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McGregor thank you greetings from Hollywood ladies and gentlemen welcome to your theater of stars where your motion picture favorites appear in plays we know you'll enjoy that outstanding and popular performer of the cinema George Montgomery is our proudly we hail star you'll hear George as the ambitious prize fighter Terry McGee in the story titled the Manhattan Mahler we'll raise the curtain on act one right after this brief message from Wendell Niles veterans there are many opportunities for you in a regular Army career first of all the Army pay scale is higher than ever then you have your choice of several units both at home and abroad and many of you will be able to reenlist and non-commissioned grades up to staff sergeant yes veterans there are innumerable advantages in the U.S. Army career and you hold a favored position ask for complete details at your local U.S. Army recruiting station right away now once again our producer the curtain rises on act one of the Manhattan Mahler starring George Montgomery as Terry McGee the big town is many fabulous stories hidden within its rivers of humanity and its man-made canyons of cement and concrete but none more fabulous than the story of Terry McGee boxer handsome Terry McGee with the Irish smile and the Irish temper who never regretted anything in his young life except the fact that he had once posed for of all things a man's corset and yes Terry was quite a fabulous character I'll accept that until a better word comes along but don't mention that corset and if you'd like your friends to recognize you the next time you meet them that had gave me trouble it did I remember I was fighting a preliminary over at the West Side Club 25 bucks a throw they and that bad dough I was in the dressing room Sammy Lane was with me now promise me kid tonight don't get mad sure sure don't lose your head in there okay okay cuz when you lose your head kid you know what happens boom boom boom boom you're true I'll lay off will you talk to me like I'm a monkey well just who do you think you are Joe Lewis I'm a potential champion yeah should I so desire to be fortunately my talents running so many other directions I don't have to rely on such a strenuous way of making my livelihood is that so I dare say there have been others in the game who followed a more intellectual path Jane Tony for one oh you're right in there with Jane Tony no less well I'm writing my book you know five minutes so you're writing a book well listen me cocks your young friend you better keep a cool head when you get in that ringer you'll think you've been hit with a typewriter well if it isn't a smile an Irishman hello small timer I might have I wiped that smile off your face you're a little slow with that left aren't you find out by the way I seen you in that course of it I you look sweet why you want well that was short and sweet and look at that I but I want you forget it where's my dough I gotta be moving here you are 10 20 25 where you going I got a big date at the store club with the debut not I just happened to meet the other day yeah yeah she's got eyes as big as stars and she thinks that I'm the only one that ever existed in this whole great big universe hello sugar hey you're on time sure but then you usually are come on let's dance all right you come to dreamland often well I'm one of the better customers oh I just got a good look at your eye it's swollen I fought tonight they didn't hurt you did they hurt me never I wouldn't want anyone to hurt you no you know I kind of like the way you said that really yeah say what you tell you what I was in Jersey what doing oh I'm a clerk in a factory it makes baby rattles and toys you don't say it isn't a very glamorous job jobs a job that's what I thought you're a swell dancer Terry you're not bad yourself not bad at all yes Nancy was all right kind of got into my skin that's why I started with her we used to sit up on the roof over the flat where she lived tell me more about yourself Terry well ever since I was a kid I I was always executive minded so I decided I wouldn't mind running a fleet of cabs and I want to work for this company very good and I didn't mind starting at the bottom a hack driver but after three weeks what do I find out why the president of the company owned 70% of the stock what chance was there for me oh so I had to leave and then I'd done a little fighting around but I don't go into that racket oh I'm glad and then I wanted to be an author and now I am a real author I'm writing a book Terry no oh Nancy it's got everything it's a fight story it's called the Manhattan Mall are based on a lot of my own experiences what drama I'm packing into it Terry you're so talented and I'm so proud of you Nancy yes Terry Nancy we're gonna get married all right Terry come here I guess I'm permitted to kiss my bride to be all right I guess you are do you think we can find a preacher tonight oh I think so one who will marry us for about five dollars sure you'll have to lend me a dollar oh Terry well we were married and we moved into a little tool apartment that was the mansion of mansions my agreement Nancy continued working over in the baby rattle factory in Jersey while I finished my book the evenings when she came home I let Nancy be my critic Nancy yes darling come here a minute will you honey all right what is he dying listen to this see if this doesn't back a wallop hmm the mall are back the killer into a corner the illegal punches he had received gave him the fury of a beast coldly deliberately he took aim he swung that vicious left hook he hit the killer so hard the force of the impact snapped the ropes as if they were made of yarn and a killer landed prone in the sixth row well what do you think well don't don't hesitate baby it's terrific I know I just thought you might be able to add something well don't you think you're making the mall are into too much of a Superman Superman are you kidding well Terry do fighters actually break the ropes well no but this guy is the champ of champs he's the greatest ever all right but just have him hit the other man into the second row second roll you ask what I thought yes but you don't have to turn my characterization clear apart oh all right all right leave it in the sixth row I will and if you don't like to accept my suggestions why ask for them baby I'm sorry it's just that I feel about this book though the same way Dumas must have felt about some of his masterpieces please understand baby Terry I do and I'm sorry I've just been a little tired lately yeah that hurt me Nancy had been working hard I wanted her out of that toy factory in Jersey and in our home where she belonged so I really went to work winding up my book I didn't bother Nancy with any more of the details it was a great day the day I finished it I took it down to one of these manuscript typing services well what is it I saw your ad in the yellow section of the phone book is that the masterpiece under your arm that's it but first I want to know how much do we charge 25 cents a page how many pages does about 600 that'll be a hundred and fifty dollars that's a lot of dough you won't get it copied anywhere else any cheaper and he won't stand a chance with a publisher unless you present it neatly tight yes well all right your name Terry McGee you like my title the intriguing 79 West 103 say you couldn't recommend a good publisher you'll find a memory of the list of publishers on your left as you go out we usually like half now what the money you remember oh well I'll give it all to you only I'll have to drop over and see my banker I'll see that you get it I tore home Nancy had an emergency fund which she'd been building up Nancy was wonderful the way she could make the money stretch she'd been putting the money in a new blue teapot when I opened it and counted it I was surprised to find a hundred and fifty dollars and a few odd pennies I went back to the manuscript service when I came home it was about three o'clock in the afternoon Nancy had just gotten home she had a big package under her arm darling what are you doing home this time of day I quit over at the toy factory in Jersey you quit Terry we're going to have a baby a baby Nancy darling that's great that's better that's better here sugar this is the most wonderful news we can hope for I don't know what you're afraid of it just that I had to quit my job and honey I didn't tell you I finished my book I'm all through sugar until my book sold and the royalties start coming in I'll pick up a little old job anything from prison on up sure say what was that big package under your arm oh darling that was the sweetest thing a jumbo size umpty-dumpty from the kids in the world wasn't that nice of them Terry there's just one thing about the baby yes you know the money I've been putting away in the emergency fund why yes I want you to take it over to the hospital and get my room I want to have my baby at the hospital I don't want to go to the welfare home all right sugar I've had to cut corners pretty close to say that I just want to be sure why I'll take care of it I promise you sweet you know what what ever since I can remember I wanted to be the husband of the most beautiful wife in the world and mother and now that I have her may the good Lord help me take care of her we pause briefly from our story the manhacking Mahler starring George Montgomery to bring you an important message from your government you young men who want to win your wings in the US Air Force pay attention to this the next Air Force aviation cadet pilot training class starts in July and now is the time to get your application in if you're unmarried 20 to 26 and one-half years old and have completed two years of college or can pass an equivalent examination you're eligible to apply when accepted here's what you'll have you'll take a year's exciting training at one of the US Air Force aviation cadet training bases then after you have passed your course successfully you'll be commissioned a second lieutenant in the US Air Force Reserve and you'll win your pilot's wings and make a special note of this man you'll earn up to $336 a month after you have won your wings this is your big opportunity get your application now at your local US Air Force Recruiting Station or at your nearest Air Force base the curtain rises an act to of the Manhattan Mahler starring George Montgomery is Terry McGee the boxer who turned off several months of past with Nancy home expecting the baby and with his manuscript in the hands of the publishers Terry tries to find work while little odd jobs he could pick up went for food rent clothing and special vitamins for Nancy but the most important thing was that he still hadn't made enough money for the hospital down payment in other words the job situation wasn't all that it could have been yeah you could underline that jobs were scarce I went over and filed with a couple of employment agencies when I didn't hear from them I started looking on my own and I ended up talking to the boss at the cab company who are not so long ago had begged me to stay on I was sure of something there so now you're back asking for a job they cherry well I'm willing to lend my valuable services to you if that's what you mean and they don't have to be president this time no I suppose you'd even stir a hack for a story I'll tell you what I'll put air in the tires if it means a job sure I'm sorry Terry things are slow there just isn't anything that's the answer I get all over well you shouldn't have left this area to have a job now yeah yeah maybe you're right and if anything opens I'll call you thanks say didn't I see you in an ad in the papers wearing a corset cut it all right all right I showed it to the wife she thinks you got the body beauty I said can it really I was just thinking if you're in need of a job or not try them again listen I wouldn't take that job again if it if I was down to my last dime and walking barefoot well anyway that's what I told him I'd been at the modeling agency all morning trying to talk them into hiring me to pose for anything even long flannels a job situation was getting serious and when I got home and talked to Nancy I realized just how serious it was hello darling hello honey any luck no no luck oh well don't worry Terry we'll manage I'm sure what did the doctor say today oh it's anytime now anytime oh and Terry there must be some mistake yeah what do you mean the doctor's office called the hospital and they don't have any record of a reservation for me remember I asked you to take that $150 over sure sure there there must be a mistake I'll go over and check on it right now I'm very sorry mr. McGee but that's the rule of the hospital we must have payment in advance I can pay you I'm sure I can pay I'm sorry we can't handle it that way now there's the welfare home my wife doesn't want the welfare home and I promised her that you'll have to excuse me wait a minute listen just put our name down will you and give me a couple of hours well I'll be back with a dough I promise you I went out of the hospital that night air sure felt good cleared my head some way I had to raise that dough some way the West Side Club why hadn't I thought of it I rushed over there and face Sammy Lane hello Sammy well hello kid what's doing where you been I've been writing my book remember Sammy you got to help me I need a fight well okay kid when one can you get in shape I can fight for you tonight and are you kidding I mean it Sammy have it you're out of condition you ain't fought for months I don't need to be in condition to fight these polukas I see me confident young friend has not lost any of his confidence Sammy give me a fight tonight Sammy please but the cards filled it's already started Sammy what's my trouble Sammy yeah what is it we have to get a replacement for Jackie Miller tonight can't put a glove on he's got the flu yeah okay Mike don't worry about it Terry you're a lucky Irishman go change your clothes you're fighting right now I really appreciate this thank me you're up me out of a spot you you know who you're fighting don't you know who is it Dave blaze the same boy who flattens your last time remember he's a cinch yeah since he sure was now listen kid he's improved a hundred percent stay away from him and don't get mad in there not a chance hey what do you think you can get on you want to know of course I want to know I can get 10 to one you won't last three rounds with this boy I'll take it what do you mean I get 20 bucks for this fight don't I 25 all right lay it off for me get any odds you want just so it all adds up to 150 bucks look kid I don't like to see you throw your money away I said lay it off and hurry don't have much time and you get it off all right yeah kid all you got to do is last three rounds that's all brother so you better stay away from him the corset boy again hello smally the last time you said that I got that kisser you're acquainted with the Josephine not tonight and now it's round one of the third preliminaries tonight they blaze one of the fastest boys at his weight moves in on the other boy very McGee is the name of blaze's opponents blaze is moving in now he connects a left right a left he is down referee is counting one two three McGee is on his feet again some damaging blows there put over his eye the car they don't like the way McGee is backpedaling the place has him now left to the body right to the head he's going down all there is a bell for round one you were you all right kid sure sure I'm all right sure you're all right kid you're gonna stay away from him stay away hide and die on what they don't mix with him don't mix it up remember this former G he's backpedaling he's gonna make a fight of it McGee is gonna make a fight of it but blaze has got him a left all right another left all that's all brother told you to stay away from him at 25 bucks was gone the minute I laid it he was lucky you might have lasted now look at you look at that face I guess I lost my head you crazy Irishman I don't know why I like you for it well can it kid you're in trouble ain't you yeah who said so nobody said so but how much do you need I need a hundred fifty yeah yeah look Sammy I don't know when I pay you back when you get rich on that book you're right and that's soon enough I went over to the hospital and paid up I thought about my book I wondered why I hadn't heard from the publishers it was such a great drama how could they turn it down I was pretty late when I got home but Nancy was waiting up for me oh Terry well what have they done to you you should see the other guy I knew it I had a feeling you were going over there to fight tonight oh darling look it's all right darling I checked with the hospital it's all fixed now Terry that's wonderful oh yes and I almost forgot there's a registered letter came for you special delivery a registered letter I'll get it it's from a publishing house Brooks and Holcamp Brooks and Holcamp hey that's where I submit my book here it is maybe they've taken it maybe they're gonna make a book of the month maybe dear mr. McGee we regret we will be unable to publish your manuscript a Manhattan mauler oh no hey what's that something fell on the floor okay it's a check a check for 500 bucks oh Terry I go ahead read on yeah what was I have oh yes however we have turned your manuscript over to world feature syndicate with whom we are affiliated they concur with us that this will make a great comic strip a comic strip Terry that's wonderful but but it was so filled with tender drama darling but more people read comic strips than anything else hey maybe you're right ah the Manhattan mauler I can see it now in the Tribune and just think darling thousands of people having breakfast every morning with the Manhattan mauler yeah maybe millions sure it's all right sure it is I'll not only write it all draw it you know what sure ever since I was a kid I've wanted to be an artist the man happy mauler our star George Montgomery will return for a curtain call after this timely message from Wendell Niles men on the regular army are going to school these days and that's a hint to you high school graduates if you want to continue your education while working in a worthwhile career the regular army gives you this opportunity our soldiers are taking courses up through college level at the armed forces Institute and it doesn't interfere with their job you see they take off-duty correspondence and self-study courses courses and subjects which they have chosen themselves and all it costs them is nominal registration fee our soldiers are receiving vocational training to worth many thousands of dollars and you high school graduates may select the type of training you want yes high school graduates education plays a big part in the life of our soldiers why don't you talk it over at your local US Army recruiting station this week the man there will be glad to help you plan your career and I'll back to the microphone our star George Montgomery and our producer here is time for a curtain call and I'd like you to meet our star my very good friend and neighbor George Montgomery first George congratulations on a very fine performance thank you very much CP I'm proud to have been called to do this for my old branch of the service the Air Force and how's the brand-new Papa getting along with the new little ranch boss oh you mean Melissa and she's fine CP and I might add in very good voice how could she miss having such a talented mother like Dinah shore as coach well Dinah's coaching at this stage is in keeping her quiet but we think she's the most wonderful baby in the whole world regardless I'll go along with you there she has a sweet baby and by the way she looked wonderful rocking in that hand-carved crail you made for her I'm glad you liked it CP you know woodworking is my hobby you made most of the furniture in your home didn't show yes now you can start making that break front since your latest picture Lula Bell has finished your first Columbia release isn't it yes a ben bogey's production you know I might add that I really enjoyed working with Dolly Lamore in it too who wouldn't I saw the picture and I thought it was excellent thanks for the nice compliment I only hope the theater goers like it as well it can't miss you know CP while we're talking about feminine leads I'd like to hand a verbal bouquet of Miss Sammy Hill who played Nancy McGee in our story today she's one of the best radio actresses in Hollywood and I know she will appreciate this gesture by you well time for me to be running along now CP looks like I'm gonna miss my haircut today I'll have to pick that up the first thing in the morning but I'll probably see you around Jimmy sales general store in greater Encino but look before I go CP what's the play bill for tomorrow or I mean next week next week we present a comedy starring Lee Bowman as a young bank president and hospital director named Jeff Randall in our story titled the psychological approach Jeff develops a special approach while pursuing an ardent affair of his heart the unwilling object is the hospital's new lady doctor a child psychologist who refuses to take adult cases especially Jeff's there should be some interesting complications while CP I'll be listening goodbye now goodbye George join us next week won't you ladies and gentlemen when we present a delightful comedy the psychological approach starring the popular motion picture actor Lee Bowman until next week this is CP McGregor saying thanks for listening and Cheerio from Hollywood George Montgomery appeared to the courtesy of the Hollywood coordinating committee which arranges for the appearance of all stars on this program story was by Rich Hall orchestra directed by Eddie Scrivenic this program is transcribed in Hollywood for release at this time this is Wendell Niles speaking