Mr and Mrs Smith

Lux presents Hollywood. Lux Radio Theatre brings you Carol Lombard and Bob Hope in Mr. and Mrs. Smith. Ladies and gentlemen, your producer, Mr. Cecil B. DeMille. Greetings from Hollywood, ladies and gentlemen.

This evening's class will study a simple equation. Bob Hope plus Carol Lombard equals a riot. And this particular riot is called Mr. and Mrs. Smith. I've been connected with the theatre most of my life, And that's been long enough to bomb me from the draft.

I've seen many a bright star rise, but I've never seen more comedy stars than we have today, nor a time when they were more needed. Two top ones are here tonight, and they'll do their best to help us keep our national equilibrium by completely upsetting it for the next hour.

That plays the story of a young married couple who suddenly discover to their own amazement that they aren't legally married at all. Carol Lombard and Bob Hope carry on from there with Carol in the same part she played in the RKO picture and Bob Hope as her lawyer husband. Personally I'd like to have the right to sell

tickets in any courtroom where Bob pleaded a case. But we're not selling tickets tonight. Our production of Mr. and Mrs. Smith is another gesture of appreciation to Mr. and Mrs. America for the way they've supported another production of ours, Luxe toilet soap. Of course we've We've generally spoken to Mrs. America when we've talked about that, but we had no intention

of sliding her husband. It just seemed that Mrs. America would be more interested. But Mr. America has some very definite ideas of his own about soap, principally on the subject of lather. His letters are practical and to the point.