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Wait Till the Sun Shines Nellie

Lux Radio Theatre · May 4, 1953 · 53 min · 7,946 words

The transcript of “Wait Till the Sun Shines Nellie”, an episode of Lux Radio Theatre first broadcast May 4, 1953. Press a time to play from that line (a 60-second preview; Potato Plus plays it all). Lux Radio Theatre plays Lux Radio Theatre free, live around the clock. Search inside this transcript.

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From Hollywood, the Hollywood Radio Theater. James Peters and White from the Sunshine Valley. Ladies and gentlemen, your producer, Mr. Irving Cummings. Meeting from Hollywood, ladies and gentlemen, there's an old thing. God made the country, man made the town.

At an overnight play, Wake Till the Sunshine's Nelly, we will tell you the story of a man who fell in love with a small town and planned his whole life around it. but forgot that other people make plans too.

As our stars of this very moving comedy drama from 20th Century Fox, we have the original star, David Wayne and Gene Peters. Now, wait till the sun shines nearly, darling David Wayne has been and Gene Peters as Nelly.

Here was 1896. We've been married almost five hours, Nelly and I. We're on a train now going to Chicago. It was night, rain. Do you hear what the saying is? They're saying, I'll talk to you, talk.

Oh, Dan, I never dreamed I could be so happy. Come away, you keep looking out that window. You can't see anything, honey. Just blackness and rain. I don't care. For one some traveling. And even if I can't see, I can look.

Oh, Dan, I'm the little one. Put your hat on, honey. My hat. Yeah, you heard the conductor next stop to Illinois. We're going to Chicago. But right now we're getting off at the Civilian. But what's more?

Well, it's a surprise. Come on, honey. We'll see about our back. Yes, I had a surprise, Vanilla. It included a ten minute walk through the rain over the main street. Ben, what did you say this whistle stop was called?

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