Family Theater: The Indispensable Man
Family Theater · February 11, 1953 · 24 min · 3,749 words
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Here it represents Deborah Padgett, Robert Stack and Lisa Gay. From Hollywood, the mutual network and cooperation with family theater presents the indispensable man, starring Robert Stack and Deborah Padgett. To introduce the drama, here is your hostess, Lisa Gay.
Thank you, Lefrano. Family theater's only purpose is to bring to everyone's attention a practice that must become an important part of our lives. We're to win peace for ourselves, peace for our families and peace for the world.
Family theater urges you to pray, pray together as a family. And now, to our drama, The Indispensable Man, starring Deborah Padgett as Lin and Robert Stack as Roger. Mm. Washington DC, next stop, ma'am, 15 minutes.
Thank you, conductor. We'll be ready. Your coffee's getting cold, Mr. Delaney. Oh, oh yes, yes. Thank you, Miss Dips. You haven't finished your arms, Jim Syther. I...that's thirsty, I guess. Mr. Delaney, is anything wrong?
Oh, no, no. You...you haven't forgotten it, have you? Oh, no, Miss Dips, I haven't forgotten it. I've never forgotten anything in my whole life. When I was a kid in Kansas... Kansas? Oh, I forgot Miss Dips, you aren't very familiar with the United States, are you?
At Kansas, that's the state you know. Isn't there a Kansas city? So there is, yes, two of them. of them in fact. One in the state of Kansas, population 121,458, and one in Missouri, population 634,093, 1940 census. I haven't seen the figures since then.
Mr. Delaney, it's really astonishing. I can see why you were picked for this job. Yes, my incredible memory. Except that there's nothing incredible about it. I just can't forget anything. Well, you may underage your gifts all you like, Mr. Delaney, but I consider myself a very fortunate young woman to be serving as your private secretary for this trip.
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