 dedicated to the strength of the nation proudly we hail very Sullivan in the Martin and the McCoys a United States Army and United States Air Force presentation now here is our 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 motion picture favorites join us for your entertainment in plays we know you'll enjoy our star is that capable actor Barry Sullivan and the title of our play the Martins and the McCoys this is a gay comedy of New York theater life the story of the people that make up the behind-the-scenes world and whose efforts bring entertainment to the great white way along with jealousies heartbreaks and feuds we'll have our curtain for act one of the Martins and the McCoys after this timely and important message from Wendell Niles when a man wears the uniform of the United States Army or the United States Air Force he puts on pride with his clothing pride in his job in the service of which he is a part in himself and in his country wherever the uniform appears honor goes with it and the understanding that the uniform of a soldier or airman of United States is a symbol of freedom and democracy these are facts to be remembered by all of us the uniform of the United States is proud and honorable wherever it is worn back to the microphone our producer the curtain rises on the first act of our gay comedy the Martins and the McCoys starring Barry Sullivan as the young man who witnessed most of the feud and fussin and fighting Johnny Bates the Martins and the McCoys were a few mountain boys only the mountains happen to be the spires of Manhattan yes it was somewhere in the vicinity of Times Square that Xander Martin fabulous European and Broadway emperiorio and proud discoverer of stars vowed the professional destruction of Steve McCoy who had provided personal management for many of Broadway's outstanding luminaries and furthermore eccentric Xander was succeeding in his efforts much to the consternation of Johnny Bates publicity director for Steve McCoy for Johnny wanted to marry Steve's lovely secretary Nancy and how could he when Xander was fast putting his means of a livelihood out of business on the morning our story begins Nancy is very excited as Johnny enters the office Johnny quick boss wants to see you right away let me check my calendar and see if I'm free Johnny don't joke he hit the ceiling this morning like a toy balloon I'll drag him back down honey tell me what's happened well for one thing the greatest dancer since Pavloa is back in town the rule no kidding I get my car back there she's dancing down with the keys herself did she get married I hope she got married who's the unfortunate victim I don't know it's all hush hush that's the boss Johnny yes mr. McCoy he just got down mr. McCoy I'll send him in hurry up Johnny no not until you say it I love you now will you please no no not like that with feeling I love you you are an agent Johnny get in here I'm coming Steve I was at the automatic the automatic yeah the automatic they were having a special on stewed figs I ate three dishes 19 stewed figs sit down Johnny no stale gags this morning please on the level I ate that many stewed figs you see I like figs all right Johnny all right what's wrong with you this morning Xander Martin that's our cute friend up to now the beast from Budapest is putting a new musical in the works news yes he's already planning auditions for his chorus well what's so depressing about that well I understand Xander has a hit show lined up and further the lead role as a dancer oh and it should go to the room but you and I know it won't not as long as I represent it no say Stevie tell me something how did you and Xander ever start getting into each other's hair you really want to know I do shoot I won 100 bucks from him in the gin rummy game no so help me that was the start of it I blitzed him three straight and made him pay up on the spot that was doing the wrong thing to Xander you know how he loves that Fort Knox letters you should as in his face the memory is I can imagine that guy is so tight if he owned a lumber yard he wouldn't give a grain of sword as to a starving term I can say that again Xander is the only they're half of it the Rue is back in town yeah I understand she's dancing down here now with the keys to my car you know that's what I don't understand Johnny I do everything in the world for that girl even lender your car to get married yes you're so generous with my things now but don't you see what I mean and what does she do in return the minute she gets back in town she keeps hounding me well maybe wedded bliss doesn't have the magic she thought it would have hey won't you marry anyway oh I don't know the only thing she'll tell me is that he's a socialite from boss oh now I get the hush hush before they announce their marriage he's got to get an okay from three generations of tombstone yeah something like that but anyway the rules on our way down here that's why I wanted you in first and now don't mention Xander's new show tour or I'm dead I won't even think about Xander's new show second I want you to tell her you're working out a big publicity deal for her I'll tell her I'm trying to get her the cover of the fish market gazette now don't wisecrack I've got to keep her happy she's the she's the only important client I have left yes oh she is well tell her to come right in the nightmare is here for heaven's sake be nicer oh darling come right in come right in and Johnny darling well this is quite a reception welcome home Larry oh Johnny I want to thank you for letting me use that little old convertible of yours I gave the keys to Nancy how'd you make out well it rattled like mad but it served the purpose I wasn't played by a single autograph hound not one mind you well isn't that lovely yes but then who would think that LaRue would be riding in that junkie yes well LaRue do tell us every exciting detail of your marriage we were surmising that you might be delaying the announcement of your wedding because of your husband's family why how did you know oh Johnny I wish I could tell you all I know you're mad to release it to the press if you knew how mad I was LaRue but I will tell you about our three-day honeymoon and I'm sorry Johnny you can't even release that oh don't at all can I sorry we spent our honeymoon in Connecticut in a little out-of-the-way cottage camp called Cupid's Nest oh Cupid's Nest it was beautiful someone have a match oh yes of course here LaRue oh thank you well I can't tell you must do some shopping but uh what are you doing for me these days TV oh I have several things I want to talk to you about LaRue uh when you get settled no I'm quite settled as far as that goes Johnny here is going all out on some big publicity for you that's right LaRue I'm going to get you a plug in the drama column of the Cucamonga newsletter haha sweet boy but that's very nice TV but I was thinking about work you know oh you've been working too much lately anyway LaRue that's evidently with TV things I hope you change your mind Stevie before it's too late before I change mine well well you see what I mean she's on the warpath and we're liable to lose her yeah all she needs is a good excuse well anyway she doesn't know about Xander's new show yet not yet at least but when she finds out I'm a fake well who knows if the beast from Budapest has a big fat part and he needs a good dancer maybe he'll bury the hatchet and ask for LaRue pipe dreams my boy yes Sandy Marks is on the phone what well we'll put him on it's Xander what did I tell you hello yeah yes I get it what do you want Xander I have a thing all right Xander I'll be right over Xander he wants to see me I was right then Steve the beast wants LaRue for his show I knew he wouldn't carry a grudge that far let's hope you're right anyway don't forget that hot idea for some publicity for LaRue I'm off to Xander Wayne Jones what is it Johnny would you have lunch with me I'd love to I've got to dream up a hot idea for Stevie you got to get it back to him at two o'clock this afternoon what do you want me around for then darling I do my best dreaming with you how did you make out with your beloved Xander oh rotten you were wrong Johnny I was a sucker to even go near his office boy what happened after keeping me waiting about an hour this tired out piece of strudel ushers me into his office and raves on for 10 minutes about what a great part this will be for LaRue it sounds exciting and then then he said he just might cast her in the part go on go on I'm chewing my fingernails but he didn't realize dealing with her representatives meaning you meaning me I asked him why he said he couldn't talk the same language having not yet learned how to bray like a mule so I yeah yeah yeah and what did he do after you hit him I guess he hit the floor I didn't wait to see you mean you didn't even wait to see if he bounced how inconsiderate you know I think he'd use LaRue if it weren't for me now Stevie don't claim to be sidekick that oh put her on it's miss facelift of 1947 hello LaRue darling no see mine why no dear and aren't you sweet what can I do for you you can oh I know all about it and I'm working on it well yeah Johnny maybe I ought to unload LaRue maybe I ought to let her go are you crazy but I really think Xander would use it all right so maybe he would look you've spent a lot of time building up that Terpsichorean tramps you ought to be grateful to you for that oh now Johnny can the campfire girl stuff well I mean it she should be and I'm not going to stand here and allow it besides I've got that hot idea you were looking for and I need LaRue for it now let's have oh you're going to love this it's going to make LaRue forget all about losing the part in Xander's show and at the same time it's going to even a lot of scores for you with the beast of Budapest sounds almost atomic it is atomic well shoot well first you'll have to admit something getting space for anybody in anything these days is tough no it's tough all right all right now how would LaRue like six pages in the national picture magazine Glantz six pages in Glantz count on six delicious picture-filled pages well LaRue would love it of course but you must be out of your mind oh no I'm not I'm going to get six pages in Glantz because Xander Martin has long touted himself as a famous discoverer of stars that guy couldn't discover a star in the middle of the desert at midnight I won't argue with you but he does make a claim for discovering many stars doesn't he he also makes a claim for being a human being and he's just about to audition dancers for the chorus in his new show so what so I'm going to slip LaRue right into that line of dancers waiting to be auditioned unnoticed unheralded hey here to get it there's a line of 200 girls waiting to try out wow the beast run through him like mad with his characteristic dowry I see it all unfolding he's trying to keep from paying the piano player over time right he rushes him through LaRue is on stage only for a moment but long enough for the camberman to load up with pictures right and a short time later there it is six pages in Glantz the famous discoverer of stars turns down the greatest dancer in America for a job as a lowly hoofer in the chorus Johnny can it be done it certainly can Johnny so help me if you do this I'll write you into a piece of this firm well Stevie you better get out the ballpoint and start scribbling because briefly from our story the martins and the McCoy starring Barry Sullivan to bring you an important message from your government these are simple basic qualifications which you are about to hear but if you fill these qualifications you will have the opportunity of a lifetime before you listen carefully if you are between the ages of 20 and 26 and one half unmarried with two years of college or the ability to pass an equivalent examination and if you are physically fit you may be able to become an aviation cadet in the united states air force you may be able to take the training that will teach you to fly the best aircraft in the world with the best air force in the world the united states air force and after you have successfully completed a full year of training you'll receive a commission as second lieutenant in the air force reserve and you will have your pilot's wings if you are among the highest in your class you'll receive a regular commission and you will be on your way to a career with unlimited horizons for full details visit your nearest air force base or recruiting station at once the curtain rises on act two of the martins and the mccoy starring Barry Sullivan as johnny bates famed european and broadway producer zandor martin self-styled discoverer of stars is auditioning hoofers for the chorus of his new musical which gave johnny bates publicity director for steve mccoy an idea of atomic proportions the idea is to give this international heel a hotfoot by planting the fame dancer larule in the line of corine's auditioning for zander show meanwhile glance the national picture magazine will photograph the self-style discoverer of stars turning down the most famous dancer in america for a lowly job in the chorus as we continue our story johnny enters steve's office hi steve you called the room i called her and is the kid happy with the idea getting six pages in glance is she happy she was so excited when i told her about it i thought she was going to catch her double chin in the telephone cord good then i can get started i got a couple of things to do like what like lining this up with phil smith over at glance what you mean you haven't even oh it won't be hard i hope oh there you have it phil well what do you say um johnny yeah i uh don't think no i don't think i ever heard of a greater idea you mean you go for it i think it's wonderful that phony should have been exposed a long time ago oh you associate zander with an upset stomach too why that two-bit bump once i had a photographer over there giving one of his shows ten thousand dollars worth of publicity so the guy happens to spill a cup of coffee on one of zander's costumes well zander gets it cleaned and sends me the bill hey we better go over and spill another cup right now see i just happen to think we may have trouble arranging this with zander why he never shied at having his picture taken yet yeah but nevertheless he's put out the word positively no advanced publicity on his new show oh oh well cross your fingers come on let's go face the beast of budapest zander can give to you five minutes not a second more oh thank you you are fortunate to have a time's delegated to the guillotine those who have interrupted my rehearsal well now you yes maestro you must be new here run don't walk to the drug all across the street bring to me as this cheese will dry and make sure it is the special 25 cents with coleslaw and tell them more potato chips so i will do business as them well why do you wait the boy in here it is more crying some minutes to inspire did it is about some publicity no that's right yes phil smith here of glance wants to give your new show six pages that's right i'd like to do a layout showing you selecting the girls for your chorus that is most kind of you but i have already decided on the plan no advanced publicity and why are you so generous so out of the blue sky why because you zander in the eyes of the public at large are the magnificent discoverer of stars that is the mild way of putting it people flock into your shows to see stars of tomorrow through through now we want to take these pictures of you auditioning for your chorus choosing the great names of tomorrow that's right we want to preserve that in pictures for posterity render bows to posterity tomorrow i am selecting you may have an hour between two and three tomorrow afternoon thank you sir and now your voice more well don't mind if i do not the cigars here is a folder of matches for each of you oh thanks not at all they'll back to work see you tomorrow boys and don't keep sound awaiting we won't keep them waiting will we now i'll say we won't hey i just happen to think johnny what if the genius spots laroui could you know no not a chance no when larou comes on stage for her audition zander takes his glasses off he can't see a foot in front of him without those glasses and how do we get him off of him oh why fill zander photographed so badly wearing glasses didn't you know well slap my wrist i'd forgotten all about that johnny i think you're a genius we'll know tomorrow your next step besides well i look glamorous in the picture dressed in this flimsy little rehearsal skirt baby you'd look glamorous in burlap now remember if he should ask you to talk talk brooklyn all right and if he should ask you to dance don't dance good your next now i've got to go over with zander johnny and zander how long must this go on i'm getting slap happy from flash bulbs no the torture won't last much longer will it fill not much not much i'm glad you took your glasses off zander you don't know how they aid you next get the next girl out here and she comes johnny and i know us you will say something quick say something what am i supposed to do a mode all over the place or dance why what there is great talent here i sense it in the rhythm of her dance in the timber of her voice where are my glasses here you are mr there i want to see wait it is la roo so it is well i'll be running along wait a minute somebody is trying to make a zander a stoke see makoy did it sabotage call the police before i commit homicide call the police out of my way johnny i got to get some pictures down to a magazine that man is sensational but phil you're not going to print this i've got to johnny this is a story the top's personal feeling we gave zander the ball 10 yards behind the goal line and he ran for a touchdown when it comes to talent the man is intuitively great that's all oh brother when that magazine comes out i see you've got a copy of glance too and what a break for zander the man notoriously nearsighted without his glasses but who immediately sensed the great talent of la roo no i still think he was tipped off where's steve with the lawyers zander still claims he's going to make la roo dance in the chorus with the other 75 a week girls oh brother what do the lawyers say they say he can that la roo's appearance at the trials was a declaration of contract on her part you know how lawyers are the yipe what about la roo she's got her lawyers waiting to get her out of her contract with steve brother when i create trouble i don't stop until i've turned out a major catastrophe do i anything else happen yes a very angry man was here he left this envelope for zander strangely enough he said he couldn't keep it it might put him up in another income tax bracket yeah he said he was a bellhop at the cupid's rest motel in kinetic a bellhop at the cupid's rest motel that's right that's funny big hearted zander gave me a folder of matches from the cupid's rest motel and that's where la roo was married wait what boston is a suburb of budapest what are you mind no not at all everything's beginning to listen call steve mccoy and tell him everything is lovely johnny i mean it i'll be back as fast as i can and have your hat on honey you're gonna marry steve mccoy's new partner as soon as he gets back steve's partner yeah and that's me let me have that envelope and uh the bellhop left i can't wait to give it to zander you're coming to beg for terms not beg zander dictate ha first you will not present la roo as a chlorine in your new show oh no what makes you think now because she's your wife it's not true but how did you find out i've got a stooge at the cupid's rest motel in kinetic it he sent you this letter heads or tails did he send love and kisses to zander tribe ingrate all right you la roo and i are married but you and steve mccoy played right into my hand yeah that's what you think what is joe public gonna say joe public yeah when he finds out the fabulous zander was trying to pocket the agents commission on his wife services that he and his wife contrived to disguise and to misrepresent the facts and more important what will the public think of la roo after this zander hey i think you should start dictating well i don't want much zander my partner steve mccoy and i will take care of the talent for the entire show that is agreeable no matter of fact if things look all right we might take a portion of the show say uh 50 percent likewise la roo will star did steve give you a price on earth no but i well whatever price he thought he was going to give you double it well i'll be running along where are you zander isn't that la roo zander my wife coming coming all this in the life too zander i think you have made of zander stunk johnny yes my pet what was in the envelope well zander opened the letter and a dime fell out here and zander's getting more generous with his tips he used to just give him an autograph and say save it it'll be worth a fortune someday but why did the bell hop bring it up to you i lent my car to la roo to get married didn't i he traced the license number you know it pays to do favors for people it certainly does and that's why i'm going to do a great big favor for you i'll let you marry me well aren't you sweet well anyway lucky you are sweet and put your head on my shoulder tell me some more like this i want to hear curtain falls in the final act for the martins and the mccoys our star barry sullivan will return for a curtain call after this timely message from wendell niles this is important united states army and the united states air force are expanding rapidly with that expansion has come an urgent need for more physicians and dentists in the services especially attractive opportunities are open to qualified professional men for instance if you are a practicing physician surgeon or dentist you may be commissioned in the grade for which you are qualified with one hundred dollars per month professional pay in addition to the normal pay and allowances of your grade and while you are serving with the young men who are serving our country you will have available to you the vast resources of army and air force medical research facilities physicians and dentists who are interested should write it once to the surgeon general united states army washington 25 dc for full details now once again at the microphone our star barry sullivan and our producer it can only happen in hollywood a doctor newly arrived from broadway with an imposing list of stage hits to his credit can remain under wraps for three and a half years on a studio contract then suddenly find himself an overnight sensation and discovery of the year when loaned to another studio that's what happened to our star barry sullivan well of course cp the fact that it was a million dollar production the first in that bracket for allied artists by the way that didn't hurt any and the picture was suspended from that beginning barry you now do two or three productions a year for ally doctors well that's right cp but i'm not under exclusive contract i free land yes i know and your latest is last of the bad men i've been watching your publicity you know cp that's my first western i want to do one for years the king brother's produced it marjorie reynolds is in it broadcroft it's quite a nice cast and now that i've done one the fact is i really like to do west and the fan mail you get well i'll certainly admit that cp and you know how important fan mail is to us you know there's something about the mail i get from the folks who enjoy west ends it's it's it's down to earth sincere that's exactly the way we feel from response and radio now back to another picture of yours from paramount oh you mean the great gatsby well that's a screen adaptation from the famous book by f scott Fitzgerald and i think it has one of the best cast of the year alan led heads that he plays gatsby and gives his best performance since there's gone for hire betty fields in it mcdonald carrey ruth huzy elliot newton directed it dig maybound produced it is a good picture well you certainly are no danger of being typed i know cp freelancing really gets me around and speaking of getting around it you know it's been a pleasure to appear on your very fine show here in the theater of stars by the way cp what's doing here next with you first the pleasure of your appearance is all ours and next week barry and ladies and gentlemen odry totter makes the most welcome return before our proudly we hail microphone in a dramatic portrayal titled the templeton castle it is the story of infinite love of better jealousies of deceit and warm human emotions well that should be a good show and i'll be darling it goodbye cp goodbye barry he should have done this next week ladies and gentlemen and we bring you odry totter in the templeton castle until then this is cp mcgregor saying thanks for listening and cheerio from hollywood barry solovan appeared through the courtesy of the hollywood coordinating committee which arranges for the appearance of all stars on this program script was by rich hall the music under the direction of eddie scravanic this program is transcribed in hollywood for release at this time when we'll now speak