 Your coca-cola bottler presents Claudia Claudia based on the original stories by Rose Franken Brought to you transcribed Monday through Friday by your friendly neighbor who bottles coca-cola Relax and while you're listening refresh yourself. Have a coke And now Claudia What time is it hardly just a little before eight already I Wonder where Claudia and David could be. Oh, they'll be here any minute Dinner parties should start late, but too late gets merely disorganized and ill-tempered come now Everybody's having a fine time has Victor Carrington found himself somebody to spend the evening with he's over there in the corner with Nancy Riddle He doesn't seem to be enjoying it too much Really, it's very difficult entertaining somebody from out of town such trouble finding the right person for him Carrington's got along perfectly well by himself all these years He's managed to amass quite a sizable fortune, but he hasn't as you put it amassed himself a wife Oh, here he comes. No, Victor Understand that that department store of yours is just about tripled in the past two years strange enough That's the honest truth as a matter of fact I think it could handle several times more business of the shipping and traffic problem in Chicago could be cleared up a Good architect could really do something to simplify American commerce. Good architect Well, Victor, do you know that a heartless brother David is an architect? I hardly didn't even know he had a brother Well, he's a good deal younger than I am as a matter of fact his wife Claudia is on your right Oh, she's not here yet must be very beautiful if she can afford to arrive at one of your dinners so late She is in a way and very sweet. She's probably the most naive young bride. I've met in years They don't come like her very often these days. I make a sound like a fresh spring wind That's a fairly accurate summing up. I haven't met a fresh spring wind in years I'm not so sure I'd know what to do with one. The answer is do nothing. Claudia is very young So young that it makes me almost a little uncomfortable at times. My dear Julia Nothing could ever make you look the least bit uncomfortable. I see about once in every ten years and you Julia Who's that at the door now? By a very beautiful woman I thought the only people who hadn't arrived yet were Claudia and David. Did you invite anybody else my dear? Whoever she is. She's a delight. Well, I can't believe my eyes Hardly that is Claudia. It can't be but it is You're right. It is Claudia. Oh Julia So this is supposed to be the naive young thing. You certainly had me fooled why she's a honey And no fresh spring wind either Claudia my lamb you've come Julia I'm so sorry I'm late but everything happened and then David phoned from the office He couldn't even get home to dress. He's coming straight from Connecticut. Never mind David How about David's brother? Do I rate a kiss? Of course hardly hello and sorry. I'm late But I am perfectly all right my sweet It must have taken you quite a while to dress as a matter of fact did you see this afternoon? You look stunning and I want no explanations or apologies. You look stunning don't misunderstand me my dear, but But you don't always look like this, but this isn't me. Hmm not you heavens I don't go around looking like this, but the stove grew up in my face and everything you see now is peers He had to start from the beginning eyebrows eyelashes hair. I think I look awful awfully dangerous David would be furious because the stove can be awfully dangerous You won't tell him will you Julia? I promise Maybe I ought to try cooking a custard sometimes. I don't even dare sneeze I'd come all apart then don't sneeze you look much too glamorous. Do you think David will think so? Every man will think so Julia aren't you going to introduce me? You see it's starting already. No, Claudia my dear This is mr. Victor Carrington from Chicago Victor. This is my brother's wife. Mrs. David Norton This is a real pleasure. Mrs. Norton and the most exciting surprise. Hello. I'm very glad to meet you Your sister-in-law Mrs. Norton try to describe you to me, but she didn't do you justice I really didn't know what I was saying. Will you see? Mrs. Norton, how would you like some of Julia's very unique canopies? Oh, I love them Well, I shall take it upon myself to keep you well supplied. Nice of you. I like the caviar ones especially don't you? But it's a shame you're always so small. Oh, there they are right over there. Let's go over and get some. Oh left Well, Hartley, what do you make of that the way Claudia looks? She looks very stunning. You said so yourself that story about the stove Why she's clever from head to toe I mean her whole get-up is clever that white dress and no jewelry for instance and look at that makeup and her hair I'm looking my dear. Oh, here comes David now. Hi there, Julia. How are you? I'm just catching my breath Anything wrong? Oh, no, I should say not nothing could be right here. Glad to hear it. How are you Hartley? Oh, I'm fine David. Let me get you something. Oh, Julia. I'm sorry to be late. Is Claudia here yet? I hope you don't mind that I couldn't get home to dress. Claudia has done all the dressing for the family It would seem yes. She said she'd dress. Where is she? I haven't seen her since this morning She's right over there surrounded by Victor Carrington Lord Radcliffe Now Hartley seems to have been drawn in where I I don't see her She's the girl in white David. Oh, no, Julia. That's oh, yes, it is Claudia Holy smoke Oh, Julia, you're not going to break up my evening like that I'm going to have my brandy in the other room with the ladies. You mean with the lady David hello darling Having a nice time. I'd have as bad as I thought it would be What's the matter? You haven't said one word to me all evening. I don't notice that you've been very lonesome I've been dying of lonesomeness. I've had a wonderful time. You hardly looked at me once doing dinner That's only because I hardly dare turn my head around I'm afraid it would fall off. Exactly. Does it look as if it will? It looks pretty heavy Well, have fun David. What's the matter? Oh, here you are my dear. I thought I'd lost you. Oh Let's down here. It's a nice quiet corner Very good-looking man your husband David's always especially good-looking when he's angry and is he angry now? I should say do you see how that little muscle in his jaw was working? That's when he's angry I guess it's because Julia has been after him all evening to redo Mrs. Carmichael's house Lots of young architects would jump at the chance. No, not David. He's not interested in houses and architecture like that What is he interested in besides you right now? He's especially interested in some kind of freight terminal He's worked out seems to me. I read something about that in a trade publication not long ago. That's right That's it. David had an article about it about five months ago. Oh So your David is the originator of that freight terminal idea Just the sort of thing I was telling Julia a little earlier that I could use make running my business a lot easier Is David going ahead with it? He'd like to but I'm afraid I don't know very much about it Strange. I just never put that article and your husband together. Look darling It's been a very long day, and I'm pretty tired. Do you mind coming home mind? I'd love to I I don't mean I'm not having a lovely time with you, Mr Kind as a matter of fact, I have to be getting along true when you come to New York a few days You'll find it pretty exhausting. Which way you're going my cars outside. I'll give you a lift Are you gonna say something? What do you want me to say? David your jawbone is so square You mad at me. No, I'm not mad at you. It's a nice party. Wasn't it? I'm glad you had a good time Didn't you have a good time? Didn't you think Mr. Carrington was nice and trancing we talked about you most of the time He must have loved that he seemed very interested. Oh, he did did he he thought you were very handsome Oh, he did did he but let me tell you Carrington wasn't interested in me. He was interested in you. He didn't think I was handsome He thought you were beautiful. You think so and I'll knock his block off Don't be silly Victor Kang is just a nice sweet man from Chicago. I know where he's from Everybody's heard of Victor Carrington a nice sweet man my eye Now look here, Claudia What's the idea pulling that stunt tonight pulling what's done now? Don't play innocent. You mean the way I look What in blazes do you think I mean? It's just my usual white dress the other one. I didn't wear on my honeymoon. It's not your usual white face What were you doing play acting trying to see if you could look like a big girl? I don't think I care for that remark. I Did look like a big girl though. Didn't I at least mr. Carrington thought so I think you made a great hit with everybody But your husband you had Julia positively groggy from the show you put on For a while you had you had hardly forgetting his gallbladder and That's for mr. Carrington. I Don't think he'll ever go back to Chicago David. Did I really really but I don't like it You ever go out looking like that again, Claudia. I'll ring your neck I'll just have to stay home until I grow again You mean till you grow again, David. This isn't me. It's Pierre's You know Pierre Antoine What you who emblazies is Pierre, you know the hairdresser What on earth did you go to him for your hair was all right perfectly all right just the way it was Yes, darling, the way it was but not the way it is What do you mean David now calm down the stove blew up this afternoon What do you know when I was making the custard for birth of sister with it with the spray knee, you know I told you about it this morning What about the stove blew up and I blew up with it. I lost my hair my eyebrows everything you little foot you 17 different kinds of confounded idiot Well, you know you could have killed yourself Have you forgotten? Have you forgotten Claudia that you are going to be a mother? I knew you'd yell David. Oh, David Please put out the light. Why on earth should I put out the light? I'm I'm not through yelling That's why if you don't yell in the dark, I have a headache and I want to take my hair off and my eyelashes off and Everything that belongs to Pierre and doesn't belong to me off. Well, go ahead. Go ahead and take them off I look too terrible without him. You won't love me anymore. Well Try it and see very well Here comes the eyelashes You're a little ball is that so here comes your lipstick off David, I just love it when you kiss me like that These programs star Catherine Bard is Claudia and Paul Crabtree is David and the entire production is supervised and directed by William Brown Maloney Do the kids in your house have to coax when they want to party? You don't need to go to a lot of expense and trouble to give them a good time Just order a case of coke and they'll do the rest as long as there's coca-cola in the refrigerator Young folks seem to figure there's festivity in the air And in that respect, they're not much different from older folks when you come to think about it Every day Monday through Friday. Claudia comes to you transcribed with the best wishes of your friendly neighbor who bottles coca-cola So listen again Monday at the same time And now this is Joe King saying or it war and remember Whoever you are whatever you do Wherever you may be When you think of refreshment think of coca-cola For ice-cold coca-cola makes any pause the pause that refreshes