 This is Cecil B. DeMille speaking to you from Hollywood where two stars and a stage full of fine actors are at your command tonight When we first talked about tonight's play ball of fire. I thought then what a great show this will be for the boys abroad Now I I hope you agree and if you get a chance Let us know anything else you want to hear but before the band strikes up tonight I've asked Barbara Stanwyck and Fred McMurray to say hello Barbara and Fred meet the army the Navy the Marines and the Coast Guard. Hello everybody I mean you who've gathered around in a barracks in Ireland the boys in that recreation hall in Alaska or Iceland The group sprawled out on the deck of a boat plowing through the ocean Looking over your shoulder are the shadows of another group around the far side back in Buffalo or Brooklyn or a thousand other hometowns They're listening to and pulling for you every minute And so are we all say by the way fellas. I've been asked to give you a little reminder Have you written home to your mother lately? She wants to know how you are and how you're getting along. It won't take but a minute Good luck. And now from Belfast to Melbourne on with the show Lux presents Hollywood the Lux radio theater brings you Barbara Stanwyck and Fred McMurray in ball of fire Ladies and gentlemen your producer Mr. Cecil B. DeMille Greetings from Hollywood ladies and gentlemen Our play tonight is purely educational It's the fascinating story of a group of professors writing an encyclopedia, but don't turn that dial yet It seems that to write a really good encyclopedia One of the professors must fall in love with a nightclub singer knock out a dangerous gangster and arrive at a certain wedding Before a certain lady says I do That's one thing about writing an encyclopedia you meet such interesting people as screen audiences discovered when they crowded theaters To see the Samuel Goldwyn hit ball of fire Tonight you'll hear Barbara Stanwyck in the same glamorous role she played in the picture and Fred McMurray as the professor Who's making a scholarly study of modern slang Made in America is stamped all over this picture. It couldn't happen anywhere else And so I think it will be a welcome letter from home to the boys in the armed services throughout the world Who'll hear this play by shortwave and other methods? On my way to rehearsal the other day. I saw a soldier and his girl looking at the posters in front of the theater I asked them if they thought it would be a good show They both said they'd seen the picture and for their money. It was right in the groove And then the young lady added and you know that Lux toilet soap is just out of this world Naturally after working with ball of fire or weak I was that hept to this phrase theology It means that you have some fine entertainment ahead when you hear Barbara Stanwyck and Fred McMurray tonight And as for those people who haven't yet tried Lux toilet soap they have an experience coming. That's well What can Webster offer that's better than out of this world? now here's ball of fire starring Barbara Stanwyck as sugar puss O'Shea and And Fred McMurray as Bertram Potts in a very old-fashioned house in New York With eight very old-fashioned gentlemen the house is the Totten Foundation Where the eight gentlemen are engaged in writing a new encyclopedia? These gentlemen are all very learned all professors all bachelors and with one exception all middle-aged That exception is professor Bertram Potts the eminent authority on the English language Now professor Potts has made a devastating discovery as the professors bend low over their desks Potts enters the book blind living room and clears his throat for attention Oh Gentlemen, yes, what's the matter pot? Why aren't you at your desk gentlemen? I am going out going out at nine o'clock in the morning Yes, gentlemen. Miss Bragg my hat, please. Yes, professor Professor Gokukov. What's your prognosis on the weather? I like showers for the evening, but I don't mind your lashes, miss Bragg and my Macintosh What in Sam Hill Potts, where are you going research gentlemen what research gentlemen? I have just made an astounding discovery I was at the back door when the garbage men arrived for the garbage. We had a long conversation You and the garbage man the garbage man. What did he say? I don't know what I don't know what he said sit down I'll sit down. I am perfectly well professor Robinson, but you don't know what the garbage man said Did he speak English? Yes, but colloquial English. He spoke in slang gentlemen. It's catastrophic I have just finished my article on slang 23 pages compiled from a dozen reference books Everything from the idiotic combination absolutely to the pejorative use of zigzag. I traced the evolution of hunky dory I tracked down skadoo I might as well throw it all in the waste basket three weeks of work. What's your hysterical? My work on slang is outmoded based on reference books 20 years old now take smooch Take dish take hoy toy toy not one of them included. Do you know what smooch means professor Adley? No, do you know the meaning of mouse professor Magenbrusch a mouse a mouse is a member of the rodent family wrong a Mouse is a young lady So is a smooch Money is mula and a dollar is a smack-a-roo. Who said so the garbage man Gentlemen living in this house off from the off in the world. I've lost touch that man talk living language I am bomb some dead phrases, but where are you going out to collect new data to tap the major sources of slang The streets the slums the theatrical profession nightclubs nightclubs. I know it's regrettable gentlemen this loss of time But it must be done your hat professor thoughts. Thank you, Miss Bragg. I just put the key under the matter I won't be home tonight before nine. Good morning gentlemen What's really not ready to creep and cement killin read all about it corpses dogs don't can see man Hey brother, what are you hanging around me for this regard me completely, please? I'm just making a few notes. I'll be there with your buddy. You give me the me-me's the me-me's the screaming me-me's Extremely picturesque. I must add that to my list. Hey listen. What goes young man? Could I interest you in a research project in which you could be very helpful? Ah, if you would come to this address at 9 30 tomorrow morning, you will be doing a definite service to society Hey, what are you promoting some kind of reform school? Uncle man full of prunes Cooley-Gruley Lousy Rilla pretty Gestanco Boogie woogie jive jive So my dream will say ain't hide the lucky fella so keen that he'll scream Baby's in technical error So make a brown gown with a zop top with a hip slip and a laced waist in the sharpest taste To see my Sunday man Now look good people. The boys in the band are gonna swing out for you while I rest the vocals I'll be back later with a little more jive brute suit and solid debut. How's about it? Don't go away you squirrelly Young man, what is the name of the young lady who just sang? I don't want that sugarpuss O'Shay. I beg your pardon? Sugarpuss O'Shay. That's her name. Sugarpuss O'Shay. An astounding specimen Eh, you ain't kidding brother Hey, hey sugarpuss Yeah, Joe Hey listen, there's a couple of guys here to see you Yeah, well They said they're waiting your dressing room a couple of characters. Okay, thanks Joe Hiya, Shuggie. Hi, Shuggie. Well hello, pastrami. Hello, asthma. What are you boys doing here? Come on Shuggie, we're leaving. Leaving? Who is? You are in quick. Yeah, quick is right. What's the fever? Listen Shuggie, you've got to take it on my land. Yeah, they're looking for you. Who's looking for me? The district attorney. Why? Come on, we'll talk about it in a taxi cab. Well, why can't you tell me now? What is all this? Well, it sounded kind of Benny the creep had an accent. I never heard of Benny the creep. Who is he? One of the boys. Yeah, yeah. He was on kind of an errand when he grazed into a police car to dope. And for that I've got to hide out? That don't make sense, pastrami. No, no. You see, when the bulls give Benny a ticket they see Dave Kinnick in the back of the car. Yeah, dead. In the accident? That's what Benny was trying to tell him. Only they seen Kinnick's feet. Yeah, there was in the cake a cement. Benny was going to dump him in the East River, see? That was the errand, get it? Hey, wait a second. Is Joe Lylek mixed up in this? Sure, the deer hadn't picked up about a half hour ago. That's why we're here. That's why you've got to beat it, sugar. Joe Lylek mixed up in a murder? Yeah. I don't believe it, not for a second. Hey, was frame, sugar? May I drop down? That wasn't me, isn't it? Yeah, and then there was them pajamas they found. Pajamas? Yeah, that's where you come in. You remember that dozen pink ones you give to the boss last Christmas before you knew that the only color Joe Lylek wears is lilac? Yeah, so he handed them out to the boys. And in a suitcase right beside Benny the creep when he gets caught is a pair with that big jail monogram. Quiet. Who is it? I'd like to speak to Miss O'Shea, please, regarding an investigation I'm conducting. It's a copper. Get behind the curtain, pastrami. Listen, shall we? Shut up, asthma. Get over there in the closet. Okay. Just a second. Well? How do you do, Miss O'Shea? My name is Potts. I hate to intrude like this. Come on, cut the corners. What do you want? Well, this inquiry is one of considerable importance. Listen, stop beating up with a gum, see? What was that? Get this. I don't know from nothing. Oh, but you do. Every word you say proves as much. Yeah? Well, suppose you tell the DEA to take a nice running jump for himself. A running jump? Bewildering. Say, how many of you are on this job? The entire project? Eight. Oh. The other seven waiting outside? Oh, no. No, they're at home. Sound asleep, I imagine. Sleep? Yes, they go to bed at nine every night. You mean to tell me with crime what it is? Say, are you a bull or aren't you? Well, if bull is the slang word for professor, then I'm a bull. A professor? Yes, a professor of English. Oh. You see, I'm conducting an investigation on current slang. Would you object if I used you for observation and study? Yeah, I would. Well, if I could have your assistance for just a few days, it would be better. Outside, professor, outside. Then you won't help me? No, I'll shove in your clutch. Shove in your clutch? That's exactly the kind of thing I want. Perhaps if I could come back again. Say the guess. I won't be here after tonight. Well, here's my card with the address of the foundation if you should happen to change your mind. This is my residence as well. Listen, not now. Well, I'll just leave it here by your purse. Okay, now scrow, scram, scraw. The complete conjugation. All right, I'll scrow. Good night, Miss O'Shea. All right, boys, you can come on out. Okay, Shuggie, let's go, let's go. Listen, I've got to change my clothes. I can't go like this. No time, no time. Come on, Shuggie. It's true to win and down the alley. Give me my coat and purse. At least let me... Great to pay size. Well, come on, Shuggie. Okay, okay, Oni. I think you're a pair of cracked eyes. Just keep cruising around, driver. We'll tell you where to go later. Okay. Joe Lylek's apartment. They got sealed up like a can of coffee. Well, you live someplace, don't you? Sure, and the cops know where. Say, I got an uncle who's an undertaker. He's always got an extra slab. Fine, that's all I need. Well, look, Shuggie. Keep thinking. Hey, what's this? What's what? This card and my... Oh, it's that Professor guy, Bertram Potts. Totten Foundation, 44 East... Hey. Hey, what? Well, why not? Driver, the Totten Foundation, 44 East 65th. Are you beautiful? I want to hear all about you. There's one thing I still don't understand, Potts. All right. This girl you were talking about, her name you said was Sugarpuss? Yes. I was just about to explain about that, gentlemen. You see, the word puss means face. Yes, go on. As for instance, sour puss, pickle puss. Sugarpuss implies a certain sweetness in her appearance. Oh, that's a good word. You spoke to her? Yes, in her dressing room. In her dressing room? Back stage. Yes, but unfortunately, she disclaimed any interest in our project. No. In words so bizarre, they made my mouth water. Shove in your clutch, for instance. Why, it's amazing. Potts, could you tell us, what is it like backstage? Very vivacious, I imagine. And perhaps ballerinas giggling up and down iron staircases? Round and round. Possibly wearing tights? Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't notice. Listen, it's the doorbell. And at 12.25... Strange. See who it is, oddly. In my night shirt? I seem to be the only one dressed. I'll go, gentlemen. It must be the figures on Saint-Salvatore-Saltpeter. I asked him to send it over. Yes? Hidey-ho, professor. Don't tell me I'm too late for class. Miss... Miss O'Shea. It's a e-mail. Oh! You say! What's all that going up the stairs? Those are my colleagues. Oh. I must apologize for the lack of costume. Oh, that's all right, professor. And the fact that I haven't got my tie on... Old thing. Nothing of it. You know, once I watched my big brother shave. Well, uh, won't you come in? Why not? Frankly, your coming here was the last thing I expected. Your know was so explicit. Well, I got to thinking it over, and fool I said to myself, who am I to give science the brush? Then I take it you've reconsidered. Yeah, that's a big idea. We had a lot of books you got there. All of them different? I trust. Uh-huh. May I have your coat? Yes, thanks. You just slip it off. I'll... Miss O'Shea. What's the matter? Well, your... your costume. Oh, do you like it? It's rather abbreviated. Is it? I never noticed. Are you, uh... You sure you don't want your coat? No, I'm fine. Well, how do we start, professor? You see, this is the first time anybody moved in on my brain. Have you got some kind of a machine, an x-ray, or a vacuum cleaner, maybe that sorts out the words you want? What's your method, professor? Well, it's quite simple. If you will be here tomorrow morning, not later than 9.30... Tomorrow morning? Oh, yes. I have arranged a round table discussion with a number of people of various backgrounds. Oh, you, uh... You don't think we could sort of begin the begin right now? Why, it's going on to one o'clock, Miss O'Shea. Oh, fool, professor. Let's get ourselves a couple of drinks like the fire and you start working on me right away. Why, I wouldn't think of imposing on you at this hour. Uh-huh. Okay, then where do I sleep? I don't know. Where do you live? Up on Riverside, but I'm gonna sleep here. Here? Oh, you don't understand, Miss O'Shea. You see, we're bachelors. Why, no woman ever. Even Miss Bragg, who takes care of our needs, goes home every night at 7.30. Listen, if you want me tomorrow morning at 9.30... Oh, I do, Miss O'Shea, but even the most free-thinking people must respect the... Come here, professor. Take off my shoe. What? Take off my shoe. Come on, go ahead. Yeah, that's right. Now feel that foot. Okay, Tetsy, Belle, what do you say? It's, uh... it's cold. It's cold and it's wet. Oh, oh, what's that? May we come in? Sure, sure. Come on in, kids. Just step right over here. I want you to see something. Come here, here. Look down my throat. Oh, all right, what do you say? I, uh, I don't know what to look for. There is possibly a slight rosiness in the Laurentian region. Slight rosiness? It's as scarlet as a harrah. Who are you? This is Dr. Magenbruch, our physiological expert. Oh, how do you do? I'm the professor Robinson Law, professor Gorkakov Physics, Dr. Peegram History, professor Adley Biology, professor Quintana Fine Arts. I have boys. Come here, physiology. Feel my head. For all I know, I've got a fever. Hmm, it's possible. Certainly, and this pot's fellow wants to throw me out of my tins. Oh, with the street cold and the subway hot and full of germs? Yeah, and I'm a pushover for Streptococcus. Oh, it will be quite all right. We'll call you a heated taxi and furnish you with woolen socks and worn slippers. How do you like that? Really, I don't understand you, Pots. Why take chances with valuable material? Think of your article, Pops. Yes, yes. Think of the encyclopedia. You see? Think at the point. If I might venture a suggestion, why couldn't the young lady sleep? The young lady sleep in my room. Well... Professor Adley. Oh, I... I can bunk with Professor Robinson. I sometimes do when there's an electric storm. Yes, he's afraid of thunder. Well, and it's all settled. Well, I guess I'll turn in. Can I have my coat? Oh, sir. Thank you. Well, hidey-ho, fellas. Hidey-ho. Gentlemen. Just a moment, please, Miss O'Shea. Gentlemen, this is all highly irregular. What if this should come to the attention of the foundation? And what about Miss Bragg tomorrow? Listen, what are you talking about? This is research, isn't it? Research. Certainly. And look. Who was that guy learned so much from watching an apple drop? Isaac Newton, 1642, 1727, the law of gravity. Yeah, that's him. Well, I want you to look at me as another apple, Professor Potts. Just another apple. And I kid. In just a few moments, Mr. DeMille and our stars, Barbara Stanwyck and Fred McMurray, will return in act two of Ball of Fire. And now, in a busy department store... Well, Mary, hello. Jane, what luck meeting you. You're just the person to help me decide about this blouse. Look, would you take it in the aqua shader in the coral? It's for my black suit. Well, either shade will go then. It's just a question of which is more becoming. Um, hold this to your face. Now this. Goodness, I don't know. You look lovely in either, with a skin like yours. Isn't it the truth? A lady with a lovely complexion can wear just about any color she pleases and always be told it's becoming. Yes, perhaps there's nothing that makes a woman seem more beautiful than soft, flower-like skin. That's why it's so important to give your precious complexion gentle, protecting care. To neglect it a single day, you know, is to take chances with good looks. Screen stars realize this. Madeleine Carroll says... Complexion beauty should be cherished. So it's important to use a real beauty soap. I never neglect my daily active lather facials with luxe toilet soap. Any woman can give her skin this simple care that helps it stay lovely. Now there's a tip worth taking. This beautiful blonde star is famous for her smooth, creamy skin. Why not try her luxe toilet soap beauty care for 30 days? Here's the way Madeleine Carroll takes an active lather facial. I pat the wonderful creamy lather lightly in. I rinse with warm water and then with cool. And pat my face gently with a soft towel to dry. And when I touch my skin, it feels so smooth. Yes, when you use luxe toilet soap, you know it's rich, active lather removes stale cosmetics. Every trace of dust and dirt thoroughly. But gently too. Gives your skin real beauty care. You'll enjoy the caressing touch of that creamy, abundant lather on your skin. And because every satin smooth cake of luxe toilet soap is hard milled, it's truly economical to use. Get three cakes of this luxurious white soap tomorrow. Now, our producer, Mr. DeMille. Act two of Ball of Fire, starring Fred McMurray as Professor Potts and Barbara Stanwyck as Sugarpuss O'Shea. Sugarpuss O'Shea is in Haiti and the Totten Foundation is in an uproar. On the morning after her arrival, a delegation of professors appears at her bedroom door, seven men all carrying one small suitcase. Hello, kids. Say, what time is it? Ten o'clock. Professor Potts started the round table discussion an hour ago. He did say that's the vasticating. And this came for you, this suitcase. Yeah, who brought it? A couple of persons at peculiar names they had, too. One was called Puss Trummy. And they messaged what they say. Well, they said it's getting hotter and to stay in the icebox like a good little salad. And this is the dressing in the suitcase. We wondered what it meant. Yes. Well, I'll tell you, sweetie. Dressing is short for a dress, you see. Oh, yes, of course. Gentlemen, where are you? It's Miss Bragg. Oh, my goodness. Gentlemen. Sounds like mother calling, kid. You better get downstairs. Yes, good morning, Miss O'Shea. See you around, kid. You very must go. Gentlemen, where are you? We are coming, Miss Bragg. We are coming. Here we are, Miss Bragg. Good morning, Miss Bragg. I would like to talk to you. I want to ask you what were all your trousers doing in my kitchen? I wanted mine pressed. That accounts for one pair. I did, too. I know, I know, I know, I know. Seven pairs all at once? What's going on in this house, anyway? What were you doing upstairs? We, uh, we took up a suitcase. Suitcase? Whose suitcase? Well, Miss Bragg, there's someone staying with us. Who? Who's staying with us? Well, under the pressure of a very trying assignment, Professor Potts has taken a temporary assistant. Oh, so we're running a hotel now. And nothing just... It seems to me that... Professor Robinson, is that one of your socks over there? Where? On the floor. No, not mine. But look, it's a woman stocking. Gentlemen, I know Professor Peegram explains the course that he wears as due to a floating kidney. But what is the explanation of this? Hiya, kids, I'm stuck. Can any of you jerk as ever? Good heaven. The dining thing's stuck. Oh, hello, who are you? This is our Miss Bragg. Did you say bag? Bragg, how do you do? Greedo, you know anything about zippers? I do not. Oh, button girl, huh? Okay, come on, girky, hitch me up in the back. Well, I can try. At all, boy. Now, where is this little clam bake of Professor Potts? In the dining room, just across the hall. In the dining rooms, well... Well, good morning, Miss Bragg. See you later, kids. Come in. Oh, yes, Miss Bragg. May I have a word with you, Professor Potts? Oh, yes, certainly. Miss Bragg, that music. Is it from next door? No, from this door, from the library. And that's what I want to talk to you about. What's going on in there? It's that woman, Professor Potts. She's in there with the rest of the gentlemen. Really? Well, what are they doing? They have just formed a lacongaline. What's that? I refuse to describe it. Professor Potts, that's the kind of woman that makes whole civilizations topple. And I warn you, either she goes or I go. I don't like ultimatum, Miss Bragg, but I shall look into the matter. Don't look into the matter. Look into the library. Very well, Miss Bragg. On the comic. Thank you, Noel. As soon as you gentlemen catch your breath, we'd better have a conference. Would you please leave the room, Miss O'Shea? But we've only just started. If you please, Miss O'Shea. I'll lose tooth again. Okay, so long, boys. Now, sit down, gentlemen. I'll show you. Who is it? It's me, Potts, Drommie. Open the window. Hi, Shuggie. Hello, sugarpuss. Well, it's about time. I thought you two had amnesia and forgot where you parked me. Hold it, Shuggie. Quiet. Dropping me on the doorstep like a throwaway for a credit, Dennis. You said it was for one night. Hold it, Shuggie, for Pete's sake. You're as hot as a pistol. The DA's got a hundred men on the job. You tell a puss, Drommie. Yeah, yeah. They're telling us, Shuggie. It takes us three hours to get here from 48 students. Okay, stay right there. I'll get my things together in two seconds flat. Hey, wait a minute, Shuggie. We, uh, we got a surprise for you. Yeah, you're not leaving, Shuggie. Not right now. I'm not. Joe's out, isn't he? Well, for how long? They're laying for you so they can get him back. That's the surprise. I'm supposed to stay in this old man's home till the mores eat holes in me. Say, when I say a surprise, I mean a surprise. Go on, first, Drommie. Pleasure tour. Put on your sunglasses, Shuggie. We got a kind of little ring here for you. A kind of diamond. Oh, boy. Let me see you. Seven grand boiled into that rock, Shuggie. Oh. Oh, Joe doesn't have to bribe me just because I do him a little favor. Let him try and get it back, though. Oh, say, it ain't your size, is it? It'll do if I have to whittle down my finger. Third finger, left hand, Shuggie. Who do you think you're kidding? The future Mrs. Joe Lala. Come again? Wedding bells, sweetheart. Joe and the lawyer have got it all figured out. Yeah, yeah, a wife cannot testify against her husband, see? Don't put it like that, you dope. Huh? Shuggie, Joe's been that away about you ever since he first picked you out. Yeah, but it took the DA to make him pop the question. He sent you a love message. He said to tell you he gets more bang out of you than any dame he ever knew. And he's the top, Shuggie. You realize that? He's the top. Yeah, Mrs. Joe Lailock. Third Avenue girl in the major league at last. Look, Shuggie, the wedding's gotta be a fast one. Over New Jersey someplace. Now here's the application for the license and your sign right here. Will I? You got a pen? Yeah. Here. Unscrew it for Mrs. Lailock. Right here, right here. Go ahead, sign. Oh, boy. Well, those pajamas are good investments. You'll get the final dope by tomorrow morning. Joe will phone around 10 o'clock. In the meantime, lay low and stick close to the Amici. The what? That telephone. Oh. Oh, Miss Sugarpuss. Oh, duck you guys. 10 o'clock. I'll be waiting. OK, OK. Miss Sugarpuss. Here I am, Professor Oddly. Just getting a little air. What's buzzin', cousin? Uh, Professor Potts. He wishes to speak to you alone. Oh, yeah? Where? In the library, Miss O'Shea. Yeah. OK. Say, what's the matter? Oh, don't worry, kids. Cheer up. Hiya, Potty. What's cookin'? Shut the door, please. Sure. Take this chair, please, Miss O'Shea. This particular one? OK. Open your mouth, please. Huh? Open your mouth. Wider. Thank you. Can I close it now? Please do. OK. Miss O'Shea, the sky is perfectly clear. The thermometer stands at 76. Your throat seems quite normal. I must ask you to leave. Leave here? Why? Miss O'Shea, I want you to look at our project. I mean the encyclopedia as a voyage. A voyage from A to Z. When the foundation launched our vessel, it very wisely followed an old rule of the sea. No women aboard. It chose a crew of single men with nothing to distract them from the course they were to sail. Say, Junior, you couldn't stop walkin' around a little, could you? For the last four days, we have been drifting, Miss O'Shea. The needle of the compass no longer points to the magnetic pole. It points, if I may say, to your rifles. Oh, come now, Admiral, a bunch of grown men. They've seen a pair of ankles before. Not for nine years, except for the singularly uninspiring underpinnings of Miss Bragg. You must leave, Miss O'Shea. But I can't leave now. How about that slang? It's not finished yet. That's a lot of words we haven't caught up with. For instance, do you know what this means? I'll get you on the amici. No. Course you don't. An amici is the telephone on account of he invented it. Oh, no, he didn't. You know, in the movies. Oh, I see what you mean. It's very interesting. Make no mistake. I shall regret the absence of your keen mind. Unfortunately, it is inseparable from an extremely disturbing body. Why, Potsy? All right, I'll go. Only don't shove. I'll leave sometime tomorrow. No, not tomorrow. Right away. But I tell you, I can. I insist, Miss O'Shea. Oh, old crab-apple-anny. Listen, Potsy, I... Crab-apple-anny. Why, that implies I'm puritanical and narrow-minded. Yeah. I am a perfectly normal man with perfectly normal instincts. But an awful high boiling point. Not even that. I too have been acutely aware of your presence. You have? Twice, to be exact. Once, when you leaned over my shoulder to correct my spelling of the word, Hepcat, I could feel your breath on my ear. And then, yesterday afternoon, when you happened to stand against the window with a sunlight in your hair. What did you do about it? I left the room, dipped my handkerchief in cold water, and applied it to the back of my neck, right here with a nerve sandwich. Oh, that's cute. Oh, a little sun in my hair, and you had to water your neck. Well, perhaps I shouldn't have mentioned it. I'm merely trying to point out, Miss O'Shea, the fact that the success of our entire project is at stake. I want you to cooperate. I want you to leave. Oh, all right, I'll go. But if I'm going to go anyway, I guess I might as well spill it. Spill it? Spill what? Why do you suppose I came here in the first place? Why, to help with the research? I did not. I came here on account of you. Me? And not on account of you needed some slang. On account of because I wanted to see you again. Miss O'Shea, the construction on account of because outrageous every grammatical law. So what? I came on account of because I couldn't stop thinking about you after you left my dressing room. On account of because I thought you were cute and pretty. Pretty? Yeah. Or maybe I'm just crazy, but to me you're a regular yum-yum type. Yum-yum? Yeah. Don't you know what that means? No, we never got to that. Well, we've got to it now and I'm glad it's out. I'm wacky about you. Just plain wacky. Can you understand that? Come here. Oh, no, please, Miss O'Shea. Please, Miss O'Shea. Oh, please, nothing. Put your arms around me, Potsy. Oh, no, no. What are you going to do? I'm going to show you what yum-yum is. Oh, no, please, Miss O'Shea. Here's yum. No. Oh, Miss O'Shea. Here's the other yum. Miss O'Shea. And here's yum-yum. Oh, Miss O'Shea. What's the matter, Potsy? Uh, excuse me. I'd better... Hey, Potsy, come back here. Well, come in. Well, Miss... Miss O'Shea. What's the idea running out of me like that? Well, nothing. Nothing, I just... Come over here. Just a moment, please. Oh, Miss Bragg. Yeah? Will you call a taxi from the corner for Miss O'Shea, please? I certainly will. Oh, I'm leaving, huh? Miss O'Shea, the last few minutes have only confirmed my form of decision. Your further presence here would be fatal. You must get me out of your mind just as I must get you out of this house. Your hair is wet. Well, never mind, please. Well, it is wet. Well, what of it? Nothing, I just happened to mention it. Well, forget it, please. Okay, okay. Now, to get back to the subject under discussion. All right. It would be idle of me to deny that I, too, feel the affinity that you mentioned a few minutes ago very strongly. Perhaps after three years when my work is finished, we can take up where we left off. In the meantime, I hope we may keep up some kind of correspondence. Would you, Miss Sugarpuss? Oh, Poxy. I know. That's the way I feel, too, but it has to be. Uh, and Miss Sugarpuss, before you go, would you, would you, uh, yum me just once more? Professor Pott, the taxi is ju- Professor Pott! Uh, yes? What is it? The taxi is here. Taxi? What taxi? Miss O'Shea, use all mine. It's all yours, crab-bappalani. Who is it? Come in. Good morning, Potsy. Good morning. I, uh, I brought you breakfast. Good. I'll have it right here in the snooze stand. Thank you. How do you take your coffee? Oh, just job. No cow. Just what? Black. Oh. Sugar? Straight. Toast? No thing. You sure you don't want some toast? Uh-uh. Well, there's some jam to go with it. It's very good. Uh-uh. I never use it. Not just one bite? Uh-uh. Sit down and take the load off your feet. Say, I found out what's wrong with unaccounted because it's saying the same thing twice. You know, like calling somebody a rich millionaire. You call it a, uh, a plio- No, no, wait a minute. Uh, plea- A pleonasm. Yeah, that's it. Who told you that? Oh, this room's full of books about Grandma. I read for a couple of hours last night. I couldn't sleep either. I walked in the park till the sun came up over the east 60th. No kidding. It's a very important moment. A new chapter, in fact, for me. It's the first chapter. But what has my life been up to now? A preface. An empty forward. You couldn't talk a little plainer, could you? Not if you won't have a piece of toast, sir. At least just, uh, just look under the lid. What for? Please. Oh, oh, you went and bought me a present. Oh, potsy. I, I hope it fits. Gercukov calculated the circumference of your finger. I woke up the jeweler at seven o'clock this morning. Oh, it's a lovely ring potsy. Really it is. I, I hoped you'd like it. It's our, our engagement ring. Potsy, do you mean that? Yes, I do. You mean you really, you really want to? Why not? Well, what am I supposed to say? Why, just say yes. After you've declared your feelings, it's the only logical step to take. Potsy, don't you think you better take another turn around the park? I'm just as surprised as you. Marriage. I thought I was married to my books. And then you, you see, I've had a rather curious life. I graduated from Princeton when I was 13. I, I recited Tiger, Tiger Burning Bright when I was a year old. Before I was two, I could read fluently. People like that just, well, you see, dust just piles up on their hearts. And it took you to blow it away. Yeah, but I, I didn't mean to blow it smack into your eyes. Hello, kids. There's a telephone call for you, Ms. O'Shea. For me? We didn't want to interrupt, but the man on the wire said it was from your daddy. Daddy? That's what he said. Oh, yes, daddy. It's long distance. Oh, yeah, I'll get it. Just tell him to hold on. I'll be right down. Hello, hello. Hello, Shuggy. This is Asma. Listen, Joe Lannock wants to talk to you. Only we're relaying the call, so it won't be traced. Dig me? I got it. Yes, she is, boss. Okay, Shuggy. Don't use no names, though. Put them on. Hi, sugar question. Oh, boy, did you call at the right minute. Where are you? I'm a whistle snubber of Jersey. Red Caucasus call. I'll hide you a bit, Shuggy. I hear you're hiding out with the seven dwarves. Hey, and it's kind of vindicated. I'd better get out of here quick. Yeah? Why? Oh, one of the professors got off the beam a little. A slight case of Andy Hardy. Oh, listen, Shuggy. Everything's all set. The license comes through this afternoon, and I can adjust it to the piece all lined up. Yeah? Well, how am I going to get there? That's what we're trying to figure out. I don't want you to take a train. It's much like a lifetime. I don't care if I have to hook a ride on a hearse. I want to get out of here. I don't like it. May we come in a moment? Oh, uh, well, uh, what other news is there, Daddy? How is Mama, Daddy? What are you talking about? Oh, that's fine. Just a minute, Daddy. Potty, I won't be long. Just wait in the library. Do you mind if I have a few words with your father first? Oh, well, uh, sure. Oh, Daddy, this is the professor I was telling you about. Are you nuts? Here he is, Daddy. Hello, listen. Hello. Mr. O'Shea, my name is Bertram Potts. I, uh, I judge your daughter has already told you of my aspirations in her regard. Hey, what's going on there? Oh, you're quite right, Mr. O'Shea. It's inexcusable for one to introduce oneself to one's future father-in-law over the telephone, but before entrusting your daughter's future happiness to my care, I'm sure you want to know all about me. Well, as character reference, you might get in touch with the head of the Rockefeller Institute, the foundation, and the president of Princeton. And I may say I am in excellent physical condition, except for occasional trouble with my left sinus. How's your digestion, son? Oh, very good, very good, son. And I draw a salary of $3,200 per year. Oh, that's fine, that's fine. And Mr. O'Shea, I'd like to marry your daughter as soon as possible. Oh, yeah? Say, wait a minute. Sure, sure, good idea. I'm glad you understand. Look, what did you say your name was? Bertram Potts. Bertram? Well, Bertram, I don't know if Sugarpuss told you, but she's our only child. Well, I'll do everything I can, Mr. O'Shea, to make her happy. Good. And one thing more, Bertram. A mom is kind of an invalid. It doesn't do any traveling, you know. But it would just break her heart not to see Sugarpuss married. You understand that? Of course, sir. Sure, sure. So, I suppose you just bring the kid right down here. We want to see you and, and let's have the ceremony in our hometown, Vancouver's. Well, of course, Mr. O'Shea. May I call you father, Mr. O'Shea? Sure, sure, I like it. Oh, thank you, father. Now, let me speak to my daughter. Oh, certainly, sir. Here, he wants to speak to you. Hello, Daddy. Well, Shuggy, this is all of your transportation. That Jack was made to order. I don't get it, Daddy. Look, who's going to stop the Rockfella Foundation at Princeton University? I'll get a couple of the other old beers that come along in the car. Yeah, well, maybe there's some other way. I, uh... I don't want to take them for that kind of a ride. Oh, that's quite all right. I'll take a couple of days off. No, and listen... Cut out that Mankanky, Shuggy. This gets you there and caucuses. Now, once you're here, find them. Yeah, but I don't like... Now, just one thing. Watch out for the Washington Bridge. It'll be swarming with cops. So long, Shuggy. Wait, listen, you... What's the matter, dear? Oh, he's always in such a rush. Which is my great good fortune. The sooner, the better. Is it all set apart? Is everything fixed? Everything is fine. Oh, good. Gentlemen, I now have the honor to announce our betrothal. Very sensibly condensed as in the reader's digest. I want to be a nusher. Yeah, we all want to be a nusher. One kisses the bride, may I? Oh, we'll all kiss the bride. My dear, we are very happy. Thank you. We feel that you are marrying all of us, a little. Yes, yes, indeed. Thanks a lot. Well, if we're going to get started this afternoon, I better get going now. I'll go up and pack my clothes. Certainly, ma'am. Certainly, Miss. What are you doing in my room, Miss Bragg? I came up to show you the morning paper. Sugar for so shame missing in city-wide search. Gangsters, Marl, disappears. Kind of a cheesy picture of me, isn't it? Recognizable, thank heaven. Wait a minute. Get your things together and get down the back stairs before I call the police. I've got something to say, Miss Bragg. Gangsters, Marl, thinking she'd marry one of my professors. Oh, don't worry, I'm not marrying any professor. Certainly not. We'll have this room fumigated when you're out of it. Well, you ought to, I guess. Sit down a minute. Let me pass, please. Oh, no, no, Bragg. Any spilling that's done, I'll do. But not yet. If you think I'll hold my front... Now look at it this way, Bragg. The harm's been done. Potty's going to wear his heart in a sling whether he finds out sooner or later. Here or in New Jersey won't make any difference to him. Only in New Jersey is a dying sight better for me. Better for you indeed. Get out of my way. Oh, no, no. Open that door or I'll scream. No, Bragg. Oh, I can't have you screaming, not now. Let me go. Bragg, oh, you wouldn't want me to sock you. Let's go. Sorry, Bragg, but I got a date in Rancocas. We pause now for station identification. This is the Columbia Broadcasting System. After a brief intermission, Mr. DeMille presents Barbara Stanwyck and Fred McMurray in act three, A Ball of Fire. And now for a moment, let's drop in at a party where boys in army uniforms are dancing with girls dressed in their prettiest. Like that song, Betty. Sweet and lovely. You know something, Betty? That's the way I always think of you. Sweet and lovely. Now, there's about the nicest compliment a man could pay a woman. And it's the way a man likes to think of the girl who's captured his heart. So it's a clever girl who does everything possible to live up to that ideal. It's a clever girl who knows the importance of sweet, fragrant skin and never takes chances with the charm that wins. The charm of daintiness, especially when it's so easy to make sure with the Screen Stars Beauty soap, Lux Toilet soap. Screen Stars, you know, use their gentle complexion soap as a daily bath soap, too. For Lux soap has such rich, creamy lather, active lather that carries away every trace of dust and dirt from the skin. Leaves it beautifully, fresh and sweet. Now, here's what one of our loveliest Hollywood stars Rosalind Russell says. The girl who wants to be attractive makes daintiness, sure. A daily Lux soap beauty bath does the trick. Leave skin delicately perfumed, too, with a wonderful fragrance that clings. If you haven't dried it, why not make this luxurious perfume bath part of your daily beauty routine? You'll find Lux Toilet soap lathers easily and quickly. Gives a creamy, soothing lather. It's like a caress to the skin. So take a tip from Hollywood. Make sure you're sweet and lovely. Make sure of daintiness the easy, delightful Lux Toilet soap way. Now, Mr. DeMille returns to the microphone. Act three of Ball of Fire, starring Fred McMurray and Barbara Stanwyck. The wedding party is headed for New Jersey. In a rented car, they speed at 20 miles an hour along the road to Rancocas. Professor Gorkikov is driving, but he's not too sure of himself. Suddenly a signpost looms up in front of the car. The car squirts and skids. Hello. Hello, Joe. Shuggy, where are you? Listen, Joe, we had an accident. An accident? Oh, nothing serious. I just shook the old boys up a little. I couldn't get to a phone before. But where are you? Oh, I don't know. It's in some kind of an auto court near Kingston. Poplar Grove, it's called. What's the number of your bungalow? What's the difference? In case I want to reach you. Wait a minute. I'll look. Ha! Lucky me. It's 13. 13, eh? Okay. Listen, Joe, don't call me here. There's a midnight bus. I can grab that. Midnight bus? What are you talking about? I'll have a husband and strongly pick you up in about 40 minutes. Oh, Joe, why not do the thing right? I want to wait until the old boys have gone to bed. I can't walk out on them, Cole. Maybe you'd like to sit down and did them eight sweaters to remember your vibe. Well, I told you how it's going to be. Now, stop barking orders. So long. I tell you, it was just bad writing. Nothing but bad writing. Gentlemen, gentlemen, please. I could prove to you by the laws of relativity that it was not I who ran into the signpost, but the signpost which ran into me. I'm going to win the game. Before you go into this, I think I'll say good night. I want to hit the hay and get some please. Why, the evening is young yet. No, I don't belong here. This is a bachelor dinner. Ah, but this one is different. No, that's the law. We've heard from the garage. The car will be ready in the morning. Perhaps it will hold together till we get to Rand Cogus. We'll be leaving early. At what time shall we awaken you? About 7.30? Oh, I'll be awake all right. Well, kids, here's to you. Sweet dreams. Good night. Good night, Potsey. Good night. Potsey, I, you know, you boys still have time to warn him. A man is a goof to marry any woman. Just let them try to warn me. He'll have to console us that there aren't seven more just like you. Yes, one for each of us. Of a sort. It ages, of course. You know, I'd like to keep you all in the locket always. Eight squirrely cherubs right out of this world. Goodbye, kids. Good night, Potsey. Good night. Good night. Good night, John. Good night, John. Good night, gentlemen. Oh, uh, oh, Gurkakov. Hey, yes, Potts. Did you, uh, did you hear what Oddly was saying about marriage? Yes. Well, I'm a little worried. I think I ought to talk to him again. What's his bungalow number? Let me see. Oddly is in 13. 13. That's right over there. His light is out. He's probably ready for bed. Oh, I don't think you'll mind. Good night. Good night, Pot. Oddly, may I come in? Don't turn on the light, Oddly. I, I, I prefer to discuss these things in the dark. Oddly, the things you were telling me before, I, I recognize the beauty and delicacy of the relationship you described, but I'm, I don't trust myself. I'm afraid I'm a lot bolder than you are, Oddly. You see, I, I'm a man in love. It's the first time in my life. I want to take her in my arms. I think of her every waking moment. Why, if this marriage had been delayed, I mean, should have been delayed. I mean, should be. Listen to that, Oddly. I, I don't know my tenses anymore. I've gone goofy, completely goofy. Pottsy. Oh, I, I'm sorry. Oh, don't, don't leave Pottsy. I don't know how I could have made such a mistake. You'll have to forgive me, please. Don't apologize, Pottsy. It was illuminating. Would you kiss me, Pottsy? Well, if you, if you think. Oh, yes. Yes, I do. Professor, Professor Potts. Somebody, somebody's calling me. Are they? Maybe it's just as well. Maybe. Good night. Good night. Professor Potts. Right here. What's the matter? What? Something has come up. Well, what? You'd better tell him, Garkakov. Maybe, maybe he'd better tell him. Yes, yes. Who? Potts. There's a gentleman here. No, no, no. There's a man, a man here. No, no, for me. And yes, yes. They'll tell you. Who are they? Over here in the office. One of them is called Joe Lyland. Come on in, gents. The stomach cover that door. Asma, watch the window. Okay, boss. Oh, so you're the bridegroom, ma'am. Yes, this is Professor Potts. Hiya, button. I thought you'd look like these other squads. Only with a beard and pea soup on it. What is this all about? Maybe you recognize my voice, boys. Oh, do you? How'd you sign this? Why, you're not her father. Are you getting warm? I'm her daddy. I believe I'm entitled to some clarification. Yeah? Well, so am I. What's that on your face? Lipstick. Lipstick. Shut up. It was kind of counting on sugarpuss to tell you the score. Trouble is, when it comes to leveling off, she gets chicken. He's trying to say that our wedding trip was nothing but a vast lie. A vast lie, don't you believe it, boytrend? There's going to be a wedding all right. The sugarpuss, the bride, only I am the bridegroom. Potts, it seems that your bride to be here. His bride. That's a laugh. It seems sugarpuss has used us to circumvent the police. We're serving his protective coloration. Yes. I don't believe it. Now, Professor, you didn't really think she was going to marry you. With your 3,000 a year, she spends that much for having her toenails painted. We don't believe it. Look at him. All right. Suppose you go and tell Sugarpuss that daddy's here. Puss. Puss, listen. It's a cop. Get away from that window quick. Pottsy. There's Mr. Lylok waiting for you. Yeah, I know. The situation has been explained to me in simple terms. You don't have to worry about the police. I told them you and he left a half an hour ago. Probably we're entrenched by now. Thanks, Pottsy. Thanks. For what? You've given us all a fine course in the theory and practice of being a sucker. It was a very small tuition fee. Perhaps it wasn't quite worthy of you choosing us as the subjects of your demonstration. Eight pushovers, like shooting fish in a barrel. I didn't want you to get it this way, not right in the face. I've been... I've been sitting here trying to write your letter. Here are all my excuses. This page is blank. That's right. The handwriting of a... What would be your word for it? My word? A tramp. Now listen, Shuggy. I'm losing patience, see? I got that justice waiting. Now, what do you say? I said no and I still say no. Hey, boss, we've got to get out of here. Shut up. Look, Shuggy, what's that professor guy got on you? I love him. She loves him. Yeah, I love him. I love those hick shirts he wears with the boiled cups and the way he always has his best button wrong. Looks like a giraffe and I love him. I love him because he's a kind of a guy that gets drunk on a glass of buttermilk. I love him because he doesn't know how to kiss. Oh, I'll never see him again. But I'm not going to marry you. Not if you tie a ton of cement around my neck and throw me into the east river like you did all the others. All right. I guess you'd better talk to your professor. Get him on the phone, Harry, that foundation joint. Leave him out of this. Imagine that big giraffe at the bottom of the east river. You wouldn't like that to happen to him, would you, Shuggy? That ain't funny, McGee. Who said it's funny? Hello, New York. End of cut two, one, two... I mean business. That is, if you don't say I do like a nice little bride... You can't do this, Joe. It's too late, Shuggy. The pressure's on already. What is this? Putting the screws on me? You said it. And right where it'll do the most good. Neighborhood of the heart. Hello, this is Harry. Hang on. Here you are, boy. You take it, Shuggy. Who's that on the phone? The Totten Foundation. But you'll be speaking to Pastrami. Hello? Hello, Shuggy. How's the kid? What are you doing there, Pastrami? I was just dropping in on the professor's hair. F.M.B. with our little old shotgun. We're all sitting around waiting. Waiting for what? Orders from the boss. For orders. Oh, yeah, I get it. Can we make a deal now, Shuggy? Sure we can, Brother Rhett. Pastrami put Pastrami on. I want to speak to him. Okay. Take it, Pats. A lady for any use. Hello? Patsy. Patsy, listen. Your friends are here, Miss O'Shea. They're holding us all prisoners for some reason or other. I don't know the exact purpose of this maneuver or what can be gained from us, but I hope it works out to your advantage. Promise me, Patsy. Hey. Okay, Bydram. Put Pastrami back on. He wants to talk to you, Mr. Pastrami. Yeah. Hello, boss. Elizabeth Pastrami. Yeah. Shuggy and I are getting married, but it's all over. I'll call you. Okay, boss. Well, wait. We'll dismiss the class right after the ceremony. That's it. So long. So long. Congratulations, boss. We can do something. Go on. Get back, you guys. Pardon me. But did you say after the ceremony? That's what I said. Do you mean they're not married yet? What do you think we're doing here? Well, I didn't know. I thought... Yeah, yeah. A little trouble with Sugarpuss's vocal cords. Wouldn't say yes. She wouldn't say yes? No. Why, you very ugly young man, do you know that to me at this moment, you look perfectly delightful? Huh? I mean absolutely beautiful. Are you nuts? Gentlemen, this visit is no longer a mystery. Apparently, it requires those two machine guns leveled on us to force Sugarpuss to marry Mr. Lailock. That explains everything. Break it up. Break it up. We can't allow that. No, no, indeed. Young man, you see, we all love this young lady very dearly. Get back, you guys. I'm warning you. In union, there is strength, Mr. Pastrami. If we rush them all at once, gentlemen, perhaps only two or three of us will be killed. Cut it out now. Get them, gentlemen. Hurry, hurry. Mr. Pastrami said the ceremony was to be at Fulham, New Jersey. Gentlemen, I've been meaning to ask. Was anybody sharp? A just eye, I believe. A slight wound in the finger. See, gentlemen? Oddly, you're a hero. Oh, please. Puts. Puts, what's that book you're reading? A volume I picked up in the library. It's called The Manly Art of Self-Defense. A very interesting maneuver in here, gentlemen. It's called The Old One Two. Unjustice, let's get going. Repeat after me, please. I, Joseph Lailock. I, Joseph Lailock. Kind of murder-incorporated. Shalabshuk. Take thee, Catherine O'Shea. Take thee, Catherine O'Shea. No hate and despise issue. To be maloffer-wetted wife. To be maloffer-wetted wife. For better or for worse. For better or for worse. For worse. For richer or poorer, in sickness and in health. For richer or poorer, in sickness and in health. I'm sick right now. For heaven's sake, what's all that? Forget it, keep going. Keep going, keep going. To love and to cherish. To love and to cherish. There they are. Heartbreak! What have they done, gentlemen? Hey! What's going on? Hey, what is this? This, Mr. Lailock, is what is known as an upstick. No, no, I stick up. Keep them covered, gentlemen. Professor Pedram, you call the police, please. You like it, you like it. Oddly, stand by that window. Kirkacoff, you watch the door. Now, Mr. Lailock, just step up here, please. Listen, you can't get away with this. Mr. Lailock, put up your fist, please, in an attitude of defense. They're friends, huh? I'll murder you! This, Mr. Lailock, is a maneuver known as the old one, too. Right here. Gentlemen, gentlemen, I suggest that Professor Patz and Miss Sugar could be married at once in Rancocas. Oh, no, no. Missing you, squirrely chirp. You ate wisely. It wouldn't work. Remember, Patz, no women aboard. And now, above all women, you want to take a dizzy dame like me. If you'll allow me, I can prove to you the inevitability of this step by higher mathematics. I can cite examples from history. Or from geography. Two rivers converging irresistibly. Oh, yes, indeed. I can prove it to you by examples from literature. Yes, in biology, too. Well, all of them. Gentlemen, as a gromerian, I know when words cease to be of use. There remains one argument. Come here, dear. Kiss me, please. Oh, no, please, Patz. No, I... You see, gentlemen? I'm the professor and sugarpuss or shade who live happily ever after. We returned to the Lux Radio Theatre and a curtain call for Barbara Stanwyck and Fred McMurray, who gave Ball of Fire quite a whirl tonight. It's a pleasure to come back, Stevie. The first time I ever worked here, Barbara was on the other side of the microphone just as she is tonight. Five or six years ago, wasn't it? Nearly six, Barbara. When we get a good idea, we stick with it. And one of our best ideas is the team of Stanwyck and McMurray. That sounds rather like a vote of the night. Oh, say, speaking of vote of the night, whatever happened to that saxophone you used to play, Fred? It's under lock and key. Oh, that seems a shame. I guess you've never heard me play the saxophone. We will, Fred. For six years, I've been looking for a play that will require your services on that instrument. I haven't given up yet, so you'd better start root-tooting. How are you going to fix it up with the neighbors? Well, I'll tell you, Fred. Just send over a few cakes of luck soap, and everything will be all right. You know, there's something about luck soap that makes friends for life. I've used it for years. I think you're practically a charter member of the Luck Soap Fan Club, Barbara. Have you picked out a play for next week yet, CB? The audience picked it, Fred. They've been asking for this paramount hit for weeks. The play is Arise My Love. And our stars will be Loretta Young and Ray Milan. Arise My Love is a romantic comedy with a background of exciting adventure. The adventures of an aviator and a newspaper woman caught in Europe as war sweeps the continent. Perfect parts for Ray Milan and Loretta Young. Perfect entertainment for us next Monday night. Got so excited. That's got everything it takes to thrill an audience, CB. Good night. Good night, CB. Good night. Good night. For the fair, there's a four-on performance. Our sponsors, the makers of Luck's Toilet Soap, join me in inviting you to be with us again next Monday night. When the Luck's Radio Theatre presents Loretta Young and Ray Milan, in Arise My Love. This is Cecil Bidemill saying good night to you from Hollywood. Barbara Stanwick will soon be seen in the Warner Brothers picture, The Gay Sisters. Fred McMurray's next picture is the paramount production, Take a Letter, darling. Heard in tonight's play were Felix Valley, Griff Barnett, Leo Cleary, Bruce Payne, and Norman Field as professors. Warren Ash as Joe Lilac, Werner Felton as Miss Bragg, Edwin Max as Pastrami, Frank Penny as Asma, and Arthur Q. Bryan, Charles Peck, and Tyler McVeigh. Tune in next Monday night with your Ray Milan and Loretta Young in Arise My Love. Our music was directed by Lois Silvers, and your announcer has been Melville Rowe. This is the Columbia Broadcasting System.