.
• 36:31
  Speaker 9: We call for.
• 36:41
  Speaker 3: Station identification. This is the Columbia Broadcasting System. Our play,
• 37:05
  Speaker 3: Elmer the Great starring Joey Brown with June Travis, continues shortly.
• 37:09
  Speaker 3: While we are in the middle of the greatest baseball
• 37:11
  Speaker 3: comedy of the season out here in Hollywood, the greatest
• 37:14
  Speaker 3: baseball drama of.
• 37:15
  Speaker 2: The year is being enacted in New York.
• 37:18
  Speaker 3: There, the World Series between the Giants and the Yankees
• 37:21
  Speaker 3: is at its peak. This week, the star of the Giants,
• 37:24
  Speaker 3: Carl Hubble, and the Yankee slugger, Lou Gehrig, have their
• 37:28
  Speaker 3: pictures on the cover of the magazine Time, an honor
• 37:31
  Speaker 3: reserved for the outstanding personalities of the week The Lux
• 37:35
  Speaker 3: Radio Theater is proud to present both these stars direct
• 37:39
  Speaker 3: from New York.
• 37:40
  Speaker 2: All right, New York, batter up.
• 37:45
  Speaker 8: You know, Lou, I seem to remember you saying that
• 37:47
  Speaker 8: the Yankees would win the World Series by Monday night.
• 37:49
  Speaker 2: Well, Carl, can I help it if it rained last Thursday?
• 37:53
  Speaker 8: It didn't rain today.
• 37:54
  Speaker 2: No, and it didn't rain Thursday either.
• 37:58
  Speaker 8: I kind of wish it had, Lou. You Yankees sure
• 38:00
  Speaker 8: gave it to me Sunday, and your homer sensed it.
• 38:04
  Speaker 2: Well, I was lucky, Carl. It was the biggest curveball
• 38:07
  Speaker 2: in the world, but it was about time. I'd batted
• 38:10
  Speaker 2: against you for quite a while without even getting a
• 38:13
  Speaker 2: loud foul. And that Schumacher, was he tough today. He
• 38:18
  Speaker 2: sure pissed the ball game.
• 38:19
  Speaker 8: What was it he threw you when he struck you
• 38:21
  Speaker 8: out in the third with the bases full? Or is
• 38:23
  Speaker 8: that too personal?
• 38:24
  Speaker 2: It's personal, all right. He threw me everything. And then
• 38:28
  Speaker 2: he came through for the third strike with his Sunday pitch.
• 38:31
  Speaker 2: It was a curveball, and I missed it a mile.
• 38:34
  Speaker 8: I'll have to get him to teach it to me.
• 38:37
  Speaker 2: You've got enough right now. What do you say we
• 38:40
  Speaker 2: forget about today and talk about tomorrow? What's going to happen, anyhow?
• 38:45
  Speaker 8: The Giants are a cinch. If Fitzham will show you
• 38:47
  Speaker 8: more than you saw today... Oh, sure, the Giants are
• 38:51
  Speaker 8: a cinch. Just like they were in that 18-4 game.
• 38:54
  Speaker 8: It's a good thing for you fellas we let up
• 38:56
  Speaker 8: in that game yesterday. What do you mean, let up?
• 38:59
  Speaker 8: You got six runs in the ninth inning.
• 39:01
  Speaker 2: That's when we let up. We were afraid if we
• 39:04
  Speaker 2: made any more, you wouldn't show up for the third game.
• 39:07
  Speaker 8: Say, Lou, you're a great hitter, all right. What's your
• 39:10
  Speaker 8: average so far in the series?
• 39:12
  Speaker 2: Oh, about 315.
• 39:14
  Speaker 8: That's pretty good. Of course, I'm hitting 333 myself. Then
• 39:18
  Speaker 8: everybody don't hit like a hubble.
• 39:20
  Speaker 2: Watch us tomorrow, slugger.
• 39:23
  Speaker 8: Lou, we've been doing a lot of ribbing here tonight.
• 39:25
  Speaker 8: There's one thing I want the folks to know, That
• 39:28
  Speaker 8: is that last week you were voted the most valuable
• 39:30
  Speaker 8: player in the American League for the fourth time.
• 39:32
  Speaker 2: Yes, and I want the folks to know that you
• 39:34
  Speaker 2: got the same award in the National League.
• 39:37
  Speaker 8: Yes, but that was before they heard Joey Brown in
• 39:40
  Speaker 8: Elmer the Great.
• 39:41
  Speaker 2: Speaking of Joe, I bet it's tough on him missing
• 39:44
  Speaker 2: the series. You know how crazy he is about baseball.
• 39:48
  Speaker 4: I don't know.
• 39:48
  Speaker 8: Seems like he's pitching a pretty good game out in
• 39:51
  Speaker 8: Hollywood tonight. By the way, Lou, who's going to pitch
• 39:53
  Speaker 8: for the Yankees tomorrow?
• 39:55
  Speaker 2: Looks like Gomez. And then we all go home for
• 39:58
  Speaker 2: the rest of the winter. Why don't you have dinner
• 40:00
  Speaker 2: with me tomorrow night, Carl? We're going to have Yankee
• 40:03
  Speaker 2: bean soup, Yankee pot roast... Wait till after Wednesday and
• 40:06
  Speaker 2: eat with me. I'll treat you to some of the
• 40:08
  Speaker 2: best giant raspberries you ever saw.
• 40:11
  Speaker 8: Sort of a celebration, you know. And then I'm going
• 40:13
  Speaker 8: back to Meeker, Oklahoma and get in some hunting and fishing.
• 40:16
  Speaker 2: What are you going to do after the series, Lou? Well,
• 40:19
  Speaker 2: tomorrow night, I'm going to sleep about two days. And
• 40:22
  Speaker 2: then I'll figure out some way of spending the big
• 40:24
  Speaker 2: end of the series money. That'll be my toughest problem.
• 40:28
  Speaker 8: No, Lou, your toughest problem will be to get the
• 40:30
  Speaker 8: big end of the World Series.
• 40:32
  Speaker 2: Well, Carl, we'll see about that tomorrow. So long. See
• 40:36
  Speaker 2: you at the ballpark. Good night, Hollywood.
• 40:38
  Speaker 8: Good night, Joey Brown. Keep pitching in there.
• 40:50
  Speaker 3: We come to the final inning of Elmer the Great,
• 40:52
  Speaker 3: starring Joey Brown and featuring June Travis. After turning down
• 40:59
  Speaker 3: the gambler's proposition, Elmer pitched the opening game of the
• 41:03
  Speaker 3: World Series and won it. Five games have been played since,
• 41:07
  Speaker 3: and the score is now tied, three games to three.
• 41:10
  Speaker 3: The winner of the next game will, of course, win
• 41:13
  Speaker 3: the series. The night before the great battle, we find
• 41:17
  Speaker 3: Elmer in a restaurant, looking vaguely at the menu... A
• 41:20
  Speaker 3: young lady approaches his table.
• 41:24
  Speaker 1: Hello.
• 41:25
  Speaker 2: Hmm?
• 41:26
  Speaker 7: Oh.
• 41:27
  Speaker 2: Oh, hello.
• 41:27
  Speaker 5: You're El McCain, aren't you?
• 41:29
  Speaker 2: Yes, that's right.
• 41:30
  Speaker 5: I thought I recognized you.
• 41:32
  Speaker 9: I was sitting right over there at that other table,
• 41:34
  Speaker 9: and I said to myself, I'll bet that's El McCain,
• 41:37
  Speaker 9: the famous pitcher.
• 41:38
  Speaker 2: Yeah. I guess I am pretty well known, all right.
• 41:41
  Speaker 5: I should say you are. Your picture's always in the newspapers.
• 41:44
  Speaker 4: Hmm.
• 41:45
  Speaker 9: But you know, I don't think they do you justice.
• 41:49
  Speaker 9: You're really much handsomer in real life.
• 41:51
  Speaker 2: Oh, go on.
• 41:53
  Speaker 5: No, I mean it.
• 41:55
  Speaker 4: Yeah?
• 41:56
  Speaker 2: Well, you should have seen me when I was a baby.
• 42:00
  Speaker 2: Sit down.
• 42:00
  Speaker 4: Oh, Mr.
• 42:01
  Speaker 5: Kane.
• 42:02
  Speaker 2: What's your name?
• 42:03
  Speaker 5: Oh, Dolly.
• 42:04
  Speaker 2: Dolly Williams. Dolly Williams. Well, I certainly am pleased to
• 42:07
  Speaker 2: meet you, Dolly. I was just having a little snack.
• 42:11
  Speaker 2: Will you join me?
• 42:12
  Speaker 5: Oh, no, thanks. I didn't come over for that. All
• 42:15
  Speaker 5: I want is an autograph.
• 42:17
  Speaker 2: Oh, you mean you want my name written down?
• 42:18
  Speaker 5: That's right. I'm making a collection, you know.
• 42:21
  Speaker 2: Sure. Well, now, wait. Let's see if I got a
• 42:24
  Speaker 2: piece of paper.
• 42:24
  Speaker 5: Oh, I have one right here. And here's my fountain pen, too.
• 42:28
  Speaker 2: Gee, that's kind of a big piece of paper for
• 42:30
  Speaker 2: just my name, isn't it? Well, I'll write it good
• 42:32
  Speaker 2: and big, right smack across the middle.
• 42:34
  Speaker 4: Oh, no, no.
• 42:35
  Speaker 5: Look, just right down here near the bottom, a little
• 42:37
  Speaker 5: bit to the right. You see... I want to paste
• 42:39
  Speaker 5: one of your pictures in the center of the page.
• 42:42
  Speaker 2: Oh, sure. Well, wait a second now. I've got to
• 42:45
  Speaker 2: write it nice and plain. Capital E-L-M-E-R, comma, comma. Capital K-A-N-E, Kane.
• 42:56
  Speaker 2: Elmer Kane, there you are.
• 42:57
  Speaker 5: Oh, thank you, Mr. Kane, ever so much.
• 43:01
  Speaker 2: Oh, that's all right. Any time at all. Big hearted Elmer,
• 43:05
  Speaker 2: that's me. Hello?
• 43:14
  Speaker 5: Hello, is this Crabtree?
• 43:16
  Speaker 9: Oh, this is Dolly Williams. Yeah, I got the SAP signature,
• 43:19
  Speaker 9: all right. Sure, write where you wanted it, on the
• 43:21
  Speaker 9: lower right-hand corner of the paper. You can write anything
• 43:24
  Speaker 9: you want above it, and it'll look just like a
• 43:26
  Speaker 9: signature to a letter.
• 43:36
  Speaker 6: Good evening, ladies and gentlemen.
• 43:39
  Speaker 10: Here's a bit of hot news that'll knock you right.
• 43:43
  Speaker 2: Off your chairs. Hello.
• 43:53
  Speaker 7: Hello.
• 44:21
  Speaker 2: Hello, Mr. Walker? Is this you, Mr.
• 44:23
  Speaker 6: Walker?
• 44:24
  Speaker 2: Well, this is Elmer Kane.
• 44:25
  Speaker 4: Listen, Mr.
• 44:26
  Speaker 2: Walker, I've been trying to get you on the phone
• 44:28
  Speaker 2: all morning. They told me you won't speak to me.
• 44:31
  Speaker 2: You gotta speak to me, Mr.
• 44:32
  Speaker 4: Walker.
• 44:32
  Speaker 2: Wait, you gotta believe me. I tell you, I don't
• 44:34
  Speaker 2: know a thing about that letter. I swear I don't.
• 44:38
  Speaker 2: I never throwed a ball game in my life. And
• 44:40
  Speaker 2: you gotta let me pitch today. Hello? Hello? Hello?
• 44:44
  Speaker 7: Gosh.
• 44:46
  Speaker 2: Gosh. Come in.
• 44:53
  Speaker 4: Hello, Elmer.
• 44:56
  Speaker 2: Boss.
• 44:57
  Speaker 5: Elmer.
• 44:58
  Speaker 2: Oh, gosh, boss. Oh, gosh, it's good to see you.
• 45:03
  Speaker 6: I just got in.
• 45:03
  Speaker 5: I heard about it last night and I came right away.
• 45:07
  Speaker 5: I thought you might need somebody now.
• 45:11
  Speaker 4: Yeah.
• 45:13
  Speaker 2: Yeah, I do, boss.
• 45:14
  Speaker 5: How did it happen?
• 45:16
  Speaker 2: Oh, I don't know. That's just it. I don't know
• 45:18
  Speaker 2: what it's all about.
• 45:19
  Speaker 5: You mean you didn't agree to throw the game?
• 45:20
  Speaker 2: Of course I didn't. Nellie, I ain't no crook.
• 45:23
  Speaker 5: But why are they all saying you are?
• 45:25
  Speaker 2: Oh, it's that letter. Some fella came to the hotel
• 45:27
  Speaker 2: last night and slipped a letter under Walker's door. It
• 45:29
  Speaker 2: said that I got $ 10, 000 from some gamblers and that
• 45:32
  Speaker 2: I was going to allow a lot of hits this afternoon.
• 45:34
  Speaker 2: It was like an agreement between me and the gamblers.
• 45:37
  Speaker 2: And at the bottom, my signature.
• 45:40
  Speaker 4: Elmer.
• 45:40
  Speaker 2: Yes, there it was in black and white. But I
• 45:43
  Speaker 2: never signed nothing like that, boss. Was it really your signature? Yeah,
• 45:46
  Speaker 2: that's the funny part about it. It was.
• 45:49
  Speaker 5: Well, then you must have signed it, Elmer.
• 45:50
  Speaker 2: No, no, I didn't, I tell you. You've got to
• 45:53
  Speaker 2: believe me, boss.
• 45:54
  Speaker 5: Oh, I do believe you, Elmer, but.
• 45:55
  Speaker 2: Yeah, I know. I know. But it looks awful bad,
• 45:58
  Speaker 2: don't it?
• 45:59
  Speaker 5: Well, did you tell Walker you knew nothing about it?
• 46:02
  Speaker 2: Sure I did. A lot of good it did me.
• 46:04
  Speaker 2: The whole team was sitting around and not one of
• 46:07
  Speaker 2: them thought that I was telling the truth. They wanted
• 46:11
  Speaker 2: to beat me up. Oh, gosh, Nellie. I ain't got
• 46:15
  Speaker 2: a friend in the world. Everybody's against me.
• 46:18
  Speaker 5: Don't say that, Elmer. I'm not against you. And I'm
• 46:23
  Speaker 5: your friend. You know that.
• 46:24
  Speaker 2: Yeah, sure, I know it. Gee, it was swell of
• 46:27
  Speaker 2: you to come, boss. I can't tell you what it
• 46:31
  Speaker 2: means to have somebody to talk to. You don't have
• 46:36
  Speaker 2: to leave right away, do you, boss?
• 46:37
  Speaker 8: No, Elmer.
• 46:39
  Speaker 5: I'll stay just as long as you want.
• 46:41
  Speaker 2: You mean it?
• 46:42
  Speaker 8: Of course I do.
• 46:43
  Speaker 5: And I won't ever leave if you don't want me to.
• 46:47
  Speaker 2: But I don't get you, boss.
• 46:49
  Speaker 5: That's just it, Elmer. You do get me if you
• 46:53
  Speaker 5: still want me.
• 46:54
  Speaker 2: Nellie. Oh, gee, Nellie. No, no. No, you're just sorry
• 47:00
  Speaker 2: for me, that's all. You're just taking pity on me.
• 47:02
  Speaker 4: No, Elmer.
• 47:03
  Speaker 5: It isn't that.
• 47:04
  Speaker 2: Oh, sure it is. How could you love me now?
• 47:07
  Speaker 2: How could you have anything to do with a guy
• 47:09
  Speaker 2: like me? I thought I was a big shot. I
• 47:12
  Speaker 2: went around blowing off like a steam engine. Well, what
• 47:15
  Speaker 2: am I now? Just a hayseed. A hayseed crook. No,
• 47:22
  Speaker 2: I ain't gonna let you do it, Nellie.
• 47:24
  Speaker 5: Oh, Elmer, listen. This isn't anything new with me. You
• 47:29
  Speaker 5: told me that you had loved me for years. Well,
• 47:33
  Speaker 5: I've loved you too. I sent you away because I
• 47:36
  Speaker 5: thought it was the thing to do. I wanted you
• 47:38
  Speaker 5: to make good.
• 47:40
  Speaker 5: Well, you need me now, Elmer. You need me. And
• 47:45
  Speaker 5: here I am.
• 47:48
  Speaker 2: Gosh, Nellie. Gosh. I ain't dreaming, am I? No, Elmer. Then...
• 47:57
  Speaker 2: Then could I... Could I kiss you?
• 48:00
  Speaker 5: Of course you can.
• 48:03
  Speaker 8: Oh, gee. Well, now.
• 48:07
  Speaker 5: Now what are you.
• 48:09
  Speaker 8: Going to do?
• 48:09
  Speaker 4: Oh.
• 48:11
  Speaker 2: I don't know. I guess I'll just pack my bags
• 48:13
  Speaker 2: and go back home. Oh, no, not yet. Why not?
• 48:15
  Speaker 5: Well, don't you see? It'll look like you're running away.
• 48:18
  Speaker 5: You've got to stay and fight this thing out.
• 48:20
  Speaker 2: Oh, what's the use? The game's gonna start in a
• 48:22
  Speaker 2: few minutes.
• 48:22
  Speaker 5: Now, never mind this game. Think of the future.
• 48:25
  Speaker 2: I ain't got any future. Not in baseball, anyway. Walker's
• 48:28
  Speaker 2: got that letter, and he won't even listen to me.
• 48:30
  Speaker 5: Oh, Elmer, are you sure you didn't sign it?
• 48:32
  Speaker 2: Of course I am. Gee whiz, I ought to know.
• 48:34
  Speaker 4: Now, wait.
• 48:35
  Speaker 5: It isn't a forgery, is it?
• 48:37
  Speaker 2: Well, it don't look like it.
• 48:38
  Speaker 5: All right, if it's genuine, you must have signed something, Elmer.
• 48:41
  Speaker 2: But I tell you, I didn't. I ain't signed a thing.
• 48:43
  Speaker 2: I ain't even... Wait a minute. An autograph. What? I...
• 48:48
  Speaker 2: I signed an autograph. Elmer, where? In a restaurant.
• 48:50
  Speaker 5: Oh, no, I mean on what?
• 48:52
  Speaker 2: On a piece of paper. A big piece of paper.
• 48:54
  Speaker 5: Elmer, was there anything else written on it?
• 48:56
  Speaker 2: No, it was all blank. That's just what it is.
• 48:59
  Speaker 2: Somebody got hold of that paper and then they wrote
• 49:01
  Speaker 2: the letter so it looked like that I signed it.
• 49:02
  Speaker 5: Oh, Elmer, that's it. I'm sure that's it.
• 49:04
  Speaker 2: Yeah, that's it, but... But how am I going to
• 49:07
  Speaker 2: prove it?
• 49:08
  Speaker 4: Go to Mr.
• 49:08
  Speaker 5: Walker and tell him the whole story.
• 49:10
  Speaker 2: Oh, he wouldn't believe it. He might. No, not a chance.
• 49:13
  Speaker 5: Well, see him anyway.
• 49:13
  Speaker 2: Where is he? Over at the ballpark.
• 49:15
  Speaker 9: Quick, jump in the cab and get over there right away.
• 49:17
  Speaker 2: Okay, I'll do her. Where's my hat?
• 49:18
  Speaker 5: Oh, never mind your hat.
• 49:20
  Speaker 2: All right, I'll see you later, Nellie.
• 49:21
  Speaker 6: So long, boss.
• 49:33
  Speaker 2: And that's the honest truth, Mr.
• 49:34
  Speaker 4: Walker.
• 49:35
  Speaker 2: I signed that autograph, and then they wrote the letter afterwards,
• 49:38
  Speaker 2: just so as they could keep me out of this game.
• 49:40
  Speaker 2: I'd like to believe it, Cain. No, there's a little
• 49:42
  Speaker 2: too much against you. In the first place, I happen
• 49:45
  Speaker 2: to know that you owe Walter Crabtree $ 5, 500, a gambling debt. Yeah,
• 49:49
  Speaker 2: that's right. But that don't prove nothing. Crabtree is betting
• 49:52
  Speaker 2: on a tiger. He's the guy who's behind the whole business.
• 49:55
  Speaker 2: He had that letter delivered to you so you'd throw
• 49:57
  Speaker 2: me off the team and the tigers would win. Now,
• 49:59
  Speaker 2: it sounds a little bit too good, Kane. Too good
• 50:02
  Speaker 2: to be true. And you won't let me pitch? Not
• 50:04
  Speaker 2: for a million bucks. You better beat it now before
• 50:06
  Speaker 2: the boys come in from practice. One of them might
• 50:08
  Speaker 2: take a swipe at you. Wait, wait a minute. Wait, Mr. Walker.
• 50:11
  Speaker 2: Will you do one thing for me? What is it?
• 50:13
  Speaker 2: Will you let me take a look at that letter?
• 50:15
  Speaker 2: What do you want with it? Oh, I just want
• 50:17
  Speaker 2: to look it over, that's all. All right, if you
• 50:18
  Speaker 2: think it'll do you any good. Let's see. Yeah, it's typewriter,
• 50:23
  Speaker 2: ain't it? Well, anything wrong with it? No, I guess
• 50:26
  Speaker 2: there ain't. That's your signature, isn't it? Yes, L. McKean. Hey.
• 50:31
  Speaker 9: What?
• 50:32
  Speaker 2: Hey, look. Look at what? Look at my name there. Well,
• 50:35
  Speaker 2: what of it? Well, wait. You see where it says
• 50:37
  Speaker 2: yours truly? Yeah. Well, look at the letter Y and
• 50:39
  Speaker 2: the word truly. I'm looking at it. Well, don't you see?
• 50:42
  Speaker 2: See what? That Y comes down and crosses over the.
• 50:45
  Speaker 5: L in Elmer.
• 50:46
  Speaker 2: Yeah, so what? Wait a minute. I get it. It
• 50:49
  Speaker 2: crosses over it, you see? Over it. The typewriter letter
• 50:51
  Speaker 2: comes down and crosses over the letter that I wrote.
• 50:53
  Speaker 2: Holy gee. That proves it, Mr.
• 50:55
  Speaker 4: Walker.
• 50:55
  Speaker 2: That proves that all this typewriting stuff was put in
• 50:58
  Speaker 2: after I signed the paper. Holy gee. Now, you believe
• 51:00
  Speaker 2: me now, don't you, Mr. Walker? I'll say I do?
• 51:03
  Speaker 2: Then I can't pitch today? You bet your sweet life
• 51:06
  Speaker 2: you can. Get out on that field and warm up.
• 51:08
  Speaker 2: Warm up? Say, I ain't been cool since February.
• 51:21
  Speaker 6: Boy, oh boy, is this a ball game!
• 51:23
  Speaker 2: Is this a ball game!
• 51:24
  Speaker 4: It's the last half of the ninth inning, folks, with
• 51:26
  Speaker 4: a score of 3-2 in the Giants' favor. The Tigers
• 51:28
  Speaker 4: are up at bat, two men on base, and a
• 51:30
  Speaker 4: hit means a ball game. But there's two down, folks,
• 51:32
  Speaker 4: and don't you forget it.
• 51:33
  Speaker 2: Game line's up. Here it comes. Strike two! Strike two!
• 51:37
  Speaker 2: It's three and two now. Three balls, two strikes, two
• 51:39
  Speaker 2: men on base, and two down, and the crowd is
• 51:41
  Speaker 2: going mad.
• 51:42
  Speaker 4: Kane's got the ball now.
• 51:43
  Speaker 2: He's looking toward the catcher for instructions. This may be
• 51:46
  Speaker 2: the last pitch ball of the season, folks, and.
• 51:48
  Speaker 4: Little Elmer isn't taking any chances.
• 51:50
  Speaker 2: He wipes his hands on his shirt.
• 51:51
  Speaker 4: Now he's winding up, and here it comes.
• 51:53
  Speaker 2: Strike three, strike three, and the batter's out. It's all over, folks.
• 51:56
  Speaker 1: It's all over.
• 51:57
  Speaker 2: The Giants win, and the fans are going wild. They've
• 52:00
  Speaker 2: surrounded Elmer Kane down there on the field, and they
• 52:02
  Speaker 2: won't let him go. I'm going down to see if
• 52:04
  Speaker 2: I can get him to say a few words over
• 52:05
  Speaker 2: the air. Stand by a minute, folks.
• 52:07
  Speaker 9: Thank you.
• 52:10
  Speaker 2: Hey, wait a second. Wait a second, folks. One at
• 52:13
  Speaker 2: a time. One at a time, folks.
• 52:16
  Speaker 5: Elmer.
• 52:16
  Speaker 2: Elmer.
• 52:18
  Speaker 10: Oh, Nellie.
• 52:19
  Speaker 5: Oh, Elmer, you were wonderful.
• 52:21
  Speaker 2: Yes, I guess I was pretty good at that. Mr. Kane,
• 52:23
  Speaker 2: will you say a few words to the radio audience? Radio, huh? Yes. Hey,
• 52:26
  Speaker 2: wait a second. Wait a second. The last time I
• 52:29
  Speaker 2: spoke over the radio, I was talking into an electric heater.
• 52:32
  Speaker 2: This ain't no fake, is it? Of course not, Mr.
• 52:35
  Speaker 4: Kane.
• 52:35
  Speaker 2: There's a million people listening. Go ahead, Elmer. All right. Howdy,
• 52:39
  Speaker 2: radio and baseball fans. Now that the World Series is
• 52:43
  Speaker 2: over and I won the game for the Giants, I
• 52:46
  Speaker 2: want to let you in on a little secret. It
• 52:48
  Speaker 2: wasn't no surprise to me at all. The trouble is, say,
• 52:51
  Speaker 2: I knew how it was all going to turn out
• 52:53
  Speaker 2: right from the start. The trouble is that a bashful
• 52:56
  Speaker 2: fellow like I has got to make it look difficult. Otherwise,
• 53:00
  Speaker 2: people wouldn't believe you. Say, I could go on for
• 53:03
  Speaker 2: hours talking about myself and telling you how I done it.
• 53:06
  Speaker 2: Only I always say that a fella should not brag
• 53:09
  Speaker 2: about himself. and I've always made it a rule never
• 53:12
  Speaker 2: to talk about myself. And in closing, I want to
• 53:15
  Speaker 2: tell the followers of the New York Giants that you
• 53:17
  Speaker 2: don't have to worry none about the pennant again next year,
• 53:20
  Speaker 2: as your old friend Elmer Kane, myself, will be out
• 53:23
  Speaker 2: on the field in a Giants uniform. So long, folks. Oh, yes,
• 53:28
  Speaker 2: and don't forget to read the story that's running the
• 53:31
  Speaker 2: serially in all the newspapers next week. And before I
• 53:34
  Speaker 2: forget it, hello, Ma. You better start the cook stove going.
• 53:40
  Speaker 2: Me and Nellie are on our way.
• 53:42
  Speaker 3: The ball game is over, but Joey Brown goes to
• 53:57
  Speaker 3: bat again in a few minutes when he returns to
• 53:59
  Speaker 3: the microphone with June Travis. No man occupies a more
• 54:05
  Speaker 3: exalted position in the theatrical world... than tonight's guest, Dr.
• 54:08
  Speaker 3: Max Reinhart, an energetic and inspired worker in the theater
• 54:12
  Speaker 3: since he was 20. He has been responsible for more
• 54:15
  Speaker 3: than 300 productions, exerting a tremendous influence.
• 54:19
  Speaker 2: On the international stage.
• 54:21
  Speaker 3: In this country, we think of him chiefly in the
• 54:23
  Speaker 3: light of two achievements, the stage version of The Miracle
• 54:25
  Speaker 3: and the motion picture production A Midsummer Night's Dream, now
• 54:28
  Speaker 3: about to be shown in neighborhood theaters all over the country.
• 54:31
  Speaker 3: He has just returned to Hollywood from Europe, where he
• 54:34
  Speaker 3: produced Every Man and Faust, and is now at work
• 54:36
  Speaker 3: for Warner Brothers preparing Sheridan Gibney's famous drama of the
• 54:39
  Speaker 3: French Revolution, Danton.
• 54:41
  Speaker 2: Ladies and gentlemen, Dr. Max Reinhart. Thank you, Mr. DeMille.
• 54:53
  Speaker 2: There is one point, ladies and gentlemen, that our host
• 54:57
  Speaker 2: neglects to mention. The fact that he was the first
• 55:02
  Speaker 2: to acquaint me with Hollywood motion picture methods. That was
• 55:07
  Speaker 2: several years ago when I was his guest at the
• 55:10
  Speaker 2: making of The King of Kings.
• 55:13
  Speaker 3: I had a reason for not referring to that episode.
• 55:15
  Speaker 3: As I recall it, Doctor, motion pictures at that time
• 55:17
  Speaker 3: impressed you very slightly.
• 55:19
  Speaker 2: Quite true.
• 55:21
  Speaker 3: I thought silent films far too limited to become real drama.
• 55:28
  Speaker 3: But with the coming of sound, the screen jumped further
• 55:32
  Speaker 3: ahead in a few years. then the stage had been
• 55:36
  Speaker 3: able to crawl in centuries. And now you have the
• 55:38
  Speaker 3: satisfaction of realizing that your production of Midsummer Night's Dream
• 55:42
  Speaker 3: started a cycle of Shakespearean pictures. Romeo and Juliet has
• 55:45
  Speaker 3: just been released here, while As You Like.
• 55:47
  Speaker 2: It is running in England. Shakespeare, I think, has been
• 55:51
  Speaker 2: greatly misrepresented. Scholars have tried to make him an artist
• 55:57
  Speaker 2: who wrote only for the poetic and the intellectuals. Nothing
• 56:03
  Speaker 2: could be further from the truth. Shakespeare wrote for the
• 56:07
  Speaker 2: entertainment of the average person. He is responsible for some
• 56:12
  Speaker 2: of the greatest melodrama, the most delightful comedy, and the
• 56:18
  Speaker 2: loveliest romances in all literature. And surely, his humor is
• 56:24
  Speaker 2: not above the head of anyone. When Joey Brown played
• 56:29
  Speaker 2: the part of flute in the Midsummer Night's Dream, I.
• 56:32
  Speaker 3: Felt he was exactly... the comedian Shakespeare had in mind.
• 56:40
  Speaker 3: And now that Shakespeare has come into his own in pictures,
• 56:46
  Speaker 3: I am convinced he offers an equally great contribution to
• 56:51
  Speaker 3: the radio. In his time, there was no elaborate stage scenery,
• 56:56
  Speaker 3: no beautiful customs, no stage technique.
• 57:00
  Speaker 2: Hence, he wrote for the ears. His magic phrases fire
• 57:07
  Speaker 2: the imagination and, to my mind, contain a treasury of
• 57:12
  Speaker 2: values for the radio. Perhaps someday we will hear them.
• 57:19
  Speaker 2: And I know of no other man, no other program
• 57:24
  Speaker 2: capable of giving them a finer, truer presentation than the man...
• 57:31
  Speaker 2: and the program responsible for so many entertaining hours in
• 57:34
  Speaker 2: the past, Cecil B. DeMille and the Luxe Radio Theater.
• 57:41
  Speaker 2: To all of you, my thanks and good night. Good night, Doctor.
• 57:53
  Speaker 3: And now, tonight's stars. Ladies and gentlemen, June Travers and.
• 57:56
  Speaker 2: No! And Joey Brown. Oh, Joe. What's the trouble? It's
• 58:08
  Speaker 2: okay now, but for a minute I thought this microphone
• 58:10
  Speaker 2: was another one of those electric heaters.
• 58:13
  Speaker 5: Well, Mr.
• 58:13
  Speaker 2: DeMille, I want to thank you for making me a
• 58:15
  Speaker 2: ball player once again. Playing Elmer was quite different from
• 58:19
  Speaker 2: playing flute in A Midsummer Night's Dream. In that picture,
• 58:22
  Speaker 2: I had to wear long yellow curls and murmur sweet
• 58:24
  Speaker 2: nothings to Jimmy Cagney. After your performance tonight, Joe, you
• 58:29
  Speaker 2: can play Boy for Luxe Flakes anytime. And I don't
• 58:31
  Speaker 2: mean on the scrub team. Thank you. I used to
• 58:34
  Speaker 2: be pretty good as a clean-up man.
• 58:37
  Speaker 5: And before our side is retired, Mr. DeMille, may I
• 58:40
  Speaker 5: say that since coming to Hollywood, there's been nothing I've
• 58:42
  Speaker 5: enjoyed more than this appearance on the Luxe Radio Theater.
• 58:45
  Speaker 5: Good night.
• 58:47
  Speaker 2: Good night, Mr.
• 58:47
  Speaker 7: DeMille.
• 58:48
  Speaker 2: I'm heading for the showers. Good night, Joe.
• 58:51
  Speaker 8: Good night, Joe.
• 58:54
  Speaker 3: Thank you, Joey Brown and June Travis. Ladies and gentlemen,
• 58:57
  Speaker 3: this is your announcer, Melville Ruick. Word of next week's
• 58:59
  Speaker 3: play comes to us shortly from Mr.
• 59:01
  Speaker 8: DeMille.
• 59:02
  Speaker 4: Dr.
• 59:02
  Speaker 3: Rex, Max Reinhart, and June Travis appeared through courtesy of
• 59:05
  Speaker 3: Warner Brothers, Mr. DeMille Paramount, and Louis Silvers, 20th Century Fox,
• 59:09
  Speaker 3: whose new film, Ladies in Love, was musically arranged by Mr.
• 59:12
  Speaker 2: Silvers. And here's Mr. DeMille.
• 59:15
  Speaker 3: Next Monday night, the Lux Radio Theater stars Ginger Rogers
• 59:19
  Speaker 3: in The Curtain Rises. Ginger came to Hollywood as a
• 59:23
  Speaker 3: singer and is now a dancing star. And next week
• 59:26
  Speaker 3: adds a dramatic triumph to her repertoire... in Benjamin Kaye's
• 59:29
  Speaker 3: story of a girl who thought romance had passed her by.
• 59:33
  Speaker 3: Featured with Miss Rogers, will be an all-star cast. Our sponsors,
• 59:40
  Speaker 3: the makers of Lux Flakes, join me in inviting you
• 59:42
  Speaker 3: to be with us next Monday night when the Lux
• 59:44
  Speaker 3: Radio Theater presents The Curtain Rises, starring Ginger Rogers.
• 59:48
  Speaker 2: With an all-star cast. This is Cecil B. DeMille saying
• 59:51
  Speaker 2: goodnight to you from Hollywood. This is the Columbia Broadcasting System.
• 1:00:10
  Speaker 1: Our visit with Lux Radio Theater's Elmer the Great comes
• 1:00:13
  Speaker 1: to a close. Good evening, and thanks for sharing another
• 1:00:17
  Speaker 1: broadcast from radio's dramatic past.