Lux Radio Theatre - Gentleman's Agreement

Summary

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Podcast Summary

Podcast: Harold's Old Time Radio
Episode: Lux Radio Theatre – Gentleman's Agreement
Date: July 24, 2026
Host: Harold's Old Time Radio
Starring: Ray Milland (Phil Green), Dorothy McGuire (Kathy), and supporting cast

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Episode Overview

This episode features a full broadcast of the Lux Radio Theatre adaptation of Gentleman's Agreement (originally a 1947 film), a powerful drama exploring the perniciousness of antisemitism in postwar America. The protagonist, journalist Phil Green, investigates prejudice by posing as a Jewish man, confronting bias at both the institutional and personal levels. The episode delves into the challenges of exposing subtle bigotry and the dilemmas faced by those who witness prejudice but hesitate to oppose it outright.

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Key Discussion Points and Insights

1. Setting the Scene and Introducing the Challenge

• [00:22]–[03:21]
  • Phil Green arrives in New York with his son and mother, preparing to write a new magazine series for Smith’s Weekly.
  • The topic, proposed by Kathy (Phil’s eventual love interest): antisemitism.
  • Initial reluctance: Phil doubts he can add anything new to the subject or make an impact ("What can I say that hasn't been said before?" – Phil, [05:03]).

2. Parental Dialogue and the Education of Prejudice

• [04:37]–[06:16]
  • Phil struggles to explain hatred toward Jews to his son, Tommy ("It's when some people don’t like other people because they're Jews." – Phil, [04:57]).
  • Kathy encourages him that perhaps the topic hasn’t been addressed well enough.

3. The Investigative Angle: “I’ll Be Jewish”

• [09:47]–[11:42]
  • After a period of writer’s block, Phil realizes he needs to investigate bigotry through direct experience, as with his past stories ("I found the answer in my own guts, not somebody else's." – Phil, [09:47]).
  • Decides to pose as a Jew to gather firsthand exposure to discrimination ("I'll be Jewish ... I can just say it. I can live it myself." – Phil, [11:27]).

4. Encounters with Subtle and Overt Antisemitism

• [13:45]–[16:44]
  • Phil begins his investigation at work, creates test letters with Jewish and non-Jewish surnames, and uncovers disparities in treatment.
  • Ms. Wales, Phil’s secretary, reveals she herself once changed her name to get a job, underscoring internalized prejudice ("I wrote the same firm two letters ... When I sent 'Estelle Wolofsky,' I got the job. This firm. Smith's Weekly." – Ms. Wales, [16:23]).

5. “Gentleman’s Agreement” and Social Complicity

• [25:58]–[30:55]
  • Phil confronts his coworkers and friends with their role in perpetuating “gentlemen’s agreements”—unwritten social rules that keep Jews out of certain neighborhoods, clubs, and resorts.
  • Tension with Kathy, who initially seeks to avoid confrontations for social convenience (“But still, you’re not Jewish. It’d just ruin the party for Jane.” – Kathy, [29:19]).
  • Phil’s growing frustration with passive complicity.

6. Direct Confrontations: The Flume Inn Incident

• [39:02]–[45:29]
  • Phil reserves a room at a restricted inn to challenge real-world policy.
  • The management evades answering directly but ultimately denies him accommodation, demonstrating the subtle but powerful mechanisms of social exclusion ("Is this hotel restricted?" – Phil, [43:43]; "We don't have an available room in the entire hotel." – Manager, [44:30]).

7. Personal Struggles, Relationships, and Moral Choices

• [34:36]–[38:10]
  • Ongoing conflict with Kathy, who loves Phil but resists the consequences of his public stand.
  • Kathy’s fears about upsetting social order and her internal debate about her own complicity ("I know I promise. No exceptions. But it just seems so silly to start a thing for her up there when it's not true." – Kathy, [30:25]).

8. Children and the Impact of Prejudice

• [47:13]–[48:34]
  • Tommy, Phil’s son, is ostracized and called slurs by other children when they believe he is Jewish.
  • Phil comforts him, framing the moment as a lesson in integrity and solidarity with those targeted by bigotry.

9. Exposing “Nice” People’s Role in Bigotry

• [49:04]–[50:09]
  • Phil challenges Kathy: "You instantly gave him that lovely taste of superiority. The poison that millions of parents drop into the minds of millions of children." – Phil, [49:04]
  • Reflects on the role that apathy and conformity play in allowing prejudice to continue.

10. Resolution & Reflections

• [55:40]–[58:33]
  • Kathy comes to terms with the need to actively challenge discrimination ("If I'm just going to sit by and feel sick, then I'm not a fit wife for Phil. He'll fight for it always." – Kathy, [57:04]).
  • Phil recognizes that real change depends on more people refusing to accept unjust “agreements” and standing up for equality ("Equality and freedom still remain the only basis for wholeness and soundness in a man or in a nation." – Phil, [59:24]).

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• "It's when some people don't like other people because they're Jews."
  — Phil explaining antisemitism to his son ([04:57])

• "I found the answer in my own guts, not somebody else's."
  — Phil on real investigative journalism ([09:47])

• "I'll be Jewish ... I can just say it. I can live it myself."
  — Phil arrives at his angle ([11:27])

• "Words like yid and kike make me kind of sick no matter who says them."
  — Phil to Ms. Wales about internalized bias ([26:33])

• "Gentlemen's agreement? Kathy, you can't ... I see. Just give in, play along. Let their idiotic rules stand."
  — Phil confronting Kathy's rationalization ([46:25])

• "You instantly gave him that lovely taste of superiority. The poison that millions of parents drop into the minds of millions of children."
  — Phil indicting complacency as a form of poisoning the young ([49:04])

• "I've come to see that lots of nice people who despise and deplore it help it along and then wonder why it grows."
  — Phil's big realization ([49:27])

• "If I’m just going to sit by and feel sick, then I’m not a fit wife for Phil. He’ll fight for it always."
  — Kathy's moment of self-realization ([57:04])

• "Equality and freedom still remain the only basis for wholeness and soundness in a man or in a nation."
  — Phil's closing reflection ([59:24])

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Timeline of Key Segments

• [00:22] – [03:21]: Introduction of Phil, Kathy, and the assignment
• [04:37] – [06:16]: Home conversation about antisemitism
• [09:47] – [11:42]: Phil chooses to "be Jewish" for the series
• [13:45] – [16:44]: Institutional prejudice and Ms. Wales' story
• [25:58] – [30:55]: “Gentleman’s agreements” and social boundaries
• [39:02] – [45:29]: The Flume Inn confrontation
• [47:13] – [48:34]: Tommy experiences playground bigotry
• [49:04] – [50:09]: Phil accuses Kathy of unwittingly supporting prejudice
• [55:40] – [58:33]: Kathy’s crisis and catharsis
• [59:24]: Phil’s philosophical summation on equality and freedom

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Tone and Style

• The language is direct, earnest, and often introspective.
• Characters openly discuss feelings, social dilemmas, and the moral uncertainties of their time.
• The radio adaptation preserves the gravity and personal emotion of the original film, with a blend of heartfelt confrontation and poignant realization.

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Takeaway

This vintage radio drama adaptation of Gentleman’s Agreement remains sharply relevant in illustrating the ways everyday people rationalize or excuse prejudice—and the courage necessary to challenge it. By chronicling Phil’s journey from onlooker to active participant, the story insists that societal change requires not only overt action but also the willingness to confront uncomfortable truths within ourselves and our communities.

Transcript

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[Phil Green]

Presents Hollywood. Lelever Brothers Company, the makers of Lux Toilet soap, brings you the Lux Radio Theater, starring Ray Milan and Dorothy McGuire in gentleman's agreement, ladies and gentlemen, your producer, Mr. Irving Cummings. Greetings from Hollywood, ladies and gentlemen. Tonight we have Another of our 20 greats, Laura Z. Hopson's Gentleman's Agreement, a 20th Century Fox film based on this exciting novel won three Academy Awards and was acclaimed the best motion picture of 1948. And as our stars of Gentlemen's Agreement, we have Ray Milan and in her original role, Dorothy McGuire, who will join me later for a preview of A Man Called Peter a, a new 20th Century Fox picture starring Richard Dodd and Gene Peters. But right now, here's our good friend Ken Carpenter. One of Gentlemen's Agreement, starring Raymond as Phil and Dorothy Maguire as Kathy. New York City, headquarters of the celebrated magazine Smith's Weekly. In the editor's office, John Minafee has welcomed an old friend. Finding your way around town all right, Phil? Well, almost. Good. Mother and kid like New York, huh? Yes, and they like the apartment, too. Thanks.

[Kathy]

Good.

[Phil Green]

How is your mother, Phil, and the boy? They're both fine. Mr. Minifee?

[Kathy]

Yeah.

[Phil Green]

The boy, does he miss his mother? Well, Tommy's 10 now. It's six years since Helen died. I don't think he remembers it too well. Well, now, what about tonight? You didn't give me an answer yet. You know, thanks, but some other time, maybe. Nonsense. I won't ask you another time. Just a few friends coming over. I thought you brought me to New York to do some writing. And I did. Now, you get good and comfortable, because I'm going to talk to you about it for about an hour, maybe two hours. No, I've had an idea. An idea? I hate introducing people. Anyway, Phil, I've saved the best for last. Kathy, this is Mr. Green. My niece, Ms. Lacey.

[Kathy]

How do you do?

[Phil Green]

How do you do?

[Kathy]

Sit down, Mr. Green.

[Phil Green]

Yeah, sit down. I'll bring you a cocktail.

[Kathy]

Well, Mr. Green, I haven't read everything you've written, but what I have has been, well, very exciting. Exciting and honest.

[Phil Green]

Thank you.

[Kathy]

You mind telling people what you're writing? Now let me talk.

[Phil Green]

Well, uh, I've asked Phil to do a series on antisemitism oh, I've been wanting to do it for some time.

[Kathy]

Well, do I get a credit line?

[Phil Green]

You?

[Kathy]

Yes. Don't you remember? I was the one who suggested.

[Phil Green]

Why, sure. I knew somebody was after me, but I forgot who. Here's your drink, Phil. You know, I'm always stealing ideas without knowing. You know, it's funny, Ms. Lacey. You suggesting the series, is it?

[Kathy]

Why, no.

[Phil Green]

Lots of reasons.

[Kathy]

You make up your mind too quickly, Mr. Green. About women. Anyway, I saw you do it as soon as you sat down.

[Phil Green]

No. It's that apparent, huh?

[Kathy]

Let's see. I'm a little too well bred. Artificial. A trifle absurd. Typical New York. Hm.

[Phil Green]

No, I didn't have time for all that.

[Kathy]

Oh, yes, you did. I even left out a few things. Such as?

[Phil Green]

Look, I Give up, Ms. Lacey. You win.

[Kathy]

I'm sorry. I'll tell you some more. I'm divorced. I work. I help run a nursery school.

[Phil Green]

Oh. What else do you want?

[Kathy]

Just anything.

[Phil Green]

Just anything?

[Kathy]

Well, I'm supposed to be very good. Come along, Mr. Green. Will she have a nice time at the menatees last night?

[Phil Green]

Oh, oh, yes. Yes, Mom. Very, very nice. Hey, Tommy, you'll be late for school.

[Kathy]

Pop, what are you gonna write about this time?

[Phil Green]

Mr. Minifee wants me to do a series on anti Semitism.

[Kathy]

Oh, you don't sound very enthusiastic.

[Phil Green]

I'm not.

[Kathy]

What's anti Semitism?

[Phil Green]

Well, it's. It's when some people don't like other people because they're Jews.

[Kathy]

Why? Are they bad?

[Phil Green]

Well, some are. Sure. Some are not. Just like everybody else.

[Kathy]

But why don't some people like Jews?

[Phil Green]

Well, you see, Tom, some people hate Catholics and some hate Jews.

[Kathy]

And no one hates us because we're Americans.

[Phil Green]

Well, no, it isn't quite that thing. You see, one thing is your country like America or France or Germany. But the other thing, well, that's religion. Like the Jewish or the Catholic or the Protestant. Religion, you see, religion hasn't anything to do with country. Do you get it?

[Kathy]

Uh, huh. Well, see you tonight, Pop. Bye, Grandma.

[Phil Green]

Yeah. You know, that kid's gonna wreck me yet.

[Kathy]

Still, about the assignment. You're disappointed.

[Phil Green]

Yes, I am. I wanted to work on something I'd know people would read.

[Kathy]

You mean there's enough anti Semitism in real life without people reading about it?

[Phil Green]

No, but what can I say that hasn't been said before?

[Kathy]

Maybe it hasn't been said well enough. If it had, you wouldn't have had to try to explain it to Tommy just now. It'd be nice Sometime not to have to explain it to kids.

[Phil Green]

Yeah, it would be nice. I'm surprised, Phil. Happily surprised. I thought you were going to refuse the assignment. What changed your mind? Oh, a couple of things, Mr. Minifee. You know, I may put that niece under contract. Inspiration department. Well, wait a minute now. It wasn't Kathy. It was my kid. I tried to explain it to him this morning, and it was kind of tough. Anyway, I want to do the series now. I'll need your research department. Facts and figures. I don't want facts and figures. I don't need you for that. I. I want an angle, some dramatic device to humanize it, to get it red. You don't want much. You just want the moon. Well, there's much more to this than just the crackpot angle. Forget the extremists. It's the wider angle I want to get at. Go to the source. Yeah, all right. I'll knock it around. Before you go, you don't happen to want Kathy's phone number, do you? Regent 70493. We're having dinner. I always like to go light for the doors, you know.

[Kathy]

Will you pay? Old telephone.

[Phil Green]

Okay.

[Kathy]

He'll be right here. Kathy, I wish you'd get him to take you out to dinner again. He's not fit to live with. Oh, still no angle for a series. Well, he keeps working, but here he comes.

[Phil Green]

Oh, stop conspiring. Hiya.

[Kathy]

Hi. You sound like an unhappy writer.

[Phil Green]

I just wish I were dead, that's all.

[Kathy]

Nothing on paper.

[Phil Green]

Not the syllable.

[Kathy]

I'm sorry I interrupted you.

[Phil Green]

Well, I told you, if you don't call, I just keep wondering why. So it works out as an interruption either way.

[Kathy]

How many interruptions do you want?

[Phil Green]

I'll thank you to call me five or six times. It's your fault I'm in this jam.

[Kathy]

I'll remember that. Goodbye, Phil.

[Phil Green]

Goodbye, Kathy.

[Kathy]

Phil, isn't it always tough at the start?

[Phil Green]

Sure, it's always tough, but never like this. I've tried everything, Ma. You know, it's like beating your head against a concrete. Ma? Hey, Ma, what's the matter?

[Kathy]

I. I don't know. I feel so bad, I. Phil.

[Phil Green]

You're sure it's not serious, Doctor? There's nothing at all to worry about, Mr. Green. People with hearts outlives everyone else if they take care. Just keep your mother in bed for a few days. Go on in. I know the way out. I'll stop by tomorrow. Thank you. Everything okay, Ma?

[Kathy]

Looking like Hamlet. I feel wonderful. Where's Tommy?

[Phil Green]

I sent him to the drugstore. Poor little kid.

[Kathy]

I must have scared him to death.

[Phil Green]

What do you think you did to me, Phil?

[Kathy]

Haven't you had enough for one day? Please don't try to work anymore.

[Phil Green]

Look, I'm through trying. As a matter of fact, I've decided to phone Menifee. There's a certain virtue in knowing when you're licked. Ma, why are you licked? I just can't find the angle.

[Kathy]

But you got the angle before every article you ever wrote. The right angle's got in somehow.

[Phil Green]

But I didn't beat my brains on looking for them. When I wanted to find out about a scared guy in a jalopy. I bought some old clothes and a broken down car and took Route 66 myself. I lived with the yogis. I ate what they ate. I found the answer in my own guts, not somebody else's. And the coal mine series. I worked in a mine. I slept in a shack. I didn't try to dig into a coal mine as hard. I was a miner. And that's why I. That's it. Bubba Wallace here from 23 XI Racing on the track. My car's look is everything. But today I'm talking about more than just paint schemes. I'm talking about my favorite games at Chumba Casino. Check out exclusives like Stampede Fury and my own King Croc Fury. It's just as wild as my car looked in Texas. With over 200 games and new ones weekly. Play for free at chumbacasino.com let's Chumba.

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[Phil Green]

That's the angle. It's the only way.

[Kathy]

What's the only way?

[Phil Green]

I'll be Jewish. Well, all I gotta do is say it. Nobody knows me around here. I can just say it. I can live it myself for six weeks, six months, however long it'll take. That's it, Ma. It's a cinch.

[Kathy]

The best medicine I could have.

[Phil Green]

Look Will you keep my secret if you meet anybody? You're Jewish.

[Kathy]

I am too, I guess.

[Phil Green]

I gotta make a phone call right away.

[Kathy]

Why don't you ask Kathy to come over here?

[Phil Green]

How'd you know I wasn't gonna phone Menifee?

[Kathy]

Oh, dope. Nobody phones an editor with that look on his. Your apartment's beautiful. Now, tell me about your mother.

[Phil Green]

Oh, she's much better. She's sleeping now. Let's have a drink.

[Kathy]

No, no. No, thanks.

[Phil Green]

Just some sherry.

[Kathy]

You are still not telling me the angle. You sounded so excited on the telephone.

[Phil Green]

You know, it's funny. I thought I'd spill it the minute you got inside the door.

[Kathy]

It really must be something to get you like this.

[Phil Green]

Well, they'll be stumbling blocks, but I don't care. But I'll lick them when I get to them. And I say, you really don't want any sherry, do you? No. Neither do I. Oh, Kathy, don't. Don't say anything. Just let me kiss you.

[Kathy]

Bill, Please, Kathy. Oh, I'm just trying to think.

[Phil Green]

But, honey, marriage can be such a good way to live. All these years I've been hoping.

[Kathy]

I've kept hoping too. But when you made a mistake once, like I have you.

[Phil Green]

Are you afraid? I mean, you're not sorry? I mean, about Tommy.

[Kathy]

Oh, Phil, I'm glad. It's almost as if my marriage hadn't been wasted. As if I had a son growing up for me. No, darling, I'm not afraid.

[Phil Green]

I knew you'd find an angle. Phil, when do you start? Well, what's wrong with her right now? I'll get you an offer from the secretary. Oh, about the secretary. She'd have to know. Would you? Why would she have to know? As far as she's concerned, I'm Jewish. Of course. Well, now, how about lunch? Dance to meet some of the staff? And Irving Wiseman is lunching with us. It might be good for you to know him. Big industrialist, isn't he? Yeah. Come on. You'll like him a lot. Sorry we're late, boys. Sorry. Irving. It's Phil Green. Irving Wisely, Wiseman. Lou Jordan, our personnel manager. Joe Tingler, our photographer. And Bert McCanny, layouts. And last is a kind of a dessert. Phil, this is Ann Detrie, our fashion editor. She eats men alive.

[Kathy]

Well, thank you.

[Phil Green]

So you can sit next to her.

[Kathy]

Thank you again.

[Phil Green]

Well, boys, Mr. Green is going to do a series for us on antisemitism. Really, John, another one? I think it's a very bad idea now.

[Kathy]

Why?

[Phil Green]

Because it'll only Stir it up more. I say let us handle the problem our own way. We know from bitter experience the less talk there is about it, the better. Sure. Pretend it doesn't exist. Keep silent. Let the rabble rousers do all the talking. No, sir. We're going to call a spade a spade. And I think it's high time and a fine idea. So do I.

[Kathy]

You sound pretty hot about it, Mr. Green.

[Phil Green]

I feel pretty hot about it. And I don't think it has anything to do with the fact that I'm Jewish myself. Waiter. Waiter. How about some service over here, huh? Nice going, Phil.

[Kathy]

I'm your secretary, Mr. Green. Elaine Wells.

[Phil Green]

How do you do?

[Kathy]

Back mere, of course.

[Phil Green]

Now, the first thing I want to do is write a lot of letters. Go to clubs, resorts, interviews for jobs, apartments for lease, applications to medical schools. I've got a whole list here somewhere.

[Kathy]

Yes, sir.

[Phil Green]

I'll write each letter on blank stationary and send two to each address. Two? Yeah, One of them I assigned Skylar Greene and the other Philip Greenberg. Greenberg? Yeah. Just so there'll be no doubt about

[Kathy]

it, I changed my name, Mr. Green. Did you?

[Phil Green]

No, Green's always been my name. What was yours?

[Kathy]

Wolofsky. Estelle Wolofsky. I did exactly what you're doing. I wrote the same firm two letters. I sent the Elaine Wells one after they said there was no opening to Estelle Wolofsky. I got the job, too. Do you know what firm that was? This firm. Smith's weekly.

[Phil Green]

Does Mr. Menefee know about this? Oh, no.

[Kathy]

That's Mr. Jordan's department personnel. Oh. Is this the list I'm to write to, sir?

[Phil Green]

Huh? Oh, yes, yes. Now, if you'll get your book, I'll start dictating the letters. Well, Doctor, how's my mother? Your mother can be up and about tomorrow. Oh, that's fine. That's wonderful. Oh, doctor, would you mind if I had to see a good internist just to be on the safe side? Well, not at all. I suggest you take her to Nathan Van Wyk. Well, one of my friends recommended a Dr. Abrams. Abrams? Yeah, Jacob Abrams. Mount Sinai Hospital. Isn't he any good? Oh, yes, yes, of course. He's completely reliable. Not given to overcharging the way some do. You mean the way some doctors do or the way some Jewish doctors? Well, I suppose some of us do it, too. Not just the chosen people. Well, if Abrams doesn't impress me, I'll try. Dr. Van Wyk, I have no special loyalty to Jewish doctors simply because I'm Jewish. Myself? No, no, of course not. Well, good evening, Mr. Gre.

[Kathy]

And instead of having dinner in some restaurant, you'll just have to resign yourself to my cooking.

[Phil Green]

I am delighted.

[Kathy]

Kathy, sit down. It's all a trap. I want to talk to you.

[Phil Green]

Just talk.

[Kathy]

Not one bite to eat till you tell me your angle. Darling, do you realize I still don't know? Phil, tell me.

[Phil Green]

Well, it's really very simple. I'm just going to let everybody know I'm Jewish, that's all.

[Kathy]

But you're not, Phil, are you? Not that it would make any difference to me. But you said. I'm going to let everybody know. As if you hadn't before and would now. So I just wondered. Phil, you're annoyed with me.

[Phil Green]

No, no, I was just thinking.

[Kathy]

It's just that you caught me off guard.

[Phil Green]

You don't think much of the angle, do you?

[Kathy]

Oh, I do, darling. It's just that. Well, I think it'll mix everybody up. People won't know what you are. Of course, after the series, they'll know. But even so, it will keep cropping up, won't it?

[Phil Green]

All right, let it crop up.

[Kathy]

Must be out of my head. Let it is. Right. Who cares? Now, tell me some more.

[Phil Green]

Well, to begin with, you have to promise not to give me away. No exceptions. Okay?

[Kathy]

Okay. What about the people at the magazine? Won't they talk?

[Phil Green]

Well, no. They're not in on it. Only Mr. Minifee.

[Kathy]

The rest all think you're Jewish.

[Phil Green]

Look, Kathy, if this thing is going to work, the only chance is to go whole hog.

[Kathy]

Of course, I haven't really seen it before.

[Phil Green]

Well, I. I didn't mean to be so sharp just now. I'm sorry.

[Kathy]

Dinner?

[Phil Green]

Fine.

[Kathy]

Like a brandy? Still. Can I get some more coffee?

[Phil Green]

No. No, thanks. I think I'd better be getting along.

[Kathy]

Oh, so soon?

[Phil Green]

Well, I want to look in on Ma before she gets to sleep.

[Kathy]

Of course.

[Phil Green]

It's a mighty fine dinner. Kathy, I. I'll call you tomorrow sometime.

[Kathy]

All right.

[Phil Green]

Good night.

[Kathy]

Oh. Oh, just buzz for the elevator. Good night.

[Phil Green]

Going down, sir? Oh, no, no. No, thanks. I. I forgot something. Kathy.

[Kathy]

Oh, darling. Darling, what are we doing? What are we doing to each other?

[Phil Green]

I couldn't go away not long like that. Oh, it's my fault, Kathy. I. I'm always weighing and judging. I'm such a solemn fool.

[Kathy]

But I should have said your idea was fine right away. And it is, darling. Wonderful.

[Phil Green]

I don't know what happened. I just felt insulted and I. I couldn't let you off. I. I couldn't make it any easier for you.

[Kathy]

And all through dinner, I kept trying to reach you, tell you how sorry I was. And I couldn't. Oh, I wanted you so I did.

[Phil Green]

Come back, darling. And please, please let me come back. To a Gentleman's agreement in just a moment. Here's Francis Scully with a hint about what's new in movies.

[Kathy]

20th Century Fox has one that's new and exciting, Ken. It's Untamed, starring Jerome Powers, Susan Hayward and Richard Egan.

[Phil Green]

With a cast like that, I'd say it's off to a flying start.

[Kathy]

Oh, this one's a real thriller. It's about the pioneers who established the Dutch Free State in South Africa.

[Phil Green]

Well, those Dutch settlers had their hands full with the Zulu tribes, didn't they?

[Kathy]

Oh, they certainly did. Some of the most exciting scenes are the ones showing the Zulus attacking the wagon trains carrying the settlers. Incidentally, thousands of real present day Zulus, now tamed, I might add, were used in filming those scenes. They were photographed right in South Africa.

[Phil Green]

I can just imagine what they'll be like in CinemaScope and Deluxe Color. Untamed. Looks like it'll interest everybody. Plenty of action and Tyrone Power and Susan Hayward to provide the romance. Good night, Francis.

[Kathy]

Good night, Ken.

[Phil Green]

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[Phil Green]

Now our producer, Mr. Cummings. Act two of gentlemen's agreement. Starring Raymond as Phil and Dorothy Maguire as Kathy. A few days have gone by and Philip Green, posing as a Jew, is finding it a simple matter to get the evidence he's looking for. And you can type out those notes tomorrow, Ms. Wales. It's pretty late.

[Kathy]

Mr. Green. Is it true about Mr. Minafee? I mean, about the help wanted ad he's running in the newspapers?

[Phil Green]

Yeah, it's true all right.

[Kathy]

You. You told him about me?

[Phil Green]

Yes, I did. From now on, every help wanted ad will contain one sentence in big type. Religion is a matter of indifference to this office. He was a rather angry man, Ms. Wales.

[Kathy]

But, Mr. Green, I. Well, you don't want things changed around here, do you? I mean. Well, just let them get one of the kike kinds in here.

[Phil Green]

Now look, Ms. Wales, words like yid and kite make me kind of sick no matter who says them.

[Kathy]

I only said it for a type.

[Phil Green]

What do you mean by type?

[Kathy]

Well, loud and you know as well as I do the sort that starts trouble and the sort that doesn't like you and me.

[Phil Green]

You mean because we don't look especially Jewish? Because we're okay Jews?

[Kathy]

I didn't say that.

[Phil Green]

I hate anti Semitism, Ms. Wales. And I hate it when it comes from you just as much as I hate it from a gentile.

[Kathy]

Me? Why, Mr. Green.

[Phil Green]

I'll see you tomorrow, Miss Wells. I'm going home.

[Kathy]

Hi there.

[Phil Green]

Oh, hello, Miss Beatrice.

[Kathy]

How can you stride down the hall with such energy at the end of the day? I'm sorry, Bush. By the way, assuming I'm my vital young self again by tomorrow night, I'm giving a party. Can you come?

[Phil Green]

Oh, thanks. I'd like to. May I bring my girl?

[Kathy]

Well, sure, you can bring your girl. How's the series coming?

[Phil Green]

Well, it's. It's coming.

[Kathy]

Good. Just don't let it interfere with tomorrow night.

[Phil Green]

Well, darling, how'd you like it? Anne's party.

[Kathy]

I like this best of all. I've got you alone now. You don't have to rush home, do you, Phil?

[Phil Green]

Uh, what about Anne? Do you like Anne?

[Kathy]

I hate her. She's much too fond of you. Darling, I've got news for you. We're going to another party. I telephoned my sister from Anne and Bill. Jane's just aching to meet you, and they're giving a big party for us on Saturday.

[Phil Green]

Fine.

[Kathy]

Bill, won't we have to let Jane and Harry in on it? I mean, about you.

[Phil Green]

But, Kathy, if. I'm going to keep it a secret.

[Kathy]

But to be that inflexible. Now, darling, don't be angry, but I did tell Jane.

[Phil Green]

Oh? What'd she say?

[Kathy]

Oh, she thought it was the cleverest way in the world to do research. Oh, you'll love her. Harry, too.

[Phil Green]

You made them promise not to say anything.

[Kathy]

I wouldn't tell them until they had. Oh. All Jane asked was that you skip the whole thing for the party. And I said.

[Phil Green]

You said no. You said, he won't skip the whole thing to the party.

[Kathy]

No, I didn't. I said I'd ask you.

[Phil Green]

You mean you think I should?

[Kathy]

Oh, darling, why do you always lose your sense of proportion whenever the subject comes up? You know how those suburban groups are. Connecticut, Claremont. Well, it would just start a whole mess for Jane and Harry, and for nothing.

[Phil Green]

And if it were a mess for something.

[Kathy]

But still, you're not Jewish. It'd just ruin the party for Jane. Why can't I make you see that? I know. I promise. No exceptions. But it just seems so silly to start a thing for her up there when it's not true.

[Phil Green]

Well, why not tell Jane? Just to call the party off.

[Kathy]

No, Phil. And besides, if we were to use my house up there next summer.

[Phil Green]

Your house?

[Kathy]

Yes. It's not far from Jane. And it will be our house, dear. It'd make. Well, it'd just make a.

[Phil Green]

A thing. A mess, an inconvenience. Well, it would for Jane and her husband. Or for you, too.

[Kathy]

I'd be so tensed up, I wouldn't have any fun either. Phil, if everything's going to be so

[Phil Green]

edgy and solemn, I. I think I'd better go now. Good night, Kathy.

[Kathy]

Why can't I make you see that? I know, I promise. No exceptions. But it just seems so silly to start a thing for her up there when it's not true.

[Phil Green]

Well, why not tell Jane just to call the party off?

[Kathy]

No, Phil. And besides, if we were to use my house up there next summer.

[Phil Green]

Your house?

[Kathy]

Yes. It's not far from Jane's and will be our house, dear. It'd make. Well, it'd just make a.

[Phil Green]

A thing. A mess, an inconvenience. Well, it would for Jane and her husband. Or for you too.

[Kathy]

I'd be so tensed up, I wouldn't have any fun either. Phil, if everything's going to be so

[Phil Green]

edgy and solemn, I. I think I'd better go now. Good night, Kathy.

[Kathy]

Phil. Telephone, Phil.

[Phil Green]

If it's Kathy Martell, or I'll.

[Kathy]

Phil, it's Dave. Dave Goldman.

[Phil Green]

Dave? I thought he was in Europe. Where is he? Give me that phone. Hello? Don't you ever get up in the morning, Dave? Oh, this is wonderful. Where are you? Bacardi Airport. Just got in, and I haven't had breakfast. Well, grab a cap and get right over here. Same address as in my letter. Okay. Right there. Wonderful.

[Kathy]

Yakety, yakety, yakety. Still, for heaven's sake, let the poor fellow eat his breast.

[Phil Green]

Look, he's had breakfast every day, but I haven't seen him for four years.

[Kathy]

Oh, it's wonderful, Dave. I mean, what you said about bringing Carol and the kids.

[Phil Green]

Well, what'll you do, Dave? I mean, when you get out of the army. Have you got a job lined up? Oh, big job. Best break I ever had. Firm in Connecticut. Gotta find a place to live up there. I'm gonna spend my terminal leave just concentrating on getting a house for us. We'll find something if we have to use dynamite.

[Kathy]

Meantime, you stay here.

[Phil Green]

Oh, now, wait. No argument. You're talking to a civilian now.

[Kathy]

Well, boys, don't settle all the problems today. Save a couple for tomorrow.

[Phil Green]

Don't worry, Mrs. Green. Oh, come on now, give. What do you mean, give? The series you're doing. What's it all about? Oh, we'll get to that later. What's eating you, Phil? Expecting a call? You keep looking at the phone. Well, I had a scrap with my girl. I guess I want her to be the one to phone. As for the series, well, I'm doing work on anti Semitism with a special angle. That's interesting. Oh, fine, that's interesting, Phil. It's just that, well, I'm on the sidelines in anti Semitism. You're fight, brother. Okay, I get it. Now listen, I don't care about the Jews as Jews. Sure, they're my people, but I don't care. It's the whole thing. Not just the poor, poor Jews. What's the special angle you've got? I'm saying I'm Jewish and it works. Why you? And it's working too well, having my nose rubbed in it. Yeah, I can guess. You're not insulated. You mean you can get indifferent to it? No, but you're telescoping a lifetime problem into what, a few weeks? It just concentrates. It makes it hurt more. Now, what about your girl? Oh, just one of those things, I guess. You know, after six years you sort of lose the instinct for marriage. Ah, baloney. Go on and call her. So you're right and she's wrong. So what? Okay, maybe I will. And wish me luck. I'm off to start house hunting. Look, call me at the office at 5:30. I'll phone Kathy and I'll get a hold of Ann Detrie. She's a girl that works in the office and we'll have a big celebration dinner. Okay? Say, can you imagine what it's gonna be like being married again? And you and Carol here, all of us together again. How about that? Well, first I gotta get a roof over Carol's head. I'll call you till 5:30, OK? But where are you? Kathy? I've been trying to call you all day.

[Kathy]

I'm at my sister's. Jane. I came up to have it out with her. I couldn't call you until I fixed everything up and. Oh, darling, I was wonderful. I said all the things you would have wanted me to say. Phil. Why can I make myself clear to Jane and Harry when it's you I want to be clear with?

[Phil Green]

Well, because I'm so hard to get along with, baby. Like I told you, I can be such a solemn fool.

[Kathy]

Well, the party's tomorrow and take the three o' clock train. I. I'll meet you at the station. Oh, darling, I can breathe again. I wish it were tomorrow.

[Phil Green]

So do I. Oh, I love you, Kathy.

[Kathy]

I love you, cle. More than. Kathy. Oh, there you are, darling. About Phil. He's simply wonderful. I knew you'd like him, Jane. Where is he? In the house, surrounded. Say, can he charm them? Well, do you like the party? It's just like I hoped it would. Be. Incidentally, aren't the Bascom's coming? Oh, didn't I tell you, dear? Joe called. He's got that awful arthritis again. Oh, what about the Howards and the Berlicks? They make me so mad at the last minute, they decided to go to Hot Springs. I, I thought I'd mentioned it. Jane, look, I'm in this thing just as deeply as. Phil. Darling, what do you mean? You know what I mean. The guests are friends. You made sure, didn't you, that just the safe ones would be here. Kathy, you're mad. Maybe I am. Well, I'm going in and get Theo. Kathy. No, don't be alarmed, darling. I'm just going to take him over to see the cottage. I want him to see it before it gets dark. Well, darling, here it is. The house.

[Phil Green]

Oh, it's lovely, Kathy. Hey, aren't you supposed to carry me across the threshold or something?

[Kathy]

That's only if you refuse to marry me, in which case I just throw you in. Well,

[Phil Green]

you did this all by yourself?

[Kathy]

Every bit of it. Phil, about Tommy. You think he'll like it here, Tom?

[Phil Green]

Oh, he'll be crazy about it. Tell me, did you live here long?

[Kathy]

I never lived here.

[Phil Green]

Oh, why not?

[Kathy]

Well, it's hard to explain. I love this house deeply. I started to build it when things first began to go wrong between Bill and me, and I poured all my hopes into it. When it was finished, I knew I couldn't live here with someone I didn't really love.

[Phil Green]

But after the divorce, no.

[Kathy]

I just stay at Jane's and I come over here and poke around at the curtains and sit a while. But now. Oh, Phil, you and I were going to be so happy here. This house and I. We've been waiting for you. I was always waiting for you, I think.

[Phil Green]

Oh, Kathy. Kathy, are you sure you're really sure?

[Kathy]

Sure. Oh, darling.

[Phil Green]

Then why can't we get married now?

[Kathy]

Oh, I want to feel. But could we make it just a little longer? I have a job, you know. I, I, I should give them some notice. Two weeks, dear. Is that too long?

[Phil Green]

Much too long. Hey, Kathy, come on. We're gonna be late for the theater. Loads of time. Look at the man. Like an old married couple. And two days before the wedding.

[Kathy]

Incidentally, where's the honeymoon taking place? Or is it a secret? Oh, it's a big secret. We're going to Flume In. Do you know it? Flume In? You're kidding.

[Phil Green]

What's the matter with Flume Inn?

[Kathy]

Well, it's restricted.

[Phil Green]

That's all restricted. No Jews, huh?

[Kathy]

Darling, I'm sorry. I. I didn't realize when I sent the wire.

[Phil Green]

It's all right, baby. It's all right. It's not your fault, Anne.

[Kathy]

Are you sure? Of course I'm sure.

[Phil Green]

But they confirmed the reservations. I'm not going to let them off the hook.

[Kathy]

Darling, we can go to the cottage. We won't even have to tell Jane we're there.

[Phil Green]

Oh, sure, sure. We can always go somewhere.

[Kathy]

I'll get it. Those nasty little snobs out with there

[Phil Green]

must be something to do besides just accepting this.

[Kathy]

No. Yes, dear.

[Phil Green]

You can't pin them down, Phil. They never say it straight out or put it in writing.

[Kathy]

Phil. Phil, the phone. It's Tom, and he sounds frightened.

[Phil Green]

Tom. Hello, Tom. What's up? Tom, listen. Medicine's in the cabinet. I'll be there in five minutes.

[Kathy]

What happened?

[Phil Green]

I don't know, Ma. Another attack. I get. I'll get a cat.

[Kathy]

Wait, Phil. I'm going with you. Darling, cheer up. Your mother's much better this morning. And postponing a wedding isn't the worst thing in the world.

[Phil Green]

No, I suppose it is.

[Kathy]

At least a week, two at the most. Dr. Abrams said.

[Phil Green]

Well, if you're gonna postpone the wedding, I guess I won't be here. Hey, what are you talking about? Well, I can't abandon my family forever, and I can't find a place till. But that means your job, your whole future. You know why I can't get a house to live in.

[Kathy]

Oh, Dave, I think it's terrible.

[Phil Green]

I phoned Carol. I told her I'd give it one day more, but. So what's the matter with you? I'm going up to Flume Inn.

[Kathy]

What for? Pill.

[Phil Green]

You're wasting your time. There must be a time once when you fight back. I want to make them look me in the eye and then do it. I want the satisfaction. I can't explain it, but I want to do it for myself.

[Kathy]

Still, people like that who restrict a place, they're nothing more than.

[Phil Green]

Let. Let him do it, Kathy. You have to face them once. They're more than nasty little snobs. Kathy. You call them that and you can dismiss them. It's too easy. They're persistent little traitors to everything this country stands for. And you have to fight them. Anyway, I'm going.

[Kathy]

Phil, please.

[Phil Green]

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[Phil Green]

The curtain rises on Act 3 of Gentleman's Agreement. Starring Raymond as Phil and Dorothy Maguire as Kathy. A few hours later, at the exclusive flume in, Phil Green presents himself at the registration desk. I have a reservation for a double room and bath today through Thursday. What name, please? Green. Philip green. Oh, yes, Mr. Green. Oh, boy. Mr. Green's luggage. There's just one thing. Yes, sir? Is this hotel restricted? Well, I'd hardly say it was restricted. Oh, then it's not restricted. Well, as a matter of fact. Mr. Adams, perhaps I can help. Mr. Green. I'm the manager, Mr. Green. Oh, good. In answer to your question, may I inquire, are you. That is, do you follow the Hebrew religion Yourself or you just want to make sure? I asked a simple question. I'd like to have a simple answer. Well, you see, we have a very high class clientele and, well, natural. Then you do restrict your guests to Gentiles? I wouldn't say that, Mr. Green. But in any event, there seems to be some mistake because we don't have an available room in the entire hotel. I could fix you up at the Brewster Hotel. I am not staying at the Brewster. Look, I'm Jewish. You don't hate. You don't take Jews. That's it, isn't it? I never said that. If you don't accept Jews, say so. Don't you raise your voice to me, Mr. Green. Do you or don't you? Boys, please remove this luggage at once. Good day, Mr. Green.

[Kathy]

Phil. Oh, I'm so glad you're back. I thought maybe you'd phone.

[Phil Green]

Well, I guess I should have. How is Ma, Kathy?

[Kathy]

Fine. She's sleeping. Tommy's out playing. It was bad, wasn't it?

[Phil Green]

I can tell by your face Dave was right. It's a waste of time. Where is Dave?

[Kathy]

With Anne. Wanted one last night in the town.

[Phil Green]

You know, I've just been thinking about

[Kathy]

him and about the cottage, Bill. That Dave and his family could live there. Yes, I've thought about it, too. You must know that it wouldn't work.

[Phil Green]

Why not?

[Kathy]

Well, it would just be too uncomfortable for Dave in one of those neighborhoods.

[Phil Green]

One of those neighborhoods.

[Kathy]

Detestable, but that's the way it is. It's even worse in New Jordan. There, nobody can sell or rent to a Jew. And even in Claremont, where Jane's house is and my house is, there's a sort of gentleman's agreement.

[Phil Green]

Gentleman's agreement? Kathy, you can't. I see. Just give in, pray along. Let their idiotic rules stand.

[Kathy]

But, darling, what can one person.

[Phil Green]

You can tell them to go jump in the lake. But what can they do?

[Kathy]

Plenty. They can ostracize Dave. Some of the markets not deliver food, not even wait on him.

[Phil Green]

Do you expect us to live in that cottage? Now that I know this face back.

[Kathy]

Phil, you know I'm on Dave's side.

[Phil Green]

Well, I'm not on Dave's side or on any side except against their side. Kathy, do you or don't you believe in this? Because if you don't, I What?

[Kathy]

Hi, Pop.

[Phil Green]

Tommy, do you mind? Kathy and I are talking.

[Kathy]

But, Pop, I. Tommy.

[Phil Green]

Hey, hey, hey. What's the matter?

[Kathy]

They called me a dirty Jew and a dirty kike and they all ran off And I. Tommy, come over here. Darling, it's not true. It's not fair. You're no more Jewish than I am. It's a horrible mistake.

[Phil Green]

Kathy, Tommy, come with me. We'll talk about it in the other room. Now just take it easy, son. Take it easy. How about a glass of water, huh?

[Kathy]

Thanks, Pop.

[Phil Green]

Now tell me, how'd it happen?

[Kathy]

They said no dirty little Jew could play with him. Then they ran away. Why, Pop?

[Phil Green]

Why, Tommy? Did you want to tell them that you really weren't Jewish?

[Kathy]

No.

[Phil Green]

Oh, that's good. That's wonderful. You see, there are a lot of kids just like you who are Jewish. And if you said it, it would be sort of admitting there was something bad in being Jewish and something swell in not.

[Kathy]

They wouldn't even fight. They just ran away.

[Phil Green]

Yeah, yeah, I know. There's a lot of grownups just like that, too. Do you feel any better?

[Kathy]

I'm okay, Pop.

[Phil Green]

Atta boy. Are you going to read something while I talk to Kathy, huh?

[Kathy]

Okay.

[Phil Green]

And look, let's just keep this to ourselves until Grandma's well, huh?

[Kathy]

Okay.

[Phil Green]

Okay.

[Kathy]

Hi, Kathy. Hi, Tommy. Still?

[Phil Green]

Well,

[Kathy]

I've something to tell you. I'm pretty tired of feeling wrong. Everything I do or say is wrong about anything Jewish. All I did just now was to face facts about Dave and for you to tell Tom what you said.

[Phil Green]

And what did you tell him? That he is the most wonderful of all creatures. A white, non, Jewish American. You instantly gave him that lovely taste of superiority. The poison that millions of parents drop into the minds of millions of children.

[Kathy]

You really think I'm anti Semitic, don't you?

[Phil Green]

No, Kathy, I don't.

[Kathy]

You do. You've thought it for a long time.

[Phil Green]

No, it's just that I've come to see that lots of nice people who aren't people, who despise and deplore it, help it along and then wonder why it grows. That's the biggest discovery I've made about this whole business.

[Kathy]

I hate it. I hate everything about this horrible thing. They always make trouble for everybody, even their friends. They force people to take tight.

[Phil Green]

Oh, stop it, Kathy. They didn't suggest this series. They didn't give me the angle. They haven't a single thing to do with what's happened between you and me.

[Kathy]

Don't shout at me. And don't treat me to any more lessons in tolerance. I'm sick of it. I'm not going to marry into hothead shoutings and nerves, and you might as well know it now.

[Phil Green]

Oh, Kathy, please. I'M sorry I shouted.

[Kathy]

It's not just the shouting, Theo. Now I know why I drew back when you first mentioned the angle. You are what you are for the one life you have. You can't help it if you were born gentile instead of Jew. It doesn't mean that you're glad about it. But I'm glad. It'd be terrible. I'm glad I'm not. I could never make you understand that. That is a fact. Like being glad you're good looking instead of ugly, rich instead of poor. Well, instead of sick. Oh, I hate you for doing this, Bill. We had so much to enjoy, so much to share. I hate you for taking it away from both of.

[Phil Green]

Well, you can start typing, Ms. Wales. Here are the first three installments. Send every 10 pages downstairs to Mr. Menifee. Well, what's the matter?

[Kathy]

The title of the series. I was Jewish for six weeks. Mr. Green, you're a Gentile.

[Phil Green]

Well, what's so upsetting about that? You mean there's some difference between Jews and Gentiles? Mr. Green, you just can't believe that anybody would give up the glory of being non Jewish for even six weeks, can you? And if I tell you that that's antisemitism, the feeling that being gentile is better than being Jewish, you're going to tell me I'm heckling you or twisting your words around? Look at me, Ms. Wales. No different today than yesterday. Same face, same eyes, same nose, same everything. Here, take my hand.

[Kathy]

Feel it.

[Phil Green]

Same flesh as yours, isn't it?

[Kathy]

Mr. Green, please.

[Phil Green]

The only thing that's different is the word gentile. If Mr. Minifee should want me, I'll be at home. How long, Bill?

[Kathy]

Abs. Do you know what you've done to the office? Everybody's going crazy.

[Phil Green]

What about?

[Kathy]

Well, your articles have come, Phil. They're tremendous. Menifee's proudest punch. Incidentally, I am, too.

[Phil Green]

Thank you.

[Kathy]

But shame on you. All the same. For fooling about. Not being Jewish, I mean. Phil, do you feel like talking?

[Phil Green]

Not much, Anne.

[Kathy]

Well, just one thing. You and Kathy, it's over, isn't it?

[Phil Green]

Yeah, I guess it is.

[Kathy]

Well, look, if you're free tonight, come over to my place, will you?

[Phil Green]

Okay.

[Kathy]

Thank you for dinner, Phil. Just you and I.

[Phil Green]

You know, Anne, you're quite a girl.

[Kathy]

Me? Oh, sure. Everybody loves Ann.

[Phil Green]

Only there's something on your mind that you're afraid to talk about. Now, come on, Anne.

[Kathy]

All right, let's clear the air. Do you mind if I say something about you and Kathy?

[Phil Green]

Let's don't.

[Kathy]

Well, it's just that I think you're pretty straight and she's.

[Phil Green]

Drop it, Anne.

[Kathy]

Okay? I'm a cat and this is dirty poo. But Kathy'd rather let Dave lose that job than risk a fuss up there in Claremont because she's afraid. The Kathys everywhere are afraid of getting the gate from their little groups of nice people. They haven't got the guts to take one little action on one little front. Bill, do you hate me for saying this?

[Phil Green]

No, I don't hate anybody.

[Kathy]

Well, I'd like to say one more thing. Two people are right for each other. They usually discover it in time. If I had a kid I loved, I'd want him to be brought up with people who felt the way I did about the basic thing.

[Phil Green]

You proposing Em?

[Kathy]

Maybe. Maybe I am.

[Phil Green]

Hi, Kathy. I'm sorry I'm late.

[Kathy]

Dave, thanks for coming. I know you've got a train to catch. I won't keep you long. You know about Bill and me? Yes, Dave, I want an honest answer. Do you think I'm anti Semitic?

[Phil Green]

No, Cassie, I don't.

[Kathy]

Bill does.

[Phil Green]

Does he?

[Kathy]

You know I'm not anti semitic. You're a Jew and you know it. I can make it clear to everyone but Phil. Why?

[Phil Green]

I wish I knew.

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[Kathy]

I hate this thing just as much as he does. Why can't he see It? Why? Last night at dinner, a man told a vicious little story, and I was ill. I was sick with rage and shame.

[Phil Green]

Wait, wait, wait. What kind of a story, Kathy?

[Kathy]

Oh, just a story. He tried to get laughs with words like kite and coon. I despised him and everybody else at the table.

[Phil Green]

What'd you do?

[Kathy]

What do you mean?

[Phil Green]

What'd you say when he finished?

[Kathy]

I wanted to yell at him, at everyone. Why do we sit here and take it when he's attacking everything we believe in? Why don't we call him on it?

[Phil Green]

What did you do?

[Kathy]

I felt ashamed and sick. I still do.

[Phil Green]

I wonder if you'd feel sick if you'd nailed him.

[Kathy]

Kathy.

[Phil Green]

You know, there's a funny kind of elation about socking back. I learned that a long time ago. Phil's learned it, too, and I haven't. Lots of things are pretty rough, Kathy. This is. Well, just a different kind of a war.

[Kathy]

And anybody who crawls away is just as much of a.

[Phil Green]

Well, somebody told a story and the nice people didn't laugh. They even despised them for it. But they let it pass. And behind that joke is Fluming and Claremont and Tommy and the kids down the block.

[Kathy]

And if you don't challenge that joke, where do you make a stand? Is that what you mean?

[Phil Green]

Yes. Yes, that's what I mean.

[Kathy]

I've been getting mad at Phil because he expected me to fight this thing when I should be getting mad at people who help it along. If I'm just going to sit by and feel sick, then I'm not a fit wife for Phil. He'll fight for it always. Whatever he believes in, he'll always fight. And his wife must fight beside him instead of quarreling over issues. I guess I've known that all along. I just refused to admit it until now.

[Phil Green]

Kathy. Kathy. A man wants his wife to be more than a companion. He wants his sidekick to go through the rough spots with him. And, well, she has to feel that the same things are the rough spots, or they're always out of step with each other. Honey, you're not cast in bronze. You're nice and soft and pliable. And you can do anything you want to do with yourself.

[Kathy]

Oh, Dave, can I? Are you sure? Tell me you're sure. Phil.

[Phil Green]

Hello, Ma.

[Kathy]

You're home early.

[Phil Green]

Hey, what's the big idea? You're supposed to be in bed.

[Kathy]

Don't scold, Phil. I couldn't sleep, so I sneaked into your room and stole the first installments. Phil. Phil, I want to kiss you.

[Phil Green]

No, thanks. Ma, I think maybe I'd rather have that than almost anything.

[Kathy]

I wish your father could have read this, Phil. He'd have liked it. He'd have liked this. And as I drove away from that inn, I knew all about every man or woman who'd been told the job was filled when it wasn't. Every youngster who had ever been turned down by a college or a summer camp. And I knew that they had somehow known it, too. Those patient, stubborn men who argued and fought and came up with a constitution and the Bill of Rights. They knew that the tree is known by its fruit. And that when injustice corrupts a tree, its fruit shrivels and falls on that dark ground of history where other great hopes have rotted and died. Equality and freedom still remain the only basis for wholeness and soundness in a man or in a nation. Your father would have liked to have you say that, Phil.

[Phil Green]

Not enough of us realize it, Ma, and the time is getting short.

[Kathy]

You mean Kathy?

[Phil Green]

No, no, not just Kathy. Lots of people.

[Kathy]

You know something, Phil? I certainly want to live to be very old. I want to be here to see the beginning of people learning how to live together. Yes, I may stick around for quite a while yet.

[Phil Green]

Dave. Oh, hello. Excuse me, I gotta make a phone call. How do you feel? Ma?

[Kathy]

I've just decided I'm not going to die.

[Phil Green]

I just decided something, too. Hello? Mr. Case? Dave Goldman. I'm sorry to call you at this late hour, but I can take that job. That's right. I got a house. Well, thanks.

[Kathy]

So am I. Dave. That's wonderful.

[Phil Green]

Kathy's house, Ma. Up there in Claremont. She's going to live all summer at her sisters. And if anybody says anything, she. Hey, Phil. Phil, where you going?

[Kathy]

Thanks, Dave. Thanks,

[Phil Green]

Kathy. O. Kathy, could we. Is there a chance.

[Kathy]

Don't talk, darling. Just hold me, Phil. Just hold me.

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[Kathy]

Oh, yes. I read the book a long time ago.

[Phil Green]

No doubt, Dorothy, because it has been on the bestseller list for over two years. But in case anyone has missed it, A Man Called Peter is the story of one of the great preachers of our time, Peter Marshall. Written by his wife, Catherine Marshall. He was chaplain of the U.S. senate until he died, wasn't he? Yes, but this isn't just the inspiring story of his ministry. It centers around the charming love story of the Marshalls. Peter Marshall is portrayed by Richard Todd and Catherine by Jean Peters.

[Kathy]

Well, I shall certainly see a man called Peter for Easter as well as buy a new bonnet.

[Phil Green]

Look, why do women always use Easter as an excuse to buy a new hat? Men don't. Men buy hats to cover their heads. Women use them as frames to show off their lovely luxe complexion. And if they don't. If they don't have lovely luxe complexions, they wear a fail.

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Yes, well, they certainly ought to because there's no reason why they shouldn't have luxe complexions. Luxe soap is such an easy beauty care.

[Phil Green]

It certainly is, Dorothy. Incidentally, 20th Century Fox has another fine picture opening soon. Prince of Players. Starring Richard Burton, Maggie McNamara and John Derrick. It's the story of a tragic Booth family which also is part of our national history and the family of great actors. Now, what about your actors for next week, Irving? We'll have an Academy Award winner, Donna Reed and that popular young actor, Jeffrey Hunter. And we have chosen One of 20th Century Fox's most exciting dramas for them. A story of a young couple held as hostages by an escaped criminal in a lonely stagecoach station is the gripping drama Rawhide.

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Certainly sounds exciting. Good night.

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