 Lux presents Hollywood. The Lux Radio Theatre brings you Bing Crosby and Dorothy Lamour in Dixie with Barry Sullivan. Ladies and gentlemen, your producer, Mr. Cecil B. DeMille. Greetings from Hollywood, ladies and gentlemen. This town has given me many unforgettable memories, but none clearer than the sight of Bing Crosby in blackface and sideburns, wearing a shirt that might have been made from one of Dorothy Lamour's sarongs. Bicycling down a street on the Paramount lot, puffing gently on a pipe and warbling one of the tunes from Dixie. That was the day I wrote Santa Claus and asked him to bring us Dixie for Christmas. Bing, having just finished a picture going my way at Paramount, accepted Santa's invitation to go our way. And then the old gentleman delivered in prodigal style by bringing us Dorothy Lamour and Barry Sullivan in the same package. Barry is the promising young actor who makes his big time debut in Paramount's Lady in the Dark. Dixie is the story of a song that's been on the hit parade for about 100 years. And tonight you'll hear Bing sing Dixie and some of the other great hits of the picture. By bringing you tonight's play, I think Lux Flakes provides the perfect opportunity to relax before your last minute Christmas shopping. For months now, the people of America have been accustomed to buying fewer things and making the old ones last longer. That's certainly much less fun than getting a new car, new clothes, a new refrigerator or what have you. But it does represent a real contribution to the nation. And by helping to keep things looking new in the Department of Washable Fabrics, Lux Flakes makes the whole idea easier to take. Now for something that's very easy to take. We raise the curtain on the first act of Dixie, starring Bing Crosby as Dan Emmett and Dorothy Lamour as Millie with Barry Sullivan as Mr. Bones. In the period before the Civil War, a new form of entertainment flashed across the American scene. The Minstrel Show. This is the story of the first of the great minstrels, Daniel Decatur Emmett, who donned Burnt Cork and sang his way into the heart of a nation with his immortal song, Dixie. Daniel Emmett came from a peaceful little town on the Mississippi, peaceful and drowsy. Accepted on this Sunday afternoon, a fire has broken out in the big house on the hill. Where's the fire? The Mason place. Look at it go. We'll get the fire wagon moving. Come on. We can't. Dan Emmett's got the key. What? The key to the firehouse. Dan Emmett's got it. Dan Emmett, where's Dan Emmett? Hey, Dan Emmett. Has anyone seen Dan Emmett? Where's Dan Emmett? The key to the firehouse is resting comfortably in Dan Emmett's pocket, and Dan Emmett himself is resting comfortably on the river bank with his banjo on his knee, and there's a girl beside him listening with shining eyes as he sings. Won't you tell me when we will meet again Sunday, Monday, or always If you're satisfied I'll be at your side Sunday, Monday, or always No need to tell me now what makes the world go round When at the side of you my heart begins to pound and pound What am I to do? Can't I be with you Sunday, Monday, or always Dan, that's the nicest song you've written yet. You like it, Gene? Sunday, Monday, or always. Well, never mind the Sunday and the Monday part, but don't you forget about always. Hey. What is it? Thought for a second I smelled smoke. Oh, Dan, you're always smelling smoke. Yeah, I guess it's being head of the volunteer fire brigade. A job like that carries a lot of responsibility. Yes, sir. You got to be right up on your toes every second. Dan, Dan, look. It is smoke. Where? Up there on the hill. Dan, it's my house. Your house? Well, come on. I got to get over there. I got the key to the firehouse. Might as well go home, Dan. She's burnt right out. Yeah. Take the engines away, boys. It's too bad. Well, you certainly were a dang long time getting here, and now look at my house. Just look at it. You couldn't help it, Mr. Mason. Dan had the key to the firehouse, and we couldn't locate him. What? Dan Emmett? Yeah. I'm sorry, Mr. Mason. There's not much left. Is it? Oh, yes, there is. Your pipe, Dan Emmett. I found it in what was the hall. Let's see there. Well, it's my pipe all right, but I don't remember leaving it there. Oh, I'm sure he didn't, Father. He certainly did. That's where the fire started. Oh, I'm sorry, Mr. Mason. I'll pay you back when I can. Well, the house happens to be insured. Oh, then everything's all right. All right. Me and my family out in the cold, you irresponsible pup. You're no good, and I don't ever want to see you around here or around my daughter again. Father. Now, Mr. Mason, I guess this isn't a very good time to bring it up, but I can't very well never see your daughter again. I'm planning on marrying her. Marry my daughter? Yeah. How could you support her? Well, I'm not exactly destitute. I got $500. That's no credit to you. Your uncle left you $558 years ago. Well, I'm quitting my job in the feed store. I'm going to be an actor and a composer. What? Now, play actors make a lot of money, Mr. Mason. Yes, the good ones do. But you start play acting, and in six months you won't have a cent left. Oh, I think you're wrong there, Mr. Mason. In six months I'll have twice as much money. You come back here in six months with $1,000, and you can marry Jean. And I'd rather cut off my right arm than have that happen. So you can see what I think your chances are. All right, Mr. Mason, but you better start saving rice. You're going to need a lot of it six months from now. Dad. I'll be around tonight to say goodbye, Jean. I'm taking the next riverboat south. Good afternoon. I was on the upper deck, sir. Listening to your singing. Very lovely indeed, sir. Thanks. Thanks very much. You're a professional, no doubt? Uh, yes, of course. I knew it. I knew it. One professional can always spot another. Gee, are you a play actor? Mr. Bones, world's champion Bones player, an unsurpassed on the concertina. No doubt you've heard of me. Uh, yes. Yes, of course. I'm a professional. I'm a professional. I'm a professional. I'm a professional. I'm a professional. I'm a professional. I'm a professional. I'm a professional. I'm a professional. Yes, yes, of course. I see you were foresighted enough to bring along a box lunch, sir. Mm-hmm, my girl did it up for me. Where have you been appearing lately, Mr. Bones? Oh, I've been abroad the last two years, touring the continent. Command performances before royalty. Is a box lunch a handy little thing to have on a boat? Yes, indeed. Oh, but I'm interrupting your snack. Go right ahead and eat, sir. Oh, I can eat anytime. Oh, no, I wouldn't think of it. Go right ahead, please. Well, if you don't mind that. Not at all. It's too bad I didn't think to have my man's servants fix one for me. Then I could join you. Oh, say, I don't suppose you were... Oh, no, of course you wouldn't. May I inquire, sir, what I wouldn't do? Well, I was going to ask if you'd care to dine with me. Ah, no, no, thank you, sir. I'm dining with a captain. Oh, I'm sorry. However, if you insist, I won't disappoint you, sir. Ah, chicken. Chicken, sir, is the thing I am fond of, sir, in all the world. All right. The provisions are all gone. We had quite an appetite, didn't we? Yes. We eat like that very often. You're going to gain a lot of weight. Tell me, Mr. Emmet, in what theater do you next unleash that golden voice of yours? Right now, I'm not working. Well, don't you find that a bit awkward, being without funds? Well, I had a little windfall from an uncle of mine. Little windfall, or are you just being modest? Well, it was only $500. Well, after all, it's not really the money. It's just knowing that your uncle didn't forget you. Well, how shall we spend this pleasant afternoon? Would you care to play some cards? Not for money, of course. No, I don't know much about cards. Well, I don't know much about cards either. I just happened to have these with me. We'll play a very simple game. We'll cut the cards and the high man wins. Now, cut, sir. Ah, your Queen of Hearts, against my two of spades, you win. Oh, I win? Yes, let's try it again. Cut, sir. Ace of spades. Well, there's no use in my drawing. You win again. Oh, once more, sir. Thank you. Oh, you got me this time. Seven of clubs. And I have the sixth of clubs. Oh, by Jupiter, but you're lucky. You know, it's too bad we aren't playing for money. You'd make a fortune. Maybe we better play something else. No, sir. I'm determined to win at this game. Just to put some incentive into it, Mr. Emmett, I'll play you for a dollar. All right, put up your money. Well, no, no, never mind that. I'll trust you. Ah, the King of Spades, now I've got you. The ace again. Mr. Emmett, how do you do it? I'll tell you what. I'll play you for $10. The same game? Same game. Oh, you may be sorry. That could be. That could be. Good evening, sir. You C6, sir? Mm-hmm. Oh, no, Stuart. Anything I can get for you? Yeah, you can get me $500. $500? No, never mind. Excuse me, sir, but is these yours or these cards under the napkin? Take them away. Yes, sir. Why, there's six aces of spades here. Six aces? Let me see. Unless you was playing with six decks, it looks dishonest to me. Stuart, where's Mr. Bones' stateroom? Mr. Bones'? Yes, where is he? Mr. Bones got off back there at Martin's Ferry and took the fastest packet to New Orleans. New Orleans, huh? All right, thanks. Mr. Bones. Hey, Bones. Hey, come here. Why, it's Mr. Emmett. Yes, it's Mr. Emmett. A delightful surprise. Glad to see you in New Orleans. If you're going to be here long, you must look me up. I've been looking you up for three weeks. Come here. Mr. Emmett, I... Stand still now. I want my $500. $500? Yes. Are you by any chance referring to the money I won from you at Kyle? I'm referring to the money you cheated me out of. That's a very harsh statement, Mr. Emmett. Why do you make it? Because I found six aces of spades on your chair after you left the boat. Oh, well, hundreds of people have sat in that chair. Why accuse me? Because you're a crook. That, sir, is almost an insult. You say I cheated you, Mr. Emmett. That settles it good days. Oh, no, you don't. I want my money, and I want it right now. I'd be very glad to return the money to you to put an end to this bickering, but the sad fact is, the money is gone. Gone? All of it? Every soon. Well, I'm going to take it out of your hide. Hold on, Emmett. Hold on. Here. If you're hungry, I'll get you a meal, a fine meal. I thought you were broke. Well, that has nothing to do with it. Help me find a cockroach. I'm not that hungry. You don't understand, sir. I find a nice, healthy cockroach and place it in my wallet. We go to a restaurant and order a fine repast. At the conclusion of the dinner, I take the cockroach from my pocket and deposit it on the plate. Then I leave the establishment in a huff. You mean a hearse? Oh, have no fear, sir. Come along. I've enjoyed many an exquisite meal with a cockroach. Yeah, who was whose guest? It's a delicious meal, wasn't it? Now, if there's anything else you want, we'll order it. I want you to be perfectly satisfied. Don't you get the idea this cancels the 500 you owe me. You're gonna pay back every cent? You gotta go to work on the levy to do it. Mr. Emmet, if you'll cease this petty persecution, I'll sponsor you in the theater. I'll make a place for you in my act. How's that? I'd rather have the 500. Come on, get the cockroach out. Let's go. Yes, I... Oh, wait. Wait, dear, dear. Huh? What's the trouble? I, uh, I can't find it. Can't find what? The cockroach. He's gone. Perhaps he's crawled on you. What are we gonna do? Did you lose something, gentlemen? Oh, yes. As a matter of fact, yes, waiter. I, uh, I seem to have misplaced my wallet. And me, too. Both of you have lost your wallets? I think we've been robbed, yes. That, gentlemen, you should be ashamed to use. If I were going to steal a meal, I would have a more original approach. Well, we did have. I'll be glad to sign the appeal and send you my check in the morning. It won't be necessary. We can work out something right here. Oh, come on. They're not on me. No money, eh? Oh, hand me. You know what? They're not on me. You're robbed, eh? Wonderful food, wasn't it? Did you have enough to eat? Yeah, but I hate to have to do it three times a day. This is my boarding house. It's not much of an establishment, but you're welcome to be my guest until we get set. Looks great to me. All I want is a place to lie down and bleed. Shh. Be very quiet now. Someone's sick. Just a minute, you... Ah, Miss Cook. Trying to sneak in again, are you? Miss Cook, I'm glad I ran into you. I want you to meet a fellow artist of mine, the famous Mr. Dan Emmett. We've toured together. I'm glad I ran into you. I want you to meet a fellow artist of mine, the famous Mr. Dan Emmett. We've toured together. From the looks of you, I'd say you toured several bars together. Miss Cook is quite a witt. Well, come along, Emmett. Just a moment, Mr. Bones. At the risk of being a boar, I'm gonna ask you for your rant again. Miss Cook, I've discussed that thoroughly with your father. He understands that when I've decided which local engagement to accept, I can reimburse him. And just where do you think you're taking Miss Emmett? To my room. Oh, no, you don't. You might have made a deal with my father for yourself, but one dead beat per room is enough. Miss Cook, now, wait a minute. How do you know I'm a dead beat? I haven't been here long enough to be one. Well, you can remove all doubt by paying your rent in advance. Oh, well, uh... Mr. Bones! Well, old time, I'm delighted to see you. I want you to meet one of my colleagues, the famous Mr. Dan Emmett. Then this is Mr. Cook. Well, Mr. Emmett, I trust that you're gonna stay with us for a while. Well, I thought I'd... No, he isn't, father. I'm sick and tired of this. Every room in this house is full of down-and-out actors who came to you and flattered you with a little theatrical toy. He came to you and flattered you with a little theatrical talk and settled down to live off us. Well, is it, my child? Of course we know that you don't mean that. You're tired out. Of course I'm tired out. I'm sweeping and scrubbing and taking and sewing to pay the bills. We gotta draw the line somewhere, and we might as well draw it through Mr. Emmett. I'd like to draw it right through Mr. Bones, too. He not only doesn't pay his rent, but he tries to kiss me every time he catches me in the back hall. My dear, you forget you're very attractive and act as our emotional people. Besides Mr. Bones, he said he would pay us when he had an engagement. But now he has one. Oh, where? Uh, while you were out this morning, a messenger came from the Maxwell Theatre. The manager wants to try out your act tonight. Ah, they've always loved me here in New Orleans. I imagine this engagement will be sensational. Well, come on then. Let's start putting our routine together. Our routine? Mm-hmm. And why do you use the plural pronoun? We made a deal. You agreed to take me in with you. Oh, that was a hypothetical case. Sometime in the future, yes. Tonight, however, I am doing a single. If you do, you'll be doing it in your underwear. And what do you mean by that? This is too good a chance to miss. We can get two jobs instead of one. In fact, we can get four by using those two broken-down actors in room six. That means four actors paying rent instead of none. So, Mr. Bones, you better change your mind if you don't want your clothes locked in your room. Well, what do you say, Mr. Bones? Do we go with you or do we lock you up? Wait. What are you going to do about those black eyes you're wearing? Make-up won't cover those. Don't expect a solution from me. I know what you could do. You can't change the color of your eyes, but you can make your faces up to match them. Go as darky. Miss Cook, if you think the audience would stand for our masquerading as Africans, why we'd be run out of the theater? Well, I'd rather be run out of it than never get in there at all. Come on. Say there, Rastus. What do you do for a living? What's that? What do I do for a living? That's what I say. Well, I do as little as possible. Yuck, yuck, yuck, yuck, yuck, yuck, yuck, yuck. Say there, Mr. Man, I bet you's a lion with the ladies. That's what I is, buddy, and you ain't just a lion. Oh! She's from Missouri. You'd know she's from Missouri. Be careful what you say. Don't try to fool her. What a fool you'd be. When she has those eyes that say you gotta show me her glasses, tell me so. Yet when I ask her, she sighs and answers no. And not from every other place because it's written on her face. And just as sweet as any rose you'd be surprised at what she knows. Don't believe her. I'm gonna tell you why. She's from Missouri. But so am I. We're hit, I guess, booked for a run. Kinda nice you let me walk home with you. Oh, it's not so nice. I'm just not letting you out of my sight till we settle the terms of your rent. Oh, yeah. On top of that, I just couldn't cope with Mr. Bones tonight. He has the instincts of a bull constrictor. I knew he was a snake, but I wasn't sure what kind. I have to fight him off three times a day. Why don't you speak to your father? My father? Yeah. He's about as much protection as a lace shawl. You know, I have an idea that you're pretty able to take care of yourself, too. I have been doing it since I was nine. How long have you been an actor, Mr. Emmet? Not very long. I didn't think so. An experienced actor would have kissed me before I'd gone ten feet. Well, I'm not that inexperienced. I thought of it before we'd gone five feet. Then why didn't you? Why don't you? I think we should have gone five feet further. In just a moment, Mr. DeMille presents Bing Crosby, Dorothy Lamour, and Barry Sullivan in Act Two of Dixie. During this brief intermission, Sally wants to introduce a special guest. For an impossible interview. He certainly looks impossible to me, but this was your idea, Sally. He's your friend. My friend? I should say not. He hasn't a friend in the world. Well, speak up, man. Who are you? Well, you know how stockings pop into run sometimes, for no reason at all, like this. I'm the guy who pops them. You wouldn't have a chance if some people weren't careless about washing stockings, rubbing them with cake soap or using strong soaps. Then the threads get weak. Then I come along and pop them, and they never guess what happened. Boy, oh boy, is that fun. You're a mean man. Stockings are so precious these days. That's what I like. A run. Makes people complain about their stockings. And all the time, it may be because they've been washing stockings the wrong way. You don't do much business when girls luxe their stockings every night. No. I don't have any fun. Stockings last twice as long when they're luxe every night. Of course they do. They stay elastic so they can stretch and spring back into place without breaking into runs. Yes, that's why it pays to luxe stockings nightly and never risk strong soaps or cake soap rubbing. Actual strain tests prove luxe cuts down runs over 50%. That's twice the wear with gentle luxe care. Don't waste luxe flakes. Use all you need to get rich suds, but no more than you need. We pause now for station identification. This is the Columbia Broadcasting System. Act two of Dixie starring Bing Crosby as Dan Emmett and Dorothy Lamour as Millie with Barry Sullivan as Mr. Bones. The minstrel show has been born in New Orleans. It's still only four men in burnt crocs, but the idea is catching on. Dan Emmett has plans now. Two dozen men on the stage at one time. Costumes, dances, funny sayings, and brand new songs. Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom. How many you had standees at the theater again last night? We haven't had a vacant seat for the last two weeks. Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom. Don't you ever get tired of workin'? You at the theater all night, I shouldn't think you'd want to be writin' songs all day. Well, I don't know that that walking maybe maybe isn't so good. I hey I smell smoke smoke Hey, look out. It's my pipe on those papers. Oh damn. Don't burn yourself. That's all right Hey, that was close. I got into trouble like that once before Let me see your hand. Did you burn it just a little? Let me see. Oh Dan, I'm so sorry. No, it's not bad. Look Here let go with it. Hmm. I go my neck Dan Kiss me Well, here we go Morning. Oh father. I'm sorry to interrupt, but I was looking for mr. Bones He's going to enlarge his act, you know, and I might even consider going back on the stage myself Oh, go right ahead with what you were doing. I'll see mr. Bones He said for us to go on with what we were doing Milly, I think it's a pretty good thing he came in Yeah, I don't know what's the matter with me. I'm in love with Jean and I'm gonna marry her if that girl really meant anything to you You couldn't kiss me like that. What do you sort of sneaked up on me? Oh, did I? Well, I'm not gonna sneak up on you anymore Hey, Millie Good luck father. Thank you my dear. Thank you. Good luck to all of you. Thank you my sweet. Thanks And I suppose mr. Emmett if you are successful tonight, you'll be racing back to marry that girl yours Yeah, sending for her to come here. Oh, won't that be nice? Perhaps we can make it a double wedding mr. Bones and I are getting married too. We are when did I ask you? You didn't but if you weren't leading up to it, you're a cad Well, I don't mind at least we can try it for a while Well, aren't you aren't you going to congratulate us father? Well, well my little girl mad Seems only yesterday that you were in pigtails my congratulations to both of you. Uh, which ones you say you were marrying I believe she designated me. Oh, really? Ready for the occasion. Good luck again father. Goodbye my dear. Goodbye, Millie You didn't congratulate me Emmett. Congratulations. Your enthusiasm overwhelms me We'll sing a song about a horse and carrot mr. Tambo Jones By the way, have you tried going out for a little buggy ride With a girl by your side and a horse that knows the way back home Summer scar while a lark in the meadow entertains And you can drop the rain with a horse that knows the way back home And between all the fires you can then use your eyes to express what you long to say And you won't mind at all if the horse wants to storm just to try out some new moan hay So if you should decide to go out for a little buggy ride And perhaps Win a fry Get a horse that knows the way back either black or brown or sway back But a horse that knows the way back home Will entwines be all right millie. It's all right with me. We really ought to celebrate this occasion You know the show of success our engagement driver entwines. Yes. Wait. Hold that cab driver millie. Could I see you a minute? I'm sorry. We're just going. Well, this is important. What is it? Well, I can't tell you here Couldn't we didn't we go some other place my fiance is already going someplace millie You can't be engaged to marry bones. You don't love them and I know it Really look here. Emmett your conduct is unforgivable. Don't try me too far millie the minute I heard you say you were marrying him tonight. I know I couldn't let you go a minute In the very few moments you're going to have a fight on your hands Oh, don't bother to brawl with him bones doll and have the cabby throw him out millie I don't blame you for feeling hurt after the way I treated you but I'm sure of myself now It's you I want get your elbow out of my stomach and quit proposing to my fiance millie. Please listen to me What do you want to do start a harem with me and that girl of yours? I'm just trying to put over the idea that I want to marry you Dan Emmett my patience is almost exhausted. Oh damn doll and I'm so glad you said that I'll marry you tonight if you want me to Millie this transcends decency. I demand an explanation. Well, how can we make it any clearer to you? Oh millie Oh, damn. Well, I must say this was the shortest engagement on record Listen, what's there's a fire somewhere. Oh, there it is. Good heavens. It's the theater the theater. Oh, Dan Hey, I can't find it. What I thought I had it with me had what my pipe Oh, Dan What an eventful evening The show is a triumph. I've been engaged to two men and the theater burns down. I wonder what'll happen next May I say I've had enough? Oh, don't be depressed Dan. You'll be back at work as soon as the theater is rebuilt We can use that time to get married and have a honeymoon before we get married I think I'd better go back and talk to gene go back Why don't you write her a letter you can write can't you can't break that kind of news in a letter You know how it is in small towns people Sort of pair you off and when it doesn't go through it's a tragedy Really the only decent thing for me to do is go back and talk to her in person Just got to make her understand It may be decent, but I think it's silly What do you expect me to do while you're gone? Miss me. I hope Mr. Mason I come all the way from New Orleans just to see I'll tell you again gene doesn't want to see you Dan Why not mr. Mason? I got something important to tell her I can give her any messages not this one mr. Mason I've got to speak to her myself. All right. I'm here to the window There's gene in the garden Why why she's yeah, she's in a wheelchair. She's been in it for weeks What happened to her? Did she have an accident gene has the paralyzing sickness. She'll never walk again So that's why she didn't want to see me. She doesn't watch her pity Dan She ought to know better than that mr. Mason You see I came back here to marry gene Dear millie I suppose you've been wondering why I haven't written Millie there's no gentle or easy way. I can say this so So I'll tell you right out I am I'm married to gene I can't explain it because there's there's nothing to explain We're in new york where i'm working on some new songs You're gonna hear this new song I feel like a baby the way you carry me around. Oh, you married a strong guy Now you just sit there and listen. All right master I hope you think it was worth the trip from the kitchen when you hear it. You need a pillow gene. No thanks. I'm fine darling. All right Did I see moonlight And magnolia tree Smile again My darling If you please Did I hear music On a warm spring breeze Speak again My darling if you please Did I be full september rain just then If you please Touch my cheek With your hand Again I can dream with you And i'm yours My darling If you please Dan that was lovely. You really think so honey. It's the best thing you ever wrote. Oh, you're a wonderful audience gene You like them all of course. I have because they're all wonderful songs Why don't you try that new publisher you were talking about? I'm gonna this morning I'm gonna start right at the top and bombard them with my collected works. Keep your fingers crossed, huh? Good luck dotting and hurry back. You know something You're the bravest little wife a fella ever starved with And i'm yours If you please Well, no, it ain't a good season for ballads. We're looking for something like uh the farmer pissed hay all day Oh, then I got just a song you want turkey in the straw. I don't want any songs about animals Not about an animal. It's about a turkey turkey. Yeah, that reminds me it's time for lunch Now wait, wait a second. I've played you 10 songs. They're all good numbers. You must like one of them All right, I'll give you a hundred dollars for which song we're all of them That's only 10 dollars a song. I can add two. Do you want it? Well, I don't want it, but I need it All right, I'll get you the money in an hour. Look, I got one more song. It's it's my best I've been working on it for a long time, but I just got the words today listen Oh, I wish I was in the land of cotton Old times there Hold it hold it Well, I'll give you a dollar for it A dollar That's the trouble with you fellas. You have no foresight. No vision I bet you haven't had a song success up here in years. That's the reason we can only give you a dollar for it Thanks, I'll keep the song Hi, honey, we're rich. Look a hundred dollars all ours. I went up to the pub. Hi, Dan. Oh, hello Mr. Cook What are you doing up here? Mr. Cook just got in from New Orleans. He came up to see you, Dan Oh the past hour. I've been enjoying a visit with the most charming young lady I've had the honor of meeting in years. Well, that's fine. Dan. You sold the bow. Sure a hundred dollars Dan that's a wonderful price for one song. Yeah, well, it wasn't for one song It was for 10 of them. They wouldn't take the ballad unless I threw in my whole repertoire That is an insult Dan. You're wasting your time here. Why don't you come back to New Orleans? What? That's what I came for Dan to get you back way belong I'm sorry, mr. Cook. That's out of the question But you don't understand what's happened bones has arranged for new shows new numbers new routines are cast to 40 people Counter well, that's fine. Then you won't need me Dan. Why don't we go? We've had a hard time in new york and you'll be happier if you're back on the stage Look jean, it's a bad idea. But if your songs are being sung on the stage and made famous Why for the publishers can't help but be interested. She's right there dan And I think it would do me good. It's cold here and I can't get outdoors The south would be wonderful for me. Oh, please dan. I want to go. Well, I Please Well, all right, mr. Cook. I'll come back Dan blended dan splendid. You'll never regret it. Never. I'll go and arrange for your transportation We'll leave tonight start packing my boy Dan What are you thinking about? All about you and the trip and A lot of things you're not worried about anything. Are you it's all going to turn out beautifully dan. I know it Sure, sure it will Come on, honey. You must be tired. I'll carry you inside Mr. DeMille will return in a moment with bing cross v. Dorothy Lamour and Barry Sullivan for act three of Dixie We have a special guest here tonight and I'd like her to say a word now She's lieutenant junior grade Helen Rhodes of the navy nurse corps who served with our navy at pearl harbor Thank you There's only one thing I can talk about mr. Kennedy And that's the courage of our fighting men and the modern miracle medicines that are helping us save so many lives medicines like the sulfa ointments that prevent the spread of infections Tannic acid for burns and insulin for shock and opiates to ease pain Women may not know that these medicines contain glycerin and glycerin comes from fats Yes, from the kind of fats we use to waste in our kitchens The women in this country have been doing a splendid job saving used fat But we need more twice as much more It's such a little thing to save a tablespoon of fat a day and it may save their life I'm sure that from now on every woman who thought she had too little fat to save will pour it into a salvage can instead of down the drain In recognition of this important job the opa has authorized butchers to give you two meat ration points For every pound of used fat you turn in take them proudly you have earned them And now sally will you tell women just how to save fats use a tin can any size will do Never cardboard or glass Pour into it all the fats you're not going to use again Fat from bacon sausage soup stews or gravies And this is important Include the black and grease from frying pan or roaster too All these kinds of fat contain pure glycerin Keep the fat in your icebox until the container is full Then turn it into your butcher at once. Don't wait. You may not get an army or navy E But what woman can fail to help in this simple way to see that our fighting men have the healing life-saving medicines they need Now our producer mr. Demille after the play we'll meet Dorothy and Bing without the black face Now here's the curtain for the third act of Dixie starring Bing Crosby and Dorothy Lemoa with Barry Sullivan In the boarding house in New Orleans Millie awaits the arrival of the new guests The broom and dustpan in hand. She's sweeping the hall savagely and our father burst through the front door So here you are. What about it. I told you when you left here that I wouldn't have him back again And I meant it and if that woman he married tries to set foot in this house She'll find herself flat on her back on the front wall Now Millie you mustn't talk like that. Mr. Emmet is to be considered a professional associate of mine I demand the same respect for him that you show me That's just what he's going to get. Millie please for my sake be lady like be be civilized All right, I'll hit her daintily Here they come Where is she? Our wife Why is Wheeler in her? She's in a wheelchair. Oh, she is didn't you know she's an invalid Millie. Oh, no No, I didn't know come right in Dan. Hello, Millie Hello, this is my wife Jane, this is uh Millie cook. How do you do? I'm glad to know you miss Emmet. Thank you Well, Danny It's been a long time. Yeah How've you been pretty good Millie new Oh wonderful Little tired though. I've been going out too much at night. Well, I'm delighted to see you again. Hello, bone. This is my wife How do you do a great pleasure? Mrs. Emmet. Thank you Emmet this must be fate. You're coming back just when there's an opening for you in the act Oh, I'm lucky Well, everything's all settled now all we need is an engagement engagement I thought there was a deal all set for a new show Well, we had a little bad luck there that nosy manager at the maxwell surprised us during a rehearsal Before we had the act whipped into shape without a word of warning. He canceled our engagement. Oh, well, there must be other theaters in town Oh, severall. I haven't given up yet. I'm going to see mr. Devereaux the manager of the french opera house this afternoon Oh, they wouldn't have a black-faced act in there They won't listen to anything unless it's sung by a 200 pound tenor Well, I only weigh 160 but i'm going to see devereaux at the opera house You won't find him there friend. He spends all his time playing cards at the delta club cards Oh, well, you say cards That suggests things. Yeah bones. I um thought you didn't approve of my playing cards Well, not when i'm the victim Strikes me mr. Bones at mr. Devereaux would be quite helpless in the hands of a scientific player like yourself Your suggestion is not without merit mr. Emmet Millie, you'd better start thinking up some new costumes. We'll need them There you are, sir Four kings beat that of you cancer very nice mr. Devereaux, but not nice enough. I have four aces Uh game, huh? I rake in the chips mr. Emmet. Would you care for another game, sir? And not tonight mr. Bones. I fear I've overpaid myself to the extent of a couple of thousand dollars Uh, trust an io you will suffice sir. As a matter of fact, it won't why sir You're inferring my words not good enough for you. I prefer cash He gave you a cheap horse trader in the south sir a gentleman's word is unquestioned An insult like this demands satisfaction. You'll get it, sir. Wait. Wait, sir. Wait, sir Mr. Bones sir, you're forgetting that our accompanied you here at the request of your wife to prevent you from duellings You've been fighting too much lately, sir, and she says she will not be mad to a murderer And it is killing people but the man asked for satisfaction. I'll leave it to you broadswords rapiers pistols They're all the same Now just a moment mr. Bones, sir. I'm sure that mr. Devereux will be agreeable to some method of payment Obviously, he's a man of honor. Thank you, sir Now may I suggest that you two gentlemen meet privately and arrive at some agreement which will prevent the spilling of blood Uh, you all Well, very well I don't mind dueling but I do hate getting up early in the morning Well, I met your service, sir. Just what's in your mind? Well, I was going to suggest sir that I might assume your obligation to mr. Bones in exchange for you doing Me a small favor What sort of a thing of a well, perhaps we at best discuss that within the private confines of your office very well, sir Just follow me Hello, milley Are you going back to the house? Yes, I just I'll walk with you fine Well, what kind of a card player was there? Not nearly as good as he thought he was we're booked open at the opera house Oh wonderful. Isn't that great? We're the others all they're celebrating with a couple of beers Remember the first night we walked home together. I guess I was pretty silly that night trying to get you to kiss me You weren't so silly. I did it the night But it was harmless enough though. What happened since then has proven that I certainly appreciate the way you've treated jeans don't give me too much credit. Damn And you came back today. I was furious Then when I saw her I began to understand you like her. She's a very sweet girl It's wonderful not being mad at you anymore, Dan. I guess there isn't any reason why we shouldn't be as good friends as we ever were Oh, yeah, yeah, well, we'd better go in Oh Oh, hello, jean didn't see you sitting there. I asked mr. Cook to wheel me out. It's such a lovely evening, isn't it? Yes, yes, it's beautiful. Well, it's a lovely evening Yes, yes, it's it's beautiful. Well, oh good night. Good night Well bones How do you like it? You mean to tell me you turned down a dollar for that song What do you think mr. Cook? Damn my boy, you know, I've been in a theater all my life My field is entirely negative. I have to sing it dan and I don't like it either Well, then I'll sing it myself That song has got to go in the show Dan, you know more about this than I do it seems to me the song should be played faster Well, not to me it doesn't people can yell all they want but that song is going to stay the way it is Oh, mr. Emmett, sir Could I speak to you a minute, sir? Oh, yeah, sure. Mr. Deverell, mr. Emmett, sir Our subscribers were expecting a more dignified type of entertainment We cannot permit a blackface act in the French opera house. Oh, no Well, I've got a contract for three months signed by you. What about it? I know sir, but if you fail tonight, are you willing to settle your contract? If we fail we'll be glad to settle if you can catch us and it's agreed Goodbye, sir and for your information. I wish I'd fought that duel no matter how it came out By the way, what happened to your southern accent? Oh, I I had my tonsils taken out I've got me a wife and three kids Oh, so you have a wife and three kids to look out for no just my wife. I can lick the kids Oh Tell me when We will meet again Sunday Monday or always If you're satisfied, I'll be at your side Sunday Monday or always No need to tell me now, but make the world go round When at the side of you my heart begins to pound and pound And what am I to do to do with you that I be with you? I love you someday Monday Jean aren't you gonna watch the show? What are you doing down here? I had someone wheel me to Dan's dressing room. I Jean, what's the matter? Nothing. Why millie? Well, the doorman told me a boat ticket was delivered to you just before the show started One ticket. Where you going Jean? I I thought I'd go home for a while You see, I know millie You know what? I've watched you and Dan. I know he's in love with you Jean, I oh, I don't blame him or you either. Wait a minute You're all wrong Jean. I I'm going to be married tomorrow to mr. Bones You and bones sure we're gonna announce it tonight. Well, but I guess you are surprised, huh? I'll probably have to spend the rest of my life getting him out of bed in the morning not a jail at night But it wouldn't be dull anyhow You you made up your mind rather suddenly didn't you millie? Oh, no just announcing it suddenly I've been after that man for a long time. I had to circle him though. He's not the marrying kind I had to use Dan to make him jealous millie. That's wonderful Now come on up and watch the show and send that ticket back right away All right millie Yeah, don't you take your salary to the bank every week got to it. It's too small to go by though I hear you have a dog tambo. Yes, I done got me the smartest dog most expensive dog in the world But I done fold him you sold your dog for how much? Hundred thousand dollars cash money. No, I got me two fifty thousand dollar cats Mr. Cook I smell something I smell smoke good gracious theaters on fire play something play something quick Play something a fast double hurry up play Dixie. Yeah, sing a dance. See it loud. Just keep your seats. Oh, keep your seats I wish I was in the land of cotton old times I'm not forgotten. Look away. Look away Look away Dixie land in Dixie land where I was born in early on a frosty morning. Look away Look away. Look away Dixie land. Then I wish I was in Dixie. Hooray Hooray in Dixie land. I'll take my stand to live and die in Dixie Oh way down south in Dixie Dan Dan come here. Is the fire out? Yes, the fire's out. Where's your pipe? My pipe? Well, well, I left it in the prop room. Oh, fine. That's where the fire was I can't get out there. We do a Dixie again. They heat it up. Where's Jean? Jean? You're dead. Hey darling, you were right about the way Dixie should go but it took a fire to make people leave you. Come on dad, come on So long darling. I'll see you after the show. So long darling Bones come over here. Yes. What is it Millie? Listen, don't make any appointments for tomorrow. Hey, why not? Because we're going to be married. Married? Well, this is very sudden Millie. Well, at least you can say thank you. Oh yes, of course You're welcome Now before our stars return for a quick call, here's a suggestion to mothers of wartime brides In Ceylon, a new son-in-law has to pay the bride's parents the cost of washing the bride's clothes From birth right up to the day she's married. Well, Mr. Kennedy, that wouldn't be much if she's a luxe girl No, luxe is a thrifty way to take care of clothes keeps them new looking longer too And making things last is mighty important these wartime days If you've been shopping lately, you probably notice that many types of fine cottons and rayons just aren't being made anymore Looms are too busy turning out materials for war So it's up to us to take extra special care of those nice things we have You couldn't use anything safer than luxe flakes. A little luxe goes so far You'll find you can do an amazing amount with one big box Use it not only for under things and stockings and washable dresses But for your curtains too and washable slip covers bed spreads Everything around the house that's safe in water alone If your dealer is out of luxe flakes today, be patient. He'll have more soon You can be sure luxe is worth waiting for Now here's mr. Demille with our stars Right now Bing Crosby, Dorothy Lamour and Barry Sullivan are on the road to a curtain call Oh, sorry cb. Dottie and I can't be on the road to any place without bob ho Bing I I want you to know that I didn't agree with those other producers at paramount when they when they saw Dixie for the first time Well, what did they say mr. Demille? No hope A run of demille opinion, I think Well, Dottie stated hope for technicolor and riding high Yes, you know, I I like to make a picture without a sarong once in a while You mean you don't even wear a sarong in riding high? What's the wrong about that? It's a western Holy girl you Well, but that's different. I I guess I guess maybe Santa clothes will stop at your house after all Oh, no, didn't you know the old boy gave up? You shouldn't do that to our daddy He figures he can't fill her stocking as well as she does Yeah, I guess Santa goes to pictures too say Bing you must have found christmas shopping quite a problem this year Nothing to it. Very just went in and told the man. I'll take whatever you got for What play are you shopping for next week mr. Demille now? We've got it already daddy the metro golden mayor picture Kathleen and next monday. We have the original stars of the picture Shirley temple and Herbert Marshall Next week brings you a new Shirley temple a grown-up young lady now But with the same charm and talent we knew in a tiny girl And Kathleen is a delightful way to meet her again time marches on and Shirley temple has date Wouldn't miss it cb. Good night. Good night. Good night Happy christmas to all of you Ladies and gentlemen as our third wartime christmas draws near It seems to me that we are closer to the true christmas than for many years past closer to the christmas immortalized by dickens The holiday our father's new ones no bound farms And to the christmas of the little in of Bethlehem The false trappings have fallen by the wayside A warmer kinship joins us all together And brings us here at home Close to our own out there From an american army sergeant Has come a message that is especially fitting for this week The sum of all his experience in battle is in these few simple words There are no atheists in foxholes May we at home profit by that thought All men and women of goodwill wherever you may be Our sponsors the makers of luxe flakes and luxe toilet soap Join me in wishing you every blessing of the christmas season And we invite you to be with us again next monday night When the luxe radio theater presents Shirley temple and herbert marshal in Kathleen with francis gibber There's a sassel be the male saying good night to you from hollywood And folks here's a date to remember It's next wednesday december 22nd That's the day when once again you can hear one of radio's proudest moments That traditional yuletide treat Lionel Barrymore in his best loved role of old scrooge In charles dickens immortal story a christmas carol It will be broadcast on wednesday december 22nd Over the columbia network see your local paper for time and station Dorothy lemur and barry selivan will star together in the paramount picture rainbow island Paired in tonight's play where leo cleary is mr. Cook louise arthur is gene And cliff clark norman field ed emerson charles seal Horace willard eddy marr and griff barnett Our music was directed by lois silvers This program is broadcast by international short wave to our fighting forces overseas Through cooperation with the armed forces radio service This is your announcer john n kennedy inviting you to tune in again next monday night to hear charlie temple and herbert marshall with francis kippard in kathleen Say lady take a minute what for i'm buying vitamin Exactly and before you buy look at the labels take a minute see what's in it Some products, you know leave out vitamins a and d or the essential b complex vitamins or costly vitamin c But not vims no indeed vims give you all the vitamins and minerals needed to supplement the average diet So take a minute see what's in it then you'll get vims This is the columbia broadcasting system