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Cardinal Richelieu

Lux Radio Theatre · January 23, 1939 · 59 min · 8,572 words

The transcript of “Cardinal Richelieu”, an episode of Lux Radio Theatre first broadcast January 23, 1939. 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, California, the Lux Radio Theater presents George Alice in Cardinal Richelieu, with Florence Alice, Caesar Romero, Heather Angel, Montague Love, and Douglas Dumbrel. Lux presents Hollywood. This is the drama of a man who struggled against enormous odds of force and hatred to bring dignity and greatness to the flag of France.

Our play stars George Alice with Florence Alice, Caesar Romero, Heather Angel, Montague Love, and Douglas Dumbrel, and our guest between the acts is Edward P. Lambert, Outstanding Hollywood Authority on History and Costumes. Our music is conducted by Lower Silvers.

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Greetings from Hollywood ladies and gentlemen. During America's cradle days, at about the time that Englishmen were planting tobacco and the sovereignty of King James in Virginia, and the Dutch were buying the island of Manhattan at far less than a pennegan acre, they're spread across every corner of France, the shadow of a mighty man, a man named Richelieu.

In his youth, Richelieu had worn the plated helmet of a soldier, later the red cap, which proclaimed him a cardinal of the church. Though he never wore a crown, no king ever sat more securely on the throne of France than he, or brought at greater glory. It's the drama of his career that we're about to bring you, with one of drama's most distinguished interpreters,

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