 Greetings from Hollywood ladies and gentlemen, first there was prairie and roving bands of the plains Indians, then there were white men and the plain was broken by, and then one day a trickle of oil came from the earth and strange wooden towers rose across the land. The black gold gushed from the ground and from all over America men raced to get their share. So it was in every place where they found the black gold and so it was in Oklahoma in the days when men made fortunes overnight and fought at the drop of a hat. Republic pictures made a roaring screen drama on the subject and we've chosen it as tonight's play. It's called in old Oklahoma and the picture was based on the Thompson British story, War of the Wildcats. You hear Martha Scott and Albert Decker from the picture cast plus the young man who makes his first appearance in the Lux Radio Theatre tonight. Roy Rogers, the king of the cowboy. Roy sings a mighty sweet song in his pictures and his pictures play a mighty sweet tune at the box office. They tell me this kind of play is very popular with the boys on the fighting front. We've also discovered by way of the V-Mail route that Lux toilets off is popular there too. Perhaps like me you often wondered what baggage a paratrooper carries when he jumps behind enemy lines. That's about the biggest adventure any man can embark on, but I have a V-Mail note signed by three of the lads who wear the paratroop wings and they say that the night they jumped in Sicily they all had a cake of luck in their toilet kit. That's certainly a spectacular way for Lux toilets off to arrive on the island of Sicily and it's quite possible they're hearing tonight's play over there. So we raise the curtain on the first act of in old Oklahoma starring Roy Rogers as Dan Summers, Martha Scott as Kathy and Albert Decker as Jim Gardner. It's 1906 and a train jammed with workers bound for Oklahoma's fabulous new oil field comes to a reluctant stop at the tiny town of Claiborne. A solitary passenger awaited the station surrounded by a half a dozen red-faced women and a single woe-be-gorn young man. Now Kathy you don't have to leave Claiborne. Please don't go. Let go of my handball. I'm good Mr. Train. But you can live all this down. I don't want to live it John. I just want to live. You promised me you would never fit in this horrible woman again. Kathy tell him you'll never write another book. Tell him you're sorry and they'll forgive you. But I'm not sorry. I'm glad. But Kathy if you leave Claiborne we can't get married. Married? I forbid it. No woman who writes such novels will ever call me mother. You shameless creature. Here's about the word Mrs. Aimee. But don't worry. I'm leaving Claiborne for good. We're running you out of time. I'm leaving with my own free will. I live as I choose and I'll write as I choose. For the first time in my life I've... This is my private car little lady. Paintings and books and it's so beautiful. I should say you are. Well excuse me I'll get right out. And where will you go? Another car of course. But there isn't a seat on the train or any other lady. Somewhere there's sure to be a gentleman. Frankly I doubt it. You see this is an oil train. We're going to my oil field it's a pulpah. That kind of work needs tough men and that's just what those cars up ahead are filled with. Oh. So why don't you sit down here and be comfortable? You must be Mr. James E. Gardner. That's right. And while I don't know your name I know you're an author. And that you're going to be free. Oh. You heard. Pretty hard not to hear. You sure told them off little lady. Is that your book you're carrying? Yes. Hmm. A Woman Dare by Catherine Allen. Catherine Allen. Now let's see. Catherine? No. Katie? Now you don't look like a Katie. Let's see now. Chittin. Yes that's it. Chittin. Chittin? A baby wildcat. Fit you perfectly. And now that you've agreed to share my private car. I'll start collecting the payment. One little kiss. Hmm. Oh. Now why on earth did you slap me? Well why does a woman usually slap a man? You are a wildcat. But not nearly as wild as you apparently think Mr. James E. Gardner. Oh I'm not a Jezebel. I'm not even a good imitation of one. I'm a school teacher. A school teacher. And if you don't stop laughing I'll slap your face again. Oh I'm sorry. Where are you bound for Chittin? Kansas City. So I can experience some of the things I've been writing about. So people can't say school teacher the way you just did. Look I'm sorry. Oh come on. Give me a chance to square myself. You know Chittin. You can't learn about life in Kansas City. You should come to my town. It's a pulper. I'll show you more in five minutes than you can see in Kansas City in ten years. I simply don't know what to make of you. Well I just. Oh excuse me I guess I should have not. What is it cowboy you'll hold up. Yeah for a seat Mr. This is a private car. I know but I'm awful tired. Cherokee if you're calling your engine bodyguard he's up head playing poker. You see Mr. My horse died under me about ten miles out of Claiborne. I figured but now I've carried this saddle about long enough. And look Mr. Gardner he's an ex-soldier. Oh you know that's a fan. Well it's your duty as a citizen Mr. Gardner to let him sit down. Yes you're right kitten sit down where you're going. You know that's a very question I was arguing out with my horse just before he died. Were you bound for miss Kansas City. I always wanted to go to Kansas City. Yes maybe that's where I am going. Oh is that a box lunch over there. That's right. Is anybody mind. No go right ahead. Well you folk just pick up where you left off and I'll get off over here in the corner and spend time with it cold. Well kitten. Shall we take his advice. If you really want to live you mustn't be afraid to take a chance. Just remember to leap first and look afterward. That's what happened to my horse who broke his neck. As you were saying Mr. Gardner. Yes well take my town for example the pulpit. It was just a dust covered prairie with a handful of farmers. But all the while right under their feet there was a fortune. Oh boy. Say you're going to have to excuse me folks. Is this your book. A woman there. What's so funny about that book. Listen to this. They kissed in the sun and the moon and the stars reeled around him. She'll his thing ever heard of. An author is entitled to poetic license. Ain't nobody entitled to run that whole while. Let's see now. And so Julia realized she now stood at the crossroads. Julie. Yes ma'am. Which way shall she turn. One road leads to dawn and dull security and the other to Roger Hale. An exciting adventure. Oh he's ruining it. Read it to yourself if you don't mind. Yeah I'm sorry. Yes I've known plenty of women kitten but I've never wanted to ask them. Any of them what I've asked you get off at the pulpit with me. If my hunch is right you'll never be sorry. The garden you've known me for exactly two hours and ten minutes. And if my hunch is wrong there's always another train to Kansas City. But I couldn't. Why not. Aren't you Catherine Allen the novelist. Yes but well if someone were with me. But no I couldn't think of it. Well I just can't stand anymore this year for. I'll bet whoever wrote it is a dried up old maid who would run a mile if a man ever even looked at it. So that's your opinion is it. It sure is. You know I once had the idea the girl in that book was warm and beautiful and courageous. But yes I guess you're right cowboy. Well here's where I get off. Looks like we're at the crossroads. How did it go in the novel. One road led to John adult security in the other. You see. Thank you Mr. Gardner but I'm still going to Kansas City. How long does the train stop here. About ten minutes. Well then I'll have time to send a telegram to Matt Clara. And if you'll excuse me I have to see the conductor about switching off my private car. I'll see you in the station. I'll see you in the station Mr. Gardner. Oh Joe Joe. Come here a minute. Well Mr. Gardner. Got to hear on time like I promised fine trip Joe. A little present for you a hundred dollars. Well thanks. I'd like to ask you something Joe. Your usual stop here ten minutes isn't it. That's right. I consider it a personal favor Joe. If you took this train out of here and say two minutes. Think you can do that. It could do most anything for a hundred dollars Mr. Gardner. She'll be down the road in two minutes flat. Thanks Joe. It looks like it ma'am so was I ma'am. Here's to me. We've been missing for him. What's the next train to Kansas City. Three days if schedules mean anything. Oh Christmas. Howdy. We've missed our train. Yes ma'am. Well what are you grinning at. It's none of my business but I believe you're happy about it. Why don't you I be happy. Him. Why you. He would write you know a lot more excitement here than in Kansas City. Yep. I believe we're going to like it here. You know I believe I am happy. Well I actually believe I am. Sure you are you lucky you left your luggage in Gardner's car. Come on we'll pick it up. Oh please don't bother about me Mr. Summers Dan Summers. Summers I can look out for myself beautifully. You know my granny always says that next to eating peas with a sharp knife eat nothing to risk you the pretty girl looking out for herself. Your granny and I don't agree. Oh there he is now. Oh Mr. Gardner. Why kitten what happened. Oh the most terrible thing the train would often just left us here. Us here. I think that's wonderful. I was hoping that would happen. Well I do. Yeah well what do we do. Don't worry about it kitten and don't you either cowboy. Cherokee. Yeah boss. Frank that automobile and let's go. Runs like a deer. Come on. Goodbye Mr. Summers. Bye. Thanks Mr. Gardner. I'll be seeing you around. Most people do. Goodbye. When he sent you to the hotel Mr. Gardner. Sure I live there. And until that train comes in for Kansas City kitten. You're going to school. I don't go to school. I keep school. This isn't Claiborne. Here you go to school. And the teacher's name is James E. Gardner. Well honey how do you like the room. Lovely Mr. Baxter. Thank you. Say what brought you here anyway. I was bored I guess. Just off the farm. Cool teacher. Come again. Cool teacher. That's what I thought you said. Now right there down the hall is Jim Gardner's room. Like to see it. What. Honey I don't get it. Well neither did Mr. Gardner until I slapped his face. You slapped him Gardner's face. I most certainly did. Oh honey that's the best news in years. I got to hear this from the beginning. Well there's nothing to tell I met him on the train and then when I missed my other train I just came here. You told him all about yourself. Everything I'm afraid. And he still goes for you. Well if you mean did he bring me here yes. Well I'll be done. Confidentially I'm glad I missed the train but I wouldn't want him to think I'm the sort of a girl who better tells me glad and not have a chaperone. Have a what. A chaperone someone like my aunt Paura in Kansas City. They listen honey a game like this requires a service as a professional. Meet a new member of your family Aunt Sethi. To your one. You're crazy about the big guy ain't you. No I wrote about him even before I met him. He's exactly like that wonderful Roger Hale in my book. You wrote a book. My certain. Good glory. In my book Roger leads Julie into a new world filled with exciting adventure. And they got married and have happily ever after. Right of course. Well you got the right idea honey. But when you're shooting for orange blossoms and Jim Gardner you're playing for the highest stakes there is. Well that's what he told me to do. Oh where'd you go. Down the cellar in the bathtub room. Him and a young fella like you to meet him. Dan Summers. Oh I don't miss your summers too. Oh you do. Julie. Well honey you're either the smartest or the dumbest school teacher I ever met up with. Little Joe the Wrangler. He'll never wrangle more. His days the remuda they are done. For the year ago last April. Hey you behind the petition. Is that you cowboy. That's right Mr. Gardner. That sure feels good huh. Yeah you sing pretty nice too. Thanks ain't finished there yet. Next morning just sit and up. We found where rocket fell. Down in a washout 20 feet below. Beneath his horse nice to a pope. His fur had rung the nail for our little Texas three four Angler Joe. Kind of sad ain't it. I rather liked it. Thanks the stairs always liked it too. Cherokee. Yeah boss. Come here scrub my back. Say cowboy. Yeah. I'm going to give you two hundred dollars. To scrub your back. No leave town. That's a lot of money. Yeah but then I like you. I like you so much that I'm paying you to get out instead of having you thrown out. You are huh. Yeah is it a deal. You see I don't like competition in oil wells all ladies. I don't think you have any competition. I'll think about your offer though. Just make sure your mind's made up by the time you're dreaded. Hey what do you mean put them on close. Hey they come off close. What's the idea cowboy stealing my clothes. Well you figured on giving me two hundred dollars and I figure that's too much. So I am settling for your clothes. Are you going to take them off or does Cherokee take over. I sure like these clothes Mr Gardner. Go to work Cherokee. No boss. Don't make trouble cowboy. Don't want bullet hole in both clothes. Put down that gun engine. No put down gun. You put down clothes. OK. I guess you went. You want his gun Mr Gardner. No. You want a job. Yeah. You've got one. I overestimated Cherokee. He's fired. You're my new bodyguard. Oh these clothes go with it. OK. I'm hired. So long as I don't have to wash your back. The first thing for you to do is find Miss Allen. Tell her I'll meet her tonight at eight o'clock. Right. Eight o'clock. We'll be waiting for her won't we. Just a few minutes Mr. DeMille presents Martha Scott Roy Rogers and Albert Decker in act two of in old Oklahoma. And now it's teenage business. Why Allen you look lovely. What have you been doing to your skin. Thank you Mary. It does seem to work doesn't it. What seems to work. Don't be tantalizing. Why those beauty facials have been taken like mad of course. You said it. Of course I did. I said your skin looks divine. What I want to know is silly what beauty facials. Oh of course. I forgot you weren't taking them. But you really should you know. Of course I should. Now please tell me what beauty facials. Do they cost much. How long do they take. How long before my skin will look as lovely as yours. Rita Hayworth takes them already young takes them that he grave will take them Veronica Lake Ross and Russell Dorothy the more practically every star in Hollywood nine out of ten of them because they get results really make skin lovelier in a short time. 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Mr. Gardner this is your some place nothing better this side of Chicago I ought to know I own it you can run along now some of all but I got a look after your Anderson boss were you invited well if I'm going to be your bodyguard I figured well I've got to guard your body go on get out you mean you want me to go definitely okay I can take a hint again maybe he should say now what on earth what she means to the man like you Mr. Gardner who's made so much money so quickly is trying to have a few enemies a few I've got done. Okay I'm getting right. Just about take my breath away. Like the dance before the champagne. That's just what I'm going to make these three days for your honey one long and beautiful Christmas. I hear Belgium already shimmed without the champagne. I can take a my my make a lullaby to go to the Philippines back now though smell oil all the way down there. Did you oil oil don't interest me though. Hey, what are you looking at? Oh, Gardner's got a new guy. Yep. Well, what's up Dalton? I've been hearing rumors that you're getting kind of soft hearted. Yeah, who started that? Don't know as a real charitable act you can do for me. Well, you know me Daniel. Well, I sure wish I was sitting at Jim Gardner's table right now. Yeah. You see, I'm Jim's new body garden. I figure someone was to attack him. Well, and I should save his life. Well, I figured it. Leave it to me and the boys and just leave it to me. The way that just bought the champagne didn't we'll finish the dance later. They're not going to look like much when you're next to them, honey. It's another. You've been asking for this. Now you're going to get it. What are you talking about, Dalton? You're a double crotch and lying a cheap crook. He's not cheap and drop that gun, Dalton. I'll sure hate to drill you in the back. You keep out of this cowboy. I said drop that gun. That's better. Gardner may be a fast thinking foreclosure, but nobody's going to kill him when I'm around. Well, I guess you win, cowboy. Desperate. Blacky. Get this man out of here. Come along, Jordan. We got law and order here. We need you Yes, I guess you got me, boy. I don't know what. Come over. Hey, folks, start the music. Let's get back to your table and have a. I don't understand it. I always play ball with Dalton. Well, I tried to warn you, Mr. Gardner, but you're too person. I tell you, this ain't no easy job. I walked into. Let's sit down, huh? Yeah. This is my chair. Get over there. Well, I couldn't do that. You might get attacked again. My granny always says it's time to light the shoot across the league. All right, Thomas. As long as you're here, we may as well talk business, but only for a minute, kitten. Thomas, tomorrow afternoon we're driving out to the Indian reservation. Well, good. I've got some friends out there I'd like to see again. The richest oil lands in Oklahoma are owned by those Indians and I want to buy them. They'll be glad to tell them, Kim. Surely they're not worth anything to the Indian. Brush up on your sign language, kitten. Maybe you can convince them of that. Have you seen the government man yet? The Indian agent? I mean Mason? Yeah. He's your square shooter, Mr. Gardner. What are you trying to say that I'm not? I've spoken to Mason and I've spoken with my lawyers. We're not going to have any trouble, Simmons. Well, still, I think we ought to keep Ms. Allen at home. Oh, I don't mean there'd be any danger. Well, it's just that Indians don't fancy ladies hanging around when they're talking business. Well, I guess you can sit in the automobile, kitten, while we do the collaboration. Of course, it will make Mr. Somers happen. Too bad, though. You know, I figured our power might be pretty interesting to a writer. Who's a writer? Ms. Allen. I think you were reading her book on the train. You mean a woman there? Uh-huh. That's right, Mr. Somers. Remember? A dried-up old maid who'd run a mile of a... Oh, better find a doctor, Somers. Doctor? Yeah. Looks to me like you've just been clawed by a baby wildcat. Big tree, Daniel Somers? Where have you been? In the arm of Big Tree, but I think I'll be staying around here for a while now. Oh, that's good, Dad. This is your home. Not good, really, home. And this is Jim Gartner, Big Tree. Big White Chief, Mr. Popper. He asks for power. That's right, Big Tree. I want to be your friend. Be your friend, then. Sure, him like big wind. He speaks grass, trees, rabbits. Everything goes. Big man, powerful. White Chief. Speak. Well, Big Tree, your tribe owns much land. This land has only trees and rocks. Hunting here, no good anymore. Rain will not grow. Buffalo gone now. Your sons will be poor and hungry. I want to buy the land from you. If land, no good, why you won't buy? Because I want to get what is under the land. Oil. Make big pile of money. And my people what they get. Money, too. From every dollar I make, I'll give your people twelve and a half cents. It's like this, Big Tree. I know. If we sell you land, my people get every day a thousand dollars. That's it. From land, it's worthless to you now. That's what you say. Well, I'll just soon keep quiet, Big Tree. Go ahead and tell him, then. Well, Big Tree, I think you'd be suckers. Suckers? Suckers, what a squirrel is when he lets a woodpecker steal the nuts he stowed up for the winter. Oh, my friend has spoken, Mason. Yes? Follow over. I know signed paper with White Chief. That's great work, cowboy. What the devil do you expect to get out of this? Not a raise and pay. All right, signed paper with down somewhere. Yeah, then? No, Big Tree. I ain't in the oil business. You bet you're not. This doesn't settle a thing. I'm going to get the oil that's on this land. That's enough, Jim. Yes, we'd better be going. I'm going. I'm going straight to Washington. Hey, wait for me. I'm driving to the pulper in my automobile, about twenty miles. And if you want to get back, try crawling on your belly. I'm terribly sorry you lost the Indian land, Jim. But I haven't lost a kitten. I'll go direct to Washington. I get what I want. Day after tomorrow, I'll be on that train, too, won't I? That's right. Well, I hope my ticket's correct. Do you think it is? Well, let's stop here a minute and I'll take a look at it. Here. Be awful if I were left behind again, wouldn't it? Sure would, kitten. But, Jim, you're carrying up my ticket. Oh, you didn't really think I'd let you get away from me, did you? I wasn't sure. I'm crazy about you. You know it. Jim? Last time I did that, you slapped me. Sorry about the ticket. If you hadn't torn it up, I would have. On my train, you don't need tickets. I'm the conductor, the engineer. And I'll take you to all the places you've ever dreamed of. I don't care whether we go to the moon or stay right here. As long as we're always together, Jim. Always, kitten. That's a pretty long time. Forever, darling. You know, I've got an idea. You're going to interest me for quite a while. But wherever that place is along the line, you get tired of the scenery. Just jump off. Oh, is that the way we travel? The only way I ever travel. But I promise you, you won't be the loser. I'm sure I won't be the loser, Jim. Because I'm getting off right here. What are you talking about? I'm sorry, Jim. I guess we sort of misunderstood each other. Oh, now wait a minute. Goodbye. But you can't walk back to town. I wouldn't bet any money on that if I were you. All right, then walk. It'll do you good. When you reach the pulver, you'll know where to find me. Boy, this horse and buggy from an Indian. Come on, get in. No, thank you. Well, do you mind if I drive alongside here? The free road, isn't it? Yep, my lonesome, too. Oh, well. I've learned a lot about women from a certain girl I know. She's held my hand and knows my brand. Still, I don't seem to have a show. Now, I've been on the level and know the golden rule. But she keeps on acting like an army mule. I've learned a lot about women if women are all like you. Keep on walking if women are all. Boots, pick them up and lay them down. Boots, boots, marching into town. Hold your pretty chin up and keep on hiking, sister. Cause your little tootsies are heading for a blister. I've learned a lot about women if women are all like you. I'll take the army if women are all like you. I sure can sing awful pretty, huh? Listening. Well, what are you doing a long way out here? It's going to be kind of dark in a few minutes. What does it look like I'm doing? Running around out here at night isn't exactly safe. I've told you before, I can take care of myself. Well, you better keep an eye out for rattlesnakes, though, and wolves and skunks and... Oh, well, come on, horse. Get up. Thanks, old coyote. The Indians offered you the army. Yep. Well, what are you going to do about it? Nothing. That's what I thought. Why? Well, with those Indian lands you could really do something worthwhile. If the government says so. No, I never gave it much thought one way or the other. Do you want to be a cowboy all your life? Wear other men's clothes? Bigger than anyone around here? Look, little lady, would you be satisfied if I just went back and punched Jim Gardner right in the nose? Oh. Reservation? I don't know. What are you talking about anyway? Son, let me shake the hand that shook the pulper. We heard all about it. And we want you to take the oil lease from the Indians. The whole town's backing you against Jim Gardner. Well, I said I didn't want it and that still goes. Well, you're the only one the Indians released to. But don't you see, after what I told Big Drift, if I went and took the lease now it'd be kind of like double crossing a garden. Gardner does everything legal, Daniel. That's true. But he's taught us that a man can cheat and lie and still be legal. And we're getting sick and tired of him making money off of our oil land. I know, but drilling oil wealth takes money and lots of it. And that's what we're trying to tell you, Dan. We raise the money. That's little fellow, Daniel. It'll be us and the Indians instead of Gardner. What do you say? Don't let us down some. Yeah, we've got some, right? No, I just ain't the man for the deal. Of course you are. I know this is none of my business, but you're just the man. Jim Gardner says you'll get the Indian land and he's going to Washington to do it. Well, if he can, you can. Hey, here he comes. Those lands will give us all a chance. Well, we can lick that Jim Gardner to a fazzle. Hey, how old you folks feel? And I'd like to please you, but still I got to sleep on this proposition for a while. Oh, that's good enough for me inside of it. Ain't you taking kind of a roundabout trip for them orange blossoms, honey? Too mad. Come on, we'll dance. I'm not made of glass, you know. Huh? This better? Much. And you, my feet ain't half as light as my head. You're a fine dancer. Yes, some of us just seem to understand all about dancing. Oh, hello, Mr. Gardner. But this is the one you're to say out of things you don't understand. Here, here, we guess it, son. Guide me. Give the jet a seagaw. He sure put you to sleep, then. Well, I guess I've slept on that proposition long enough. How do I get to Washington? We pause now for station identification. This is CBS, the Columbia Broadcasting System. After a brief intermission, Mr. DeMille returns with Roy Rogers, Martha Scott, and Albert Decker for act three of In Old Oklahoma. And now, there's a little conference going on between two young war workers of Sharon apartment. It's my turn to do the marketing this week, Maryam. Just check the list, though, will you? Let's see. Oranges, reds, coffee, eggs, soap. Oh, Janey dear, do me a special favor. Won't you, in guessing, luck? Oh, sure, but isn't that soap in the bathroom all right? It's all right, but it isn't stupid the way luck is. I want a soap for my bath that really lathers. We know what Maryam means. Sometimes it seems like hard work to cook lather out of soap. It seems a little bit like this, in fact. But now, unwrap a smooth white cake of luck's toilet soap. In a jiffy, as soon as you touch it to water, you get a quick creamy lather like this. That wonderful creamy luck lather is one reason why so many Hollywood stars use their complexion soap as a bath soap, too. Lovely women everywhere say a luck soap beauty bath whisks away every trace of the day's dust and dirt, leaves skin fresh, really sweet. It's nice to know that active lather makes you really sure of dainty lather. And I love the delicate fragrance luck soap leaves on my skin. A bath soap that's luxurious, but frifty, too. Luck's toilet soap is hard mill. That means you can use it down to the thinnest sliver. It's patriotic not to waste soap now, you know. So here's another thrift tip. Always put your luck's toilet soap in a soap dish that's dry. Now, Mr. DeMille returns to the microphone. We'll have a chat with a cowboy and a lady after the play. But now we raise the curtain on the fair act of in old Oklahoma, starring Roy Rogers, Martha Scott, and Albert Decker. Several weeks have gone by since Cassie's tree and Jim Gardner's fist swept Dan Summers into the oil business. Back from Washington, most men impatiently await the government's decisions. It arrives in Sopopa in the form of two identical telegrams, one to Dan and one to Albert Stanton, Jim Gardner's lawyer. That turns you down, Jim. That turns you down. Read me the last part of that telegram again. This grant to Daniel Summers shall be null and void unless a minimum of 10,000 gallons of oil are delivered to the refinery at South Oklahoma by next August 31st. If these conditions are not met, the leasing rights will be awarded to James E. Gardner. Now there it is, Jim. Yeah. It's perfectly obvious why we lost out. Summers agreeing to give the Indians 50% of the profit. Oh, calm down, Fenton. That's his privilege. Besides, the telegram gives them only four months. That's what he asked for in Washington, four months. And that's what he made his mistake. It just can't be done in four months. Let's play it safe, Jim. Let's make certain he fails. No, I'm giving him the same chance the government's giving him. And I can't lose. Let's see. Smell this sand. It's gas fumes, all right. And that means oil, a gussa. It means we've won. Sure it does, Daniel. Today is only August 8th. That gives us three whole weeks to pipe it into Tulsa. We're celebrating tonight, Desperate. Now get on into town. Leslie promised she'd come out here and feed us the best dinner and soup off of the day we hit oil. Guess Miss Allen would be kind of interested in this news, too. Hey, look, Daniel. Is that that Indian who used to work with Gardner? Yeah. You looking for somebody, Charity? Look for you. What job? Mosey on Desperate, I'll take care of him. Yeah, see you later, Daniel. Right. Why don't you ask your old boss for a job, Charity? Gardner's a bad man. You're a good man. You work for Indian. I work for you. You really serious about working? Sure. Me, good worker. Well, let's see how good you are unloading these barrels. I'll get busy and we'll talk later. You're the boss. Thanks. You need to hold it that day as each time you use a song. Well, I can't let my boys start. They call this one. When my blue moon turns to gold again. When my blue moon turns to gold again. When the rainbow turns the clouds away. When my blue moon turns to gold again. You'll be back in my arms to say. That linger in my heart. Let's make my heart, your kisses, gold again. When the rainbow turns the clouds away. Our last hot meal till we hit Tulsa. Kathy. Oh, Dan, it's so wonderful. Kind of unbelievable. Here, I got something for you, Kathy. I have a bottle of sand. Oil sand. Well, it just looks like oil sand. It's really a bottle full of rainbows. I always make a wish when I see a rainbow. I'll make one for both of us. You mind? Anyway, you want it. That's the way I want it. I think we better go get Becky some help. Well, I was hoping maybe we could talk. But you never talked, Dan. That's because my granny always says that second fillers got the way to turn before he can sing out good and loud. Dan, if you'd made the wish, what would it have been? Well, you know that bend in the river where the cutting words are? I'd build me a house right there. I didn't know you ever thought of such things. Well, I thought about things like that ever since I was a kid. Smoke coming out of the chimney, horses in the corral, and the best herd of cattle in Oklahoma. But now that I'm pretty near a dashing tycoon, things will be different. Bigger house, more cattle, and a fancy stable instead of that old pole corral. Is that all you want? Well, what else is there? Oh, Dan, if I were going to be a dashing tycoon, I'd be dashing. I'd have automobiles and private railroad cars. And if I found someone I wanted, I'd sweep a ride off of seats. I'd take her with me right to the end of the line. You would, huh? I most certainly would. Well, like Dan. You know, so gone, huh? I'm going to like this dashing tycoon business. Kathy, I'd sure like to kiss you again. What are you trying to tell me, Cherokee? That you did it? Sure. Use dynamite. Everything blow up. Oil well, Derek, all gone. Is that all I'd like that? Sure. I know like cowboy. You know like cowboy. Now I get old job back, huh? You're crazy fool. I ought to... Who is it? Please let me in, Jim. I've got to see you. Just a minute, Kitten. Cherokee, get inside then. All right. Sure. Jim, Dan on the stand on his way. Here, someone blew up our well. I have nothing to do with it, Kitten. Two men were killed, Jim. And you rushed here to warn me. Thanks. But don't worry. There won't be any more killing. Oh, you've beaten this. Now you've got to stop things before they get any worse. You know you're the most... You're more attractive than ever. Jim, stop it. Let go of me. Where's Cherokee? Better get out of here, cowboy. Where is he, Kathy? Where's Cherokee? I don't know, Dan. There's no one else here. I saw him come up. I want that in, then, Gardener. Wilkins and Todd are dead. And that's going to be paid for if I have to tear you and the whole town apart. Dan, look out. So it wasn't here, Kathy. Dan. Gardener, there's only one thing more I want from you. There's a chance we can still operate if I can get hold of a portable oil rig. I'm going to borrow your rig. Why don't you go out and take it? That's just what I'm going to do. But first, I'm telling the sheriff why I killed your pet rattlesnake. What are you going to tell him? That you killed Cherokee and killed his friend. The same thing I'm going to tell him about you if I find you on my property. Dan, I must talk to you. No, it's pretty plain to me why you picked the side that you want. So just stay there where you are. How's it going, desperate? She's going good, Dan. We'll hit that oil again any minute. Say, who never did tell me how you got this portable rig? It's Gardener's, ain't it? Yeah. I started a prairie fire. Yeah. Gardener's are coming. Him and about 50 men. We're getting all right. Any fight will be between Gardener and me. Get back to the rig and get ready to cap the gun. Okay, Dan. Hello, Summers. I don't suppose you heard about the prairie fire over at my field last night. Put her out? Yeah. When the boys got back, my portable rig was missing. Same rig you're using now. He don't say. All right, men, take down the rig. Get away from that rig. Turn around, Gardener. Look over the top of that hill. Yeah, I see. There's about 300 engines up there, Gardener. All I have to do is fire a shot and they start closing in. I guess we've had a ride out here for nothing. All right, boys. The rig stays put. They're out. Staying a while, cowboy. Stealing a rig is against the law, and I mean to pound that lawn to your thick head. You put me to sleep once, Gardener. Here's your chance to do it again. Is there anything you want? Now that you've got your oil, how are you going to get 10,000 gallons to Tulsa? Through the pipeline. Yeah, I just bought the pipeline. You can keep the rig, cowboy. And thanks for the gusha. Let's go, boys. All right, George. I thought everything's bad. It could happen. It has happened. And now this. Well, we're going to get this oil to Tulsa, Desperate. We'll do it with wagon. Gardener, it just can't be done. Round up every horse and every man you can. Get drunk. Telegraph Relay stations and dig up every thing on the wheels of the carry oil. But there ain't half a dozen of them old oil tankers who are ready to fit to use. Well, then we'll build them. There's lumber. There's tire. And there's tonight. Hurry up, Desperate. We've still got a chance. Good, Dan. Coffee and sandwiches. Becky's putting it on the wagon. How do you know? Because I've been helping her. That's why. Who asked you to help? The gym garden? There are times I wish I was a man, Dan, somewhere, and this is one of them. You picked your faster? Before I had. I didn't pick anything. You just took it for granted because. I just did what you said, Dan. And if we wasn't ready to roll, I'd horsewhip you. I doubt if it'll do any good, Desperate. Yeah. Will I see you at the relay station? I'll be there, Desperate. Good luck. Good luck, Dan. Well, line up the wagon, Desperate. Single file and close to get it. George, you mean to go? We was already. And what are you waiting for? All right, boys, climb on your wagon. I don't have to tell you what it means that we reach Tulsa by six o'clock tonight. That's the time the refinery closes. Just do your best and remember Sam Wilkins and Johnny Todd. All right, boys, let it roll! Yeah! Someone's must have 40, 50 wagons out there. Yeah. Someone's did his job well. How well did you do yours? We got 10 of our men spotted in among his wagons. That means at least 10 of those wagons will never reach Tulsa. That's not enough. I know it. But in about 20 minutes, they'll be right at the mouth of this canyon. And at this close to Tulsa's, they'll never get it. I borrowed an idea from Summers. This? Ferry fire. Somebody once said you got to fight fire with fire. Good work, Fenton. Give me a handful of those matches. Of course you'd never get here. What in carnation happened to you? Ferry fire, mouth of the canyon. Desperate, get those teams changed. Yeah. And did that prove? Well, we're here, Betsy. We left four wagons in some of Gardner's men back at the canyon. Betsy, if you see... Yeah, he's here. Stan, you're hurt. You're burned. Come on over to the chuck wagon. Maybe I can help you. If you want to help, just stay out of my way. Hey, you junkhead! You've been riding upside down? I just wish somebody'd learned to keep their mouth shut. Well, that's what we promised her we'd do. And that's what caused this trouble. Betsy, please. You thought she went to warn Gardner the day our gusher was dynamited. Well, you loppied mule. It was you she was thinking about. Trying to keep you out of trouble. But you were too crazy mad to think of anyone but yourself. It's all right, Betsy. Just in a little mix-up. Yes, ma'am, I guess I'm plenty mixed up. Oh, it's about time you start unraveling me. I'm sorry, Kathy. I'm awful sorry. Let's not talk about that, Dan. Let's talk about the bend in the river. The cottonwood. Do you remember that? Of course I remember. In the house, in the pole corral, and... Get off! The boys here say Gardner shouldn't tell you. That means he'll be helping with his fool close them their gates right on the daughter's six. Hey, did I hear the name of the fool? Charlie with a fool? Yeah, he's the superintendent of the refinery at Tulsa. And he's the one who's gonna close them gates? That's right. Over my dead body. And it ain't dead yet. Come on, honey. You and me has what to do. Where's my book? Goodbye, Dan. See you in Tulsa. At six o'clock. All right, Desperate. Let's get rolling. Don't you think we ought to wait till you hitch the horses? Huh? Oh, thank you. Hey, go right in, Mr. Gardner. Mr. Witherspoon's expecting. Thanks. Oh, hello there, Mr. Gardner. Hey, pretty near the five o'clock. It looks like you get those Indian lands. Don't over about the celebrating, Charlie. Come on, get your hat. Or it can't leave until a closing time, Mr. Gardner. That's right, Charlie. Stick to your principles. But at least you can't have a drink with me, can't you? I brought along something very special. My, my. You know, Charlie, I got some big plans for the future and you're in them. Because I like a man with principles. You mean that, Mr. Gardner? I always say what I mean. Well, let's drink to the future. To the future and the Indian land. Come on, Charlie. Take another drink. Sure, Jim. Well, I just about drank that whole bottle already. Gonna buy out this refinery soon and you and I are going to go a long way together. Long, long, long way, Jim. Right. Charlie. Yep, but now. Look at your wife. Why, it's six o'clock. Lock up Charlie and we'll paint the town. You bet, Jim. Ready to lose this comb. Charlie! Charlie! Well, he's messy. Charlie, how are you fired, Jim? Well, messy bastard. My soul mate. Oh, well, don't cry. I'm just glad to see you, Betsy. Me for friend, Kathy Allen. How do you do, Mr. Witherspoon? And Jim Gardner, imagine finding you here. Yes, quite a coincidence. Charlie, I don't like to interrupt this little reunion, but it's after six. That's right. Wait here with the ladies and my clothes out. I'll be right back and let everyone all say it told me 15 years ago and you'll never come back. Aren't you going to congratulate me, kitten? Before the fight's over. The fight is over. The cowboy was licked before he started. Look, honey, you and I have wasted a lot of time. Let's get back on the train. This time we'll go straight to the end of the line with no stopovers, except the Niagara Falls. What do you say? I got off that train a long time ago, Jim. I'm trying to catch a ride on a cowboy's wagon and here it comes. Look! Alex! Alex! Yes, Mr. Gardner? Where did Witherspoon go? He and Mitch Baxter left a minute ago. Where? She said she was taking him for a little bunny ride. This office still open? Yes, indeed. We're open till Mr. Witherspoon gets back. We've got 10,000 gallons of oil to check in. Yes, I'll go get the forks. Oh, it's Dan! Dan! I bet you're going to say you knew all along I'd do it. Of course I am. It's true, Dan, so wonderfully true. Just like in the book, huh? Just like in my dreams. Well, cowboy, you made it. But you can't bring in oil every day with a horse and wagon. I've got a pipeline and I've got a proposition for you. We'll take it up in my office when I get one. Why not right now? In there. Witherspoon's office. Sure. Excuse us, Kathy. Hey, Kathy! Where'd Dan go? He's in conference with Jim Gardner. Interesting coverage I ever heared. What did you decide? Nothing yet. I presented an idea to Gardner and he's sleeping on it. I got one to present to you too, Kathy. Who sucked that there, lady, and I'll peel you full of holes. Put down your gun, desperate. This idea is about a house by the river. Oh, well, yes, I'll sit down inside and just look at Gardner. We could put on an extra room, Dan. Huh? Why? So your granny could come live with us? Oh, uh, just one catch to that. What? I never had a granny in my life. You see, she was only a, uh... Poletic license? Yeah, you know, like they kissed and suddenly the sun and the moon and... The stars reeled around them. Is that still the silliest thing you ever heard of, Dan? Well, I ain't sure right now. Let's find out, huh? Mr. Sommer? Honey, where can I get one of them licenses? From old Oklahoma, we turn to present-day Hollywood and the curtain call for Martha Scott, Roy Rogers, and Alba Decca. Oh, thank you, Mr. DeMille. It's a pleasure to be back. There was only one disappointment. Roy didn't bring his wonderful horse, Trigger. Yeah, I'm sorry about that, Martha. Trigger will be mighty pleased to know that you're a martyr of his. I have a horse too, Roy, but I'm afraid I don't ride as well as you do. Where'd you get acquainted with horses, Roy? I was raised on a ranch, Albert. Radio must seem a little tame to a real riding, roping cowboy. No, I think radio's a wonderful thing. Now, look how many people tried Lux Soap because they heard it about... Well, heard about it on this program. You gotta remember, Roy, that a lot of women made the same discovery I did, that Lux Soap is a grand complexion here. It wasn't good. Nobody's have to use it a second time. Yeah, but radio's the way they found out. I really owe a lot to radio. Some boys and I, we had a cowboy band and we were broadcasting over a little radio station down in New Mexico a few years ago, and one day we happened to mention on the air that we... Well, it's improved to kind of come in handy. As a matter of fact, we weren't eating very regularly, and that's when I decided that radio was really wonderful. Should it bring in a feel-good New Mexico hamburger? Sure it is. One girl sent me personally two lemon pies, and boy, the kind you really dream about. I went around to her house and thanked her for them, not only was she a good cook, but she actually was beautiful, too. What would you have done, Mr. DeMille? A beautiful girl who made lemon pies beautifully? All right. If I'd been your place, Roy, I'd have married her. That's what I did. Well, my regards to Mrs. Rogers and the other, I like lemon pie, too. Oh, yes, sir. Say, what kind of play do you have next week, Mr. DeMille? No, the fine drama, Roy. And a four-star cast. It's the Warner Brothers' screenplay, The Hard Way. And we'll have the same stars who made the picture a famous hit, at Franchot Tone, Miriam Hopkins, Anne Baxter, and Chester Morris. The Hard Way is a backstage story of the theater, and two women, sisters, one in search of fame and one in search of love. I like to pick you very much, D.B. Good night. Good night. Good night. Good night. Good night. They totally suck oil, good night. Our sponsors, the makers of Lux Toilet Dope, join me in inviting you to be with us again next Monday night. When the Lux Radio Theatre presents Miriam Hopkins, Franchot Tone, Chester Morris, and Anne Baxter in The Hard Way. This is DeMille, saying good night to you from Hollywood. Ladies and gentlemen, this month marks the 32nd anniversary of The Campfire Girl, a fitting time for the nation to salute their fine record of service in both war and peace. And here's an important wartime job for every housewife in the land. Save every drop of used fat from your kitchen. Turn them into your butcher. He'll give you two meat ration points and four cents a pound for them. Remember, those waste fat will be put right to work to make life-saving medicine for our fighting man. Roy Rogers appeared through the courtesy of Republic Pictures and is currently starred in Hands Across the Border. Albert Decker appears through the courtesy of Paramount Pictures, producers of Lady in the Dark. The screenplay in Old Oklahoma, which was heard tonight, has no connection with the theater guild's Broadway musical hit, Oklahoma. Heard in tonight's play where Martha Wentworth as Bessie, Jim Nussar as Cherokee, and Stanley Farrar, Eddie Marr, Ken Christie, Bob Haynes, Noreen Gamill, Charles Seal, Morris Murphy, Norman Field, Leo Cleary, and John McIntyre. This program is broadcast to our fighting forces overseas.