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The Big Clock

Lux Radio Theatre · November 22, 1948 · 59 min · 9,939 words

The transcript of “The Big Clock”, an episode of Lux Radio Theatre first broadcast November 22, 1948. 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. Lever Brothers Company, the makers of Lux Toilets Hope, bring you the Lux Radio Theatre, starring Ray Milan and Marino Sullivan in The Big Clock. Ladies and gentlemen, your producer, Mr. William Keeling.

Greetings from Hollywood, ladies and gentlemen. Some time ago, I read a galley proof of a new book and was so impressed by its screen possibilities, abilities that I phoned an executive at Paramount to recommend its purchase, only to learn they had already bought it. That book became Paramount's outstanding example of motion picture suspense,

the Big Claw. It's our play tonight, and we're fortunate enough to have two stars from the original cast, Ray Milan and Marino Sullivan, with Ray playing a magazine editor with an uncanny genius for tracking down criminals, and Moreno Sullivan as his wife.

This past week Mrs. Gilean I entertained two friends from Siam, who I discovered are enthusiastic users of Lux Toiletsuit. Even in Siam or Thailand as it is now called, our product is famous as a beauty care. That was true in the quieter days before the war, when we visited this colorful land, and according to our friends, Lux Toilet Soap is still a favorite. They are on their

way home now and are listening tonight from the Pacific as the curtain rises on the big clock, starring Ray Maland as George Stroud and Maria Sullivan as Helen. Midtown, New York City, towering 50 stories above the street is the famous Janeth building, World Headquarters of the incredible business empire known as Janeth Publications.

In the lobby of the Janeth Building is a tremendous clock. Its size and accuracy attract hundreds of sightseers daily to the Janeth Building. The most famous privately owned clock in the world, ladies and gentlemen.

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