The Perfect Marriage

From Hollywood, the NBC Theater presents Hollywood Screen Directors present a comedy of wedlock in a deadlock. The perfect marriage starring 1948 Academy Award winner Loretta Young and introducing the director of the film, Louis Allen.

Tonight's guest screen director and tonight's story both first saw the light of the entertainment world upon the stage of the theater. And brilliant successes in this field brought them to the motion picture medium.

Thus the selection of our guest to make a picture from Samson Rafflson's popular play The Perfect Marriage was a logical one. He has created comedy all the way from London to Hollywood and has directed such fine films as the uninvited, our hearts were young and gay, so evil my love, and the soon-to-be-released Paramount picture Chicago deadline starring Alan Ladd.

Ladies and gentlemen, Mr. Lewis Allen. Thank you. There were two schools of thought about marriage. Those who think that it can't be perfect and those who know darn well it can't. Tonight we're concerned with the marital comedy, a story that's one of my favorites, simply because it's a barrel of fun.

So here's the perfect marriage starring Loretta Young, her original role of Jenny, with Robert Bailey as Dale. They say that a perfect marriage is like a perfect crime. You've never quite get away with it.

Well, Dale and Jenny Williams seemed to be getting away with it up to now. They've been just as successful at marriage as they've been at their respective careers. His, as a neuro-nautical engineer, hers as an editor of a woman's magazine.

And today, today is their fifth wedding anniversary. A fact which bubbles through Jenny's mind is the indulge in that Native American custom known as brunch. Darling, isn't it wonderful? Absolutely. Best coffee rose ever made.