From This Day Forward

Lux presents Hollywood. The Lux Radio Theatre brings you Joan Fontaine and Mark Stevens in From This Day Forward. Ladies and gentlemen, your producer, Mr. William Kealey. Greetings from Hollywood, ladies and gentlemen.

60 years ago today, October 28th, the Statue of Liberty was unveiled in New York Harbor. Since then, millions of people have sailed beneath her upraised torch to a new life and a brave new world.

Our play tonight, RKO's recent hit from this day forward, deals with the most important of these millions. Our own men in uniform, returning to the problems and complexities of present-day America. It's a story of love and hope against the background of this changing and exciting world.

And we are fortunate in having both stars of the picture, Joan Fontaine, one of Hollywood's most accomplished players, and Mark Stevens, whose spectacular rise to stardom heralds a brilliant future. I imagine all of us are thinking in terms of, from this day forward, wondering what the future But how many of you know that Halloween, which we observe on Thursday, was originally a day

of fortune-telling and prophecy? It was a day when young girls, especially, resorted to many forms of magic ritual to find out when and whom they'd marry. Nowadays I'm sure young girls depend more on their personal attractiveness to win a husband, the kind of complexion loveliness that Luxe Toilet Soap Care can bring.

And once you try Luxe Toilet Soap and get acquainted with its form of magic, I am sure that you'll depend on it from this day forward. On to our play, starring Joan Fontaine as Susan and Mark Stevens as Bill.

Our curtain rises on Act 1. It's mid-afternoon in New York City. In front of a large office building, a young man in uniform, pauses before entering and turns to the girl at his side. Well, I guess I better go on Susan.