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Riley, the Crime Buster - Juvenile Delinquency - Curfew

The Life of Riley · April 3, 1948 · 28 min · 4,113 words

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Radially lovely presents the life of Riley with William Bendix as Riley. In our studies of the life and times of Chester A. Riley, we have seen our hero as worker, philosopher, and child psychologist. This evening our curtain rises to reveal Riley the socially conscious citizen, expressing his profound views on the subject of neighborhood betterment.

That's a lot of bulk neighborhood betterment. Do I have to go to the meeting tonight, Peg? Well, you promised Dr. Martin, and it's about time you took an interest in some community activity. activity. Oh, it's a waste of time. Do I have to go? Do I? Oh, I don't understand you. Don't you want to improve this neighborhood? No.

How can you say that? I'm no fool. I can just see myself working like a dog improving the neighborhood and it gets better and better and better. First thing you know, I ain't good enough to live in it and they kick me out.

They ain't going to trap me. That's nonsense. Yeah, look what happened to us when we lived in North Hollywood. I slaved away on that community entertainment committee. A fat lot of thanks I ever got.

Well, what did you expect? They asked you to get some entertainment for the old men's home. And who do you bring there? Bubbles, LaTour and our burlesque bombshells. Yeah, the old guys loved it. It was a tonic form.

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