 Lux presents Hollywood. Lux Toilet Dopes bring you the Lux Radio Theater, starring Ronald Reagan and Lily Palmer in Cork and Dagger. Ladies and gentlemen, your producer, Mr. William Peeley. Ladies and gentlemen, one of the high points of a most successful season in this theater was the presentation just two weeks ago of Random Heart. From the novel by James Hilton. Because we have received so many letters of thanks and commendation, we'd like to extend our thanks again to Mr. Hilton for his contribution to our enjoyment. And tonight, we bring you another exciting evening on this stage with Milton Sperling's current screen hit of the wartime OSS, or self-sufficient services, that gallant band of secret agents who operated under the descriptive symbol of the cloak and dance. And our stars are the often requested Ronald Reagan and that new and captivating personality, Lily Palmer, recreating her original screen roll. Lily Palmer's excellent stage performances are among my pleasanter memories of London during the otherwise grim months of war, when luxuries were few, and such a thing as Lux soap was a highly cherished treasure. Little did I think that I'd be working with her five years later in this theater, or that I'd be praising Lux soap from this stage. But I can assure you I was very grateful even then for every cake of Lux and for the simple luxury it offers. Just as I'm sure we're grateful now to Lux soap for helping us present Act 1 of Cloak and Dagger, starring Ronald Reagan as Jesper, and Lily Palmer as Gina, the girl of the Italian underground who tells our story. We did not know in those early weeks of 1945 that in a few months it would all be over. The Nazis would surrender, Mussolini would be dead, and the stunning silence of things would come again to Italy. At least of all did we know that thousands of miles away, in a little college town in the United States, our destinies were being shaped by two men, clearly known even in their own country, one of whom we should never see, and the other, for whom some of us would die. What are you hiding, Clem? I thought you were in the Army. A woman known as Mrs. Haggerty had a visit to us. I suspect the lost away was to him. Only her name is not to him, is it? No. I know your words. Oh, thanks heaven you've come. You don't know how excited I am to you. It got me when I leave this hospital and return to the Nazis. I thought I would be safe here in Switzerland, but I'm not. They know I am here. Yesterday I got a letter. I am to go to Italy to work with Polder. You're Vanny Polder? Yes. If I refuse, 10 anti-Nazi Hungarians are to be taken out of concentration camps and shot each day. So the Germans are working on atomic weapons? The Italian's true. It is all coordinated. Then what would happen if your work helps them succeed? What will happen if I stay here? I cannot live knowing that innocent people are being shot every day because of me. I'll take poison. I can't decide any other way. Suppose you went to Dr. Polder, but you did not succeed. Suppose you met obstacles in your work in delays, miscalculations. Is that possible? And if you felt strong enough? In many ways. Ah, please, I would be strong enough for that. I'll need every scrap of information you already have. I'm speaking for you, Your Excellency. I keep worrying over my lungs, Mr. Wilson. I'll wait. No, no, come back tomorrow morning. I'll have more strength then, and we can talk all day. But just so I went back to the hotel as yet Frank had my telephone. Just so let's word if any calls came, he'd be in the hotel cafe. Is there a drink? It is. What? It's not as crowded as before. I've been watching that man who was trying to pump you. Hey, you talk like an American. I am. Wonderful. How do you do? Mine's Mrs. Dawson. Nothing to stop me. Oh, not very dangerous, but a frightful bore. Better stay away from him. I beg your pardon, Mr. Wilson. Yes? Telephones. Oh, will you excuse me, Mr. Dawson? If you promise to come back. It's weak. If I talk to an American, there's a phone. It's not for us. Just for an American whom we'd worked before. We drove to Livorno in a truck. The two newcomers. The old man, Mark Sorry. I'm not worried. He was able to sleep all day in the morning. From eight o'clock until noon, he is in a laboratory. He comes home for noon dinner. After that, he sleeps for one hour. And then he works in his study. Who's in the house, Dana? A housekeeper. Old woman. Nice. You bet. True for nice. And it's she, Moon Luigi. Cork when I got him drunk one night. Checked from Dr. Romoli who was pulled up dentist in a friend of ours. And checked by my own eyes. To get to inside Poda's house. That's not our job. That will be entirely up to you. That understood? It's understood. Will we call in the same as Marvel? I should say so. That's adapted from the novel. Why does Dylan have trouble doing things like that? As the sinister Count Fosco. As Dylan ApArthur in the title role discovers. And so does Alexis Smith, a rescuer. Aside from their financing. I think our friend John Kennedy will agree. They're both extremely easy on the eyes. Right, John? Ah, strikingly lovely both of them. Not them, of course. And I happened to know the cameraman found both stars a joy to work with. No close-up problems there. Remember that scene in the woman in white, Libby? Where Eleanor Pratchett carries a lighted candle down a flight of underground steps? Oh, yes. Wasn't that you? You know, the tumbling wasn't strong enough to register on the screen. So Eleanor had to have an electric bulb compared to her dress. The longest storking test for any girl's confession. Certainly is, Libby. Luxe complexion, like Eleanor Pratchett. Or like Alexis Smith. Or like 9 out of 10 screen stars, for that matter. You needn't throw the close-up test of Bralsen dealing life. No. Because she's sure of a gentle, effective beauty care. A complex model that makes screen stars. Smooth. Really gives it that springtime look. Yes. Screen stars find that daily facials with fragrant white luxe toilets. Skin improved. In a short time. I wish every woman who wants a nicer complexion would have her luck soaked here. It's quick and easy. But my, how it works? We continue with Act 2 of Cloak and Dagger, starring Ronald Reagan as Jesper, and Lily Palmer as Gina. Thank you, and the old man. When I watched Professor Poe that two hours later, Jesper walked up to the heavy iron gate and rang the bell. I'm at the Kaiser Wilhelm... I'm chiefly responsible for Professor Poe's safety. The man named Luigi. From the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute in Berlin. We were not advised of your calling. You, uh, have identification? Certainly. We will be there in a moment. Please be seated. I'm not from Berlin, Professor, and I'm not Dr. Noheim. I'm an American physicist, and my name is... You are? Go, you wrote me a letter. At the end of it, you said, only a free science in the service of all humanity. Once a week, I cry. The people go. The young couple is left alone. Only there isn't any music. When you are not with them. Don't sound hungry. The American likes that. Happy's going to the other room now and tired. Do you think anyone gets used to it? You know nothing about cats and nothing about people. You'll relive life. And the grave, waiting for the failure to come, better if you get some food too. Good night. Let's know you used to cry. Easier inside. Maybe you feel charity. Or maybe you like people. It will take you somewhere where you will be safe. Then I'll find a roof for us. Not too difficult to find a hiding place. What have been an amusement park? For the carousel. The wooden horses that once had looked so wild and fierce. Seems more real than ever now. Shattered and splintered in the careless attitude of death. When I returned it was almost dark. Who is it? You put down your gun and I'll show you something. Something to eat? Better than food. Cheese. Cheese to what? At a park and a bath for three days. Who's giving us all that? The German friend was very important. And she was very proud of me. Well, not bad. What's this you've been doing? All this writing on the board. Try to be busy. What is it? I imagined I was riding one of those wooden horses. I tried to figure out how far I would go. Only the music played during nature all the time. You know, the fastest songs. Spoiled it for me. You won't come back. It's time we got out of here. It's safe to go now. Oh, yes, I almost... Wednesday I play chamber music. They tell me I'm critic. Don't be somebody I like. If you feel like kissing me, and I feel like kissing you, shall we kiss? Don't be serious. In my job, I kiss without feeling. Last week, I kissed a starful man with a silly mustache. Next week, a fat kid from the pussy. Korea in the underground? You think it's exciting? If you fight scum, you become scum, that's all. We are from the consents, Major. We are connecting for the world often. If you could help, please. My purse. Just a moment, please. Thank you. Oh, you're in a meeting. Here. I'm not real sisters. How do you know? They're stopping at an automobile parked at the corner. We're being watched. Let me look. Stay away from the window. Now, wait a minute. I say we have to go. I feel scared inside, and I follow my feelings. No. The car's leaving. You know something is wrong. We must get out and quick. After looking more, too much was. And then I found it. A notice of death. What we had been waiting for. He said Paula wouldn't get there. But then what? Maybe in peace time, I don't even look at you. Maybe I say, really American tourist. But now I tell you, I like very much this American. Better, easier. To be spotted in the audience by a gallant scout. A tennis scout, he turned out to be. Because since then, Margaret Fields, paramount starlet, has been cast and rolled out to roll. How many parts have you had, Margaret? 13, so far, Mr. T. There's a way to learn about movie making, isn't it, Margaret? Certainly is. And that was especially true when I watched the filming of Santa's Sister. No wonder. It's an excellent comedy with two unusually gifted actresses. Veronica Lake and Joan Caulfield. That's right. And you simply love Veronica and Joan as two glamorous gold diggers. You know, perhaps that's why Barry Fitzgerald plays his role of guardian angel so convincingly. Perhaps. You see, he has the job of reforming. Oh, yeah. Most actors would tell it that role. Reforming two... And here's one... Lovely stars depend on daily beauty facials with lux acrylic soap. It's so important to have nice looking family work and pictures. I wouldn't dream of missing my lux soap facials ever. Easy to see, you're a lux girl too. Thanks, Ms. Margaret Fields. Was the man who always watched over? There's no time. But by that time, you can come up behind him. Use the butt of your gun. Courtyard. I was not very artful about it. I stopped me, Luigi, and started to straighten my stocking. He came over. He smiled and started to talk. That is the doorway, Luigi. Put down that gun. Are you crazy? I'm from the police. Get into that doorway. If it's money you want, you and this girl, I... Dr. Noham. Sure, Dr. Noham. Keep moving. Stop me, Luigi. Put him into a gun. I threw myself on his arm and just forgot his hand around Luigi's throat. Yes, sir. He couldn't kill a man. Tina, hurry. Get Poda. When I returned with Poda, he was dragging Luigi's body behind some bushes. The man in the cafe was so thin, the only two of them are come to the scene. All at once, I remembered it. I found my father used to sing to me on the warm summer evening. Then he said, we have to narrow it. There's a farmhouse. We'll be there in about three hours if there are no delays. If you need the old man, like me, like Marcelli, like Professor, please do behave. Right. See, perfectly safe. And very happy she's going to see her father. Can reach the field by automobile. All but the last 200 yards. From here to there, 10 minutes. We'll have men. Please say good-bye. You're coming. Even one who runs away is bad women. Slung open the door, calling to his daughter. It's so easy to imitate. Yes, Dr. Gester. Someone's up there. Actually, turn out the lights. You can't. You can't. Maybe I'll go back to Livorno. Sina, after the war. Who knows what will be then? I'm coming back. Can you sing? People sing. Basically, it was still unchanging. Music and singing are like bread and wine. Come back, you two, and take a well-deserved bow. I've been in America for very long, but I've fallen in love with everything about it. And I'm sure that America and Hollywood return that compliment, really. You know, I was pretty sure you'd go on American, Lily, when I saw you the other night at the Hollywood ballpark. I imagine you find baseball very different from the cricket you used to see in England. Well, of course, in cricket, two bats go to bats at the same time. Oh, but the Dodgers wouldn't give for a set-up like that. Complicated. Oh, not at all, Ronnie. It's simple. Yes, after the batsman takes his stand, the bowler delivers a fast googly down the popping breeze. Of course, it could be a swerve, instead of a googly. The batsman returns a daisy cutter, trying to clear the legs in short flips, and along on, and along off. In other words, he scores a hit. But does he score a run? Oh, you score six runs on a hit. And when it gets over, I suppose 18 says to the other, ripping shellads. Half every day. And that is? We was robbed. I can see you're familiar with at least one phase of baseball. 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