The Velvet Touch

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Thank you. The place for drama, very properly, is behind the footlights, but occasionally a story extends deeper into the theatre, into the fears and fantasies of the players themselves. And then we have a vehicle to tempt any actress.

We have the velvet touch. I count myself very fortunate to have played the role of Valerie Stanton on the screen and to repeat it again tonight. So now we present the Screen Director's Playhouse adaptation of the velvet touch, But first, here is Jimmy Wallington.

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