Keys of the Kingdom

Lux presents Hollywood. The Lux Radio Theater brings you Ronald Coleman and Ann Harding in the Keys of the Kingdom. Ladies and gentlemen, once again it's our pleasure to introduce our producer, Mr. William Kealy.

For the past three years, Colonel Kealy has been chief of the Motion Picture Division of the Army Air Forces. Prior to that, his 22 years in the theater, 12 as an actor and 10 as director, praised him to the first rank of motion picture directors, with more than 20 screen hits to his credit. We are happy to have the benefit of his experience

and producing talent in this theater. Mr. William Kealey. Greetings from Hollywood, ladies and gentlemen. Humility as the and proper goals may often be a path to fame. Some years ago, an obscure priest working in the interior of China with an humble people inspired A.J. Cronin's masterpiece, The Keys of the Kingdom, an almost instantaneous best

seller. He was brought to this green by a 20th century fox and has our drama on this stage tonight. For the profound and moving role of father Chisholm, we are fortunate in having an actor who in 23 years of motion picture stardom has created many of the screen's outstanding roles, Ronald Coleman, and co-starred with him the talented and

lovely Miss Anne Harding. Most of our story takes place in the interior of China, which I visited in 1939 and again during the war. It's a wild and undeveloped territory with very few of the luxuries of life. Strolling along a a dimly-lighted street in Krimming one evening, I was amazed to see several of those friendly

cakes of Luxo in a store window. The price? A little under a dollar and a half a cake. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, a dollar and a half a cake. It is such incidents that make you appreciate the little, everyday luxuries we take so much for granted, like a clean white cake of Luxu. They become mighty precious and important when you have to get along without