The Rage of Manhattan

Lutz presents Hollywood. The Lutz Radio Theatre brings you Tyrone Power and Annabella in The Rage of Manhattan. Ladies and gentlemen, your producer, Mr. Cecil B. Demille. Greetings from Hollywood, ladies and gentlemen.

To the American Theatre in every generation, a benign fortune gives at least one Tyrone Power. That's practically an established tradition, established by a century of the theatre and three Tyrone Powers. I saw the second Tyrone Power many times on the stage and screenboat.

In fact, Mrs. Demill and I were in the same stock company with him in Denver 35 years ago. But the first Tyrone Power was playing in New York a little more than a hundred years ago.

Perhaps I'd better reassure you that I did not see him. Tonight, Tyrone Power the third stars for the first time in the Lux Radio Theatre. The play is the Rage of Manhattan. And that title refers to our co-star of the evening, the lovely and charming Annabella, who has captured the screen audiences of two continents.

In the rage of Manhattan, she plays one of those very dangerous characters, a young lady in search of a husband. The young lady happens to be stranded in a strange country, but that's no handicap at all because she also happens to be beautiful.

But there's a young man who's determined that she will not find a husband. And of course, that's Tyrone Power, who comes to us this week from 20th Century Fox, where everybody is very happy over his recent hit in the squash buckling mark of Zorro.

It's a joy to present two stars like Tyrone Power and Annabella in our play tonight. And you know, it's rather staggering, even to an old time I like myself, to realize that literally millions and millions of you are listening to this play.