China

Hollywood. The Lux Radio Theater brings you Loretta Young, Alan Ladd, and William Bendick in China. Ladies and gentlemen, your producer, Mr. Cecil B. DeMille. Greetings from Hollywood, ladies and gentlemen. America has been at war for two years.

But this war, England has been at war for four. But this war began on the other side of the world. It began with an incident at the Marco Polo Bridge in Piping, more than six years ago.

At first the Japanese octopus pushed its tentacles rapidly into China. Then the advance was slowed. Then it stopped. In these six years, the Chinese have fought with old guns, old airplanes, with knives, with clubs, and with their bare hands.

But their day will come soon, and we will have the privilege of assisting their valor. The Chinese story is too broad, too big for any one drama. But tonight's play gives you part of it, a part seen by three Americans who follow their trail of destiny across that brave land.

The play is Paramount's great hit, China. And starring in it, you'll hear the same three players who gave such fine performances in the picture, Loretta Young, Alan Ladd, and William Bendix. Courage oftentimes inspires courage, and China is a drama of what one man was inspired to do by the things he saw in the great democracy of the East.

When the picture was released, if you'd been reading a newspaper of the entertainment business like Variety, you'd have seen headlines like China Top Shy or China Smash in Philly. Translated into English, they mean that the picture was a big success in Chicago and Philadelphia.

Of course, it was everywhere else, too. That's the kind of drama that the makers of Luxe Pollock saw want to give you in this theatre every week hit plays. And that's only proper in the case of a product which might itself rate headlines like Luxe Wows LA or Soak Stocko in Sensi, provided anybody covered