 dedicated to the strength of the nation proudly we hail United States Army and United States Air Force presentation and our heroes are producer the well-known Hollywood showman CP McGregor thank you thank you and greetings from Hollywood ladies and gentlemen welcome to your theater of stars where your favorites from the cinema world gathered a star in plays we know you'll enjoy that international favorite the very popular Turhan Bay stars in a bright romance comedy titled the magnificent rogue in just a moment we'll have the curtain for act one but here now is Wendell Niles with a message of importance every American has a right to be proud these days proud of the men who serve their country in the uniforms of the United States Army and the United States Air Force everyone knows the war record back of the armed forces we are all duly proud of the victories one and the men who won them but think a moment the US Army and the US Air Force always have been and are just as worthy of your pride during peacetime remember the men who serve their country in uniform today are your greatest bulwark for security and peace now once again our producer the curtain rises on act one of the magnificent rogue starring Turhan Bay as Jacque Courier it all happened somewhere in the vicinity of Avenue Montpellier Paris were dwelled in various stages of limited circumstances the struggling artists and musicians who made Paris their mecca by day they worked at odd jobs to pay the rent and to keep a loaf of bread and a bottle of wine in their cupboard by night they studied or whether permitting scrawled with a lover in the Tuileries gardens on the evening our story begins the music of a violin is heard coming from the apartment of Jacque Courier a handsome young new rival at Montpellier across the street below a door opens at the sound of the violin a lovely blonde girl listens entranced then obeying some uncontrollable impulse she dashes madly towards the flat from which the music comes breaking in on you not at all I'm on it was magnificent the music is your violin what is your name Jacque Courier oh for you Jacque I predict the great future oh the violin attracted you so it magnetized me I had to rush over I'm not a forward girl I have good upbringing of course of course but the gentleman at the piano oh forgive me a Pyrrhon my accompanist what talent he possesses mr. Pyrrhon yes and we see women too well you must not think that I rushed over no no no of course not to hear the violin only what it does to me well I'm interrupting things I shall go home you are a beautiful interruption I know I shall go home I'll see you to the door good night mr. Pyrrhon good night mademoiselle so you're just a student just that but you possessing your playing well you have the control of a master already you are too complimentary I know I'm a student of the violin too oh yes oh tell me when may I hear you play again rather when will you play for me oh well I tomorrow night promise me you'll play for me tomorrow night all right blended good night wait I do not know your name it is an ordinary name Marie Carpentier it is the name of an angel good night Marie good night well Pyrrhon what did you think of her oh she's gorgeous isn't she the one she is the one I've been mad to meet ever since we moved here three days ago well what did she say when you told her the truth when I told her what that what she heard was only a phonograph record but I would not tell her that disappoint my beautiful Marie besides I'm not so bad stop stop you screech like a devilish piece of chalk on the blackboard now be patient I've picked up this instrument for the first time only ten minutes ago I warn you you had better tell her no no you don't know romance Pyrrhon at this point she's attracted to me for my violin what violin now when she says that she loves me and means it then I will tell her all why you introduce me as your accompanist I am a piano tuner and I dislike posing as something else you are a marvelous accompanist Pyrrhon until the young lady realizes my personal charm what a beautiful fate you tune the noise piano the noir cannot pay you take his violin for bond and the violin brings to me the woman I love Jack the stranger was there again the one with a moustache yes yes most anxious to see you well I'm not anxious to see him if he comes tomorrow while you are here tweak his moustache put your foot to the seat of his pants and say be off with you tell him I'm too busy these days that I am in love that I am winning a wife wait until she finds out what you do to gain your bread and wine oh she will understand not to mention what she will do when she finds out you are unable to even run a scale on the violin I will manage by having a good supplier phonograph records yours will still be the fate of an imposter oh what a lovely fate then Pyrrhon commencing tomorrow she happens to be a student of violin I have consented for her to play for me tomorrow night you have consented to let her play for you more this is the end oh my Marie I can hardly wait come in Marie come in my lovely please no I must call you maestro last night you sounded like I this evening I heard you and you had the unearthly perfection of the getty it is an earthy mademoiselle ask him sometime to make for you on the violin the sound of a squeaky door remarkable sense of humor now Pyrrhon where you're not about to leave for some chestnuts the vendor is on the street below now waiting to serve only you know poor man suffers from lack of imagination but now Marie you have your violin I see playing for you you see I've only been studying violin 10 years well my dear at least you have a foundation yes well you won't be critical then how could I be critical of you I'm encouraged now you may play for me do you think remarkable my tone your eyes but my music oh that Marie my lovely one yes you have a considerable degree of talent oh you have no idea what that means coming from you how can I thank you why you can take my arm and join me for a stroll if you would I would well I regret there is no moon out tonight but I'm assured of one tomorrow night and there is to be a carousel in the neighborhood would you not accompany me I think I'd love to you know it's so encouraging being around you it is I'm glad yes you see Madame Francois Cartier discourages me with my violin and who is Madame Francois Cartier my advisor she's helpful in guiding me she says I should give up the violin get married and raise a family well now actually you have encouraged me to study it takes 50 years what matter yes what matter by the way what do you do to keep you in food and wine not that it means anything to me knowing as I do that you're a genius flowering but Madame Cartier will be interested well at the moment I'm following the trade of an interior decorator oh my you're talented well here's my door yes unfortunately it is good night one moment I would like to know one thing do you ever think of me apart from my violin oh you see the violin is my second love and your first life well now one does not tell a gentleman everything the first night oh Marie tell me is there a chance for me no so little time has transpired I will say this however last night I dreamed of the man I was to marry we were in our own house our castle we sat before the fireplace we would hold hands and talk and dream and then then we would play violin duets good night back oh what a mad world beyond the woman I crave to be my wife must play violin duets I said you were headed for trouble I will find the answer was there anyone here little man with a mustache I did as instructed well if the man has a bill paid with what everything we have he spent for phonograph records then ignore him but you my fraudulent friend what are you going to do in your dilemma very simple tomorrow I become a student of the violin during my lunch hour I find an instructor so you want to learn to play the violin well you have come to the right man professor the corn I have guided the careers of such famous virtuosity as apple and strudel not to mention borscht I am happy sir I've come to you now I quickly see you have many qualifications for study you have a fine intellect thank you you have the quick muscular response thank you and you also have the pocketbook know oh yes yes I can pay only a formality you may pay the first 10 lessons in advance oh yes Jack Korea under my tutelage I predict for you a great future I have not too great ambitions professor look on I wish merely to play second fiddle to add a few notes here and there with a degree of authenticity a few notes borscht I will have you amazed at your technique in no time at all must you look on if you can accomplish this you will have the undying gratitude of a man in love because briefly from our story the magnificent rogue starring turhan bay to bring you an important message from our government doctors of america here is a problem that is of vital importance to you a shortage of physicians surgeons and dentists is developing in the armed forces of our country doctors dentists and allied medical scientists are needed you can help alleviate this shortage help maintain the health of our men and women in uniform by serving a tour of active duty in the army the army's extensive facilities for research and modern equipment will be at your disposal you will have the benefit of techniques developed through years of practice and experimentation when you put on the uniform as a medical officer in the u.s. army you'll be commissioned in a grade commensurate with your age and experience in addition to your regular pay you'll receive an additional one hundred dollars a month professional pay right today to the surgeon general u.s. army washington 25 dc and request a tour of active duty the curtain rises on act two of the magnificent rogue starring turhan bay as jack courier avenue Montpellier peresian rendezvous of budding artists and musicians resounds to the music emanating from jack courier's apartment as he continues to pose as a student of the violin until he wins the heart of lovely marie carpentier marie whose second love is the violin has not divulged her first love jack is high hopes as he stands before the mirror dressed to take her to the carousel puran looks on well puran what do you say am i not beautiful you have all the appearance of a peek up without inhibitions i am complimented any calls today moustache was here again oh that well i must be off to take my lovely marie to the carousel as she discovered yet what an imposter you are no and from what professor lecorn says of my suitability for violin i dare say i'll need not tell her at all goodnight puran goodnight here we are it plays reserved for us isn't that nice ah yes well did i not promise you a full moon you did and there it is yes oh if i could only express to you how lovely you are by moon life oh shock you you do care for me a little yes a little or very much very much oh marie my angel i have never asked this of any woman before yes i want you to marry me will you be my wife i will be your wife kiss me my wife to be tell my advice and madam cutie our future together at this moment i'm unable to think when i think about future i hear only music the music of a violin uh you mean an occasional duet at home together oh no i mean you and the concert stage and the world at your feet but why are you so quiet my dear i was just thinking how our whole life's responsibility rests upon the shoulders of a certain professor lecor now once more please and remember the hand with the bow in it you are not shining a window please let me have it again well jock um yes professor i am a man who has great regard for the frank yes however and i must speak frankly i cannot be tortured any further let me put it this way over in america my cousin teaches the violin to a distinguished entertainer whose name is also jock jock benet oh yes i have heard of him he's working in one of denny's day's radio program that is right now my cousin has suffered great discouragement after each lesson he beats his head against the wall for 15 minutes but compared to you jock my cousin is working with a prodigy good day professor lecor marie what are you doing i'm waiting for you i spoke to madame cartier i told her about us she's such a hard person to please well how did she respond i told her you were an interior decorator now while you study did that please her well she's a difficult person dislikes all musicians measures everything by the frank well if she dislikes musicians so i would give up the violin oh no never but i have a plan you will play for her oh oh no uh no you know how i'm about playing please when madame cartier would hear you then she would know how famous you will be no no no i'm not playing for anyone furthermore strange places distract me but then she will come here oh but i oh you must shock for me for us oh kiss me jock and say you will what evening jock i suppose friday why not one day is as good as the next you stop pacing up and down i can't help it what am i going to do well you prepare the stew in which you now find yourself being boy this is not the time to place responsibility for wrong i must decide oh say perhaps if i delay the concert for a couple of weeks well and then i start to play records that go progressively worse maybe in a couple of weeks i could reverse down to my present state of no talent whatsoever no that would never work the records are only of the fine artist of course well we will go through with it are you out of your mind oh no it can be done and here's how we will conceal the speaker the uh playback speaker yes and i know precisely the number i will play the night wind the night wind for this number we can have the lights down very low you are insane no no no no you are at the piano the playback arm next to the bench your signal will be well viva la bagatelle yes yes viva la bagatelle you put the playing arm down on the record but if something should slip up things never slip up your own now you will get familiar record the night wind played by swinton johns the swedish violinist ha ha ha we will entertain madame cartier yes indeed well come in marie hello darling how do you do madame cartier how do you do my this is a peanut shell you live in isn't it well the apartments are all small here in montpellier but the hearts are large i don't know this does seem rather a tiny place for an interior decorator it's dark in here it's the mood i'm getting for playing i'm doing the night wind you know young man you look familiar to me i do are you a carpenter i seem to remember you walking to my house carrying a saw and fixing my door oh no no uh uh your face is most familiar well i i guess we might as well commence the program am i violent please thank you well tyron vive la bagatelle isn't he humble he's saying vive la bagatelle hooray for trifles he calls his plane a trifle uh tyron vive la bagatelle what are you doing what is this i don't understand if tyron turn it off turn it off do you hear me i see now a concealed speaker marie this man is a fraud oh he cannot be shocked he's the man with the moustache carter here that is me your bill three months doors unpaid 30 francs oh well here you are my good man and now we're having a private party just a minute what are the dues for Paris local plumbers union now i remember you're a plumber you came to my house you carry the plunger to fix my oh my marie she has fainted well it serves her right sorting the trash good night you oh my poor marie what have i done to you here on forgive me jack hand to me that phonograph records here you are oh what stupidity i asked you to get swint and jones what do you give me something it like that sounds like uh spike jones oh curse me i am a fool well get me a glass of water no i don't want to hear what my lovely marie says when she wakes up drink some more water i could not tell you because of my love for you and then you well i am i decorate interiors with faucet no talent you say is it not true i will show you if it is true here from the couple some paper now the charcoal now i will draw your likeness you're an artist a magnificent artist what do you think i do here in montpellier there the contour of your face the beautiful oval now your hair like the whisper of angels your eyes the beauty of deep lakes your nose the majesty of gods oh and your lips so soft and lovely there brilliant is that a man with no talent whatsoever you have the line of my teeth the composition of Picasso you did draw this didn't you of course but you know i'm your first love but i thought i am your first love no no no oh but it is all right so long as i'm always the first you adore and how could you help but adore me i am so magnificent curtain falls in the final act to the magnificent rogue our star turhan bay will return for a curtain call after this timely message from wendell niles the young men who have earned their wings in the united states air force have found a place in this air-minded world those wings and an air force future may be yours if you can fulfill a few simple requirements they are you must be between 20 and 26 and one-half years of age have had two years of college or be able to pass an equivalent examination and you must be physically fit these are the requirements for training as an aviation cadet in the united states air force when you have completed the course successfully you'll have won your pilot's wings and the commission is a second lieutenant in the u.s. air force reserve outstanding members of each cadet pilot class receive regular commissions immediately upon graduation while other men have the opportunity to qualify for regular commissions during their tour of active duty get your application at your nearest air force base our united states army and united states air force recruiting station now remember only the best can be aviation cadets now once again at the microphone our star turhan bay and our producer turhan come out and take a bow for a grand performance but don't bring your violin ycp that was a 20 000 dollar one areas didn't you like it the violin yes the playing no but i'm inspired to become one day a great artist suppose you stick to a hobby in which you are great photography oh photography yes but i want an art in which i can make a great amount of money you won't make it and playing the violin believe me have you ever considered motion pictures oh but that's my business cp and house business very good columbia has just released my latest picture song of india i become a very modern maharaja in a very modern india no violin of course then we'll all go and see it and by the way i understand you made some excellent photographs in india while you were there in turkey and in tibet but my best pictures were made right here in southern california during the big snow last january we got some fine color shots at the ranch with the snow and the orange trees around the house they'll make good christmas cards cp that's what we wanted them for we even made some pictures of the large snowflakes just to prove they're as big as silver dollars oh well that's california for you even the snowflakes had to be the biggest you know it's a good thing we got the pictures when we did we may never get another chance i hope that's right it will probably never snow again out here of course not well turhan i want to thank you for joining us again thank you for the invitation i enjoyed it and now i think i'll run along and practice my violin but um tell me first who's going to be with you next week next week turhan and ladies and gentlemen we present one of the greatest dramatic portrayals and stories of the season zachary scott joins us to star in a historical play based upon the interesting life story of henry wilson and the establishment of the congressional medal of honor here is a documentary play of interest to everyone that sounds like a very good story i'll be listening goodbye cp goodbye turhan bay he should have joined us next week ladies and gentlemen when we bring you zachary scott in above their comrades until then thanks for listening and cheerio from hollywood turhan bay appears with the courtesy of the hollywood gordon in hemery with the ranges for the appearance of all stars in this program scripted by rich hall with music under the direction of eddie scrabani the program is transcribed in hollywood for release at this time wendell niles speaking