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The Glass Key
Screen Guild Theater · July 22, 1946 · 29 min · 4,506 words
The transcript of “The Glass Key”, an episode of Screen Guild Theater first broadcast July 22, 1946. Press a time to play from that line (a 60-second preview; Potato Plus plays it all). Screen Guild Theater plays Screen Guild Theater free, live around the clock. Search inside this transcript.
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Lady Esther presents the Screen Guild Players. The Lady Esther Screen Guild Play Tonight, The Glass Key, The Starring Players, The Stallen Land. This is Marjorie Reynolds. And this is Ward Bond. Tonight Lady Esther presents The Screen Guild Players in Paramount Pictures' Exciting Mystery Drama, The Glass Key.
It stars Marjorie Reynolds' Janet, Alan Land' Ed, and Ward Bond as Paul. The Lady Esther screen guild players in the glass key. All you used to say we made a great combination. He had the fists and I had the brains.
Not that you could call him dumb. You don't get to be political boss of a state without having something under your hat. But trouble was when he wanted something he just grabbed it off and didn't count to cause.
And that's what worried me that night. Say Ed, the new posters just came in. How do you like them? Elect Ralph, Henry, Governor. Three-color job, not bad, huh? Paul, are you really going through with that crazy idea?
What crazy idea? Throwing it with old man Henry, the whole Reperm ticket. Well, sure, we're making the deal tonight at dinner, at his house. Hey, what's the matter, don't you like it? No more than I like those socks you're wearing.
Huh? What's wrong with them? The clocks, they, uh, they tick too loud. Yeah, I thought they was pretty. Nick Vegas isn't going to like it either. No, I ain't that just too bad. You know, they, uh, raided his gambling joint last night.
Yeah, I know. I passed the word myself. Nick bought protection. He's going to want it. Yeah, but it just happens that we're cleaning up this town. Well, all these two big to take the boot from you now.
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