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We brought you this original play about an American hero in Russia Since then we have been constantly asked to repeat this fine romantic story And so we have chosen it for the closing performance of the season a man named Jones Here's a good thing to remember when you catch a cold the best known home remedy for a leaving miseries of colds is Vicks vapor up a man named Jones for the 19th century in the days when Catherine was empress and Law of the land in the days when a commoner could not smile at a princess But an empress could smile at anyone she chose in the days when a handsome dashing fighting man Came swaggering into the court of Imperial Russia a man named Jones. Mr. Jones You were invited to rock about the Empress Catherine for one purpose She wanted and does want you to fight for her against the Turks in the Black Sea We welcomed you here as a friend, but you are betraying that friendship. That's not true. Prince Nassau. I betrayed no one I don't understand what you're getting at then I will make myself a little clearer The princess Anna Mikhailovna Korakina is might be throat It's an arrangement. That's agreeable to both our families and to the Empress Your attentions to the princess are extremely annoying to everyone concerned princess hasn't said so the princess is very young She's with the Empress now I Think you'll find that after today She will not wish to see you again. You think you're talking to a schoolboy Nassau You seriously think you can stand there and tell me that I'm not to see a woman again a woman that I've Grown to love and respect above all women in the world. Anna is a princess of Russia She must live according to tradition She will marry as she's told to marry and she'll do as she's told to do She will not see you again. You and I have reached nymphs my friend In my country no one tells anyone what they must do or what they must not do or even and this may Of course surprise you Whom they must marry but you are in Russia, mr. Jones Fight your war for Russia and then go marry in America. Sorry, Prince Nassau. I Rather set my heart on a Russian princess Then You've set your heart Mr. Joe danger Danger Danger of my business Prince Nassau now if you'll excuse me. I have an engagement to go driving with the princess Let's stop here for a moment. I used to come here on picnics when I was a child There's a water for me about all right. Let me help you down. Thank you I Was beautiful. Yeah, there was a sadness to this Don't you feel it? I did even when I was a girl There's always been something about this place that made me want to cry And now I understand It was because of this hour that I would have to spend here This hour when I have had to say goodbye. There is no sadness here. Oh my darling. I cannot see you again I've had my orders who gave you such orders the Empress Now do you understand listen to me? No woman or man or any other living person is going to tell me what to do or how to live my life I'm a fighting man. I follow my life. And I live as I please and how I please now do what I think is right to do Darling must not let them frighten you I've been frightened of the dark of the noises I've been frightened of people of their anger of the things they can do to you I've seen men and women beheaded I've seen that John. I have never been afraid I have never been afraid of anything. Listen to me my darling I know NASA and I know my interests They both know how to heat And they both know how to kill women No one loves me And one thinks she might love you And there is the danger darling Listen to me and don't you be frightened No one's going to hurt you I'll fight for you and protect you and no one will dare do anything to you I'll take you home with me to virginia There's nothing to be afraid of in virginia The air is sweet with a taste of freedom And the wind is sharp with it and the soil is rich with it And no one will say you must not love or you cannot love No one will say speak as I do or speak as I tell you All that will be said is Live here Be happy Say and do and think as you please And all that will be asked of you in return is that You will love virginia It has a lovely sound to it that name Virginia But I am of the corpse of Russia There is a pattern by which I must live and which I must respect And if I defy that pattern I will die I know it in my heart So I will marry Nassau And you will be kind to the empress No, no, you must not say that again I love you I'll never give you up. I'll never lose you And right now I'm going to take you home and then I'm going to find the empress and tell her Well admiral john rather astound me I asked you here to lead my fleet against the Turks not to choose a bride for my coat I will lead your forces. I will win for you in return I ask most humbly for the hand of princess terakena. The princess is very young. You are older Far more sophisticated I would think you could make a more satisfying choice As well as a wiser one. I love the princess Princess is betrothed to prince Nassau, but she does not love him There are more things to be considered and love admiral in our philosophy not in mine You amus me. You are talking like a child Well, be that as it may next week you will set sail for the black sea When you return we will discuss the kuratina affair If you are victorious You may find those more kindly disposed than at the moment when I return if I do not find you kindly Disposed I will marry her anyhow Suppose you were told An empress found you charming Would you still be satisfied with the princess? I love the princess Very well Go to the black sea And when you come back we will consider this matter again Possibly you may change your mind By then Good evening, Mr. Jones Your majesty Good evening, Prince Nassau I've been calling on the princess I assume you've been calling on the empress That's rather obvious since I'm in a corridor, isn't it? Jones, I've warned you once I'm not going to warn you again Stay away from Anna You're wasting the time and your breath I love her and I'm going to marry her Do I have to kill you to show you I mean what I say? That's the only way you'll gain your point Then by heavens I'll kill you Do you hear me stop this instantly? How dare you brawl over a woman outside my apartment Nassau, get to your own quarters I humbly beg your pardon, your majesty Jones, you have even more to learn than I suspected There is one bit more trouble over this girl I'll see that she's put where neither of you will ever find her Here's the church to the right through those trees Fine, we made it in better time than I had hoped Oh, Jones, Jones is wrong I know it's wrong I'm so frightened This is the only way, Anna Now they will never be able to take you away from me This way I can go to Black Sea And you need not fear because no one will have the right to threaten you in any way Jones, I don't know, I don't know If you love me, Anna, you must trust me Come now, give me your hands They're very cold Yes, I know Come, my darling Oh, holy father in heaven I direct your attention to this couple who stand before you about to be married I commend them to you as they exchange rings I beg you to bless this union and to protect it Anna, I command you to love and to cherish this man John, I command you to love and to cherish this woman You're happy this morning? Yes, yes, I am happy No matter what happens, no matter what they do to me I'm very happy They're not going to do anything to you You're my wife In Russia, we believe that happiness is paid for with tears But if the happiness is a great happiness It is worth any amount of tears But you're a faithless I'm a Russian Darling, I love you more than anything in the world I'm going to the Black Sea for Catherine and I'm coming back for you and we're going to Virginia And I'll never leave you again and you'll never be frightened anymore I must leave you now for a few hours Where will I meet you? I'll be going to the chapel this evening I shall wait for you there I haven't spent much time in chapels You'll be making a religious man out of me You'll never pray for anything I never have You must learn to pray All right, all right, dears I'll see you this evening about 10 in the chapel I'll be waiting for you, my darling Well, Anna Korakena Your Majesty I've been waiting a long time for you My... my rooms are greatly honored by your presence There's caused a great deal of trouble in this court I am sending you away No, oh no, please, I beg of you, don't send me away There is a carriage ready and waiting Get your things together Where are you sending me? To the east You will know your destination when you arrive You are never to see your Admiral Jones again Your Majesty We were married yesterday He's my husband Married? And that marriage will be stricken from the records I did not authorize it Therefore it does not exist Oh, get your things to go before I lose all patience with you Yes, Your Majesty You seem oddly composed for someone who has defied me and dared my anger It's very strange, I know But for the first time in my life I'm not afraid I'm the wife of a man named Jones Nothing is going to change that But I'm not afraid I'm not afraid Nessar! I want to see the Empress I've got to see the Empress Dear Empress, we'll not see you now She says your ship is ready to sail and you're to leave for the Black Sea within the hour I'll not leave you, Nessar Where is Anna? Where have they taken her? I don't know And if I did I wouldn't tell you I can't sail without knowing where she is I've got to find her If you don't sail, you'll never find her That much I will tell you Ah, you're strangely pale for so Brave a man Your hands are shaking Your eyes are a little wild Can this be the man that fears nothing? Can this be the man that is never afraid? I'm afraid now Oh, I am afraid now In just a moment, we'll bring you the second act of a man named Jones These are the days when you never know about the weather Warm one day, cold the next Yes, it's cold catching weather So be careful And when you do come down with a cold Men do what millions of folks do Benefit by their personal experience And rub Vicks vapor rub on your throat, chest and back Then just feel vapor rub's famous relief giving action Start right to work To help relieve upper bronchial congestion and irritation To ease the coughing spasms, sore throat And that muscular soreness of tightness Now here's the reason results are so wonderful Vapor rub penetrates Penetrates into the cold congested upper bronchial tubes With its special soothing vapors And at the same time it stimulates Stimulates chest and back surfaces Like a comforting warming fortress And for hours This penetrating stimulating action of vapor rub Keeps on working To bring such grand and welcome relief Now when a cold strikes, remember Only vapor rub gives you this special penetrating stimulating action It's the best known home remedy for relieving miseries of colds Time-tested home-proved Vicks vapor rub And now the second act of a man named Joan starring Victor Jauré With Inga Adams as the Princess Anna Karakina And Arnold Moss as Prince Nassau Admiral Jones we are pleased with the victories you have won for us in the past years And we feel that thanks to those victories We have no further need of your services In a military capacity I'm glad to have pleased your majesty Victory is always pleased me very much We consider you the greatest admiral in the world today Thank you now may I ask your kindness and sympathy In what way Where can I find the Princess Anna Karakina Admiral the kindest thing I could say to you is Forget Anna Karakina Forget her By all the time I was fighting and winning it was for her I felt that every victory brought me closer to her Forget her I could forget everything in the world before I could forget her I could show you a hundred thousand more beautiful women They would not be more beautiful to me Who do not like to sit here beside me and help me rule And empire is heavy for a woman's shoulders You wear yours magnificently your majesty What does this Anna Karakina have that inspires such deathless devotion I don't know how to put it into words Unless there's beauty of soul Somehow she makes you stronger and braver than you are Although she is not exactly a brave woman She makes me want to kneel at her feet and I'm somehow filled with gratitude that such a person as Anna Karakina could be in love with me Now your majesty if you permit me I'll take my leave of you Where are you going Why I'm going to hunt for Anna I'm going to hunt the lengths and breadth of Russia until I find her Russia is a big country One could be in such a search I would rather die hunting for her than to live without her I wish you liked me better You might have done well had you liked me better Goodbye empress Catherine Do you know where to begin your search Yes I think I do know Got a better get your sword I have an account to settle with you You're a fool Jones you've lost her I'll find her again if you care anything for life you'll tell me where she is I'll see you in hell before I tell you Don't be there if you don't Take that sword away from my throat Take that sword away How is she They took her east that's all I know They took her east Good morning won't you dismount and rest a while stranger you look very tired No thank you I'm hunting for a girl she would have passed this way two years ago A very beautiful girl with yellow hair and blue eyes and long braids that She wore like a crown her name was Anna Anna Krakena Do you know the name I cannot say that I do but dismount and rest a while stranger the sun is hot today It is about the hottest day of summer No I've got to keep moving I've got to keep moving to the east Don't go out in a storm like this you haven't the proper wraps to wear in a blizzard Wait until the storm passes I can't wait I've got to get on too much time has passed already Drink another bowl of soup you look as though you hadn't had a decent meal in the east Thank you but I must be on my way I'm hunting for someone I will pray that you'll find him my husband has an extra plate Take it and god go with you stranger Thank you thank you Thank you stranger Will you sit and share a gypsy supper I am mother Anna Anna's a name beloved to me thank you I should be most grateful Oh how gay they are dancing in the firelight It's been a long time since I've seen dancing I've forgotten how long The dancers are always gay in the spring You are a long way from the sea stranger Why do you speak of the sea mother Anna Some people have a look of the sea about them and you are one The future is sometimes clear to me and I know you are halfway I see a little better on your journey stranger Do you also know the purpose of my journey Yes you follow a lady a very great lead Will I find her You will find her when you have learned how to pray Where is she when will I see her where is she I don't know that I only know you will find her when you have learned how to pray And your way lies further east Further east I am hunting for Anna Karakena Have you seen a lady beautiful as the morning a princess named Anna Karakena I'm touching somewhere in the east I'm hunting for Anna I'm hunting for Anna I'm hunting for Anna I found this man face down in the snow by the ravine He was saying Anna Karakena over and over we must get him to the convent He must have food and carry as the look of death upon you Would you like a drink of water Who who are you I'm sister Maria I've been nursing you Nursing me Where am I you're at the convent of Novo Dalici Some shepherds found you unconscious in the snow My friend I'm not going to ask you any questions It is not our habit here You talked quite a lot in the delirium I know that you're unhappy and tormented and I want to help you Can you can you help me When we are troubled here we pray for help and guidance You may find your help in prayer I think I'd like to try Come, lean on me I'll take you to the chapel Dear father in heaven help me I waited so long I've traveled such a weary way I'll do anything if I can just find her she's all that's good in me She's religion and faith and holiness and life and healing I don't know a lot about praying But now that I look back on them I think these past years have all been a prayer Dear God please Please show me where to find her Where's your home Nowhere and everywhere That's a funny answer Not so funny everyone can't have a home like you Oh this place isn't my home my home is in Virginia my mother said Virginia but what's your name My name John Paul Jones Jones What's yours My name is John Paul Jones too Mother Mother Anna Anna Anna my darling my darling my darling John my dear I've been waiting so long You knew I would come I knew you would come Are we going home to Virginia now We are going to Virginia now We're going to Virginia and we're going to live the rest of our lives together And no one will say say this or do that All they will ask is that you will love Virginia You taught him that His father taught him that My darling My darling In just a moment an important message from Victor Jory My friends hear that melody For 77 Sundays over another network Unforgettable melody has ushered in 30 minutes of music That has given so much pleasure to so many Yes as you probably know It is the opening theme of the Stradivari Orchestra With its rare and priceless Stradivari violins That weave such magical warmth and beauty into the melodies you know and love Well next Sunday this popular Stradivari Orchestra Under the direction of Paul Lavalle and presented by Prince Machiavelli Creator of Stradivari Perfume will be presented at this time So don't forget you have a date a thrilling date Next Sunday and the Sundays thereafter at this same time Over this network with the Stradivari Orchestra This is Victor Jory Well my friends this is the closing play of the season I want you to know how much I've enjoyed playing in these productions for you I want to thank Vixen, Mark Warner, Dick Sanville, Martin Gabel, Gene Holloway, Ed Wolff and Nick Dawson are producers and all of the production staff for their excellent work and cooperation and I want to thank you my friends for your many letters of appreciation particularly the thousands you've written during the past two weeks asking me to bring the matinee theater back to you as soon as possible if you would like me to bring these productions back to the air quickly perhaps even this summer write me immediately many of your letters have been coming in with signatures the whole family and other groups well it's up to you each and every request will count write me care of columbia broadcasting system new york 22 new york may i repeat that address me victor jory care of columbia broadcasting system new york 22 new york and so until we meet again thank you good afternoon our play was written by gene holloway and based on material on the life of john paul jones in the book nights of the sea by valentine thompson it was directed by richard sanville music for the series is under the direction of mark warner this is cbs the columbia broadcasting system