 The Lux Radio Theatre brings you Don Amici, Ida Lupino, May Robson, and Helen Wood in The Young and Hot. Ladies and gentlemen, your producer, Mr. Cecil B. DeMille. Greetings from Hollywood, ladies and gentlemen. When you live by your wits without much attention to hard work, every road leads to trouble. That's the way it is with these lovable renegades, the Carlton's, in our play The Young and Hot. Until they meet a lady named Fortune, and not the notorious Dame Fortune either, just a plain silver-haired, very gentle old lady whose first name is Ellen. She teaches them that happiness doesn't always go with irresponsibility, and in fair exchange they teach her how to be young and hot. And that's a trick everyone wants to know. A good beginning for the ladies, of course, is to use lux toilets up. We know that a woman is only as old as she looks. So by helping her keep lovely in appearance, lux toilet soap helps her keep young and hot, too. Our play The Young and Hot is adapted from David O. Seltonick's first motion picture, fine motion picture, and requires a highly versatile cast. Some actors can be great actors in only one kind of part. So before engaging any of our stars, we examined their previous performances on the screen and at our microphone to make sure they had all the talents this play demands. That's the reason Don Amici, Ida Lupino, May Robeson, and Helen Wood are gathered at this microphone tonight. In our drama, Don Amici plays that professional avoider of hard work, Richard Carlton. Although actually, Don has done just about every kind of work that Richard has avoided. May Robeson is the gentle lady, Ellen Fortune, and I'll guarantee there's no one in Hollywood who better deserves the title of Young and Hot. She's earned it in 57 years on stage and screen without missing a single season. Ida Lupino plays Don Amici's sister, George Ann Carlton, and we welcome her with a cheer for her fine work in the new Paramount picture, The Light That Failed. It's curtain time now for act one of the Young and Hot. Starring Don Amici as Richard, Ida Lupino as George Ann, May Robeson as Ellen Fortune, and Helen Wood as Leslie. The French Riviera on the golden shores of the Mediterranean Sea is a sort of Coney Island with a monocle. Here millionaire mothers come to seek a glamorous son-in-law while tired fathers look for ways to get, well, trimmed. To this bright haven of fortune hunters come the Carlton family. On the morning of their arrival, they read their press notices with pleased smiles. Carlton family arrives for son's marriage. Colonel Anthony Carlton, Apaka Saheb, that's you, Dan. Quite right, quite right. Having served with the Bengal Lancers in India has arrived with his charming wife, that's you, Mommy. How nice. And the lovely daughter, George Ann, that's you, George Ann. Oh, thank you, sir. To join their son, Richard, that's me. The engagement was recently announced of Richard Carlton. Oh, that's me again. Two Miss Adela Jennings, daughter of former Senator Albert Jennings of Georgia, USA. That's quite nice. Just one week later, another notice appears in the newspaper. This time, not quite so flattering. Carlton family proved to be imposters. The gentleman known as Colonel Anthony Carlton, Apaka Saheb, has been definitely exposed as a fraud. That's you, Si. Quite right, quite right. According to the police, he's never been in India but was formally enacted with his wife in a Toronto stock company. I wonder how they found that out. Engagement of Richard Carlton, that's me, has been definitely canceled. The police have asked the Carlton family to leave the Riviera on the earliest possible train. Listen to them, George Ann. Will you just listen to them? Who? Mommy and Saheb. Three million dollars tossed away and they sang. Yeah, we nearly had it right in our hands. Dick, did Anna Jennings really have three million? Oh, at least, my, how I love that girl. Did you say goodbye? No, no, no, no, saying goodbye to the three million was all I could stand. Well, I just wish we knew what we were going to do now. Oh, boy, I've never been so hungry in my life. Say, by the way, Sister Mind, didn't I see you with the new ring on last night? I thought perhaps when we got on the train we might be able to swap it for a couple of chops. Oh, well, that ring wasn't mine. I just followed it for the evening. Oh, that's too bad. So what's the matter with us anyway? Why can't we ever own anything? Well, nobody ever owns anything except nice, dull people. They always get on to us sooner or later. Oh, yes. Dick. What? Dick, did you ever know anybody who married for love? I mean, we're, well, we're somebody who didn't have any money married. Somebody who didn't have any money. What did you say they married for? Well, for love, you know. No, no, no. Do you think people like that are ever happy? Say, do you want anything in particular in mind? Oh, no. No, I was just thinking. What are you getting at? What's happening to you anyway? Why? What do you mean? What are you getting so soft about? Soft? Don't be silly. It's only that. Only what? What's the matter? Well, it's only that I didn't even say goodbye. Say, say, you're, you're not in love with that, that Scotsman. Are you? That, uh, Duncan McCrae that you've been hanging around with me? How could I be in love with him? He hasn't any money. Well, then I can't think what you have to cry about. Neither can I. All aboard. Say, wait a second. Was he the one who, who, who lent you the ring? Yes. And you gave it back to him? Yes. Of your own free will? Yes. Oh, George Ann, you're crazy. I... Please dry your eyes and put some powder in your nose. You can't let mommy and Saïd see you like this. Oh, I'm all right. Now, look, everything's gonna be fine. Tomorrow morning we'll be in Paris and we're, uh... Oh, hey, look. What? You see what I see on the floor just outside that compartment door? Is that a big, red, juicy apple or just another mirage? Oh, it's an apple. That's what I thought. Come on, come on. Oh! Oh, I'm sorry, madam. I was just gonna pick up this apple. Oh, thank you. Oh, yeah, uh, you mean it's your apple, madam? I believe it is. Oh, here you are, madam. Thank you. Oh, not at all, not at all. Are you, uh, are you honeymoon? Me? Oh, you mean, uh, no, no, no. This is my sister. Oh, how do you do, my dear? Won't you come in and sit down a while? You look tired, my dear. Well, you know... Yes, yes, yes, of course we will. Delighted. Yes. I think it's so interesting meeting people on trains, don't you? Oh, are they? You know, I was just sitting here wondering how I was going to spend the evening. I don't like to see night come, do you, dear? Well, I... I don't think I ever noticed. No, you're so young. But when you're old, night comes always too soon. But, uh... But, uh, you... You seem troubled, my dear. Is anything wrong? Anything? Oh, no. Well, uh, there is, in a way. You see, uh, George Ann's worried, uh, about mother. Oh. Yes, yes, uh, mother has to have an operation. Oh, dear. Oh, tell me, dear, tell me. Well, uh, she's so tired and the train's so crowded. Yes, yes, and there's no room for it to lie down, you see. We're second class. Oh, and here I am in this big compartment all alone. Why, you go and bring her in here. Oh, could we really? Why, of course. Oh, thank you. Thank you so much. It's, uh, it's all been rather difficult. Uh, I mean, with the side, too. Uh, that's my father. Uh, he can't help much. Uh, he was gassed, you know, in the war. Oh, bring him, too. Oh, that's awfully good of you. No, it's good of you to trust me. You know, it's so seldom we have the privilege of helping one another. Oh, now go. Go and bring them in here. Please. Please, dear. Careful, careful. Now, take this pillow. There, that's right. Gently, Richard. Now, sit right there. How kind you are. I don't know you. Do I? No, I'm a new friend. My name is Fortune, Miss Ellen Fortune. Miss Fortune? Yes. Silly name, isn't it? Everybody makes jokes about it. I do myself. Not at all, not at all. A fine historic name, not a subject for jesting. Allow me to introduce my wife, ma'am. How do you do? And my daughter? Oh, I know her. My son and, uh, your servant Colonel Anthony Carton. Later, the Bengal Lancers. Oh, the Bengal Lancers? How splendid. And yet the wretched government refuses him a pension and lets his family starve. If only he hadn't gone back to the war after that red-full wound. Yes, Mommy, yes. Yes? Oh, a gas too, of course. Don't be absurd, Richard. Did you think I'd forgotten? If I have a breath left in me to give my country, you used to say. He's never been right, Sid. Now, Mommy, you know it isn't good for you to talk so much. Don't overdo it. If you could only force yourself to eat something, Mommy, dear. Oh, no, no, no. It would choke me. I'm sure it would. Well, would it help if I ate something with you, Mommy? It might. I'd try anything to please you, dear boy. I think we should all make the effort. You will be our guest, of course, Miss Fortune. Oh, your guest, yes. Oh, no. No, now this is my compartment. You must all be my guests. Now, I insist. No, no, no, I insist. Will you have another brandy, Colonel? Don't mind if I do. Thank you. You know, I've so often imagined parties like this. When I might be celebrating with friends on some occasion, a birthday, perhaps, or... My little girl's going to have a birthday this year. Oh, let's pretend it's right now, tonight. Oh, all right. Well, it's just twenty-odd years ago today in dear old Ireland. If I'd thought twenty-odd years ago that my little girl would come out in a French railway carriage. Look, Si, we're pretending it's a birthday. If I'd pretended twenty-odd years ago that my little girl would be born in a French railway carriage. Can I help you with that, Brandy, darling? Just put it down here. No, no, no, no. If I'd pretended twenty-odd years ago that I would give birth to a little French railway carriage, he'd get out of shock myself. Miss Fortune, you must forgive the Sahib. He lives in a little world of all his own. What fun. You're all so young, so young in heart. Like John Dickie. John Dickie. John Dickie, ma'am. Yes, he was someone I used to know a long time ago. Don't you have some brandy with me, ma'am? Oh, what a shame. A big apartment, Miss Fortune. Oh, I was thinking of the hundreds of bottles in my home in England just gathering dust. Really, ma'am? Dust? Hundreds of bottles? Yes, but I'm not going to think of that lonely old house now. Do you know this is the only and the first real party I've ever had. You see, I've always had to live such a simple life. And now that I have enough money to do everything I want, I really don't know what I do want or where to start. And you're travelling alone, ma'am? Yes. It's been rather a sad journey till now. But you know, you've all made this one of the happiest days of my life. Delighted. Pleasure is all ours, my dear lady. I raise my glass for the first time in my life, gladly, to Miss Fortune. Miss Fortune, in the true sense of the word, is a thing rarely to be praised. But to our Miss Fortune. To THE Miss Fortune. Listen, listen, that's fine. You don't suppose anything's wrong. It sounds as if... Are you all right? Are we all right? Goodness! What happened? I've been to a train ahead. Say, where's Miss Fortune? She's lying over here. Is she dead? Well, she's unconscious, but I don't think she's badly hurt. I thought for a moment, poor old girl. Come on, let's get her out of here. Can you carry her, Dick? Yes, I think so. Here, take my coat and put it over her. Give me a hand here. Careful now, careful. Mommy, my dear, are you sure you're not hurt? I don't think so, Sahid. But then I don't know how you're supposed to feel after a train wreck. There's England, Mommy, a good crossing, I'd say. I thought it was very nice of Miss Fortune to pay our way, didn't you? Well, if the old girl doesn't cough up something after all we've done for her, I'll lose my faith in human nature. We've been very kind to her. We've eaten all our meat. You know, dear, I'm going to miss you all dreadfully. It isn't only that you save my life, but you've all been so wonderful to me. Oh, Miss Fortune, it'll be nice for you to get back to your lovely big home and see all your friends again. But I haven't any friends or relatives, George, and they're all gone. Oh, I'm sorry. But didn't I hear you mention a Mr. Dickie? Oh, yes, John Dickie. In America once, when I was very young, a long time ago, I was engaged to John Dickie. Oh, I was so young. I hadn't learned the meaning of faith. One day someone told me that John loved someone else. We quarreled. And I've regretted that quarrel ever since. Hoping that someday I might see or hear from him. Well, I did. It was to learn that he had gone back to England, made a fortune there, and died all alone, leaving everything to me. Oh, George Ann, we must have faith in those we love. We must have faith. Oh, go through life. Oh, I'm sorry you're so alone. George Ann? Yes, I... We'll be in port in a few minutes, my dear. You better finish whatever you have to do. Miss Fortune, oh, I wish there was something. I mean, I wish there was some way that we could see you sometimes in London. Oh, George Ann, if... Oh, no. Oh, no, no. You couldn't, that lonely old house. But, George Ann, if you could, all of you, come and stay with me and be my guest. Oh, just for a little while. Could you? Well, I... I don't know what the side would think. He hates so to impose on people. Yes, but it wouldn't be imposing. Well, I'll ask him. I'll try to persuade him. But I'd love to come. Oh, just to be with you. Oh, dear. Fortune, it's good to see you. Oh, Mr. Anstruther, how nice for you to be here and to welcome me home. Oh, not at all, Miss Fortune. It's a great pleasure to have you back safe and well. George Ann, this is Mr. Felix Anstruther. He was... He was John Dickie's lawyer and friend and mine too. Mr. Anstruther, these are my friends, but how come? How do you do? You know, these are the people who saved my life in the train wreck. Well, I'm sure I'm most grateful to them for that. Yes, yes, indeed. Miss Fortune seemed a little bit lonely here, and we all thought we might just stay here with us as long as she was kind of basket. Oh, really? Yes. You're going to stay here in this house? Yeah, just for a few days. Well, that's very considerate of you, I'm sure. I'm afraid now that I must leave for my train. Oh, where are you often? Paris first. Oh, Paris? Oh, I see. I was thinking I might need a lawyer myself pretty soon to manage my affairs, perhaps on your... I shall be happy, Mr. Carlin, to look into your affairs, just as soon as I return. Good day, Miss Fortune. I'm sorry that my business takes me away at this time. Goodbye. Goodbye. Goodbye. No, go away. Don't be stubborn, Dick. Wake up. Come in, Mommy. Come inside. Hey, what's the matter? Are we packing up again? No, no, no. I've been thinking, and I have everything worked out. Oh, did you work out what happened to the top of my pajamas then? Oh, shut up, Dick. I have an idea. Oh, why don't you sit down, Mary? Oh, I thought I was. Yeah, dear. Now listen, listen, all of you, we've been planning on staying here for a couple of weeks, but where do we go then? Well, I give up where. Now, what I mean is, we can stay here forever. All we have to do is to go on being what she thinks we are. Charming, you mean? No. Decent, honest, sober, and hardworking. And just what do you mean by that? I mean, Cybe, no funny business with the cards, no running up bills, no branding. No branding? And you, Dick, you'll have to look for a job and take the side with you. What a job, oh, Richard, you won't let her do this to me. You won't. No, it sounds too busy. And for what? No sooner do we do all this, and she'll up and die, and then we're out again. Oh, unless... Unless what? Unless she makes a well. Exactly. Yes. And there's not only the house, there's Mr. Dickie's entire fortune. Uh-huh. If we've ever had a chance at a permanent solution, this is it. How cute of you, George M. All right, I'm game. I'll be a grandson of the old girl if it kills us both. What do you say, Cybe? For the sake of all of you, I'm prepared to make any sacrifice. Fine, fine. Are you listening? You know how I've come and spoken to you like this every night? And how afraid I've been? Well, John, dear, you don't have to worry about me anymore. I'm not afraid any longer. I've found friends, John. I've found friends. Mr. DeMille will return in a moment in Act II, starring Don Amici, Ida Lupino, May Robson, and Helen Wood in The Young and Heart. But first, I'd like you to listen to a few of what we radio people call sound effects. All right, here's the first one. Why, that sounds like some girls yawning. What does that mean, Mr. Ruick? It means they're sleepy. They've had a busy day. Some of them have been secretaring in busy offices. Some of them have been taking care of their families all day. Some of them are screen stars. That's right. Some of them are girls who star in the movies. Well, now here's the next sound effect. Well, that's water running, and I know what both. Yes, you do, Sally. But maybe the ladies in our audience don't know that the water's running because all these lovely women are too clever to go to bed without taking their active lather facial. A bedtime beauty care with lux toilet soap that Hollywood stars and clever girls everywhere find really works. Come on, Sally, let's tell how to make take an active lather facial, a beauty care that Hollywood is so keen about. Well, I can't do any better than to quote lovely Olivia de Havilland. She tells her friends to take a lux soap active lather facial this way. First, work up a nice, rich lux toilet soap lather on your hands and pat it lightly into your skin. Cover your face completely. And then? Rinse it all off. First with warm water, then a dash of cool. And then? Dry your skin by patting it lightly. And then look in your mirror and see how fresh it looks. Yeah, Mr. Ruick, that's Olivia de Havilland's active lather facial. Simple, easy, and a grand tip for any woman. Yes, and if you take a lux toilet soap active lather facial every night before you go to bed, you know you've protected your skin because you know you've removed dust and dirt, stale cosmetics, thoroughly. You're going to have real beauty sleep. You all know how important that is. Later on this evening, I'm going to tell you why this bedtime care with active lather is so important. Now, we want to urge you to try it. You want your skin to stay beautiful, of course you do. Buy three cakes of lux toilet soap tomorrow. Then try these active lather facials for 30 days. See if they're not a wonderful help in keeping your skin as smooth and soft as you want it to be. Now, our producer, Mr. de Mille. Act two of the Young and Hot, starring Donna Michi as Richard Carlton, Ida Lupino as George Ann, May Robeson as Ellen Fortune and Helen Wood as Leslie. The enterprising Carltons have sensed a fortune in misfortune with free rum and bored thrown in while they wait for the old lady to make a will in their favor. Anxious to create the right impression, Colonel Carlton Poccazade has overcome his natural instincts and has actually found himself a job selling motorcars. And the threshold of the one-bat motorcar offices, the Colonel and Richard exchange fund farewell. Well, Richard, nine o'clock. Yes, Fritz Josep. I never really believed anyone would answer my advertisement. It wasn't fair, sir. Well, too late for remorse now, son. Chin up and all that. Yes, yes, sir, but it does seem shame. Well, I'll never forget the pleasant days we've spent together. We never did half the things we planned to do. I wish we could at least have got to the aquarium. Won't be the same without you, Saib. Nice of you to say so, my boy. Miss you, too. Well, I better go in now. Start work. What are you staring at, Richard? That sign, see? Boy wanted good prospect supply office 313. My boy, you aren't thinking of Richard. No, no, no. Just an idea, Saib, with you working out a thing, so to speak. No, no, no. I won't stand for it. It's my duty to make sacrifices for the family. Very well, sir. Well, better go. Not much good at farewells. I know, father. Your hand, son. Goodbye, my boy. Goodbye, father. Goodbye. Boy wanted good prospects. Buy office 313. Morning. Morning. This office 313, isn't it? Yes. Well, saw you sign downstairs and you're very pretty. Thank you. Go on. Mind if I sit down? I'm very tired, walking, you know. Are you sure you're quite comfortable? Yeah, quite comfortable. Do you mind? You planning to stay long? Well, I haven't, but now that I see you again... You've never seen me before. I've seen you all my life in my dreams. That's not a very good line. Now, what do you want? Why are you here? Well, I was walking along and suddenly an unseen spirit grabbed me by the arm and led me straight up here to you. It's kismet. Do you think that means we have to marry each other if you're not otherwise engaged, of course? I do not. And I can't make up my mind whether you're a lunatic or I'm merely very young. I'm neither. I'm just lonely. I see. Well, what can you do besides look rather too good-looking? Well, I'm a champion swimmer, play rattling game of tennis, spare golf, and I rumble like the Angel Gabriel. Did you happen to notice the name of this organization? No, no. To be frank with you, I never had a job before and I felt it might spoil my impulse. This is the British American Civil and Hydraulic Engineering Company. Oh, I see. You're the American, huh? Well, don't hydraulic engineers ever rumble? Really? And not well? Well, that seems to me I should be filling a crying need. You know, I really think I'll enjoy working here. I kind of like the atmosphere of the place. The atmosphere is strictly business. Yeah, which is what I like. Say, did anyone ever tell you you had the most beautiful... Yes, often. Oh. You don't know the first thing about engineering, do you? Oh, what's the to it? All comes down to one man saying to another, well, make up your mind. You want to buy a bridge or don't you want to buy a bridge? I've never met a man before who's never had a job. Well, I should think that'd intrigue you. Make you want to see what you could make of him. All right. We need someone to sort the mail. Two pounds a week. Come back in the morning. Eight o'clock. I am yours to command. By the way, I couldn't make that nine o'clock, could you? Eight o'clock. Good day. Oh, good day. Could you come out with me later for dinner? I kind of like to pay my obligations. But can you pay for the dinner? Huh? Well, now that you mention it, I'm afraid I can't. In that case, I'll wait until your first payday. Good day. I beg pardon, Miss Carlton. Oh, yes, Henry. There's a gentleman to see you, Miss Carlton. To see me? Well, who is he? He didn't give his name, Miss. But he says he knows you, from the ruby era. From... Oh, Henry, is he a... Is he a Scotsman? Aye, a Scotsman. Duncan, you may go, Henry. Very good, Miss. Well, Miss Carlton. Well, hello, Duncan. Where did you come from? Now, don't try to be offhand with me, Georgian. I'm very, very angry. I had to take a flying machine to catch you, and I cannot afford to have flying machines to chase your boat. Well, nobody asked you to chase me about? You're a daft and undependable female. Don't you dare address me that way, Duncan McCray. Stand still and listen to me. We're going to be married to each other. We're not going to be married to each other? I don't care if your father does cheat at cards. I forgive you. What? And your brother's a worthless fortune, Hunter. But I forgive you because you're only daft, and I can cure you. You can't cure me. I mean, I'm just as worthless as they are. You're not. You're a good girl, Georgian. And you promised to marry me that night on the Riviera. Yes, and you know why. Why? Well, because if Richard had married Adela Jennings there, we'd have had three million dollars, and we could all have lived on it. That's why. You're hysterical. I'm not hysterical. How did you know I was here? There was a notice in the paper when you left. There was also a notice when the train was wrecked. And then I saw your father's advertisement asking for a position. I laughed very heartily. Oh, well, you needn't have. He's working, and so is my brother. I don't believe it. And what were you doing in this house anyway? Well, Miss Fortune was grateful to us for helping her in the wreck, so she invited us to stay with her. She's very lonely. She must also be very rich. I think you better go, Duncan. I'm terribly busy. You're also terribly fidgety, Georgian. Fidgety? Silly idea. I know you're twosling your hair. I'm not twosling my hair. Oh, no, you're losing your temper, Georgian. I told you I'm very busy, Duncan, and I wish you'd please go. Once and for all, will you marry me? No, no, no. Now get out. Hi, I will. Once and for all. Good evening, my boy. Are all the little Wombat motorcars feeling tonight? Couldn't feel better than I do. I sold my fourth one this week. Commission's mounting rapidly, my boy, rapidly. Oh, really? Oh, by the way, Syb, where would you take a young lady to dinner? Well, Savoy, by all means. Sound is cuisine in London. All right, Savoy, it should be. Oh, but a couple of pounds wouldn't quite see me through, would it? Oh, yes. Well, perhaps you're being slightly optimistic. You couldn't loan me a five until next payday, could you? I'd be glad to, my boy, but I've almost found that borrowing is unsound, both from a financial and a model point of view. Why don't you take the young lady to the zoo? All right, Syb, all right, never mind. Wait, you hear, my boy, five pounds. Enjoy your evening. Take her to the Savoy and the zoo. Thanks, I... The penguin, flightless, aquatic bird, habitat, southern hemisphere. Oscar, I'd like to present Miss Leslie Saunders, my boss. How do you do, Oscar? No answer. Oh, you really must forgive Oscar. He's sensitive, lonely, and disillusioned soul. All penguins are. You seem to have a strong sympathy for Oscar. You don't happen to feel anything in common with him. Well, there might be few similarities. He's very well-dressed with his white shirt and black tail. Thank you. Very amusing, too. Oh, thank you. And I'm afraid utterly worthless. Oh, not your sort, huh? I rather doubt it. Uh-huh. Although I wonder if you've any ideas to what sort I really am. Oh, of course I have. Same, practical. That's right. Ambitious, hard-working. That's right. Utterly moral. Straight from the shoulder. Straight as a rivet. Well, that case, I should think you'd greatly admire me if I skipped all the approach work and just kissed you without any preliminaries. I should not only admire you. I should respect you. There's something to be said for your philosophy. Ha-ha. Good evening. I said good evening. Oh. Would you mind not... Oh, oh, Mr.... Duncan McCrae. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I should like to have a talk with you, Mr. Carrollton. Yeah, well, I'm sorry. We're looking for the animals. I should still like to have a talk with you, Mr. Carrollton. Now, look, be a nice fellow and go away, will you? No. Look, I can't talk to you now. I'm with a lady. I realize the difficulty. I'll just take her along with you till you take her home. Oh, I see. It was an evening. Ha-ha. Ha-ha-ha. Come on. Mind your feet on the steering wheel. I'll take the wheel. Love you, Scarlet. Love you, Scarlet. Dick, you'll wake everyone up in the house. I'm sorry, I'm sorry. This is all right. I brought my pal home with me. Yes, yes, I know. We're all palsy wealthies. I'll go in there and lie down before I knock you down. No, I have to unrest myself. I have to take off my shoesy woosies. I'll help you. You've helped him enough. That's right. That's right. Take off my shoesy woosies. That's right. Now, come on. Take him off. Yeah. Be happy. Be happy. First my shoesy woosies. And my socksy waxies. And my tiesy wiesies. Oh, I'm sleepy. I'm very sleepy. Duncan, Duncan, you did this. I give you my word of honor, George, and I had a slightest idea. You did it on purpose. I did not? How could I know that one bottle of champagne and a few small brandies could make any grown man drunk? Oh, why did you give him anything at all? Well, I tell you, I just happened to meet him and we celebrated. Celebrated? With him? You must be drunk, too. I'm not. And I can't be. None of us Macrae's is capable of being drunk. We've tried. And I admit, I was wrong about Richard. I misjudged him entirely and I apologized. He's an understanding and gifted young man. And where did you meet this understanding and gifted young man? We just bumped into each other. If you want to know the truth, I was feeling lonesome. You're a bad-mannered, bad-tempered, outrageous female. But I had discovered I cannot live without you. It's a shameful confession for a sane man to make. It's a silly one because you're going to live without me. Probably to a horrible old age. I am not. Richard says you're eating your heart out for me. What? Dick told you that? He did. Well, then, dear, is anything wrong? Oh, I'm dreadfully sorry, Miss Fortune. But poor Dick has been taken ill and this Mr. Macrae was kind enough to bring him home. How do you do, Mr. Macrae? How do you do? That's not the exact truth, Miss Fortune. Poor Richard is extremely drunk. And it is my fault. And now, if you've said everything you want to say, you might have the decency to go. Listen, Georgian, don't quarrel with me. I may have to go away. There's a chance I may leave for India. Well, is it only a chance or a hope? Oh, Georgian, my dear. If you have the slightest consideration for anyone, you'll go away and stay away. Aye, once and for all. Goodbye, Georgian. Oh, my dear, my dear. Young people never seem to realize that true love never comes twice. Does your head hurt very badly, Richard? My head. My head is on wrong. I know just how you feel. Oh, I've been intoxicated, too. You have. Now, keep the ice bag on your head. Yeah, all right. Oh, it was a long time ago. I was very young, but I've never forgotten it. It was my birthday party. Someone gave me a glass of punch, and all of a sudden, the trees began to go round and round. Yeah, yeah, I know. Wasn't there anyone there to put ice on your head? No. But there was a boy there. He was very kind to me. It was John Dickie. He let me hold on to his hand tight to keep me from being plunged into space. Well, that was darn decent of him. Yes, it was. And you know, he had such a funny little white dog with him. Oh, you know, it had a black spot, just like an enormous eyebrow over one eye. That sounds like a very nice little dog. It was. Does your head feel better now, dear? Yeah, yeah, much. Miss Fortune, don't think... please don't think badly of me. Why should I think badly of you? You're only being gay and happy and probably proud of your job. And most of all, you're young. Oh, so young. Richard, would you mind telling me something? Certainly not, Leslie. This is my lunch hour. Are we going to visit many more pet shops? All of them if necessary. I want a puppy with a black eyebrow. And why a black eyebrow? Well, because the puppy is for Miss Ellen and Miss Ellen likes puppies with black eyebrows. Are you sure this Miss Ellen of yours is quite right? Oh yes, yes, quite. She's a very nice, rich old lady. You and your family couldn't by any chance be sponging on her, could you? What made you think that? It just occurred to me. Oh, you wouldn't approve of that, I suppose? No, I wouldn't approve of that. No, I didn't think you would. Would you like to hear the rest of it? It's up to you. It's a tremendous secret, you know. Perhaps you shouldn't tell me then. No, I probably shouldn't. You won't like it. Well, they say confession is good for the... What is that? The soul. The soul, yes, yes. That's the soul. Well, I suppose it can't affect me much one way or the other, can it? You see, we're all trying to become heirs. I don't understand. Oh, it's very simple. You see, we're all quite charming and we've made the old girl lovers. So I took the selling womblets just to prove the were on the square and I took the opening letters for the same reason. It's a rather neat idea, don't you think? You're not... You're not fooling me, Richard. Oh no, no. I'm terribly serious. We thought we worked it out all very cleverly. I never doubted you were clever, Richard. Leslie, wait. Leslie! Poppy! Oh, Dick, where did this come from? Isn't she a dream, Georgia? Her name's Jane of Islebury. Her father's Jaffie, you know. Oh, she's lovely. Yeah. Look at that eye, bro. It's jet-black. Thank you. Dick. Dick, you get this horrible monster out of here before Miss Ellen comes home. But she's for Miss Ellen. I bought her for Miss Ellen and I'm paying for her out of my own salary. Think of that. Oh, Dick. Dick, that's wonderful of you. Are you sure she wants one? Sure. My salary's too small to waste if I weren't sure. Of course. I thought for a moment with you. You just got the puppy because... Well, good work, Dick. Congratulations. Oh, I didn't... I didn't mean... What? What didn't you mean? Well, I didn't... I didn't want you to think I was getting soft all of a sudden. No. Heaven forbid I should ever think that. Donna Michi, Ida Lupino, May Robeson and Helen Wood will return for the third act of The Young in Heart after this brief intermission. We pause now for station identification. This is the Columbia Broadcasting System. You're listening to Same Time, Same Station, the best of old-time radio. And I'm your host, Jerry Hendigas. We continue with the third act of The Young in Heart. Three more weeks have passed and the Carlton still pursue their policy of friendly fraud. Their charm has endeared them to the wealthy Ellen Fortune and future prospects are brighter than ever. But now, Mr. Anstifer, Ellen Fortune's attorney has returned from his trip on the continent, bringing with him the true facts concerning the calculating Carlton's. Miss Fortune, I assure you these things are true. Your Colonel Carlton was never at any time even a private in the British Army. He's nothing but a common adventurer, a card shopper. The whole family is infamous on the continent. Fortune hunters, frauds. They were last heard of on the Riviera where the son Richard nearly took in and were asked to leave by the police. How sad. Sad? That such fine people should be reduced to such an existence. How cruel life must have been to them. But you don't understand, Miss Fortune, they are not fine people. They're a little better than criminals. And they're in your house now living on you, sponging on you. Who knows what plans they may have against you? Now I understand so many little things that puzzles me. Little glances they exchanged. Little embarrassments they had. Times when they were hurt. And I didn't understand why. Oh, dear, I wish I'd known all this sooner. I could have spared them so much. But you must get rid of them, Miss Fortune. They'll take everything you have. Miss Chancellor, I'm an old woman. A very old woman. I've lived a lonely and useless life. But I've learned something in my loneliness. Perhaps because of it. I've learned not to judge people. I've learned to take people as I find them, not as other people find them. And most of all, I've learned to give complete and unquestioning faith to the people I love. I... I shall say no more, ma'am. Miss Ellen, it's time for your medicine now. Oh. Well, how do you do, Miss Chancellor? How do you do? Did you have a pleasant clip? Very pleasant. And very interesting. Good evening, Miss Carl. George Ann. What seems to be the matter, dear? Why, I... I didn't know Miss Chancellor. There was back from his trip. Oh, yes. We've had a long talk, Miss Chancellor, and I. Oh. Have you? I've realized for a long time how I have been imposing upon you and your family. Oh, no. I'm not at all. I've wondered what can they possibly gain from having so much to a lonely old lady. So I finally decided to do at least everything in my power that I can do. Miss Ellen, we don't want you to do anything. I know you don't. But I want you to know that I've asked Mr. Ansterfer to draw me up a new wheel so that when I die everything I have will go to you and your family. It isn't all that I would like to leave you, George Ann. I would like to leave you happiness. Oh, Ellen. Miss Ellen. Yes. I thought I told you an hour ago. I didn't need you any longer. No, it's all right. I just had a little reading to do. Take you home? I think not. Thank you. Sorry. Oh, uh, say, uh, wouldn't like to do the town, would you? With Miss Fortune, the Carlton family, Saturday night, white tire. I'll be kind of a nice party. Your idea, I suppose? No, no. See, this is a party with a plot. Miss Fortune seems to think that all of George Ann and Duncan Need is a chance to get together and make up. But it might be fun for you to go along and see how people get together and make up. Are you paying for the party? Me? No. No. Small white dog with a black eye and brows about all I can afford for several weeks. How is the dog? Oh, he's terrific. Several slippers have gone west and some of Miss Dickie's anti-grugs of age perceptibly, but I couldn't live without her. Did it make you or Miss Ellen happy? Oh, yes, immensely. She's mad about it, really. Then the puppy is what you might call a, a wise investment. Yes, as a matter of fact, I think she'll do the trick. Congratulations. I knew you'd be interested. Good night. Good night. Oh, and my curiosity, what are you reading? Oh, there's, uh, just, uh, just something to pick up here. Let me see. Pollux Manual of Elementary Engineering. Yeah, yeah, I said, uh, I'm trying to find out why grown men waste the time being engineers. When they can be heirs. Yes, yes, exactly. Uh, by the way, the boss said the suggestions you made for the new building were not half bad for an amateur. Well, he did? Not really. Of course, that doesn't mean anything to you. Uh, well, it's, uh, it's always nice to make an impression on the boss. Yes. You know, on second thought, I think I will go to the party with you Saturday if the invitation is still open. Still open. It's you or no one. I have an idea about you, but it still needs just a little more work. A drop of brandy, Miss Ellen. No, but don't let that stop you, Colonel. Thank you. Good for the old chest, you know. What about you, Molly? Well, you know I never touch a drop. George Ann. No, thank you. Miss Leslie. Some for me, thank you. Richard, no accent. No one. What do you say, Mr. Duncan McRae? Hi, I will. Good boy. Have it while you can. You may not find brandy like this in India, you know. Are you a rag going to India, Mr. McRae? I am. Once and for all. India. That's my old stamping ground. Must give you some letters of introduction, my boy. Oh, India, India. Richard and George Ann were born there, you know. There were? Yes, poor dears. They were born there. Such an awful place. I'd never been there myself. But they told me all about it. Mommy. That's very astonishing. Very. Oh, don't mind, Mommy. She has little lapses like that. Nothing dangerous. Perhaps we'd better dance. An excellent suggestion. Miss Fortune, may I have the honor? Oh, Colonel, why I haven't danced and I couldn't tell you how long. All the more reason, ma'am. My arm is fit me to say, ma'am, that you dance exquisitely. It is. It is a beautiful, a beautiful waltz, isn't it? With you, ma'am, it's a poem. Oh, look. Look. There's George Ann and Mr. McRae. They're waltzing too. They must have made up. Oh. Oh, I'm so glad. Made up? Made up? I didn't realize they quarreled about anything. Oh, there are a great many things you don't know about your family, Colonel. Or, or about yourself. I don't understand you, ma'am. No. Someday, perhaps you, perhaps you will, you know, I think. Miss Ellen, what is it? I say, oh, oh, oh, I think. Miss Ellen, Miss Ellen. Ma'am, ma'am, what's happening? Miss Ellen's fainted. Get the doctor. Get the doctor. Get the doctor. Why don't they tell us something? Anything? I spoke to the doctor about an hour ago. I didn't want to tell you. Dick, what did you say, Richard? Go on, son. She's barely conscious. She talked for a moment about us. And she sent for anstruthers. She sent for anstruthers? Oh, Sahed, I'm so ashamed. My dear, my dear. Dick. What? Dick, do you think she's going to die? I don't know. But do you care if she dies, Dick? Well, I'm rather, rather used to the old girl. I'm very fond of her. Oh. We're horrible people, aren't we? Hard as nails, all of us. Why don't you think people ever change? No. No, not us ever. We just aren't any good. No? I guess you're right. How is she, Mr. Anstruthers? Yes, how is she, sir? I'm Miss Fortune's lawyer, not a doctor. He will inform you at the proper time. Since I am her lawyer, however, there's a little matter that may perhaps interest you. Miss Fortune's one thought, despite her grave condition, has been to live long enough to set her signature to a new will. This she's done. I need not inform you as to the identity of the legatees. I might add, however, that if certain circumstances had been different, I should have advised Miss Fortune most strongly in favor of a more impersonal charity. As it is, it makes little difference. What are you trying to tell us? In the past few years, there's been a steady depreciation in the value of Miss Fortune's holdings. I didn't wish to worry Miss Fortune in her late years by telling her because I thought, well, perhaps things might be managed for her alone. But if Miss Fortune dies, taking debt and taxes into account, the estate will be practically penniless. I trust you'll find it possible to forgive her. Why should we forgive her, Mr. Ansbrother? That's a strange thing you're asking of us. And what is there to forgive? Wasn't she good to us? As for the money, we don't want it. Oh, Mommy. Absolutely not. We're perfectly able to stand on our own feet. Saib. Saib's right. He's working and so am I. My income isn't much yet, but I'm only up to Chapter 12. Richard, what are you talking about? Wait till I finish that book. I'll show you. Indeed. Then perhaps I might add that if Miss Fortune lives, I doubt that I shall be able even to save this house for her. If Miss Fortune lives, Mr. Ansbrother, you can rest assured there'll be a home for her always with us. She won't need this house. We'll take care of her. Well, if I've misjudged you, I beg your pardon. Good night. Oh, Mommy, you do love her, darling. We don't want the money. We don't want it. None of us. There, there, darling. And we really want to be what she thinks we are. Oh, Mommy. Mommy, she mustn't die. She mustn't. We've got to show her. We've got to take care of her. Oh, Mommy, she's saved us. Don't you see she's saved us all. Darling, darling. Oh, Mommy. Well, well, Doctor. You may come in now. Miss Fortune wants to see you. She seems to be very much stronger. Come in. Come in. Miss Allen, there's something we want to tell you, all of us. Oh. You mustn't disturb the patient. Doctor's orders, you know. It's about us. There's nothing you can tell me about yourselves. I know you all so well. I told the doctor. He thought I was going to die. And I said, Doctor, I don't want to die now, not yet. I don't want to leave my friends. I can't leave my friends. What do you think of the sign? Rosebank Manor Colonel Anthony Carlton. Side. Yes, your Jan? Didn't you make a slight mistake, darling? Mistake? Oh, yes, so I did. Here, hand me that paintbrush, Duncan. Aye, sir. Yes, this won't take a moment. Here we go. Now there. See? See? Rosebank Manor, Mr. Anthony Carlton. That's better. Much better. Oh, it's a lovely house, Sahib. I've seen such a beautiful setting since the old days in India. Oh, where, Mommy? Canada. You know, Mrs. McCree, I wonder if we ought to go to India after all. Duncan, darling, will you please stop talking about India once and for all. That wing there, that's for Miss Elton. And here, these are my quarters, Leslie. Oh, very nice. Isn't it rather large for a single man? Yes, yes. Twin beds, too. What do you want with twin beds? Well, I'm a very restless sleeper. I couldn't sleep in only one bed. It's a carryover from the old days. We used to have to move out of places in the middle of the night. I see. Well, say, here's something of my interest, Leslie. My old scrapbook. See? Good publicity, huh? Look at this item here. Carlton family arrives at Riviera. Yes, I heard about it. Oh, they're great days, though. Carlton family proved to be imposters. The police have asked them to leave the Riviera on the earth. But you don't. Yes, just one more. Richard Carlton announces engagement. Mr. Richard Carlton announced today that he will propose marriage to Miss Leslie Saunders at the earliest possible moment. He's very much in doubt as to his worthiness, but he hopes by hard work and honest endeavor to prove himself suitable. He loves her very much. Richard. He's waiting now for her answer. Oh, Richard. Darling. It seems to be. Yes. Looking very pleased about the change she made in the Carlton family, may Robeson returns for a curtain call with Donna Michi and Ida Lupino. Curtain call. Oh, how those children do grow up. You know, I knew that boy when he wore three-cornered pants. Why, Miss Robeson, I didn't realize that you'd known him that long. Well, it's all news to me, too, but naturally I'm very proud of him. Why should you be proud? Well, of knowing you that long, Miss Robeson, what can I call your muzzy mail out? Anything you like, my dear, but I wasn't alluding to you. I was talking about that other youngster, Cessabee DeMille. Now, now, may you're not going to tell him about the time you... About the time I spanked you? Well, why not? You richly deserved it. Don, I think this revelation may have a bad effect on luxe-radio theater discipline. But a thrill that must be spanking a producer. Yes. And that's not the only time I'd like to have spanked him, too. No. But he was a cutesy youngster. Little gold curls all over each other. But honestly, you know, Cessabee, it's been a real joy and pleasure to be on the luxe-radio theater, especially with such a wonderful cast and those grand stars, Don Amici and Hydro Lupino. By the way, who are you going to have next week? Well, May, we're... We're planning to have... Well, I tell you, before I tell you who we're planning to have, I want to tell Don that it's only a few years that May has stopped greeting me with my how-you-grown. Well, C.B., I know just exactly how you feel. But look, who is going to be on next week, C.B.? Well, next week... Well, do you really want me to tell you? Well, before you tell us about next week's play, Mr. Rameel, I'd like to say something about the product behind this theater. I've used luck soap for years, and it's certainly a grand help in keeping my complexion soft and smooth. I often tell people about what a fine beauty aid luck soap really is. Your beauty speaks for itself, either. Next Monday night, we present two very distinguished players, Charles Lawton and Elsa Langtaser. Our play will be the sidewalks of New York, adapted to sidewalks of London, pardon me. My apologies to London and Charlie. It's adapted from the much-talked-about-motion picture soon to be released by Paramount. It's a romantic story of two street entertainers who make a precarious living by singing and dancing on the sidewalks of London. This picture's already proved one of the hits of the year in England, and it gives Charles Lawton a new type of part. And I'm sure the sidewalks of London with Charles Lawton and Elsa Lancaster and Alan Marshall will make a hit with you next Monday night. Well, when you've got Charles Lawton and Elsa Lancaster and Alan Marshall as your stars, I'll be right in front of the radio list. Good night, everybody. Good night. Good night. You've made us all young and hard tonight. Our sponsors, the makers of luck-toilet soap, joined me in inviting you to be with us again next Monday night when the Lux Radio Theatre presents Charles Lawton and Elsa Lancaster in the sidewalks of London with Alan Marshall. This is Cecil B. DeMille saying good night to you from Hollywood. Urgent tonight's play will be Eric Snowden as Colonel Carlton, Frederick Shields as Duncan, Leela Tyler as Mrs. Carlton, Thomas Mills as Butler, and Phillip Steed as Doctor. Don Amici is now appearing in the 20th century Fox Pictures' swan-y rhythm. Ida Lupino's current picture is Paramount's The Life That Failed, starring Ronald Corbyn. Mae Robeson has just finished the RKO picture I read. The Young and Heart was adapted from the novel by I.A.R. Wiley, The Gay Bandit. Our music was directed by Louis Silvers and your announcer has been Melville Roy. This is the Columbia Broadcasting System.