 Lux presents Hollywood. The Lux Radio Theatre brings you Carol Lombard and Fred McMurray in made for each other. Ladies and gentlemen, your producer, Mr. Cecil B. DeMille. Greetings from Hollywood, ladies and gentlemen. To most playwright, a love story ends at the altar and leaves the rest of us wondering whether they really lived happily ever after. But anyone who's ever been to the altar knows that their life story just begins there. So in our play tonight made for each other, we skip the courtship and tell the best part of the story, the married life of two average healthy young Americans. And since our boy and girl are so typically American, their story is more than a love story. It's the drama of America in our own day because the home of Johnny and Jane Mason multiplied some millions of times is America. That's why this play made for each other is made to order for the Lux Radio Theatre, an institution supported by women like Jane who've given Lux Toiletsope an important place in their homes. They know the value in this modern world of looking their best and the value of Lux Toiletsope in helping them do it. To bring you this average young married couple, we selected two players who are certainly far above average in talent, Carol Lombard and Fred McMurray. Miss Lombard as Jane has the same part she played in the David O. Selznick picture made for each other, which was written by Joe Swirling. Fred McMurray is currently being applauded for a fine job in Paramount's Remember The Night. When we decided to produce tonight's play, both our stars were absent from Hollywood on well-deserved vacations. Fred on a hunting trip in the mountains of California and Carol on a hunting trip in the mountains of Mexico. And it took a lot of hunting on our part to find these wild spots. But no time at all to lure our stars back from their vacations when they heard what the play was. And that brings us right up to this moment. And a play which begins where most plays end. A story of two people who have the chance to live happily ever after. We raise the curtain on the first act they've made for each other, starring Carol Lombard as Jane and Fred McMurray as Johnny. Spring in New York. Welcome sunshine warming the bright streets. A gentle breeze carrying with it a hint of blossoms in the park. And above all this high in the skyscraper, the lower offices of Doolittle, Messerschmitt, Doolittle and Hutch. Dignity is the keynote of this impressive suite. But on the spring morning in question, dignity is lacking in the extreme. But the whole office force is gathered expectantly at the door. Each person well supplied with rice and old shoes. Suddenly the door swings open and the office boy dashes in. Hey, he's coming Johnny Mason. Oh, did you see him? Where is he? He's on the elevator. Get the shoes ready. Where's my ride? Quiet. Here he comes. Hello, kids. Hey, what's everybody looking at? A fine trek gift for the nurse Johnny Mason. What are you talking about? Hey, wait a second, will you? I just got a guy getting married. It isn't unusual, is it? Mason! It's just because a guy happens to get... Mason! Oh, good morning, Mr. Doolittle. Come in to my office. Yes, sir. Just on my way in. Never mind. Come in and close the door. Yes, sir. Well, Mason, what was all that racket out there? Well, he somehow found out that while I was away and... Did you get the deposition in the case of Higgins against Higgins? Yes, sir. Here it is. Let me see it. Now, go on, go on. What about that uproar? Well, after I got the deposition I had a few hours to spare. What kind of nonsense is this? This isn't the deposition in the case of Higgins and Higgins. Oh, isn't it? No. It says to the party of the first part, I love your signed party of the second part. Oh, that I... It's a note from Jane. She's my wife. Your wife? That's what I was trying to tell you. I got married. Oh, you got married? Yeah, it all happened just as suddenly as that. I was strolling up in the common in Boston and she had a cinder in her eye. A what? A cinder, a piece of... You know, a cinder and she stopped and I stopped and that's when I took the cinder out of her eye. And that's when you married her? That's right. Oh, not immediately, of course. I had to get the deposition first. That took two days. I see. Pretty quick, wasn't it? Yes, sir. I imagine my daughter Eunice will be rather surprised at this. Oh, well, you won't be any more surprised than I was. Well, don't stand there. Get the deposition. Judge Doolittle, when people get married they usually go on a honeymoon. I didn't. A move of honeymoon. They're a waste of time. Well, you know how women are, Judge. Well, if it wasn't an inconvenience, I'd like to have one just for James. Well, how about Higgins against Higgins? It'll inconvenience them, won't it? Oh, no, sir. That is a fuel. Pardon me. I've arranged a continuance with opposing Compton. Continuance, eh? A sheer waste of time, Mason. All right, all right. Take a week. A week? Well, I'm afraid I couldn't very well make it in a week. You see, we're going to Bermuda. Take ten days then. Now, that deposition will have to be... We were expecting to be gone for about a month. A month? Four weeks? Yes, sir. James is waiting in the car for me now, and I told her we could probably stay down at Bermuda. No, no, no. See here, Mason. Higgins against Higgins is much more important than Bermuda. You'll see all that's necessary in ten days. It's a very small island. But ten days, Judge Doolittle? Ten days. Oh, and Johnny, what did the boss say when you told him? Oh, he was swirled, Jane. I showed him your picture. Oh, you did it. Oh, Johnny. He was marvelous. He couldn't congratulate me enough. Well, then he didn't have any trouble about the month off. Well, no. Not what you'd call trouble. The only thing is... Well, go on. Well, I didn't get exactly a month. Well, how much did you get? Well, as I say, I didn't get the full month. Of course, if I'd insisted. Well, I know, darling, but how much? Well, I compromised on ten days. Ten days, darling. But I've got it all planned. You see, it takes about two days to get there and two days back. That's a whole six days, Wilhelm. A whole six days. I know, darling, but old Granite Puss doesn't believe in honeymoon. And it's not so awful bad after all the fellas have gone around the whole world in less than that. And a little help with my mother. What'll help with your mother? Well, we won't have to leave her for such a long time. Oh, when you found her this morning, what did she say? Oh, she was fine. Fine. She asked a million questions about me, I suppose. Well, not exactly. Well, you told her about me, of course, and getting married and all. Well, I didn't work things out too suddenly. I just sort of broke the ice. Well, Johnny, how much ice did you break? I just told her that while I was in Boston, I ran into several people. Well, didn't she tell her about me at all? I kind of thought it'd be fun to surprise her. You know, surprise? Well, Johnny, I think you'd better see your mother by yourself. Oh, no, no, no, Jane. I should say not. It'll be a breeze. I've got the whole thing planned, move by move. Well, look, we'll just start at the beginning. I'll tell her that while I was strolling on the common, I met you. I met Jane, and after I got the cinder out of her eye, we walked along together. How interesting, I'm sure. Would you have some more tea, Miss? I didn't catch your last name. Well, I don't think Johnny told you. I will have some tea. Thanks. It's delicious. Yes, John, go on, dear. And then we kept walking some more. And then we went over and had a bite to eat. Yes, go on. We had a bite. And then I told her I was crazy about her. What? What did you say? Well, we were as just as surprised as you are, Mrs. Mason. It was love right after the cinder came out. Oh, dear. You know, Miss... My name is Jane. Oh, yes, of course. Jane. John so young and impulsive. But, Mother, this is different. Jane, my dear, are you visiting relatives here in New York? Well, yes. No, not exactly. I came down with Johnny. From Boston? Together last night? Well, you see, Mother, we thought that since we're engaged. Engaged? Well, I know that must be upsetting to you, Mrs. Mason. But what did your family say about it? Well, I have no family. I was going to night school taking a course in journalism. But she gave it all up when she met me. I'm a sort of postgraduate course. My dear, if you have any opportunity for a career in journalism, then by all means follow it through. But don't you think marriage is a bit of a career by itself? Oh, indeed, but one should be prepared for it. One shouldn't rush into a pale melve. There are too many things to learn. Oh, Jane, to learn them after we're married. Don't you worry, Mother. I hope and pray that day won't come for many years. You don't think we should get married? Emphatically not. Now, that isn't to say please understand that I have anything against Jane. I'm sure she's a lovely girl. I'm glad you... I'm glad of that, because, well, you see, you asked if she was visiting relatives. As a matter of fact, she's visiting one right now. We... Mother, we... We're married, Mrs. Mason. Oh, gosh, Mother, people get married sooner or later and go on honeymoon. When we come back, we'll find a new apartment and you'll say, well, there's Jane and Sis on that and we'll have a little family that'll... My family! Oh! Oh, Johnny, Johnny, the smelling sort, she's fainted. Let me believe, I suppose. Goodbye, my son. Goodbye, Mother. Gosh, don't look so sad. We'll be home in ten days. I know. Goodbye. Goodbye, Mrs. Mason. But don't let him have too many strawberries. He gets rash as you know. And when he gets supermuted, see that he wears a hat on the sun. I will. Oh, gee, Mother. You must have a sunstroke one. Oh, that was 14 years ago. I'm over it now. And if he gets seasick, don't forget the pills I gave you for him. Oh, and take care of yourself, too. Well, I will. Goodbye, Mrs. Mason. Come on. We'll wave to you from the rail. No, no. You stay here. I couldn't stand to see the boat leave with you on it, John. Goodbye. So long, Mother. See you in a couple of weeks. Just take care of him. Twenty things, Mother. Well, let's go in the state room, huh? Oh, come on. Let's unpack. We've got lots to do, darling. No, no. Let's just sit here and think. You know, this is the first time in my life I've been away from America. Me, too. And it's just beautiful, Johnny. Yeah. Jane. What? Remember when I took that cinder out of your iron boston? How could I forget it? You know, I threw it away. I should have kept that cinder and put it in the locket or something. Well, if it weren't for that cinder, we'd never have met. Oh, Johnny, don't say that. We had to meet. That's right, I guess. Still, if it hadn't been for that cinder... Oh, Johnny, isn't everything just beautiful? Yeah. Hey, that's us. We'll pull off pretty soon. Oh, bon voyage, darling. Bon voyage, sweetheart. Oh, Johnny. Johnny. Who's that? I don't know. Good see you. Come in. Hello, Mason. Yeah, I just caught you in time. Carter, it's nice of you to come down. Meet Mrs. Mason, my wife. Jane, this is Carter from the office. How do you do? Happy to know you. Well, Carter, good thing I got here, Mason. You got just five minutes. Five minutes for what? Get off the boat. Get off the boat. Get off. Don't mind him, dear. He's got a funny sense of humor. Yeah, well, Dolittle hasn't. He sent me down here. He wants you back in the office right away. What are you talking about? Higgins against Higgins? What about Higgins against Higgins? Higgins against Higgins goes on the calendar next week. Oh, Johnny, they can't. Oh, no, no, Carter. You're mistaken. I got a continuance for a whole month. Yeah, you think you did. The other attorney didn't sign it. Judge Dolittle had the case reset for this week. Sent me down to get you off the boat. Johnny, they can't do that to you. Certainly not. Well, what does old Grannis put, think I am a puppet? Some kind of a pony. He can push around like a pawn? Yes. Let's start with the question. It's preposterous. Is that what you want me to tell Judge Dolittle? Yes. Oh, now, Jane, wait. Will you excuse us a moment, Carter? Certainly. You'd better make up your mind in a hurry. That's telling them, Johnny. Sure, but Jane, I... I mustn't be too impulsive, like Mother says. Higgins against Higgins is my most important case. All right, so it's important, but it isn't as important as our honeymoon. Oh, no, certainly not, but I don't want to lose my head. You see, in a way, darling, a lawyer is a little like a doctor or a lawyer. You're a soldier, I mean, see? You're not giving in to them? Well, not exactly, but maybe we can go on a honeymoon when the case is settled. We'll turn in our tickets. Oh, no, Johnny. Oh, but Judge Dolittle's... I hate Judge Dolittle. And I hate Higgins against Higgins. Oh, but I can't go on... And that nasty little man out there, Carter, I hate him. Oh, I know. I'll bet you hate me, too. No, Johnny, it would have been so beautiful. I got tied up in court. I didn't know what I'd make at home for the party, and now... Well, I'm glad you got here. Did you bring the wine for dinner? Yeah, see, old granite puts his favorite brain. I'll do a shave and change my shirt. All right, but hurry, I'm almost ready. Okay, sweetheart, I'm all right. Oh, don't use the gas towels. Yours is on the second rack. That's lovely. An elder maiden for Manny. This one's final. She's quitting tonight. Tonight? Oh, it's all right. She'll see us through dinner. I don't see why you have so much trouble with servant. I'd like to change places with you some day. It's a trial to get a dinner with a maid like Annie. Hey, what are we going to have for dinner? Roast beef. See, there was certainly a brilliant idea of yours inviting Eunice Dolittle at the last minute. She's the judge's daughter, isn't she? Yeah, and that impossible trip caught her. I suppose you had to ask him too. Eunice had some sort of a date with him. What could I do? I don't know how I'm going to stand him. I've always had an idea he had something to do with canceling our honeymoon. Yeah, it's going to be different when my name moves up in the door. Law firm of Dolittle, Messerschmitt, Dolittle, Hutch, and Mason. Oh, Johnny, really? Yeah, it's practically up there now. I won the appeal on the Higgins against Higgins. It's sure a thing now. The thing you wanted for years. Oh, you're marvelous, darling. Hey, gang, where's my tie? Right there. Where's the dress? Yes, except for this. Hook me up, darling. Where? Those hooks in the back. Oh, pretty nice neck you've got there. As nice as Eunice Dolittle's? What do I know about Eunice Dolittle's neck? Have you ever even noticed she had one? There. Now, all the hooks? Oh, thanks, dear. I run out and see how Annie's doing in the kitchen. OK. And hurry, Johnny. I'm not here, my dear. Well, good evening, Judge Dolittle. Well, well, good evening, Mrs. Mason. Good evening. This is my daughter, Eunice. How do you do? How do you do, Mrs. Mason? You know Mr. Carter? Yes, we've met. Good evening, Mrs. Mason. Glad to see you again. Well, a little early, I'm afraid. Oh, not at all, Mr. Dolittle. It's just eight. Johnny should... Jane! Yes, dear? You know, I was just thinking. I bet old Granted Puss will be lady. Oh. Good evening, Mason. I... I didn't know... I've got great news for you, Judge. We've got roast beef for dinner. Mrs. Mason, well, shall we sit down? Yes, please. Well, that's what I'm doing, ain't I? But, Annie, this isn't the ice cream. Well, maybe it don't look like just what it is. But what happened to it? Somebody defrosted ice cream. Just a little extra, then, Judge. Quite all right. Oh, it looks just delicious, Mrs. Mason. Annie only served the wafers. What's wafers? Crackers. Hmm, crackers. Well, I couldn't figure that out. Judge Dolittle, Johnny tells me that you've won the appeal in the Higgins Against Tiggins case. Yes, yes, at last. Well, is it true, Judge Dolittle, that something's going to happen in the firm next week? Yes, we're considering a blood transfusion, metaphorically, of course. Getting new blood in the firm is at work. We're appointing a junior partner. And Daddy's consulted with me. Yes. It's quite a job to pick the right man. I shouldn't think so. Surely if it's a question of merit, John... Yes. As a rule, I always trust in my own judgment. But when it comes to picking men, there's nothing like a woman's intuition. That's why Daddy consulted me. And the new partner will be... Beginning next Monday, the new name of the firm will be Dolittle. I, of course, will head it as I have for 25 years. Very capably. Nezer Schmidt. Naturally. Dolittle, my brother. You hurry, Daddy. Hutch. And... And Carter. Not my son. Congratulations, Carter. Thank you, Judge Dolittle. Thank you. All right, nothing you didn't deserve. I'm sure it's all right. Well, Carter, congratulations. Thanks. It's wonderful. I always knew you had it in you. I'd like to propose a toast to the new partner. Toast. Only... We seem to have run out of wine. Give me the platter, Mother. Just hand it over. Be careful, son. Don't cut your hand on those knives. Here, might as well wash this, Johnny. Somebody left their peas. It was Judge Dolittle. But it is there. This is on the sideboard. I'll go get some. John. Maybe it sure sticks. I didn't want to say anything. You know I've never interfered. But you must admit now. Yeah? You must admit now that if you hadn't rushed into this marriage, there would have been no question about your getting the partnership. What do you mean, Mother? If you'd have married Eunice Dolittle, and you could have, I know, you would have been a Mr. Carter's place. Look, Mother, Jane has more on her little finger than Eunice Dolittle ever will have. She lives to be 900. Son, Jane is... And Mother, there's something else. I don't like to mention it, but it isn't any too easy for Jane and all of us living together like this. We should remember that and try to understand. But I only had your good in mind when I mentioned the partnership. My partnership with Jane is all the partnership I need. Whether Dolittle or not, I don't care. Me too, Johnny. That's all I need. Must you eavesdrop? Oh, she wasn't, Mother. You're both siding against me. We're not either. No, Mother. Don't you see that Johnny and I have enough? We have each other. You don't understand. I don't understand. No, Mother. I don't think you like it. I've got all I can bear. Don't add any more. We're not trying to. The dinner was the most humiliating experience of my life. Of course it was for us, too. Not me. I don't care what they think. And I'll be blamed for it. That's all the consideration I ever get around here. Consideration? You don't need consideration. Jane. I'm terribly sorry, Johnny. I didn't want to do that, but I guess it's just me again. Yeah, yeah, I know, darling. Don't worry. It's going to be all right someday. I'll have a partnership of my own. My own office, my own practice, and my own firm. Sure, that's right. You know, I know a swell name for it. Mason and Mason. Yeah, Mason and... Huh? Father and son? 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Johnny Mason is a lone and lonely man in a woman's world. Hey, nurse. Nurse, will you speak to me please? Yes, what is it? Look, tell me, how about it? How about what? About the baby, my baby. Is she... is he here? Oh, you want to know if he's arrived yet? Well, if you don't mind, yes. Well, it won't be long. And remember, we've never lost a father yet. Just take it easy. Take it easy? With this kind of service? Nurse! Hey, nurse, is that him? Is that my baby? No, and don't you come another step closer. Yeah, but if it's mine... Please, this is not your baby. All right. When's my baby coming? Now, don't worry, we've never lost a father. I know, I know, but you'd better be careful this time. That's all. You'll just have to be patient. Be patient? Have you ever been a father? Dying my feet. Hey, doctor, is that... what about my baby? Sorry, young man, I'm not your doctor. Have I got a doctor? Why doesn't somebody tell me something? Why doesn't somebody speak to me? It's amazing. It's amazing. Won't even look at me and find things. Please, are you Mr. Mason? Me? Yes! What do you want? I've been trying to... What's this? This is your baby, Mr. Mason. My baby? A girl? It's a boy. A boy? Jane, how are you? She's fine, everything is fine. You'd better sit down, Mr. Mason. You're a little pale. Me? Oh, no, no, I'm fine. I never felt... Oh! Doctor! Doctor, stretch your please. We're having father trouble again. It's a touch of colic, I know. No, mother, he's just hungry. I'm sorry, my dear. It's colic, he's cried for five minutes. Johnny, where's that bottle? Coming, dear. Hey, uh, colic, here's the feed bag warm just right. Hey, look, he's smiling at me. That's gas. Oh. Give me that bottle, Donald, and then answer the door, will you, Johnny? Whatever it is, I'll tell him we're not here. Well, at least he stopped crying. You see, he was hungry. If he was fed on time, he wouldn't cry. I know, mother, but the bottle wasn't warm enough. Too bad he has to be fed on the bottle. Well, I haven't heard the baby complain yet. John never saw a bottle till he was six months old. Well, we just had the baby a little while, mother. So far, he's done fine. I know, but I don't see what you do. I don't see anything. What's that, my dear? Nothing, mother. Who was that, Johnny? Well, the mailman. Hey, what do you think? It's a present for the baby from old granite poison. Well, how thoughtful. I bet it's a summons. Yeah. Hey, look, it's a bank book. Well, the old darling, how much? Uh, 10 bucks. 10 dollars? Well, I hope it doesn't plunge too little into bankruptcy. I think it's very considerate of Judge Doolittle to think of the baby's future. Well, it isn't much, but gosh, it's a start. Well, of course. That's the proper spirit, Johnny. It isn't that. Johnny, come in here, please, in the bedroom. Will you watch the baby, mother? That's what I'm doing. He'd choke if it wasn't for me. Johnny. What's the matter? What's the idea? Johnny, how long are you going to stand for it? Stand for what? You don't know, do you? I mean, Judge Doolittle's contempt for you. His intense unappreciation of your work. What's that got to do with a 10 dollar? It's what it means. He holds you at just that much. Yeah, I suppose so. With a 10 dollars from anyone else in the world, I would be swell. I'd accept it in the proper spirit, but not from Doolittle. You do all the work in that office, and Doolittle knows it. Yeah, I know. I ought to do something about it. The bills are piling way up over my head, and Christmas is coming, and the income just doesn't match the outgo. I know. I'll tell you that. Doolittle, take advantage of you. You deserve a raise. Why don't you tell him that? Oh, I'd lose my job. There's mother and you to think about now. If you won't lose your job, you're too valuable to the firm. If you left, I bet Doolittle would come crawling on his hands, and he's begging you to come back. On his hands and knees? You don't know old granite, of course. Well, I know you all. You've got to do a speak-up. Don't ask for your rights to man them. What are you, a man or a mouse? I'm a mouse. Darling, you're not easy. Do you know what's the matter with you? You're too modest. You don't appreciate yourself. You're not having the things you should have. Well, neither are you. Remember when I got you that wedding ring? Later, I was going to get you the big one with the diamonds, and then I was going to get you that mint coat. I want them, Johnny. You'll probably have to wait 300 years. No, I want the ring now for a coat now, and I want a honeymoon Bermuda. And an apartment large enough so the baby doesn't have to sleep in the dining room. You can get them for me, but first you've got to get what's coming to you. I only knew how to go about it. I'll tell you how. You just walk into Doolittle's office and you say, Judge Doolittle, there's something I've got to say to you right now. What will he say? He'll say, Sit down, Mason. What is it? And you will say, Judge Doolittle, I've been working for you now for five years. I've given you all that's in me every ounce. Yes, and then he'll... No, wait. He'll say there's no doubt about it, Mason. I've never questioned your ability or your loyalty. I'll say. All right, Judge Doolittle, what are you going to do about it? I hate to think what'll happen then. Do you know what'll happen? He'll say, Mason, what do you expect me to do? Darling, just put it to him flatly. Say, I want more money, and I want to be taken into the firm, and he'll say... I know what he'll say. No matter what he says, you decide. Either a raise in a junior partner shop or accept my resignation effective immediately. Effective immediately. I'm going to do it. One of these days, I'll... One of these days is tomorrow at 10 a.m. Yeah, but how am I going to... Oh, let's start at the beginning, darling. You walk into his office, you say, Judge Doolittle, I've got something to say to you right now. Say it. Judge Doolittle, I've got something to say to you right now. I either get a raise in a junior partnership. I either get a raise in a junior partnership. Or else you can accept my resignation. Or else you can accept my resignation. Effective immediately. That's right. That's right. Effective immediately. Judge Doolittle, I've got something to say to you right now. Mason! Mason! What in the world are you doing? Oh, me. I was just rehearsing. Rehearsing? Yes, sir. It's very important, sir. Well, it's more important that you answer your buzzer. I've rung three times this morning. Come in here. Sorry. I guess I must be busy rehearsing. Sit down, Mason. Sit down. Judge Doolittle, I've... I've been working. Just what I want to talk to you about. Sit down. Yes, sir. You've been doing mighty good work lately, Mason. Well, thank you, Judge. I was just... You've been capable, dependable, loyal, right from the start. Well, that's mighty nice of you, Judge. But, Mason, these are extraordinary times for all of us. Yes, they are. They are. Some of our biggest clients are affected. Oh, yes? Yes. Most of them claim it's all they can do to stay in business. They do, huh? So they're cutting expenses right and left. And, naturally, we're the first to feel it. So we have to do something about it. Judge Doolittle, there's something I've got to say. So the only way out, as I can see it, is to tighten our belts. I'm asking everyone to take a 25% cut in salary. But, Judge Doolittle... Oh, it's a sacrifice, I know, but I'm taking my cut, too. These times, we all have to put our shoulders to the wheel. Shoulders to the wheel? Yes, sir. Yes, sir. I'm glad you understand, Mason. It warms my heart to see such a splendid spirit of cooperation in one of my men. Thank you, sir. Yes. You're the way, Mason. Please answer your buzzer next time. Yes, sir. Well, sir. Johnny Mason, your wife's on the phone. My... Well, tell her I... Tell her I won't be home... Tell her I won't be home till late. It's Mason, the failure. Good morning, Johnny. Good morning. How do you feel, Johnny? Fine. I feel fine. What time is it? Four o'clock. Five o'clock, see. High noon. Well, it's just three, isn't it? You know what time it is when you ask me. What difference does it make? What time it is? I feel fine. You'd better go to bed, Johnny. You have to tell me like a child. Are you going to sleep? Sure, I'm going to sleep. You think you'll be comfortable? Certainly I'll be comfortable. You're sure you'll be comfortable? Sure, I'm sure I'll be comfortable. Don't you think you'd be more comfortable if you took your hat off? Oh, maybe. Can I help? I don't need any help. I feel fine. What are you looking so funny about? Better go to sleep, dear. Better get in bed. Am I comfortable? How do I feel? You'd think I committed a crime. You'd think I was on the witness stand. Man comes home looking for a little piece of quiet and what happens to it? Why didn't I phone you from the office? Why didn't I come home to this opera? A million questions fired up. He was in the park. Come on, let me have it. Tell me what you really think of me. Tell me I'm a failure, a weakling. Tell me what a rotten worm I am. Tell me. Oh, Jane. Johnny, what does it matter if you get a raise or a partnership or anything? Oh, Jane, I'll let you down. I'll always let you down. I'm no good. Johnny, don't say that it was my fault for interfering. I'll never do it again, never. We don't need anything. We've got each other. You're all I have and all I want. Oh, Johnny, look at me and tell me you don't feel bad. Jane, I don't feel bad. I feel fine. Honest, I do. Johnny, the next time you go out and get plastic, you better take me along with you. I'll get a divorce. You do. You better get a good lawyer. Well, I've got a good lawyer. You know I have a cold. Oh, sorry, Mother. I just wanted to hear the crowd. Looks like a big New Year's. Yes, but some folks... How's baby Jane? Well, I just looked at him. He has the sniffles. Oh, babies have sniffles this time of the year. Caught her from you, Mother. Me? That's simply ridiculous. As a matter of fact, I caught Michael from the baby. He's had sniffles all day. When I took his temperature... Well, that's when he caught your cold. He certainly didn't. He had no temperature. It's all right, Johnny. It's just the sniffles. I suppose I ought to stay in my room all day. Oh, now, Mother, that's silly. You don't have to do anything of the kind. Heaven knows I try to earn my room and board by being as helpful as I can. Oh, Mother, please, it's New Year's Eve. It's just like any other day, as far as I'm concerned. You're both perfectly willing to leave me all alone to wait for the New Year, when perhaps it's a last New Year I'll ever see. Not that it matters, I suppose. Oh, I know I'm in the way. Gee whiz, Mother, why do you keep saying things like that? It's true. Ask Jane if it isn't. No, Mother, it isn't true, and you know it isn't. Look, Mother, Jane and I aren't going out anywhere. We're going to celebrate right here at home. Just the three of us. How's that? It's fine. We've got a bottle of wine. We'll open it at midnight and have a grand-time. There's nothing in the house to eat. Oh, that's all right. I'll run over to the delicatessen and get some bulimia staff. Yes, and get plenty of mustard, Johnny. You know I can't eat those things before going to bed. I never did approve of Annie, but I certainly miss her cooking. That doesn't say much for mine, Mother. Oh, you'll learn, my dear. It takes time, of course. I won't say anything. I won't say anything. Things are different now. When I was married, all well-brought-up girls knew about cooking. Oh, Mother, please. Why, Jane, what is it? I can't cook. I can't keep house. I don't know how to bring up a baby. No, Jane, don't. Sure, I don't know what you're talking about. Oh, yes, you do. You've resented me from the first moment you saw me. You resented me because you wanted Johnny to marry Eunice Doolittle. Dear, I never said anything like that. Well, you've hinted it often enough. I've done nothing of the sort. But they were engaged. Mother, I was never engaged to Eunice Doolittle. Not what you call engaged. Even if I were, you shouldn't keep mentioning it to Jane all the time. I can't understand why she's so touchy about it. Touchy? That's why you hate me. Jane, stop it. Now, let her go on. She can say anything she likes. I know my place here. I'm only a guest, an unwelcome guest. Oh, please. What's the matter with you two? There's nothing to matter with me. I never interfere. It's her help. Please, Mother. It's not my help. Now, Jane, please. I do the best I can to help. I'm a stranger around here. Everything I say is wrong and everything I do is wrong. Jane, will you... That's because I happen to mention that John and Eunice Doolittle... Oh, stop it. Stop it both of you. Very well. I won't say another word. There. You see what you made me say to Mother? Well, you said it to me, too, don't I count? Sure you do, Jane. Only Mother's an old lady. We won't have her with us very long. Why can't you get along with her? Well, why can't she get along with me? Because she hates me. You don't know how it is. You're at the office all day between taking care of the baby, the house, cooking and listening to her, and criticizing everything I do against her. Then you don't have to. I'm going out. Where, Johnny? Oh, I don't know. Anywhere so long as I get away from all this wrangly. Oh, wait a minute. Don't you want me to go with you? Can't you understand? A man wants to be alone once in a while. Well, I'm sorry, Johnny. Really, I am. You don't have to apologize. Would you rather I didn't come with you? All right, Johnny, I don't mind. You go along and have a good time. Come on along if you really want to. I don't mind. Certainly I don't mind. We'll have a good time. You just wait. More wine, sir? No. There's nothing to matter with you, sir. No, no, it's all right. Would you like some more salad, madam? No. A little ice cream for dessert, may I? No. Very good. Johnny, what's happened to us? This isn't like last New Year's Eve. What is it? I don't know. Johnny, didn't we always promise each other we'd never keep anything back? Yeah. What did you tell me? I've tried to, but it won't come out. What do you want to say? Well, maybe I played a dirty trick on you when I took that cinder out of your eye. Did you? You'd never have had to marry me if that hadn't happened. Don't say that, Johnny. All my life, when I've had anything to face, I'd run away from it. But I'm not going to run away from this. I want to face it. What have I done up to now? I've been a failure. Oh, Johnny, no. Yes, I have, Jane. A failure. I've gotten nowhere at the office. I've gotten in debt and now... Now it looks like my marriage goes on the rocks. No, Johnny, we can get a hold of ourselves. It's been my fault, too. No, no. I've been the one that's made the mess of things. Everybody knows it. Or even my own kid has to sleep in the dining room. I made a household grudge out of you. Oh, Johnny, I love being a household grudge. Yeah, I know, I know. You're tied down, Jane. You're tied to the house and the baby. Maybe we shouldn't have had him. Oh, Johnny, you're not sorry about him. Oh, I'm crazy about him. And about you, too. I'd die for either of you. That wouldn't work. I don't even carry life insurance. You see, your whole life's ahead of you. Ahead of us? Not as long as you're tied down to a worm who just can't make the grade. And I'd be lower than a worm if I held you to that kind of a contract. A marriage? Yes. Well, what do you want to know all about contract? Let's be sensible about it, Jane. I'm no good for you. Maybe it's the other way around. You were doing fine till I came along. Well, what is it? Do you want a divorce? I'm trying to look at it sensibly. That's all from your standpoint. I never thought this would be our new year, but anyway, we finally got something to celebrate. Well, happy new year. Happy new year. I guess we must be pretty intelligent people to make a decision like this and be so sensible about it. Yeah, we must be. Everything didn't go long ago. We did get a baby out. We're fooling the booth in the lobby. I'll go with you. No, no, I'll come right back. Jane, wait a minute. Jane, let me in. Let me in the booth, Jane. I want it. Jane, listen. Wait! What happened, Tommy? Johnny! What's the matter? What's the matter, Jane? Moment. Mr. DeMille will bring Carol Lombard and Fred McMurray back in Act 3, Up Made for Each Other. But right now, I'd like to tell you a little story about Joan Blondel, one of Hollywood's most lovable and charming stars. I watched Miss Blondel over at Columbia the other day. She was working hard, going through rehearsals, takes and retakes, scene after scene. She'd been at it since early morning, too. Well, I happened to see Joan Blondel again that day, quite late in the evening, dancing at the Trocadero. She was gay and lovely, and looked as dainty and fresh as a spring bouquet. Every woman should be interested in that, Mr. Ruick, because it's quite a trick to snap back after a hard day and feel and look the way Joan Blondel did that night, and every woman faces that same problem, how to be fresh and relaxed and charming when evening comes around, just as much as the screen stars do. Well, Sally, you know the way Joan Blondel sounds that problem. I certainly do. Joan Blondel uses her complexion soap, Luxe toilet soap for a quick refreshing bath. 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Use this fine complexion soap for your daily beauty bath too. You'll feel refreshed and you're sure to love this fragrant, luxurious way of protecting daintyness. Try it and see. Won't you? We pause now for a station identification. This is the Columbia Broadcasting System. The curtain rises on Act 3 of Made for Each Other. Only a few hours have passed but to Johnny and Jane these hours have been eternity. In the waiting room of the hospital they sit close together hardly trusting themselves to speak. While just down the hall their baby fights for life with every breath the blast the door opens and the doctor enters his face graves. Dr. Healy. How is he, doctor? Well, uh... Oh, tell us, please. I'll tell you exactly what the microscope told me. Your baby has pneumonia by 14. I'm afraid I can't give you much help. Oh, it's that bad. Yes. There's a new serum which has worked in cases of this sort, however. The hospital is trying to get it. Trying to get it? There's none in New York. We've called the laboratories in Salt Lake City for a supply to be sent by air as soon as possible. How soon will it be here? I wish I could say. We've just been advised that a storm is raging in that section. No pilot will make the trip tonight. Then... we can't get the serum? I'm afraid not in time. However, I'm hoping that they may be. Hoping? That isn't enough. I'll find a pilot. Oh, Johnny, we've got to. We've got to. Hello, is this the Salt Lake Airport? Well, my name's Mason. I'm in New York City and my baby... Oh, you know about it, huh? Well, is the serum at the airport? Well, when can you leave? Tomorrow. No, no, you've got to leave tonight. The baby needs it now. Huh, all right. Will they bring you Johnny? He's talking to somebody outside. Hello. What? $5,000? Sure, sure I can get it. It'll be at the Newark Airport waiting for you. Will you start right away? Well, try, will you? Okay. I know, I know, but I'll get it. You stay here, Jane. If I got a robber bank, I'll get it. I'm coming through this time. Is this his room? Mr. Mason, you must leave me. Too little! Come on, wake up! Mr. Mason, please, it'd be cute if... Too little! Wake up! What? Who is this? It's Mason from the office. I've got to talk to you right now. You must be drunk. I'm not drunk. Look, Johnny... It's your way of celebrating the New Year. Now, you listen to me. No, you listen to me for a change. When you asked me to take a cut, I took it, didn't I? What? And I had to let the baby sleep in the dining room, and that's why he caught cold. What are you talking about? I'm talking about my baby. He's got pneumonia, and I need $5,000. That's what it'll cost to get a serum out from Salt Lake. And you're going to let me have it. My baby's dying. Dying, do you hear that? Your baby? Well, why didn't you get in touch with me sooner? I'm terribly sorry, Mr. Mason. I don't need sympathy. The serum. Every second counts. All right, Mason. All right. All right now, and I'll try to be calm. Simon, get my checked book and a pen. Yes. Thanks, Judge. Thanks. Salt Lake City, Airport Hatton speaking. Okay, put him on. Hey, come away. The bug in New York wants me to fly a plane there. Ah, tell him he's nuts. We couldn't get a ship off the ground out here. Yeah, and that ain't every... Hello? Hello, yeah. Yeah, Mr. Mason. The serum's here in Salt Lake, but what it's then possible to take off? Well, what can I do? I know how you feel. I gotta take... Lesson there. What can you do with a guy like that? Hey, give me that phone. I'll tell him. Wait a second, Mr. Mason. Can't wait to talk to you. Now, look here, Mason. What do you think this is? A suicide club? You can't expect any guy in his right mind to fly a plane in a night like this. Tell him there were as thick a soup. Yeah, yeah, I know, Mason. But a ship in a storm like this one wouldn't stand a chance of getting through. Now, look. Huh? He smoked the guy's plan. Now, wait a minute, buddy. Wait a minute. Take it easy. Take it easy. Hold on a minute. Hatton? Yeah. Hatton, will you let me borrow your plane? Are you crazy? You ought to know how it is. You've got kids of your own. I'll give you half the money if you loan me the crate. Suppose you crack it up. Then you can keep the whole five. I won't need it. Okay, Conway, but you're nuts. Hello? Hello, Mason? Mason, relax. I'll highball her into New York tomorrow. Is Johnny called yet? Yes. He's waiting at the airport. What did he say? Well, just the plane left Salt Lake. How long did he say it'll take for it to get here? Fourteen, fifteen hours. I don't remember. He'll be too late. Shall I get you a coat, dear? Doctor says he's going fast. Here, dear. Put my coat around your shoulders. My baby died, so will the die, too. Jane, dear, you mustn't feel that way. Oh, I can't help it. You mustn't let John know how you feel. He loves the baby, too. As much almost as he loves you. Oh, Johnny, he'll be so lonely at the baby. He'll have you, Jane, and you'll have him. And you can't be lonely, either of you, as long as you have each other. You know when you're lonely. Really lonely. You've no one to share things with, not even a lot. Mother. That's when you're really lonely. Oh, Mother, I... I haven't understood you. Well, honey, I'm sure. Oh, Mother, Mother! Rock Springs, Wyoming. Conway calling Rock Springs, Wyoming. Conway in a commercial NC24 over Rock Springs. Relay this message to Newark. Blizzard increasing. Ship icing up. Making detour south toward Denver. I'm in a bad downdraft. Losing altitude. Visibility zero. Can't even see my wingtip. Relay, Newark. Conway calling Denver. I'm in a bad downdraft. Denver calling. Can you hear me, Conway? Come in, Conway. Denver, Colorado calling all stations to Newark. Stand by to try contact commercial NC24 emergency. Lost contact with Conway in middle of message. Try contacting him and relay all messages to Newark. Denver. Have you heard anything more? I tried about an hour ago, Mr. Mason. I'll try Allentown again. They might have heard something. Well, hurry, hurry, please. This, this waiting is terrible. Newark, New Jersey calling Allentown, Pennsylvania. Do you read me Allentown? Newark. What's the latest dope on Conway in commercial NC24? Haven't heard a thing for eight hours. Did you check with Iowa City? About ten minutes ago. And they just checked with Omaha. No word of any kind? Other things come through. Let me know right away if something does. Okay. That's it, Mr. Mason. Well, do planes go this long unreported? Longer sometimes, judge it a little. It's an everyday occurrence and weather like this. Of course. What? Well, maybe his short wave's out of condition. Yes. Yes, that's what I think, Johnny. Yeah. You can look at it this way. It stands to reason. Conway got out of the low pressure area when he passed the rocket. Why? Why am I? Certainly, it stands to reason. Yeah. You've been swell, Judge, too little. And you, too, Murphy and all the operators and the superintendent. You've all been fine to stay here all these hours and trying to give me hope, but there's no use. I can't keep calling up the hospital and say, say there were no news, no news. It isn't fair. So I guess I'll go to her. Thanks, Phillip. Uh, Murphy. Yeah? There, there isn't a chance. Is there? Judge, if Conway's still up in that crate, it's a miracle. I'll be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us, give us this day our daily bread and roll. Can't, I don't know how. And forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors. Johnny, you've come. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Oh, Johnny, I don't know how. I've forgotten how to pray. Just ask him, darling. He'll know what you want. Dear God, you know how much he means to Johnny and me. We've, we've only had him such a little while and we want, we want to see him grow up to be a man. Oh, please, please help our little baby. He's so small, so helpless. He can't do anything for himself and we can't seem to do anything for him. This is Conway from Salt Lake. I'm coming in, Newark. I'm coming in. Jane, my dear. Mother, what is it? Dr. Healy, is it, is it all over? No, my dear, it isn't all over. The baby's sleeping soundly, normally for the first time. Johnny, did they tell you the news? Conway got through with the serum. What? Judge Doolittle brought it to the hospital himself. Jane, Jane. The baby's going to get well. We administered the serum as soon as it arrived. He's picked up amazingly. Please. Come in, come in. Sit down. Yes, sir. Mason, I want to congratulate you on the handling of the Higgins against Higgins case. Yes, thank you. But you see, our boat leaves in an hour. Higgins and Higgins are so pleased, they've decided on us to settle the second case, which they're filing tomorrow. The second case? Yes, and I'd like to have you try it, my boy. Judge Doolittle, I can't. I've got reservations. We're sailing this afternoon. Jane and I are going on our honeymoon. Come outside a minute, Mason. Judge Doolittle, Jane and I are doing it. Jane, what are you doing at the office? Look, Johnny, I brought the baby down to show you how... Follow me, both of you. All three of you. Well, darling, why did you bring Johnny? We've got to be at the dock. Will you start for a minute? I've got to tell you something about the baby. Here we are. Over here, Mason. Look. Read it. On the door, my boy. Law officers of Doolittle, Messerschmitt, Doolittle, Hutch, Carter and Mason. Yes, I've given you a partnership, my boy. A partnership, Johnny. Oh, and incidentally, you'd better get down to the boat. There's some extra reservations waiting there for you. The bride will sweep. Oh, well, gee, thanks. I forgot, Johnny, we rushed on the minute it happened. What happened? Is he all right? Johnny, the baby can talk. Gore. Well, baby, they don't believe us. Come on, darling. We'll prove it. He's too young. I'll show them, darling. Come on, dear. Don't be afraid. Speak up. Say daddy. Say daddy. Please, darling, say daddy. Gee, I thought you were kidding. It's always refreshing to have Carol Lombard and Fred McMurray in the Lux Radio Theater. And we salute them for another sincere performance as they return to the microphone now. Well, playing an average American like Johnny Mason comes pretty easy to me, CB. You say I'm from Wisconsin. How do you feel about it, Carol? Well, I was born in Indiana. Doesn't that speak for itself? It's nice and a place, I guess. Of course, the most typical Americans come from Wisconsin. Could I get in this Chamber of Commerce convention long enough to put in a vote for North Carolina, sir? All right. I'll admit both Indiana and North Carolina. I guess a typical American is pretty much the same anywhere. His wife comes home in a funny hat. He worries until he sees another one and does like it. Or if he's driving somewhere in an automobile, he won't stop and ask direction until he's good in law. That's when Mrs. America says, are you sure you took the right turn back there, dear? Yes, but seriously, Mr. DeMille, I like this kind of play because the people in it are so real. They represent the best things in America. They give the sort of a collective national sanity when we need it most. The people who make democracy work. May their shadows never grow less. That's what we all hope. What play are you doing next week, CB? Well, Fred... Before we go on to next week, there's something I'd like to say about the product behind this program. Just this. I've used Lux soap myself as a complexion care for a good many years. And you can count me as one of your most satisfied Lux customers. And we'll count you as one of our most charming Carol. Next Monday night, the Lux Radio Theater presents that versatile star of radio, stage, and screen, Rudy Valley. With Rudy, we'll have the lovely Virginia Bruce. And our play will be Swing High, Swing Low, adapted from the Paramount screen hit. It's the story of a singing entertainer and the girl whose love and loyalty helped him to fame. Rudy Valley, Virginia Bruce, Yuna Merkel, and Roscoe Kahn's give us the ingredients of a sparkling evening Monday next. That sounds like standing room only at the loudspeaker. Good night, CB. Good night, everyone. Good night. Good night. That was an all-American performance. Our sponsors, the makers of Lux toilet soap, join me in inviting you to be with us again next Monday night. When the Lux Radio Theater presents Rudy Valley, Virginia Bruce, Yuna Merkel, and Roscoe Kahn's in Swing High, Swing Low. This is Cecil B. DeMille saying good night to you from Hollywood. Heard in tonight's play were Verna Felton as Mrs. Mason, Lou Merrill as Judge Doolittle, Hal K. Dawson as Carter, Rosemary DeCamp as Eunice Doolittle, Edward Marr as Conway, Wheaton Chambers as Dr. Healy, John Fee as Murphy, Robert Gray as Hatton, Bernice Pallett as Annie, Mary Lansing and Marjorie McGregor as nurses, and Griff Barnett, Howard McNeer and Jackie Morrison. Kara Lombard's current picture is RKO's Vigil in the Night. Edward McMurray is now co-starring on the screen with Barbara Stanwick in the Paramount picture, Remember the Night. Our music was directed by Louis Silvers. May we call your attention to the fact that this week has been proclaimed by the President of the United States as National Defense Week. The event is sponsored by the Reserve Officers Association of the United States, of which Mr. DeMille is a member, and the public is invited to participate in local observances. Announcements will appear in your local newspapers. Your announcer has been Melville Roick and this is the Columbia Broadcasting System.