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Lucky Jordan

Screen Guild Theater · January 31, 1944 · 29 min · 4,599 words

The transcript of “Lucky Jordan”, an episode of Screen Guild Theater first broadcast January 31, 1944. 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. Lucky Jordan. Our starting players. This is Alan Ladd. This is Marjorie Maine. This is Barbara Britton. And this is Harry Bonzel.

Tonight Lady Esther presents the Screen Guild Players in a radio adaptation of Paramount Picture Screen's success. Lucky Jordan. It stars Alan Ladd in his original role as Lucky. Marjorie Maine is Annie. Barbara Britton as Jill Evans and Harry Vanzel as Slip Moran.

The Lady Esther, Screen Guild Players, in Lucky Jordan. Lucky Jordan, they call him. He controls all the rackets around New York. Yes, Lucky Jordan knows all the answers, except to a letter that starts with readings, which is what his lawyer is trying to explain.

This is different, Lucky. This is war. Everyone owes it to his country to serve. Not me. I don't know anything to anybody. But you've got to go unless you have an exemption. Say, boss, you wouldn't have a wife and a family.

I don't be funny slip. Well, how about a mother? I never knew who she was. And I can't get you off. I'm afraid you're in. Well, you take another think. There must be some old bad old call me Sonny for the right kind of dough.

What? If I need a mother, go out and get me one. Here she is like he meets your mother. Hello, Mr. Jordan! I do I call you son. You just keep your lip buttoned up.

Hey, slip, just the best you could do. The shrunken old bat. Gee, boys, what did you expect? Whistles mother. But this is the old dame who's always mooching quarters in Times Square. Look at her clothes.

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