Richard Hane, a man accused of murder, is drawn into a dangerous search after a fellow theatergoer, Annabella Smith, tells him of a foreign agent hunting a vital air defense secret. Hane hides in her flat, then flees by train to Scotland, where he meets Pamela Stewart, who agrees to pose as his wife to slip past the police. This episode of the Lux Radio Theatre, first broadcast on December 13, 1937, stars Robert Montgomery as Hane and Ida Lupino as Pamela, with Isabelle Jewel as Annabella and Jean Lockhart as Mr. Memory. The play adapts the British film based on John Buchan's novel.
Characters: Richard Hane, Annabella Smith, Pamela Stewart, Mr. Memory, Professor Bartlett, Mr. Hammond
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From Hollywood, California, the Lux Radio Theater presents Robert Montgomery and Ida Lupino in the 39 Steps. Lux presents Hollywood. For your loyalty to our products, Lux says thank you, ladies and gentlemen, and brings you another hour of entertainment direct from the film capital.
Tonight, we star Robert Montgomery, Ida Lupino, Isabelle Jull and Jean Machart with Major C. E. Russell, formerly of the United States Intelligent Service, as the evening's special guest. Lewis Silvers conducts the orchestra. And here beside me, our producer and your host, ladies and gentlemen, Mr. Cecil B. DeMille.
Greetings from Hollywood, ladies and gentlemen. The 39 steps lead an old friend at a newcomer, Robert Montgomery and Ida Lupino, to the stage of the Lux Radio Theatre. Since he'll last, Robert Montgomery's been rushing back and forth between two lots.
One is the Metro Golden Mayor studio Mayor's studio where with Rosalind Russell, he's completed Live, Love and Learn. The others are lot in Beverly Hills, on which Bob has just finished building a new home with a beautiful library.
And Bob is a man who really uses his library for his constantly seeking new screen material. President of the Screen Actors Guild, Bob devotes at least three nights a week to that organization. So this fall he took time off to go to his farm in New York State for a few weeks of
potterage and pheasant hunting. His favorite Hollywood sport is tennis, in which activity he's expert enough to be the frequent opponent of Sydney Wood, the ex-Davis Cup player. Bob is heard tonight as Richard Hane in the 39 Steps, adapted from the Gomont British film, which in turn was taken from the novel by John Bucken.
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Good night, either. Good night, Bob. Thank you, Robert Montgomery and Ida Lovino. Ladies and gentlemen, this is your announcer Melville Ruig. Mr. Demille returns in just a moment with news of next week's play and stars.
In our cast tonight, we're Leonard Mutey as Professor Bartlett, Reginald Sheffield, Herbert Evans and Keith Kenneth as detectives. Lionel Belmore as innkeeper, Vernon Steele as Cott driver, Edgar Norton as manager of the music hall, Eric Wilton and Raymond Lawrence as Cockney travelers, Ward Lane as Butler, Eric Snowden and Norman Ainsley as scutman,
Sibyl Harris as a rowdy and Phyllis Coglin as a woman. Lewis Silvers appeared through courtesy of 20th Century Fox Studios, where he was in charge of music for the new picture, love and hisses. And now, our producers.
One of the most glamorous beauties of the screen, that the screen is ever known, appears in the Lux Radio Theatre next Monday night. Marlena Dietrich, our play is taken from the highly successful motion picture in which Miss Dietrich starred, the song of songs, the love story of a Viennese girl and the three
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