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It Happened Tomorrow
Lux Radio Theatre · July 3, 1944 · 59 min · 10,179 words
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Lux presents Hollywood. The Lux Radio Theater brings you Donamiji and Anne Baxter in It Happened Tomorrow. Ladies and gentlemen, your producer, Mr. Cecil B. DeMille. Greetings from Hollywood, ladies and gentlemen.
Since our remote ancestors lived in caves and fought their wars with clubs, men have wanted to know the true story of the future. Some wanted this knowledge, only to grow rich. rich, others to grow famous, and perhaps a few to help their fellow men. But since the beginning of time, all of our yesterday's lead only toward tomorrow. And this week our play
is Renee Claire's delightful and exciting picture, It Happened Tomorrow. Arnold Pressberger produced the picture, and Donna Michy and Anne Baxter starred in it for us tonight. It happened tomorrow is the drama of one man who begs for a chance to see tomorrow's newspaper today and gets that chance. Many strange and wonderful adventures come to him, and the greatest of
the mall is meeting a very beautiful girl. But after you hear this story, I wonder if you will ever again want to see tomorrow's newspaper today. In crossing the country last week, I met still more of our audience face to face.
And when that happened, I always discover again how strong the loyalty is that holds you to this theater and to the product behind it, flux flakes. I remember one person in particular. She told me right away that she was a grandmother.
And then I learned how she was doing her bit for the war. She had made it possible for her daughter to take a job in a war plant by looking after the daughter's baby and the rather extensive laundry that always goes with the young of the human species. Grandmother made just one provisal for the sake of her hands, the daughter was
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