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Academy Award Theater · October 23, 1946 · 29 min · 4,136 words
The transcript of “The Devil & Miss Jones”, an episode of Academy Award Theater first broadcast October 23, 1946. Press a time to play from that line (a 60-second preview; Potato Plus plays it all). Academy Award Theater plays Academy Award Theater free, live around the clock. Search inside this transcript.
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The House of Squib presents Academy Award. Tonight, Charles Coburn and Virginia Mayo in the Devil and Miss Jones. Every week, Squib brings you Hollywood's finest.
The great picture plays, the great actors and actresses, techniques and skills chosen from the honor roll of those who have won or been nominated for, the famous golden Oscar of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
For generations, the House of Squibb has been known for the high quality and unfailing dependability of its products, each the result of a never-ending quest for perfection. Today, the great family of Squibb products reflects the tremendous advance of science in its contribution to human health and well-being.
The name Squibb stands for Progress Through Research. Squibb is a name you can trust. Tonight, Squibb brings you a laugh-provoking comedy, The Devil and Miss Jones, The picture which was nominated in 1941 for two Academy Awards.
In our cast tonight, you will hear Charles Coburn playing the role he created on the screen for the Devil and Miss Jones. Co-starring is Virginia Mayo as Miss Jones. Mr. Coburn has twice been nominated as Best Supporting Actor of the Year, and in 1943 won the coveted Academy Award.
This is the story of a horrible old capitalist who was supposed to be a devil, but really turned out to be a pretty good egg. And if a dame was supposed to be symbolic of the common man, but who really turned out to be pretty human too?
All in all, you can call it a merry tale in which it has proved that Heaven always protects the working girl. Good morning, JP. How are you, JP? Good morning, JP. Good morning. I see by the papers that I have been hanged in half a day in front of that department store at 38th Street.
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