Great Expectations

Welcome to Hollywood. The Iron Horse's Radio and Television service brings you the Hollywood Radio Theatre, starring Rock Hudson and Barbara Rush in Great Expectations. Ladies and gentlemen, your producer, Mr. Irving Cummings. Greetings from Hollywood, ladies and gentlemen.

This evening, we present these two fine Universal International Artists in Charles Dickens' famous story, Great Expectations. Now act one of great expectations, starring Rock Hudson as Pip and Boba Rush as a Stella. This dark and tangled narrative has its beginning in the year 1821.

I was twelve years of age, living in the south of England with my sister and her husband. Late one gusty autumn afternoon, I visited the village churchyard where my mother and father are buried. Suddenly, from behind one of the tombstones, Gabe's still your little devil or I'll cut your throat.

It was loom over me. Huge and horrible. His great wrists shackled in a chain. An escaped convict. Tell us your name. Quick. Pip, Pip, sir. You're lying. That's no name. Oh, dear sir. Pip, it really is.

But they call me Pip. Show us where you live. Three miles, sir. Across the marshes. Where's your father? Here, sir. This is his grave. Your mother. Here too sir. Oh do you live with them?

Supposing you're kindly let live which I ain't made up my mind about yet. With my sister sir. Mr. Joe Gargoy, wife of Joe Gargoy the blacksmith. Blacksmith eh? You know what a fire looks like?

A fire? Yes sir. Do you know what Whittle's is? Yes sir, food sir. Then you'll get me a fire and you'll get me Whittle's or I'll have your art and liver out. Try sir. And you'll bring them Whittle's and that file to me in this church you're tomorrow morning at daylight.