Lux Radio Theatre - Penny Serenade

Summary

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Podcast Summary: Lux Radio Theatre – "Penny Serenade"

Podcast: Harold’s Old Time Radio
Episode Date: July 4, 2026
Original Airdate: Lux Radio Theatre adaptation of "Penny Serenade"
Stars: Irene Dunne (Julie), Joseph Cotten (Roger), Edgar Buchanan (Applejack)
Host: Harold’s Old Time Radio

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Episode Overview

This episode presents the Lux Radio Theatre's dramatic adaptation of the film "Penny Serenade," a poignant story chronicling the journey of Julie and Roger Adams, a couple whose marriage is shaped by love, adversity, loss, and the hope provided by adoption. Through a series of musical “penny serenades”—records collected over the years—Julie and Roger’s story unfolds, capturing the simple but powerful moments that define the human experience.

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Key Discussion Points & Story Highlights

1. Thematic Introduction & Setting (01:04–03:40)

• Producer Cecil B. DeMille introduces the play, framing it as a celebration of ordinary lives transfigured by drama, love, and resilience.
• The narrative structure hinges on Julie reminiscing over a series of phonograph records that serve as the soundtrack to her marriage.
• Memorable quote:

  "In Penny Serenade, there's all the excitement of great events in the simple everyday incidents of one home."
  —Cecil B. DeMille (01:22)

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2. Julie & Roger’s Courtship and Marriage (03:40–14:50)

• The episode opens as Julie and Roger, on the brink of separation, look back on happier times via their records.
  • Julie: "We don't need each other anymore. When that happens to two people, there's nothing left." (04:38)
• Flashbacks recount their first meeting in a record store, playful banter, budding romance, and whirlwind marriage before Roger’s assignment as a reporter in China.
  • Roger: "Julie, let's get married. Let's get married tonight, right away." (12:38)
  • Julie: "Till death do us part." (13:06)

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3. Dreams and Disappointment Abroad (14:50–17:19)

• Julie joins Roger in China, and they prepare to start a family, only to face tragedy—a miscarriage following an earthquake.
  • Julie: "I think I knew then that I would never have my baby." (17:19)

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4. Starting Over—Adoption and New Hope (20:19–34:34)

• Back in the States, Julie and Roger strive to rebuild by purchasing a small-town newspaper and dreaming anew of parenthood.
• With the encouragement of Applejack, they pursue adoption after grappling with the idea and comical miscommunication.
  • Applejack: "You get some pretty good ones that way. I'm an adopted kid myself." (21:26)
• The adoption process is depicted with warmth and humor: from exaggerated claims about their income to the anxiety of impressing the orphanage worker, Ms. Oliver.
  • Ms. Oliver: "Everybody wants blue eyes, curly hair and dimples. And everybody wants a two year old child. Now, will you tell me why?" (26:07)
• Ultimately, they bring home an infant girl, Trina, whose presence quickly fills their home—and hearts—with joy.
  • Roger: "If she'll take a chance on us, we'll take a chance on her." (32:40)

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5. Family Life & Bonds of Parenthood (35:39–41:16)

• The Adams’ life centers around Trina—a montage of growing up, family celebration, and anxiety about the legal adoption proceeding given Roger's financial troubles.
  • Roger: "Trina's dad is a little girl. Aren't you, Trina?" (36:05)
• In a climactic scene before a judge, Roger pleads for the right to keep Trina, affirming the unbreakable bonds they’ve forged.
  • Roger:

  "She sort of walked into my heart, Judge, and she was there to stay.
  ... She is our child just as much as if she'd been born to us." (39:27–40:36)

• The judge ultimately allows adoption, cementing Trina’s place in their lives.
  • Roger: "Ours. Now and forever." (41:48)

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6. Joys, Tragedy, and Farewells (44:54–50:25)

• As years pass, Trina thrives inside a loving home—birthday parties, school plays, and cherished family rituals are shared.
  • Trina: "All I have to wear is a clean dress and some sneakers. I'm the echo. I'm way off behind the scenes. You only hear my voice." (47:04)
• The family is devastated when Trina falls ill and passes away suddenly—a heartbreak that fractures Roger and Julie’s bond.
  • Julie (in letter):

    "She wanted Ms. Oliver to come and see her in the play I wrote to Ms. Oliver just last week.
    Now she does not need us. A sudden, brief, hopeless illness. And she was gone... so quickly." (49:38)

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7. Reconciliation & Renewed Hope (54:33–57:18)

• Grieving and isolated, Julie prepares to leave Roger, both feeling helpless to bridge the gap between them.
  • Roger: "I'm licked, Julie." (54:59)
  • Julie: "We're licked as far as our being together is concerned. When something really came along that hit us hard enough, we couldn't face it together." (55:22)
• A fortuitous call from Ms. Oliver offers a new start—a little boy is available for adoption, matching the exact description Julie and Roger originally requested.
  • Julie: "Oh, yes. Yes, we do, Miss Oliver. We'll come down. See you tomorrow, if that's all right." (57:07)
  • The couple feels restored, the future again holding the promise of love and family.
  • Roger: "Well, if he's only 2 years old, I'd better put up that gate around the stairs again." (57:21)

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8. Curtain Call & Closing Reflections (59:20–61:33)

• Stars Irene Dunn and Joseph Cotten join the host for casual post-show remarks about Broadway, wartime, and movie projects, delivering good-natured banter in keeping with the warmth of the production.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On adoption and parenthood:

  "She sort of walked into my heart, Judge, and she was there to stay." (40:36, Roger)
  "If she'll take a chance on us, we'll take a chance on her." (32:40, Roger)

• On loss and grief:

  "All this past year, Trina was looking forward to this Christmas ... With that light step of hers, she has outdistanced us, Roger and me." (49:38, Julie)

• On resilience and hope:

  "Guess I'll just leave them. Funny thing, I can't seem to divide them. They belong to both of us." (54:43, Julie, about the records)

• On reconciliation:

  "We're licked as far as our being together is concerned. When something really came along that hit us hard enough, we couldn't face it together." (55:22, Julie)

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Key Timestamps

| Timestamp | Segment/Event | |-----------|-------------------------------------------------| | 01:04 | DeMille introduces play & story theme | | 03:40 | Marital strife; flashback on Julie & Roger’s past| | 06:10 | First meeting in record store | | 12:38 | Roger proposes; the couple marries | | 17:19 | Tragedy—Julie’s miscarriage in China | | 21:13 | Applejack suggests adoption | | 25:49 | Adoption interview and humorous mishaps | | 32:40 | Trina joins the family | | 36:05 | Family joys and bonding over Trina | | 39:27 | Roger’s emotional plea to judge | | 41:48 | Successful adoption; “Ours. Now and forever.” | | 44:54 | Trina’s birthday, family warmth | | 49:38 | Trina’s death; Julie’s letter to Ms. Oliver | | 54:33 | Julie packs to leave Roger, moving lossfully | | 57:07 | Ms. Oliver offers another child for adoption | | 59:20 | Curtain call, casual cast discussion |

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Overall Tone & Style

The episode captures a timeless, sentimental atmosphere—equal parts humor and heartbreak. The performances are sincere and emotionally resonant, marked by realistic dialogue and moments of affectionate banter that round out the drama with warmth and relatability.

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Final Thoughts

This broadcast encapsulates the enduring power of radio drama: vivid characters, compelling storytelling, and a narrative that explores the strengths and setbacks at the heart of marriage and family. Through the lens of music and memory, "Penny Serenade" remains a moving story of hope, resilience, and the belief that, for all of life’s sorrows, tomorrow holds the possibility of new love.

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Transcript

[Julie Adams]

Too fast, Trevor.

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[Applejack]

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[Trina (Child)]

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[Roger Adams]

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[Julie Adams]

Shh.

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[John M. Kennedy (Announcer)]

Lux presents Hollywood. The lux radio theater brings you irene dunn and joseph cotton in penny serenade with edgar buchanan. Ladies and gentlemen, your producer, Mr. Cecil b. Demill.

[Narrator]

Greetings from Hollywood, ladies and gentlemen. Somewhere in the life of every man and woman, there's a book or a play, if the true story were known. But many people miss half the joy of living because they see only routine dullness in their own lives instead of drama. In Penny Serenade, there's all the excitement of great events in the simple everyday incidents of one home. There's something truly universal about this story of one man and one woman whose faith in each other has been lost along the way, but who have the courage to reach out again for happiness. It's a play that makes high demands on its stars. So tonight we have the same talented artist you saw in the Columbia picture, Miss Irene Dunn. And co starring with her is one of the important discoveries of recent Hollywood history. Joseph Cotton. Irene, incidentally, has just returned from New York where her new Metro Goldwyn Mayor picture, White Cliffs of Dover, is opening this week. You know, there's quite a story behind the production of any one of our plays. Actually, it begins in stores all over the nation when you go in and ask for Lux Flakes. But here in this theater, it begins with the selection of a script from the best that Broadway and Hollywood have to offer. In the casting, our stars come first. But the same careful attention is given to even the smallest bit parts. And then all the different elements meet at rehearsals with actors, writers, engineers, sound technicians, musicians and stagehands, each a part of the human machine that does the job. Teamwork makes any task easier, and Lux Flakes is ready to join the team at your house at the drop of a soap bubble. And here's the signal for the curtain to go up on the first act of Penny Serenade, starring Irene Dunn as Julie and Joseph Cotton as Roger, with Edgar Buchanan as Applejack. Our scene is quite simple. An automobile parked on the main street of A small town. Two people, a man and a woman, are sitting quietly in the front seat. The passerby would see nothing wrong, but in this everyday setting, tragedy is taking place and the lives of two people are changing course. The man is silent, brooding. With a sudden movement, he opens the car door and gets out.

[Julie Adams]

What's the matter, Roger?

[Roger Adams]

Take the car on home.

[Julie Adams]

What about you?

[Roger Adams]

I'm not coming home. I don't ever want to see anything or anyone. That reminds me.

[Julie Adams]

All right. Goodbye. Oh, Roger.

[Roger Adams]

Yes?

[Julie Adams]

When you do come home, I may not be there.

[Roger Adams]

Where are you going?

[Julie Adams]

I'm not sure. I don't know.

[Roger Adams]

Well, I guess Applejack's there. He'll. He'll help you if you want anything.

[Julie Adams]

Yes. Goodbye, Roger.

[Roger Adams]

Bye. Julie.

[Julie Adams]

Will you call the station, Applejack? Make sure they've got my reservation. That if you'll carry the grips down the car for me, I'd like you to drive me to the train, please.

[Applejack]

Miss Julie, you'd better think this over.

[Julie Adams]

I have been thinking it over, Applejack. I've been thinking it over for days. I'm leaving.

[Applejack]

You and Roger have been married a long time.

[Julie Adams]

But we don't need each other anymore. When that happens to two people, there's nothing left.

[Applejack]

Miss Julie, I guess I've known you two people better than anyone in my whole life. What with working with the boss on the paper here and seeing everything that's happened. Why? Well, somehow it just doesn't seem right.

[Julie Adams]

Applejack, please, I'm leaving.

[Applejack]

Yes, Miss Julie? Oh, I meant to ask you. I found these records. You want to take them along with you?

[Julie Adams]

Which records?

[Applejack]

These phonograph records you've been collecting all these years. Oh, you made them into an album. Remember? The story of a happy marriage?

[Julie Adams]

A happy marriage?

[Applejack]

Well, you were out before I played a couple of them. Nice tunes. Remember this one, Miss Julie?

[Julie Adams]

Let me see. Oh, yes, yes. I remember when we bought this record. I remember the first time I ever heard it. The day I met Roger. It was in the phonograph store I worked in 12 years ago. We were playing this tune on the loudspeaker and Roger was standing out on the sidewalk. I was fixing some records in the window when I looked up and saw him. He was smiling at me. I thought he was pretty fresh. The next thing I knew, he was inside the store.

[Roger Adams]

Hello?

[Julie Adams]

Yes. Is there anything I can do for you?

[Narrator]

Oh.

[Roger Adams]

Oh, yes. That's a new tune, isn't it?

[Julie Adams]

Yes. Yes, we just got it in today.

[Roger Adams]

Be nice to dance to, wouldn't it?

[Julie Adams]

Yes, would be yes. Would you like to buy it?

[Roger Adams]

Well, what's on the other side?

[Julie Adams]

Another new one.

[Roger Adams]

Oh, can I hear it?

[Julie Adams]

Certainly. Right over here. Booth three.

[Roger Adams]

I mean, would you play it for me?

[Julie Adams]

If you want.

[Roger Adams]

Thanks. Wait. As long as we're listening, might as well hear some of these others too. I'll just take this stack here. There we are.

[Julie Adams]

Well, now, wait a minute, please.

[Roger Adams]

It's all right. I can carry them. Get locked.

[Narrator]

Five.

[Julie Adams]

See. You sure you want all these?

[Roger Adams]

Oh, yeah, sure.

[Julie Adams]

27 records at 50 cent. That'll be 1350, please.

[Roger Adams]

1350. Here you are.

[Julie Adams]

Thank you.

[Roger Adams]

Say, it's pretty late, isn't it?

[Julie Adams]

Yes. We're closing now.

[Roger Adams]

Oh, I'm sorry. Say, you must be tired. Maybe I can take you home. I'll get a cab.

[Julie Adams]

A cab? You certainly like to throw your money around. What are you, a bootlegger?

[Roger Adams]

No, I'm a reporter. Good one, too.

[Julie Adams]

How nice. Just the same, I think I'll walk.

[Roger Adams]

All right. Maybe a walk would do us good.

[Julie Adams]

But I didn't invite you to walk.

[Roger Adams]

Oh, it's all right. I got nothing to do till 10 o'.

[Narrator]

Clock.

[Roger Adams]

Records are kind of heavy.

[Julie Adams]

Yes, it must be. Well, thank you very much. Good night.

[Narrator]

What's the matter?

[Julie Adams]

Nothing. I live here, that's all.

[Roger Adams]

Oh.

[Julie Adams]

Well, good night.

[Roger Adams]

Good night.

[Narrator]

Oh.

[Roger Adams]

Oh, wait. Do you mind if I ask you a personal question?

[Julie Adams]

I guess not.

[Roger Adams]

Have you got a phonograph inside?

[Julie Adams]

Yes.

[Applejack]

Why?

[Roger Adams]

Well, would you let me hear this record? Otherwise I'll have to take it home and imagine how it sounds.

[Julie Adams]

Haven't you got a machine at home?

[Roger Adams]

No.

[Julie Adams]

Well, then why on earth did you buy 20?

[Roger Adams]

Silly, wasn't it?

[Julie Adams]

Oh, really. Every time I've heard that song since, I've thought of that day. There was another one in that bunch of records, too. Oh, yes, this one. They were playing this one night in a little Chinese restaurant down near the beach. We'd stopped off there for dinner on our way home. Roger was very quiet. We sat there for the longest time, never saying a word. What are you thinking about?

[Roger Adams]

Just wishing. Wishing we could always be together like this. I mean. I wish every day were a holiday like today. Never have to go home. Never have to go to work.

[Julie Adams]

Would be perfect, wouldn't it?

[Roger Adams]

What's that you've got?

[Julie Adams]

A rice cake. It's got my fortune inside.

[Roger Adams]

What does it say?

[Julie Adams]

Nothing, silly. Rate it all right.

[Libby Collins]

It says a baby.

[Roger Adams]

Ah, these things are a lot of bunk. They never come true.

[Julie Adams]

You don't like kids very much, do you?

[Roger Adams]

Oh, I like them all Right. Except when they're pests.

[Julie Adams]

What does your fortune say?

[Roger Adams]

Nothing. Here, read it.

[Julie Adams]

You'll be an old bachelor. Oh, very unromantic.

[Roger Adams]

Told you they never come true.

[Julie Adams]

We played this one at my New Year's Eve party. Guess I'd known Roger about four months. Remember that New Year's Eve, Applejack? You came to my place, remember? You weren't very happy about it.

[Applejack]

Look, I. I don't belong here.

[Julie Adams]

Of course you belong here, Applejack. I invited you, didn't I? Come on in and meet some of my friends.

[Applejack]

Oh, no. Say, where's Roger?

[Julie Adams]

He's not here yet. I thought maybe you'd know.

[Applejack]

Not me. You're pretty crazy about that reporter, aren't you?

[Julie Adams]

I'm fond of him.

[Applejack]

That's bad. I hate to see a nice girl like you get mixed up with a newspaper man. I never knew one worth a darn when it came to a woman.

[Julie Adams]

He's lots of fun to go out with, that's all.

[Applejack]

Always running down a story and hanging around a speakeasy waiting for the proof to come up. At least that's what they say they're doing. You never know what they're up to. Of course, for a single man it's sweet. Well, but for a married man.

[Julie Adams]

Applejack, listen. Don't worry about me. I don't need any advice. I never even thought of getting married.

[Applejack]

No fooling?

[Julie Adams]

No fooling.

[Applejack]

Well, it's fine.

[Roger Adams]

Julie.

[Julie Adams]

Oh, here he is now.

[Roger Adams]

Hello, Julie, I've got to talk to you right away. Reckon with you alone.

[Julie Adams]

Why alone? I'm having fun.

[Roger Adams]

Come on, we'll go out on the fire escape.

[Julie Adams]

Oh, but Roger. Roger.

[Roger Adams]

Juliet. Now don't be angry. I'd have been here sooner, only a lot's happened.

[Julie Adams]

Nice time to come to a party. It's almost 12.

[Roger Adams]

I know, I know, darling. I'm sorry. I've had a million things to do. Here, let me put my coat around you.

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[Roger Adams]

Look, honey, I've had a real break. Flynn quit his job over in China. He got fed up with the assignment of the weather or something. Imagine what a spot that leaves the paper in. One man in the Orient and he walks out on the job.

[Julie Adams]

Roger, you gonna take his place?

[Roger Adams]

That's what I. That's what they want me to do. I've got a ticket in my pocket on a train that leaves in 3am I'll get to San Francisco just in time to catch the next boat. I can't believe it, Julie. Imagine them picking me.

[Julie Adams]

Well, you're able, Roger. You have ability. Anybody can see that. You're going.

[Roger Adams]

Well, that's what I wanted to talk to you about. It's a fine salary, two year contract. I'm more or less my own boss and. Well, I. I was wondering.

[Julie Adams]

Listen. Listen, little boy. Of course I want you to go, if that's what's worrying you.

[Roger Adams]

Please don't think I wasn't worrying about that. I knew you'd want me to take the job, sure, but. Well, what I hurried over here to tell you was. Julie. Julie, let's get married. Let's get married tonight, right away. I can send for you in three months. I'll have the money then.

[Julie Adams]

Three months. Why the rush to get married now?

[Roger Adams]

Because. Well. Do you think I want to leave a girl like you running around loose? Suppose somebody else comes along? Julie, I've got to have you.

[Julie Adams]

Poor Roger. Darling.

[Roger Adams]

Julie, is it? Till death do us part.

[Julie Adams]

Till death do us part.

[Roger Adams]

It's New Year, Julie. I've got everything all set. All you have to do is sign the marriage license.

[John M. Kennedy (Announcer)]

Come on,

[Roger Adams]

Get in, Julie.

[Julie Adams]

There isn't much time. Roger.

[Roger Adams]

It's all right, darling. Porter, Compartment G. Compartment G. Yes, sir. How much time before the train leaves?

[Narrator]

Just about two minutes.

[Roger Adams]

Thanks. Go in there. Well, Mrs. Adams.

[Julie Adams]

Mrs. Adams. Oh, it sounds strange, isn't it?

[Roger Adams]

Not strange, darling. It sounds great.

[Julie Adams]

Oh, it does sound great, doesn't it? You know, there's something about a train. I don't know what it is. The way it looks or smells or something always makes me want to be off somewhere.

[Roger Adams]

I know. I feel the same way.

[Julie Adams]

Oh, Roger, I wish this was our honeymoon.

[Roger Adams]

Little idea, darling.

[Julie Adams]

I can't say goodbye to you.

[Roger Adams]

It isn't really. Goodbye. It won't be for long. It's just. I'll see you later.

[Libby Collins]

That's it.

[Julie Adams]

I'll see you later. Let's never say goodbye.

[Applejack]

Yes, dear.

[Roger Adams]

Promise me something. Promise me never to take your ring off.

[Julie Adams]

I won't take it off, no matter what happens.

[Roger Adams]

Thank you, darling.

[Julie Adams]

Roger. Roger, the train boy.

[Roger Adams]

All right, all right. Now, don't worry, darling. I'll get you off at the next stop.

[Julie Adams]

Well, how far is the next stop?

[Roger Adams]

About three hours.

[Julie Adams]

Roger went on to China, and I waited for him to send for me. I didn't have to wait long. Four months later, I was with him. He had a great big house and four Chinese servants. Roger was living like a prince.

[Roger Adams]

Darling, what do you think of your new home?

[Julie Adams]

Well, Roger, I. Well, I didn't expect anything like this. It doesn't seem real. Are you sure you can afford all this?

[Roger Adams]

And don't be so practical when I'm romantic. Nothing's too good for my little wife.

[Julie Adams]

Are we going to keep it? I mean, stay here right along?

[Roger Adams]

Certainly. It's yours. I bought the lease from an American who went back. Furniture, four servants, three kids, everything.

[Julie Adams]

Kids?

[Roger Adams]

Whose the servants? They live here.

[Julie Adams]

I thought you didn't like children.

[Roger Adams]

Who, me? They all right. Anyway, I got the whole shebang for a thousand dollars American.

[Julie Adams]

But how in the world you do it? I mean, get the money to send for me and buy all this, too?

[Roger Adams]

Got an advance.

[Julie Adams]

An advance?

[Narrator]

Sure.

[Roger Adams]

An advance on the salary. Everybody does that out here. That's how you operate.

[Julie Adams]

Oh, Roger.

[Roger Adams]

Oh, now, now. You're not going to be one of those wives always worrying about money and budgets, are you?

[Julie Adams]

No, but I. Well, I sort of hate to start off in debt, especially now.

[Applejack]

What do you mean?

[Julie Adams]

You know, Roger, Remember this?

[Roger Adams]

What?

[Narrator]

Oh.

[John M. Kennedy (Announcer)]

Oh, the fortune.

[Roger Adams]

Sure, I got at the beach. Imagine you keeping that.

[Julie Adams]

You were wrong, darling. Sometimes those things do come true.

[Narrator]

Sure.

[Roger Adams]

Sure they do.

[Narrator]

Certainly.

[Roger Adams]

Let's see it. A baby.

[John M. Kennedy (Announcer)]

Say, if I.

[Roger Adams]

Hey, wait a minute, Roger. Julie, why didn't you tell me? Why don't you write me?

[Julie Adams]

But you don't like them.

[Roger Adams]

Of course I do.

[Applejack]

Why.

[Roger Adams]

Why would I have three of them running around here? And this one will be ours. An American kid. Ours. Oh, gee, that's great.

[Julie Adams]

Oh, darling, I'm so glad you won it. We went north after that. Roger had an assignment away from the city, and I went up with him. He began to talk about traveling all our lives, never settling down. Well, we. We were there about three weeks when. When it happened. I can still Hear the sound in my ears. First I thought it was just a sort of rumbling. And then it grew louder and louder. The floor began to shake. I could hear the crowds outside like screaming. I saw the pictures dancing on the wall. I felt like. You're falling. Where are you?

[John M. Kennedy (Announcer)]

Excuse me.

[Julie Adams]

We came home on the next boat back to San Francisco. I think I knew then that I would never have my baby. And in the hospital a few weeks after, the doctor told me.

[Roger Adams]

Well, that's all, Mrs. Adams.

[Narrator]

Otherwise, you'll enjoy the best of health.

[Roger Adams]

Now, I've got some good news for you. I'm letting your husband see you today.

[Narrator]

Come in, Mr. Adams.

[Roger Adams]

Hello, darling.

[Julie Adams]

Hello, Roger.

[Roger Adams]

Oh, Julie, I'm so glad to see you. She's doing well.

[John M. Kennedy (Announcer)]

You'll be able to take her home soon.

[Roger Adams]

Thank you. Oh, darling, I've been miserable without you. I've had a chance to do a lot of serious thinking. I've been out scouting around the nearby towns. Looking for that little paper I once talked about buying. And no more silly ideas like traveling around. You are absolutely right about that. I think I found it, too, honey. Little place just north of here. A place called Rosalia. Ever hear of it?

[Julie Adams]

No.

[Roger Adams]

Best of all, we'll have a home of our own. One that will always be ours. I get the paper going good, I can give you everything. Furniture, cars, clothes, Everything.

[Julie Adams]

You know, it's strange, Roger, but I can't get myself to care about those things now. They don't seem important anymore. What I want, I can't have. The one thing I've ever really wanted. I'm never going to have.

[John M. Kennedy (Announcer)]

And now, in our brief intermission before Mr. DeMille presents Irene Dunn, Joseph Cotton and Edgar Buchanan in Act 2 of Penny Serenade. Here's a popular song. And now a luxe version of this favorite.

[Libby Collins]

Take it easy, take it easy, take it easy. Please don't get upset at washing dishes every day. Take it easy, take it easy. As you watch your hands grow red and rougher. Don't give way. Take it easy, take it easy. You can change that daily chore to one that gives you bliss. Make it luxy, make it luxy. Then you'll have the kind of hands men seem to want to give. Change to Lux, change to Lux. You'll be so pleased. Change to Lux. Change to luck. You'll be so pleased.

[John M. Kennedy (Announcer)]

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[Trina (Child)]

Make it luxy.

[John M. Kennedy (Announcer)]

Now our producer, Mr. DeMille.

[Narrator]

Act two of Penny Serenade. Starring Irene Dunn as Julie and Joseph Cotton as Roger. With Edgar Buchanan as Applej. An album of old pornograph records. An album of memories to Julie Adams. Each record is a chapter in her life, bringing back the heartaches of the happiness, the sorrow and the joy of years gone by.

[Julie Adams]

Remember this one, Applejack? It was popular about the time you came to help Roger with a newspaper. It was fun in those days, wasn't it? The Linotype machine running downstairs, the smell of printers, ink in the house. But there was something missing even then. You knew what it was, Applejack. You mentioned it one night at dinner, remember?

[Applejack]

Roger's out fronting down subscriptions and said he might not be home till late.

[Julie Adams]

Well, come on, sit down, Applejack. We might as well have our dinner.

[Applejack]

Yes, Miss Julie. You know, Miss Julie, I think we ought to have a kid around this house.

[Julie Adams]

Why? Why? I thought you knew, Applejack.

[Applejack]

Oh, sure. I know about that. I'm talking about adopting one. You get some pretty good ones that way. I'm an adopted kid myself. Of course, I know that's not much of a recommendation, but I didn't turn out so bad.

[Julie Adams]

Want some bread, Applejack?

[Applejack]

Miss Julie, I wish you could have seen some of those little sons again. It was the cutest little rascals you ever wanted to look at.

[Julie Adams]

Well, I don't think Roger would want a child that way, Applejack. One that wasn't his own.

[Applejack]

Why not? He's no sucker. He don't want to gamble. How do you know what they're gonna be like when they gotta be your own? This way, you walk in and help yourself to exactly what you want. There's no guesswork.

[Julie Adams]

I thought a lot about it, Applejack. I want one. But Roger was so disappointed when. Well, I just haven't had the courage to suggest it, Miss Julie.

[Applejack]

Do you want to know something? He's all for the idea. Only a few days ago, when we were working together, I was talking to him and he.

[Julie Adams]

You Were talking to him about this?

[Applejack]

Sure, and he was all for it.

[Julie Adams]

Why didn't he say something to me?

[Applejack]

Well, he was afraid to say anything to you. He was afraid you might have some fool notion.

[Julie Adams]

Fool notion?

[Trina (Child)]

What?

[Julie Adams]

The very idea. My own husband talking about things like this with a. With a printer.

[Applejack]

Press manager, please.

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[Julie Adams]

All right, press manager. You gonna be the mother? No, I just thought it's a fine thing. Hello. Well, Roger, come here.

[Roger Adams]

What's going on? A fight?

[Applejack]

Hey, Roger, I want you to look at that new ad. Would you come downstairs?

[Julie Adams]

Oh, no. Wait a minute. Roger, why didn't you tell me?

[Roger Adams]

Tell you what?

[Julie Adams]

What you and Applejack been talking about.

[Applejack]

Miss Julie. I told you in confidence.

[Roger Adams]

What were we talking about? Applejack. What did you say to her?

[Applejack]

The. Well, you know.

[Julie Adams]

But he told me. Told you what? Roger, if you wanted to adopt a baby, why didn't you tell me?

[Narrator]

What?

[Applejack]

Sure, you should have told her in the first place, not me. I'm not going to be the mother.

[Roger Adams]

Now, wait a minute. Did you tell Julie I wanted to adopt the baby?

[Applejack]

Well, I hinted at it. I tried to bring it to her gently.

[Roger Adams]

You told her that?

[Julie Adams]

Roger, I'm so glad you feel that way.

[Applejack]

Yeah, and she wants it even more than you, Roger.

[Roger Adams]

Well, if.

[John M. Kennedy (Announcer)]

If.

[Roger Adams]

If that's the way we all feel about it, I like it too. I suppose it's settled, huh?

[Julie Adams]

Oh, Roger, I'm so glad. If it hadn't been for Applejack letting it slip out I don't suppose I ever would have known. Come on, sit down, darling. I'll get you dinner.

[Applejack]

Well, I guess I better go fix that press.

[Roger Adams]

Yeah, you fix everything else, don't you? What's the idea of telling her a thing like that? I never said I wanted a baby.

[Applejack]

Well, shut up,

[Julie Adams]

Roger.

[Libby Collins]

Hurry.

[Julie Adams]

The lady said three o'.

[Libby Collins]

Clock.

[Roger Adams]

Now, look, Julie, while I think of it, when we get to this place, don't get enthusiastic right off the bat. You know, don't. Don't just rush in and grab the first kid you see and go nuts about it.

[Julie Adams]

What makes you think I'll grab the first one? I see. I've been doing the shopping in this family for some time now. I just don't bring home anything.

[Roger Adams]

Well, you came home with this tie, didn't you?

[Julie Adams]

But darling, it's nice. Everybody's wearing bow tie.

[Roger Adams]

Yes.

[Ms. Oliver (Orphanage Worker)]

Sit down, Mrs. Adams. I have your letter here. You want a two year year old child, blue eyes, curly hair, dimpled chin, sweet disposition.

[Roger Adams]

We prefer a boy.

[Julie Adams]

We like to look at the girls, too.

[Roger Adams]

Now, Julie, you know we agreed on a boy.

[Julie Adams]

But it won't hurt to look at it then, will it?

[Roger Adams]

All right, we'll look. Now, what can you show us, please?

[Ms. Oliver (Orphanage Worker)]

Well, this. This is the administration building. We don't have any children here. Oh, everybody wants blue eyes, curly hair and dimples. And everybody wants a two year old child. Now, will you tell me why?

[Julie Adams]

Well, you see, in our case, that would have been the age of our own child.

[Ms. Oliver (Orphanage Worker)]

Oh, I see.

[Roger Adams]

Anyway, when they're two years old, they're. Well, they're more or less housebroken, aren't they?

[Libby Collins]

Well, not always.

[Ms. Oliver (Orphanage Worker)]

At the moment we haven't any children available at all. There's a long waiting list. If you get one within a year, you're lucky.

[Narrator]

What?

[Julie Adams]

A year?

[Roger Adams]

You mean we. We might have to wait a whole year?

[Ms. Oliver (Orphanage Worker)]

Well, after all, real parents wait almost equal.

[Roger Adams]

Yes, certainly.

[Julie Adams]

But you see, Ms. Oliver, we've waited so long already.

[Ms. Oliver (Orphanage Worker)]

I know, my dear, but you're both very young then too. We have to have time to make our investigation.

[Roger Adams]

Investigation?

[Julie Adams]

Oh, yes.

[Ms. Oliver (Orphanage Worker)]

You see, we're just as particular about you as prospective parents as you are about the child.

[Julie Adams]

Oh, well, naturally.

[Ms. Oliver (Orphanage Worker)]

What is your business, Mr. Adams?

[Roger Adams]

Oh, I'm a publisher. I run Rosalia Courier.

[Ms. Oliver (Orphanage Worker)]

A publisher?

[Roger Adams]

That's right.

[Ms. Oliver (Orphanage Worker)]

I see in your letter that you live in the country. I presume that means then that you have a house and a yard.

[Julie Adams]

Well, no, we don't have a yard. We live in an apartment over the Newspaper office. But you have a separate room for

[Ms. Oliver (Orphanage Worker)]

the child, haven't you?

[Applejack]

Oh, sure.

[Julie Adams]

Yes, we have a lovely room. It's practically fixed up now.

[Ms. Oliver (Orphanage Worker)]

Well, that's fine. Now, about income. Approximately how much do you make a week?

[Roger Adams]

Well, I. I couldn't tell you offhand. I. I imagine about a hundred dollars a week. Of course, I'd have to look at the books.

[Ms. Oliver (Orphanage Worker)]

Well, that's excellent. Now, if you just take that application home with you and mail it into us so we'll have all the details in due time, one of our investigators will call on you.

[Roger Adams]

Oh, fine.

[Julie Adams]

You'll call us before you come, won't you?

[Ms. Oliver (Orphanage Worker)]

No, we just drop in. That's our policy. You see, we want to find your house as it really is every day. And not when it's fixed up for company.

[Julie Adams]

Oh, I see.

[Ms. Oliver (Orphanage Worker)]

Goodbye.

[Roger Adams]

Goodbye, Miss Oliver.

[Julie Adams]

Goodbye. Oh, Miss Oliver, it doesn't matter if he hasn't got curly hair. It doesn't really matter.

[Ms. Oliver (Orphanage Worker)]

Very well, Mrs. Adams. Goodbye.

[Julie Adams]

Goodbye. Oh, Roger.

[Roger Adams]

Hey, they are darn choosy, if you ask me.

[Julie Adams]

Why do you always have to be a big shot?

[Roger Adams]

What do you mean, big shot?

[Julie Adams]

Well, you know, we don't make a hundred dollars a week.

[Roger Adams]

You want the baby, don't you? Anyway, they can't prove it. We don't keep book.

[Julie Adams]

The day that Ms. Oliver came to investigate us, I was cleaning house. I had on an old dress, and my hair was a sight. Just to make things a little worse, I had the phonograph going full blast.

[Ms. Oliver (Orphanage Worker)]

Good afternoon. Does Mrs. Adams live here?

[Applejack]

Yes, upstairs. I'll call it.

[Julie Adams]

No, don't, Father.

[Ms. Oliver (Orphanage Worker)]

I'm Ms. Oliver from the orphanage. I'll find her.

[Applejack]

Oh. Well, I don't think she's home just now. I. I think she's in church.

[Julie Adams]

In church?

[Ms. Oliver (Orphanage Worker)]

This time of day?

[Applejack]

Well, you see, she and Mr. Adams go there quite a lot. They just go there and sit, find people. Adams.

[Ms. Oliver (Orphanage Worker)]

Well, I'm sure she won't mind if I just look around a bit.

[Applejack]

No, no, she won't mind.

[Trina (Child)]

Oh.

[Julie Adams]

Oh, Miss Oliver.

[Ms. Oliver (Orphanage Worker)]

How are you, Mrs. Adams?

[Julie Adams]

Oh. Oh, I'm all right.

[Ms. Oliver (Orphanage Worker)]

It's all right.

[Julie Adams]

Oh, you've come to see the apartment?

[Ms. Oliver (Orphanage Worker)]

That's right.

[Julie Adams]

Well, this is it. It's not very neat at the moment. We're cleaning.

[Ms. Oliver (Orphanage Worker)]

I see.

[Roger Adams]

Julie, where in blazes did you put my pants? Roger, do I have to go around the house in the bathrobe all day? Just, uh.

[Ms. Oliver (Orphanage Worker)]

Oh, hello, Mr. Adams.

[Roger Adams]

Well, hello, Miss Oliver. We weren't expecting you.

[Julie Adams]

Mr. Adams was working late last night. Getting out the papers, I understand.

[Ms. Oliver (Orphanage Worker)]

Well, I think I have a surprise for you, Mr. Adams. A baby came in yesterday.

[Julie Adams]

No, Miss Oliver, you mean.

[Roger Adams]

Come, sit down.

[Ms. Oliver (Orphanage Worker)]

Thank you. That's the reason we came around to see you sooner than we expected. It's a little girl.

[Roger Adams]

Oh, well, we don't want a girl

[Ms. Oliver (Orphanage Worker)]

five weeks and three days old.

[Roger Adams]

Five weeks?

[Julie Adams]

Well, we did speak of an older child, you know.

[Roger Adams]

Sure, two years.

[Ms. Oliver (Orphanage Worker)]

You might have to wait a long time. After all. Aren't you making too great a point out of the child's age, Mr. Adams? Eventually, this child will be two years old.

[Roger Adams]

But we don't know anything about such little babies.

[Ms. Oliver (Orphanage Worker)]

Well, no one does until they have them. And this is such an unusual little baby. Actually, there's another couple who have first choice. But somehow. Well, I feel she's exactly the child for you. That's why I wanted you to see her first, and I. I couldn't resist giving you the chance.

[Julie Adams]

Did you bring her with you?

[Applejack]

Oh, no.

[Ms. Oliver (Orphanage Worker)]

She's in the nursery. You and Mr. Adams will have to come over to the city to see us.

[Julie Adams]

Oh. What's she like, Ms. Oliver?

[Ms. Oliver (Orphanage Worker)]

Well, I can't describe her exactly, but she's. Well, she. She's like no other child.

[Julie Adams]

Like no other child?

[Roger Adams]

Yeah. She isn't a boy.

[Julie Adams]

Well, Roger, there's no harm looking at her. If you don't like her, I won't say a word.

[Roger Adams]

What's the use? We don't want her.

[Julie Adams]

Oh, but please, darling. It won't hurt just to look at her.

[Roger Adams]

All right, we'll look, Miss Oliver.

[Ms. Oliver (Orphanage Worker)]

Well, that's fine.

[Julie Adams]

Look at her, Roger. She's holding your finger.

[Roger Adams]

Yeah. Got quite a grip, hasn't she? For a girl, I mean.

[Ms. Oliver (Orphanage Worker)]

Would you like to hold her, Mrs. Adams?

[Julie Adams]

Would I? Would I? Oh, thank you. Oh, Roger, she's sweet. Look.

[Roger Adams]

Quite a kid. Well, you've had your luck there. How about going back home?

[Julie Adams]

Home? You mean you don't. Oh, Roger.

[Roger Adams]

All right, all right. She's yours, I guess.

[Julie Adams]

Oh, darling.

[Roger Adams]

When do we get her?

[Ms. Oliver (Orphanage Worker)]

Now, if you like. She's yours. On a year's probation now.

[Julie Adams]

You mean we can just walk out with her like this?

[Ms. Oliver (Orphanage Worker)]

It sometimes happens that way.

[Julie Adams]

Well, we have no clothes for her, and we don't know how to feed her.

[Roger Adams]

She's an awful little baby.

[Ms. Oliver (Orphanage Worker)]

Well, Miss Morgan will take care of everything. She'll give you the formula and so forth.

[Julie Adams]

Oh, well, thank you, Miss Oliver, for being so kind.

[Ms. Oliver (Orphanage Worker)]

Oh, don't thank me. It just happens so. Perhaps before you make up your minds, Fully. To take the child. You'd like to have me go into her history? I can assure you it's an excellent one.

[Roger Adams]

Oh, that's okay. If she'll take a chance on us, we'll take a chance on her.

[Julie Adams]

Put the chairs around the bed.

[Roger Adams]

Look out, look out. You're in the way.

[Julie Adams]

Don't make so much noise. She wakes up again, you know what that means.

[Roger Adams]

There. That'll do.

[Julie Adams]

You think she'll be all right in here?

[Roger Adams]

Sure, sure. It'll be okay.

[Trina (Child)]

She.

[Roger Adams]

Yeah, yeah. Now, come on, let's go to bed.

[Julie Adams]

Well, I don't know. I don't think I'll go to bed. She eats again in a half hour. Directions say so.

[Roger Adams]

I'll set the alarm. Come on.

[Libby Collins]

No.

[Julie Adams]

Maybe I better just sit here and watch her.

[Roger Adams]

Don't be silly.

[Julie Adams]

But she might wake up.

[Roger Adams]

It won't wake up.

[Julie Adams]

Roger, what's. Linda. Well, turn it all. Turn it all.

[Roger Adams]

I'm trying to.

[Julie Adams]

Quinn.

[Roger Adams]

I stole.

[Julie Adams]

Stuck.

[Roger Adams]

I can't move the thing.

[Julie Adams]

It's. Oh, Roger.

[Roger Adams]

I couldn't help it. Look at the baby. Is it awake?

[Narrator]

No, no.

[Roger Adams]

What's the matter with it?

[Julie Adams]

I don't know. You think she's all right?

[Narrator]

I don't know.

[Roger Adams]

Is it breathing?

[Julie Adams]

Yes, yes, she's all right.

[Roger Adams]

Come on.

[Julie Adams]

She's certainly a good little baby, isn't she? Yeah.

[Roger Adams]

We were lucky together. Let's go to bed.

[Narrator]

That.

[Julie Adams]

Now, be quiet. Closing the door.

[Roger Adams]

Don't worry.

[Applejack]

Go ahead.

[Julie Adams]

Roger. Roger, what's the matter? What's the matter? Roger.

[John M. Kennedy (Announcer)]

Here.

[Judge]

Do something.

[Applejack]

Do something.

[Julie Adams]

What I do.

[Roger Adams]

Well, do something. Can't you see the baby is suffering?

[Julie Adams]

Well, I don't know what to do.

[Roger Adams]

No, don't just stand there.

[Applejack]

Do something.

[Julie Adams]

We'll take her, pick her up, huh? Well, go on. Do. Do something.

[Trina (Child)]

Oh.

[Julie Adams]

Oh, no. You. I'm going to call Ms. Oliver.

[Roger Adams]

You can't call her at this hour. I. I'll pick her up.

[Julie Adams]

I'll see.

[Roger Adams]

Come on.

[Julie Adams]

Oh.

[Roger Adams]

Hey, look. Shut up. Oh.

[Julie Adams]

Oh. Darling.

[Roger Adams]

Just wanted a daddy, that's all.

[Applejack]

Oakley.

[Narrator]

Oogly. Oogly.

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[Julie Adams]

So quickly it seemed like just a few short weeks. Roger was happier than I'd ever seen. Even the trouble he was having with the paper didn't seem to matter. He had Trina. Off she goes.

[Roger Adams]

Down she goes. Julie, look, trying to dance.

[John M. Kennedy (Announcer)]

That's the girl.

[Roger Adams]

Go ahead.

[Julie Adams]

She's got your smile, Roger.

[Roger Adams]

Oh, sure, she's good looking.

[Julie Adams]

Still sorry she wasn't a boy.

[Applejack]

A boy?

[Roger Adams]

What do you mean, a boy? Don't. Don't let her hear you say that. You wanted a boy. I didn't want a boy. Trina's dad is a little girl. Aren't you, Trina?

[Julie Adams]

Roger, be careful. Hello. Oh, hello, Miss Oliver. Roger, turn that off.

[Ms. Oliver (Orphanage Worker)]

How do you do, Mrs. Adams?

[Julie Adams]

Sit down, Miss Oliver. Thank you so much for letting us know you were coming this time.

[Roger Adams]

Hello, Ms. Oliver. Trina, this is your fairy godmother, Ms. Oliver.

[Julie Adams]

Say hello, sweetheart. Very timid, is she?

[Ms. Oliver (Orphanage Worker)]

I can plainly see that she adores her father.

[Julie Adams]

She means everything to us.

[Roger Adams]

When are we going to own her outright? Ms. Oliver?

[Ms. Oliver (Orphanage Worker)]

You go before the judge the 27th.

[Roger Adams]

27th, fine.

[Ms. Oliver (Orphanage Worker)]

Now, these are the same questions that you answered last year. We just want to bring them up today. Now, let's see. Religion.

[Julie Adams]

Same. One year older.

[Ms. Oliver (Orphanage Worker)]

Yes, I have that profession. Still publisher, isn't it?

[Roger Adams]

Yes.

[Ms. Oliver (Orphanage Worker)]

Income? Income.

[Roger Adams]

Well, you see, Miss Oliver, None.

[Ms. Oliver (Orphanage Worker)]

None? Well, I don't understand it.

[Narrator]

Oh, that's.

[Roger Adams]

That's the way it is in the newspaper game, Ms. Oliver. Especially when you're starting one of your own. You. You have to close down once before you really get going. Oh, it's only temporary. I'll. I'll have it humming by the 27th.

[Ms. Oliver (Orphanage Worker)]

Yes, I'm sure you will find a way, Mr. Adams.

[Julie Adams]

But you and I have to prove

[Ms. Oliver (Orphanage Worker)]

to the judge that your income is enough to take care of Trina.

[Julie Adams]

Well, you know we'd give Trina everything she wanted, Ms. Oliver, no matter who else had to suffer around here.

[Ms. Oliver (Orphanage Worker)]

I realize that.

[Julie Adams]

Well, I must go now.

[Ms. Oliver (Orphanage Worker)]

That's all we can do today.

[Julie Adams]

Goodbye, Miss Oliver.

[Ms. Oliver (Orphanage Worker)]

Goodbye, Mr. Adams. You'll bring the baby when you come before the judge 27th.

[Roger Adams]

We'll be there.

[Julie Adams]

There she is. All ready, Daddy. Roger, don't forget to take the coat off in the train.

[Roger Adams]

I won't.

[Julie Adams]

Bye, Dear.

[Roger Adams]

Bye. Come on, Trina.

[Julie Adams]

Oh, Roger, wait, wait. Her bunny. She may want it. Here, darling. Take your bunny with you. Bye, dear. Bye, Trina.

[Judge]

Mr. Adams, in looking over these adoption papers here, I see that you have no income at present.

[Roger Adams]

Is that correct? Yes, your Honor.

[Judge]

What is this? Ms. Oliver, you know this case should never have come before me.

[Ms. Oliver (Orphanage Worker)]

Well, your Honor, I feel that this is a special case. I've kept hoping until the last minute that Mr. Adams might be able to resume the operation of his paper.

[Judge]

But unfortunately, sir, under these conditions, I cannot grant the adoption. This child will have to revert to the orphanage. Mr. Adams, will you draw up a chair, please, while I prepare these release papers for you to sign? It's just a matter of routine, if you please.

[Roger Adams]

Your Honor, it can't be just a matter of routine for people to have their baby taken away from them.

[Judge]

Those are the requirements of the law.

[Roger Adams]

Yes, but you see, we've had her since she was six weeks old, and it just doesn't seem reasonable that she should have to go back now to strangers.

[Judge]

Mr. Adams, you're not here to plead your case. You've had the regular opportunity to prove your fitness to provide.

[Roger Adams]

But we are fit, Judge.

[Judge]

I'm sorry. Without an income, I have no alternative.

[Roger Adams]

Look, you, Honor, she's not like an automobile or an icebox or a piece of furniture or something you buy on time, and then when you can't keep up the payments, to take it away from you. Trina fulfilled me a good guy. Anyone can give up those kinds of things. But I ask you, Judge, how can you give up your own child? And she is our child just as much as if she'd been born to us. Look, Judge, we've had her over a year now, and we've. We've walked the floor with her when she had the colic. We've lost nights of sleep worrying every time she cut a tooth. We've. We've gone through everything, Everything that real parents have with one of their own. And you sit there and say it's a matter of routine for you to take her away from us. Please, Mr. X. I'm sorry, Judge, but. Well, you see, we weren't as fortunate as most people. We would have had one of our own, only. Well, you don't know how badly my wife wanted a child. It wasn't so important to me. I don't know. I suppose most men are like this, but children never meant a great deal to me. I liked them all right, I suppose, but. Well, what I'm trying to Say is your honor. The first time I saw her, she looked so little and helpless. And when she took hold of my finger and held onto it, she. She sort of walked into my heart, Judge, and she was there to stay. I didn't know I could feel like that. I'd always been, well, kind of careless and irresponsible. I wanted to be a big shot. I had to be my own boss, that sort of thing. And now here I am, standing in front of a judge, pleading for just a little longer so that I can prove to you I can support a little child that doesn't weigh quite 20 pounds. It's not only for my wife and me that I'm asking. It's for Trina's sake, too. She doesn't know any parents but us. She wouldn't know what had happened to her. There's so many little things about her that nobody would understand. The way Julie and I do. We love her. Judge, Please. Please don't take her away from us. Look, I'm not a big shot now. I'll do anything. I'll work for anybody.

[Narrator]

I'll beg, I'll borrow. I'll.

[Roger Adams]

Please, Judge. I'll sell anything I've got until I get going again. Only she'll never go hungry and she'll never be without clothes. Not as long as I've got two good hands to help me. Julie.

[Julie Adams]

Roger. Roger. You brought her back.

[Roger Adams]

Yours, dear? The judge says no.

[John M. Kennedy (Announcer)]

Ours.

[Roger Adams]

Now and forever.

[Julie Adams]

Oh, Trina. Trina.

[Roger Adams]

Nothing can ever take her from us now. Darling. Darling.

[John M. Kennedy (Announcer)]

We pause now for station identification. This is cbs, the Columbia Broadcasting System. In a few moments, Mr. DeMille returns with Irene Dunn, Joseph Cotton and Edgar Buchanan for Act three of Penny Serenade. But now I have a question to ask a couple of the ladies here tonight. Mrs. Monier, about how many miles do you think you walk in a day?

[Julie Adams]

Why, I just keep house and don't go out very much. Only to market and back. That's about a mile and, oh, I suppose another mile or so round the house. Not more than two or three miles a day, all told.

[John M. Kennedy (Announcer)]

And you, Miss Gregg, how far do you think you'll walk?

[Julie Adams]

Oh, not more than a couple of miles. I'm a secretary and just sit at my desk most of the day.

[John M. Kennedy (Announcer)]

Well, I'm afraid you under both underestimate your job. Statistics show that housewives often walk up to seven or eight miles a day, and office workers about three and a half to four and a half miles. You probably do a lot of bending and stooping in addition to just walking. All those things are hard on stocking.

[Julie Adams]

Well, often I do get a run just from bending my knees. I wish I knew how to make my stockings last longer.

[John M. Kennedy (Announcer)]

Then you'll be interested in recent stocking tests. A famous laboratory washed rayon stockings three ways. Part of them with luxe flakes. Others were rubbed with a cake soap.

[Julie Adams]

And what happened, Mr. Kennedy?

[John M. Kennedy (Announcer)]

Then they made tests to see how much strain these stockings would stand. The kind of a strain they get in everyday wear when you stoop down, climb stairs, and so on. Here are the results. The luxe stockings stood more than twice as much strain, lasted over twice as long before going into runs as the others did.

[Julie Adams]

I'd like my stockings to last twice

[John M. Kennedy (Announcer)]

as long as Lux will help you do it. Just luxe stockings. After each wearing dry rayons 24 to 48 hours. Now Mr. DeMille returns to the microphone.

[Narrator]

We'll have a few personal questions for our stars after the play. But now the curtain rises on the third act of Penny Serenade, starring Irene Dunn and Joseph Cotton. With Edgar Buchana. In the little apartment over the newspaper office, Julie Adams plays her album of old records. The story of a happy marriage. She's almost at the end of the album now. As Applejack watches silently, Julie places another record on the turntable.

[Julie Adams]

We played this one at Trina's fifth birthday. Remember, Applejack? You bought it for. We played it again last year on my birthday. That was quite a night, wasn't it? I was really surprised.

[Trina (Child)]

Surprise. Surprise.

[Roger Adams]

Happy birthday, darling.

[Julie Adams]

Heaven's sake.

[Trina (Child)]

Happy birthday, Mommy.

[Julie Adams]

Oh, thank you, darling.

[Roger Adams]

Come on, sit down. Trina's going to make a presentation.

[Julie Adams]

I almost forgotten it was my birthday.

[Trina (Child)]

Here, Mommy. This is from Daddy.

[Julie Adams]

From Daddy. Oh, Roger. A wristwatch, darling. I've always wanted one like this.

[Trina (Child)]

And this is from Uncle Applejack.

[Julie Adams]

Uncle Applejack. Oh, I think I can guess what this is.

[Trina (Child)]

It's a handkerchief.

[Julie Adams]

It's beautiful, Applejack.

[Applejack]

I always figure a person can't have too many handkerchiefs. I better tend to the gravy.

[Trina (Child)]

And this is from Minnie.

[Julie Adams]

From you. I can't imagine what this is.

[Trina (Child)]

What on earth I got you a record. Plus, you love records.

[Julie Adams]

And.

[Trina (Child)]

Cause you and Daddy love each other so much. Come on. Great.

[Julie Adams]

Aw, Trina, you're a sweet darling. Thank you.

[Trina (Child)]

I'll scan the phonograph. Put the record out, Mommy.

[Roger Adams]

Trina picked it out herself.

[Julie Adams]

Did she? Oh, that's nice.

[Roger Adams]

Dance, Mrs. Adam, dance.

[Julie Adams]

I'd love to.

[Trina (Child)]

You dance nice, Mommy.

[Julie Adams]

Thank you, darling.

[Applejack]

Dinner's ready. Come and get it. Or I'll throw it in the crick.

[Julie Adams]

Oh, this is wonderful. Dinner in my own home and I didn't have to cook it.

[Applejack]

Well, we sure changed the complexion of that bird.

[Roger Adams]

Oh, he certainly did.

[Julie Adams]

What'd you do in school today, darling?

[Trina (Child)]

Oh, I almost forgot. I was tuned. I'm going to be in the Christmas play.

[Julie Adams]

In the Christmas play?

[Roger Adams]

What are you going to do?

[Trina (Child)]

I'm going to sing in the carol.

[Roger Adams]

Hey, that's all right.

[Julie Adams]

Why, Trina, that's wonderful. It'll be fun making you a caroless costume.

[Trina (Child)]

I don't need any costume. Nobody sees me.

[Julie Adams]

Nobody sees you?

[Trina (Child)]

All I have to wear is a clean dress and some sneakers. I'm the echo. I'm away off behind the scenes. You only hear my voice. And Hobson says it gives a far away sound like the angels in heaven.

[Roger Adams]

Well, why do you have to wear the sneakers?

[Trina (Child)]

The sneakers are so I'll be quiet. I have to walk up a ladder behind the scenes and take a fix. Star with me. Then when I get old, an angel, I stop. And then the angels sing. And when my turn comes, I sing the echo. Then I sneak off quietly. And next year when I'm big, I'll get to be an angel and wear an angel suit. I'll get seen then.

[Julie Adams]

Of course you'll get seen, darling.

[Trina (Child)]

Is it a long time until next year, Daddy?

[Roger Adams]

Oh, no, darling. It'll be here in no time at all.

[Julie Adams]

Hark. The hair of angels. I didn't see Trina yet.

[Roger Adams]

You can't see her.

[Julie Adams]

Well, I. I don't even see the star. Suppose anything's happened?

[Roger Adams]

What could happen?

[Julie Adams]

She said she had to climb a ladder.

[John M. Kennedy (Announcer)]

Look.

[Applejack]

Look, there's the star.

[Julie Adams]

Oh. Oh, Roger. She's doing very well, isn't she? Roger? She fell off her ladder. Don't worry, Trina. You did fine.

[Trina (Child)]

No, I didn't. I spoiled everything. Now Ms. Hopkins won't let me be an angel next year.

[Julie Adams]

Yes, she will, darling.

[Roger Adams]

Certainly she will.

[Julie Adams]

I was talking to her and she said you just did fine, Trina. Did she?

[Roger Adams]

Why, you. You were better than all the rest of them put together.

[Julie Adams]

He, dear. Honest.

[Roger Adams]

Honest.

[Trina (Child)]

She. I don't know what people would do without crying Christmas.

[Julie Adams]

Oh, I don't know what we'd do without you, honey. All this past year, Trina was looking forward to this Christmas. She wanted Ms. Oliver to come and see her in the play I wrote to Ms. Oliver just last week.

[Ms. Oliver (Orphanage Worker)]

Dear Ms. Oliver, I should have written you sooner, but I could not less than three weeks ago. Trina was Here, looking to Roger and me for food and clothing and shelter with the helplessness of the very young. Now she does not need us. A sudden, brief, hopeless illness. And she was gone quickly, quickly, the day so long ago when she became ours. We said, nothing can ever take her away from us. But we had forgotten about death. With that light step of hers, she has outdistanced us. Roger and me.

[Julie Adams]

Father. Roger, why don't you speak to me? Roger, don't you hear me?

[Applejack]

Yes.

[Roger Adams]

I'm going out for a while.

[Julie Adams]

I wish you wouldn't.

[Roger Adams]

I better get out of here, get some fresh air.

[Julie Adams]

There's someone at the door. I'll answer it. Yes. Oh, may I use your phone, please? Our car is stalled in the snow and I'd like to call a taxi. Yes, the phone's right there. Come here.

[Libby Collins]

Thank you.

[Julie Adams]

Come in.

[Ms. Oliver (Orphanage Worker)]

Tell me.

[Trina (Child)]

Thank you.

[Julie Adams]

Is this your little boy? Yes. Say hello, Tommy.

[Applejack]

Hello.

[Julie Adams]

We're in such a hurry, and I saw your light burning.

[Trina (Child)]

Oh.

[Libby Collins]

Oh, dear. The line's busy.

[Julie Adams]

I guess cabs work overtime on a night like this, but I do hope

[Libby Collins]

we can get one. Tommy's in the Christmas play.

[Trina (Child)]

I hope we don't get late, Mommy.

[Julie Adams]

Well, our car's right out in front. I'll drive you over if you like. Oh, that's very kind of you.

[Libby Collins]

If it wouldn't be too much trouble.

[Julie Adams]

No, it's not much trouble. I'll get my coat.

[Roger Adams]

I can't start the car. Battery's dead. I'll have to crank it. This is the nearest I can get.

[Julie Adams]

Oh, thank you. This is fine. You can go in the side door. Yes, I know.

[Trina (Child)]

Mommy, they're singing already.

[Julie Adams]

Good night and thank you again. If you only knew what these things

[Libby Collins]

mean to a child. Good night.

[Trina (Child)]

Come on, Mommy. Come on.

[Julie Adams]

What's the matter?

[Roger Adams]

Roger, Take the car on home.

[Julie Adams]

What about you?

[Roger Adams]

I'm not coming home. I don't ever want to see anything or anyone. That reminds me.

[Julie Adams]

All right. Goodbye.

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[Julie Adams]

That's the last of them, Applejack.

[Applejack]

Those old songs really take you back, don't they?

[Julie Adams]

Yes, they take you back.

[Applejack]

Did you decide which ones you're going to keep? Which ones you're going to leave for him?

[Julie Adams]

Funny thing, I can't seem to divide them. They belong to both of us. Guess I'll just leave them.

[Roger Adams]

Julie.

[Julie Adams]

Applejack, will you get the rest of my things out of the bedroom for me, please?

[Applejack]

Sure.

[Roger Adams]

Leaving, Julie?

[Julie Adams]

Yes, Roger.

[Roger Adams]

I don't blame you. Don't blame you at all. You should leave me. I haven't done any of the big things I planned to do for you. We're right where we started. Still struggling. I've let you down all around, honey. And all I've needed to make it 100% was for you to leave me. And I can't think of a reason in the world for you not to. I'm licked, Julie.

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You're not licked, Roger. It's just us. We're licked as far as our being together is concerned. When something really came along that hit us hard enough, we couldn't face it together. I've needed you an awful lot these last few days. You've been miles away. I've been entirely alone, right here in this room with you.

[Roger Adams]

I know, dear.

[Julie Adams]

It just didn't work out.

[Roger Adams]

Oh, it did work out, Julie. Things were wonderful until this happened to me. I don't know, I just. I just haven't been able to think straight the last few days. She was never sick before, and then all of a sudden it was over. If there were only some way that people could know a few days ahead what was going to happen.

[Julie Adams]

Yes.

[Roger Adams]

The day before she was taken sick, she asked me for a quarter, and I wouldn't let her have it. And then she asked me to take her to the movies, and I said, no, run along. I'm too busy.

[Julie Adams]

I know. It was the same with me. I was trying on her angel costume. She was so excited, she couldn't stand still. I scolded her. I said, I'll never try another dress on you again. I never did.

[Narrator]

Hello?

[Roger Adams]

Oh, it's Ms. Oliver. She wants to speak to you.

[Julie Adams]

To me?

[Libby Collins]

Hello.

[Ms. Oliver (Orphanage Worker)]

Hello, Mrs. Adams.

[Julie Adams]

Yes, Miss Oliver.

[Ms. Oliver (Orphanage Worker)]

It's a very strange thing, Mrs. Adams, when we have a little boy who's

[Julie Adams]

just two years old.

[Ms. Oliver (Orphanage Worker)]

The oddest thing is, he's the exact image of the youngster you asked for when you first wrote to me.

[Julie Adams]

Do you remember? Oh, yes, Roger, listen.

[Ms. Oliver (Orphanage Worker)]

Well, I have that old letter here in front of me now. Curly hair, blue eyes, dimples. Now, this is strictly off the record for really, another couple has the right to see him first. But he's such a remarkable baby that I thought perhaps you. You and Mr. Adams might want to take a look.

[Julie Adams]

Oh, yes. Yes, we do, Miss Oliver. We'll come down. See you tomorrow, if that's all right. And, Ms. Oliver, please don't let that other couple see him till we do, will you?

[Ms. Oliver (Orphanage Worker)]

I won't, dear. Goodbye.

[Julie Adams]

Goodbye. Roger, did you hear?

[Roger Adams]

Well, if he's only 2 years old, I'd better put up that gate around the stairs again.

[Julie Adams]

Yes.

[Roger Adams]

Wouldn't want the little fella falling downstairs and breaking his arm.

[Julie Adams]

No. I guess we'd better get out the crib. But then if he's 2 years old, he can sleep in a bed cat.

[Roger Adams]

Oh, sure, sure.

[Julie Adams]

And we won't have to put the chairs around him. No.

[Roger Adams]

And over in that corner, I can. I can put A little electric tray, yeah.

[John M. Kennedy (Announcer)]

In just a moment, our stars will return for a curtain call. Now here's our fashion reporter Libby Collins. With some colorful news about lingerie.

[Libby Collins]

Nowadays, women are wearing birds, flowers, bow knots, even animals on their slips nighties. It's hard to get nice lace because of the war. So many of the new undies rely on applique designs and contrasting color for interest. Touches like that give a handmade look to undies. Of course, whether you still have some pre war lacing ones and luscious pinks or blues or yellows, or the new ones with gay trimmings.

[Julie Adams]

You want to keep the colors fresh

[Libby Collins]

and lovely just as long as you can.

[John M. Kennedy (Announcer)]

That's why recent washing tests will interest women. In these tests, some slips were washed the luxe way. Then exactly the same kind were washed by harsh wash day methods. The slips washed with luxe flakes stayed lovely three times as long.

[Libby Collins]

That's a worthwhile economy, Mr. Kennedy. And as every woman knows, baby luxing protects daintiness too. Here's another thing about luxe care. You'll find shoulder straps don't brace so easily. Seams don't pull out so soon. Those are annoying things we women hate.

[John M. Kennedy (Announcer)]

Suppose we sum it up with music, Libby. Here's the story. Undies lead a long life. When they lead a lux Life. Now here's Mr. DeMille with our stars.

[Narrator]

Irene Dunn and Joseph Cotton are before the footlights again. And since Irene has just returned from Broadway, perhaps. Well, perhaps she'll tell us how the old street is looking.

[Julie Adams]

Very military, Mr. DeMille. Soldiers and sailors and whacks and waves everywhere.

[Roger Adams]

And all the wax and waves out gunning for Irene Dunn, I guess. Irene, is it. Is it true that you said the boys in uniform don't ask the girls in uniform for dates?

[Narrator]

You certainly stir up a small hornet's nest in the newspapers.

[Julie Adams]

Anyway, I'm afraid I was a little misunderstood. What I said was that we really didn't have enough entertainment for the girls in uniform.

[Narrator]

Oh, well, that's a great load off my mind, Irene. I just couldn't figure why wax and wave shouldn't be in demand for dates. Judging from the ones I've seen all over the country. And aren't you helping a little with wave recruiting yourself?

[Julie Adams]

Well, I did have some of the waves at the house on Sunday afternoon. Along with some girls who were interested in joining the wave. Anyway, I'm sure they have all the dates they can handle.

[Narrator]

Speaking of dates, Joe, when do we see that new David Selznick picture? That you and half of Hollywood are in.

[Roger Adams]

You mean since you went away, CB Very soon. I think that's the.

[Narrator]

That's the first picture you've made for David, isn't it?

[Roger Adams]

Yes, it is. I've been out on Lend Lease at the other studios all the time.

[Narrator]

I read in the Financial page the other day that cotton was an important item in Lend Lease.

[Applejack]

Well,

[Roger Adams]

after that, there's nothing left but next week's play.

[Narrator]

And that's plenty, Joe, because our play is the Warner Brothers hit. Action in the North Atlantic. And our stars will be George Raft, Raymond Massey and Julie Bishop. This is the story of the merchant seaman whose days and nights are spent in the shadow of the undersea killer. There's romance and adventure in it. But above all, action in the North Atlantic means action at this microphone next Monday night.

[Julie Adams]

Save a seat for us, Mr. DeMille. Good night.

[Roger Adams]

Night.

[Narrator]

Good night. Feel that?

[Applejack]

Hear that?

[Narrator]

That's a penny serenade. Penny serenade. Our sponsors, the makers of Lux Flakes, join me in inviting you to be with us again next Monday night when the Lux Radio Theater presents George Raft, Raymond Massey and Julie Bishop in action in the North Atlantic. Mrs. Cecil B. DeMille saying good night to you from Hollywood.

[John M. Kennedy (Announcer)]

Don't throw away that tiny can you use tonight. It will be handy for saving used fats. Any size can will do, but be sure not to use glass. Keep this can near your stove and pour in every drop of used fat from your broiler or frying pan. Even black, burned fat or fat. Skim from soups and stews is just as good as clear grease. When it's full, take the can to your butcher. He'll give you 4 cents and 2 extra, extra red ration points for every pound. And in three weeks, this fat will be ready to make medicines for our fighting men. Fill a tin and turn it in. Paired in tonight's play were Regina Wallace as Ms. Oliver. Norman Nielsen as Trina and Charles Seal. John McIntyre, Leon LeDoux, Dwayne Thompson and Bobby Larson. This program is broadcast to our fighting forces overseas through cooperation with the Army Forces Radio Service. Our music was directed by Louis Silvers.

[Judge]

Three bells for three great shows. Same time, same station. Listen tomorrow night at Lux Time for George Burns and Gracie Allen and their guest star, Ray Milan. Listen Wednesday night for Frank Sinatra singing I'll Be Seeing you. Robert Benchley will be Frank's guest this time. Luxury time every Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday for the tops in Entertainment.

[John M. Kennedy (Announcer)]

Our Lux Radio Theater production of Penny Serenade starring Irene Dunn and Joseph Cotton with Edgar Buchanan has come to you with the good wishes of the makers of Luxe Flakes, the tissue thin soap used by smart housewives everywhere in the Lux Radio Theater. Next week we will have, as usual, our producer, Cecil B. DeMille be part of the coast to coast audience that gathers each week to enjoy this hour of dramatic entertainment with the finest artists of Broadway and Hollywood in plays that you yourselves have told us you'd like to hear. This is your announcer, John M. Kennedy, reminding you to tune in again next Monday night to hear George Raft, Raymond Massey and Julie Bishop in action in the North Atlantic.

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[John M. Kennedy (Announcer)]

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