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Lux Radio Theatre · September 9, 1940 · 58 min · 8,948 words
The transcript of “Manhattan Melodrama”, an episode of Lux Radio Theatre first broadcast September 9, 1940. 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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Patience Hollywood Radio Theatre bring you William Paul, Murna Loy and Donna Meachie in Manhattan, Mother Donna, ladies and gentlemen, your producer, Mr. Cecil Dean Jamil. Greetings from Hollywood, ladies and gentlemen.
Backstage in the Lux Radio Theatre. This is an exciting moment. Cut in time on the first night of our seventh consecutive season. We're on the brink of new adventure. Adventure with the brightest stars of Hollywood and Broadway.
Adventure with the outstanding stage and screenplays of the year. And in tonight's adventure, three of your favorite stars, William Powell, Marnaloy, and Dana Michie, begin the season with Manhattan melodrama. From the pickle of gas light to the blaze of neon, first night have always thrilled me.
As the scene in front of this theatre thrilled me tonight. But all the spender and spectacle of this great Hollywood premiere are yours without having to brave a single traffic jam. This theater was designed for you, and we appreciate the approval you've stamped on that design by your loyalty to the products behind it.
Lux toilets open and lux flakes. For the seventh year we are going to keep luck, a symbol of the highest quality in entertainment, just as it stands for the highest quality in both of our products.
And we don't need a horoscope to predict the nor-spicious beginning for this new season. The stars look very favorable. In fact, Mernaloy is smiling. But Manhattan melodrama has added a few gray hairs to my head.
Though even gray ones are welcome. The drama in the play is so strong that it demands three forceful personalities to play it. And three of a kind like William Powell, Mernaloy and Donamichi are hard to get.
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