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- 0:00Speaker 1: Joe Adams is preparing to open his gambling ship when
- 0:03Speaker 1: a wartime charity effort offers an opportunity he cannot ignore.
- 0:08Speaker 1: On October 18th, 1943, Lux Radio Theater brought Cary Grant
- 0:13Speaker 1: and Lorraine Day back to their film roles in Mr. Lucky,
- 0:17Speaker 1: episode 410. Grant is Joe, the gambler whose plans bring
- 0:22Speaker 1: him into the orbit of Dorothy Bryant, played by Day,
- 0:25Speaker 1: a young woman connected with the relief organization. Adapted from
- 0:30Speaker 1: the 1943 RKO picture, the story moves between New York's
- 0:34Speaker 1: waterfront and the world of charity society as Joe's double
- 0:38Speaker 1: life becomes increasingly complicated. We now take you back to
- 0:43Speaker 1: the original broadcast.
- 0:46Speaker 2: Radio Theater brings you Cary Grant.
- 0:49Speaker 3: And Lorraine Day in Mr.
- 0:51Speaker 4: Lucky.
- 0:52Speaker 2: Ladies and gentlemen, your producer, Mr. Cecil B. DeMille.
- 1:02Speaker 5: Greetings from Hollywood, ladies and gentlemen. The zest and enthusiasm
- 1:06Speaker 5: that Cary Grant puts into every performance must convince the
- 1:09Speaker 5: most hardened cynic that Cary loves his work. He loved
- 1:14Speaker 5: it enough to run away from school at the age
- 1:16Speaker 5: of 13 to join a troupe of acrobats. He loved
- 1:20Speaker 5: it at 15 when he was a knockabout comedian in Vaudeville.
- 1:23Speaker 5: And my guess is that he tried to give just
- 1:25Speaker 5: as good a performance then as in these latter days
- 1:29Speaker 5: when everybody looks forward... to a new Cary Grant picture
- 1:33Speaker 5: as an occasion for celebration. The latest case in point
- 1:37Speaker 5: is the RKO hit, Mr.
- 1:39Speaker 3: Lucky.
- 1:41Speaker 5: And starring with Cary and Mr. Lucky tonight is Lorraine Day,
- 1:45Speaker 5: one of the screen's really brilliant young actresses. In fact,
- 1:49Speaker 5: after seeing her work in Mr. Lucky, I picked her
- 1:52Speaker 5: for the leading feminine role in the story of Dr.
- 1:55Speaker 5: Wassil with Gary Cooper. Tonight's play has many surprise twists
- 2:01Speaker 5: On the screen, Mr. Lucky made a killing, as he
- 2:04Speaker 5: himself would put it. Or, in plainer English, the picture
- 2:08Speaker 5: hit the jackpot, drew the moolah at the box office.
- 2:13Speaker 5: And that's never a matter of just being lucky. The
- 2:16Speaker 5: producer of a play, a picture, or a radio drama
- 2:19Speaker 5: like these that Lux Flakes bring you on Monday evenings
- 2:23Speaker 5: can't trust a luck. He's got to rely on hard work,
- 2:26Speaker 5: careful planning, and casting. And in these days, I'm sure
- 2:30Speaker 5: the housewife is very sympathetic with that point of view.
- 2:33Speaker 5: Shortage of manpower has caused a shortage of many other things,
- 2:37Speaker 5: and so in most homes, things must be made to
- 2:40Speaker 5: last longer than ever. The housewife who's had the wisdom
- 2:44Speaker 5: to use Lux Flakes is certainly Mrs.
- 2:46Speaker 3: Lucky.
- 2:47Speaker 5: And now the curtain for Mr. Lucky, and the first act,
- 2:51Speaker 5: starring Cary Grant as Joe and Lorraine Day as Dorothy,
- 2:55Speaker 5: with Arthur Hole as Swede. The night fog hangs low
- 3:07Speaker 5: over New York's waterfront. At the end of a long pier,
- 3:11Speaker 5: a girl paces slowly back and forth, stopping at intervals
- 3:15Speaker 5: to gaze out toward the sea. From the shadows of
- 3:18Speaker 5: a dark building, a watchman peers at her suspiciously. Then
- 3:23Speaker 5: with a sudden movement, he begins to walk quickly toward
- 3:25Speaker 5: the girl.
- 3:27Speaker 2: Hey, you there!
- 3:28Speaker 3: Take it easy, brother. I wouldn't bother her if I
- 3:31Speaker 3: were you.
- 3:32Speaker 6: Oh, wouldn't you?
- 3:33Speaker 3: Well, thanks for the advice.
- 3:34Speaker 2: But how do I know she ain't gonna jump?
- 3:35Speaker 5: She's all right. She's not going to do anything. She's
- 3:38Speaker 5: just going to stand there and look out to sea.
- 3:41Speaker 4: She ain't got no right out there without a pass.
- 3:43Speaker 3: Brother, she could have a pass to the White House
- 3:45Speaker 3: if she wanted it. She's a somebody. Speaking of passes,
- 3:49Speaker 3: where's yours? Oh, you're new here, aren't you? Take a look. Oh,
- 3:54Speaker 3: ship's master, huh? You see? I told you she was
- 3:57Speaker 3: all right. She's just standing there.
- 3:59Speaker 2: What's she gonna do now?
- 4:00Speaker 3: She's watching for a ship to come in. Only it's
- 4:03Speaker 3: sitting at the bottom of the Atlantic.
- 4:05Speaker 6: What ship is that?
- 4:06Speaker 3: Used to be called the Fortuna. Oh, yeah, that gambling ship.
- 4:10Speaker 3: She used to be sitting right here at this dock once.
- 4:12Speaker 3: That's right. She was owned by a boss gambler called
- 4:15Speaker 3: Joe the Greek. You ever hear of him? Oh, sure
- 4:18Speaker 3: I did.
- 4:19Speaker 2: Did you know him?
- 4:19Speaker 3: Yeah, I was master of the Fortuna. Say, tell me,
- 4:23Speaker 3: was he really a Greek gambler? Nobody ever knew what
- 4:26Speaker 3: he was except tough and too smart for his own good.
- 4:31Speaker 2: Crossed you up, huh?
- 4:32Speaker 3: No, he crossed himself up. How? That girl there. Right
- 4:37Speaker 3: here on this pier was the last time she ever
- 4:39Speaker 3: saw him. When was that? Back a ways when we
- 4:41Speaker 3: had the Fortuna tied up here. We weren't operating then.
- 4:45Speaker 3: We were broke and full of trouble. One day, that
- 4:49Speaker 3: was in October 1941... You see, we'd been driven off
- 4:53Speaker 3: the West Coast by the law and put in here
- 4:56Speaker 3: to raise a bankroll so we could operate in Havana.
- 4:59Speaker 3: Joe was kind of up against it. Little Greek sailor
- 5:02Speaker 3: we had aboard, a guy named Baskopoulos, was pretty sick.
- 5:07Speaker 3: Joe came waltzing up the gangplank with his face full
- 5:10Speaker 3: of fine and dandy and his heart full of ice water.
- 5:13Speaker 2: Hiya, sweet, how's Baskopoulos?
- 5:17Speaker 3: Looks like he's going to join Bonham and Bailey, Joe.
- 5:19Speaker 2: Yeah, what'd the doc say?
- 5:21Speaker 3: Well, according to the doc, he's already gone. Uh-huh. He
- 5:24Speaker 3: said he wouldn't last over an hour, two hours ago.
- 5:27Speaker 3: All gone inside. Say, how'd it go uptown today? Well, thanks, sweet.
- 5:31Speaker 2: I got the plaster taken off the boat. We can
- 5:33Speaker 2: sail at any time. Good.
- 5:34Speaker 3: You know, those mugs of yours are getting kind of restless.
- 5:37Speaker 2: Oh, yeah? Well, let me know when Baskopolis goes. I'll
- 5:40Speaker 2: be in the gambling room.
- 5:41Speaker 7: Right.
- 5:46Speaker 8: Hey, fellas, here's Joe.
- 5:48Speaker 2: Hello, boys. Well, anything happen today, Joe? Landy, boys, I
- 5:51Speaker 2: got it.
- 5:52Speaker 7: Yeah?
- 5:52Speaker 9: You mean the boat's released?
- 5:53Speaker 2: Cost me 10 grand, but it was worth it. Look
- 5:55Speaker 2: at that. Signed by His Honor, the Superior Court Judge.
- 5:57Speaker 2: It took seven lawyers to write it up legal and
- 5:59Speaker 2: Joe to do the fixing. Here, Zep, put it in
- 6:02Speaker 2: the safe. Boys, we're sailing for Havana since Vescapolis kicks off.
- 6:06Speaker 10: Forget it, Joe.
- 6:07Speaker 6: This ship ain't going nowhere.
- 6:08Speaker 3: Huh?
- 6:09Speaker 2: Who says so?
- 6:10Speaker 6: Your Uncle Sam.
- 6:12Speaker 2: What is this, Zep, a rib?
- 6:13Speaker 6: Yeah, take a gander at these little postcards. They arrived
- 6:16Speaker 6: this morning.
- 6:17Speaker 2: Oh, yeah?
- 6:18Speaker 4: Hmm.
- 6:19Speaker 2: James Baskopoulos, G. Zepp, Joe Adams. Oh, it's me. Hey,
- 6:24Speaker 2: what is this thing?
- 6:25Speaker 6: From your draft board, Joe. You've been classified.
- 6:29Speaker 11: 1A?
- 6:29Speaker 2: They can't do this to me. I'm a civilian.
- 6:34Speaker 6: That's what you think. Take a look at mine. I
- 6:36Speaker 6: got the same thing. They don't even give you time
- 6:38Speaker 6: to cut off a leg.
- 6:39Speaker 2: Listen, this isn't my war. I had my war. Crawling
- 6:42Speaker 2: out of the gutter the hard way. I won that one.
- 6:44Speaker 2: I don't recognize any other war.
- 6:46Speaker 6: Ah, it's okay, Joe.
- 6:47Speaker 3: Don't worry.
- 6:47Speaker 2: I got it all fixed.
- 6:48Speaker 9: Yeah?
- 6:49Speaker 2: Well, go on, Crunk.
- 6:50Speaker 6: Well, we can hop a plane out of here for
- 6:51Speaker 6: Mexico City in two hours.
- 6:52Speaker 2: What?
- 6:53Speaker 7: Yeah.
- 6:53Speaker 6: From there, we catch a plane for real.
- 6:55Speaker 2: Oh.
- 6:55Speaker 4: You can wake South America till this soldier business blows over.
- 6:58Speaker 3: Oh, yeah, sure.
- 6:59Speaker 2: Take it easy, Crunk. You think I'm going to give
- 7:01Speaker 2: up the boat on account of this card? None of
- 7:03Speaker 2: you other guys got one, huh?
- 7:04Speaker 6: Just you and me and Biscopolis.
- 7:07Speaker 3: Oh. Now, where's Biscopolis' car?
- 7:09Speaker 2: What'd he get?
- 7:09Speaker 3: Hmm. 4F. What's that?
- 7:13Speaker 6: Means they don't want him. He's physically unfit. They're lucky
- 7:15Speaker 6: he's stiff.
- 7:16Speaker 2: Yeah, he's physically unfit, all right.
- 7:18Speaker 3: Hmm. He's just about dead. Or is he?
- 7:23Speaker 2: Oh.
- 7:23Speaker 6: You mean, uh... Yeah, I get it. All right, boys,
- 7:27Speaker 6: get lost. Joe and me want to talk.
- 7:29Speaker 3: All right, come on. J.
- 7:33Speaker 2: Biscopolis, 4S.
- 7:35Speaker 6: One of us is out of the army, Joe.
- 7:37Speaker 2: Yeah? Who declared you in?
- 7:39Speaker 6: Well, we're partners, ain't we? That's a 50-50 proposition in
- 7:42Speaker 6: my book.
- 7:43Speaker 2: What do you want, half the card?
- 7:44Speaker 6: I'll trade you my half the boat for the card, Joe.
- 7:47Speaker 2: How good would the boat do me in the army?
- 7:48Speaker 2: The one that gets the card gets the boat along
- 7:50Speaker 2: with it.
- 7:51Speaker 6: Who gets it, Joe?
- 7:52Speaker 2: You want a cut for it? No.
- 7:54Speaker 6: Poker dice.
- 7:55Speaker 2: All right, you got a deal.
- 7:56Speaker 6: I'll get the dice.
- 7:57Speaker 2: Wait a minute. Can't you wait and make the thing legal?
- 7:59Speaker 6: What's wrong with poker dice?
- 8:01Speaker 2: Not a thing, only the guy ain't dead yet. I
- 8:03Speaker 2: never took anything off a pal in my life. After
- 8:05Speaker 2: he joins the circus, well, that's different. Come on in, Crunk.
- 8:18Speaker 2: Is the doctor still here?
- 8:19Speaker 6: Yeah, it's all over, Joe.
- 8:20Speaker 4: Foscopolis just kicked off.
- 8:22Speaker 3: Okay.
- 8:24Speaker 2: Here's the dice. Take your best shot, Zep. Right.
- 8:27Speaker 6: The winner gets the draft card.
- 8:29Speaker 2: And the boat. Shoot him.
- 8:31Speaker 3: Hey, hey, hey.
- 8:32Speaker 2: Come on. Keep your hands above the table, Zep.
- 8:35Speaker 6: What do you mean, Joe?
- 8:36Speaker 2: Roll him.
- 8:37Speaker 3: Oh, sure, Joe.
- 8:39Speaker 2: Three kings.
- 8:40Speaker 6: Three kings. It's up to you, Joe.
- 8:44Speaker 2: Yeah. Nice rolling, Zep. But this ain't amateur night.
- 8:48Speaker 6: I don't get you.
- 8:49Speaker 2: And Jim, didn't you see an elephant walk across the
- 8:52Speaker 2: table with muddy feet?
- 8:54Speaker 6: I didn't play the switch on you, Joe.
- 8:56Speaker 2: Didn't you? Then blow on them for luck. Go on, blow.
- 9:00Speaker 3: Okay, sure.
- 9:01Speaker 2: That's right.
- 9:03Speaker 6: I wouldn't shove around my own partner.
- 9:05Speaker 2: Sure you wouldn't. Three kings to beat, huh?
- 9:08Speaker 6: Yeah, that's it.
- 9:10Speaker 3: Okay.
- 9:11Speaker 6: Holy smoke!
- 9:13Speaker 2: Read them, Zep. What do you say?
- 9:15Speaker 11: Three aces.
- 9:17Speaker 3: Yeah.
- 9:18Speaker 2: Well, Zep, take good care of yourself. I'll have a
- 9:20Speaker 2: nice big service flag hung up with a single star
- 9:23Speaker 2: on it, just for you.
- 9:34Speaker 3: Well, that's the way Joe Adams got to be Joe Biscopolis.
- 9:38Speaker 3: That afternoon, he went uptown again with Crunk to raise $ 50, 000.
- 9:43Speaker 3: We needed that much dough so we could sail.
- 9:45Speaker 8: Well, how about it, Joe?
- 9:49Speaker 4: Did you raise the wind?
- 9:50Speaker 2: Raise the wind? I couldn't even raise a good cough.
- 9:53Speaker 2: I don't know what's happened to this town.
- 9:54Speaker 4: What about all them soft touches, you know?
- 9:56Speaker 2: Ah, the heat's on. They either got caught in a
- 9:58Speaker 2: draft or went square and paid their income taxes. Income taxes.
- 10:02Speaker 2: Looks like our luck is out. Hey, boss, look. Look
- 10:05Speaker 2: at what?
- 10:06Speaker 9: That car parked there.
- 10:07Speaker 2: What about it?
- 10:07Speaker 11: Look at the license.
- 10:09Speaker 3: 7L7777. Five sevens, five naturals.
- 10:12Speaker 4: Oh, this is going to change your.
- 10:13Speaker 6: Luck, boss.
- 10:14Speaker 2: Come on, come on, get in. No, you get in.
- 10:15Speaker 2: I'll wait here. What?
- 10:17Speaker 6: Boss, you know it's no good if.
- 10:18Speaker 4: We both don't get in together.
- 10:19Speaker 3: What's the matter?
- 10:19Speaker 6: You trying to jinx it or something? Come on. Oh, okay.
- 10:23Speaker 3: I beg your pardon, sir.
- 10:24Speaker 2: That's okay, bud. We just want to sit in the
- 10:26Speaker 2: back for a second.
- 10:27Speaker 8: But the lady I drive for.
- 10:28Speaker 2: It won't hurt anything. Now, sit down, Crunk.
- 10:30Speaker 6: Oh, boy. Five natural.
- 10:32Speaker 12: Please, sir.
- 10:32Speaker 2: The lady... Yeah, yeah. Take it easy. Is that long enough, Crunk? Yeah.
- 10:36Speaker 3: Yeah, I guess so.
- 10:36Speaker 2: Well, get out. This guy's getting nervous.
- 10:38Speaker 9: Howard, we'll go right back to... Oh.
- 10:41Speaker 2: Oh.
- 10:42Speaker 3: Sorry.
- 10:43Speaker 6: Miss Bryant, these gentlemen just opened the door and sat down.
- 10:45Speaker 13: I don't know.
- 10:46Speaker 9: It's all right, Howard. How do you do?
- 10:48Speaker 2: Hmm. How do you do?
- 10:51Speaker 9: Can I sell you a ticket to our charity ball?
- 10:53Speaker 3: Oh, sure.
- 10:53Speaker 9: One or two?
- 10:55Speaker 2: Two.
- 10:56Speaker 9: Here you are. They're $ 50 a piece.
- 10:58Speaker 2: Oh, just a.
- 11:01Speaker 2: Cheap affair, isn't it?
- 11:03Speaker 9: Not exactly. But we're trying to raise $ 100, 000. Are you now?
- 11:07Speaker 2: Well, that's a coincidence.
- 11:08Speaker 8: Yeah, what's it for, sister?
- 11:09Speaker 9: War Relief Incorporated.
- 11:11Speaker 2: Hmm, I'm interested in relief. Where are your headquarters?
- 11:15Speaker 9: The address is on the ticket.
- 11:16Speaker 3: I see.
- 11:16Speaker 2: Now, here, you keep the tickets. I'll look you up.
- 11:19Speaker 2: As a matter of fact, I may throw something your way.
- 11:22Speaker 9: Thank you.
- 11:30Speaker 13: I beg your pardon, but did you say you wanted
- 11:33Speaker 13: to contribute $ 70 to our war relief, or was it $ 700?
- 11:37Speaker 2: Neither. I said $ 70, 000.
- 11:40Speaker 13: Yes, I thought.
- 11:41Speaker 9: Well, do sit down.
- 11:43Speaker 14: Do, mister.
- 11:44Speaker 13: I don't believe I got your name.
- 11:46Speaker 3: Joe.
- 11:46Speaker 2: How are you? Joe.
- 11:49Speaker 9: Oh, oh, Mr. Joseph.
- 11:51Speaker 13: Well, you couldn't have come at a more timely moment.
- 11:53Speaker 13: You know, we have to send a whole shipload of
- 11:55Speaker 13: medical supplies to Europe. I do hope you want to
- 11:58Speaker 13: make your donation in cash.
- 12:00Speaker 2: I always do business in cash.
- 12:01Speaker 9: Oh, that's splendid.
- 12:03Speaker 2: You'll have to help me, though. Oh, of course. Well,
- 12:05Speaker 2: you see, I'm a boss gambler.
- 12:06Speaker 3: That's my business.
- 12:07Speaker 13: Oh, we never inquire into one's association.
- 12:09Speaker 2: Now, now, this charity affair of yours, that's made to order.
- 12:12Speaker 2: All you have to do is give me the gambling concessions.
- 12:15Speaker 11: Gambling?
- 12:16Speaker 2: Sure, blackjack, chuckaluck, roulette. I'll raise the dough for you
- 12:19Speaker 2: in one evening.
- 12:20Speaker 9: I don't have a stand.
- 12:21Speaker 2: Well, it's simple. You're given a ball, we take rooms
- 12:23Speaker 2: next to it. All you have to do is steer
- 12:25Speaker 2: the customers in. I supply the dealers, the tables, the layout.
- 12:28Speaker 2: All you have to do is sit back, rake in
- 12:30Speaker 2: the winnings.
- 12:31Speaker 13: But are there always winnings?
- 12:33Speaker 9: Suppose you lose.
- 12:34Speaker 3: We can't.
- 12:35Speaker 2: Now look, I'll show you what I mean. Here's the dice.
- 12:37Speaker 2: You roll them, you're the customer.
- 12:39Speaker 9: Shall I?
- 12:40Speaker 2: Sure, go on, roll them.
- 12:42Speaker 3: There you see?
- 12:43Speaker 2: Snake eyes. You lose. Now, what's the difference? Seven. I win. See?
- 12:48Speaker 3: I'm lucky.
- 12:49Speaker 2: I can't lose. Well. I'll do it again. This time
- 12:52Speaker 2: I'll make a dump shot.
- 12:53Speaker 6: A what?
- 12:54Speaker 2: Dump shot. Oh. Hand me the glass.
- 12:56Speaker 6: Now, watch.
- 12:59Speaker 2: Say seven.
- 13:00Speaker 9: How do you do it?
- 13:01Speaker 3: Influence.
- 13:04Speaker 2: Look, you bring me the right people, I'll get you
- 13:06Speaker 2: that $ 100, 000.
- 13:07Speaker 9: But it's gambling.
- 13:08Speaker 2: Not the way I do it.
- 13:09Speaker 9: It so happens that gambling is against the law in
- 13:11Speaker 9: this country.
- 13:12Speaker 2: Oh, hello, you.
- 13:14Speaker 15: Oh, Dorothy, this is Mr. Joseph, my lieutenant, Miss Bryant.
- 13:18Speaker 15: I've already had the pleasure. It so happens, Mr. Joseph,
- 13:21Speaker 15: that we have a committee of financial advisors. Strange, they've
- 13:25Speaker 15: never hit upon your plan, if it's so sound.
- 13:27Speaker 2: Well, not everyone can do it, Lieutenant. It's sort of... Dangerous?
- 13:32Speaker 9: That's what I mean.
- 13:33Speaker 13: Oh, I'm afraid Miss Bryant's right. Perhaps if you send
- 13:37Speaker 13: us a letter explaining your plan in detail.
- 13:39Speaker 9: Yes, and we'll be glad to take it up at
- 13:40Speaker 9: our next meeting.
- 13:41Speaker 2: But you're in a hurry for this, though. You can't
- 13:43Speaker 2: afford to wait for meetings.
- 13:43Speaker 9: Well, we can't afford to sponsor something we might later regret.
- 13:46Speaker 2: Hey, now, wait.
- 13:48Speaker 16: Dorothy, don't forget your appointment at the bank.
- 13:50Speaker 9: Oh, all right. Thanks. Goodbye, Mr.
- 13:53Speaker 3: Joseph.
- 13:54Speaker 9: I'm sorry, Mr.
- 13:55Speaker 3: Joseph.
- 13:56Speaker 2: Uh, hey, look. What bank is she going to?
- 13:59Speaker 13: Why, it's at 31 East 39th.
- 14:02Speaker 3: Oh, thanks, Dutch.
- 14:12Speaker 8: Listen, boss, this ain't no bank.
- 14:14Speaker 2: This is a blood bank. What's the difference? Where's the girl?
- 14:17Speaker 2: But they take away your blood here.
- 14:18Speaker 6: You want to lose your blood? Quiet, Crunk.
- 14:20Speaker 2: Yes, please.
- 14:21Speaker 9: Good afternoon.
- 14:22Speaker 12: Hello, Mr.
- 14:22Speaker 9: Bryan. This is your third visit, isn't it?
- 14:24Speaker 3: Yes.
- 14:24Speaker 9: We'll have your silver button waiting for you as soon
- 14:26Speaker 9: as you're through. Thank you. Sit right over there, please.
- 14:30Speaker 2: Well, hello.
- 14:32Speaker 9: Hello.
- 14:33Speaker 2: Well, well, this is quite a surprise.
- 14:35Speaker 9: Not particularly. It so happens I rather expected it. And
- 14:38Speaker 9: if you think your persistence is going to have any
- 14:40Speaker 9: effect on me, you're mistaken.
- 14:42Speaker 2: Well, now, I can't see how you people can pass
- 14:46Speaker 2: up $ 100, 000 for the cause.
- 14:48Speaker 9: For whose cause? If you're so interested in serving the cause,
- 14:53Speaker 9: why don't you join the army?
- 14:54Speaker 2: Oh, well, I'm 4F.
- 14:55Speaker 9: You look 1A to me.
- 14:57Speaker 2: Oh, you don't look so bad yourself. I know. Well,
- 15:00Speaker 2: you see, it's just my arteries are 4F. See? There's
- 15:03Speaker 2: the card. See?
- 15:05Speaker 9: Biscopolis? J. Biscopolis?
- 15:06Speaker 3: That's right, Biscopolis.
- 15:08Speaker 9: I thought you said your name was Joseph.
- 15:10Speaker 2: Well, if a fellow went around calling himself Biscopolis, think
- 15:13Speaker 2: what the other people would call him. Next. Look, why
- 15:19Speaker 2: didn't you let me finish when I was trying to
- 15:21Speaker 2: tell that lady at the war charities?
- 15:22Speaker 9: It so happens that I don't trust your motives.
- 15:24Speaker 2: Oh, that's great. Here I am giving my life's blood
- 15:27Speaker 2: and you don't trust my motives.
- 15:28Speaker 9: The person who gets your life's blood will probably develop
- 15:31Speaker 9: a sudden passion for the dump shop.
- 15:33Speaker 2: Yeah? And the poor soldier who gets your blood, they
- 15:36Speaker 2: can use him for an ice cube.
- 15:37Speaker 9: Next, Miss Brian.
- 15:39Speaker 7: Ready.
- 15:40Speaker 9: Goodbye, Mr. Vescovolos. And the answer is still no.
- 15:52Speaker 8: Hey, Force 1A is back.
- 15:54Speaker 3: Huh?
- 15:54Speaker 8: Zep, he ain't in the army yet.
- 15:55Speaker 1: Hiya, Joe.
- 15:57Speaker 3: What's doing?
- 15:57Speaker 2: Uh-huh. How come you're not in uniform, Zep?
- 16:00Speaker 7: Well, I got a couple of weeks before I go
- 16:02Speaker 7: to camp. Ain't got any place to flop. Okay if
- 16:05Speaker 7: I stay here on the boat?
- 16:06Speaker 3: Sure, why not?
- 16:08Speaker 6: Thanks. How you coming with the bankroll?
- 16:11Speaker 2: I got a crack at the biggest bankroll in New York,
- 16:13Speaker 2: if it works.
- 16:14Speaker 3: Oh, what's holding it up?
- 16:15Speaker 11: An iceberg.
- 16:17Speaker 2: But I'll melt it down.
- 16:19Speaker 17: Yeah.
- 16:20Speaker 6: Okay if I get something to eat?
- 16:22Speaker 2: Sure, go down to the galley, see what they got.
- 16:24Speaker 6: Thanks, Joe. Thanks a lot. Boss, when you clean out
- 16:28Speaker 6: a guy like Zip, you had no way.
- 16:29Speaker 11: To keep him around.
- 16:30Speaker 2: Hey, is that any way to treat a soldier, Crunk?
- 16:33Speaker 6: Yeah, but I'm telling you, Chief, a guy like.
- 16:35Speaker 2: Crunk, never give a sucker an even break. And always
- 16:38Speaker 2: keep an eye on a pal.
- 16:40Speaker 11: Remember that.
- 16:40Speaker 2: Hey, where can I get a car? I've got to
- 16:42Speaker 2: put on a dog for a few days.
- 16:43Speaker 4: Well, I know a fellow in town's got a sedan.
- 16:45Speaker 2: Well, get it. Meet me on the dog in half
- 16:46Speaker 2: an hour.
- 16:47Speaker 4: Okay.
- 16:47Speaker 3: Yes?
- 16:56Speaker 12: Bryant, there's a.
- 16:56Speaker 9: Recruit out here in the office. I don't know what
- 16:58Speaker 9: to do about it. Well, hang on to her. We
- 17:00Speaker 9: can use anybody. But, Miss Bryant, it's rather a special case. Well,
- 17:04Speaker 9: send her in before she changes her mind.
- 17:09Speaker 6: Oh, hello.
- 17:10Speaker 9: Oh, what do you want here?
- 17:11Speaker 2: Oh, well, I'm her.
- 17:14Speaker 8: Oh, I see.
- 17:16Speaker 2: I've been thinking about what you said yesterday, and I was, uh... Well,
- 17:19Speaker 2: I was wondering why you couldn't use me in this setup.
- 17:22Speaker 9: You mean you want to enlist in this organization?
- 17:24Speaker 2: Yeah, it's time for every man to do his bit.
- 17:26Speaker 2: If it wasn't for this weak heart, believe me.
- 17:28Speaker 9: Arteries.
- 17:29Speaker 2: Oh, yeah, arteries. Why, it's the same thing. How about it?
- 17:32Speaker 9: What about this gambling at the ball business?
- 17:34Speaker 2: Oh, I forgot it.
- 17:35Speaker 3: Too bad.
- 17:36Speaker 2: It was a good idea. Yeah, good for the cause, too. Well,
- 17:40Speaker 2: let it go.
- 17:41Speaker 9: Well, I have no right to refuse any enlistment. However,
- 17:44Speaker 9: I think I should warn you. We've had a few
- 17:47Speaker 9: men before, but they all ask to be transferred to
- 17:50Speaker 9: more active branches. So many women around got.
- 17:53Speaker 2: On their nerves Oh, that won't bother me I.
- 17:56Speaker 9: Might have known But perhaps you'd better read this first
- 17:59Speaker 9: We expect a lot of our.
- 18:00Speaker 2: Workers Thank you Do you mind if I sit down, please, ma'am?
- 18:05Speaker 9: No, of course not Dorothy, I just thought of a.
- 18:09Speaker 16: Oh!
- 18:09Speaker 2: Oh, hiya, Toots. Hiya.
- 18:11Speaker 9: He's going to enlist, Veronica.
- 18:13Speaker 4: Enlist?
- 18:14Speaker 9: Really?
- 18:14Speaker 2: Yes, ma'am.
- 18:15Speaker 9: You're sure you know what you're doing?
- 18:16Speaker 2: I'd do anything to help the cause, anything.
- 18:19Speaker 4: Oh, I think that's wonderful.
- 18:20Speaker 9: Well, perhaps you're right. The discipline will be good for him, too.
- 18:25Speaker 2: Of course.
- 18:25Speaker 9: Now, you fill in the application, and I'll get you
- 18:27Speaker 9: a button.
- 18:28Speaker 2: Thank you.
- 18:29Speaker 9: Sign on the bottom line, Mr. Baskervollis.
- 18:32Speaker 2: No, no.
- 18:33Speaker 3: Vescapolis.
- 18:34Speaker 2: I didn't think you'd forget me.
- 18:36Speaker 9: I don't intend to.
- 18:37Speaker 2: You mean sign here?
- 18:38Speaker 9: That's right. Here's your button. Now you're one of us, Mr... Vescapolis. Oh, brief?
- 18:46Speaker 2: American, naturalized.
- 18:48Speaker 9: Oh, yes, yes. Well, Dorothy will take care of.
- 18:51Speaker 13: You and come and tell me how you're getting on.
- 18:53Speaker 2: Yes, thanks. Well, everything's fixed. I'm in.
- 18:58Speaker 9: Stand up. Take your hat off my desk.
- 19:00Speaker 3: What?
- 19:01Speaker 9: Put out that cigarette. Recruits are not allowed to smoke
- 19:03Speaker 9: during office hours. And before you leave, put a fresh
- 19:06Speaker 9: bottle of water on that cooler, please.
- 19:08Speaker 2: Oh, yeah, sure.
- 19:11Speaker 9: How would you like to begin with a propaganda project?
- 19:15Speaker 2: Yes, sir, or madam.
- 19:18Speaker 9: Now tell me, do you know how to knit?
- 19:21Speaker 7: Knit?
- 19:22Speaker 9: I ask if you knew how to knit.
- 19:25Speaker 8: Knit?
- 19:25Speaker 9: In England, men who are incapacitated knit without hesitation.
- 19:29Speaker 10: Knit?
- 19:29Speaker 9: Knit? Why, the best knitter I ever saw was Wing
- 19:33Speaker 9: Commander Barnstable. He picked it up while he was in
- 19:35Speaker 9: a plastic hat.
- 19:36Speaker 2: I don't knit.
- 19:37Speaker 9: That's exactly the attitude we're trying to combat.
- 19:40Speaker 2: Now look here, I don't mind.
- 19:41Speaker 9: We want a group of obviously masculine men to take
- 19:44Speaker 9: up knitting. Do it perfectly casually in public places.
- 19:48Speaker 2: You think I'm strong enough?
- 19:51Speaker 9: I'm quite serious. Half the women who were knitting for
- 19:54Speaker 9: us last year are now learning to drive ambulances and
- 19:57Speaker 9: run buses.
- 19:58Speaker 3: Yeah, but look.
- 19:59Speaker 9: You don't seem to have caught the idea of the
- 20:01Speaker 9: organization you've just joined, Mr. Vescopolis. We're people who won't
- 20:05Speaker 9: be able to get into the actual fighting. We resent
- 20:08Speaker 9: that fact. So we take our resentment out and doing
- 20:11Speaker 9: our best to help when and how we can.
- 20:13Speaker 2: Oh, well, I'm not backing out. I can't knit because
- 20:16Speaker 2: I don't know how. That settles it.
- 20:18Speaker 9: Report to Mrs. Van Every. She's our best instructor.
- 20:21Speaker 2: Well, now, wait a minute.
- 20:22Speaker 9: Or do I tear up this application?
- 20:25Speaker 11: Oh, okay.
- 20:27Speaker 3: Okay.
- 20:27Speaker 6: I knit.
- 20:28Speaker 11: Good.
- 20:29Speaker 9: You may report to Mrs. Van Every.
- 20:31Speaker 2: Thank you, madam. I knit.
- 20:34Speaker 9: Go ahead.
- 20:35Speaker 2: Well, look, just one more thing.
- 20:37Speaker 4: Yes?
- 20:38Speaker 2: When do I get to trim a hat?
- 20:41Speaker 9: Before Mr.
- 20:50Speaker 17: DeMille presents Cary Grant and Lorraine Day in Act Two
- 20:53Speaker 17: of Mr. Lucky, it's time for Mail Call. Just a
- 20:56Speaker 17: quick look at a few of the letters we've received
- 20:58Speaker 17: from men in uniform.
- 20:59Speaker 16: You see, a lot of boys who've never washed so
- 21:01Speaker 16: much as a pair of socks in their lives are
- 21:04Speaker 16: learning to cope with the laundry problem. and writing in
- 21:07Speaker 16: to tell us how Lux Flakes have helped them solve it.
- 21:10Speaker 16: One boy writes from Georgia that when he was washing
- 21:13Speaker 16: his fatigue uniform with Lux, the fellows couldn't figure out
- 21:16Speaker 16: how he got so many suds.
- 21:17Speaker 11: In the tub.
- 21:18Speaker 17: And a sailor, storekeeper second class to be exact, tells
- 21:22Speaker 17: us that other Lux fans are pikers compared with him.
- 21:25Speaker 17: He uses Lux for his blue uniforms, says it gives
- 21:27Speaker 17: him a fine lather, rinses out easily, and leaves the
- 21:30Speaker 17: wool soft.
- 21:32Speaker 16: Another Navy man, a CB from one of the construction battalions,
- 21:35Speaker 16: passes along a smart idea. He luxes his blue uniforms, too,
- 21:40Speaker 16: and uses an old toothbrush and lux suds to get
- 21:43Speaker 16: the white braid clean.
- 21:44Speaker 17: I guess we could say, Sally, the boys are getting
- 21:46Speaker 17: uniformly good results.
- 21:48Speaker 2: From Lux Flakes.
- 21:48Speaker 9: That would be putting it mildly.
- 21:50Speaker 17: Well, that's the way to put it when you're talking
- 21:52Speaker 17: about lux, isn't it?
- 21:53Speaker 2: Seriously, though, lux is mild and gentle.
- 21:56Speaker 17: That's why it's such safe care, not only for Army
- 21:59Speaker 17: and Navy uniforms, but for civilian washables, too. Sweaters and
- 22:03Speaker 17: dresses and blouses. It helps washables last longer because it
- 22:07Speaker 17: is so very gentle.
- 22:09Speaker 2: It's thrifty to use.
- 22:10Speaker 17: A little gives you so many rich, long-lasting suds. So
- 22:14Speaker 17: don't waste Lux. Use all you need to get good suds,
- 22:17Speaker 17: but no more than you need. Next time you shop,
- 22:20Speaker 17: be sure you get Lux Flakes.
- 22:23Speaker 2: Now, our producer, Mr. DeMille.
- 22:26Speaker 5: Act II of Mr. Lucky, starring Cary Grant as Joe
- 22:29Speaker 5: and Lorraine Day as Dorothy.
- 22:39Speaker 3: Yeah, this Joe was a funny guy. There he was,
- 22:42Speaker 3: working in that war charity place, trying to get next
- 22:45Speaker 3: to some easy dough so we could open the gambling ship.
- 22:49Speaker 3: Looked like everything was going his way, too. Only there
- 22:52Speaker 3: was a couple of things he didn't know. Number one,
- 22:56Speaker 3: That Zepp guy was never drafted. When he went for
- 22:59Speaker 3: his physical, he got a 4F. Number two, Zepp knew
- 23:03Speaker 3: something about the real Joe Biscopolis. He knew he was
- 23:06Speaker 3: a three-time loser who had to report to the parole
- 23:09Speaker 3: board every month. But what Joe didn't know wasn't hurting him.
- 23:13Speaker 3: Not yet, anyway. Well, down at the war charity place
- 23:17Speaker 3: one morning, there was a little trouble. The ladies were
- 23:20Speaker 3: in some kind of a jam about money. All I
- 23:25Speaker 3: know is I want 1,200 bucks.
- 23:26Speaker 8: Please don't shout.
- 23:27Speaker 2: Oh, excuse me. Excuse me, ladies. Good morning.
- 23:29Speaker 8: Oh, good morning, Mr. Pescapolis.
- 23:31Speaker 2: Well, what seems to be the trouble?
- 23:33Speaker 9: Well.
- 23:33Speaker 8: Well, she owes me $ 1, 200. That's a trouble.
- 23:35Speaker 13: He's trying to charge us $ 6 apiece for some second-hand blankets.
- 23:38Speaker 8: I could have got $ 10.
- 23:40Speaker 13: Millions of refugees, shivering in tents, and this creature tries
- 23:43Speaker 13: to hold us up. You ought to be ashamed of yourself,
- 23:45Speaker 13: raising your price just because blankets are hard to get.
- 23:48Speaker 8: That's the old law of supply and demand, lady, and
- 23:50Speaker 8: it ain't been repealed yet. $ 6 apiece. Where's my check?
- 23:53Speaker 13: I tell you, we haven't it in our account.
- 23:55Speaker 8: All right.
- 23:56Speaker 11: All right.
- 23:56Speaker 8: Then I take back the blankets.
- 23:58Speaker 6: Well, now, wait.
- 23:59Speaker 2: Now, wait.
- 24:00Speaker 7: Look.
- 24:01Speaker 2: You look like a pretty good sport, Mr... McDougal.
- 24:04Speaker 3: Mr.
- 24:04Speaker 2: McDougal, I'll tell you what I'll do. I'll flip you.
- 24:07Speaker 2: I'll give you $ 2, 000 or $ 600. If I lose, I'll
- 24:11Speaker 2: pay for it out of my own kick. I wouldn't
- 24:13Speaker 2: want to have those shivering refugees on my conscience. Now,
- 24:16Speaker 2: what do you say, Mr. McDougal?
- 24:17Speaker 7: $ 2, 000 or $ 600?
- 24:19Speaker 3: Yeah. You're on.
- 24:20Speaker 2: Okay. Well, I'll toss the coin and you... Oh, wait
- 24:24Speaker 2: a minute. Oh, I am sorry. I couldn't do it
- 24:26Speaker 2: with this coin. You see, it's got tails on each side.
- 24:29Speaker 2: I got it from a gambler. I wouldn't want to
- 24:31Speaker 2: jip you. See, you'd have lost.
- 24:33Speaker 8: Oh, well, thanks.
- 24:34Speaker 2: Yeah, now, what do you say we do that old
- 24:38Speaker 2: behind-the-back routine?
- 24:39Speaker 8: Behind-the-back?
- 24:40Speaker 2: Yeah, you guess what hand it's in, you know?
- 24:42Speaker 3: Oh, yeah, sure.
- 24:42Speaker 6: Go on.
- 24:43Speaker 2: All right, now, are you all ready?
- 24:46Speaker 8: Yeah, I'm ready.
- 24:47Speaker 2: All right, which hand?
- 24:48Speaker 4: The left.
- 24:48Speaker 6: The left.
- 24:49Speaker 2: Well, let's see. No, no, it isn't in the left. Well,
- 24:52Speaker 2: I'm sorry, Mr. McDougal. We get the blankets for 600, though.
- 24:55Speaker 8: Oh, now, wait a minute. You ought to give me
- 24:57Speaker 8: another chance to break even. Double or nothing.
- 24:59Speaker 2: Oh, no, no. I don't think I could do that, Mr. McDougal.
- 25:02Speaker 2: Some of the main guys in here don't like gambling.
- 25:04Speaker 8: Double or nothing.
- 25:05Speaker 11: Come on.
- 25:07Speaker 2: Well, all right.
- 25:08Speaker 3: Are you ready?
- 25:09Speaker 8: I'm ready.
- 25:10Speaker 2: Double or nothing.
- 25:11Speaker 3: Here you are.
- 25:11Speaker 2: Right hand or left?
- 25:12Speaker 8: The left. Open it up.
- 25:13Speaker 2: They are empty. You know, that's a funny thing. That
- 25:17Speaker 2: wouldn't happen again in a thousand times.
- 25:18Speaker 8: Yeah, well, it won't happen again to me.
- 25:20Speaker 2: Never mind. You'll sleep well tonight because you did a
- 25:22Speaker 2: good deed for a worthy cause. Here's a button. Now
- 25:25Speaker 2: you're one of us.
- 25:26Speaker 8: I have contributed to War Relief Incorporated.
- 25:30Speaker 3: Yeah.
- 25:31Speaker 8: I have been taken by War Relief Incorporated.
- 25:44Speaker 3: Yeah, Joe beat him fair and square. That coin Joe used, though,
- 25:48Speaker 3: had a little pin in it. When he put his
- 25:50Speaker 3: hands behind him, he stuck it on the back of
- 25:52Speaker 3: his coat, so it was never in either hand. Fair
- 25:55Speaker 3: and square, according to Joe. But it saved the charity $ 1, 200.
- 25:59Speaker 3: And then there was a time he went down to
- 26:02Speaker 3: the docks with Miss Bryant. There was more trouble about
- 26:05Speaker 3: loading some trucks.
- 26:08Speaker 9: I've been trying to think of some way to thank
- 26:10Speaker 9: you for getting us the blankets.
- 26:13Speaker 2: Well, the percentage was in our favor. The other guy
- 26:15Speaker 2: was doing the guessing.
- 26:16Speaker 9: You know, ever since you first came in, I've been
- 26:19Speaker 9: trying to figure out why.
- 26:20Speaker 2: Oh, now, look. What's a guy supposed to do? Put
- 26:22Speaker 2: his heart on a plate before you'll trust him?
- 26:25Speaker 9: What do you think you'll get out of helping us?
- 26:27Speaker 2: I told you, I'm just trying to do my bit.
- 26:29Speaker 9: That doesn't explain anything.
- 26:32Speaker 2: Well, I just don't like to talk about it, that's all.
- 26:35Speaker 2: But why not look? The name of Baskopoulos goes back
- 26:38Speaker 2: a long time.
- 26:39Speaker 9: You mean in Greece?
- 26:40Speaker 2: Yeah, over there where them Nazis are pushing him around.
- 26:43Speaker 2: How do I know what's happened to my brothers and
- 26:45Speaker 2: my kid sister? I lie awake nights trying to figure
- 26:49Speaker 2: out how to help them. So now you know.
- 26:51Speaker 9: Oh, I'm terribly sorry.
- 26:55Speaker 2: Oh, that's all right. Don't apologize. Sorry I had to
- 26:58Speaker 2: tell you that's all. Now, what about this guy we
- 27:01Speaker 2: have to see?
- 27:02Speaker 9: Oh... Well, he won't unload our supplies until he gets
- 27:05Speaker 9: a check. They're medical supplies, and they're important to save lives.
- 27:09Speaker 3: I see.
- 27:10Speaker 2: Well, I'll talk to him.
- 27:11Speaker 9: Joe, what's that in your hand?
- 27:12Speaker 2: This? Oh, a roll of dimes.
- 27:15Speaker 9: Why do you carry it?
- 27:16Speaker 6: Habit.
- 27:17Speaker 2: Fits nice in your hand.
- 27:24Speaker 3: Joe talked to the guy all right. When he got done,
- 27:28Speaker 3: the guy really listened to reasons. Of course, that pack
- 27:30Speaker 3: of dimes in Joe's hand helped a little.
- 27:40Speaker 9: Joe, your face is cut. Oh, and your coat's all ripped.
- 27:45Speaker 2: Come on, let's get back to the charity.
- 27:47Speaker 9: What happened in there?
- 27:48Speaker 2: Oh, you misunderstood that guy. Nice fella, family man.
- 27:51Speaker 9: What happened to your dimes?
- 27:52Speaker 2: Oh, I tipped a guy.
- 27:54Speaker 9: Did you have to tip him very hard?
- 27:56Speaker 2: What, me? Fight? Go on, I'm a peace-loving citizen.
- 27:59Speaker 9: Joe, he might have killed you.
- 28:00Speaker 3: Oh, don't be silly.
- 28:01Speaker 2: Just a scratch. Say, uh, would you mind if we
- 28:04Speaker 2: stopped at the tailor's so I can get him to
- 28:05Speaker 2: sew this fiddle?
- 28:06Speaker 9: The what?
- 28:07Speaker 2: The fiddle and flute. My suit.
- 28:08Speaker 9: Oh, what kind of double talk is that?
- 28:11Speaker 2: Oh, it's a language. I picked it up in Australia. Like, uh, well,
- 28:14Speaker 2: like shoes, ones and twos.
- 28:15Speaker 9: Sounds like poetry.
- 28:16Speaker 2: Yeah, well, that's the idea. Jingles. Like, uh, you're a girl,
- 28:20Speaker 2: twist and twirl.
- 28:21Speaker 9: Oh, well, what are you?
- 28:22Speaker 2: Me? Oh, I'm a bloke. Heap of coke.
- 28:25Speaker 9: Well, this twist and twirl is going to take care
- 28:28Speaker 9: of the heap of coke's scratch.
- 28:30Speaker 2: Yeah, cabbage patch.
- 28:32Speaker 9: We'll stop at my house. It's on the way.
- 28:34Speaker 2: Oh. Anybody home?
- 28:37Speaker 7: No.
- 28:37Speaker 2: Hmm, fine.
- 28:47Speaker 9: Have Mr. Vistopoulos' coat fixed, Foster.
- 28:50Speaker 3: Yes, Miss Dorothy.
- 28:51Speaker 11: Will you take it off, please, sir?
- 28:52Speaker 12: Yeah, sure.
- 28:53Speaker 9: I'll get some bandages. What were you saying before, Joe?
- 28:56Speaker 3: Oh, yeah.
- 28:58Speaker 2: So the crunk and me are sitting in this coffee
- 28:59Speaker 2: joint when in comes a pot and pan with his
- 29:01Speaker 2: cheese and kisses.
- 29:02Speaker 9: Pot and pan. That's a man.
- 29:03Speaker 3: Yeah.
- 29:04Speaker 9: Cheese and kisses. That's a missus.
- 29:06Speaker 3: Sure.
- 29:07Speaker 11: Well?
- 29:08Speaker 2: Well, the crunk said to me, Piper hides it, I suppose,
- 29:11Speaker 2: on that guy's storm and strife in the Tommy Horner.
- 29:13Speaker 9: Wait a minute.
- 29:14Speaker 6: I'm lost.
- 29:15Speaker 9: Piper?
- 29:15Speaker 3: Piper Hijack.
- 29:16Speaker 2: That's just pipe, you know.
- 29:17Speaker 9: Take a look.
- 29:18Speaker 2: At the eyes, I suppose.
- 29:20Speaker 9: Oh, the nose?
- 29:20Speaker 2: Yeah, on that guy's storming strife in the Tommy Horner.
- 29:24Speaker 9: On his wife?
- 29:24Speaker 3: Yeah.
- 29:25Speaker 9: In the corner?
- 29:25Speaker 7: Right.
- 29:26Speaker 9: Well, what happened?
- 29:29Speaker 2: The guy come over and punched the crunk in the snoot.
- 29:31Speaker 3: Why?
- 29:32Speaker 2: Well, the guy came from Australia.
- 29:34Speaker 9: Oh.
- 29:34Speaker 11: Your coat, sir. Here you are, John.
- 29:37Speaker 2: Where can I wash up? Up to your left, sir.
- 29:39Speaker 3: All right.
- 29:40Speaker 2: Well, don't go away, Miss Bryant.
- 29:42Speaker 9: I won't.
- 29:44Speaker 11: Miss Dorothy.
- 29:45Speaker 9: Yes?
- 29:45Speaker 11: Shall I telephone for a bottle and stopper?
- 29:47Speaker 9: A what?
- 29:48Speaker 11: A copper, in the American vernacular.
- 29:50Speaker 9: Why, Foster, don't tell me you've been to Australia.
- 29:53Speaker 11: Well, that's where I met my storm and strife. Mrs. Foster. Oh.
- 29:57Speaker 11: Please forgive me, Miss Dorothy, but are you aware of
- 30:00Speaker 11: the character of this gentleman?
- 30:02Speaker 9: Oh, I think so.
- 30:03Speaker 3: Why?
- 30:03Speaker 11: You know he carries a lady from Bristol?
- 30:05Speaker 9: A what?
- 30:06Speaker 11: A pistol. In American parlance, a rod.
- 30:10Speaker 2: Oh.
- 30:11Speaker 9: Well, don't be alarmed. I think it's part of his character.
- 30:14Speaker 9: He carries it for balance.
- 30:15Speaker 11: Yes, Miss Dorothy.
- 30:17Speaker 9: Take the coat along, Foster, and see if Mrs. Barnes
- 30:19Speaker 9: will sew it up. What's that, Foster?
- 30:22Speaker 11: A coin, Miss. It fell out of the pocket.
- 30:24Speaker 9: Let me see that. coin with a pin on the back.
- 30:28Speaker 11: That's rather an unusual ornament, isn't it, miss?
- 30:31Speaker 9: Oh, it's not an ornament, Foster. It's really very practical.
- 30:44Speaker 2: I'm coming with the fiddle.
- 30:45Speaker 9: Here you are.
- 30:46Speaker 4: Thanks.
- 30:47Speaker 9: By the way, Foster was quite alarmed. He thought I
- 30:49Speaker 9: should send for a bottle and stopper.
- 30:52Speaker 3: Yeah?
- 30:52Speaker 2: What for?
- 30:53Speaker 9: The lady from Bristol.
- 30:55Speaker 2: Oh, that. Well, I wouldn't feel dressed without one.
- 30:59Speaker 9: Have you ever killed anyone?
- 31:00Speaker 2: No, I'm too good a shot. Look, don't get me wrong.
- 31:04Speaker 2: I'm a gambler, not a gangster.
- 31:06Speaker 9: Tell me some more.
- 31:07Speaker 2: Some more what?
- 31:08Speaker 9: Some more jingle talk.
- 31:09Speaker 2: Oh, that. Well, now, look. If we were going together, well,
- 31:14Speaker 2: you'd be my briny Marlin. My darling, see? Then I'd
- 31:18Speaker 2: be the guy who'd give you that simple Simon diamond
- 31:22Speaker 2: for your long-and-linger finger.
- 31:24Speaker 9: The guy who gave me this simple assignment was my mother.
- 31:27Speaker 2: Oh, yeah?
- 31:29Speaker 11: More.
- 31:30Speaker 2: Well, um, Barnett fares your hair. Dots and dyes, eyes.
- 31:36Speaker 2: The I suppose nose. North and south, mouth. That's where
- 31:42Speaker 2: you get the honey and bliss, kiss. Joe!
- 31:47Speaker 9: That's enough, Joe.
- 31:48Speaker 2: Come on, take off your mask. You're with friends.
- 31:50Speaker 9: Don't be silly.
- 31:52Speaker 2: Come on, Briony Marlin, don't play games.
- 31:54Speaker 9: Let me go. I'm not playing games.
- 31:56Speaker 2: Don't give me those baby blues.
- 31:58Speaker 9: You think I brought you up here because.
- 32:01Speaker 6: Because... Well, didn't you?
- 32:03Speaker 2: Or have you changed your mind?
- 32:07Speaker 9: All right. Suppose we settle it with that game you
- 32:11Speaker 9: played with McDougal.
- 32:12Speaker 2: What, you mean the coin stuff?
- 32:14Speaker 9: Mm-hmm, behind the back.
- 32:16Speaker 2: Okay.
- 32:17Speaker 3: Here's a coin. Now, you ready?
- 32:19Speaker 8: Mm-hmm.
- 32:20Speaker 6: All right.
- 32:21Speaker 2: Which hand is it in?
- 32:22Speaker 9: Neither.
- 32:23Speaker 2: Oh, no. Come on, play fair. You've got a guess.
- 32:26Speaker 9: Neither. Open them both.
- 32:28Speaker 2: Okay.
- 32:29Speaker 17: You see?
- 32:30Speaker 3: Oh.
- 32:31Speaker 2: It's in the left.
- 32:33Speaker 9: But.
- 32:33Speaker 2: Well, looks like you lost.
- 32:36Speaker 9: Well, when you played it with McDougal, you.
- 32:39Speaker 2: Yeah, I know. I pinned it on the back of
- 32:41Speaker 2: my coat. But that was different. You never give a
- 32:44Speaker 2: sucker an even break, but you don't cheat a friend.
- 32:46Speaker 2: I believe in that. I live by it. You don't
- 32:48Speaker 2: think I'd play phony with you, do you? Well, uh,
- 32:52Speaker 2: you lost.
- 32:54Speaker 3: Well, I....
- 32:57Speaker 9: I didn't know the rules of the game.
- 32:59Speaker 2: Oh, you didn't? Well, okay. Where's my tit-for-tat hat?
- 33:03Speaker 9: Joe, wait.
- 33:04Speaker 8: What, what?
- 33:05Speaker 9: Joe, will you run the gambling concession at the ball?
- 33:08Speaker 2: Well, well, well. You sure you can trust me?
- 33:12Speaker 9: Now I know I can.
- 33:14Speaker 2: Okay, you got a deal.
- 33:16Speaker 9: Hello, Grandfather. Foster said you wanted to see me.
- 33:25Speaker 4: Yes, sit down, Dorothy.
- 33:26Speaker 9: Wait till I powder my eyes to pose and comb
- 33:28Speaker 9: my barn at fair.
- 33:29Speaker 4: Where on earth did you pick up such gibberish?
- 33:32Speaker 9: From Foster. It's wonderful slang, Grandfather. You should talk to him.
- 33:36Speaker 4: I have been talking to Foster.
- 33:38Speaker 3: Oh?
- 33:38Speaker 4: What do you mean, Dot, by bringing a gangster into
- 33:40Speaker 4: this house?
- 33:41Speaker 9: Now, don't tell me you're worrying about me, Grandfather.
- 33:43Speaker 4: I'd give you wards against any ape gangsters in the city,
- 33:46Speaker 4: but I don't want them coming to my house. What
- 33:48Speaker 4: can you see in a fellow like that?
- 33:50Speaker 9: Joe's the first man I've ever met I'm afraid of.
- 33:53Speaker 9: It's exciting.
- 33:54Speaker 4: Joe? See here, Dot, this fellow hasn't been making advances
- 33:57Speaker 4: to you, has he?
- 33:58Speaker 3: Of course.
- 33:59Speaker 9: He kissed me.
- 34:00Speaker 6: What?
- 34:00Speaker 9: Right on the north and south. I pretended to be angry, but...
- 34:04Speaker 9: The truth is, I liked him.
- 34:05Speaker 4: Now, see here.
- 34:06Speaker 9: Oh, now, grandfather, don't worry.
- 34:08Speaker 4: Get rid of him, child. Get rid of him at once.
- 34:11Speaker 9: Well, I suppose I should. Yes, I think he'd be
- 34:15Speaker 9: too hard to tame. Good night, grandfather.
- 34:18Speaker 4: Dot, what's his name?
- 34:19Speaker 9: The heap coke? Oh, you'll never believe me. Joe Bascopolis.
- 34:24Speaker 3: Joe what?
- 34:24Speaker 9: Bascopolis. Now, do you wonder why I call him by
- 34:27Speaker 9: his first name? Good night, Franny Marlin.
- 34:32Speaker 4: Bascopolis.
- 34:35Speaker 3: Joe Biscopolis.
- 34:38Speaker 2: Yes?
- 34:38Speaker 3: Miss Bryant, there are three men here to see you.
- 34:46Speaker 9: What about?
- 34:46Speaker 3: Well, I.
- 34:47Speaker 4: I think they're detectives, Miss Bryant.
- 34:49Speaker 3: Oh.
- 34:50Speaker 9: Well, send them in.
- 34:51Speaker 3: Miss Bryant?
- 34:55Speaker 2: Come in.
- 34:56Speaker 3: Where can we find Joe Biscopolis?
- 34:59Speaker 9: He isn't here.
- 35:00Speaker 2: Where's his desk?
- 35:01Speaker 9: Out there.
- 35:02Speaker 13: Thanks.
- 35:03Speaker 9: Wait. I... I'm so glad you came. My grandfather sent
- 35:08Speaker 9: for you, didn't he? I always thought there was something
- 35:11Speaker 9: wrong with Mr. Biscopolis.
- 35:12Speaker 3: We want to have a little talk with him.
- 35:13Speaker 9: Anything serious?
- 35:14Speaker 10: When a guy's been convicted three times, carrying a gun
- 35:17Speaker 10: is plenty serious.
- 35:19Speaker 2: Oh. Oh, excuse me. I didn't know anyone was here.
- 35:22Speaker 9: Oh, it's all right.
- 35:24Speaker 11: Who's that?
- 35:25Speaker 9: Oh, he's the man from the water company. It's about
- 35:28Speaker 9: time you showed up, Inspector.
- 35:30Speaker 2: Huh?
- 35:31Speaker 3: Yeah?
- 35:31Speaker 2: Why?
- 35:32Speaker 9: I've telephoned the water company several times today. Three bottles
- 35:36Speaker 9: and stoppers arrived this morning, with no coolers.
- 35:40Speaker 6: Oh.
- 35:41Speaker 2: Three, uh... Sure. Three bottles and stoppers, huh?
- 35:46Speaker 17: Yes.
- 35:47Speaker 9: Is this the best service you can give us? I've
- 35:49Speaker 9: just about made up our mind to take our business elsewhere.
- 35:53Speaker 3: Where, for instance?
- 35:54Speaker 9: I think the Plaza Fountain Place will serve our needs
- 35:56Speaker 9: in the future.
- 35:57Speaker 2: Okay, lady. Go on up to the Plaza Fountain Place.
- 36:01Speaker 9: Will you sit down, gentlemen? I'm afraid you'll have to wait.
- 36:14Speaker 1: Joe!
- 36:15Speaker 2: Joe! Hello, clever girl. I figured you meant you'd meet
- 36:18Speaker 2: me at the fountain.
- 36:19Speaker 9: Oh, Joe, I was scared.
- 36:20Speaker 2: Say, why should the cops be trying to pick me up?
- 36:22Speaker 9: Grandfather, you will carry a lady from Bristol.
- 36:26Speaker 2: Oh, they're trying to pick me up for packing a rod, huh?
- 36:28Speaker 2: I can get sprung in a couple of hours.
- 36:30Speaker 9: Come on, my car's over here. Get in.
- 36:31Speaker 2: What for?
- 36:32Speaker 9: Now, don't ask questions. Get in.
- 36:34Speaker 2: Okay. Say, we're not only out of town, we're out
- 36:46Speaker 2: of the state. Is it all right for me to
- 36:48Speaker 2: ask questions now, please, teacher?
- 36:51Speaker 9: I have to talk to Grandfather.
- 36:52Speaker 2: Well, he's back in New York.
- 36:53Speaker 9: Oh, I have to talk to him on the phone.
- 36:55Speaker 2: We pass thousands of good phones.
- 36:56Speaker 9: No, this call must come from the right locality. Grandfather's
- 37:00Speaker 9: no fool.
- 37:00Speaker 2: Oh, well, how far is the right locality?
- 37:03Speaker 8: Pretty far.
- 37:04Speaker 9: Relax, Joe. Hold the match up. I've got a key somewhere.
- 37:16Speaker 2: Yeah.
- 37:16Speaker 3: What is this place?
- 37:17Speaker 9: The ancestral home. It's been closed a few months.
- 37:21Speaker 2: Where do I turn on the lights?
- 37:22Speaker 9: They're not connected.
- 37:24Speaker 11: Oh.
- 37:25Speaker 2: This the old man's place?
- 37:26Speaker 8: No, mine.
- 37:27Speaker 9: It comes from the other side of the family. The
- 37:29Speaker 9: side that was always getting into trouble. Lend me your matches, Joe.
- 37:34Speaker 9: You'll find some candles on the table.
- 37:36Speaker 7: Yeah.
- 37:37Speaker 2: Hey, uh, say, what's this over here?
- 37:40Speaker 9: Just a little sitting room.
- 37:41Speaker 2: Little?
- 37:42Speaker 3: It's all right.
- 37:44Speaker 9: This is where I used to entertain my bowls. After tea,
- 37:48Speaker 9: we'd sit by the fire and hold hands. Will you
- 37:51Speaker 9: light the fire, Joe?
- 37:53Speaker 2: Oh, sure.
- 37:59Speaker 9: Hello, operator? Oh, it's all right. This is Miss Bryant. Oh,
- 38:03Speaker 9: I'm fine, thank you. I want to talk to my
- 38:06Speaker 9: grandfather in New York. Yes, that's the number. Will you ring?
- 38:10Speaker 9: Thank you.
- 38:11Speaker 2: Why, you know, for a family that was always getting
- 38:13Speaker 2: into trouble, they did all right.
- 38:14Speaker 9: Well, it was just that they never seemed to behave
- 38:16Speaker 9: the way people expected them to. There are the family portraits.
- 38:20Speaker 9: Look at them. The crazy darlings. Maybe it will give
- 38:23Speaker 9: you some idea of why I don't make sense.
- 38:26Speaker 2: What did that one do?
- 38:27Speaker 9: Well, he was a great admirer of the ladies.
- 38:30Speaker 2: Ah.
- 38:30Speaker 9: This one was a hunter and maker of 19th century love.
- 38:33Speaker 3: Mm-hmm.
- 38:34Speaker 2: Where'd he get his dough?
- 38:35Speaker 9: From the first one. The next one wrote poetry, privately
- 38:39Speaker 9: printed at his own expense.
- 38:40Speaker 11: Yeah?
- 38:40Speaker 2: Yeah. Where'd he get his dough?
- 38:42Speaker 9: From the second one.
- 38:43Speaker 2: Oh. Well, where's the guy that made all the dough
- 38:45Speaker 2: in the first place?
- 38:46Speaker 9: Over here. My great-great-grandfather. From log cabin to Richard.
- 38:51Speaker 2: Ah, that's the guy.
- 38:52Speaker 9: Hello?
- 38:53Speaker 2: Oh.
- 38:54Speaker 9: Well, will you call me when you get a line through?
- 38:57Speaker 9: It's important.
- 38:58Speaker 2: Hey, uh, what are you going to use for an
- 39:00Speaker 2: argument when you get him?
- 39:01Speaker 9: Oh, I'm not going to say much. He's going to
- 39:03Speaker 9: do most of the talking. He's going to tell me
- 39:06Speaker 9: about your three convictions, and I'm going to tell him
- 39:08Speaker 9: I don't care.
- 39:09Speaker 2: Wait a minute. What three convictions?
- 39:11Speaker 9: Oh, don't pretend, Joe. It's all right.
- 39:13Speaker 2: Oh, what are you talking about?
- 39:14Speaker 9: I know all about it. The policeman told me today.
- 39:17Speaker 2: Don't, Juan. I never took a rap in my life.
- 39:19Speaker 4: Please, Joe, be honest.
- 39:20Speaker 3: All right, all right.
- 39:21Speaker 2: I haven't always been on the level, but I kept
- 39:23Speaker 2: my ears clean as far as John Law was concerned.
- 39:26Speaker 9: Hello, Grandfather. Now, don't get excited. I'm in Maryland.
- 39:32Speaker 6: Maryland!
- 39:33Speaker 9: That's right. Grandfather, you sent those policemen to the office today,
- 39:38Speaker 9: didn't you? Well, listen. You know the laws of Maryland,
- 39:42Speaker 9: don't you? Well, unless you give me your word of honor,
- 39:45Speaker 9: the police will be called off. I'm going to marry him.
- 39:49Speaker 9: Marry him!
- 39:49Speaker 11: Marry him!
- 39:51Speaker 9: Oh, I can't, can't I? I'll give you ten seconds
- 39:54Speaker 9: to make up your mind. What? Give me your word, then.
- 40:00Speaker 9: Thank you, darling. Good night. Well, didn't I tell you
- 40:04Speaker 9: to leave it up to me?
- 40:07Speaker 3: Yeah, you're great.
- 40:08Speaker 2: Well, it worked. Why wouldn't it work? You had a
- 40:11Speaker 2: swell club to smack him with, me. Joe. You think
- 40:16Speaker 2: the worst thing that could happen to you is to
- 40:17Speaker 2: marry me. But people like you, folks like me, are animals.
- 40:21Speaker 2: We're so bad, and you're so very good. What do
- 40:26Speaker 2: you expect, credit for it? How could you be anything
- 40:28Speaker 2: else with what you had to start out with? You
- 40:30Speaker 2: ought to be horse-whipped if you didn't turn out right.
- 40:33Speaker 2: What are you so high and mighty about? What did
- 40:34Speaker 2: you ever do?
- 40:35Speaker 12: Joe.
- 40:35Speaker 2: There's the guy up there. He made all your dough
- 40:38Speaker 2: for you. And he was born in a log cabin.
- 40:41Speaker 2: You know where I grew up? In a one-room shack
- 40:44Speaker 2: with a dirt floor. You talk about this side of
- 40:47Speaker 2: your family and that side of your family. As far
- 40:49Speaker 2: as I know, we only had one side, and it
- 40:51Speaker 2: was awful poor. Lots of times there wasn't what for
- 40:53Speaker 2: to eat. That's why I ran away when I was nine.
- 40:56Speaker 2: I got tired of being hungry and seeing my old
- 40:57Speaker 2: lady go hungry until she died. Oh, please, Joe. Oh,
- 41:02Speaker 2: I'm not complaining. It's okay with me. I just got
- 41:05Speaker 2: a load in what gives with your kind of people.
- 41:08Speaker 9: My kind?
- 41:09Speaker 2: I just know that your kind can look through me
- 41:11Speaker 2: like I was a pane of dirty glass.
- 41:13Speaker 9: Oh, it's not me, Joe. It's people like Grandfather. I
- 41:17Speaker 9: thought you knew how I felt.
- 41:19Speaker 2: Sure, I know. Anything for the cause. I'm not kidding myself, sister.
- 41:24Speaker 2: I know how I stand with you after you cash
- 41:26Speaker 2: in on me.
- 41:28Speaker 9: You're wrong about me, Joe.
- 41:30Speaker 6: You're all wrong.
- 41:33Speaker 4: All right, come on.
- 41:35Speaker 9: We can quarrel all the way back to New York.
- 41:40Speaker 3: Wait a second.
- 41:42Speaker 2: Did you mean that about me being wrong?
- 41:43Speaker 9: I should have slapped your face.
- 41:46Speaker 2: Why didn't you?
- 41:47Speaker 9: Because you'd have slapped mine back.
- 41:51Speaker 2: I don't know what to make of a dame like you.
- 41:53Speaker 9: Neither do I. Yes, I do too. I suppose I've
- 41:59Speaker 9: known for weeks that.
- 42:02Speaker 9: That I'm in love with you.
- 42:06Speaker 7: Hey.
- 42:07Speaker 9: Oh, Joe. Joe, look at me. Won't you say something?
- 42:17Speaker 9: Don't you like it?
- 42:20Speaker 2: Oh, I don't know. I don't know whether I like
- 42:22Speaker 2: it or not.
- 42:31Speaker 17: We pause now for station identification. This is the Columbia
- 42:36Speaker 17: Broadcasting System.
- 42:38Speaker 4: Columbia Broadcasting.
- 42:43Speaker 2: System In a moment, Mr.
- 42:57Speaker 17: DeMille brings back Cary Grant and Lorraine Day in Act
- 43:00Speaker 17: Three of Mr.
- 43:01Speaker 2: Lucky.
- 43:02Speaker 17: But now let's look in at a house around the
- 43:03Speaker 17: corner where young Mrs. Adams is washing dishes and laying
- 43:07Speaker 17: down the law at the same time.
- 43:10Speaker 14: N.E.J., now, do you know what I'm going to do?
- 43:13Speaker 14: I'm going to start rationing dishes around this house. You
- 43:16Speaker 14: children can have one plate apiece, and if you want
- 43:18Speaker 14: any more, you can just wash them yourself. Well, my
- 43:21Speaker 14: hands are in such a state right now, I'm ashamed
- 43:23Speaker 14: to look at them.
- 43:23Speaker 2: Sounds to me like a case for luxe flakes.
- 43:26Speaker 3: Say, Mrs.
- 43:27Speaker 17: Adams, how would you like your hands to lose that
- 43:30Speaker 17: ugly dishpan look and grow soft and smooth again?
- 43:32Speaker 14: Why, I'd love it, but who's going to wash the dishes?
- 43:36Speaker 3: You are.
- 43:36Speaker 17: All you have to do is change from that strong
- 43:39Speaker 17: soap you're using to gentle luxe flakes.
- 43:41Speaker 14: Well, how do you know just changing deluxe will help
- 43:44Speaker 14: my hands?
- 43:45Speaker 2: We've proved it by actual tests.
- 43:47Speaker 17: Scores of women prove that simply changing from strong soaps
- 43:50Speaker 17: to luxe flakes for dishes gets rid of dishpan redness.
- 43:54Speaker 9: Well, that certainly sounds worth trying.
- 43:56Speaker 2: And that's not all.
- 43:57Speaker 17: Those same gentle luxe flakes that are so kind to
- 43:59Speaker 17: hands do more work, too. Luxe does up to twice
- 44:02Speaker 17: as many dishes as the same weight of other well-known
- 44:05Speaker 17: soaps tested. And before you ask me, yes, we've proved that, too.
- 44:09Speaker 14: You mean I can actually do more dishes with the
- 44:11Speaker 14: same weight of Lux and have my hands look softer
- 44:14Speaker 14: and smoother, too?
- 44:15Speaker 2: Uh-huh, I do.
- 44:16Speaker 14: Well, my goodness, what am I waiting for? I'll run
- 44:19Speaker 14: down to the store and get some Lux Flakes right
- 44:21Speaker 14: this minute.
- 44:22Speaker 3: And, Mrs.
- 44:23Speaker 17: Adams, if you don't find Lux Flakes in stock today,
- 44:26Speaker 17: it's worth waiting for. Your dealer will have more soon. Remember,
- 44:30Speaker 17: Lux does more dishes and saves your hands. Be sure
- 44:34Speaker 17: you get Lux Flakes.
- 44:36Speaker 2: Now, Mr. DeMille returns to the microphone.
- 44:39Speaker 5: There's a secret to tell about one of our stars
- 44:42Speaker 5: after the play. But now the curtain rises on the
- 44:45Speaker 5: third act of Mr. Lucky, starring Cary Grant and Lorraine Day.
- 44:55Speaker 3: Something funny happened to Joe after that. I guess it
- 44:59Speaker 3: was falling for that girl the way he did. And
- 45:01Speaker 3: then a letter came for Joe Biscopolis, the real one
- 45:04Speaker 3: who died. It was in Greek, and Joe took it
- 45:07Speaker 3: down to a Greek church and asked the priest to
- 45:09Speaker 3: read it to him.
- 45:14Speaker 11: You wish to see me, my son?
- 45:16Speaker 2: Yes, father.
- 45:16Speaker 3: I got a letter.
- 45:17Speaker 2: It's written in Greek. I'm kind of in a hurry,
- 45:19Speaker 2: but I'll pay you if you read it for me.
- 45:20Speaker 18: You can drop your offering in the fur box as
- 45:22Speaker 18: you go out. I'm here to help those who need it.
- 45:26Speaker 18: The letter is from your mother.
- 45:27Speaker 5: Hmm?
- 45:28Speaker 3: Oh.
- 45:29Speaker 18: It says, Joseph, my beloved son, God grant this letter
- 45:34Speaker 18: reaches you Always you have broken my heart by the
- 45:39Speaker 18: wicked things you have done. Yet surely, when you hear
- 45:44Speaker 18: of the terrible thing that has happened to those who
- 45:46Speaker 18: love you, I believe that God will open your eyes
- 45:50Speaker 18: and cleanse your heart.
- 45:53Speaker 2: Well, that's enough, Father. Thanks. I just wanted to know
- 45:55Speaker 2: who it was from.
- 45:56Speaker 3: Listen.
- 45:58Speaker 18: I write to tell you of my great pride in
- 46:00Speaker 18: my other sons, your brothers. It happened two Sundays ago
- 46:05Speaker 18: as we were coming from church. There was a roaring
- 46:09Speaker 18: in the sky, and suddenly great parachutes began to drift
- 46:14Speaker 18: down toward the meadow below the village. There were only
- 46:19Speaker 18: five guns in our village, but there were pitchforks and
- 46:24Speaker 18: scythes and men of great strength. Your brother Petrus and
- 46:30Speaker 18: your brother Eulatio led the other men into the meadow.
- 46:36Speaker 18: There were patches of white lilies, but before the hour
- 46:40Speaker 18: was done, it was as though the field were covered
- 46:44Speaker 18: with red lilies. No one of our men lived, but
- 46:52Speaker 18: a hundred Germans died, and great honor lived for an
- 46:56Speaker 18: added hour. They possess our village, of course. I earn
- 47:02Speaker 18: food by making their beds and washing their dishes at
- 47:05Speaker 18: the inn. Yet I am sustained by my God and
- 47:10Speaker 18: my great pride, thy.
- 47:13Speaker 11: Mother, Maria.
- 47:19Speaker 10: Thanks.
- 47:21Speaker 2: Thanks, Father.
- 47:22Speaker 3: May God comfort you, my son. It was that same
- 47:32Speaker 3: day that we opened the gambling concession at the ball.
- 47:35Speaker 2: It was a big night and the dough was rolling in.
- 47:40Speaker 3: Joe showed up about 11 o'clock.
- 47:43Speaker 6: Gee, boss, you sure picked a soft touch.
- 47:46Speaker 5: Yeah?
- 47:46Speaker 4: I guess we ought to leave something for.
- 47:48Speaker 3: Charity, huh?
- 47:48Speaker 6: You know, maybe a couple of grand?
- 47:51Speaker 7: Even so, I'll grab all of you over 200,000.
- 47:54Speaker 2: Hey, what's the matter, boss? Crunk, did you ever sit
- 47:57Speaker 2: on a park bench for two hours and look at yourself?
- 48:02Speaker 2: Our grab is nothing. But I thought you said we
- 48:05Speaker 2: was taking a whole take. Just keeping out enough to
- 48:08Speaker 2: pay off the boys. The rest goes to war relief. Yeah,
- 48:10Speaker 2: but Joe... You don't mind if I double-cross myself, do you?
- 48:12Speaker 6: Yeah, but look, Joe, you.
- 48:13Speaker 2: You look. This charity bunch has a boat docking next week.
- 48:18Speaker 2: They're loading her up with supplies going over to Greece.
- 48:21Speaker 2: They need those things over there. And they're gonna get them.
- 48:25Speaker 3: Okay, Joe.
- 48:26Speaker 8: Where's Joe?
- 48:26Speaker 6: I gotta see him.
- 48:27Speaker 3: Hey, there's Zepp.
- 48:28Speaker 2: Let him in and close the door. In here, Zepp.
- 48:32Speaker 2: What do you want here, Zip?
- 48:33Speaker 3: Listen, Joe.
- 48:34Speaker 6: There were a couple of parole officers down at the boat.
- 48:36Speaker 2: What'd they got on you?
- 48:37Speaker 6: Not me. Jay Baskopoulos. It turns out he was a
- 48:40Speaker 6: three-time loser under the bombs law.
- 48:42Speaker 11: Ah, that was it.
- 48:43Speaker 2: Three convictions, huh?
- 48:44Speaker 7: Yeah, and that puts you on the spot. One more
- 48:47Speaker 7: rub with the law and Baskopoulos goes up for life.
- 48:49Speaker 3: You better beat it, Joe.
- 48:51Speaker 2: Not tonight.
- 48:52Speaker 6: Well, I stalled them off, but suppose they come here.
- 48:55Speaker 2: My neck is clean. Take over the cash box, Crunk.
- 48:57Speaker 2: I gotta see somebody.
- 49:03Speaker 9: Joe, where have you been, Briony Marlin? What happened to you?
- 49:09Speaker 2: Oh, I woke up.
- 49:11Speaker 9: Oh, something happened to me, too.
- 49:14Speaker 2: Yeah, what?
- 49:15Speaker 9: I was struck by lightning.
- 49:16Speaker 2: Look, you remember this. you were right and I was.
- 49:21Speaker 9: Wrong for me you're right always I see.
- 49:25Speaker 2: You get everything you want you got enough to fill
- 49:27Speaker 2: two ships maybe.
- 49:28Speaker 9: Three there's something else I want.
- 49:30Speaker 2: Oh no you stay away from guys like me you'll
- 49:33Speaker 2: only get hurt I'm clearing out tonight.
- 49:36Speaker 9: Clearing out Where, Joe?
- 49:38Speaker 2: Oh, what's the difference?
- 49:39Speaker 9: Joe, take me with you.
- 49:40Speaker 6: Please.
- 49:41Speaker 5: Dorothy, this is Captain Costello of the police department.
- 49:44Speaker 3: Here's your man, Captain.
- 49:46Speaker 9: Grandfather, you broke your word.
- 49:47Speaker 2: Nothing of the kind.
- 49:48Speaker 3: Captain Costello is here to stop this gambling.
- 49:51Speaker 9: Grandfather, you can't.
- 49:52Speaker 2: Yes, he can. All right, we'll close up. I'll tell
- 49:54Speaker 2: the boys. But, Joe. You're far enough ahead. Send the
- 49:56Speaker 2: committee upstairs. We'll count up. All right, we're closing up, Crunk. Hey,
- 50:10Speaker 2: where's the Crunk?
- 50:11Speaker 6: Close the door, Joe.
- 50:13Speaker 3: Where is he?
- 50:14Speaker 6: The boys took him inside. We're handling the money now.
- 50:16Speaker 3: Yeah.
- 50:18Speaker 2: What is this? The law's downstairs. We're closing up.
- 50:21Speaker 7: Who did you think you were fooling, Joe? We knew
- 50:23Speaker 7: that dame had the ring through your nose. I'm declaring
- 50:25Speaker 7: myself back in the old partnership.
- 50:27Speaker 6: Any arguments? All that parole board needs to know.
- 50:29Speaker 7: Is Vescapolis operated this game, and those one-way doors clank
- 50:33Speaker 7: shut for good.
- 50:34Speaker 2: I can prove I'm not Vescapolis.
- 50:36Speaker 7: Okay, then you're Joe Adams, a draft dodger. That's good
- 50:38Speaker 7: for ten years in Leavenworth. Better be a good boy, Joe.
- 50:41Speaker 2: Okay, I know when I'm licked.
- 50:43Speaker 6: Here come the dames to check up.
- 50:44Speaker 2: Let them in.
- 50:44Speaker 7: Don't open that door. Sit tight, Joe. I got a
- 50:48Speaker 7: rod looking you right in the middle.
- 50:49Speaker 3: Take it easy.
- 50:50Speaker 2: What about the dough?
- 50:51Speaker 6: We're taking it down the back way.
- 50:54Speaker 2: All of it, huh?
- 50:55Speaker 6: Every nickel. Here it is, Zep. Yeah.
- 50:58Speaker 2: Put it down, Zep.
- 50:59Speaker 6: Hands off, Joe.
- 51:00Speaker 2: Put it down, Zep.
- 51:02Speaker 6: Get away or I'll... Now, put it down, Zep. Why, you.
- 51:07Speaker 10: Sam, we got to get out of here.
- 51:09Speaker 2: Sam!
- 51:10Speaker 17: Open up.
- 51:10Speaker 8: Open this door.
- 51:11Speaker 6: You've got the lights. Open up. Where's the back door?
- 51:13Speaker 8: Somebody get a light.
- 51:21Speaker 3: Joe got out in the dark. He went down the
- 51:23Speaker 3: fire escape with a doe in his arms and a
- 51:25Speaker 3: bullet in his chest. I met him at the boat
- 51:27Speaker 3: and took the slug out of him. But he was
- 51:30Speaker 3: a pretty sick guy. Next morning, he sent me around
- 51:33Speaker 3: to the girl's house with a doe wrapped up in
- 51:35Speaker 3: some newspaper.
- 51:37Speaker 16: Wait a minute.
- 51:38Speaker 9: Where is he?
- 51:39Speaker 3: Where's who?
- 51:39Speaker 9: Where did you get this money?
- 51:41Speaker 3: The man I met in the park. He asked me
- 51:42Speaker 3: to bring it to you.
- 51:43Speaker 9: Oh, you're lying to me. Where is he? Where's Joe?
- 51:46Speaker 3: Joe? I don't know any Joe.
- 51:48Speaker 9: What did he look like? The man who gave you
- 51:49Speaker 9: the money?
- 51:50Speaker 3: I don't know. I never saw him before in my life.
- 51:53Speaker 2: Oh, wait.
- 51:53Speaker 9: Please.
- 51:58Speaker 3: She tried to find him for weeks. But I had
- 52:00Speaker 3: the guy hiding out. Meanwhile, everything went haywire on the
- 52:04Speaker 3: charity deal. That boat they were supposed to load with
- 52:08Speaker 3: supplies for Greece was knocked off by subs before it
- 52:11Speaker 3: ever reached New York. And then one day at the
- 52:14Speaker 3: girl's house, the detective showed up with some news. Well,
- 52:17Speaker 3: we solved that case for you, Miss Bryant. He's dead.
- 52:21Speaker 9: Who's dead?
- 52:21Speaker 3: Miskopoulos. He was a wrong guy, all right. Look at
- 52:24Speaker 3: that record. Three years at San Quentin, two at Leavenworth,
- 52:27Speaker 3: five at Sing Sing.
- 52:30Speaker 9: This picture.
- 52:31Speaker 3: What's the matter?
- 52:32Speaker 9: This isn't... This.
- 52:34Speaker 3: That's not Miskopoulos?
- 52:36Speaker 5: No.
- 52:36Speaker 3: Oh, that's him, all right. We checked with the captain
- 52:39Speaker 3: of the gambling boat he was on.
- 52:40Speaker 10: He was missing. The boat was missing, too. And we
- 52:43Speaker 10: finally ran it down. Over at Pier 48, they're loading
- 52:46Speaker 10: a ship called the Briny Marlin with medical supplies from
- 52:49Speaker 10: your office.
- 52:50Speaker 11: What?
- 52:52Speaker 9: What did you say the name of the ship was?
- 52:54Speaker 3: The Briny Marlin. At least that's what they call it now.
- 52:58Speaker 9: The Briny Marlin. The Briny Marlin.
- 53:01Speaker 2: The Briny Marlin.
- 53:09Speaker 3: The boat was just pulling out when she got there.
- 53:12Speaker 3: She came running down the dock, calling to him.
- 53:15Speaker 9: Joe!
- 53:17Speaker 3: He was standing at the rail, kind of smiling.
- 53:21Speaker 16: Joe!
- 53:22Speaker 9: Joe, take me with you. Please, darling.
- 53:25Speaker 2: I love you.
- 53:26Speaker 16: Please take me with you.
- 53:28Speaker 2: You don't belong with a grifter like me. You just
- 53:30Speaker 2: got some mud on your dress, that's all. Give it time.
- 53:33Speaker 2: Let it dry.
- 53:34Speaker 3: It'll brush off.
- 53:35Speaker 9: Oh, no, Joe. Joe, I love you. Please take me
- 53:38Speaker 9: with you, Joe.
- 53:40Speaker 3: Please, Joe. Please.
- 53:44Speaker 2: Goodbye, Briony Marlin.
- 53:50Speaker 3: Well, that's it. She never saw him again. That's why
- 53:55Speaker 3: she's standing down there now at the end of the dock.
- 53:58Speaker 3: She comes here every night. Well, what happened to the Greek?
- 54:01Speaker 3: We delivered the stuff. Then he joined the merchant marine,
- 54:05Speaker 3: and coming back, the Briony Marlin drew a dead heat
- 54:08Speaker 3: with a German torpedo. Hmm. Funny a guy like him
- 54:12Speaker 3: winding up that way, huh? You can't kill a fella
- 54:15Speaker 3: like Joe. That's him now. Hey, Joe.
- 54:18Speaker 2: Hiya, sweet.
- 54:19Speaker 3: Where you been? Waiting for you, that's all. Come on, Joe.
- 54:22Speaker 3: The dinghy's at the end of the pier. Let's get
- 54:24Speaker 3: back to the ship.
- 54:24Speaker 2: Oh, change my mind. We're not going back to the ship.
- 54:26Speaker 2: It's our last night ashore. We're going uptown.
- 54:28Speaker 3: Okay, but you gotta go down and tie up that
- 54:30Speaker 3: dinghy anyway. What?
- 54:32Speaker 2: Why should I?
- 54:33Speaker 3: Because I'm telling you to. It's an order.
- 54:36Speaker 11: Okay.
- 54:42Speaker 3: She's turning around. I think she sees him. Yeah.
- 54:49Speaker 9: Joe.
- 54:49Speaker 3: Oh, Joe.
- 54:52Speaker 9: Oh, Joe.
- 54:57Speaker 2: I've been waiting for you so long.
- 55:00Speaker 3: It's okay. That's a real finish. We can go now.
- 55:07Speaker 2: Oh, Briony Marlin. Briony Marlin. Our stars will be back
- 55:24Speaker 2: in a moment for a curtain call.
- 55:26Speaker 17: Meantime, here's a true story about how highly one girl
- 55:30Speaker 17: valued her nylon stockings. She actually turned in a fire
- 55:33Speaker 17: alarm to save them. She felt herself falling and caught
- 55:36Speaker 17: at the nearest support, which turned out to be the
- 55:39Speaker 17: handle of a firebox. Well, fortunately, there's a way to
- 55:43Speaker 17: save those precious stockings of yours without calling out the
- 55:45Speaker 17: fire department.
- 55:46Speaker 2: Just lux them after every wearing.
- 55:49Speaker 17: Yes, in a whole series of tests, Lux cut down
- 55:52Speaker 17: runs over 50%. Rayon, nylon, silk, and cotton stockings all
- 55:57Speaker 17: were tested. All gave the same kind of results. Stockings
- 56:00Speaker 17: washed with Lux flakes didn't go into runs nearly as
- 56:03Speaker 17: quickly as those rubbed with cake soap or washed with
- 56:06Speaker 17: a strong soap.
- 56:07Speaker 2: Lux cut stocking runs in half.
- 56:10Speaker 17: You see, Luxing saves the elastic qualities of your stockings
- 56:13Speaker 17: so they can stretch and spring back into place again
- 56:15Speaker 17: when you strain them instead of breaking easily into runs.
- 56:19Speaker 17: You'll find Lux care for stockings really pays. So if
- 56:23Speaker 17: your dealer should be out of Lux plates next time
- 56:25Speaker 17: you ask for them, it will pay you to wait.
- 56:28Speaker 17: He'll have more soon. Remember, Lux cuts down stocking runs
- 56:32Speaker 17: by over 50%, gives you extra wear from every pair.
- 56:37Speaker 2: Now, here's Mr. DeMille with our star.
- 56:40Speaker 5: Thanks to the good work of Cary Grant and Lorraine Day,
- 56:43Speaker 5: we've checked off another hit in the Lux Radio Theater.
- 56:46Speaker 3: And now we bring the stars of Mr. Lucky back
- 56:48Speaker 3: to the footlights.
- 56:49Speaker 2: Thank you, Z.B. Any fellow that plays opposite Lorraine Day
- 56:52Speaker 2: is Mr.
- 56:53Speaker 3: Lucky.
- 56:53Speaker 9: I'll bet he says that to all the girls, Mr.
- 56:56Speaker 12: DeMille.
- 56:57Speaker 5: Lorraine takes her work very seriously, Gary. Right now, I
- 57:00Speaker 5: believe she's studying photography. So she'll know more about light
- 57:05Speaker 5: and shadow and angles.
- 57:06Speaker 2: She's right. The picture business has a lot of angles.
- 57:09Speaker 9: Camera angles.
- 57:10Speaker 3: Oh, oh.
- 57:12Speaker 9: I think pictures are just like anything else. You've got
- 57:15Speaker 9: to study your job. I started when I was a
- 57:17Speaker 9: youngster playing games.
- 57:19Speaker 3: What?
- 57:19Speaker 2: Cowboys and Indians?
- 57:20Speaker 9: Playing with cowboys and Indians.
- 57:22Speaker 2: Excuse me.
- 57:23Speaker 9: We lived on a ranch right next door to the
- 57:25Speaker 9: Ute Indians, and I learned to ride and rope by
- 57:27Speaker 9: the time I was ten.
- 57:29Speaker 5: Personally, I like a leading lady who can ride and rope,
- 57:32Speaker 5: but I guess it was never much help for you
- 57:34Speaker 5: on the screen, Lorraine.
- 57:35Speaker 9: The first three pictures I made were which way they go,
- 57:37Speaker 9: they went that-a-way pictures.
- 57:38Speaker 2: Ha, ha, ha. Well, you never can tell when your
- 57:42Speaker 2: early training will help you. When I was a kid,
- 57:44Speaker 2: I collected caterpillars. Now I'm making a picture with Janet
- 57:46Speaker 2: Blair and Curly.
- 57:48Speaker 3: Curly?
- 57:49Speaker 16: Curly?
- 57:50Speaker 2: I don't seem to know the name. Curly's a caterpillar.
- 57:53Speaker 11: Oh.
- 57:54Speaker 2: Oh, indeed.
- 57:55Speaker 5: Is Curly a boy or a girl caterpillar?
- 57:59Speaker 2: See, B, I don't see how that could matter except
- 58:01Speaker 2: to another caterpillar.
- 58:07Speaker 9: To cover Mr. DeMille's confusion... Believe.
- 58:09Speaker 2: Me, that'll take some covering, too.
- 58:11Speaker 9: Well, I'll ask him what play he's producing next week.
- 58:14Speaker 3: No, thank you, Lorraine. It's slightly dangerous.
- 58:17Speaker 6: Huh?
- 58:17Speaker 2: What is?
- 58:18Speaker 5: Now, don't start that again, Gary. It's the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer picture hit,
- 58:23Speaker 5: Slightly Dangerous. And our stars will be Lana Turner and
- 58:28Speaker 5: Robert Cummings. It's the story of a young girl who
- 58:32Speaker 5: discovers a way to change her personality... and find some
- 58:35Speaker 5: very gay adventures all at the same time. Slightly dangerous,
- 58:39Speaker 5: but much more than slightly entertaining.
- 58:41Speaker 3: Well, it sounds great, C.B.
- 58:42Speaker 2: Good night.
- 58:43Speaker 3: Good night.
- 58:43Speaker 9: Good night.
- 58:45Speaker 3: Good night.
- 58:45Speaker 5: It was cold in that car, I think. Our sponsors,
- 58:57Speaker 5: the makers of Lux Flakes, join me in inviting you
- 58:59Speaker 5: to be with us again next Monday night when the
- 59:02Speaker 5: Lux Radio Theater presents Lana Turner and Robert Cummings in
- 59:07Speaker 5: Slightly Dangerous.
- 59:08Speaker 3: With Gene Lockhart. This is Cecil B.
- 59:11Speaker 5: DeMille saying goodnight to you from Hollywood.
- 59:19Speaker 2: Ladies and gentlemen, your waste paper is needed now to
- 59:22Speaker 2: help war production.
- 59:23Speaker 17: It directly replaces wood pulp in making newsprint and paperboard.
- 59:27Speaker 17: So don't throw away or burn your newspapers. Sell them
- 59:30Speaker 17: to a junk dealer, give them to a charitable organization,
- 59:33Speaker 17: or consult your local newspaper for the date and method
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- 59:41Speaker 17: Cary Grant will soon be seen in the Columbia picture,
- 59:43Speaker 17: My Client Curly. Lorraine Day appeared tonight through the courtesy
- 59:47Speaker 17: of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, producers of the Technicolor musical, Thousands Cheer.
- 59:52Speaker 17: Heard in tonight's play were Arthur Hole as Swede, Verna
- 59:56Speaker 17: Felton as Veronica, Eddie Marr as Crunk, Ed Emerson as Zep,
- 1:00:01Speaker 17: and Charles Seal, Fred McKay, Griff Barnett, Arthur Q. Bryan,
- 1:00:06Speaker 17: Dorothy Scott, Norman Field, Catherine Craig, Ken Christie, and Boyd Davis.
- 1:00:12Speaker 17: Our music was directed by Louis Silvers, and this is
- 1:00:14Speaker 17: your announcer, John M. Kennedy, reminding you to tune in
- 1:00:16Speaker 17: next Monday night to hear Lana Turner, Robert Cummings, and
- 1:00:19Speaker 17: Gene Lockhart.
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