Life of Riley

Lux presents Hollywood. Leave Your Brother's Company, the makers of Lux, toilet soap, bring you the Lux Radio Theatre, starring William Bendix with Rosemary De Camp, Richard Long and Meg Randall in The Life of Riley.

Ladies and gentlemen, your producer, Mr. William Kele. Greetings from Hollywood, ladies and gentlemen. During the so-called good old days of the theatre, play sometimes ran for years, and actors were often completely identified with one role for most of their lives.

The same is more or less true today in radio, and particularly so, with that clever and lovable comedian William Benix, who has become identified with one and Mr. Riley, just as lovable, but not as clever.

Tonight's play, The Life of Riley, was based on the famous radio series, and the Irving Brecker production for Universal International Studio was a great screen hit. In addition to Bill Vendix, we have Rosemary De Camp, Richard Long and Meg Randall, all from the original screencast.

I know you'll be interested to hear that another of our Lux girls has won new honors. I'm sure you remember Jackie Lee Barnes, the winner of the National Contest for the most beautiful 15-year-old Lux girl.

In the June issue of Modern Screen Magazine, she's been selected as America's most promising teenage beauty. And so once again, our congratulations go to that lovely, luxe girl, Jackie Lee Barnes of Albuquerque. Now, here's the life of Riley, starting William Bendix as Riley, Rosemary De Campes as Peg, Richard Long as Jeff, and Meg Randall as Babs, with John Brown as Digger Odell.

There's no doubt about it, America is the land of miracles, where dreams come true. Take that penniless farmer, Ruben Shep, he discovered gold while plowing his field. Today he's living the life of Riley. Well the starving Indian who drove a tent stake into the ground and struck oil.