The Clock

Lux presents Hollywood. The Lux Radio Theater brings you Judy Garland and John Horiak in The Clock. Ladies and gentlemen, your producer, Mr. William Keel. Greetings from Hollywood, ladies and gentlemen.

A popular magazine now understands describes New York as one city in America where dreams come true, where the fabulous and the improbable are ever present. An example is a clipping which I have here dated January 19th.

It reports that as a result of seeing Metro Golden Mayor's screen success per clock, scores of servicemen are riding up and down escalators in the Pennsylvania Station looking for romance. The reason they give is that's how a soldier met Judy Garland in the picture.

In tonight's lucked radio version of the clock, we show you how it happens. As we bring you Judy Garland playing her original screen role, co-starred with John Hodyack. The clock is the tender story of a boy and girl who meet in the heart of a teeming and relentless city.

I'd like to tell you another boy and girl story that ended as all such stories should. In a small village in France some months ago, a young French couple invited troops of our occupation forces to be present at their wedding.

The man who told me this story said he felt that he should bring a gift, and he could think of nothing better than two cakes of luck soap for the bride and groom. As he describes it, the gratitude and appreciation were as great as if he had brought them jewels.

The adds I thought they'd never stop thanking me. Well, an American bride might not consider luck soap such a rare and costly gift, but I'm I'm sure she'd understand the enthusiasm and appreciation of her less fortunate sisters overseas.