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Lux Radio Theatre · January 1, 1945 · 59 min · 9,979 words
The transcript of “Bride by Mistake”, an episode of Lux Radio Theatre first broadcast January 1, 1945. 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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Lux presents Hollywood. The Lux Radio Theater brings you, Bride by Mistake, starring Lorraine Day, John Hodyak, and Marcia Hunt. Ladies and gentlemen, your producer, Mr. Cecil B. DeMille. Greetings from Hollywood, ladies and gentlemen. And a happy year and new year to all of you.
I hesitate to go further and wish you a prosperous new year, because of what happens to a certain lady you're about to meet. Her name is Nora Hunter, and she's very prosperous indeed. But far from bringing her happiness, her wealth is the cause of many startling complications in tonight's play. RKO's new comedy hit,
Bride by Mistake, which stars as Nora Hunter the lovely Lorraine Day, who will soon be seen in the Metro Golden Man picture, Keep Your Powder Drive. Also from the original cast of Bride by Mistake is There's Marsha Hunt, and we're fortunate in having with us John Hodyak, whom you may have seen in MGM's marriage at the private affair.
Together, they bring us the whirlwind adventures of a woman eager for marriage who finds that wealth is more often a handicap than an advantage. I think you'll agree that how she overcomes that handicap makes one of the screen's most entertaining comedies.
Whether or not you believe that money is the root of all evil. It is certainly true that the value of any currency depends on the laws of supply and demand. From all the parts, there seems to be a new kind of currency and use around the world.
It isn't paper and it isn't coin. Can you guess what it is? You're right, it's soap, luck, toilet soap. In France, we are told that a cake of luck, toilet soap is worth the price of a beef steak dinner.
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