Dark Waters

Lux presents Hollywood. The Lux Radio Theater brings you dark waters starring Merlot-Barrant, Preston Foster and Thomas Mitchell. Ladies and gentlemen, your producer, Mr. Cecil B. DeMille. Greetings from Hollywood, ladies and gentlemen. If you were asked to name the wettest state in the Union, and I'm referring now to natural water surfaces and not spirits,

You would do well with the settle on Louisiana. Over 3,000 square miles of that state are underwater. The southern part, threaded by inland waterways called bayous. All through this bayou country are dark swamps and gaunt pimentos, eerie bugs and most draped cypress that have set the stage for so many mysterious legends.

Tonight's Lux Radio Theatre play Dark Waters, from a brand new picture just released. Take it moved from those mysterious swamps of Louisiana, with the story of a strong love haunted by a strange fear, a story as full of excitement and suspense as the swamps themselves are full of beauty and terror.

Our stars in this gripping drama are Merle Oberon and Thomas Mitchell in their original screen roles and Preston Foster. Some time ago, I made a picture laid in the bio-country of Louisiana, and in preparation I traveled by small boats over hundreds of miles of hidden rivers and shallow lakes.

Deep in the bayou country I met many shrimp fishermen living on their fishing boats. Some of these men had never been able to see a motion picture, but they listened to the Lux Radio theatre regularly every Monday night.

In fact we stopped for provisions at a tiny store that was built on stilts over one of the most out of the way by us, and on the shelf with fishing tackle, boats of calico, sunbonnets, and notions, I saw those familiar blue boxes of luck splaked, which shows that no matter how far from the beaten highways I may travel, I always get a luck screening.