CBS Screen Guild Theater 1943-01-11 - Holiday Inn Bing Crosby Dinah Shore

Summary

Podcast Summary: CBS Screen Guild Theater 1943-01-11 – "Holiday Inn" Starring Bing Crosby & Dinah Shore

Podcast: Harold's Old Time Radio
Date of Episode: December 18, 2025 (Original Radio Airdate: January 11, 1943)
Host: Harold's Old Time Radio (with performances by Bing Crosby, Dinah Shore, Truman Bradley, et al.)
Episode Feature: A musical radio dramatization of Paramount's "Holiday Inn," performed by the Lady Esther Screen Guild Players.

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Episode Overview

This episode revisits a Golden Age radio classic: the 1943 adaptation of "Holiday Inn," featuring musical highlights and key moments from the beloved film. Starring Bing Crosby as Jim Hardy and Dinah Shore as Linda Mason, the dramatization weaves together narrative, comedy, and iconic songs such as "White Christmas," "Happy Holiday," and "Easter Parade." The broadcast creates a nostalgic, family-friendly atmosphere, echoing the era when Americans gathered around their radios for top-tier entertainment. The adaptation is structured as a musical play, blending dialogue, humor, and performances that evoke movie magic in audio form.

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Key Discussion Points & Episode Highlights

Introduction and Cast

• Opening Remarks:
  • [01:03] Bing Crosby: "This is Bing Crosby and this is Diana Shore."
  • [01:20] Host (Truman Bradley): Introduces the episode as a presentation of musical highlights from "Holiday Inn," with Bing Crosby as Jim Hardy and Dinah Shore as Linda Mason.

Jim Hardy’s Journey: Love, Loss, and Reinvention

• Jim's Dreams and Setbacks

  • [01:55] Story begins with Jim (Crosby) explaining his original idea: to leave show business, marry Lila, and retire to a Connecticut farm.
  • [02:19] Bing Crosby: "I've had better ideas, I think."
    Ted wins Lila over, and Jim ends up alone.

• Idea for Holiday Inn

  • [02:41] Jim’s next idea is to transform the farmhouse into a “Holiday Inn”—a nightclub open only on holidays, with themed musical shows.
  • Unforgettable quip about Hitler's funeral:
    [03:03] Bing Crosby: "Any day he's buried will be a holiday."

• Meeting Linda Mason

  • [03:36] Dinah Shore (Linda): "Could you use me in your show, Mr. Hardy?"
    • Jim offers Linda a job with a humble promise:
      [03:56] Bing: "Pay off in eggs later. You've either got me mixed up with Bob Hope or some millionaire."

Musical Performances

• "White Christmas" (Iconic Duet)

  • [04:19]–[06:56] Bing and Dinah perform the legendary "White Christmas."
  • [06:56] Singer/Chorus (humorously): "Well, Mr. Hardy, you're hired."

• "Happy Holiday" (New Year's Eve Opening)

  • [07:22] Jim and Linda pull together musicians and launch the Holiday Inn on New Year's Eve, featuring "Happy Holiday."

• "Abraham" (Lincoln’s Birthday Segment)

  • [13:34]–[14:58] A light-hearted, patriotic tribute to Abraham Lincoln, celebrating American unity and history.

Romantic Rivals and Classic Comedy

• Ted Hanover Makes Trouble

  • [09:29] Ted Hanover, Jim's old partner and rival, drunkenly stumbles into the inn and takes immediate interest in Linda.
  • [10:55] Bing (trying to throw Ted off): "Oh, I would say she was a medium. Medium built sort of a girl with a medium face..."

• Comic Deceit – The Blackface Gag

  • [12:26] To hide Linda's identity from Ted during Lincoln’s Birthday, Jim has her perform in blackface, leading to comic banter between Jim and Linda.
  • [13:06] Dinah: "Was it a proposal?"
    [13:08] Bing: "Well, it sure will be when I get a few bucks in the bank."
  • Their budding romance is laced with humor and warmth.

The Love Triangle Intensifies

• Be Careful, It’s My Heart

  • [18:20] Bing sings “Be Careful, It’s My Heart” to Linda for Valentine’s Day, aiming to win her affection.
    • [19:44] Bing (wistfully): "I thought it was pretty beamy, you know, nice low key and everything, but nothing happened."

• Battle Over Linda & Easter Parade

  • [20:20] Jim and Linda perform “Easter Parade.”
    • [20:38] Dinah: "I’ll be all in clover, and when they look us over, we'll be the proudest couple in the Easter parade."

• Ted’s Hollywood Move

  • [21:51] Ted brings Hollywood scouts, snags Linda as his dance partner, and secures a movie deal. Jim is left alone, shuttering Holiday Inn.

Mamie’s Pep Talk and the Resolution

• Mamie’s Advice

  • [22:33] Mamie, Jim’s housekeeper, lambasts him for sulking and presses him to fight for Linda.
    • [22:41] Mamie: "If you hadn't made Miss Linda mad… she'd still be here… If you went to Hollywood and told Ms. Linda how much you love her… I bet you she'd be the quickest ex movie star that ever exed."

• Heartfelt Conclusion

  • [24:17] Jim tracks Linda to Hollywood, where she’s filming "Holiday Inn," and wins her back as she sings "White Christmas."
  • [25:10] Dinah: "May your days be merry and bright, And may all your Christmases be…"

Farewell and Mutual Admiration

• Gratitude & Light Banter

  • [26:32] Dinah: "It's nice to hear you say that, Truman. But I know somebody who will remember the program longer than anyone, really."
  • [26:42] Bing: "Well, that makes it a standoff then, Dinah, because Crosby has always wanted to sing with Dinah and the Dixie Diva."

• Acknowledgement of Good Cause

  • [26:49] Dinah (on singing for charity): "We couldn't have found a better place to do it… for the benefit of the Motion Picture Relief Fund."

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Notable Quotes & Moments (with Timestamps)

• On failed plans in love:

  • [02:19] Bing: "When I walked out to go to the farm, I walked out alone. I've had better ideas, I think."

• On “Holiday Inn” nightclub concept:

  • [02:41] Bing: "I decided to change the farmhouse into a roadside nightclub, open on holidays only... I wrote special songs for all the holidays."

• On classic dueting:

  • [06:56] Singer/Chorus: "Well, Mr. Hardy, you're hired."
    [06:58] Dinah: "Gee, thanks. Thanks a lot, Mr. Hardy."

• Linda’s playful acceptance:

  • [13:20] Dinah: "Well, I guess I’m sort of engaged."

• Mamie’s memorable advice:

  • [22:41] Mamie: “Nothing but tricks. If you hadn’t made Miss Linda mad… she’d still be here. If you went to Hollywood and told Ms. Linda how much you love her… I bet you she’d be the quickest ex movie star that ever exed.”

• Playful closing exchange:

  • [26:42] Bing: "Well, that makes it a standoff then, Dinah, because Crosby has always wanted to sing with Dinah and the Dixie Diva."

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Key Musical Numbers (Timestamps)

• [04:19]–[06:56] — "White Christmas" (Bing Crosby & Dinah Shore)
• [07:22]–[08:33] — "Happy Holiday"
• [13:34]–[14:58] — "Abraham"
• [18:20]–[19:39] — "Be Careful, It’s My Heart"
• [20:20]–[21:46] — "Easter Parade"
• [24:17]–[25:38] — "White Christmas" (reprise)

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Overall Tone and Legacy

• The episode radiates warmth, wit, and nostalgia, with trademark banter between legendary performers.
• The interplay of romance, rivalry, and redemption is peppered with memorable quips and hearty comic relief, remaining true to the spirit of 1940s radio entertainment.
• The songs are performed with sincerity and style, making for a rich audio experience—even for modern listeners unfamiliar with the original film.
• The ending emphasizes camaraderie, charity, and the magic of classic musical storytelling.

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Recommendation:
This radio adaptation of "Holiday Inn" is a must-listen for fans of classic American entertainment, holiday nostalgia, and iconic musical performances from two of the era’s brightest stars. Its balance of music, romance, and gentle humor makes it a timeless piece of radio history.

Transcript

[Bing Crosby]

What do you think makes the perfect snack?

[AM PM Spokesperson]

Hmm, it's gotta be when I'm really craving it and it's convenient.

[Dinah Shore]

Could you be more specific?

[AM PM Spokesperson]

When it's cravinient.

[Bing Crosby]

Okay.

[AM PM Spokesperson]

Like a freshly baked cookie made with real butter, available right down the street at a.m. p.m. Or a savory breakfast sandwich I can grab in just a second at a.m. p.m.

[Bing Crosby]

I'm seeing a pattern here.

[AM PM Spokesperson]

Well, yeah, we're talking about what I.

[Bing Crosby]

Crave, which is anything from AM PM.

[AM PM Spokesperson]

What more could you want? Stop by AM PM where the snacks and drinks are perfectly craveable and convenient. That's cravenience. AM PM Too much. Good stuff.

[Truman Bradley]

Lady esther presents the string guild players. The Screen Guild play tonight, Holiday Inn. The starring players.

[Bing Crosby]

This is Bing Crosby and this is Diana Shore.

[Truman Bradley]

Tonight, Lady Esther presents the Screen Guild Players in musical highlights from Paramount Pictures tuneful film Holiday Inn. Starring Bing Crosby as Jim Hardy and Diana Shore as Linda Mason.

[Dinah Shore]

Happy Holiday. Happy holiday. Happy holiday.

[Truman Bradley]

This is the story of Jim Hardy, a man with an idea.

[Bing Crosby]

Oh, pardon me, Brother Bradley. A man with three ideas. Three? Yep. First one came to me when Lila Dixon and Ted Hanover and myself, we were doing a song and dance act in the New York nightclub. I had an idea that I would marry Lila, quit show business and settle down on a farm in Connecticut.

[Truman Bradley]

Sounds great. How'd the idea work out?

[Bing Crosby]

It didn't work. Just when I felt sorry for Ted because Lila was marrying me and we'd leave him looking for two new partners, Ted gave Lila a quick fireside chat. He sold her on staying in the act with him. And when I walked out to go to the farm, I walked out alone. I've had better ideas, I think.

[Truman Bradley]

Well, tell me, Jim, what was the next idea?

[Bing Crosby]

Holiday Inn. See, it didn't take me too long to learn that a farm was no place for a lazy boy. So I decided to change the farmhouse into a roadside nightclub, open on holidays only and featuring shows built around each particular holiday. I even had a show planned for Hitler's funeral. Huh? Yeah.

[Truman Bradley]

What made you think Hitler would be buried on a holiday?

[Bing Crosby]

Oh, brother. Any day he's buried will be a holiday. I wrote special songs for all the holidays. And then I began looking for some talent. I see. I was planning to open on Christmas Eve, but the game was called off on account of no one showing up, not even performers. Boy, I was really feeling. Feeling sorry for myself on Christmas Day. And then Santa Claus brought me Linda Mason. When I saw Linda, I began to get another idea. I can still remember the first day when she came up to the farm and she asked me for a job.

[Dinah Shore]

Could you use me in your show, Mr. Hardy?

[Bing Crosby]

Well, I don't know. Might find a spot for you somewhere. What can you do?

[Dinah Shore]

Oh, I dance a little and sing.

[Bing Crosby]

I couldn't guarantee any salary at first. Right now I've got the ledger in an iron lung.

[Dinah Shore]

Oh, I don't care if you pay me off in eggs.

[Bing Crosby]

Pay off in eggs later. You've either got me mixed up with Bob Hope or some millionaire.

[Dinah Shore]

Please give me a chance.

[Bing Crosby]

Well, let's see what you can do here. You know, this sort of gives me a chance to keep a little promise I made to myself. I swore I was gonna sing this song here at the inn tonight.

[Singer/Chorus]

I Dreaming of a wild Christmas Just.

[Dinah Shore]

Like the ones I used to know.

[Singer/Chorus]

Where the treetops glisten and children listen.

[Bing Crosby]

Hear.

[Singer/Chorus]

Sleigh bells in the snow. Of a quiet Christmas with every Christmas heart I write May your days be merry and bright. And may all your Christmas Christmas be wise.

[Bing Crosby]

Go ahead. I'll pitch you the word.

[Dinah Shore]

Christmas.

[Bing Crosby]

Just like the ones I used to.

[Dinah Shore]

Know Just like the ones I used.

[Bing Crosby]

To know where the treetops glisten where the treetops listen, Children Listen.

[Dinah Shore]

To his sleigh bells in the snow. I Dreaming of a white Christmas with every Christmas card I raise.

[Singer/Chorus]

May your days be merry and bright.

[Dinah Shore]

And may all. Be quiet.

[Singer/Chorus]

Well, Mr. Hardy, you're hired.

[Dinah Shore]

Gee, thanks. Thanks a lot, Mr. Hardy.

[Bing Crosby]

Want to tell you, though, there's a. There's a string tied to it.

[Dinah Shore]

Oh, I was afraid it was too good to be true.

[Bing Crosby]

Yep. From now on, you got to start calling me Jim.

[Singer/Chorus]

Well, between this here and that there.

[Bing Crosby]

Brother B. I want to tell you, Linda and I managed to talk enough musicians and entertainers into taking a chance with us to let us open Holiday Inn on New Year's Eve. Ah, the joint was packed. I was standing in the corner Pounding myself on the back for having hit the jackpot when the lights went off again all over the world Just to give everything a nice ironic touch Linda was singing Happy Holiday when trouble staggered in Happy holiday.

[Dinah Shore]

Happy holiday While the merry bells keep ringing May your every wish come true Happy holiday.

[Singer/Chorus]

Happy holiday May the calendar keep ringing Happy holiday Happy holidays to you.

[Dinah Shore]

If you're burdened down with trouble if your nerves are wearing thin Pack your load down the road and come to.

[Singer/Chorus]

Holiday Inn if the traffic noise affects.

[Bing Crosby]

You Like a squeaky violin Kick your.

[Singer/Chorus]

Chairs down the stairs Come on, a.

[Dinah Shore]

Holiday Inn if you can't find someone who will Set Your heart at work Take your car and motor to the home of boy Meets girl if you're.

[Singer/Chorus]

Laid up with a breakdown Throw away your vitamins don't get worse Just catch a hold of your nurse and come to Holiday Innocent day May the calendar keep reading.

[Bing Crosby]

Oh, I want to tell you, Brother B, that gal could really sing the socks off.

[Truman Bradley]

Yes, indeed. Well, no one's going to argue with you about that, Jim, but. Well, if I'm not being too obtrusive, let's get back to the trouble. You said staggered in the Holiday Inn.

[Bing Crosby]

Oh, yes, the truth. Well, it was my former partner and throat cutter, Dick Ted Hanover. Ted staggered in with a compound alcoholic fracture. This boy was loaded. There was nothing wrong with his propensity for grabbing my girls. He walked right over to Linda and began dancing with her. And just watching them dance together, I had a hunch that my days with Linda were numbered. The next morning, though, when I went into the room where I had put Ted to sort of sleep it off, I began to think I had a chance to. Good morning, Ted. Got a little head, huh? Oh. Say, where. Where am I? You're on Holiday Inn.

[Ted Hanover]

Well, how'd I get here?

[Bing Crosby]

Who brought me? Haven't you heard about the stork?

[Ted Hanover]

This is no time for your alleged comedy.

[Bing Crosby]

Lila left me. What? Yeah, I got a wire from her.

[Ted Hanover]

At the theater telling me she was quitting me. Going to marry some Texas millionaire or something.

[Bing Crosby]

Uh. Oh, uh, then I had a drink. A drink? Brother, you couldn't hit the floor with a handful of hominy.

[Ted Hanover]

Say, I seem to remember dancing with some girl after I got here last night.

[Bing Crosby]

Girl? Girl?

[Ted Hanover]

Yeah, yeah, I'm beginning to remember a few things. See, she was a perfect partner for me. Now that Lila's left me, I have to get a new partner. And that girl, she's just the girl for me.

[Bing Crosby]

Oh, no, Ted, I think you're. You're much better off doing a single. You're a born soloist, you know, old boy. Oh, no, no, no, Jim. No, sir.

[Ted Hanover]

I've got to get that girl for a partner. If I could only remember what she looked like.

[Bing Crosby]

You don't remember? No, no, I. Say, wait a minute.

[Ted Hanover]

You saw her?

[Bing Crosby]

Me? Yeah, yeah.

[Ted Hanover]

Come on, describe her.

[Bing Crosby]

Oh, well, I wasn't watching very closely. You know, she was. Oh, I would say she was a medium. Medium built sort of a girl with a medium face. She had a. She had a nice evening gown on with a. With a sort of a balma back. You're a great help, you are.

[Ted Hanover]

Thanks a lot.

[Bing Crosby]

Oh, it's really nothing at all. Happy to do it for you. Just the same.

[Ted Hanover]

I got a hunch I'm going to find that girl. And believe me, she's worth waiting for.

[Bing Crosby]

Well, where are you going to find her? Right here.

[Ted Hanover]

I have a hunch she'll be back here for the next holiday.

[Bing Crosby]

Well, how do you like that for a guy moving in on me, brother B.

[Truman Bradley]

Well, Jim, couldn't you have told him she was your girl and asked him to keep away from her?

[Bing Crosby]

Oh, you can't be that naive. True old boy. Don't you remember, Lila? Ted made a habit of stealing my girls away from me. My only chance to hang on to Linda was to keep her out of Ted's sight until I had enough cabbage in the bank to ask her to marry me for the next holiday, Lincoln's birthday. I decided that Linda and I, we're going to work in black vay to keep Ted from discovering her. She wasn't too happy either when I broke the idea to her about it.

[Dinah Shore]

Oh, Jim, I look terrible in that stuff.

[Bing Crosby]

No, you are.

[Dinah Shore]

I don't even know how to put it on.

[Bing Crosby]

I'll put it on for you. I'm an old boot black, you know. Well, let's see. Here we go now.

[Dinah Shore]

Oh, for a month and a half, I've been dreaming about how pretty I was gonna look tonight.

[Bing Crosby]

Well, you'll have plenty of times to be pretty. Say, you know, I was just gonna ask you if you'd like to be in the rest of the shows out here.

[Dinah Shore]

You were?

[Bing Crosby]

Will you?

[Dinah Shore]

Will I? I just wish I didn't have to work in that florist shop all the other days in the year to make these few possible.

[Bing Crosby]

Well, maybe a little later on when we start doing better. We? Well, you can stay out here all the time.

[Dinah Shore]

Did you hear what you just said?

[Bing Crosby]

I just caught the last part of it.

[Dinah Shore]

Was it a proposal?

[Bing Crosby]

Well, it sure will be when I get a few bucks in the bank.

[Dinah Shore]

Gosh, you're a strange duck. You don't even give me a chance to say darling and throw my arms around you.

[Bing Crosby]

You'd better wait until you see my bank book.

[Dinah Shore]

Well, I guess I'm sort of engaged.

[Bing Crosby]

Yes, and I guess we better sort of start the show, too. Come on, we can't just sing here in the dressing room.

[Singer/Chorus]

On a February born A tiny baby boy was born Abraham Abraham.

[Dinah Shore]

When he grew up this tiny babe the folks all called him Honest Abe Abraham.

[Singer/Chorus]

In 1860 he became the 16th president and now he's in the hall of fame A most respected gem and that.

[Dinah Shore]

Is why we celebrate this blessed February day Abraham Abraham.

[Singer/Chorus]

USA's United thanks to one whose name was Nancy Hanks Abraham Abraham she gave.

[Dinah Shore]

This land its finest son Whoever went to Washington Abraham.

[Singer/Chorus]

When somebody told him General Grant was.

[Dinah Shore]

Drinking every night he answered ghostly if you can't get all my generals tight that's why.

[Singer/Chorus]

Abraham abraham.

[Truman Bradley]

We will continue in just a moment with the second half of our musical highlight from Holiday Inn. But first, a word from our hostess, Lady Esther.

[Lady Esther]

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[Dinah Shore]

Happy holiday. Happy holiday. Happy holiday.

[Truman Bradley]

And now we raise the curtain again on Holiday Inn, starring Dinah Shore as Linda Mason and Bing Crosby as Jim Hardy. Go on to the story of Holiday Inn. Jim, tell me, did the blackface disguise keep Ted from discovering Linda?

[Bing Crosby]

Yeah, but he came back like gangbusters. He promised to come two days later for Valentine's Day. And even I couldn't figure out a legitimate excuse for putting Linda in blackface on Valentine's Day. So I decided to take Cupid right by the bowstrings and set myself solid with Linda. I had a special song all whipped up for her when she came back for rehearsal. I called it, Be Careful, It's My Heart. I wasn't kidding either.

[Singer/Chorus]

Be careful, it's my heart it's not my watch you're holding it's my heart it's not the note I sent you that you quickly burn it's not the book I lent you that you never return.

[Bing Crosby]

Remember.

[Singer/Chorus]

It'S my heart the heart with which so willingly I part.

[Bing Crosby]

It'S.

[Singer/Chorus]

Yours to take, to keep or break but please, before you start Be careful, it's my heart.

[Truman Bradley]

Well, Jim, from where I'm standing, that certainly should have set you in pretty solid with Linda.

[Bing Crosby]

Well, I thought it was pretty beamy, you know, nice low key and everything, but nothing happened. While I was singing, Ted finally found Linda and he moved right in back here. Oh, he moved in with a crash. He set himself up in business at Holiday Inn, dancing with Linda, you know, in the holiday shows and dividing the rest of his time between making love to her and trying to sell her on. Leaving me in Holiday Inn to head for the big time as his dancing partner. And I managed to come out of my corner punch. You know, I was swinging, swinging right from China. And on Easter Sunday, I was sure I had Ted on the run when Linda joined me in the big Easter Parade.

[Singer/Chorus]

Your Easter bonnet with all the frills upon it. You'll be the grandest lady in the Easter parade.

[Dinah Shore]

I be all in clover and when they look us over we'll be the proudest couple in the Easter parade.

[Singer/Chorus]

On the avenue. The photographers will snap us and you'll.

[Dinah Shore]

Find that you're in the road.

[Singer/Chorus]

And of the girl I'm taking to.

[Dinah Shore]

The Easter.

[Singer/Chorus]

Far away.

[Truman Bradley]

Well, Jim, that.

[Bing Crosby]

Huh.

[Truman Bradley]

That really should have eliminated a Hanover, huh?

[Bing Crosby]

Well, I thought he'd take a fast count, but Ted promoted a couple of Hollywood talent scouts to come out to the inn. A couple of boys from Hollywood and signed Linda and himself up.

[Truman Bradley]

They got a picture contract, huh?

[Bing Crosby]

That's what they did in a little epic titled Holiday Inn.

[Truman Bradley]

Now, wait, you mean they stole your idea and made it into a picture?

[Bing Crosby]

Oh, no. When Ted stole my girl, I gave him the idea for the picture.

[Truman Bradley]

And that was the end of Everything, huh?

[Bing Crosby]

Practically. I closed up Holiday Inn after Ted and Linda left. And I just sat around feeling sorry for myself on Thanksgiving Day. I read in the gossip columns that they were going to be married as soon as they finished the picture. Then I was really ready for the river. And then Mamie, my housekeeper, she took me in hand and gave me sort of a chalk talk on chickadees and their chicaneries.

[Mamie]

Closing up in and setting around like a jellyfish. Just cause a slicker stole your gal and you ain't got fight enough to get her back.

[Bing Crosby]

I tried to keep her here, Mamie.

[Mamie]

What kind of keeping was that? Nothing but tricks. If you hadn't made Miss Linda mad hiring that driver to keep her away from then the night them Hollywood scouts was here. And then acting like she couldn't be trusted to stay with you in the face of temptation, she'd still be here. Why, right now. If you went to Hollywood and told Ms. Linda how much you love her and misses her. That is, if you told her the way a lady likes to hear, huh? I bet you she'd be the quickest ex movie star that ever exed.

[Bing Crosby]

Well, just. Just what do you have in mind?

[Mamie]

Grab yourself a handful of train and get on out to Hollywood.

[Bing Crosby]

Well, and then what? See, after all, I can't just walk up to a girl I'm in love with and I haven't seen her in several months and say, Dr. Livingston, I presume or something.

[Mamie]

Well, now see here, Mr. Jim, I can tell you to get out to Hollywood. And I can also advise you to take Ms. Linden in your arms and crush her. But after that, Mr. Jim, you got to put the pressure on yourself.

[Truman Bradley]

Well, did you take Mamie's advice, Jim?

[Bing Crosby]

Well, I had nothing to lose, Brad. I walked onto the lot where they were making the movie version of Holiday Inn. Just as they were about to shoot the last scene of the picture. I want to tell you, it gave me something of a start. Because that movie set looked exactly like my Connecticut farmhouse. The artificial snow coming down from above. It really took me back to that Christmas day when Linda showed up at Holiday Inn looking for a job. And then Linda began singing White Christmas and I mustered up enough nerve to walk right into the scene. When it was all over, Ted Hanover was looking for a new partner. And Linda and I were off to see a man about a license.

[Dinah Shore]

I dreaming of a wild Christmas Just like the ones I used to know where the treetops glisten and children listen to hear sleigh bells and the snow. I dreaming Of a white Christmas with every Christmas card I read.

[Singer/Chorus]

May your.

[Dinah Shore]

Day be merry and broad heart and may all your Christmases be well, I'm.

[Singer/Chorus]

Dreaming Of a white Christmas.

[Dinah Shore]

Car. May your days be merry and bright. And may all your Christmases be.

[Truman Bradley]

Thank you, Bing Crosby and Dinah Shore, for your wonderful singing of the musical highlights from Paramount Pictures Holiday Inn. It was a real musical treat, one that we of the Lady Esther Screen Guild Players will long, long remember.

[Dinah Shore]

It's nice to hear you say that, Truman. But I know somebody who will remember the program longer than anyone, really.

[Bing Crosby]

Diana?

[Truman Bradley]

Friend of yours?

[Dinah Shore]

Well, in a way. Her name's Dinah Shore. I've always wanted to sing with Bing the King.

[Bing Crosby]

Well, that makes it a standoff then, Dinah, because Crosby has always wanted to sing with Dinah and the Dixie Diva.

[Dinah Shore]

Well, we couldn't have found a better place to do it. Bing. Right. On this program for the benefit of the Motion Picture Relief Fund. Anything you'd like to add, sir?

[Bing Crosby]

Well, I was going to say something about next week's program, but I guess it can wait. Dinah.

[Dinah Shore]

All right. I'd like to ask you all to listen to an interesting free offer from one of our best known beauty authorities, lady esther.

[Lady Esther]

Thank you, Ms. Shore. Perhaps many of you listening to me tonight have promised yourself at one time or another to try ladies to For Purpose face cream. Perhaps you wanted to see for yourself if it really does four important things for your skin, but you never actually got around to trying it. Well, here's your chance to try it without buying it. Here's all I ask you to do. Just send your name and address on the back of a penny postcard. As soon as that postcard arrives here, I'll see that a generous tube of my Four Purpose face cream, also my nine exciting shades of Lady Esther face Powder, are put into the mail and start on their journey to you. Now, there will be enough Lady Esther for Purpose Face Cream for at least a week's trial. And during that period, I'd like you to watch your skin and see how my cream does these four things. One, how it thoroughly cleans your skin. Two, how it softens your skin and relieves dryness. Three, how it helps nature refine the pores. And for how it leaves a perfect base for powder. You see, if you really want to try my 4 purpose face cream, here's your chance. Write your postcard tonight or first thing tomorrow and just address it to Lady Esther Chicago. I'm sorry, but this offer is for residents of the United States only. Wartime restrictions prevent me from extending the offer to residents of Canada.

[Truman Bradley]

And now, here is bing crosby.

[Bing Crosby]

Your Uncle Sam has asked me to say something tonight to every young woman listening to our program. Your uncle has an urgent and vital need for thousands of student nurses to keep America fighting and working. To win this war. We must keep well. And it's up to you to keep us that way. All you healthy girls between 18 and 35 who are citizens and high school graduates, please write immediately to Student Nurses, Box 88, New York City. Now, about next week's Lady Esther program. It's a rib tickling comedy about a ham actor who got mixed up with the Nazis. It's called To Be or Not To Be and it stars Sig Ruman, John hall and Mr. And Mrs. William Powell.

[Truman Bradley]

Next week, then, Mr. And Mrs. William Powell, John hall and Sig Ruman in To Be or Not to Be. A laugh a minute for 3:30 minutes. Bing Crosby of the Craft Music hall is soon to be seen in Paramount's All Star production, Star Spangled Rhythm. Diana Shore will soon be seen in.

[Bing Crosby]

Thank youk Lucky Stars.

[Truman Bradley]

And can now be heard on the Eddie Cantor and Her Own programs. Music on tonight's show was arranged and conducted by Wilbur Hatch. Our radio adaptation was for Bill Hampton. The Screen Guild Players are presented every Monday night by courtesy of Lady Esther. This is Truman Bradley speaking for Lady Esther saying thank you and good night. This is the Columbia Broadcasting System.