Gene Raymond and Anna Sten star in this adaptation of Graustark, produced by Cecil B. DeMille for the Lux Radio Theatre, and first broadcast on February 8, 1937. Glenn Lorry, a young New York reporter, meets a visitor from the small country of Graustark, the princess Yetive, who is touring America with her aunt. The two grow close during a week of sightseeing, and Glenn asks her to marry him. Yetive asks for time to think. When Glenn follows her to Europe, he learns that she is the ruler of Graustark. Political pressure from the palace's advisers mounts, and a marriage to a foreign prince is being arranged.
Characters: Glenn Lorry, Yetive, Aunt Agmore, Baron Baranovoli, Hans, Johannes, General Danox, Prince Lawrence
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Hollywood, California, Monday, February 8th. The Lux Radio Theatre presents Gene Raymond and Anna Sten in Grouse Dark with James Gleason and Moroni Olsen. Present Hollywood. Another hour, brought to you by the makers of Lux Toilet Soul, direct from the stage of the Lux Radio Theatre on Hollywood Boulevard.
Headlining Gene Raymond, Anna Sten, James Gleason and Moroni Olsen. Our guests, Rufus Le Mer, Hollywood's foremost starfinder. Our producer, Cecil B. DeMille. Our conductor, Lewis Silver. Looking over the footlights, I see many Hollywood celebrities in our audience tonight.
To them and to our listeners everywhere, a hearty welcome to the Lux Radio Theatre. Let me remind you of this. That modern complexion double, cosmetic skin, comes gradually. If right now you're letting stale rouge and powder dust and dirt choke your pores.
your pores, you're taking chances. Don't do it. Use ruse and powder all you like. But remember that the soap 9 out of 10 screen stars use, luxe toilet soap, removes cosmetics thoroughly. It guards against the tiny blemishes and enlarging pores that mean cosmetic skin. It keeps complexions lovely, the way complexions ought to be. Protection, beauty for your skin at a very moderate cost.
And now, our distinguished producer, ladies and gentlemen, Mr. Cecil B. DeMille! Greetings from Hollywood, ladies and gentlemen. Tonight by our strange historical coincidence, we observe two golden anniversaries in the motion picture industry. Fifty years ago, Thomas Edison was completing the experiments that gave the world the motion picture.
At the same time, Harris Wilcox was laying out this Kehanga Valley subdivision called Hollywood. Those were days when Hollywood had an entirely different quota of celebrities. Its greatest hero, the subject of countless campfire tales, was still Kit Carson, who was the American chief of scouts helped capture Los Angeles.
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Thank you, Miss Ten and Mr. Raymond. Ladies and gentlemen, this is your announcer, Melville Ruig. There's an important announcement coming from Mr. DeMille in a moment. In the meantime, may I say that our stars tonight were assisted by Moroni Olsen as Baron Obelitz, Winifred Harris as Countess, Frank Nelson as Hugo and Secretary, Lee Mallar as Higgins, Leo McCabe
as Captain Belorets, Eddie Kane as Lieutenant, Lou Merrill as waiter, David Kerman as Soldier, Ross Forrester is a putman, Margaret Braton as cigarette girl, and Mary Lou Fisher as hat-jack girl. Mr. Raymond, Mr. Gleason, and Mr. Rolson appeared through courtesy of RKO Studios, Mr. DeMille Paramount, and Mr. Silver's 20th Century Fox, where he was in charge of music for the new Irving Berlin
film, On the Avenue. And now, Mr. DeMille. Let's suppose that you have two rich relatives, an uncle and a grandfather, both of whom remember you and their wills. From your uncle, you get a million dollars.
But grandpa, who detested your uncle, gives you six million on the condition, however, that you spend every penny left by uncle Ned within one year. This is the dire situation in which our hero finds himself next Monday night.
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