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Lux Radio Theatre: My Darling Clementine

Lux Radio Theatre · April 28, 1947 · 58 min · 9,031 words

What happens

Marshal Wyatt Earp arrives in Tombstone, Arizona, after his younger brother James is shot and his cattle stolen by unknown rustlers. Earp takes the town's marshal job and sets out to find the killers, while his brothers Virgil and Morgan support him. His investigation draws him into contact with the gambler Doc Holliday, who runs a tavern and quotes Shakespeare. Earp also keeps a watch on the Clanton family, whose cattle are moving through the range. This Lux Radio Theatre production, broadcast on April 28, 1947, stars Henry Fonda, Richard Conte, and Cathy Downs. The story is adapted from the 20th Century Fox film My Darling Clementine.

Characters: Wyatt Earp, Virgil Earp, Morgan Earp, James Earp, Doc Holliday, Clementine Carter, Chihuahua, Old Man Clanton

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The transcript of “My Darling Clementine”, an episode of Lux Radio Theatre first broadcast April 28, 1947. 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. Leafy Brothers Company, the makers of Lux Flakes, bring you the Lux Radio Theatre, starring Henry Fonda, Richard Conte, and Kathy Downs in My Darling Clementine. Ladies and gentlemen, your producer, Mr. William Kealey.

Greetings from Hollywood, ladies and gentlemen. Tonight we bring you the story of Wyatt Earth. Among the many heroes of the early West, Wyatt Earp and his three brothers stand as symbols of the fighting martial, the sheriff who fought with fist and gun to establish law and order on our frontiers.

Earp is played denied by Henry Funder in 20th Century Fox's screen success, My Darling Clementine. Co-starred with Henry is Cathy Downs also from the original cast, and that new and talented arrival among screen stars Richard Conte.

My darling Clementine was still in Arizona in that primitive, weirdly beautiful country of the Navajo's. There were no laundry facilities there, of course. And Cathy Downs was telling me how she and other members of the troop did their own in tubs of lukewarm water and lux flakes.

They were observed in this daily ceremony by a group of fascinated squars. And one of Cathy's favorite souvenirs is a cake of soap made of yucka roots that an One Indian woman gave her, in exchange for, yes, you're right, a box of lucks, which only goes to prove that the bargaining instincts of the red man or red woman, in this case,

are as keen as ever. It's playtime, and here's Henry Fonda, starred as Wyatt Earp, Richard Conte as Doc Holiday, and Cathy Downs as my darling Clementine. Our curtain rises on the first act. Oh my darling, oh my darling, oh my darling Oh my darling, oh my darling, oh my...

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Kathy Downs will next appear for 20th Century Fox in the miracle on 34th Street. Peridin tonight's cast were Earl Ross as Clandon, Carlton Cadell as Morgan, Paula Winslow as Jowawa, and George Nees, Cliff Clark, Norman Field, Clark Gordon, Tim Graham, Eddie Maher, Bill Johnstone, Tyler McVay, Charles Seal, and Edwin Maxx.

Our music was directed by Louis Silvers. This program is re-broadcast to our service men and women overseas through the worldwide facilities of the United States Armed Forces Radio Service. And this is your announcer, John Milton Kennedy, reminding and attuning again next Monday night to hear The Egg and I with Claudette Colbert and Trent McQuarley.

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