Family Theater: It's a Gift

Family Theatre presents Danny Thomas and Jim Backus. From Hollywood, the Mutual Network in cooperation with Family Theatre presents It's a Gift, starring Jim Backus. And now here is your host, Danny Thomas.

Thank you, Tony Lefrano. Family Theatre's only purpose is to bring to everyone's attention a practice that must become an important part of our lives lives, if we're to win peace for ourselves, peace for our families and peace for the world.

Family theatre urges you to pray, pray together as a family. And now to our transcribed drama, It's a Gift, starring Jim Bacchus as G.H. Gage. During his lifetime, George H. Gage has made money, not just a dollar here and there, but millions, many millions.

It's typical of GH, as he has called, that the opening of our story finds him manipulating money. As a matter of fact, he's indulging in a whim reserved exclusively for the very rich. And tell me, do you think $100,000 will be enough to establish his home for underprivileged children?

Oh, yes, that would be ample. That's for one home. Well, you see, Mr. Gates. If you need $100,000 to establish one home, could you establish three for $300,000? Right, Mr. Gates, you don't understand. I'll understand you quite clearly, Miss, if you'll just say yes or no.

Well, since you put it that way, yes. Oh, that's better. Now what is your name again? Burton. Jane Burton. Uh, Jane Burton. Yes, sir. That's all I know. Let me know. I'm going to see Mr. Cage and his lawyer.

Oh, no. Oh, oh, G-H, G-H, make them let me throw. Pardon me Ms. Burton, and let him throw, please. Oh, well, well, well, well, thank you. Well, G-H, I've seen the newspapers. So what, Box?

And speaking of gifts, there's a special gift of happiness that comes from family prayer itself. Ask anyone who's tried it. The family that prays together stays together. More things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams of.

From Hollywood, Family Theater has brought you It's a Gift, starring Jim Bacchus, Danny Thomas was your host. Narkass were Vivi Janis, John Dainer, Jay Novello, John Larch, and Christopher O'Brien. The script was written by Tom Dixon, with music composed and conducted by Harry Zimmerman, and was directed and transcribed for Family Theater by John T. Kelly.

This series of Family Theater broadcasts is made possible by the thousands of you who feel the need for this type of program, by the mutual network which has responded to this need, and by the hundreds of stars of stage screen and radio who give so unselfishly of their time and talent to appear on our family theater stage.