Lux Radio Theatre: Alias the Deacon

Lux presents Hollywood. Radio Theatre brings you Bob Burns in alias the Deacon with Helen Wood. Ladies and gentlemen, your producer, Mr. Cecil B. DeMille. Greetings from Hollywood, ladies and gentlemen.

Even in the 20th century, there's no telling where you'll run into Robin Hood, or under what name. Tonight he's a long way from Sherwood Forest. He wears not a suit of Lincoln Green, but one of modest black.

He doesn't carry a long bow, but a deck of cards, and his name known to every sheriff in the Middle West is the Deacon. But don't be alarmed. Of all the gentry who deal cards with scientific knowledge instead of blind hope, the hero in our play, alias the Deacon, is the most charming and the gentlest.

His coat may conceal a pair of aces, but beneath it beats a heart of gold. It's a part for Bob Burns if ever there was one, and so we followed the inspired lead of universal pictures by casting him in this radio adaptation of the screen's success.

It took a little persuasion though to get him here. Bob said he'd promised some fellow to go fishing with him. We got him to postpone his trip only by revealing a very special rendezvous for trout.

I'd been reserving that spot for a holiday of my own after finishing the picture northwest mounted police, But I think Bob Burns and alias the Deacon will be worth the sacrifice. Wherever the Deacon alights from his private car, any passing truck, injustice is on its way to defeat and romance runs its proper course,

and certain petty tyrants are apt to start running too. Any play with Bob Burns in it is a friendly play. But another kind of friendliness that we're very proud of is your loyalty to our product, Lux Flakes.

This will be DeMille saying good night to you from Hollywood. May I remind you ladies and gentlemen, the American Red Cross is appealing to all Americans for contributions to help the thousands of suffering women, children, and aged in war-ridden Europe.

More help is needed, and now show your sympathy by sending a contribution to your local Red Cross chapter. Heard in tonight's play where Fred Mackay is Johnny, Dwayne Thompson as Mrs. Clark, Lou Merrill as Cunningham, Arthur C. Brian as Sullivan, Griff Barnett as Sheriff, Bobby Winkler as Willie, Ralph Sedan as Andre, Wally Mayer as Bull, Martha Wentworth as Mrs. Gregory, Celeste Brush as Mrs. Howley, Maxine March as Mildred Gregory,

Edward Mar as station master, and Warren Ash as police chief. Bob Burns will soon be seen on the screen in the Paramount picture coming around the mountain. He appeared tonight to the courtesy of the craft music hall.