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A Slight Case of Murder

Old Gold Comedy Theater · April 8, 1945 · 29 min · 4,756 words

The transcript of “A Slight Case of Murder”, an episode of Old Gold Comedy Theater first broadcast April 8, 1945. Press a time to play from that line (a 60-second preview; Potato Plus plays it all). Old Gold Comedy Theater plays Old Gold Comedy Theater free, live around the clock. Search inside this transcript.

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From Hollywood, California, the makers of old gold cigarettes present the comedy theater. The only radio program that brings you every week the greatest stars and the greatest comedies. Tonight's play, the radio version of the Warner Brothers production, a slight case of murder, starring Edward G. Robinson with Alan Jenkins.

And here is the director of the old gold comedy theater, Mr. Harold Loyne. Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. For tonight's play, we have selected a nice, cheery little item entitled, A Slight Case of Murder.

It's a story that deals with a benevolent gentleman, a former bootlegger of some importance, whose tenderness of heart is equalled only by his firmness of mind. For such a role, whom could we have chosen but me?

But Edward G. Robinson. Well, I checked my guns with the door, Harold. Good. although we all know that in real life you're hardly the kind of a person you portrayed so often on the screen. Well which is rather a fortunate thing otherwise think of what might have happened to the population of this country.

Yeah it's a relief to know that you prefer collecting musical albums rather than machine guns. However in the play your Remy Markle, a man whose beer kept a lot of people from being thirsty during prohibition but when prohibition was repealed I decided to go legitimate. I called the boys in and I said to them, boys from now on we're

going to be legit. From now on there ain't no still it's a brewery see. It's going to have real class just like any business enterprise. So dumped the artillery and did they? Well there was a little rumbling the boys felt kind of naked without their persuaders but they dumped the stuff. They dumped it and we went into business making real beer. The only

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