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Champion

Screen Guild Theater · October 13, 1949 · 29 min · 4,239 words

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The Camel Screen Guild Theater. Our stars Kurt Douglas, Marilyn Maxwell, Ruth Roman and Jimmy Leiden. Our play champion. Our hopes the makers of camel cigarettes. How mile, how mile, how mile, how mile can a cigarette be?

Small camel than tea. Not one single case of throat irritation due to smoking camels. That's what noted throat specialists reported in a coast-to-coast test of hundreds of people who smoke only camels for 30 days.

That's how mild camels are. Make a note. Remember your throat. Try camels today. And now while you discover the smoking enjoyment of camel cigarettes, for your listening enjoyment, The Camel Screen Guild Theater presents one of the outstanding stories of the year, a story with a punch in every scene and every line, and with the stars who made it so tremendous on the screen.

The Camel Screen Guild players bring you Kirk Douglas as Midge Kelly, Marilyn Maxwell as Grace, Ruth Roman as Emma, Jimmy Leiden as Connie Kelly, and Elliot Lewis as Hayley in Stanley Kramer's magnificent production, Champion.

A champion. That's what he is. A champion. Yes, it's a great story, alright. Great. Too bad no one knows it but me. I guess it really started that day on the road. My brother, Major and I were bumming our way to the coast.

Eyes going by like I didn't even see it. My bad leg starting to hurt like a devil. And this big convertible comes along and maybe the driver notices on lane. Anyway, he pulls up and waits for us and the blarmers with him doesn't seem to like it.

Johnny, for the love of Pete. What's the difference, Grace? We got plenty of room. Thanks, Mr. Thanks a lot. In the back. Right. Hop in, Connie. Okay. Where are you guys going? L.A. We're going as far as Kansas City.

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