 Hollywood, California, Monday, April 19th. The Lux Radio Theatre presents Joey Brown, Helen Chandler, Roscoe Carnes, and William Crawley in Alibi, Ike. Present, Hollywood, our stars, Joey Brown, Helen Chandler, Roscoe Carnes, and William Crawley. Our guests, Mr. and Mrs. Babe Ruth and Russell Patterson, one of America's most famous artists. Our producer, Hollywood's foremost citizen, Mr. Cecil B. DeMille. Our conductor, Louis Silvers. This hour of Hollywood stars and personalities comes to you direct from the Lux Radio Theatre on Hollywood Boulevard, with good wishes from the makers of Lux Flakes. To everyone, a hearty welcome. Before we start Alibi, Ike, I have a tip for the ladies. You don't have to find alibis for Lux Flakes. From time to time, it seems to me I've heard women say, this dress has never looked the same since I washed it. But I never heard them say that about Lux Flakes. As a matter of fact, I have a letter here about a dress that took first prize in the contest after it had been luxed nine times. This friend in Massachusetts writes, I made my eight-year-old daughter a dress of very sheer foil. After the dress had been worn and washed for the ninth time in Lux, I noticed a contest for sewing. Appearance of material was a big factor. My daughter's dress looks so good to me that I entered it in the contest. It won first prize. That was two years ago. The dress is still in use and looks splendid thanks to Lux. When you have a lux dress winning over brand new ones, that's something. It just goes to prove as the makers of Lux Flakes have always said that any material that is safe in water alone is safe in Lux. And now our producer, ladies and gentlemen, director of more than 60 pictures, discoverer of many stars, Mr. Cecil B. DeMille. Greetings from Hollywood, ladies and gentlemen. Tomorrow afternoon, when thousands of baseball fans storm grandstands throughout the country, cheering the opening of the 1937 season, they'll be honoring, quite unconsciously, a boy from Cooperstown, New York. 98 years ago, the boy borrowed a few ideas from a game known as Rounders. Some from another pastime labeled one old cat and adding a few of his own gave the nation its most beloved sport, baseball. The boy was Abner Doubleday. Abner had his day and it was a double header. He not only threw out the first ball in the first baseball game, he aimed the first shot fired from Fort Sumter in the war between the states, in which he became a general. It's to Abner the schoolboy and the game he created that the Lux Radio Theater tonight pays tribute in presenting Joey Brown, Helen Chandler, Roscoe Kahn's, and William Frawley in Alibi Ike. Our play is based on the Warner Brothers picture, which was based on the story by Ring Ladner, making a two base hit. Put Ladner's dialogue in the mouth of Joey Brown and there it enjoys a range and scope, I am sure no other actor could provide. Joe warmed a bench with the New York Yankees for about four years and comes to us tonight as Frank Alibi Ike Farrell. In the part of Dolly, making her fifth appearance before our microphone is one of the most accomplished and lovely young ladies of the theater and screen, Miss Helen Chandler. Applauded recently on Broadway in Pride and Prejudice and Lady Precious Stream. She played in London and Boy Meets Girl and is now starring in the same comedy on Hollywood's legitimate stage. With Joe from the original picture cast, we welcome Roscoe Kahn's to whom I gave his first important part as Carrie and William Frawley as Cap Finlay. And now, let's dust off the Lux Radio Theater's home plate. The players are walking onto the field. The batteries, Joey Brown, Helen Chandler, Roscoe Kahn and William Frawley in Alibi Ike. Batter up, play ball. We go back a few weeks before the opening of the baseball season. Throughout the country is heard the old familiar thud of the ball and the glove, the sharp crack of the bat as a stinging grounder zips over the infield. In Winterhaven, Florida, the Chicago Cubs are preparing for the National League Pen and Race. Near the players dug out, Cap Finlay, the manager, is talking to the owner who is optimistic about the team's prospect. All right, stick it right in there, shorty. I see a mic. That's all right. Here you are. If I can make a prophecy the first day of the season, Cap, I have a good hunch we're gonna finish a lot stronger this year than last. Yeah, well, we couldn't finish much worse than eights. I have every confidence in you personally, Cap, and I've convinced the other stockholders to let you work it out your own way. Thanks, Tom. I wish you'd convinced them not to sell pennants. Well, you're sure to find a pretty likely pitcher among the 10 new rookies. While there's one boy alone, Farrell, struck out 20 men in one game last year. Sure, sure. He was with the Hallgate Terriers, wasn't he? But did they claim Lou Gehrig was playing against him in Hallgate last year? I'll bet I'll have to ring a cowbell to get him off the field. Well, I'm pinning my hopes on this Farrell, boy. If he's as good as they say he is. Well, wait till he shows up, Tom. That'll be time enough for prophecies. Telegram for you, Mr. Finley. Oh, thanks. Let's see it, Mike. I never had a telegram yet that wasn't, well, for the... What is it? Get this. It's from your white-eyed Farrell. Listen, reporting today. Sorry I was late, but my calendar was wrong. What? Oh, his calendar was wrong. Now, there's an alibi for you. Maybe you can pin your hopes to that. Well, it doesn't sound very encouraging. It sounds to me like we're taking on a screwball. Well, try not to worry, Cap. It'll all turn out. I'll see you up at the hotel. OK, Tom. All right, you guys, get going in there. Come on, Terry, come on, Max. Come on, get hustling in there. This ain't no junior prom, you know. Get back in there, I tell you. Oh, it didn't hit nobody. Now, listen, you. Take that sardine can you're driving and get out of here before I kill you. Say, maybe you don't realize who I am. Oh, yes, I do. You're Ty Cobb, but you've got your face lifted to fool the pitches. Now, listen to me. This is a ball club, and you're on the field. Beat it. Wait a minute, ain't no ball club without a pitcher, unless they've changed the rules this year. Well, they've changed them. But not enough to let you into the park unless you're on a leech. Now, get out of here. Hey, wait a minute, wait a minute. I'm on the team. My name is Farrell. Farrell? Sure, Frank X Farrell. Well, why didn't you come in through the gate and give your name at the office? Well, I was afraid if I let on who I was, all they help would quit work and come out and watch me. That's what used to happen when I played with a whole gate terriers. Oh, I see. Is that why you put on a disguise? Disguise? This ain't no disguise. This is my baseball suit. You don't say. Yep. Well, you ought to put a sign on it so folks would know. Hey, that's a good one, mister. Well, I'll be seeing you. Where are you going? I'm going out and slug a few. Never mind that. Come over here and loosen up your arm. Well, all right. You want me to loosen it? Gosh, it's as loose as goose grease right now. Hey, Carrie. Yeah? Handle a few for this guy, will you? Sure. Yeah, wait a minute. You better put a batter up there, too. Give me something to aim at. All right, Farrell. Toss up a couple. Sure. What'd you like to see first? A zipper or a clipper? Well, now, I don't know. Just suppose you just try your fadeaway speedball with a slow-up twist and a drop hook on the end. Sure. That's more special. Well, there she goes. Easy on the speed, wise guy. What's the matter, catcher? Sting your hands? Hey, Farrell, your calendar is still wrong. This ain't July. I know it. It's hot in July. Well, your arm ain't going to be hot in July if you don't take it easy. I am taking it easy. I never opened up the first few weeks. Oh, look at that wind up. Boy, if you ain't open now, say, how many games did you win last year? Only 28. Had malaria most of the season. Malaria, huh? Well, where can I send the rest of my pitches to get it? Huh? Never mind. Never mind. OK, Kerry. All right, Cat. Come on over here, Farrell. Let's see you hit a few. Well, wait. I ain't warm yet. I could do this all day. I know, but I'm just trying to save the catcher. Grab a bat there. Hey, Tex. Whip up a couple here, will you? Sure. Go ahead, Farrell. Well, I never hit my best on Wednesdays. Now, don't you worry about that. I'll cancel all our Wednesday games. That's a good one, Cap. Just show us how you hit on the 4th of July when it comes in leap year. Sure. OK, pitcher. Come on. Throw her in there and put something on that potato. Come on. Holy. Boy, what a club. Over the fence, boys. Well, I told you I wasn't so good on Wednesdays. Yeah, you'd only clear the fence by about eight feet, that's all. Well, I twisted my ankle when I swung. Say, when I'm in form, I can clear that fence about 30 feet every time. And if I don't clear it, and if you don't clear it, then what? I'll knock a hole in it. One moment, please. Hello, Winterhaven Hotel. I'll see if he's in. Hello. Thank you, Mr. Sullivan. Thank you, Mr. Blake. I tell you, Cap, this guy, Farrell, is the best rookie pitcher I ever saw. He's terrific. That was only an exhibition game this afternoon, Tom. But he was good. Well, he struck out 12 men. Yeah, yeah. He looks good pitching strikes. But the first wild pitch he ever throws will cost us a game. What do you mean? The game will be called for darkness while he's still apologizing. He's the best. Hello, Cal. Are you ready to go, Cap? Yeah, sure. Tom, you know my wife, of course. How are you, Mrs. Bidley? Fine, thanks. And this is my sister-in-law, Dolly Stevens. Mr. Johnson. How do you do? How do you do? Well, a few folks will excuse me. Sure. We were just going to the movies. Have a good time. See you in the morning, Cap. OK. Something on his mind, Cap? No, no. We were just talking about Farrell. See the game this afternoon? Oh, I did. And I can tell you right now the women are going to love him. He's awfully cute. Who? Farrell, the rookie pitcher. Cute. Come on, let's go. Wait a minute. We've got to get someone for Dolly. Oh, OK. Who do you like, Dolly? Cap, you're as blind as an umpire. Can't you see she's crazy to meet Farrell? Crazy to meet? Well, she'd have to be. Now, but best I'd just say that. No, I'm Cap. Round him up. All right, all right. The last I saw of him, he was heading for the billiard room with Mac and Kerry. I'll see if I can find him. Well, that's a nice shot, Kerry. Yeah, now let me see now the 11-bowl in the side pocket. Say, Farrell, is it absolutely necessary for you to crack peanuts while I'm making a shot? Well, it's necessary for me to crack them if I want to eat them. But not while I'm making a shot. Well, all right, go ahead, Mr. Kerry. You don't bother me none. You miscarry. Well, who wouldn't miss a guy cracking peanuts. All right, your shot, Farrell. Well, let's see. What's the layout? Gosh, looks pretty impossible, don't it? Now, wait a minute. Call your shot. Gosh, I can't see so very good without my spectacles. Well, why don't you wear them then? Gosh, I never thought of that. There, that's a lot better. Let's see now. The four ball in the side pocket, the eight in the corner, the six down on the end, and any others that happen to fall. What? You'll never make it. Well, a man can only try. He smokes five balls in one shot. Is that all? This stick must be crooked. Say, I'd use a hockey stick if I could make shots like that. Well, I quit. I'm not playing with no champion. Now, wait a minute, Kerry, wait a minute. Hey, let me see those spectacles of yours, Farrell. Sure. Here you are. I thought so. There ain't even any glass in them. I know it. I had to take the glass out on account it hurt my eyes. Guess I'll put this cube back in the rack. He'd like to go to bed, but he can't think up an excuse. Well, guess I'll say goodnight, boys. I ain't sleepy, but I got some gravel in my shoes, and it's just killing my feet. I should think they'd take them gravel pits out of the billiard room. Hey, that's a good one, Mr. Kerry. Hey, Farrell. Yeah, Kep? Come here with us. Sure. Good night, fellas. Yeah, good night. Good night. Oh, boy. That guy is the original alibi-ike. Yeah, he's got an alibi no matter what he does. Good or bad. Yeah, but at daddy ought to make us a good man, Kerry. Yeah, unless that gravel in his shoes brings back his malaria and throws his eyes out of focus so he can't read the calendar and find the home plate. Oh, I thought you'd like to come along with us, Farrell. It's a swell picture. Well, I'd like to cap only. You ain't turning in yet. Who, me? No, around a hotel, and in case there's a telegram. Why, are you expecting one? No, not exactly, but there's a lots of times that comes when you ain't expecting them. Oh, here's the girls now. Oh, y'all evening, Mr. Farrell. Good evening, Mrs. Finley. Come here, Dolly. I guess you recognize Farrell from seeing him play. This is my assistant law, Farrell, Dolly Stevens. Huh? How do you do, Mr. Farrell? Well, guys, I mean, what do you I hope you've been telling Cap you can go to the show with us tonight. Oh, sure. No, he can't come, Dolly. He's got to stick around for a telegram. Oh, yeah, yeah. But I guess it's no use anyway. You see, the office where that telegram might come from ain't open after six o'clock. Oh, I see. Come on, folks, the car's outside. Well, let's hop in and get going. Riding in a rumble seat. Don't you, Mr. Farrell? Some people don't, but I do. Well, keeps you out in the fresh air. All players need a lot of fresh air, you know? Yeah. I saw you play this afternoon. You struck out 12 men. Oh, it was wonderful. I had an all day on account of my lumbago. Say, if I had known you was watching, I'd have struck them all out. Would you, really? Sure. I was just taking it easy because it was an exhibition game. Now you're just being modest. No, no, I ain't modest. Only I don't never brag, because if a guy has really gotten to stuff, he don't have to brag. Uh-huh. I guess that's right. Say, are you going to be around much? I mean, well, are you going to be around much? Well, I'm staying for another week or so. Oh, gosh, that's swell. Then maybe I can be seeing you around, you know, around a hotel. That is, if you're going to be around much. Oh, yes, of course. Well, maybe we can sort of get together, you know, go to a show or out for a walk. Oh, I'd just love to walk, Mr. Farrell, don't you? Well, they say it's all for good exercise. Your dear Mac. Yeah. Oh, hey, Kerry. Kerry, look who's coming across the lobby. Alibi, Ike himself. I'll bet he's got another date with a cat sister-in-law. Yeah. Hiya there, Ike. Oh, hello, fellas. Where you going, Ike? Oh, no place special. Just out. Well, it's raining cats and dogs. Ike, you'll get soaked. Oh, I don't mind that. Nothing like walking in the rain to keep your arm in shape. Well, how about Mac and I coming with you? Yeah. No, no, no, you better not. You fellas might get a cold. Oh, Frank? Go if you are, Francis. Oh, yeah, sure. Well, so long, boys. This way. This way, Miss Steven. All right, Francis. Did you get that? Francis. He's alibied himself out of his name. If you're getting wet, we can go back to the hotel, Francis. Gosh, no. I like sitting in the rain with you. The park is kind of deserted. Sure. That's why I like it. Yeah, I like it, too. Do you? No kidding? Yes, Francis. Oh, gee, I wish. What? I wish I wasn't going north tomorrow. Oh, yeah, but the team's leaving in a few days, too. You know you're crazy for the season to begin. Oh, I do hope the team does well, Francis. Cat's whole future depends on this season. Oh, Cap ought to stop worrying. I feel fine. Feet about your win in that opening game. Yeah, but you won't be there to see it. No. Oh, I hate going home and leaving. Well, leaving the club. You'll write to me, won't you? Write? Sure, but gee, Dolly, I wish I could tell you. What, Francis? Well, how much are? How much are? How much you want? How much are? Francis, you're getting a cold. No, no. I ain't going to get it. Well, I guess maybe we got to go back. I'd hate to ruin the team's chances by getting sick. Well, Dolly, your train ought to be here pretty soon now. Yes, pretty soon. Of course. Of course, sometimes they're late, you know? They don't always run on time, do they? No. You see, sometimes they get behind in their schedules. Oh, I see. That's what makes them late. Yeah, that's one of the reasons. Gosh, Dolly, I wish this train wouldn't never come. Oh, do you really, Francis? Yeah. Oh, gee, Dolly. Oh, gosh, there it comes, and it's right on time. Oh, then I guess it isn't late. No, right on time, just like I said. Well? Well? Francis, I think there's something in my eye. Would you look? Sure, I'll get my handkerchief. Which eye is it? Oh, you'll have to come closer, Francis, much closer. Francis, well, Francis? I don't see nothing. Come on, I guess it's all right now. Say, I wish I'd keep my handkerchief, though. You might get something in the other eye. Yeah, but you might need it. No, not me. Say, when I see something coming, I always duck. Oh. Well, in any way, I'd kind of like to have you keep it. You know, to, well, in case you need it. I'd love to keep it, Francis. Oh, gee, that's great. Well? Well, I guess there's nothing more to say. No, I guess that's about no, it ain't either. Oh, Francis. Dolly, Dolly, I've got to tell you something. I hope you don't get mad or nothing, but. Yeah, go on, Francis, quickly. Dolly, listen. Listen, Dolly, because it's awful to report. Oh, Francis, hurry. Dolly, Dolly, I, I. Betty Anne, who is to be married on June 5th. Perfect. Darling's to give me all these grand, sunny pants and things. Oh, look, there's still a package you haven't opened. So there is. Why, it's a big box of luxe flakes. And here's a card. It says, the most valuable thing I could give you. Ask me why. Signed Helen. All right, Helen, tell her. When the girls told me about your shower, Betty, I said to myself, there's one thing this old married woman has found out, and I think it's something a bride should know. I'm all ears out with it. Well, you may not think it's not important now, but honestly, it makes a big difference how you wash your dishes. Oh. No, really, I mean it. There's just no romance and dishpan hands. Men may respect them, but they don't admire them. So my advice to you is to stay clear of kitchen soaps for dishes. I found them very dry. Sooner or later, they give you dishpan hands. But you can bet your life, luxe never will. Thanks a lot, darling. I'll stick to luxe. Remember, luxe has no harmful alkali, nothing to dry and roughen the skin, and it costs next to nothing. Hardly one cent a day for all your dishes. And now, Mr. DeMille. On with the story of Alibi Ike, starring Joey Brown, Helen Chandler, Roscoe Collins, and William Frawley. It's two weeks later, the night before the big opening game. In his hotel room in Boston, Alibi Ike Farrell is sprawled face down across the bed reading a letter. The letter is from Dali Stevens. And Ike's expression is the essence of bliss as he reads softly. Dear Francis, I'm so thrilled I can hardly write. Best tells me that Cap may let you pitch the opening game. How I wish I could be there to see you win. Hi, Ike. Hi, boy. Oh, oh, hello, fellas. Hi, Ike. Hi, I'm Mac. Say, what are you eating there, Ike? This? Oh, it's just a kind of a letter. A bill? No. No, it's not exactly a bill. It's a letter from a fella I used to go to school with. Thought you told us you never went to school. Yeah, yeah, but this wasn't no school. It was a college. Well, how could you have gone to college if you didn't go to school? I didn't. It was the other fella that went to college. I would have went, but there wasn't no college where I lived. No? Thought you said you lived in Kansas City. Well, I did, but we moved. Where'd you move to? Nebraska. Well, they got colleges there, ain't they? Yeah, well, we didn't live right in Nebraska. Near there. Oh, say, you get one of them letters every day. What does your friend write you so much about? Oh, he's telling me about a ball player, a friend of ours. Tells me what he does every day. Yeah, that looks like a girl's writing to me. Well, a girl did write it. You see, that's my friend's sister writing for him. Well, didn't they teach writing at this college where he went? Sure, but he got his hand cut off on a railroad wreck. Well, I should think he'd have learned to write with his left hand by this time. Well, it's his left hand that's cut off. Handed. Good night, boys. Yeah, good night. You see, Dolly, the Cubs and me has practically cinched the pen and almost period. Next two weeks will tell story. And as I will pitch two times in next two weeks, all is over, but shouting semicola. Well, who is it? Come in. Good evening, Mr. Farrell. Hiya. My name is Crawford. You don't know me, Mr. Farrell, but I'd go through fire and water to shake hands with you. Oh, you don't have to go to all that trouble. I'm glad to shake hands with you. Well, thanks. You're the best picture I ever saw. Well, maybe I ain't the best. But I won an awful lot of games this year. You sure have, boy. You're on your way to big money. Yeah, but. And you'll get it. You're a smart boy. Well, it ain't only that I'm smart. Just that I got the stuff that fools these other fellas. You sure do. I guess there isn't anybody a guy like you couldn't fool. Mr. Farrell, I'd like to ask a real favor of you. I'm president of the Young Men's High Ideals Club. I guess you've heard about it, haven't you? No. Not exactly. There's one or two of our boys. You know, we caught them drinking and things like that. Drinking? Say they ought to do that if they want to make good. Well, now that's just what I was telling them. And what they need is an example, Mr. Farrell. I want you to come over and meet them tonight and tell them some of the secrets of your success. Well, Mr. it's getting kind of late. Yes, yes, I know. But we're having a special night. In your honor, we're going to let the boys stay up until 10 30 if you'll just come and talk to them. Well, OK, Mr. I don't like to stay up late myself, but if it's to do good, I'm with you. Oh, you I could count on you, Mr. Farrell. I've got my car right downstairs. I've got my hand here. This is it, Mr. Farrell. Right up these steps. You mean this is a house where they're holding a convention? That's right. Oh, it's kind of dark, ain't it? Right in here, Mr. Farrell. I'm smoking and drinking in my absence. Now put those bottles away and douse those cigarettes. And don't let this happen again. OK, chief. Come on out with a butch, you mug. Come on out with a butch. All right. That's all right. Butch somebody in their snooze. Wait a minute, boys. Your president is right. Where would I have been today if I'd have smoked? I'd give up. Quiet. Quiet, Muxie. Boys, I had a little talk with Mr. Farrell on the way over, and he says his next two games are in the bag right now. That's right, fellas. I can't lose. Oh, no. I neglected to tell Mr. Farrell that continuous winning is against the principles of the Young Men's High Ideals Club. Oh, yeah. What do you mean, against the principles? Well, you see, Mr. Farrell, our motto is, live and let live. Now, what we'd like you to do is ease up a little in your next two games. Let the other team get a few hits once in a while. Maybe even let them win just for the sport of it. That's the idea, isn't it, boys? I know. That's the one. Wait a minute. Just a minute, boys. I know it couldn't be true, but this sounds like maybe you fellas were trying to bribe me or something. Bribe you? No, no. Of course, we might make you a little present, say, $10,000 or $12,000. I see. Good night, boys. Now, now, Mr. Farrell. Now, wait a minute. Let me go. I'm wise to you, fellas. You got me over here so as you could talk me in a losing for you. You're nothing but a bunch of gamblers and cheats. Let me out of here. I've been lefty. Come here. Wait a minute. Wait a minute. Wait a minute. Wait a minute. Wait a minute. Wait a minute. Wait a minute. Wait a minute. Wait a minute. Wait a minute. Oh! Hey, let go of my arm. Now, just imagine me doing that to your pitching arm, only finishing by breaking it off. Understand? Ow! Ow! Let me go. I understood all the time. I just wanted to be sure you fellas wasn't kidding me. Good. That's all. Now here it is. We want to lose you in your next two games. There's $12,000 in it for you. How about it? Not on your . . . What? Sure. I know just what you mean. better and remember for all this is your last chance for an easy lesson you lose the next two games you pitch or else understand or else Frank Ferrell Hotel Continental Boston Massachusetts dear Francis arriving tonight to watch you win your next two games thrill the thought of seeing you again signed darling and is it beautiful out here tonight I love rowing you do well I'll let you handle yours for a while if you want oh no just being out here on the lake with you yeah sure is nice I'm glad we didn't go to the show with cap and bed so my we couldn't have seen the moon so good in there is that the only reason you didn't want to go no gee I I wanted to be alone with you I didn't want no other people around us do you mean it Francis mean it gosh I wish I could tell you how much I mean it dolly I I got something for you maybe maybe that'll show you got something for me yep now where is it let's see gosh I had it right here in my best box but first I want to ask you something yes Francis dolly do you like me well enough to to be alone with me for a long time forever Francis you mean it of course I do sink or swim yes Francis dear sink or swim then look dolly don't stand up in the boat tell me tell me a rope I'm stinking oh gosh I can't stand up it's only up to my knees look dolly here's here's what I had to give you it's a it's an engagement ring an engagement ring hotel continental one moment please hello hotel continental so that's the sparkler well it certainly is a peach dolly best I'm so thrilled where is Francis do you know we're over in the card room with a couple of the boys you're going out tonight well we were going to the theater of the boys to let him get away I better go and call them all he ain't leaving yet are you I sorry fellas but I just got to where you're going oh just to the theater I guess all by yourself no friend of mine is going with me but what do you say if we go along well I ain't only got two tickets ah we can get some more seeds they're all sold out well the scalpers will have some yeah but you don't want them shows rotten man I'll buy your tickets from you if you don't want them nope I wouldn't cheat you or say what are you gonna do with your girl leave her here at the hotel girl what girl the girl yet supper well oh her oh gosh she just happened to sit down on the table that's all uh-huh is that why you gave her that ring for sitting down I I give her the ring well didn't you oh no no I didn't exactly give it to her I lent it to her oh yeah well I wouldn't lend no ring to no strange girl if I was you oh guess she's all right I'm kind of tired of the rock anyway when a girl asks you for something well what are you gonna do well so long boys now now wait a minute Ike I gotta bet with Mack and it's up to you to settle it I bet that you and Dolly were engaged to be married huh no not exactly engaged now look here Ike this cost me real dough if I lose now cut out the alibis and give it to a straight cap's wife told us you was roped well I don't want it to cost you no money carry you win you got a swell girl I guess she's a peach you're a lucky guy Ike well I guess she's okay I don't know much about girls never see none that I'd fall for that is till you seen this one oh well she's okay but I wasn't thinking about getting married yet a while say who doesn't he askin her no no no not exactly her but but sometimes a man don't know what he's getting into you take a good-looking girl and a man generally always does just about what she wants them to say the girl isn't living that could lasso me that is unless I wanted to be lasso no I don't know when a fella gets to feeling sorry for one of them it's all oh well so long boys were dolly I didn't know you was waiting out here no well it happens that I was and it also happens that I heard every word you said in that room dolly oh gosh listen I didn't understand you were just feeling sorry for me but you're right about one thing it's all G dolly wait a minute dolly I didn't mean it honest I didn't dolly you gotta listen to me let me explain I don't ever want to speak to you again I'm sick of your alibi spending my life with a man who apologizes for me every other word goodbye dolly wait you gotta wait a minute you can't do this you don't understand it's all a mistake I dolly gosh this is day and X Los Angeles the voice of Hollywood hello bye I will be back in the box pitching for the Lux radio theater again in just a moment for that moment we will talk with a real baseball player considered by many the greatest of all time babe roof you know him of course as the home run king with 714 home runs in his crown when babes started out with the Boston Red Sox in 1914 he was a pitcher and to this day he holds the record for pitching the greatest number of consecutive scoreless innings in a world series in three games he pitched 29 innings without allowing one run at this moment Babe Ruth and his charming wife are listening in the trophy room of their home on Riverside Drive in New York City they're going to speak to you from there the Sultan of SWAT and his lady Mr. and Mrs. George Herman Babe Ruth thank you Mr. DeMille I would like to tell you that Mr. Ruth and myself are certainly enjoying the game you're flying out there in Hollywood Joey Brown is pitching them right across the platter every time and it's a great show from the stands there at the end of the first inning they made a point that certainly meant a lot to me that was when they talked about Lux Flakes I've used them for years to cut out on runs not the home runs that Babe Ruth hits either I mean the stocking runs that hit me that's right Claire I saw a box of Lux on the kitchen shelf last night were you in the kitchen dieting again no no no I didn't even go near the icebox I was looking for the sport page of the paper you threw out you see we're getting into baseball season very fast here according to my scores today my prediction of the last three or four days are showing that we're going to have a great season with plenty of thrills Philadelphia Nationals beat the Boston B's in the first game today they played 11 innings and one by two to one and in the second game they won by one to nothing the athletics beat the senators four to three imagine it 11 innings babe if you're going to tell them who is going to win the pennant I'm through well I might be through myself suppose you tell them well on his radio program the other night I heard Babe Ruth say the Cardinals would win it in the National League and the Yanks and the Americans but I noticed he made no predictions on his golf game have you heard anyone predict a golf game right I've been playing golf for several years I think it's a great idea for a ball player to have two sports but even if he has to don't try to combine them but when you're playing baseball stick to baseball but on the off-season I think go for the great conditioner for your legs that may be true there but very often I've heard you come off the golf course saying baseball certainly is a great game all right Claire you win good night mr. DeMille and thank you for letting us play on your league program tonight I think if anyone deserves the pennant it's the Lux radio theater league good night mr. and mrs. Babe Ruth we're back in Hollywood now with Joey Brown Helen Chandler Roscoe Collins and William Frawley in alibi Ike sick at heart because Dolly broke their engagement Farrell went out the next day and pitched a losing game pitched so badly it aroused suspicion in the minds of cap and the owner of the club they've gone to his room to question him they find him something ejected lay in an armchair Ike we want to talk to you yeah well I don't want to talk to you now in just a minute son don't you feel well yeah I feel all right well is there anything we can do yeah and get out of here and let me alone you know Farrell that was a pretty bad game you bitch today looked like you weren't even trying what do you mean I wasn't trying and answer that door if I were you I was just going to well what do you want the chief told me to give you this envelope hmm you'll catch on when you open it so long kid who was that Farrell I don't know never seen him before brought me a letter well he didn't look like a postman to me why don't you open it all right I will gosh is getting so a fella can't even open his mail in private I hey what's this I'll tell you what it is Mr. Farrell it's a roll of greenbacks let me see that look Tom a half a dozen thousand dollar bills a half a dozen thousand dollar bills what say that's six thousand dollars ain't it yeah and there seems to be a little note attached to it listen to this cap nice going kid keep up the good work hmm how do you like that what about it Farrell I don't know nothing about it gosh say they must have thought that I was losing that game on purpose for them who sent this I don't know I can't remember his name oh you can't Farrell I never thought you'd do a dirty trick like this say you don't think I threw the game no this is just a coincidence if it wasn't for the scandal I'd let you explain it to the judge wait a minute wait a minute say I wouldn't throw a game of my mother was playing on the other side you won't have a chance in this club pack your things and get out and if you ever put on a baseball suit again I'll put stripes on it for you you mean you mean I'm canned yeah and it starts right now all right then let it start a couple of fine fellas you are when I was winning you thought I was a hero and then the first time I lose a game in two months you come around claiming I'm a crook well you can keep your ballclub I'm through with you for good I'll get out of here get out of here and let me pack my suitcase fine fellas they are I'll show them I'll Frank Farrell Frank Farrell wait what Frank wait oh hello Mrs. Finley where do you think you're going I'm going back to hold heat that's where I'm going oh no you're not I just spoke to cap I told him the real reason why you lost that game because you was worried sick about Dolly they want you back Farrell well I ain't going you got to come back for Dolly's sake if not your own Dolly gosh she don't care if I never come yes she does yeah I spoke to her long distance last night she's been almost frantic since she walked out on you or jeep if you think I don't think I know but if you go up now you'll be disgraced and if I tell Dolly that your comeback depends on her she'll be back tomorrow cheering for you but do you do you think she'll really forgive me sure if you will promise to give up those alibis well promise gee I'd get right down on my knees now only I got such a bad case of Charlie horse never mind that come on back to the hotel cap and mr. Johnson they're waiting for you and we're sorry son yeah we should have known better than to think you'd throw a game oh shucks that's all right it's all over as far as I'm concerned but it isn't not yet I want to get those crooks and get them right do you know where to find them sure I do at the clubhouse okay I want you to go and see them the day before your next game and tell them you're gonna throw it but you won't do it unless their man meets you with the money just before the game then we'll have a couple of federal men there and catch them red-handed giving you the dough oh boy say that's pretty slick I'll be I'll be pitching next Thursday I'll go and see them Wednesday night just why do you want the money in advance well I tell you they're looking at me funny I got to have that dough so I can get out fast if I do come after me are you trying to put the cross on us Farrell say ain't I done everything you told me to so far okay we'll have the dough for you now scram sure well good night boys don't forget well what do you think chief he's pulling a fast one on us but he's not going to get away with it we got everything sunk on tomorrow's game if Farrell wins it means dependent for the Cubs Farrell isn't gonna win lefty because Farrell isn't gonna pitch huh you and Charlie are gonna pay mr. Farrell a little visit tonight see don't mess him up if you can help it but get him away from the hotel you know what I mean lefty yeah maybe a little chloroform will help and with any way you want but get him out to the farm and see that he don't wake up until the game's on leave it to me boss when I get finished with him he'll be lucky if he ever wakes up tell you best something has happened to him yeah well something else will happen to him if he doesn't show up for the game game all you think about is the game what worries me is now calm yourself dolly he'll be all right he'll probably show up at the last minute with an alibi but he isn't all right he'd never do a thing like this or if I only knew where he was come on it's almost time for the game I think the sap is waking up hi a barrel huh hey take it easy boy lay down there hey what is this just a little game we got up Frank and you're it where am I why this is the health farm sunny we brought you out here for your health my health say quit kid me I got to get to the ballpark boy you're so far from the ballpark you do well to get there by next season oh I will well I get in Charlie come here you put it right now sit down that's better now Farrell if you're a good boy you can go home just like you come here all in one piece you get it yeah okay boys I guess you win now you're showing sense have a drink me say I wouldn't touch that stuff I well maybe I will have one thanks say when Farrell I'll port myself if you don't mind sure yeah thanks gosh the bottle's almost empty pretty color when you hold it up the lighting up I don't pay much attention to the outside of the bottle look at there it's all greenish boy sure is pretty huh let me see it sure take a good look mister help me I'll murder him with my bare hand do you want to win this game remember this you've got to get a hit two rounds will tie the score and there's two men on if you strike out or pop a fly I'll murder listen yeah I'll suck or slide off of it that's me I hope you can put another one in the same place I better get down to business don't smack it and listen we got that crook Crawford we traced the money to him and have them a few minutes ago nice work mr. Johnson I'll help you get the rest of myself dolly oh gosh you come back of course I did and old Francis I was so worried about you but oh but you're safe aren't you darling safe say I was safe a mile and dolly if you'll stick by me I'll I'll be a new guy from now on I'll change completely honest a will oh Francis of course I'll stick by you and and the engagement is on again oh yes friends gosh dolly I'll never alibi myself again as long as I live let us through here hey girl girl give us a story for the paper will you for sure what do you want to know boys well I want to know why you let two strikes go by without moving your back why say how'd you like to be hit when you got a big cinder in your eye but we play an extra inning a little later with Joey Brown and Helen Chandler when Paramount Studios decided to make a picture called artists and models they enlisted the services of one of the country's most versatile illustrators Russell Patterson creator with John hell junior of the famous flapper type you've seen his drawings many times in our leading publications but his talents go much further than the drawing board he's created stage sets costumes men's styles industrial designs pioneered in plastic photography and is largely responsible for the current popularity of puppet shows ladies and gentlemen Russell Patterson thank you Mr. DeMille but I'm only one of the several illustrators who'll be working in artists and models by that I mean you'll actually see on the screen James Montgomery flag John Legata McClellan Barclay Arthur William Brown Jefferson Mackimer and Rube Goldberg a fine group of artists but what about the models well it's difficult to find perfect models even in Hollywood since we start our search for beauty Mr. Royal Wars the director Mr. Lewis Gansler the producer and Mr. Roy Prince the dance director of artists models some more than a thousand girls we wanted about 100 of the most beautiful models you'd be surprised at the small number in this group we met our requirements what are the requirements well I would say for a number grace the ability to wear clothes figure and of course the beauty of the face why it's so hard to pick outstanding girls today is because most of them are standard types they all want to look alike and we look for individual types of beauty like everything else seems to run in cycles after the war there was the collegiate and then the flapper types the platinum blondes the red heads and last year the brunettes had today and this year I would say the raw that the smooth hair dark natural blonde with blue eyes and sunburn skin I think she's a typical American girl of 1937 since you preach individuality I suppose you'd hesitate to tell the girls in our radio audience what kinds of clothes to wear well that's like a doctor trying to cure a patient without knowing the ailment I would recommend the best fashion magazines and to follow the best dress picture stars and above all as much of one's own personality is possible I can safely say that whatever they wear women will keep on caring for the clothes and most effective economical way there is with the luxe flakes luxe is the safest surest wardrobe carry north and that's why we're using it in orders and models thank you mr. the mill thank you in just a few minutes joey brown boards of plane and flyers from hollywood to chicago but we still have time to bring back joe and helen chandler to answer their curtain call all right helen and remember joe no alibis thanks cb of course i'm not in very good voice beginning already now what's the matter did they play take it out of you play guys know but i've got to protect my voice for tomorrow didn't you hear mr the mill joe's going to chicago to become a radio announcer he's describing the game there tomorrow between the pittsburgh pirates and the chicago cubs helen it's nothing at all nothing at all how long are you going to be a sports commentator joe oh about a month i guess unless i find that i bit off more than i can chew i'd say that was impossible what do you know joe i think it'd be awfully nice if you'd say something about our product product what product you don't know what our product is well it seems that i do kind of recollect hearing tell of it yes of course you do why everybody uses it for keeping clothes nice you know and washing dishes clothes washing dishes you know joe you know it comes in a box you get it at the grocery store big letters on it l u x l u x now tell me oh lock sure well why didn't you say so in the first place instead of beating around the bush guys our house just about filled with lux i say those flakes are a home run in the ninth inning with two out in the bases loaded of course of course i don't do the washing but it seems to me that's enough that's enough don't spoil it joe i understand you're a sports writer too yes i'm writing a column for the los angles examiner they picked the craziest name for my column though they they call it saying a mouthful guys that don't seem to fit me not of it only a column joe oh you too yeah it ought to be a full page oh i see and helen uh just before i kiss you good i mean before we say a dolly i mean guys that are all confused before i walk off the field i want to wish a speedy recovery to one of baseball's immortals now in lakeside hospital cleveland he was banged up pretty badly in an accident the other day and i know that you all join me in wishing the best to a great sportsman our friend tris speaker and now cb and everyone including you helen goodbye goodbye thank you goodbye all over this is your announcer melville ruick the program arranged for you next monday night will be revealed in a moment by mr demille tonight's cast included walley mayor as mac leora thatcher as best thinly sykendle as crawford lou merrill as club owner joe franz as lepti charles emerson as reporter frank nelson as radio announcer ross forrester as tex inga board dillish as telephone operator and maryon denis as telephone girl joey brown appeared through courtesy of david l low productions louis silvers 20th century fox where he was in charge of music for the new film that i may live mr demille mr carne's and mr frauley paramount mr frauley's new picture is high wide and handsome and mr carne's night of mystery just a reminder as you know many localities switch to daylight saving time next sunday if you are not affected by daylight saving time this program will come to you one hour earlier beginning next monday night and here's mr demille next monday night deluxe radio theater brings you two of the most outstanding personalities hollywood has ever given the world robert taylor and iran dunne our play magnificent obsession based on universal's picture from the celebrated novel by dr loyds c dugress one of the most inspired stories of our day our radio version will find both stars resuming the same roles they filled with such distinction on the screen mist done as helen hudson mr taylor as barb merrick our sponsors the makers of lux lakes join me in inviting you to be with us again next monday night when the lux radio theater presents robert taylor and iran dunne in magnificent obsession this is sessel b demille saying good night to you from hollywood this is the columbia broadcasting system