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Lux Radio Theatre · January 3, 1938 · 59 min · 9,937 words
The transcript of “Alice Adams”, an episode of Lux Radio Theatre first broadcast January 3, 1938. 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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From Hollywood, California, the Lux Radio Theater presents Claudette Colbert and Fred McMurray in Ellis Adams with Walter Connolly. Lux presents Hollywood. Welcome, ladies and gentlemen, to the first of the 1938 programs in your Lux Radio Theater.
I say, you're Lux Radio Theater because it is your loyalty to our products, to Lux Torelitzel and Lux Lakes that makes these productions possible. We want you to know that we sincerely appreciate your enthusiastic support.
Tonight, we bring you Claudette Colbert, Fred McMurray, Walter Connolly, Anne Shoemaker, and Benny Baker in Alice Adams. We also bring you, as special guests, George Harel, most famous photographer of Hollywood Stars. Our music is directed by Lewis Ilvers.
And now, here's our producer, Hollywood's internationally known director. Ladies and gentlemen, Mr. Cecil B. DeMille. Greetings from Hollywood, ladies and gentlemen. The praises of Claude at Colbert have been sung in many ways and by many tongues.
But for sheer enthusiasm, nothing I've seen or heard approaches the verbal acrobatics of a foreign critic printed in a newspaper in Manchuria. The article reached me last week. It's a review written in English of Cleopatra, the last film in which I directed Miss Colbert, an attempt to read a portion of it is more than I can resist.
Our oriental commentator writes as follows, quote, all that Cleopatra possesses is lavishness not only. But also it contains some fine acting, especially in part of grammars, flagrant, and competent Claudette Colbert, who makes the role as Cleopatra every inch and L.
Aying from artistic points, this is just get the passing mark to boots. There is no space to hear repetition in these columns that the content of Cleopatra is too popular to insist it. You, the fans, certainly be struck all of a bump. If you see the demill for sets of several thrilling scenes and of dancing
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