Sergeant John Lawrence returns home from the war to his sweetheart Mary McKendley, but he has a secret: he is already married to an English girl, Lily, whom his friend Fred Taylor has been searching for. Mary is eager to marry John and the McKinley family prepares a wedding, while John and Fred try to find a way out of the situation. The broadcast is Lux Radio Theatre's production of John Loves Mary, starring Ronald Reagan and Patricia Neal, first broadcast on June 19, 1950. The story is set in New York and Washington in the period after the war.
Characters: John Lawrence, Mary McKendley, Fred Taylor, Senator McKinley, Mrs. McKinley, Lily, Lieutenant Harris
The transcript of “John Loves Mary”, an episode of Lux Radio Theatre first broadcast June 19, 1950. 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. The production of the show is of Lux Week. The Lux Radio Theater. Starring Ronald Reagan and Patricia Neal in John Loves Mary. Ladies and gentlemen, your producer Mr. William Keeley, speaking to you tonight from Gallaudieu, Mexico.
Leading from Gallaudieu, Mexico, ladies and gentlemen. In selecting tonight's script, we look for a certain kind of play with no serious message. No act to grind, no purpose, but the very desirable one of entertaining you.
And I know that just what John Love's Mary will do. My friend Norman Kratzner wrote the Broadway success, which became a Warner Brothers hit on the screen. And tonight, our stars play their original picture roles.
First, Ronald Reagan. You know I can't think of a better choice for a typical American GI. And then Patricia Neal, whose fresh beauty is perfect for the American girl back home. You know there's nothing more commendable than doing a good deed for a buddy, such as loaning him money or your only clean shirt.
But I think you'll agree that in John Love's Mary, John goes just a little too far. But before you discover John's great sacrifice, I want to remind you about next week. After our play tonight, we'll announce a special attraction for our closing broadcast of the season.
One of your favorite pictures with two of your extra favorite stars, a combination you've requested in your letters many times. And we'd like to thank you for those letters, because you've also been kind enough to tell us that Lux Flakes are a favorite of yours too.
No for many seasons now, your favorite stars and Lux Flakes have been a perfect combination. Now, John loves Mary, starring Ronald Reagan as John and Patricia Neal as Mary. 43, a young man named John Lawrence left his sweetheart Mary and went off the war.
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See for yourself why nine out of ten screen stars use luckstoil itself. Hey the makers of Lux Lake join me in inviting you to be with us again next Monday evening when the Lux Radio Theater presents Van Johnson and June Allison in The Bride Goes Wild.
This is William Kealey, bidding you good night. Third in our cast tonight were Herbert Bigerin and Fred, Alan Reed as McKinley, and Bill John Stone, Constance Cavendish, Eleanor Audley, George Neese, Herbert Butterfield, and Eddie Mar.
Our play was adapted by SH Barnett, and our music was directed by Lewis Sovers. This program has come to you with the good wishes of the makers of Lux Flakes. The safe, gentle care recommended 33 to 1 by makers of Nice Washables.
This is your announcer, John Milton Kennedy, reminding you to join us again next Monday night. To hear the bride goes wild starring Van Johnson and June Allison. Stay tuned for my friend Irma, which follows over the same station.
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