 Lux presents Hollywood the Lux Radio Theatre brings you the new Walt Disney feature Pinocchio. Ladies and gentlemen your producer, Mr. Cecil B. DeMille. Greetings from Hollywood ladies and gentlemen. This is a night that weaves a spell over the world. A time of reverence and rejoicing, of family reunions and storytelling by the fire. On this enchanted night we can all believe implicitly in stories like Pinocchio. Walt Disney transformed this old children's classic into a modern classic of the screen giving new life to the little people. You met him at our microphone last year when we presented Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. This year his chair is empty but he has sent us Pinocchio. Walt is busy getting Pinocchio ready for its national screen release through RKO in February and besides Mr. Disney's moving into a fine new studio at Burbank, the house that Donald Duck, Mickey Mouse and Snow White built. Tonight we introduce his latest characters for the first time in the house that Lux built. In two years of work on Pinocchio, 500 artists made about two million drawings of such likeable people as Pinocchio himself, Jiminy Cricket, the Blue Fairy, and old Gepetto the Woodcarver. The Blue Fairy accomplishes some very wonderful things in Pinocchio and she ought to feel right at home here because Lux Flakes too has quite a reputation as a doer of good deeds. They're the kind of good deeds that make life easier in your household when Lux Flakes plays the good fairy to our feminine listeners. I feel we can make you see the beautiful color of the Disney picture as we bring you the story and spirit of Pinocchio. It's the spirit of all small boys who'd rather look for adventure than go to school. Now just put yourself in the place of Gepetto, the Woodcarver. Suppose you had made a puppet, a little wooden boy, and then all of a sudden the puppet began to talk and move about like a real boy. I believe you'd be ready for almost anything to happen and that's the best frame of mind I can suggest for you now. As the Lux Radio Theatre curtain goes up, an act one of Walt Disney's Pinocchio. Christmas night, dinner is over and you're settled comfortably in your favorite chair beside the fireplace, gazing dreamily into the flames. You're relaxing for the first time today and you've made a solemn resolution that nothing shall move you from this place for at least three hours. You won't be surprised if, at a time like this, that burnt ember on the heart should move a little and sit up for you've just noticed that it isn't an ember at all. It's a cricket and not an ordinary cricket either. He wears a beaver hat and a long green cutaway coat and in his hand he carries a furled umbrella. He sits looking at you out of his large rather mournful eyes and then just as if it were the most natural thing in the world he begins to sing. I'll bet a lot of you folks don't believe that. About a wish coming true do you? Well, I didn't either but of course I'm just a cricket singing my way from heart to heart but let me tell you what made me change my mind. One night, a long time ago, my travels took me to a quaint little village. It was a beautiful night. The stars were shining like diamonds high above the roofs of that sleepy old town. Pretty as a picture. As I wandered along the crooked streets there wasn't a soul to be seen. The only sign of life was a lighted window in the shop of a woodcarver named Geppetto so I hopped over and looked in. Inside there was a nice cheerful fire burning kind of a shame to see it going to waste so what do I do? I go again. Well sir you never saw such a place the most fantastic clocks you ever laid your eyes on and all carved out of wood and cute little music boxes each one a work of art and shelf after shelf of toys and then something else caught my eye. Sitting up on the work table was a puppet you know one of those marionette things all strings and joints. Cute little fellery was too all dressed up just like a real boy but just then I heard a noise. It was the old woodcarver Geppetto and his cat Figaro. I jumped behind the clock just as Mr. Geppetto came over and picked up the puppet. Now it won't take much longer. Just a little more paint and he's all finished. I think he'll be all right. Don't you Figaro? Sure I paint a smile on his face see that makes a big difference. Now I have just the name for him Pinocchio. Do you like it Figaro? No. No? Well we'll leave it to Little Woodenhead. Do you like it Woodenhead? That settles it. Pinocchio it is. Come on now we'll try you out music professor. Well sir was I surprised. Every music box in the place began to play and Geppetto made the puppet dance quite a sight. Yes sir. Go play your part. Bring a little joy to every heart. Little do you know and yet it's true that I'm my dear proud of you. Little Woodenfeet and best of all. And then Woodenseed in case you fall. My little Woodenhead. Oh you are a cute little fella and that smile. Well it must be getting late. I wonder what time it is. Pinoclock oh oh come on we'll go to bed. Good night Pinocchio little funny face. Look at him Figaro. He almost looks alive. Wouldn't that be nice if he was a real boy. Oh well come on now we'll go to sleep. Oh Figaro I forgot to open the window. Would you do it. Thank you Figaro. Oh Figaro look up there in the sky see the wishing star star light star bright first star I see tonight I wish I may I wish I might have the wish I make tonight Figaro. Do you know what I wish. I wish that my little Pinocchio might be a real boy. Wouldn't that be nice. Just think a real boy. A very lovely thought but not at all practical and with that the old woodcarver turned over and went to sleep. Well it was a nice night for it so I decided to do the same but just as I got settled in a comfortable position the room was suddenly filled with star light. Yes sir star light and it came right down in a long beam straight from that wishing star and coming down along that beam as I live and breathe was a fairy. Yes sir a beautiful blue fairy. You have given so much happiness to others you deserve to have your wish come true. Little puppet made of pine wake the gift of life is done what they can't do these days why I can move I can talk and I can walk yes Pinocchio I've given you life why because tonight Gepetto wished for a real boy am I a real boy no Pinocchio to make Gepetto's wish come true will be entirely up to you up to me prove yourself brave truthful and unselfish and someday you will be a real boy a real boy that won't be easy but you must learn to choose between right and wrong right and wrong but how will I know how they know your conscience will tell you what our conscience. What our conscience I'll tell you our conscience is that still small voice that people won't listen to that's just the trouble with the world today you see. Who may would you like to be Pinocchio's conscience. Well I very well what is your name. Crickets the name Jimmy cricket Neil Mr. Cricket well be a little careful with that one now easy does it my lady I W Pinocchio's conscience Lord High Keeper of the knowledge of right and wrong counselor in moments of temptation and guide along the straight and narrow path arise Sir Jiminy Cricket oh look at my clothes all brand new say that's pretty swell but don't get a bad you're something we'll see you mean maybe a well I shouldn't wonder make it a gold one perhaps but I must go now remember Pinocchio be a good boy and always let your conscience be your guide goodbye goodbye my lady Pinocchio maybe you and I had better have a little heart to heart talk why well you want to be a real boy don't you all right sit down son now you see the world is full of temptations temptations temptations you see there are the wrong things that seem right at the time but even though the right things may seem wrong sometimes sometimes the wrong things maybe right at the wrong time or vice versa understand but I'm going to do right at a boy Pinocchio and I'm going to help you and anytime you need me you know just whistle like this like this no no try it again Pinoc like this no son now listen and you don't know right from wrong give a little whistle give a little whistle when you meet temptation and the urge is very strong give a little whistle give a little whistle not just a little squeak park her up and blow and if you're whistling yeah give it a kick right take the straight narrow path and if you start to slide give a little whistle give a little whistle and always let your conscience be your guide be your guy don't dance on the table you fall off you I knew it I knew it there's somebody in here you how did you get down on the floor I fell down oh you did you walking uh-huh no no no no you can't I'm dreaming in my sleep where's water a pail of water that will wake me up now we see who is screaming go on say something you do talk and I got a conscience it's my wish it's come true figure look he's alive we can talk say hello to figure hello to figure oh see didn't I tell you isn't he smart oh my little wooden head my little Pinocchio we'll make you very very happy here for you always wanted in life come on now it's late you must close your eye and go to sleep why everybody has to sleep figure goes to sleep and I go to sleep and besides tomorrow I've got to go to school right oh to learn things and get smart why oh because oh good night my little Pinocchio and maybe maybe someday you'll call me father huh sure good night father oh that's fine that's fine good night son now wait stand still now while I put on your coat oh those they are your schoolmates girls and boys of course they're going to school now here's an apple for the teacher and you are ready to go and I run along goodbye son up to school and where was I while this was going on folks I'm ashamed to tell you I was asleep a fine conscience I turned out to be I should have been right with you see I'd heard about a couple of bad characters around that town one fellow with the name of honest John and say was he a bad one he was as sharp as a fox yes sir look like a fox too the kind of a long face like a fox and say come to think of it I guess he was a fox and well you see this honest John had a stooge by the name of Gideon a dumb alley cat and between the two of them they were a pretty tricky pair well when I thought about him that morning I tell you I just shivered all over imagine the innocent little Pinocchio on his way to school with honest John and Gideon roaming oh Gideon my boy listen the merry laughter of little children wending their way to school so you see little eyes rushing to the fountain of knowledge school a noble institution what would this stupid world be without school well well well Gideon look at that billboard strong bully and his marionettes so that old rascals back in town a remember Gideon the time I tied strings on you and passed you off as a puppet we nearly put one over on the old gypsy that time a good morning good morning well look at that Gideon a little wooden boy oh now whoever heard of a wooden boy a live puppet without strings Gideon look it's amazing a live puppet without strings why a thing like that ought to be worth a fortune to someone but who now let me see I know it's crumbling why that that old faker would give his I T listen Gideon if we play our cards right we'll be on easy street or my name isn't honest John quick after that boy oh stupid put that mallet away don't be crude let me handle this oh my little toddler well permit me to introduce myself Jay Worthington foul fellow a fine day isn't it yes sir well well well quite a scholar I see look at his books Gideon a man of letters I'm going to school school oh yes then you you haven't heard of the easy road to success no I am speaking my boy of the theater bright lights music applause yes and with that personality that profile that physique why he's a natural born actor a goodie straight to the top why I can see your name and lights lights six feet high what is your name no Keo no Keo P I N U P I N O you okay but we're wasting precious time come on to the theater an actor's life for me a high silk hat and a silver cane a watchable with a diamond chain I did a lead a an actor's life is gay it's great to be a celebrity that's when I finally caught up to the three of them arm-in-arm walking down the street just as they were passing by I grabbed hold of Pinoc and pulled him behind a tree Pinoc it's me Jiminy Cricket oh hello Jiminy where he go quiet Pinoc don't answer him Pinoc now listen Jiminy I'm going to be an actor all right son take it easy now remember what I said about temptations well that's him that fella there oh no Jimmy that's mr. honest John honest John all right then here's what we'll tell him you can't go to the theater say thank you just the same you're sorry but you've got to go to school all right boy here they come Pinoc now you tell him Pinocchio oh well well there you are well now let me see where were we are yes on to the theater okay good bye Jiminy good bye good bye huh good X mustache in a fever quote a pony cart in a billy goat you wear your hair in a pump a door you ride around in a coach and for you stop and buy all the candy store in just a moment mr. DeMille brings you act to a Pinocchio in a charming home out in Westwood Park this morning a very pretty scene took place the sun was pouring through the long broad windows of a pleasant living room lighting up the Christmas tree in its welter of packages the family was gathered around John and Peg they're two small children eagerly opening quite so much not just one more and it's for mother here you are Peg thank you John it is oh John you angel of the card mommy for the lovely hand of the loveliest woman I know John darling I think I'm going to kiss you but you really shouldn't have done it dear well then you shouldn't have such beautiful hands sweetheart they asked for girls and me a staid old married woman or just a darling little homebody who washes dishes every day now that Sally was a homey loving scene that might happen anywhere you know mr. Ruick I don't believe there's anything that touches a woman quite so much as knowing her husband adores her his love is so precious and made up of so many little things yeah sir hands for instance in a way the appearance of a woman's hands doesn't seem important but oh how very important it really is one of the big little things that makes for happiness and that's why Lux Flakes are so important an item in the household for Lux helps a woman do dish washing and others open water tasks and yet helps keep her hands looking dainty and feminine you know so few of us can afford maids but that's no reason why we should look like drudges and Lux Flakes enable us to do our own work wash our own dishes and yet help our hands stay attractive and now mr. Ruick I'd like to say to our audience that I hope they've all had and are having a very happy Christmas a waste Sally in which I join you now our producer mr. DeMille act two of Pinocchio as we dream beside the fire where the flames cast dancing patterns on the heart we wait politely for our friend the cricket to continue his story he's called to allow a large round here to roll down his cricket face but now he rouses himself and pulling a red silk bandana from his coat tail pocket he blows his cricket nose well it was my fault I should have known better maybe if I'd been with Pinocchio when he first met those two Sharpies I could have stopped it but there he was an actor in strong bullies marionette show I went to the show that night to see you're the wagon they used as a stage and near the end of the performance strong bully and the gentleman to conclude the performance of this great show strong bully the master showman that's a me and by special permission of the management that's a me too on quest of a lot is presented to you something you will absolutely refuse to believe introducing the only marionette to who can sing and dance up so literally without the aid of strings I hope so and one more vehicle to guard the only and one Pinocchio pull yourself then maybe you listen to your conscience to make me bet make me round he's a success maybe I was wrong well I guess you won't need me anymore what does an actor want with a conscience anyway good bye Pinocchio by a new suit and I gonna get a cane I eat the best and I drink a champagne I got the new strings on me one hundred eighty five one hundred ninety five Bravo Pinocchio they like me huh 200 you are sensational you mean I'm good 300 you are colossal sure I will push you in the public side your face she will be on everybody's the top we'll see what's this counterfeits nonchalant with the ramella by a little girl can't a little bit for you my little Pinocchio here I give it to you I'll run right home until my father home for father haha that is a very comical I'll be back in the morning come here be back in the morning going home this will be your home this a nice little cage where I can find you always yes yes to me you are belonging we will tour the world a Paris a London a Monte Carlo constantly hopefully we start tonight you will make lots of money for me and when you are growing too old you will make good firewood before I knock you silly good night my little woodland goldmine roadside in the rain when strong bullies wagon passed by and I felt pretty blue I thought well there he goes sitting in the lap of luxury the world at his feet oh well I can always say I knew him when I'll just go out of his life quietly I would like to wish him luck though sure why not I'll catch the wagon and slip onto the door Pinocchio Pinocchio it's me you're old friend Gemini remember what are you doing in that cave what did he do to you oh everybody's eyes yeah and just because I'm a goldbrick is that so listen he stopped the wagon now don't you worry son I'll have you out of here in no time at all but how can you there's there's a great big lock on the cage what's the lock to a guy like me didn't you ever hear of picking them open Jiminy Valentine my friends call me of course I I've never tried to make a living at it I'm afraid not looks pretty hopeless it'll take a miracle to get you out of that cage hey look up there Pinocchio that star see it's the wishing star and here comes the lady the blue fairy you might tell her the truth why Pinocchio hello and sir Jiminy well this is a pleasant surprise haha Pinocchio why didn't you go to school go ahead and tell her I was going to school till I met somebody met somebody yeah hey what's happening to your nose monsters weren't you afraid Pinocchio no ma'am they tied me in a big sack Pinocchio your nose is growing so they tied you in a big sack and where was her Jiminy can they put him in a little sack a pinoc I tell you your nose is branching out like a tree and how did you escape I didn't they chopped me up in the fire war like a plum tree to me perhaps you haven't been telling the truth Pinocchio perhaps oh but I have every single word you see Pinocchio a lie keeps growing and growing until it says plain as the nose on your face she's right Pinoc you better come clean I'll never lie I get honest I won't please your honor I mean Miss fairy give him another chance for my sake will you huh I'll forgive you this one but remember Pinocchio a boy who won't be good might just as well be made of wood I'll be good I promise very well but this is the last time I can help you it's back to normal again and and you're free come on sir there we were free as the air and on our way back to Mr. Gepetto's but little did we know little wood did we know that even then no the new devil tree was hatching down in a waterfront dive known as the red lobster in honest John and his crony Gideon sat drinking beer with them was a companion an evil-faced leering coachman I did a ditty and act as life for me it's great to be a celebrity and act as life for me and the dummy fell for it a kitty and he still thinks where he's friends and did strong holy pay plenty that shows you how low honest John will stoop now coachman what's your proposition well how would you blokes like to make some real money like this maybe and whose throat do we have to work no no no nothing like that you see I'm collecting stupid little boys stupid little boys if you know the disobedient ones what play you give them school and you see the listen and I take some to pleasure island pleasure island but the law now no there's no risk they never come back as boys oh now is where you come in yes sir I've got a coach load leaving at midnight with me to the crossroads and no double crossing no no no scout around in any good prospect you find bring him to me I know what to do with him we want to get home don't we sure and you know what Jiminy I'm turning over a new leak I'll make good this time you better I will I'm going to school that's the stuff no come on I'll race you home all right ready on your mark set go I'm afraid that you've tripped over my case oh please mr. Dennis John let me go I gotta be Jiminy home just a minute my little man and how is the great actor today I don't want to be an actor strong boy was terrible he was yeah he locked me in a case my poor poor boy you must be a nervous wreck oh well we must diagnose this case come dr. Gideon quit your notebook now let me feel your pulse little man oh bless my soul mm-hmm mm-hmm mm-hmm just as I thought bucolic semolina contraptions of the flying trapeze's mm-hmm mm-hmm now hold your tongue hold your tongue and say hippopotamus uh-huh trans compound transmission of the pandemonium even worse close your eyes now what do you see nothing I was afraid of that now that heart oh oh my goodness a palpitating syncopation of the killer Della quick doctor quick that report oh now that makes it perfectly clear oh my boy my poor little boy you you are allergic yes and there's only one cure a vacation on pleasure island pleasure island pleasure island that happy land of carefree little boys for every day is a holiday I can't go I of course you can go look I'm giving you my ticket here you are the ace of space I insist your health comes first come the coach deposit midnight come along now it's pleasure isle for me well every day is a holiday and kids have nothing to do but play I really do you suppose he is Pinocchio oh there he is he's with that box again and they're getting into a coach it's a coach all filled with boys oh well here we go again kid my name's lampwick what yours ever been the pleasure island me neither they say it's a swell joint no school no cops you can tear the joint apart and nobody says a word look around plenty to eat plenty to drink yeah and it's all free boy that's the place I can hardly wait there is boys just a hit him with a brief pleasure island what a place Ferris wheel merry-go-round hot dogs day and shoot the shoot everything and all lit up like a million stars and all for nothing huh sounds fishy to me happening around here all the lights have been turned off and where is everybody I don't like the looks of this looks like a graveyard Pinocchio are we shooting puller ain't we it's your shot oh nice try kid have another cigar it's on a house another one okay at a boy now watch this shot the eight ball aside pocket hey Lampy what do you suppose all the kids went to well they're around here somewhere what do you care you're having a good time ain't you I sure am ah boy this is the life of Pinocchio yeah sure is you smoke like me grandmother come on take a big drag like this okay Lampy what's the matter kid losing your grip Pinocchio so this is where I find you how do you ever expect to be a real boy oh look at yourself smoking playing pool you're coming right home with me this minute hey who's the beetle oh come here you let me go put me down don't hurt him he's my conscience he tells me what's right and wrong what you mean to tell me you take orders from a grasshopper grasshopper look here you impudent pup it wouldn't hurt you to take orders from your grass of your conscience if you have one yeah yeah yeah sure the screwball in the corner pocket that's you beetle why you young hoodlum I'll knock your block off while tear you apart and put you back together again I tell you he's my best friend huh your best friend and what am I just your conscience okay that settles it good bye you buttered your bread now sleep in it but Jiminy Lampwick says a guy only lives one Lampwick I've heard enough about him goodbye come on come on let him go your shot Pinocchio goodbye Jiminy Lampwick burns me up after all I've tried to do for him I've had enough of this I'm taking the next boat out of here hey hey what goes on here where did all those donkeys come from come on you blokes keep it moving let those jackasses on the ship we haven't got all night hey coachman where did all those donkeys come from come on come on let's have another jackass there hello jackass and what's your name okay you'll do in your go you'll lads I'll bring an ice price all right and what might your name be Alexander so you can talk hey yes yes sir I want to go home to my mama take a bet you can still talk so that's what they brought them here for they're changing them in the dock is to hear that beetle talk it thinks that was gonna happen to us conscience ah Fui where does he get that stuff how do you expect to be a real boy but you think I look like a jackass you sure do look Lampwick you're growing long years and edit hey hey you laugh like a donkey hey did that come out of me I think so hey what the hey what's going on here I got whoops double cross I'm turning into a donkey oh quick for no the kids the boy is they're all turning in the dog is a Pinocchio where did you get those ears those ears oh and you've got to tell me right here before you get anywhere short intermission before mr. DeMille brings you act three of Pinocchio we turn the microphone over to miss Libby Collins our exclusive Hollywood reporter what have you found for us this week Libby was a matter of fact I found there's quite a lot of truth in the saying the colonel's lady in Judy O Grady are sisters under the skin and that needs explaining Libby when you know women are knitting from Maine to California these days and believe it or not the Hollywood actresses are just as enthusiastic about it as women anywhere else I've seen John Crawford knitting between scenes on the set of strange cargo it's one of myrna Lloyd's favorite occupations and whenever Roslyn Russell has a free moment on her hands out comes a knitting bag movie stars and extras script girls and secretaries they're all doing it I think Sally here has caught the fever too I saw her knitting away at something just the other day what they're going to be Sally right it's a sweater mr. Ruick a white one it looked pretty nice to me but it's going to take a lot of washing to keep it quite isn't it all that doesn't worry me a bit mr. Ruick it'll be easy to do with Lux Flakes the same kind of care leading motion picture studios give their washable talk about sisters under the skin motion picture studios use Lux Flakes so do women everywhere whether they knit sweaters or buy them or get them for Christmas presents those sweaters deserve nice care don't use hot water on them don't rub them with cake soap and don't use soaps with harmful alkali just squeeze your sweaters gently through lukewarm Lux suds that's good sound advice and it goes with the other nice woolens people get for Christmas like socks and mittens and scar if they're safe in water alone there's no harmful alkali in gentle Lux Flakes to hurt any color or fabric that's safe in plain water when you use Lux you'll find it's so pure a little goes a long way Lux is thrifty we pause now for a station identification this is the Columbia broadcasting system we continue with Pinocchio flames mount higher in the fireplace and Jiminy Cricket's excitement rises with the blaze he climbs to the top of the brass and iron and they are waving his umbrella about his head he continues this strange tale what a situation trapped on Pleasure Island and Pinocchio's ears growing longer by the second I grabbed him by the hand through the streets we ran down toward the boat then they saw us they came after a shouting and shooting and shooting and shouting we ran up an alley we jumped over a fence I could hear them pounding along behind us they were coming near and near and then last we reached the show or jump by yellow and we jumped into the water swimming like mad and we escaped I'm on ill really all the end well but we got home and I hid Pinocchio's long ears under his hat and we walked up the path toward the house certainly feels good to be back on dry land yes it certainly does well here's the house I'll jump up and look in the wind and figure oh too gosh maybe something awful happened to him well don't worry son he probably hasn't gone far say look look at that star it's the same one oh yeah yeah and that bird flying around up there why he's got a piece of paper in his beak why it's a message it's about your father it says here that he went looking for you and and he was swallowed by a whale a whale oh my goodness a whale named Gepetto oh no Pinocchio's alive he's inside of a whale at the bottom of the sea where you going oh but Pinocchio are you crazy don't you realize he's in a whale oh now wait listen son this monster oh I've heard of him he's why why he's a whale of a whale he swallows whole ships alive I don't care hey what's that rock for I'm gonna jump off this cliff with it then I'll sink back oh my goodness good bye Jiminy good bye oh no I may be live bait down there but I'm with you come on let's go look I never knew it was so cold inside a whale's stomach fishing for days in here and not a bite the whale must be asleep I guess I never thought it would end this way figure starving to death in the belly of a whale poor little Pinocchio he was such a good boy it's hopeless figure there isn't a fish left if the monster doesn't wake up soon I am afraid we are done for the monster's waking up maybe he's getting hungry if he is then we'll have fish yes his mouth is open he's feeding then he come figure out tuna fish I've got enough food for weeks did you get here was your friend Jiminy you came to save me you mustn't catch cold you know you you you shouldn't have come down here take this blanket let me get your head had nothing else matters get out oh no no no son I've tried every way why I even made a wrap now listen son he only opens his mouth when he's eating then everything comes in nothing goes out oh it's hopeless Pinocchio come we make a nice fire and we cook some of the fish fire that's it yes and then we'll all eat it wait big fire lots of smoke smoke oh yes sure smoke fish will taste good wait so what Pinocchio not the chair what we'll sit on if we won't eat it we're getting out getting out but how we'll make lots of meat welcome sneeze oh right outside when that whale sneezed and that wrap shot out like a cannonball but that didn't end it no sir if you sneeze once you got a sneeze again and that's what he did he started to inhale what occurred the wrap went flying back into his mouth but it didn't stay there because the next thing you know that second sneeze came I could feel it coming the whale was all red in the face he popped the way up and then he let go this time the monster was sore he started chasing him firing his eyes his teeth flashing and his tail swinging Pinocchio mr. Gepetto paddle like fury oh the shore was only a few yards away but the whale was getting closer his breath was hot on the roof he was very close and just ahead was a big cliff the wrap swung in between two rocks the whale right behind him he went straight for the cliff there was Pinoc and and mr. Gepetto and and Figaro they were washed up on the beach and when I got there old mr. Gepetto was kneeling beside the little wooden boy Pinocchio was he was dead my brave for little boy gosh don't cry mr. Gepetto he was brave and we got to be brave to buy a little wooden boy he gave his life and I might live awake Pinocchio away because you're dead Pinocchio no no lie down thank you miss Blue Fairy he deserved to be a real boy and well and here's your reward too and you didn't forget well will you look at that a badge official well I'll be oh and it's solid gold too thank you my lady like a bone mr. DeMille will tell you about the play which is going to start the new year but first Sally I'd like to know whether Santa Claus treated you well today nobly mr. Ruick nobly I got some lovely presents I'm willing to wait to almost anything that some of your presence were lingerie and stockings as a matter of fact they were mr. Ruick but how did you know well it's really not fair Sally I read somewhere the other day that lingerie and stockings are the most popular Christmas gifts for women well they're popular with me all right no what mr. Ruick no what every single one of those precious bits of lace and silk I got and all my nice stockings too are going to be brought up on luxe flakes not one single one of them is going to be washed with harsh soap or rubbed with cake soap not ever so there well you needn't laugh I love my pretty new presents and I want them to stay nice looking a long long time well Sally you picked the right kind of care for them then Luxe helps fabrics and colors stay new looking longer there's no harmful alkali and no rubbing to hurt anything safe in water alone don't I know it that's why I'm so set on never using anything but Luxe flakes that's good advice Sally mighty good advice and I hope every woman in our audience will follow it now mr. DeMille here in the Luxe radio theater we have regarded it as quite an honor to present Walt Disney's Pinocchio for the first time and we wish mr. Disney a highly merited success with his new picture when his new picture is brought to the screen in a few weeks next Monday night we bring a fine actor back to this microphone mr. Herbert Marshall our play is sorrow and son adapted from the popular novel by Warwick Deeping it's a profoundly moving drama of the sacrifice of father made for his son Karen Morley will also appear with Herbert Marshall in sorrow and son in your living rooms tonight are some who are there only on Christmas and I know their presence has made it a happier day for you still others may have joined your family circle through the medium of the Luxe radio theater because they knew that you at home were listening so to those of our radio family who are at home and to those who are far from home we send our greetings and our hope that you've enjoyed all the blessings of this Christmas day and our hope too that your prayers will join ours for the restoration of that blessing of 1900 years ago glory to God in the highest and on earth peace goodwill toward men our sponsors the makers of Lux Flakes joined me in inviting you to be with us again next Monday night and the Luxe radio theater presents Herbert Marshall in sorrow and son with Karen Morley this is Cecil B. DeMille saying goodnight to you from Hollywood for the picture by Lee Harley lyrics by Ned Washington our music was directed by Lois Silver and the renouncer has been Melville Roy