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Saralee, You Are Lovely as the Summer

On Stage · September 9, 1954 · 27 min · 2,919 words

The transcript of “Saralee, You Are Lovely as the Summer”, an episode of On Stage first broadcast September 9, 1954. Press a time to play from that line (a 60-second preview; Potato Plus plays it all). On Stage plays On Stage free, live around the clock. Search inside this transcript.

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and Elliot Lewis on stage. Cathy Lewis, Elliot Lewis, two of the most distinguished names in radio. Appearing each week in their own theater, starring in a repertory of transgroud stories of their own and your choosing.

Radio's foremost players in radio's foremost play. Ladies and gentlemen, Elliot Lewis. Good evening. May I present my wife, Cathy? Good evening. Listen to this. Does that make you want to take off to faraway places?

Or this? That's going somewhere too. Would you like to be a board? Here's another one. That's more modern. That's for moon travel. Here's what's dark at all tonight. That's what Sarah Lee's mother heard. And that's what begins our story tonight.

It was written for us by Morten Fine and David Friedkin, and it's called... Sarah Lee, you are lovely as the summer night. Every spring Mama said she was going to do it. She finally did.

She ran away with the circus. It stopped over one night in Thermon, and the next morning it was gone. Mama clique. It was something she wanted to do all her life. Mama? Well, there she was with the circus and also I hitched her ride to Penn Mar.

Now it was like to Penn Mar, and the mountains like it was on the lake, so lots of people came here for vacation. Especially, I like that place where you could stand and look out and see three states.

Maryland, Pennsylvania, and another one I can't ever remember. I got a job at the Penn Star Hotel Chainlemating. I fell in love too, with Howard. Here's the bum. Howard? A bum. Why do you stay?

I never saw a waiter who looked like he does and not be a bum. a bum. Now come on honey, let's strip this bed. Mr. Abell wants this room ready half hour ago. Yes, ma'am. I know, Sarah Lee. I know about men like Howard. Yes, Miss Rebs. Yes, I've been in the hotel business. Yes, Miss Rebs. The girl who was here before you. You know why

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