Sorrowful Jones

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On this program we are continuing with our salute to Bob Hope. As we present the radio adaptation of his motion picture, Saraful Jones. The Hollywood Radio Theater. The Hollywood Radio Theater. Adaptation of famous motion pictures.

With Hollywood's greatest star. Here is your host, Frank Brzeig. Greetings again, ladies and gentlemen. From Paris to Pago, Pago, there's hardly a man, woman, or child now alive who hasn't seen or heard Bob Hope.

And for millions of XGIs, Bob will always be remembered as the man who brought a touch of comedy to Korea and a touch of excitement to Europe. Bob traveled the world and entertained more than any other comedian.

When in Hollywood, he would stop off just long enough to do a radio show. And this time a radio version of his Paramount picture, Sorrowful Jones, and co-starring with him is the lovely and talented actress who made the picture such a success Lucille Ball.

Bob proved that people all over the world always appreciate top entertainment. And now act one of Sorrowful Jones, starring Bob Hope in the title role as Sorrowful. Lucille Ball is Gladys and little Mary Jane Saunders as Martha.

This is a love story. The story of Sorrowful Jones, who fell in love with money at the age of six. They've been going steady ever since. In Midtown, New York, just off Broadway, there's a barber shop.

Oh no, our hero is not a barber. He does his clipping in the back of the barber shop. It's called a horse room. And if the police knew about it, they'd close it up. Because betting on horses, except for the racetrack, is against the law.