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She Wouldnt Say Yes

Screen Directors Playhouse · June 2, 1950 · 29 min · 3,853 words

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RCA Victor, world leader in radio, first in recorded music, first in television, proudly presents... Green Director's Playhouse, star Rosalind Russell, production she wouldn't say yes, director Alexander Hall... The Hollywood Screen Directors present a scheme for psychiatry.

Tonight for the first time on the air, the motion picture comedy, she wouldn't say yes, starring Rosalind Russell in her original role of Dr. Susan Lane. There was once a girl named Susan. Susan Lane.

Doctor. Susan Lane? The eminent psychiatrist. Exactly. A very well-balanced personality. Strongly disciplined. No time for love. Well, not that strongly disciplined. There was also a young man named Michael Kent. By the cartoonist. The eminent cartoonist.

And creator of the Nixi. Nixi? Yes, my cartoon character. He's the little elf who sits on your shoulder when you see a beautiful girl and says, go get her. Well, does he say it very often?

Well, that's between you and the nixi. Well, is the girl usually co-operative? Well, that's between you and the girl. Thank you, Mr. Kent. Well, now I have to pick up my train tickets. Going back to Chicago, me and the nixi.

Pardon me. Me! Well, I know you're engrossed in your newspaper, but I'd like my tickets, please. Oh, a reading about the nixie. She's on the fella's shoulder, tells him to go ahead and throw an egg in the electric fan.

You mean that Howard comic strip character? Say! You ain't got an egg in your purse, have you? Yes, but I'm saving it for Easter. Now I'd like my tickets to Chicago, please. My name is Dr. Lane.

Say, you a medical man? Only around the edges of my diploma. The tickets, please. Say, Lane, Lane. Say, God in here. Say, I'll take them. A chinaine, up a nine. Is it your remember? Nine goals with Nickshay.

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