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Alias Jimmy Valentine

Lux Radio Theatre · November 9, 1936 · 59 min · 9,493 words

The transcript of “Alias Jimmy Valentine”, an episode of Lux Radio Theatre first broadcast November 9, 1936. 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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Hollywood California Monday November 9th. The Lux Radio Theatre presents Pat O'Brien and Mad Jevons in alias Jimmy Valentine with Alan Jenkins and William Frawley. This presents Hollywood, our stars Pat O'Brien, Mad Jevon, Alan Jenkins and William Frawley, our guests Melvin Pervis, greatest G-man in history and Carolyn Newell, Showgirl, Our producer Cecil B. Demille, our conductor, Louis Silvers, to the visible

audience with us tonight in our theatre on Hollywood Boulevard and to our unseen listeners the world over greetings and good wishes from Lutz. A brief word to the ladies. Suppose you had spent millions of dollars just for clothes. Wouldn't it be logical for you to spare nothing to safeguard so huge an investment? Well, that's

exactly the position motion pictures are in. Yet, go to all the leading studios Here in Hollywood and you'll find they use inexpensive lux plates. Try a box tomorrow. Your clothes will wear longer and look newer when cared for in these gentle, marvellously effective plates.

And now, Mr. Cecil B. Demille! Greetings from Hollywood, ladies and gentlemen. Tonight's play came out of the darkest chapter in the life of O'Henry. Under his real name, William Sidney Porter, or Henry served the term in the Ohio State Penitentiary.

While there, he met Jimmy Connell, the safe cracker, who told the author the history of his life, which or Henry wrote into a short story, and from this all Armstrong fashion-dah play, alias Jimmy Valentine.

Tonight's Jimmy Valentine, Pat O'Brien, made his debut on the stage as an angel in the Christmas pageant. a rather disastrous beginning because his wings kept falling off. Years later, Pat landed on Broadway and came to Hollywood as Hildy Johnson, the star reporter of the front page.

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