 Lux presents Hollywood brothers company the makers of Lux Flakes bring you the Lux Radio Theatre starring Tyrone Power David Niven and Jane Greer in The Bishop's Wife ladies and gentlemen your producer Mr. William Keely Hollywood ladies and gentlemen home again after an absence of a year and a half is one of America's favorite stars and he's here tonight to lend an extra thrill to our holiday season I mean of course Tyrone Power who joins David Niven and Jane Greer in our Christmas present to you the delightful play The Bishop's Wife Samuel Goldwyn's fine and sensitive screen production won your hearts as well as your applause and those who saw the picture will have a special welcome tonight for David Niven who plays his original screen role as The Bishop I'm sure most of you are quite busy these days with last-minute shopping and getting the house in order for the holidays a time of year when you'll need plenty of Lux Flakes in fact there's a most unusual holiday use for Lux Flakes on your Christmas tree which we'll tell you about later now the curtain for Act One of The Bishop's Wife starring Tyrone Power as Dudley David Niven as The Bishop and Jane Greer as Julia it's a late afternoon in December in a rather shabby section of a large city two old friends have an unexpected meeting Julia what a wonderful surprise my dear beautiful Julia Professor Wutheridge but what are you doing here I'm about to negotiate the purchase of a Christmas tree I didn't know you celebrated Christmas I thought you had no religion I don't but I like a Christmas tree reminds me of my childhood can you imagine me ever having been a child and tell me how's Henry oh he's well I suppose but so tired and worried you're raising money for the new cathedral and slow work professor and you how's your book coming oh splendidly greatest history of Rome since Gibbons I wish it weren't so late the cathedral committee's meeting with Henry I really should be there well one of these days will have time for a nice talk again oh here for Henry's Cathedral Fund this coin it has very little value I'm afraid just an old Roman coin I picked it up years ago in Italy it's a wonderful contribution not sense might be called the widow's might only I'm not a widow Julia what's the matter nothing or if Henry and I could only spend Christmas back here where we were so happy with you with all our old friends now now I'm sorry it was really very childish of me goodbye professor goodbye Julia why professor how good to see you again hmm who are you and how well you look after all these years well don't you remember me let's see it it wasn't Vienna was Vienna beautiful old Vienna when I was lecturing on Roman history and what splendid lectures they were and what a one you were with the ladies fancy you remembering that I I've been standing on the corner watching you professor you and Julia you know Julia in a way yes poor girl she's unhappy yes when were you in Vienna oh many times I I'm interested in Julia professor and Henry what seems to be their trouble oh no special trouble I imagine Henry's a bishop now oh yes that used to be his church over there St. Timothy's in perishing from neglect it's such a nice little church well delighted to have seen you again professor strange unless I've completely lost my memory I've never seen that fellow before in my life Julia I'm terribly sorry I'm so late Henry has everyone gone yes dear some time ago not another argument Henry Mrs. Hamilton Mrs. Hamilton is a selfish vain old she made it very clear Julia either we build a cathedral the way she wants it won't be built at all oh what a ghastly meeting you didn't give in to her indeed not I made it very clear I have no intention of being strangled by her purse strings Henry I'm proud of you I had the most un-Christian impulse to take those blueprints and give her a good whack over a mink coat I beg your pardon Bishop yes because away Mr. Travis on the phone tell him the bishop will call him back please after dinner yes Mrs. Brown Henry what's happened to you to us to our marriage that's a strange question to ask no we used to be so happy we used to make other people happy Henry that was your gift you're no financier and you're no promoter cow-towing to people flattering them begging it's got to be done Julia I want this cathedral to stand like a great beacon I want his light to shine I won't yes yes Henry oh here he has a contribution I collected oh what is it it's an old Roman coin from professor Watheridge what does he think I can do with it well it's a beginning now all you need is just another four million dollars Julia don't be flippant about this well dinner's ready let's have it over with I've got a lot of work to do the soup's very good Matilda oh thank you Mrs. Brown Julia I'm I'm sorry I was so thoughtless just now I was I was just thinking tomorrow perhaps we could spend the day together Henry call on the professor maybe have lunch at Michelle's oh it's been years since we've been there please forgive me yes miss Casaway well I've been trying to explain to Mr. Trevor but he simply insists upon talking to you oh Julia he's on the cathedral committee isn't he I'll go ahead dear you better talk to him very well Mr. Trevor I'll be there 10 30 tomorrow morning good night you may as well go home now miss Casaway but there's still a great deal of work to do so you're a secretary not a machine I run along thank you oh and don't forget you have a speech to make tomorrow at the junior assembly oh what time it's a luncheon meeting one o'clock good night Bishop good night miss Casaway oh God what am I to do can't you help me can't you tell me oh God please please help me yes good evening oh what can I do for you that isn't the question what is it what can I do for you look I'm afraid you must telephone from the appointment I'm in the middle of dinner I know Henry but you asked for help you know I asked who told you I asked for help well you are known to be a good man and you were heard I was instructed to come here and answer to your prayer who are you I'm an angel I beg your pardon an angel an angel I knew it I knew it I've been working too hot no no no don't be alarmed I I know it's hard to believe even for you but this is my district and I do you mind if I sit down no no please do and now let's see you have some problems concerning the building of a new cathedral yes oh here here's a picture of it beautiful magnificent well Henry do you believe I am what I say I am well how can I have nothing but your word for it but you are a bishop you of all people can trust the word of an angel what do you propose to do perform a miracle if necessary oh why don't you why don't you create a cathedral with a wave of your hand oh no you wouldn't want me to do that would you how would you explain it well I is anything wrong oh I'm sorry I didn't know you had a caller oh how have you been Julia I'm Dudley Henry is engaging me to help him with his work you mean you're going to be his assistant that's it exactly I'm going to try to help Henry to get some relaxation oh that's just what I've been praying for oh you too Henry I'm so relieved dear where do you come from Dudley oh all around Julia this man claims that he's an I have I've been doing social service work downtown and Julia if you don't mind I must talk to this gentleman alone we were just having dinner Dudley won't you join us well that's very kind of you but I really must go I'll see you both in the morning in the morning oh yes right and early I wait in the dining room Henry good night good night Julia are you sure you're an angel I know it isn't easy Henry but you've just got to take me on faith yes but for how long how long will it take until you can utter another prayer and say that you have no further need of me then I'll be gone and forgotten Julia is waiting Henry yes I know but I still don't understand Dudley Dudley where are you Dudley you look so pale I do I sit down dear Henry what's the rest of Dudley's name I don't know well Henry you're trembling I'm not surprised a lesser man would would quiver well you'll feel better after you've eaten Matilda's baked your favorite dessert dear angel food cake you should roam oh good morning miss Casaway I was just in your study sir there's a man in there he says he's your new assist oh then he did come back he says we're going to be working together yes it doesn't seem much I can do about it well well run along to the office miss Casaway I'll go in and see you yes sir well here I am Henry completely at your service I'd may interest you to know I didn't sleep 20 minutes last night I don't mind adding I'm in a highly nervous condition oh well then the first thing we'll have to oh good morning Julia good morning Dudley it's a lovely day lovely Henry and I are going out together oh Julia I'm terribly sorry but we can't I I got to see mr. Trevor at 10 30 and after that there's the junior assembly but you promised Henry yes I know I did well Dudley could represent you at those meetings couldn't he could I that's out of the question they expect me would never do if I sent an assistant excuse us Dudley I want to speak to my wife of course in the whole dear Julia you see the trouble is well that man in there I can't explain even try Henry oh but you mustn't think this is the way it is this is the way it always will be well I'll tell Matilda she can have the day off for Christmas shopping I'll take care of Debbie I'll see you at dinner Henry what are you doing Dudley I'm just looking through your files Henry well I see that Mrs. Hamilton has pledged a million dollars to the Cathedral fund but she hasn't sent her check never mind that file that's work for a bookkeeper not an eight work for a bookkeeper well so you're beginning to believe in me I don't know who you are I don't know where you came from or who sent you I only wish you'd make haste because the Cathedral must be built and obviously that's the most important thing or because Julia must be happy it's it's going to be difficult to help you Henry unless I'm sure of what it is that you really want yes well I'm afraid you'll have to excuse me Mr. Trevor likes punctuality well run along Henry this files in an awful mess I I think I'll reorganize it I still think you're wasting your time on I'm important but nothing's unimportant Henry remember we're interested in even the lowliest sparrow bringing in the sheaves bringing in the shears oh hello Debbie well come in come in how did you do that just now all those cards and daddy's file you just waved your hand and they all jumped out of the box and jumped in again oh that well it's just my system of rearranging card files do it again some other time your dad they aren't you mommy told me mommy says you're very nice well that's extremely kind of mommy she said that maybe with you here maybe we'll get to see daddy once in a while yes maybe we will Debbie I'll be enough out of you dear come along yes so you're going out to the park I'm going to play in the snow goodbye dad good bye Debbie have a good time Julia I didn't expect to see you here oh I often walk in the park well Debbie seems to be having a fine time regular snowbird aren't you supposed to be working I always take a walk before lunch relaxing you know I wish you could convince Henry of that speaking of lunch Julia I thought I'd go to Michelle's ever been there Michelle's yes we used to go there often years ago how about going there today you and I to Michelle's no no I couldn't why not well surely you don't think Henry would mind no no it isn't that well you see Matilda's off shopping and I'll have to look after Debbie oh yes yes but here's Matilda now I just thought Mrs. Rome I just thought that if you wish I'll take Debbie home but Matilda you're shopping oh I finished it I finished it so quick it was just like a miracle you don't say I thought Debbie might like to go home and make Christmas cookies I'm sure she'd love to but well then Mrs. Rome I'll just go and get it well Julia Michelle's I think that would be very nice good Dudley yes just a minute ago when you said you saw Matilda yes oh what's nonsense you were looking the other way when you said you saw her oh I was I mean I mean I thought you were silly of me wait here Dudley I'll say goodbye to Debbie I'm home Julia why Bishop I I thought you were out for lunch I cancelled my appointment Matilda Mrs. Braum and Debbie here well Debbie's upstairs sir but Mrs. went out to lunch with Mr. Dudley oh well she said with Dudley oh yes sir I thought you knew sir oh yes of course oh dear I'm so glad you knew about Michelle's Dudley it's so nice to be back here again only only well you seem to know so much makes me feel uncomfortable well in that case I'm sorry I ever learned anything you have memories of this place haven't you as a matter of fact it was in this restaurant that Henry asked me to marry him yes I know you know I mean I know how you must feel there's a fortune teller over there you care to have your palm read thank you would you know I know too much about myself as it is and I know so little about myself really may I look at your hand can you tell fortunes too it's not too difficult well what do you see I never noticed Julia your eyes are green I see a great deal of happiness I see a woman who's adored I see a rich full life do you see Henry's new cathedral no no I don't and Debbie no need to worry about her she'll be like you Julia she'll have youth and beauty no matter how old she lives to be I wish I could believe you you may you haven't looked at my hand once I simply don't know what to think of you Dudley whether you're serious oh no well that table over there no no don't look three ladies all in the cathedral committee they're simply glaring at me well he saw you holding my hand my hand oh well then if you'll excuse me I better do something about it what did you do to them now they're smiling at me look they're waving well wave back Julia oh yes I didn't do anything to them just introduced myself chat at a moment they're really very friendly Julia they promised to drop by our table a little later Dudley may I make an understatement oh please do you are a very unusual man I'll let you in on something Julia you're quite right before our stars return with act two of the bishop's wife here's Libby Collins our Hollywood reporter John I have wonderful news for movie fans Jean Tierney is back in her first picture since her new daughter was born 20th century Fox gave her the lead in Whirlpool a top-notch thriller there are a kleptomaniac a hypnotist blackmail and a murder charge in it well sounds like a real spine tingling oh it is and Jean is wonderful as a wealthy young wife who rebels at living within her husband's income who is the lucky man Richard Conte but he says he feels a lot safer in man-to-man 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gentle Lux Flakes we return you now to William Keely act two of the Bishop's wife starring Tyrone power as Dudley David Niven as the Bishop and Jane Greer as Julia reliable authorities tell us that the Christmas season is the happiest time of the year but it's anything but that for young Bishop Henry Brawn determined to build a cathedral he can't raise the money and if that isn't trouble enough he finds his prayers have been answered in the person of a young handsome and full-fledged angel named Dudley who seems to find the Bishop's wife better company than the Bishop I enjoyed lunch very much badly why don't you think we'd better go home but I thought you liked to walk oh I do but oh Dudley wait there's a friend of mine professor Watheridge professor wait what wonderful luck meeting you again this man are you with him yes of course Dudley this is professor Watheridge or the professor knows me well the University of Vienna young man I don't believe you've ever been near Vienna Dudley as Henry's new assistant you mean you really know this fellow of course I do well in that case how about dropping into my humble diggings for a bit of yule tide oh I'd love to but only for a moment come along Dudley it's just around the corner when are you gonna show us your book my book never please oh you're writing a book you didn't know you didn't tell me I described the book in detail in the course of those lectures I gave him Vienna Julia I'm now certain this fellow's an impostor oh oh that book oh I thought you finished that one years ago oh I see no no for 20 years I've talked about that book but in all that time I haven't written a word not one word but why not because I can't think of anything original to say just the same old monotonous history dry as dust never could find the right words either to tell you a pretty girl or to write a book even when you had this coin to inspire you well that's the coin you gave to Henry professor yes I borrowed it from Henry's desk and you wasted your time it's worthless oh on the contrary this coin is one of the rarest of all antiquities only 100 of these coins were minted by Julius Caesar 2,000 years ago that was when Cleopatra visited Rome presumably these coins were used to pay her hotel bill why that's amazing and nobody knew about it except Caesar's wife and she had the coins destroyed but this one she overlooked it's an unwritten chapter in history and you professor will write it do you know any more stories like that oh any number of them you're a curious fellow have you just begun to notice that where do you come from well what if I told you that I come from another planet would you believe me I don't know I'd believe you Dudley and you'd be right Julia as always we all come from our own little planets that's why we're all different that's what makes life interesting oh it's getting late I must be leaving really sorry professor my wine bottle wasn't empty we could say goodbye with another drink empty yes I had barely enough for the bottle it's half full or save it for next time professor really getting old when I can't see what's inside a wine bottle Dudley yes my friend there's one thing that troubles me greatly well to write a history is a tremendous task I wonder will I have time to finish it you'll finish it you'll have time I don't know why I'd ask you that question how would you know yet somehow I believe you you see for quite a while now every time I passed a cemetery I felt as if I were apartment hunting goodbye professor come and see us please I will I will goodbye and God bless you both I'll pass that recommendation along thank you professor now Bishop Mrs. Brahman Mr. Dudley oh they are well I hope dinner isn't spoiled Matilda oh no sir I have sort of a feeling they might be late very considerate of you Henry good evening Julia I'm sorry I'm so late dear hello Henry good evening Dudley we had the most marvelous time oh I wish you'd been with us yes I wish I had is Debbie asleep yet she's waiting to see you oh good I'll go right up I trust you spent a profitable afternoon Dudley oh yes yes did you have a profitable afternoon Henry not very Dudley I'd like to see you for a moment I mean here in my study certainly this won't take long but I'd rather not be interrupted you look excuse me if I lock the door Dudley I simply cannot go on like this can you prove to me that you are an angel prove you mean a document oh surely you of all people should know that angels need no passports I'd be a lot happier if I could see you perform a miracle what kind well make this desk rise up and fly around the row Henry Henry please I I didn't come here to do tricks I'm surprised at you I don't believe you are an angel at all I think you're a demon right Henry no no don't say that word well anyway now you know how I feel yes now wait a minute Dudley I'm not sure yet there's another matter I the door I locked that door he just opened it and walked out Dudley again to say goodnight to Debbie oh oh anything wrong no no no nothing oh you you look very well Julia you very bright and gay I feel gay Henry I think I think you're an excellent wife Julia why thank you I'm proud of you I'm proud of the well-ordered life we lead and I want you to know that I think the credit for that is due to you much more than to me thank you again dear do you think I'm an excellent husband of course dear Henry I hope you're going to take things easier now I mean the Dudley here I think he's very able you do yes he knows so many things what for instance well you should have seen him this afternoon we met professor weatherage why Dudley knows more about history than he does he should he'd been at it longer what nothing I'll go up and proceed Debbie not yet don't you know any stories Mr. Dudley I know hundreds of stories Debbie I think you would be very nice of you to tell me when well I know a story that happened many many years ago about a boy who lived in a little town what was his name his name was David he was a shepherd in the town where he lived was called Bethlehem oh I know Bethlehem that's where the star was that's right only David lived long before the star well one night David was out in the hills tending his sheep he was playing the harp and singing and then all of a sudden an angel came down and spoke to him how did David know he was an angel oh he didn't know and that's the way it always is angels come down and put ideas into people's heads and then people feel very proud of themselves because they think it was all their own idea well anyway this angel spoke to David one of your lambs has strayed he said so David put aside his harp and went out into the darkness to find the lamb of course the angel guided him and when David found the lamb he saw a great ferocious lion there so David said to the lion you get away from that lamb and the lion said you get away from me or I'll eat you too did David run away oh no no the angel put another idea into his head and David took out his sling and hurled a stone right between the lion's eyes served him good right yes I think it did and David picked up the lamb and carried it back to the fold and then he felt so happy that he took his harp and he made up a new song started like this the Lord is my shepherd I shall not want he maketh me to lie down in green pastures he leadeth me beside the still waters oh come in Henry I think you can tell the rest of this some other time well good night daddy good night darling now if you're ready Dudley so is dinner thank you Henry thank you so right after dinner Henry we'll get a taxi go down to St. Timothy's St. Timothy's tonight of course dear the choir is rehearsing for the benefit thing Henry we promise mr. Miller we oh Julia I telephone Mrs. Hamilton this afternoon Henry I apologize to her for some of the things I'd said I had to and she said I might call on her tonight but the rehearsals just for you a million dollars for Mrs. Hamilton dear is far more important besides mr. Miller will be delighted to see you here is Bishop Henry besides I just don't like going alone my my evening seems quite free Henry oh no no definitely not you've done enough already while I was about to suggest that I see Mrs. Hamilton and you take Julia to St. Timothy's you and Mrs. Hamilton oh no well it's just a suggestion Dudley would you mind very much going with me Julia yes Henry well I think that might be a very good solution thank you Dudley you're welcome Henry Mrs. Brome oh I'm delighted to see you hello mr. Miller oh this is mr. Dudley the Bishop's new assistant oh Mr. Dudley a pleasure thank you the Bishop will try to get here later mr. Miller something important came up of course he's such a busy man he didn't want to delay rehearsal and Mrs. Brome I'm terribly embarrassed I look over there only two of the boys have come it's just too difficult I suppose trying to compete with basketball and Christmas I wouldn't worry mr. Miller they'll all show up how you boys hi what do you sing me a first soprano any good I doubt it well how about giving out you you mean alone well you've got Rupert with you hi you're Rupert hi well what do you say it's okay by me fine I'll start you off at the piano Mrs. Brome look here comes some of the other boy why yes basketball isn't so important after all you can be proud of them mr. Miller they sing beautifully they've never so so never look they're all here now I don't understand Henry could hear this like angels better believe me I'm so relieved mr. Brome you didn't make any further apologies oh thank you Mrs. Hamilton and in view of your generosity George B Hamilton Memorial Chapel shall be located wherever you specify in the new cathedral now we're getting somewhere aren't we oh there's another matter that window depicting St. George and the dragon yes I should very much like the countenance of St. George to resemble my late husband who do you see as the dragon oh and a dragon thank you well now that we're in such complete accord which would you mind very much if we postponed the details Julia's waiting for me at St. Timothy's very well we can go over the plans when I transfer the funds thank you so much well that's strange is anything the matter with this chair I can't get up it's stuck to my I mean I'm stuck to it stuck to the chair yes it doesn't seem quite right does it Stevens Stevens come here please there is something wrong with the bishops chair it must be the new varnish the furniture people should have warned us I do hope I'm not harming the chair oh this is preposterous awkward situation isn't it perhaps you'll give a little pull at the back Stevens yes sir again please oh your trousers I'm afraid if we pull any more this is Hamilton might I use the telephone yes of course it's right over there can you walk after a fashion that chair madam it clings to him like your brother well do something even call the shop get a plumber hello Matilda this is a bishop room I'm at Mrs. Hamilton's I want you to come here at once with another pair of trousers hmm but what difference does it make just bring me another pair of trousers thank you I'm so sorry this has happened oh if I could only get in touch with Julia or Dudley or Dudley this is all his doing no no no Bishop don't be nervous I have a chair Bishop I have a chair I can't imagine what happened to Henry he was so sure he'd meet his bear well I well I suppose he's detained at Mrs. Hamilton's of course you know Dudley it's a strange thing you seem to be able to make me feel as if everything's going to be all right everything could be all right for everyone Julia if people would only learn to behave like human beings it's a lovely night isn't it oh driver could you take us through the park please but that's out of your way lady you're getting bored with us driver say I'll drive it by way of Mexico City if you want me to that's the trouble with this country too many people don't know where they're going they want to get there too fast I'd call you two very unusual people oh thank you you're very perceptive you know your destination but you're no hurry to get there and you're not reluctant to invest in extra four bits for detour with mother name oh that was really a close one holy smoke did you see the way I missed that truck like like a miracle yes I know but just don't overplay your hand they're ice skating over there so they are Julia we're going ice skating no we mustn't it's too late we couldn't do you really think we could you can stop here driver we're going ice skating oh and you too well this is it Sylvester what do I owe you not a set by friend one on the why because you and the little lady here have restored my faith in human nature well good night Dudley good night Julia good night Sylvester Sylvester is a noble soul his children and his children's children will rise up and call him blessed oh this has been the most wonderful evening I've had in years the most wonderful evening I've had in centuries you're a beautiful skater Julia in fact you're beautiful well well you come home oh hello Henry Henry what happened to you I thought you were going to meet us at St. Timothy's what happened to you it's almost 10 o'clock you'll never guess Henry we've been ice skating ice skating yes you should have seen Dudley he's marvelous Henry oh and those boys at St. Timothy's the way they sang it was simply heavenly I'm sure it was did you have a successful meeting with Mrs. Hamilton quite satisfactory thank you good I'll be right down Henry Dudley yes Henry whatever went on these last few hours there's one thing I'm sure of Julia is absolutely blameless of course she is but you you deliberately stopped me from joining you by the seat of my pants Henry if you had sent me to represent you with Mrs. Hamilton I would have gone but you didn't so I represented you with your wife oh is that part of the normal duties of a of an angel sometimes Henry angels must rush in where fools fear to tread I haven't the faintest idea what that means and I don't want it explained to me in any event you can go now Dudley I have solved my problem Mrs. Hamilton is giving the money for the cathedral but that was a foregone conclusion providing you were willing to make a slight sacrifice of your principles don't you think it's worth it for this this glorious edifice I'm not so sure of its glory at a time like this oh you're not these are rather lean years for the world Henry so many people need food so so many need shelter that big roof could make so many little roofs I'm dealing with a materialistic selfish woman she wouldn't listen to talk like that did you try you came here so that I could have a cathedral well I've got a cathedral and I want you to get out of my house and out of my life and away from Julia suppose you pray for that Henry after all it was prayer that brought me here very well I'll pray Henry I'm afraid that's no prayer it was right for my heart I want you to go Julia doesn't Julia get out get out Julia is about to come down those stairs don't let her see you like this Henry try to calm yourself he's gone oh Debbie's awake she wants to say good night to him I just told you Dudley is gone but where how should I know but why did he leave so suddenly because I got rid of him I told him to go away I fired him why because he's incompetent he's no good at his job and I cannot stand the sight of him Henry believe me Julia I know what I am doing he pause now for station identification this is CBS the Columbia broadcasting system after a brief intermission our stars will return with act three of the bishop's wife our special guest tonight is the well-known dress designer of the Samuel Goldwyn studios Mary wills who's responsible for many of the stunning fashions we see on the screen what was your latest assignment Mary my foolish heart for mr. Goldwyn that picture fascinated me so I hated to see them finish it you know Susan Hayward is splendid in the highly emotional role of a woman who gives everything for love and Dana Andrews is the man in her life was never better he's one of my favorites there's a tender love scenes are beautifully done miss Hayward took a great interest in the details of her costumes for my foolish heart especially stockings she insisted they be very sheer and fit perfectly and she always insists on luxe flakes to keep them that way mr. 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William Keely the curtain rises on the third act of the bishops wife starring Tyrone power as Dudley David Niven as the bishop and Jane Greer as Julia two days have passed since Dudley disappeared much to the relief of bishop Henry brawl and now it's early evening on Christmas Eve here's the list of your calls Bishop ending at Mrs. Hamilton oh and there's a taxi waiting for you outside thank you miss Casaway if you're through typing my sermon before I'm back just leave the copies on my desk yes sir I'm sorry to keep you so late on Christmas Eve oh it's all right sir Bishop Brown yes there's still no word for mr. Dudley this Casaway I discharged mr. Dudley there's no reason at all to hear from him yes sir now if you don't mind please tell Mrs. Brown that the taxi is waiting we can go to the drop just first Henry then the van Julia hi Julia so Vesta well what are you doing here well when the call came in for a cab I sure high-tailed over here I was hoping to be another skating party hey where's Dudley I don't know look you got a preacher with you yes this don't don't tell me I'll win you and so Vesta this is my husband Bishop brawl how do you do now if you don't mind we'd like to go to North Maple Street by taxi cab Sylvester not ice skates mr. Dudley did I startle you oh yes I I didn't hear you come in but where have you been oh here and there mr. Casaway why we've been so worried about you and poor mrs. Brome she's been popping in and out of here all day have I seen you have I heard from where is she she and the Bishop are making Christmas call they'll be home oh yes sir after mrs. Hamilton's then they go to St. Timothy's for the midnight service you should be home to miss Casaway I'll type that sermon for you oh no no the Bishop told me it's Christmas Eve you should be with your family well if you really oh thank you mr. Dudley Merry Christmas Mildred oh Merry Christmas Dudley Henry's Christmas sermon a new cathedral mrs. Hamilton's magnificent gesture money pledges needed sorry Henry but that's no sermon for Christmas suppose you tell them suppose you tell them the story of an empty stocking once upon a midnight clear there was a child's cry a blazing star hung over a stable and wise men came with birthday gifts we have forgotten many things during the centuries but not that night there is calling sir I'm Dudley Stevens Bishop Brahms new assistant would you mind telling mrs. Hamilton I'm here I don't believe she's expecting you sir oh I'm sure she isn't yes sir I'll wait in the music room the music room sir yes there's a harp in there I wonder if she'd mind oh I'm afraid she would sir oh well in that event you'd better hurry off and tell her yes sir I shall good evening mrs. Hamilton this is a beautiful harp you have I but the said you told him your bishop Brahms assistant oh yes mrs. Hamilton the bishop will be along a little later that music you're playing I thought you'd recognize it there's no one living who knows that composition except me what a shame that Alan Cartwright died that only you and I would know his music Alan Cartwright died nearly 40 years ago you couldn't have known him I'm much older than you think mrs. Hamilton tell me about him about Alan Cartwright what is there to tell he was the only man I ever loved but I was afraid of poverty so he went away and I never saw him again why am I telling you this and so you married the rich George Hamilton I made George happy I think and since he died I've spent a fortune honoring his memory in empty monuments how did you know about Alan Cartwright it doesn't matter mrs. Hamilton there at the front door now Henry and Julia I can't see them now yes yes you'll see them you'll go to the hall and you'll greet them in your usual warm hearted manner you'll come with me and you'll stay watch and no no I'm afraid I can't I have a great deal of work to do now don't keep them waiting how do you do mrs. Hamilton Julia how nice of you to come and see me and Henry Merry Christmas Henry I said Merry Christmas oh yes Merry Christmas mrs. Hamilton oh and no more of this mrs. Hamilton business my name is Agnes and now we can all oh he's gone oh he's gone already gone who dudley he was here I might have known it but where did he go no oh that poor man he said he had so much work to do really Henry you must make him take some rest I'm trying to make him do just that I can't thank you enough for sending him to me meeting Dudley oh I know it sounds ridiculous but meeting him has been the greatest spiritual experience of my life how did you ever find him Henry or less of a of an accident I suppose or more or less of a miracle oh it was it was talking with this wonderful understanding man has Henry I've suddenly changed my mind about the cathedral you have yes I'm going to give my money to those who need it to the poor the homeless the unappreciated and I want you to direct the spending of it now you see what Dudley's done Henry yes I I see and you understand mrs. Hamilton Julia forgive me but I have to leave there's someone I must see immediately Henry my dear fellow sit down sit down professor Wothers I I just had to see you I'm delighted here here Henry here a glass of sherry no thank you oh but I insist Henry you see this bottle now watch I fill two glasses behold the bottle is still half full and what's more the sherry itself it stimulates it warms it inspires but no matter how much you drink it never inebriates and the contents never diminish always half full Dudley's been here yes and that bottle isn't all he told me to look up some ancient texts in the library which no living scholar has ever been able to decipher I read them as if they were English oh let's face it Henry this Dudley fellow is not like the rest of us he says he's an angel an angel that's funny nothing stopped me from saying it that time angel he says he's an angel from from heaven that I'm not so sure about an angel it's too bad he's such a nice fellow he's brought nothing but disaster to me oh that's absurd he and Julia were here the other day she seemed happier than she'd been in years he's made her despise me are you sure that's why I've come to see you you think it's all my own fault professor oh you don't have to answer I asked for this in more ways than one I suppose that Dudley came to me just to confirm that I had already lost Julia's love there's anything I can do Henry there's nothing anyone can do but there must be you and Julia love each other you always have it's only partly true I love Julia well and why don't you fight for her fight how can I fight against but you have a tremendous advantage over him advantage over an angel precisely he is an angel Julia is a creature of earth she's a woman Henry and you're a man yes yes I am and if I were you I'd get myself home home that's where you'll be waiting for Julia excuse me happy Christmas is that you dear hello Julia Dudley I came to say goodbye I have to be moving along oh well where will you be going wherever they send me they my superior officers will we ever see you again well they seldom send us twice to the same place Julia we might form attachments I don't know what you're talking about no of course not Julia Julia I don't want to leave why well there are a few people who know the secret of making heaven here on earth and you were one of those rare people you you've frightened me Dudley I think you ought to go Julia please don't send me away what are you saying but I'm I'm tired of being a wanderer I'm tired of an existence which is neither hot nor cold hungry nor full no you must go away and never come back don't look at me like that all right Julia it's all right my darling grab a stair deal I'll handle this alone as for you Dudley I have never before had to fight an angel but I suggest you take off your coat and put up your dukes now why do you want to fight me because you're a thief trying to steal the love that belongs to me Henry do you realize that as an angel I could quite possibly destroy you with a bolt of lightning I don't care Julia means more to me than my life I'm not going to lose her then I have news for you I'm going I'll accept that as a fact when I see it happen oh no you won't because when I'm gone you will never know that an angel visited this house and Julia what about her there will be no memory with her either or with Debbie or the professor or anyone else oh I don't trust you you may Henry because your prayer has been answered that's not true I prayed for a cathedral no no Henry you you prayed for guidance and that's been given to you I'm being paged uh just a minute please goodbye Henry if if we should need you again will you come back no not I I'm requesting an assignment at the other end of the universe is that because I was so difficult oh no no no this difficulty was in me when an immortal finds himself envying the mortal trusted to his care it's a definite signal of danger yes yes I heard you the first time now I'll go upstairs take her in your arms Henry and kiss her for me you lucky Henry you'll wake Debbie are you all right oh yes of course I am Henry did you get that for Debbie get what for Debbie that little angel there on a bed why no I can't imagine where it came from Henry Henry what is it I don't know I I have the most inexplicable feeling of happiness why so do I oh Julia I love you Julia I love you Henry listen the bells will say to me it's almost midnight you'll have to hurry oh my sermon it was all about a cathedral we'll never do now don't worry dear you'll think of something something even better Merry Christmas Henry Merry Christmas darling I want to tell you the story of an empty stock once upon a midnight clear there was a child crying a blazing star hung over a stable and wise men came with birthday gifts we have forgotten many things through the centuries but not that night we celebrated with stars on Christmas trees with the sound of bells and with gifts but especially with gifts you give me a book I give you a time Aunt Martha has always wanted an orange squeezer and Uncle Harry could do with a new pipe oh we forget nobody adult or child all the stockings are filled all that is except one and we have even forgotten to hang it up the stocking for the child born in a manger it is his birthday we're celebrating don't let us ever forget that let us ask ourselves what he would wish for most and then let each put in his shed loving kindness warm hearts and a stretched out and the tolerance all the shining gifts to make a peace on earth the stars will return for their curtain falls in a moment Libby since you gave your prize recipe last week for making Christmas snow we've been swamped with letters asking us to repeat it oh well I'm not a bit surprised John it's such a novel decoration for a Christmas tree the branches look as if they were covered with freshly fallen snow the kids especially have asked about it you said it was easy oh it is they can do it without any help from grown-ups just add two cups of lukewarm water to a large box of lux flakes whip with an egg beater until it's the consistency of thick whipped cream then spread the mixture on the tree branches with your fingertips it dries in about an hour and it lasts as long as the tree when it's dry add your lights and ornaments as usual you can use fewer ornaments though because lux Christmas snow is a decoration in itself and so inexpensive lux flakes is another fine product of lever brothers better order some extra boxes of lux flakes tomorrow you'll want to try Christmas snow on your table centerpieces too and on holly wreaths around the house your dealer has printed directions for making lux christmas snow remember just two cups of water to one large box of lux flakes now here's mr kealy with our stars our most sincere thanks are due our stars for the joy they brought to this audience tonight and here they are tyrone power david niven and jane griff it's good to have you back in hollywood after all these months well until you until you well i'll try this again once more until you've been away a year and a half you never know how good home looks you know i was just figuring up the other day in the last four years i've only been here 10 months like i guess you're guess you're ready to settle down for a few days david and then linda and i are going down to mexico city to spend new years with her family you travel as much in real life as in the prince of foxes 20th century foxes that is nice to know you haven't changed the bed david well ty you certainly had an exciting role in the picture and your performance merits our congratulations and this would be a good time to congratulate jane on the recent arrival in her family two boys must be a household jane oh two aren't nearly enough but i will say the lux flakes consumption is running rather high well we certainly can help you out there there's some in the wings for all of you to take home we appreciate it bill what about next week's play it's a gay musical david the warner brothers hit my dream is yours and the stars will be june haver and jack carson my dream is yours is a delightful love story full of sparkling songs in just the right mood to top off the christmas season that's a wonderful holiday play well good night good night additionally this is the time for an old american custom going home for christmas it's a time of joyful reunion a time to strengthen the ties that bind each family together and in the family is our only hope for the future for from deep in our hearts and our homes must come the fulfillment of the age old promise of christmas the promise of peace on earth and goodwill among men all men on behalf of lever brothers company and of us in the lux radio theater may i wish all of you the happiest of holidays i invite you all to join us again next monday evening when the lux radio theater presents jack carson and june haver in my dream is yours this is william geely saying goodnight to you and merry christmas david niven will soon be seen in the alexander corda production the elusive pimpere now jane greer appeared through the courtesy of rko producers of holiday affair starring robert mitchum and janet lee heard in tonight's cast where willard waterman is professor elinor oddly as mrs hamilton frances robinson is mrs casaway and bill john stone gilbert barnett philip teep noreen gammill and whitfield howard mcnear eddy marr and alan reed jr our play was adapted by s h barnett and our music was directed by louis silvers this is your announcer john milton kennedy reminding you to join us again next monday night to hear my dream is yours starring june haver and jack carson screen stars are thrilled with a new bath size lux toilet soap it's so luxurious they say leave such a lovely clinging fragrance on the skin try this big satin smooth bath cake nine out of ten screen stars use and joy it's rich creamy lather abundant even in hard 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