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The Search For Henry Le Ferre

The Mercury Theatre on the Air · 1938 · 29 min · 3,635 words

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Good evening. This is Orson Welles, your producer of a special series of broadcast presented by the makers of Pabs Blue Ribbon, the Mercury Summer Theater of the Air. The lights and every Friday night, blended, splendid, Pabs Blue Ribbon presents you with a front row seated, one of the greatest plays ever produced.

And now, if America's most famous producer, writer, director, Well, our story tonight, ladies and gentlemen, is an original for radio by that most original of radio writers, Miss Lucille Fletcher. It's titled, The Search for All-Elyl Affair.

Messages in the Cambridge will be heard as an Adelaphair, and so that our story may move without interruption. There'll be no between acts in the mission on this broadcast, our sponsors having very kindly omitted their usual commercial message at that time.

So right now, before we get started, let's give Jim an each year a chance to say his say about blended, splendid, perhaps blue ribbon. Friends, as you relax in the comfort of the summer evening to enjoy Mr. Wells' exciting radio drama, I hope that right beside you, on chair armor table is a tall, frosted foam-capped glass, a perhaps blue ribbon. Believe me, the

makers of perhaps blue ribbon are doing their best these thirsty days and nights to supply your dealer and thus supply you with all this truly great beer you'd like. Occasionally conditions make this pretty difficult, but a dish you can be sure.

Every bottle you do get will be, as always, the happy result of blending nevertheless than 33 fine brews into one great beer. As always, 33 fine brews blend their individual taste tones to give you that splendid flavor, too light, not too heavy, but fresh clean sparkling with the real beer taste coming through just

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