Flight Command

Mucks presents Hollywood. Mucks Radio Theatre brings you Robert Taylor, Walter Pigeon, and Ruth Hussie in flight command. Ladies and gentlemen, your producer, Mr. Cecil V. DeMille. Greetings from Hollywood, ladies and gentlemen.

In through my office window one day last week, I drifted the powerful roar of airplanes flying in formation. High above the sound stages, I could see flashing silver wings. The wings of the United States Navy, they flew in perfect alignment, as though controlled by one master hand.

And in front of me was the story behind that comforting sight, the script of the play flight command, which you'll hear tonight with Robert Taylor in the part of the Navy pilot. I was just as proud of those planes as though I had been in command of the squadron myself, because I knew that every throttle was in the hands of a young American with nerves of steel

a modern night of the sky who rides alone, but not quite alone. Because at his right hand is courage, and at his left a thousand horsepower. This is the frontier of the present and the future, and tonight in flight command we bring you the thrilling drama of these young men who've chosen adventure for a career and wouldn't trade jobs with anybody.

Our play is adapted from the Metro Gordon Mayor picture, and we present the same stars you saw on the screen, Robert Taylor, Walter Pigeon, and Ruth Hussey. You know, between rehearsals for several weeks now, I've been spending most of my spare time looking at screen tests before deciding on the final casting of Reap the Wild Wind. That's a very

pleasant job, and I've certainly learned a lesson in beauty, because most of those tests were in color. As I sat in the projection room, one thing was driven home again and again. In the glowing color of today's motion picture screen, the girl with the peaches and cream complexion has a head start in the competition for stardom, and that's where Lux toilet