Lux Radio Theatre - Algiers

Summary

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Podcast Summary

Episode Overview

Podcast: Harold's Old Time Radio
Episode: Lux Radio Theatre - Algiers (originally broadcast: 1938; this is a re-air)
Date: June 29, 2026
Central Theme:
This episode features a classic radio adaptation of “Algiers,” presented by the famous Lux Radio Theatre and hosted by Cecil B. DeMille. The story is a romantic crime drama set in the Casbah of Algiers, centering on the notorious jewel thief Pepe Le Moko (played by Charles Boyer) as he navigates his love for the mysterious Gabrielle (Hedy Lamarr), police pursuit, and the psychological prison of exile.

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Key Discussion Points and Insights

1. Setting the Scene in the Casbah (01:06 – 03:00)

• Cecil B. DeMille’s Opening:
  DeMille paints Algiers as an ancient city full of intrigue, mystery, and danger—characterizing the Casbah as a fortress-like melting pot sheltering criminals and outcasts.

  • Notable quote: “A haven for hunted men with mystery in every winding street and danger in every doorway.” (01:09, DeMille)

• Introduction of Characters:

  • Pepe le Moko: Renowned jewel thief and folk hero among the denizens of the Casbah.
  • Inspector Slimane: Pepe’s persistent but philosophical police adversary.
  • Gabrielle (Gabby): The alluring Parisian woman who captures Pepe’s heart.
  • Supporting cast: Loyal friends and jealous lovers like Ines (Highness), Regis the informer, Pierrot, and others.

2. The Inescapable Prison (04:09 – 07:03)

• Police Frustration:
  The new Commissioner is exasperated at Pepe’s continued freedom, pushing Inspector Slimane for action. Slimane explains the impenetrable nature of the Casbah—both geographically and culturally.

  • Notable quote: “You cannot arrest a king in his own palace. And Pepe is well guarded.” (04:39, Slimane)

• The Labyrinth of the Casbah:
  Detailed by Slimane: “A labyrinth of narrow passages… a jungle... a melting pot for all the sins of earth.” (04:51)

3. Life and Relationships Inside the Casbah (08:19 – 16:16)

• Trading Stolen Goods/Pepe’s Dream:
  Scenes of camaraderie and criminal trade, with Pepe wistfully imagining an escape to a “great city where people understand the things of beauty.” (09:08)

• Love Triangle and Loyalty:
  Ines professes a desperate love for Pepe, hinting at the emotional cost for all involved. Ines’ jealousy and desperation set the stage for tragedy.

• Inspector vs. Pepe:
  The cat-and-mouse dynamic is highlighted through sharp, respectful exchanges.

  • Inspector: “You know, Pepe, in the end, I am the one who will get you.” (15:00)
  • Pepe retorts: “Really, I can hardly wait for the day.” (15:04)

4. Gabrielle and Pepe—A Doomed Romance (25:08 – 29:10, and throughout Acts II & III)

• Pepe and Gabby’s Magnetic Attraction:
  Over several meetings, they confess their mutual yearning for escape and belonging, drawn together by the sadness of exile.

  • Gabby: “If I can't see the same old streets when I open my eyes in the morning, I want to go back to sleep.” (25:41)
  • Pepe: “Once you’ve been here, you can’t stay away.” (14:19)

• Emotional Intensity:
  The intimacy between Pepe and Gabby is tinged with darkness—she is engaged to another, and he is a trapped fugitive.

  • Pepe: “For me you’re more than that. For two years I’ve been lost. Like walking in my sleep. Suddenly I wake up. That’s you.” (39:02–39:31)

5. Betrayal and the Tightening Net (33:34 – 54:06)

• Pierrot’s Death and Inspector’s Scheme:
  Pierrot, Pepe’s young friend, is lured out of the Casbah and killed in a police trap (34:16 ff). This triggers grief, rage, and further isolation for Pepe.

• Slimane’s Manipulations:
  Slimane, ever patient, engineers a plan to lure Pepe out by targeting Gabby—convincing her he’s dead, and thus spurring Pepe to leave his sanctuary.

• Ines’s Fatal Jealousy:
  Ines betrays Pepe’s plans to the police, unable to bear losing him to Gabby.

  • “I couldn’t let him go. I couldn’t lose him.” (55:00, Ines)

6. Climactic Tragedy at the Docks (54:21 – 57:48)

• Pepe Leaves the Casbah:
  With Ines’s betrayal, the trap is sprung at the Hotel Madeleine and the port.

• Final Encounter and Death:
  Pepe, desperate to reunite with Gabby as she leaves on a ship, is cornered and ultimately shot by police.

  • Finality: “Escape? And so. So I have my friend. Gabby… It is over. Pepelomocco has left the castle.” (57:33–57:48)

7. Thematic Closure and Reflection (59:29 – End)

• Curtain Call:
  Charles Boyer and Hedy Lamarr thank the audience and reflect on their roles, with some lighthearted banter.

• DeMille’s Message:
  DeMille closes the season with gratitude to the audience, reflecting on Lux’s position as a hearth of American entertainment.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• DeMille (on the Casbah):
  "But when you take that step, you enter another world. A melting pot for all the sins of earth." (04:49)

• Inspector Slimane:
  "To arrest him in the Casbah would be simple. To get him out, impossible." (06:37)

• Gabby (On Pepe's allure):
  "A man with such a good heart could get around anyone. He sounds very intriguing, your Pepe le Moco." (13:27)

• Pepe (On Love and Hunger for Escape):
  "With you, I escape." (39:31)

• Pepe (on the Casbah):
  "I'm caught here like a bear in a hole. Dogs barking, hunters all around, no way out." (41:34)

• Ines (on Imprisonment):
  "For you, there is nothing outside... It's funny for the police to come and try to arrest you. You're in prison already." (24:08)

• Pepe (on Fate):
  "If I am, blame it on the Casbah." (53:52)

• Inspector Slimane (resigned, at Pepe’s death):
  "It is over. Pepelomocco has left the castle." (57:48)

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Important Timestamps

• 01:06 - DeMille’s atmospheric introduction to Algiers and the Casbah
• 04:21 - Slimane describes the Casbah’s labyrinthine impenetrability
• 09:08 - Pepe dreams of escape and “a great city”
• 13:27 - Gabby expresses fascination with “Pepe le Moco”
• 15:00 - Slimane: “In the end, I am the one who will get you”
• 24:08 - Ines equates the Casbah to Pepe’s prison (“You're in prison already”)
• 25:41 - Gabby and Pepe connect over the ache of homesickness
• 34:16 - Pierrot’s shooting and its impact
• 39:02–39:31 - Pepe’s confession of love to Gabby
• 53:52 - Pepe’s acceptance (“If I am [killed], blame it on the Casbah”)
• 54:10–54:21 - The final pursuit as Pepe leaves his sanctuary
• 57:10–57:48 - Pepe’s death and Slimane’s final benediction
• 59:29 - Curtain call, cast banter, and closing reflection from DeMille

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Tone and Style

• The episode maintains a blend of romantic tragedy, film noir fatalism, and brisk wit characteristic of 1930s Hollywood radio drama.
• Dialogue is sharp, sometimes playful, often poignant—punctuated by emotional monologues and cat-and-mouse exchanges.
• DeMille’s narration is warm, honored, and occasionally grandiose, celebrating both his cast and audience.

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For New Listeners

This adaptation of “Algiers” is an archetype of classic radio theater, deftly combining a story of doomed love, psychological exile, and the inescapable grip of fate. The rich soundscape, outstanding performances by Charles Boyer and Hedy Lamarr, and the poetic, hard-edged script together make this episode a striking example of why Golden Age radio continues to resonate.

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End of Summary

Transcript

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[Narrator / Lux Radio Theater Announcer]

Lux presents Hollywood.

[Mr. Cecil B. DeMille]

The lux radio theater brings you charles boyer and hedy lamar in algiers. Ladies and gentlemen, your producer, Mr. Cecil b. Demille.

[Narrator / Lux Radio Theater Announcer]

Greetings from Hollywood, ladies and gentlemen. On the south shore of the Mediterranean sprawls the old strange city of Algiers, gateway to Africa and crossroads of the world. For a thousand years, it's been the home port of drama and adventure, a haven for hunted men with mystery in every winding street and danger in every doorway. I can't think of a more intriguing locale for a play with Charles Boyer and Hedy Lamar. A French detective named Ashelby picked this setting when he turned his manhunting mind to the printing page. He called his story Pepe le Moco. That was the title of the French motion picture, too. But Walter Wanger called his American version Algiers and gave the part of Pepe Lamoco to Charles Boyer, who revives it for us tonight with Hedy Lamar playing her original role of Gabrielle. And it's her first appearance at any microphone. We've never received more requests for a play than this one and lately with the picture Pepe Laboco being generally released in this country and Algiers playing many cities all over again, you've requested it under both names. Algiers is the drama of a man doomed to spend the rest of his days in a relentless battle against the law. Danger was his breath of life and love the kiss of death. No man alive could call Pepe Lamoco afraid. I think the best way to tell you how we feel about tonight's cast and play is to quote two young girls whom I found in front of the theater marquee today. One said to the other, look, luck, says Charles Boyer and Hedy Lamar tonight. Oh, boy, is that going to be a swell show. I hope they'll forgive my eavesdropping and accept my gratitude because they put the whole idea of this theater in a few words. It is luxe flakes that makes a production like this with stars like these possible. And your support of both our theater and product keeps things humming on this side of the footlights. You Took our word for it that Lux Flakes was worth a fair trial. And we have your word for it that it came through with flying colors from coast to coast. Now the house lights go down and the curtain goes up on Algiers. Starring Charles Boyer as Pepe Lamoco, Hedy Lamar as Gabby, and Alan Napier as Inspector Slimane. Algiers. Where the blazing desert meets the blue Mediterranean and modern Europe jostles Ancient Africa. A stone's throw from the modern city, the native quarter known as the Kasbah stands like a fortress above the sea. Here mingle the people of many tribes and races, drifters and outcasts from all parts of the world, and criminals seeking refuge from the law supreme. On these heights rules one man, Pepe Lomoco, long wanted by the police far below the Kasbah, at police headquarters, the new commissioner demands his capture.

[Pepe Lamoco]

I'm not interested in hearing excuses about local conditions, Inspector. Here's a criminal whose exploits have made him notorious throughout Europe. And for two years he's been living here in Algiers, within a stone's throw of your headquarters.

[Inspector Slimane]

As you say, Commissioner.

[Pepe Lamoco]

I'm here to settle this and I want it done quickly.

[Inspector Slimane]

Commissioner, you have only just arrived in Algiers. You are not familiar with the Casbah?

[Pepe Lamoco]

Casbah? What's that? Some kind of nut?

[Inspector Slimane]

A very hard nut to crack. You see, Pepelomocco lives in the Kasbah.

[Pepe Lamoco]

Well, why not go in and take

[Narrator / Lux Radio Theater Announcer]

him out of it?

[Inspector Slimane]

You cannot arrest a king in his own palace. And Pepe is well guarded. Let me show you this map commission.

[Pepe Lamoco]

Ah, this is fantastic.

[Inspector Slimane]

As a civilized man, you do not like fantasy?

[Pepe Lamoco]

As a police officer, I don't believe in it.

[Inspector Slimane]

Yet here it exists. Now, this is the native quarter known as the Casper. As you look at it here, it is just a few lines on the map. But the reality is some something stranger than anything you could have dreamed. It is only a step from the modern city to the Kasbah. But when you take that step, you enter another world. A melting pot for all the sins of earth. A jungle of houses, a labyrinth of narrow passages and winding alleys rotten with vermin and decay and the filth of centuries. No one knows what mysteries are hidden behind those walls. No one knows what cross crimes and hopes are buried in those secret courtyards. 40,000 inhabitants from all over the world live there. Kabyls in their white robes, Chinese faithful to Confucius. Gypsies with their fortune telling and their songs. Negroes from every corner of Africa. And women. Women of every age and color. Women caught in the net of the Castell. Everywhere there are terraces, all connected together so that those who are accepted can move to any part of the kasbah without even using the street. It is like a fortress rising from the sea. Colorful, sordid, dangerous. There is not just one kasbah. There are a hundred, a thousand. And in that labyrinth, Pepelomocco is at home. And he is safe as long as he stays.

[Pepe Lamoco]

How does this Pepe Lamoco conceal himself? Disguised, no doubt.

[Inspector Slimane]

You do not know Pepe, Commissioner. He'd laugh at disguise.

[Pepe Lamoco]

Then why don't you find him, Inspector?

[Inspector Slimane]

Ah, but that is singularly easy. I see him every day.

[Pepe Lamoco]

You see him?

[Mr. Cecil B. DeMille]

But of course.

[Pepe Lamoco]

Then why, Inspector Slimane, has there been no effort to make an arrest?

[Inspector Slimane]

To arrest him in the caster would be simple. To get him out, impossible.

[Pepe Lamoco]

So you do nothing?

[Inspector Slimane]

I flatter myself that I do a great deal in my humble way. I learn about Pepe. I know his habits. I study his weaknesses. When one cannot use guns, one must work with brains.

[Pepe Lamoco]

I prefer guns, Inspector. We're going into the Casbah tonight. I'll need 12 men, fully armed and ready for work. And you might prepare a special cell for Pepe Lamoco.

[Inspector Slimane]

As you wish, monsieur.

[Ines (Highness)]

Police.

[Inspector Slimane]

The police are coming.

[Ines (Highness)]

Police. Question these men. Find out where he is.

[Inspector Slimane]

You there.

[Narrator / Lux Radio Theater Announcer]

Where is Papelo Moko?

[Inspector Slimane]

Ana. Mabafu.

[Ines (Highness)]

Mabafu.

[Pepe Lamoco]

What's he say, Inspector?

[Inspector Slimane]

He does not know him, Sergeant. I see Regis over there. Bring him to me.

[Pepe Lamoco]

Who's this woman, Regis?

[Inspector Slimane]

Oh, a very old friend of ours. An informer.

[Narrator / Lux Radio Theater Announcer]

No, no, no.

[Ines (Highness)]

Let me go.

[Pepe Lamoco]

I don't know anything. I haven't done anything.

[Inspector Slimane]

Come here, my friend. Where is Pepelo Moko?

[Pepe Lamoco]

I don't know. By the sword of the great prophet.

[Narrator / Lux Radio Theater Announcer]

I haven't set eyes on him for two weeks.

[Pepe Lamoco]

For two weeks I haven't seen his face.

[Inspector Slimane]

Where is he, Regis? Where is Pepe?

[Pepe Lamoco]

At Grandpere's. I don't know anything. I haven't seen him.

[Inspector Slimane]

Let him go, Sergeant.

[Ines (Highness)]

Leave me alone.

[Pepe Lamoco]

I don't know anything. What did he say?

[Inspector Slimane]

He said that Pepe Lomoco is at Grandpere's.

[Pepe Lamoco]

Grandpere? Who's he?

[Inspector Slimane]

A receiver of stolen goods.

[Pepe Lamoco]

And you know where his place is?

[Inspector Slimane]

We know it.

[Ines (Highness)]

Then order your men to surround him at once.

[Inspector Slimane]

As you say, Commissioner.

[Ines (Highness)]

Now, Now.

[Pepe Lamoco]

Here, Pepe. Look at this pearl. A remarkable specimen. You know, you and I have the same feeling for beauty, Pepe. Yes? This pearl belongs on a very special kind of ear. Like a pink shell with a little curl of gold. Hair. A special kind of gold. I can just see it. Pepe, let's get down to business. We want to sell her stuff, not talk about it. Be quiet, Carlos. Carlos is definitely uncouth. Grandpa, you took the words out of my mouth. He's trying to cheat us, Pepe. All this talk is so he can get a better price. So he can make fools of us. Yes, so easy to make a fool of me. Why don't you try it sometime? Well, grandper has dealt with us for two years. We must have confidence in each other. That's the way to get along, eh, Grandpa? That's the truth, Pepe. You know, this was once my trade. I began life in a jewelry store.

[Mr. Cecil B. DeMille]

And when you left, you took the store with you.

[Inspector Slimane]

Yes.

[Pepe Lamoco]

It became a habit. You know, I dream about settling down sometime. Away from the Casper. In a great city where people understand the things of beauty. I'd make a collection of jewels like this just for myself, for people to see in glass cases. With Max here in a uniform to take care of them.

[Narrator / Lux Radio Theater Announcer]

Okay.

[Pepe Lamoco]

And me, Pepe? You, Piero. You're my young friend. You would have a uniform like a general and be in charge of everything. Oh, I'd like that if you were there too. I want to stick with you, Pepe. Ah, Pierre, I have great hopes for you someday. The signal. Get that stuff off the table. Leave it alone, Carlos. Who is it?

[Ines (Highness)]

It's Highness.

[Pepe Lamoco]

Quick, Highness, open the door. Come in, Agnes.

[Ines (Highness)]

Pepe, the police. They're coming. Police.

[Pepe Lamoco]

Pio, look out the window. How do you know it's the police?

[Ines (Highness)]

I saw them. They're coming across the terrace, down in the street, Everywhere. They're surrounding the house.

[Pepe Lamoco]

That's funny. How did they know I was here?

[Inspector Slimane]

Here they come.

[Pepe Lamoco]

Pepe. Piero, give me the gun. When will you learn to obey orders, Pepe? I only thought it. There, you see? That was too close. Don't take so many chances, you. I don't want a bullet to come between us the way that one almost did.

[Ines (Highness)]

Pepe, there's the door downstairs.

[Pepe Lamoco]

Now they'll break it again. Oh, Every few weeks I have to get new doors. You'd better go, Pepe.

[Inspector Slimane]

Go on.

[Ines (Highness)]

Quick. Cross the roof.

[Pepe Lamoco]

Highness, you come with me. I want to speak to you. The rest of you, out the back way. I'll see you later. This way, Ines. Highness, did you tell anyone where I was?

[Ines (Highness)]

No one.

[Pepe Lamoco]

Pepe, you're sure? Try to remember.

[Ines (Highness)]

Why don't you believe me, Pepe? All I want is to please you. I could not lie to you, don't you?

[Pepe Lamoco]

What about all that time you kept telling me that you didn't like me?

[Ines (Highness)]

But this is serious.

[Pepe Lamoco]

Ah, so love is not serious, Pepe.

[Ines (Highness)]

It's serious if someone told the police. I didn't talk to anyone. I stayed at home until Regis came.

[Pepe Lamoco]

Who came?

[Ines (Highness)]

Regis.

[Pepe Lamoco]

Oh, Regis, my old and trusted friend.

[Ines (Highness)]

As soon as he told me, I ran to you.

[Pepe Lamoco]

What did Regis tell you about the police?

[Ines (Highness)]

He wanted me to warn you.

[Pepe Lamoco]

Well, it was nice of him, wasn't it?

[Gabrielle (Gabby)]

That's what I thought, yes.

[Pepe Lamoco]

Is that all you thought?

[Ines (Highness)]

Was there anything else for me to think?

[Pepe Lamoco]

That's what I like about you, Highness. You're such a child.

[Ines (Highness)]

I don't understand you, Pepe.

[Pepe Lamoco]

Never mind. Here, hold out your hand. I have something very beautiful. See?

[Ines (Highness)]

A ring. Oh, Pepe.

[Pepe Lamoco]

Oh, no, no, don't grab. It's unlucky.

[Ines (Highness)]

You want to give it to me, Pepe?

[Pepe Lamoco]

No, it's for some fat old woman.

[Ines (Highness)]

Oh, let me have it, Pepe. Sometime I'll get fat.

[Pepe Lamoco]

But you would lose it before that.

[Ines (Highness)]

Oh, no, no. I'll keep it for a charm.

[Pepe Lamoco]

Then. You must keep your fingers crossed.

[Gabrielle (Gabby)]

All right.

[Pepe Lamoco]

So. There.

[Inspector Slimane]

See?

[Ines (Highness)]

Oh, this ring will mean that I'm always yours, Pepe.

[Gabrielle (Gabby)]

With my fingers crossed.

[Ines (Highness)]

Pepe, they've seen you.

[Pepe Lamoco]

Keep down, Iris.

[Ines (Highness)]

Heavy. Run. They'll catch you.

[Narrator / Lux Radio Theater Announcer]

Don't worry.

[Pepe Lamoco]

You get back to Grandpa's. I'll meet you in the morning.

[Ines (Highness)]

Pepe, be careful. Be careful. There he goes. Across the roof. After him.

[Inspector Slimane]

He's useless, Monsieur.

[Ines (Highness)]

Keep fighting. Don't let him out of your sight. Monsieur, will you help me, please?

[Inspector Slimane]

Madame, get off the street.

[Gabrielle (Gabby)]

I'm afraid I don't know which way to go.

[Inspector Slimane]

In this doorway here.

[Pepe Lamoco]

Quickly.

[Gabrielle (Gabby)]

Thank you, monsieur.

[Inspector Slimane]

Not at all. But might I suggest that the Kasbah is not a safe place to visit in the evening. Particularly when one is wearing jewels such as yours.

[Gabrielle (Gabby)]

But you see, I wasn't alone. I came with some friends. And we became separated when those men began to shoot. Good evening. Make yourself comfortable, please. Something to drink? No, thank you.

[Inspector Slimane]

Evening, Aisha. We will just wait in here for a moment, if you do not mind.

[Gabrielle (Gabby)]

Make yourself comfortable.

[Ines (Highness)]

Mshiro.

[Gabrielle (Gabby)]

What is this all about? What's happening out there? Oh, it's nothing, madame. You know how the police are. They like to keep everything in an uproar.

[Inspector Slimane]

A very profound observation. You see, Madame, they are after a certain Pepe Lomoco, a jewel thief. They have been trying to catch him for two years.

[Gabrielle (Gabby)]

Two years? The police must be rather stupid.

[Inspector Slimane]

As one of them, I consider that a triumph of understatement.

[Gabrielle (Gabby)]

You are one of them.

[Inspector Slimane]

I have that doubtful honor, Inspector Slimane is my name.

[Gabrielle (Gabby)]

And this Pepe le Moco, how does he manage to keep out of your way so successfully?

[Inspector Slimane]

Oh, he is clever. A good head.

[Gabrielle (Gabby)]

It's not his head that saves him, it's his heart. A man with such a good heart could get around anyone. He sounds very intriguing, your Pepe le Moco.

[Inspector Slimane]

That is a matter of taste, Madame.

[Pepe Lamoco]

Good evening, Ayesha.

[Gabrielle (Gabby)]

Pepe.

[Ines (Highness)]

Don't come in here.

[Pepe Lamoco]

Well, where? Inspector Slimane.

[Inspector Slimane]

And how are you? Pep?

[Gabrielle (Gabby)]

Pepe.

[Inspector Slimane]

Then this is Pepe Lomoco. We were just talking of you, my friend.

[Pepe Lamoco]

Good evening, mademoiselle.

[Gabrielle (Gabby)]

Good evening. Why, your arm is bleeding. You're hurt.

[Pepe Lamoco]

Oh, it's nothing. A flea bite. One of the Inspector's bullets catched me. Well, this is a very pleasant surprise, mademoiselle. I often see the Inspector, but never in such charming company.

[Inspector Slimane]

Are you looking at the ladies jewels, Pepe?

[Pepe Lamoco]

No, I'm looking at the lady, Inspector. You've never been to the Casbah before? You?

[Gabrielle (Gabby)]

No, I. I'm just passing through Algiers with my friends.

[Pepe Lamoco]

Oh, you will come again. There is something about the Casper. Once you've been here, you can't stay away.

[Gabrielle (Gabby)]

Really? Perhaps you're right.

[Pepe Lamoco]

Well, Inspector, why aren't you out chasing the fox?

[Inspector Slimane]

Oh, it's such a silly business. I prefer to use my brains.

[Pepe Lamoco]

You know, your friends did a little better than usual tonight. At least they found me. That's pretty good for them.

[Inspector Slimane]

Shall we say a step in the right direction?

[Pepe Lamoco]

Excuse us, mademoiselle, if we talk shop. Cigarette, Please. They thought I was at Grandpa's. Poor old man, he has no luck. They won't even let him sleep in peace. Sometimes I feel sorry for them. They'll never get me by these techniques. Limene.

[Inspector Slimane]

I know, I know. I have tried to point that out to them.

[Pepe Lamoco]

Well, for once we agree, the Inspector and I.

[Inspector Slimane]

You know, Pepe, in the end, I am the one who will get you.

[Pepe Lamoco]

Really, I can hardly wait for the day.

[Inspector Slimane]

And not only you, but the others too. Hero, Carlos, Grandpare, all of you.

[Pepe Lamoco]

He's funny, my friendly man. He looks normal, doesn't he, mademoiselle? But he has delusions of grandeur. He thinks he can arrest me.

[Inspector Slimane]

And that's exactly what I'm going to do.

[Narrator / Lux Radio Theater Announcer]

Sure, sure.

[Pepe Lamoco]

You know what I like about you, Inspector?

[Inspector Slimane]

I'm humbly waiting for you to tell me your face.

[Pepe Lamoco]

She's a perfect face for Your job to look that false is almost the equivalent of being honest.

[Inspector Slimane]

Oh, I am honored that my appearance pleases you.

[Pepe Lamoco]

Don't mention it. Well, I'm afraid I have to go. Business, you know. Good night, mademoiselle.

[Gabrielle (Gabby)]

Good night. Good luck, Pepe.

[Inspector Slimane]

It is a shame, isn't it? What a waste of talent. An unusual intelligence. One hates to see him buried so young.

[Gabrielle (Gabby)]

Buried?

[Inspector Slimane]

It is the same thing.

[Gabrielle (Gabby)]

What makes you so sure?

[Inspector Slimane]

I have marked the date of his arrest on the wall of my room, high up where it reads black in the rays of the setting sun. Shall we go?

[Pepe Lamoco]

Sit down, Inspector. I sent for Regis here. He has a very clever place.

[Inspector Slimane]

Oh, Regis has a plan. And what is it, Regis?

[Pepe Lamoco]

Well, Inspector, we've all learned that there's only one way to arrest Pepe and

[Inspector Slimane]

that's to get him out of the Casper. That is very intelligent of you, Regis. Shall we send him an engraved invitation?

[Narrator / Lux Radio Theater Announcer]

Pep is too clever to fall into a trap.

[Pepe Lamoco]

But some of his friends are not so clever. Get to the point. Well, suppose Pierrot comes down into town. Papyrus will be worried by his absence and he'll come down into town to find him.

[Inspector Slimane]

You have overlooked just one little point. How do you get Pierrot to come down?

[Pepe Lamoco]

Ah, that's my plan. Magnificent plan. You see, Pierrot has a mother, very old. Now, if she should be sick and send a letter to Pierrot, why, what could he do but leave the Casper and come down here to town?

[Inspector Slimane]

He's a bad boy, Pierrot, but a good son.

[Pepe Lamoco]

When he comes, we keep the arrest a secret. And soon Pepi comes down to look for him. And when Pepi comes out of the Casbah, we have him. Are we agreed? Agreed. But how do we know we can trust you not to make a better bargain with Pepe? I'm an informer, not a hypocrite. What are you laughing at, Inspector?

[Inspector Slimane]

It amuses me to see you sell your friends at bargain prices.

[Ines (Highness)]

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[Pepe Lamoco]

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[Inspector Slimane]

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[Ines (Highness)]

Morning, Pepe.

[Pepe Lamoco]

Morning, Asia.

[Ines (Highness)]

Good morning, Pepe.

[Pepe Lamoco]

Hello, Pepe.

[Inspector Slimane]

Pepe. Women will be the death of you yet.

[Pepe Lamoco]

Say happy death, Inspector. Good morning. Coming my way?

[Inspector Slimane]

With pleasure.

[Pepe Lamoco]

Well, did you get home safely last night?

[Inspector Slimane]

Why not?

[Pepe Lamoco]

Nothing unpleasant, eh?

[Inspector Slimane]

Yes, we had one rather unpleasant experience.

[Pepe Lamoco]

Yes, with you. She didn't think so.

[Inspector Slimane]

What makes you so sure?

[Pepe Lamoco]

What did she say?

[Inspector Slimane]

Say? Oh, you know women. They talk about nothing. I hardly listen. Was there anything special about her?

[Pepe Lamoco]

Yes. Pearls. The color I like, handcuffs. I can appreciate platinum and diamonds. And she didn't buy that perfume in Algiers.

[Inspector Slimane]

What about the eyes?

[Pepe Lamoco]

They all have eyes. But all that silk and jingle. You don't see much of that in a Casper.

[Inspector Slimane]

But you do where she comes from, eh? She asked quite a few questions about you.

[Pepe Lamoco]

Oh, she did? What did you tell her?

[Inspector Slimane]

What could I tell her? Why?

[Pepe Lamoco]

Did you think she might be afraid of my past?

[Inspector Slimane]

No, but she might be a little appalled at your future. I told her you might get off with 20 years.

[Pepe Lamoco]

With a good lawyer, you wouldn't want me to get 20 years. You're too fond of me. What's her name?

[Inspector Slimane]

Sir? You are thinking about her now.

[Pepe Lamoco]

How could I be thinking about her when I don't even know her name?

[Inspector Slimane]

Her name is Gabrielle. She's stopping with friends at the Hotel Madeleine. You can see her there anytime, Pepe.

[Pepe Lamoco]

I see. Thank you, Inspector. I'll wait for her to come back to the castle.

[Ines (Highness)]

Gabby, are you dressed yet?

[Gabrielle (Gabby)]

Gabby. Andre just phoned.

[Ines (Highness)]

He's waiting on the terrace.

[Gabrielle (Gabby)]

Andre phoned? If I'm out of his side for five minutes, Andre phones.

[Ines (Highness)]

Well, don't you like having him so attentive?

[Gabrielle (Gabby)]

I love it. I've just been sitting here thinking that I'm the happiest girl in the world. Well, you should be marrying a man

[Ines (Highness)]

who adores you and can give you everything in the world you ever dreamed about.

[Gabrielle (Gabby)]

That's my trouble. I'm such a fool. I go dreaming about the wrong things. That's a terrible mistake. Marie. Remember the time in the Bon Tomb? Bargain basement. The two of us behind the counter. Handkerchiefs, gloves, hosiery.

[Ines (Highness)]

Yes, and don't you forget it.

[Gabrielle (Gabby)]

I won't.

[Ines (Highness)]

After all, you don't marry for fun. I didn't. Oh, come on, Gabby. Inspector Slimane is there too.

[Gabrielle (Gabby)]

Inspector Slimane?

[Ines (Highness)]

Well, didn't you tell me you invited him?

[Gabrielle (Gabby)]

Oh, of course. I'd forgotten. I'm ready, Marie.

[Narrator / Lux Radio Theater Announcer]

There you are, Gabby.

[Pepe Lamoco]

Sit down, dear.

[Gabrielle (Gabby)]

Good morning, Andre. Good morning, Inspector. I see you've already met my fiance.

[Inspector Slimane]

I took the liberty of presenting myself. As you see, I could not wait to take advantage of your invitation last night.

[Gabrielle (Gabby)]

I'm glad.

[Pepe Lamoco]

Yes, we're all glad, Inspector.

[Gabrielle (Gabby)]

Will you tell my fiance where I was last night during the shooting?

[Inspector Slimane]

You were with me.

[Gabrielle (Gabby)]

There, you see, Andre?

[Pepe Lamoco]

I never doubted you, Gabby.

[Gabrielle (Gabby)]

And whom did we meet, Inspector?

[Inspector Slimane]

We met Pepe le Moco.

[Pepe Lamoco]

Pepe Le Moco? Nice friend you have.

[Inspector Slimane]

In business, one cannot choose, Inspector.

[Gabrielle (Gabby)]

Have you seen him since?

[Inspector Slimane]

Yes, mademoiselle.

[Gabrielle (Gabby)]

Did he say anything about me?

[Inspector Slimane]

Well, in a way.

[Gabrielle (Gabby)]

Oh, I know my pearls.

[Inspector Slimane]

A connoisseur can admire pearls without neglecting the wearer.

[Ines (Highness)]

Oh, he means if he stole your pearls, he'd steal you with them. Oh, he sounds marvelous to me. I'd like to meet him.

[Inspector Slimane]

It can easily be arranged if you wish to visit the kasbah again with a suitable guy.

[Pepe Lamoco]

I hardly think it necessary.

[Gabrielle (Gabby)]

Of course. Would love to go tonight, Inspector, if it's convenient.

[Inspector Slimane]

I am at your service, Mademoiselle.

[Ines (Highness)]

Bethlehem. Where are you, Pepe? Oh, I've been looking all over for you. What are you doing up here on the roof?

[Pepe Lamoco]

Nothing.

[Ines (Highness)]

What are you looking at like that?

[Pepe Lamoco]

Oh, looking out across the harbor.

[Gabrielle (Gabby)]

What's there, Pepe?

[Ines (Highness)]

What do you see?

[Pepe Lamoco]

Home.

[Ines (Highness)]

Oh, you can't see your home from here.

[Pepe Lamoco]

There's no harm in trying.

[Ines (Highness)]

Pepe.

[Pepe Lamoco]

What are you looking at down there in the bay? That ship.

[Ines (Highness)]

Doesn't it make you seasick to look at boats?

[Pepe Lamoco]

Doesn't it give you a headache to ask so many questions?

[Ines (Highness)]

No. Have you got a headache?

[Pepe Lamoco]

No. No, I'm thinking.

[Ines (Highness)]

Oh, that's sure to give you a headache.

[Pepe Lamoco]

I don't think with my head. I think with my heart.

[Ines (Highness)]

Then you better tell me what you're thinking.

[Pepe Lamoco]

It's nothing.

[Ines (Highness)]

If it's nothing, you better tell me.

[Pepe Lamoco]

Oh, I ness. I'll get mad if you go on like this.

[Ines (Highness)]

I want you to get mad. Shout at me and hurt me, but don't treat me as if I'm not here.

[Pepe Lamoco]

I know you're here.

[Ines (Highness)]

No, you don't. You're dreaming about something with your eyes wide open. Oh, Pepe, I wish you'd dream about me.

[Pepe Lamoco]

Look. You always lived in the Casbah. For you, there is nothing outside.

[Ines (Highness)]

The Casbah's big enough.

[Pepe Lamoco]

Not for me. It's like being in a grave, Pepe. Can't stand much more of it.

[Ines (Highness)]

If you want to go away, I'll go with you. Pepe, take me with you. We could be happy together. Oh, you think I'd look funny in your big city? I'm not good enough for you there.

[Pepe Lamoco]

Oh, Ines. It isn't you, Mr. Casper. You belong here. You don't understand the way I feel. I've stood it for two years. Time comes when you can't stand it anymore. Morning, noon and night. Same thing, same people. I'm fed up. I've had enough.

[Ines (Highness)]

You're tired of me.

[Pepe Lamoco]

It has nothing to do with you. I just want to get away.

[Ines (Highness)]

Do you know when you're going away? Never.

[Pepe Lamoco]

You'll see.

[Ines (Highness)]

You can't do it. I am the Casbah. I'll keep you. Just try to get away and you'll find out. It's funny for the police to come in and try to arrest you. You're in prison already. You're in the Casbah with the wall around you. If there's nothing else, you'll never have anything else.

[Pepe Lamoco]

Stop it.

[Ines (Highness)]

And I'm glad There's no world outside. Not for you. Ever.

[Pepe Lamoco]

Be quiet. Be quiet.

[Ines (Highness)]

Oh, Pepe. Pepe. I love you.

[Pepe Lamoco]

I.

[Gabrielle (Gabby)]

Where are we going now, Inspector?

[Inspector Slimane]

I thought perhaps a cafe or two, mademoiselle.

[Gabrielle (Gabby)]

Yes, that would be interesting.

[Inspector Slimane]

I'm sorry your fiance did not care to join us this evening.

[Gabrielle (Gabby)]

The Casbo is a little too exciting for Andre.

[Inspector Slimane]

This is Shani's place, mademoiselle. We can sit right out here. Pepe, will you join us?

[Pepe Lamoco]

With pleasure.

[Mr. Cecil B. DeMille]

Oh.

[Pepe Lamoco]

Good evening, mademoiselle.

[Gabrielle (Gabby)]

Good evening.

[Inspector Slimane]

Oh, I wondered if you'd excuse me a moment. I want to buy some cigarettes.

[Gabrielle (Gabby)]

Of course, Inspector.

[Inspector Slimane]

I leave you in safe hands, Mademoiselle.

[Pepe Lamoco]

So you wanted to take another look at this strange, wild animal?

[Gabrielle (Gabby)]

Strange, but not so very wild.

[Pepe Lamoco]

How do you like my cage?

[Gabrielle (Gabby)]

I don't know yet.

[Pepe Lamoco]

You like Algiers?

[Gabrielle (Gabby)]

I don't like traveling. Makes me homesick.

[Pepe Lamoco]

Does it?

[Gabrielle (Gabby)]

If I can't see the same old streets when I open my eyes in the morning, I want to go right back to sleep.

[Pepe Lamoco]

So do I. And yet have been in the Casbah for two years.

[Gabrielle (Gabby)]

You are homesick too?

[Pepe Lamoco]

Uh huh. Very. Pepe. Excuse me. Well, Carlos? Pepe Piero's gone to the town. What for?

[Ines (Highness)]

I don't know.

[Pepe Lamoco]

It was something, but a letter from his mother. Regis went with him. Regis? Let me know as soon as I get back.

[Ines (Highness)]

Sure.

[Pepe Lamoco]

Say what? That girl you're with is all right, huh? I'll tell her you said so. Take a look at those rocks she's wearing. If it was me, I'd get them first and do the fancy stuff afterwards. Shut up. Get out of here. Okay, okay. I'm sorry, Manmuezin.

[Gabrielle (Gabby)]

Was he talking about me?

[Pepe Lamoco]

Yes, yes. He was worried about you. Why? Well, all that stuff you have on.

[Gabrielle (Gabby)]

Oh, that's very nice of him.

[Pepe Lamoco]

You're not worried yourself?

[Gabrielle (Gabby)]

No, not while I'm with you.

[Pepe Lamoco]

Right. Oh, that bracelet is really something, isn't it?

[Gabrielle (Gabby)]

And it hardly weighs anything at all. Here, feel it.

[Pepe Lamoco]

Oh. At least 20,000 franc, eh?

[Gabrielle (Gabby)]

Add a zero.

[Pepe Lamoco]

But I mean, what I would get for it. Here. Better put it on again.

[Gabrielle (Gabby)]

You put it on, please.

[Pepe Lamoco]

All right.

[Inspector Slimane]

There.

[Pepe Lamoco]

Want to dance?

[Gabrielle (Gabby)]

I'd love to.

[Pepe Lamoco]

Your name is Gabrielle, isn't it?

[Gabrielle (Gabby)]

Yes. They call me Gabi.

[Pepe Lamoco]

Are you married?

[Gabrielle (Gabby)]

No.

[Inspector Slimane]

Widow?

[Ines (Highness)]

No.

[Pepe Lamoco]

Why not? Who are you with?

[Gabrielle (Gabby)]

My fiance.

[Mr. Cecil B. DeMille]

Oh.

[Pepe Lamoco]

What is he like?

[Gabrielle (Gabby)]

Jealous. Very jealous.

[Pepe Lamoco]

What are you laughing at?

[Gabrielle (Gabby)]

At nothing.

[Inspector Slimane]

Too bad.

[Gabrielle (Gabby)]

What's too bad?

[Pepe Lamoco]

Too bad I don't know you better.

[Gabrielle (Gabby)]

Why?

[Pepe Lamoco]

Because I would slap your face. See? When people laugh around me, I like to know why.

[Gabrielle (Gabby)]

I wasn't laughing at you. I was thinking of Andre's face. If you could see me now, dancing with Papilla.

[Pepe Lamoco]

Moko, come with me.

[Gabrielle (Gabby)]

Where?

[Pepe Lamoco]

Outside on the terrace.

[Gabrielle (Gabby)]

But Inspector Slimane will be looking for me.

[Pepe Lamoco]

You said you were in safe hands. Come, come. Outside, all.

[Gabrielle (Gabby)]

Is that the harbor down there?

[Pepe Lamoco]

Yes, the harbor. All the ships that leave Algiers. The ships that go home.

[Gabrielle (Gabby)]

Where is your home?

[Pepe Lamoco]

Any place in the world except the Kasbah.

[Gabrielle (Gabby)]

I know what you mean. Any place where there are lights.

[Pepe Lamoco]

Yes, lights. And music. Lovely women laughing.

[Gabrielle (Gabby)]

Walking on the boulevard in the. The smell of the first flowers in the city park.

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[Pepe Lamoco]

The theaters, the cafes, the subway.

[Gabrielle (Gabby)]

Will you ever leave here?

[Pepe Lamoco]

No.

[Gabrielle (Gabby)]

Will you ever be happy here?

[Pepe Lamoco]

Perhaps. It all depends.

[Gabrielle (Gabby)]

I'll have to go now.

[Pepe Lamoco]

No, not yet.

[Gabrielle (Gabby)]

I must. My friends are waiting. But I'll come back.

[Pepe Lamoco]

When?

[Gabrielle (Gabby)]

Tomorrow.

[Pepe Lamoco]

How can I be sure?

[Gabrielle (Gabby)]

I never break a promise. Let me go.

[Pepe Lamoco]

Why should I? Because I ask, you say please.

[Gabrielle (Gabby)]

You're rude.

[Pepe Lamoco]

Am I? Tomorrow I'll be expecting you here.

[Mr. Cecil B. DeMille]

Mr. DeMille will be back in just a moment. To bring us Act 2 of Algiers with Charles Boyer and Hedy Lamarr.

[Inspector Slimane]

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[Pepe Lamoco]

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[Pepe Lamoco]

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[Pepe Lamoco]

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[Mr. Cecil B. DeMille]

Tonight we have as our guest, Ms. Frances Litiger, one of the lovely young stewardesses who fly with those huge mainliners. Chosen for poise, charm expert training. These girls have an exciting and glamorous job and one that's very hard on stockings. So we're especially proud that so many of United Airlines 194Stewardesses use Luxe flakes for their stockings, both silk and nylon. Over 81% of the girls who have told us what care they give their stockings use luxe flakes. Ms. Litiker, what part of your job would you say was hardest on stockings?

[Gabrielle (Gabby)]

Why, I'd say making up the berths in the sleeper planes. We have to kneel right down on the floor to change the seats into lower berths.

[Mr. Cecil B. DeMille]

Hmm. Stockings have to be elastic to take strain like that.

[Gabrielle (Gabby)]

Other things are hard on them, too, Mr. Royk. Like serving meals.

[Mr. Cecil B. DeMille]

You mean sandwiches and so on?

[Gabrielle (Gabby)]

No, indeed. I mean real hot meals. Things like broiled filet mignon and tomato juice, salad, dessert and coffee.

[Mr. Cecil B. DeMille]

Well, how can anything that sounds so good be hard on stockings?

[Gabrielle (Gabby)]

Well, we keep the hot dishes in a special compartment down near the floor of the plane. So every time we serve one, we have to stoop down and we serve a million meals a year.

[Mr. Cecil B. DeMille]

Yet you find time for the rest of your job, too?

[Gabrielle (Gabby)]

Oh, yes. Actually, we spend most of our time talking with passengers, answering questions.

[Mr. Cecil B. DeMille]

What question are you asked most often, Ms. Ledecker?

[Gabrielle (Gabby)]

Most people want to know how high we are.

[Mr. Cecil B. DeMille]

Well, I'd like to know, too.

[Gabrielle (Gabby)]

Our usual flying altitude on United is about a mile and a half to two miles high.

[Mr. Cecil B. DeMille]

I guess that makes your recommendation just about the highest praise Lux Flakes has ever had.

[Gabrielle (Gabby)]

Lux deserves high praise, Mr. Roy. I found, and so have many of my friends, that it cuts down on runs and helps stockings to wear better.

[Mr. Cecil B. DeMille]

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[Narrator / Lux Radio Theater Announcer]

Act 2 of algiers, starring charles boyer as pepe lamoco and hedy lamar as gabby. With alan napier as inspector slimane. Only a few seconds have passed. On the terrace above the Casbah, Pepe Lamoco and Gabby stand looking deep into each other's eyes. With a quick movement, she tries to tear herself away, but his hand grips her arm.

[Gabrielle (Gabby)]

Please, I must go.

[Pepe Lamoco]

Remember your promise.

[Ines (Highness)]

I will.

[Gabrielle (Gabby)]

I told you tomorrow.

[Ines (Highness)]

Pepe. What's that? Pepe. Pepe.

[Pepe Lamoco]

What do you want? Can't you see I'm with Madame?

[Ines (Highness)]

It's Pierrot. He's come back from the town. He's been shot.

[Pepe Lamoco]

What are you saying?

[Ines (Highness)]

They tried to arrest him. He's been shot.

[Pepe Lamoco]

Where is he? Take me to him.

[Ines (Highness)]

Phew.

[Pepe Lamoco]

Where is he? Who Reaches? He sent me there. Where is. Hellos?

[Mr. Cecil B. DeMille]

Help him.

[Pepe Lamoco]

Here, take him to A Chai's. They got me, Pepe. The police. I. I wouldn't listen to you. Alice, go with Piero. I'm going to find Regis. Let me go, Pepe.

[Narrator / Lux Radio Theater Announcer]

Let me go, please.

[Pepe Lamoco]

No, no. Sit down. You were fond of Piero, weren't you, Aegis?

[Inspector Slimane]

Oh, I was. I am fond of him.

[Pepe Lamoco]

Where is he now? I tell you, I don't know. Now please, Pepe, let me go. No. You don't want to leave before he gets back. You want to know why he's been detained, don't you? I don't know anything about Piero. Pepe, you know me. You know I'm all right. Tell me you do. Last night I was the one who came to warn you. Yes, you were the one. Pepe, I have Piero here. Piero.

[Ines (Highness)]

Piero.

[Pepe Lamoco]

Bring him in. Put your arm around me.

[Gabrielle (Gabby)]

Piero.

[Pepe Lamoco]

Where Is he?

[Ines (Highness)]

No, no, no, Piero. I'm your friend now.

[Pepe Lamoco]

Don't shoot me. Carlos. Hold my arm steady. No. No, Please don't. No.

[Narrator / Lux Radio Theater Announcer]

Piero.

[Pepe Lamoco]

You sent me down there and now. Now you pay.

[Ines (Highness)]

You.

[Pepe Lamoco]

He's dead. He's dead. You killed him.

[Ines (Highness)]

Regis. No, no.

[Narrator / Lux Radio Theater Announcer]

No.

[SpinQuest Announcer]

Don't kill me.

[Mr. Cecil B. DeMille]

Give me that.

[Pepe Lamoco]

Don't kill me. Well, well, Inspector.

[Inspector Slimane]

It's finished. Pepe. I did everything for Pierrot that you would have done yourself. I was all alone at the cemetery. I followed the custom of your people. A handful of earth on the body and flowers to make him feel at home in such a strange place. It is hard not to be able to go down to say goodbye to your friend on his last journey.

[Pepe Lamoco]

Pierre. Pierre is dead. There's no sense to it. I wasn't even there.

[Inspector Slimane]

Oh, Pepe, I know how you feel. You are a prisoner in the Casbah. But a day will come when they will not be able to prevent your leaving. You will go out of the Casper in spite of them all.

[Pepe Lamoco]

I get out whenever I wish.

[Inspector Slimane]

And when you go, you will go quiet the way Piero went feet first. I am sorry for you, Pepe.

[Pepe Lamoco]

Tell me, how is she?

[Inspector Slimane]

She.

[Pepe Lamoco]

You know. Gabby.

[Inspector Slimane]

Oh, I'm afraid you will not see her again. Her last visit to the Casbah was a little too much for her. She got a bad impression of the Casper. It's a p.

[Ines (Highness)]

Pepe, sit down. Please, sit down. All day long you've walked back and forth, back and forth. Please, Pepe.

[Inspector Slimane]

Sure.

[Pepe Lamoco]

Come on, Pepe. Sit down. Pepe, my son. Well, why are you all staring at me? I'm sick of looking at you. Get out of here. Get out.

[Ines (Highness)]

I know what it is you're thinking of. That girl. I know, but she's never coming back. She told me last night and today I went to the terrace. She wasn't there. She'll never be there, never coming back.

[Pepe Lamoco]

I told you to get those jewels.

[Inspector Slimane]

You had them right in the palm of your hand.

[Pepe Lamoco]

Stop it.

[Ines (Highness)]

Stop it.

[Pepe Lamoco]

Your friends have no tact. My dear Pepe, I know how it pains you to live among this cattle. But let me assure you, they can't keep me here. I'm free. Free to go. I'm sick of it. All of you. I'm sick of listening to you and I'm sick of looking at you. I'll get out when I feel like it. None of you can stop me. Pepe, listen to me now. Don't go near the town. I don't need your advice. None of you. I'm free to do as I please freely. You hear that? You're walking into a trap. You know better. They can't touch me. I'm going down. Get out of my way. When I please, I said and when I pleases. Now get out of my way.

[Ines (Highness)]

Pepe, come back. Pepe. Pepe's leaving the carsbar. He's leaving the carsbah.

[Pepe Lamoco]

Get out of my way.

[Ines (Highness)]

Pepe. Lamarco is going out. Pepe, come back.

[Gabrielle (Gabby)]

He's going out.

[Pepe Lamoco]

Pepe's out of my way, all of you. I'm going out, you hear? I'm going out.

[Ines (Highness)]

Pepe. Pepe, wait. Don't go. She's here. Pepe. I saw her. She's waiting for you.

[Narrator / Lux Radio Theater Announcer]

What?

[Pepe Lamoco]

You told me she wouldn't come again.

[Ines (Highness)]

I lied to you, Pepe. I lied. Forgive me.

[Pepe Lamoco]

Where is she?

[Gabrielle (Gabby)]

Pepe? You're so quiet.

[Pepe Lamoco]

I'm looking at you. I can't speak when I do that.

[Gabrielle (Gabby)]

When you met me tonight, you were so very strange. Did you think I wasn't coming back?

[Pepe Lamoco]

I was afraid you weren't. You're beautiful. That's easy to say, isn't it? But what I'm telling you is different. See, for me you're more than that. For two years I've been lost. Like walking in my sleep. Suddenly I wake up.

[Inspector Slimane]

That's you.

[Pepe Lamoco]

I don't know what I've been doing all that time waiting for you without knowing it. You know what you are to me? You're all the world outside you. All those lights and music we were speaking of. With you, I escape.

[Ines (Highness)]

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[Pepe Lamoco]

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[SpinQuest Announcer]

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[Ines (Highness)]

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[Pepe Lamoco]

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[Inspector Slimane]

Agiliza tus projectos mien trasigues.

[Gabrielle (Gabby)]

See?

[Pepe Lamoco]

Do you know what you remind me of? The subway. Close your eyes. Listen. Can you hear it?

[Gabrielle (Gabby)]

That's my heart beating.

[Pepe Lamoco]

Does it go like a subway train?

[Gabrielle (Gabby)]

Oh, much faster.

[Pepe Lamoco]

You all silk and you jingle when you walk. And with all that, you make me think of the subway. Isn't that funny? Tell me, what did you do before?

[Gabrielle (Gabby)]

Before what?

[Pepe Lamoco]

Well, before the jewels.

[Gabrielle (Gabby)]

I wanted them. Pepe, it's late. I'll have to go.

[Pepe Lamoco]

Suppose you don't come tomorrow?

[Gabrielle (Gabby)]

Suppose I don't? Pepe, can't you ever get away from the Casper?

[Narrator / Lux Radio Theater Announcer]

No.

[Pepe Lamoco]

I'm caught here like a bear in a hole. Dogs barking, hunters all around, no way out of it. Do you like that? Maybe it's lucky for you.

[Gabrielle (Gabby)]

I don't like it. And it's not lucky.

[Pepe Lamoco]

You're right. If you don't come back, I might do anything. I might go down to your hotel to get you.

[Gabrielle (Gabby)]

No, don't. Please don't.

[Pepe Lamoco]

Tomorrow then.

[Gabrielle (Gabby)]

Tomorrow. I never break a promise.

[Inspector Slimane]

Hello? Hello. I want to speak to Commissioner Jeanvier, please. Hello? Is that Commissioner Jeanvier? This is Inspector Slimane. I believe we have a way to bring Pepe Lomoco from the Casbah, Commissioner. Yes, I believe I can guarantee it. I always told Pepe that women would be the death of him.

[Pepe Lamoco]

Sit down, Inspector. What was it you wanted to see me about?

[Inspector Slimane]

Monsieur? It is about your fiance.

[Pepe Lamoco]

My fiance?

[Inspector Slimane]

My mission is rather a delicate one, but necessary. I merely wish to suggest that your fiance is a little too fond, shall we say, of the local color of the kasbah.

[Pepe Lamoco]

What is all this?

[Inspector Slimane]

The kasbah is hardly the place for a woman alone. She attracts too much attention. We naturally wish to protect her from any embarrassment. Monsieur, she must not return to the kasbah.

[Pepe Lamoco]

I understand. Will you wait here, please? I'll speak to her.

[Gabrielle (Gabby)]

Come in.

[Pepe Lamoco]

Sorry to disturb you. Oh, going out?

[Gabrielle (Gabby)]

Looks that way.

[Pepe Lamoco]

Where are you going?

[Gabrielle (Gabby)]

For a walk.

[Narrator / Lux Radio Theater Announcer]

But where?

[Gabrielle (Gabby)]

To the park.

[Pepe Lamoco]

May I ask you to give me a sensible answer?

[Gabrielle (Gabby)]

Then ask me a sensible question. Where could I go? I don't know anyone in Algiers. I just walk straight ahead.

[Pepe Lamoco]

And where does that take you?

[Gabrielle (Gabby)]

I'll know when I get there.

[Pepe Lamoco]

No, you won't, because you're not going.

[Gabrielle (Gabby)]

Oh, yes, my dear. Your hotel bores me. The head waiter looks like an undertaker. And every time I step into this apartment, it looks more like a funeral parlor. Goodbye, Andre.

[Pepe Lamoco]

Wait. I know where you're going.

[Gabrielle (Gabby)]

Do you?

[Pepe Lamoco]

You're going to the Casbah. Well, you go there every day.

[Gabrielle (Gabby)]

Do I?

[Pepe Lamoco]

To meet Pappy Lamoco.

[Gabrielle (Gabby)]

Oh, so now you're spying on me.

[Pepe Lamoco]

You're going to be my wife.

[Gabrielle (Gabby)]

Gabby, you don't make it a very pleasant prospect.

[Pepe Lamoco]

I won't allow you to behave like this, Andre.

[Gabrielle (Gabby)]

I'm glad you said that.

[Pepe Lamoco]

What do you mean?

[Gabrielle (Gabby)]

We've got to be honest with each other. Why do you think I'm marrying you? Look at yourself and then look at me. I've never lied to you. You knew I didn't love you when I promised to marry you. And you thought it was all right. Until we are married, Andre, I'll do as I please. That's fair enough.

[Pepe Lamoco]

I forbid you to go.

[Gabrielle (Gabby)]

It's a waste of time. Andre.

[Pepe Lamoco]

If you go now, there'll be no use in your coming back.

[Gabrielle (Gabby)]

All right. Goodbye, Andre.

[Narrator / Lux Radio Theater Announcer]

Gabby.

[Pepe Lamoco]

Don't do it. Come back. Gaby. Don't do it.

[Ines (Highness)]

Please.

[Narrator / Lux Radio Theater Announcer]

No, don't.

[Inspector Slimane]

Mademoiselle.

[Gabrielle (Gabby)]

Inspector. What did you say?

[Inspector Slimane]

I also asked you not to go to the CAS bath.

[Gabrielle (Gabby)]

Why not?

[Inspector Slimane]

Your fiance was only trying to spare you. He did not want to tell you the truth as I told it to him. You see, an attempt was made to capture Pepe Lomoco this afternoon. In a sense, it was successful.

[Ines (Highness)]

You mean he. He's been taken?

[Gabrielle (Gabby)]

Pepelemoco has been killed.

[Inspector Slimane]

Captured, not alive. Mmoiselle Pepe Lomoko was killed.

[Mr. Cecil B. DeMille]

In just a moment you'll hear Act 3 of ALERS with Charles Boyer and Hedy Lamar. Now I want to tell you a real life story which happened to Mrs. Florence Dewey of Morris, Illinois about five or six years ago. Mrs. Dewey bought some material for a new dress. It was a washable rayon crepe, a beautiful print with bright colored sprays on a navy blue background. That was a long time ago. But just recently we heard from Mrs. Dewey about that same dress. Here's what she said.

[Gabrielle (Gabby)]

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[Mr. Cecil B. DeMille]

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[Narrator / Lux Radio Theater Announcer]

rises on the third act of Algiers. Pepe Lamoco is not dead. That was only a ruse of Inspector Slimane's to keep Gabby away from the Kasbah and to bring Pepe out. In vain, Pepe waits for her to appear at their meeting place. At last he returns to his room, weary and bitter.

[Pepe Lamoco]

Hello, Pepe. Anything wrong?

[Inspector Slimane]

What's the matter? This morning you were singing. Why don't you sing now?

[Pepe Lamoco]

Why don't you mind your own business?

[Inspector Slimane]

Oh, so that's the way it is. All right, I'll leave you to yourself. I'm going into the town.

[Pepe Lamoco]

The town? What for?

[Inspector Slimane]

I'm like you.

[Pepe Lamoco]

I'm bored. Anything on your mind? No, just to look things over. When are you going?

[Inspector Slimane]

No.

[Pepe Lamoco]

Will you do me a favor?

[Inspector Slimane]

Sure. What?

[Pepe Lamoco]

I want you to deliver a letter for me. I'll write it now.

[Ines (Highness)]

Oh,

[Inspector Slimane]

okay, I get the idea. Maybe I don't look like Cupid, but I'll manage.

[Pepe Lamoco]

Where's she staying?

[Inspector Slimane]

What hotel?

[Pepe Lamoco]

At the Med Lane.

[Inspector Slimane]

You want it delivered in person?

[Pepe Lamoco]

Well, maybe I can't get to see her. Look, go to the servant's entrance. Give someone a good tip and tell them you've got to have an answer.

[Inspector Slimane]

Don't worry, I'll get it. I'll be back in two.

[Narrator / Lux Radio Theater Announcer]

Hello?

[Pepe Lamoco]

Yes, this is Andre Giraud.

[Narrator / Lux Radio Theater Announcer]

Oh, yes.

[Pepe Lamoco]

What boat is that? The Ville d'. Algiers. At six this evening? Yes. Make the reservations, please. Well, Gabby? Are you coming with me? Gabby, I asked you if you're sailing with me.

[Gabrielle (Gabby)]

Do you want me to?

[Inspector Slimane]

Yes.

[Pepe Lamoco]

You know I want you to.

[Gabrielle (Gabby)]

Even after what I told you this morning?

[Pepe Lamoco]

Oh, you're excited. Gabby, you didn't know what you were saying.

[Gabrielle (Gabby)]

But I did, Andre. I never thought so clearly in all my life.

[Pepe Lamoco]

Gabby, I won't pretend you haven't hurt me.

[Gabrielle (Gabby)]

I'm sorry. I didn't mean to.

[Pepe Lamoco]

But I still don't understand this man, this Papi Lamoco. What could he have meant to you?

[Gabrielle (Gabby)]

I could never make you understand that. I don't even understand it myself. I only know that when I was with him, I never wanted to leave. And when I was away from him, I. I didn't live until I saw him again.

[Pepe Lamoco]

Gabby.

[Gabrielle (Gabby)]

I was going to meet him this morning. He'd hold out his hand to me and smile and we'd climb up to the terrace above the casbah and look out across the harbor. And I'd be happy with him. That's all I know. I'd be happy with.

[Ines (Highness)]

Hey, everybody.

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[Pepe Lamoco]

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[Inspector Slimane]

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[Pepe Lamoco]

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[Ines (Highness)]

Pepe here.

[Pepe Lamoco]

Is Carlos with you?

[Ines (Highness)]

No. It's lovely, Pepe. He's just come from the town.

[Inspector Slimane]

Pepe, I've got to speak to you.

[Pepe Lamoco]

What do you want?

[Narrator / Lux Radio Theater Announcer]

Pepe?

[Pepe Lamoco]

The police have taken Carlos. What?

[Mr. Cecil B. DeMille]

They arrested him in the town.

[Pepe Lamoco]

How do you know?

[Gabrielle (Gabby)]

I was there.

[Pepe Lamoco]

Pepe?

[Narrator / Lux Radio Theater Announcer]

Yes?

[Pepe Lamoco]

How much did you sell him for? Would I be here if I'd sold him? Go on. What did you have to do with it? I was at the police station when they brought Carlos in. I had a chance to see him in a cell. He gave me a letter, the one

[Mr. Cecil B. DeMille]

you had given him.

[Pepe Lamoco]

He told me to take it to the hotel. So you went to the hotel with the letter?

[Inspector Slimane]

I did it for you, Pepe.

[Pepe Lamoco]

Well, did you get it?

[Narrator / Lux Radio Theater Announcer]

What?

[Pepe Lamoco]

Yes, sir.

[Ines (Highness)]

Oh.

[Pepe Lamoco]

She wanted to write to you, but she couldn't.

[Mr. Cecil B. DeMille]

She's being closely watched.

[Pepe Lamoco]

But she expects you this morning. You can go down without any risk. Go to the service entrance in the

[Inspector Slimane]

back of the hotel.

[Pepe Lamoco]

She'll be watching from a window. Oh, is that all? She wanted to come up, but she couldn't get away.

[Ines (Highness)]

You're not going down, Pepe.

[Gabrielle (Gabby)]

You can't.

[Pepe Lamoco]

Shut up. Go on. La Be.

[Mr. Cecil B. DeMille]

That's all, Pepe.

[Pepe Lamoco]

She's waiting for you. Well, I'll have to leave. No, no, wait. You said Gabby couldn't write because she was watched. Yes, Pepe, but in a little while she'll be able to see me at the back of the hotel. Yes, that's very funny.

[Narrator / Lux Radio Theater Announcer]

Well, he's going to be away.

[Pepe Lamoco]

Oh, I see. But why couldn't she write to me?

[Narrator / Lux Radio Theater Announcer]

Because.

[Pepe Lamoco]

Because he was there. Then. Then how could she talk to you? Because. Because you don't know, Pepe or something else. You think Carlos is dumb enough to give you my letter? But you wrote a letter. Do you think me so stupid Stupid as to believe he would give it to you? Pepe, I give you my word. So Gabby couldn't write, but she could talk to you? Yes. Well, for a woman who is so closely watched, it's funny the way she can do things. I've left enough. You hear me? I'm through laughing. Pepe, on the head of my Carlos was arrested. That's true. I told you my letter. That's true. But I told you that it fits. But after that nothing fits. Now tell me what happened, Pepe.

[Ines (Highness)]

Let me go.

[Pepe Lamoco]

Tell me what happened. Shall I break?

[Ines (Highness)]

Right?

[Pepe Lamoco]

You're not to refresh your memory.

[Ines (Highness)]

No, Pepe.

[Pepe Lamoco]

Tell me, you hear? Tell me the truth. I'll tell you, Pepe. I'll tell you everything.

[Narrator / Lux Radio Theater Announcer]

All right. Well

[Pepe Lamoco]

planned it all, Slim. That she never got my letter.

[Inspector Slimane]

No.

[Pepe Lamoco]

He told me to come to you.

[Mr. Cecil B. DeMille]

Go on.

[Pepe Lamoco]

He thinks he'll come down and then. The hotel is surrounded.

[Narrator / Lux Radio Theater Announcer]

They're waiting for you.

[Pepe Lamoco]

Did you see the girl?

[Mr. Cecil B. DeMille]

No.

[Pepe Lamoco]

Why didn't she come up here? He told her you'd been killed. That's what she thinks. She thinks you're dead. Oh, I see. She's leaving tonight on the Ville d'. Argiers. It's the main plan, the whole thing. Is that all?

[Mr. Cecil B. DeMille]

Yes.

[Pepe Lamoco]

So they're expecting me, are they? Well, they won't be disappointed.

[Ines (Highness)]

You can't do it, Pepe. You can't leave me. I won't let you. You'll be killed.

[Pepe Lamoco]

I won't be killed. If I am, blame it on the Casper.

[Ines (Highness)]

It's for her. You're throwing away your life. Papi. Come back, baby.

[Narrator / Lux Radio Theater Announcer]

He's going.

[Pepe Lamoco]

Pepe Lomoko. He's leaving the Kasbah.

[Ines (Highness)]

He's going out. Out of the Kasbah?

[Inspector Slimane]

Going to the town.

[Pepe Lamoco]

He'll get him.

[Gabrielle (Gabby)]

Sure.

[Ines (Highness)]

Going out, Leaving the Kasbah. He's going out. He's to going. Going out. Going out.

[Inspector Slimane]

Aloha. Lower inspectors remain calling.

[Pepe Lamoco]

Surround the Hotel Madeleine.

[Inspector Slimane]

I've just had word that Pepe Lomoco is leaving the Casbah. Cover that back entrance when he comes. Don't let him out of the courtyard when he.

[Pepe Lamoco]

Wait that girl.

[Ines (Highness)]

Hold that girl. Let me go.

[Pepe Lamoco]

Bring her here. Come along now.

[Narrator / Lux Radio Theater Announcer]

Come along.

[Ines (Highness)]

I go. I haven't done anything.

[Inspector Slimane]

Well, Highness, we did not expect you. Where's Pepe?

[Ines (Highness)]

He's not coming here. He's gone to the boat.

[Pepe Lamoco]

You expect me to believe that he's

[Ines (Highness)]

going away with her?

[Pepe Lamoco]

Oh, so you are the one to betray him. You would kill him before you would let him go free.

[Ines (Highness)]

No.

[Pepe Lamoco]

And that's what you've done.

[Inspector Slimane]

As sure as if you'd held a

[Pepe Lamoco]

gun in your hand.

[Ines (Highness)]

I couldn't let him go. I couldn't lose him.

[Inspector Slimane]

I thought I'd figured all the moves, but I miscalculated.

[Pepe Lamoco]

Why didn't I think of you?

[Ines (Highness)]

No.

[Pepe Lamoco]

Send 10 men to the dock area.

[Ines (Highness)]

No. Don't give him a chance. Let him go, please.

[Pepe Lamoco]

Surround the door gate of the pier.

[Ines (Highness)]

Don't let him get on that boat.

[Narrator / Lux Radio Theater Announcer]

Gabby, we're almost ready to leave.

[Pepe Lamoco]

Gabby, you hear me? I'll make you forget, dear. I'll make you forget everything.

[Ines (Highness)]

Forget?

[Gabrielle (Gabby)]

You still don't understand, Andre. I don't want to forget.

[Pepe Lamoco]

Harry, will you give me that ticket? Here you are, sir. One passage on the Veal Diers. You can just make it. Thanks.

[Inspector Slimane]

Put up your hands. Pepe.

[Pepe Lamoco]

What?

[Inspector Slimane]

You see, Pepe? We meet at the appointed time. Put the handcuffs on him.

[Pepe Lamoco]

No se men. Not here. She may see me. Not here, please.

[Inspector Slimane]

As you wish. I cannot refuse an old friend.

[Pepe Lamoco]

Simon, could I? Let me wait here until the boat leaves. It's not too much to ask. I can't get away.

[Inspector Slimane]

All right, Pepe. I know I can trust you.

[Ines (Highness)]

Pepe. Pepe. I didn't. You might have got away, but I told them. Oh, Pepe, don't hate me.

[Mr. Cecil B. DeMille]

No.

[Pepe Lamoco]

Don't cry, Ines.

[Ines (Highness)]

I was crazy because. Because I love you so. I love you.

[Pepe Lamoco]

You only did what your heart told you so. Did I?

[Inspector Slimane]

It's leaving. Pepe.

[Narrator / Lux Radio Theater Announcer]

Shall we go?

[Pepe Lamoco]

No, not yet. Please. Look, I see her. She's at the raid. Gabby. Gabby.

[Inspector Slimane]

She can't hear you, my friend.

[Ines (Highness)]

Gabby.

[Pepe Lamoco]

Gabby.

[Ines (Highness)]

Gabby. She's got the word. Gabby. Don't shoot.

[Pepe Lamoco]

He can't get away. Don't shoot.

[Ines (Highness)]

Gabby. Come back. Come back. Gabby. Gabby. Spitby.

[Pepe Lamoco]

Gabby.

[Ines (Highness)]

Gimpy. Gabby. Gabby. You fools.

[Pepe Lamoco]

I told you not to shoot. He was not trying to get away. Oh, Pepe.

[Inspector Slimane]

Look at me.

[Pepe Lamoco]

Pepe.

[Inspector Slimane]

Is it bad?

[Pepe Lamoco]

Your men, they're learning to shoot much better.

[Ines (Highness)]

Oh, Pepe.

[Inspector Slimane]

I'm sorry, Pepe. He thought you were going to escape.

[Pepe Lamoco]

Escape? And so. So I have my friend. Gabby. Gabby.

[Inspector Slimane]

It is over. Pepelomocco has left the castle.

[Mr. Cecil B. DeMille]

Mr. DeMille returns with our stars for their curtain call. He'll also bring us advance news of plans for the fall season. Meantime, we of the Lux Radio theater wish our many friends a very happy summer. We know from what you tell us that lux flakes contribute in many ways to happy, warm weather living. Nowadays, the smart woman lives in luxables all summer long and looks cool and crisp, fresh as a daisy with no trouble at all. For new quick luxe flakes makes daintiness easy. Just a dip in these fast, gentle suds and everything that's washable comes out delightfully fresh and sweet under things. Dresses, sports things. Of course, you'll lux them every day or so during hot, sticky weather. And it's a wonderful help to have flakes that are so fast. It's reassuring, too, to know that these gentle flakes are so safe that they keep nice things, nice colors. New looking longer. Wherever you go this summer or wherever you stay at home in the country, at the shore, keep that friendly box of lux lakes handy to guard the most important of all charms, daintiness, New quick luxe comes in the same familiar package. Costs you no more. Now, here's Mr. DeMille with our stars.

[Narrator / Lux Radio Theater Announcer]

It isn't often we can say that one of our stars is taking his first curtain call in the Lux Radio Theatre. But tonight, both of our stars are here for the first time. They're back on the stage now. Charles Boyer and Hedy Lamar.

[Pepe Lamoco]

Thank you, Sibine. I'm delighted to be here. It was a great pleasure to work with Heide again.

[Narrator / Lux Radio Theater Announcer]

Wasn't Algiers your first experience with a camera here in Hollywood, Heide?

[Gabrielle (Gabby)]

Yes, Mr. DeMille. And it was a thrilling day for me when I played my first scene

[Pepe Lamoco]

with Charles, she was so beautiful, even the cameraman's size.

[Narrator / Lux Radio Theater Announcer]

I can understand his point of view.

[Gabrielle (Gabby)]

Charles, I think you're ribbing me. Ribbing? That's pretty good American, isn't it, Mr. DeMille?

[Narrator / Lux Radio Theater Announcer]

Excellent, Hayley. But we mean it. I haven't seen you around the Paramount lot recently, Charles. Have you finished Hold Back the Dawn?

[Pepe Lamoco]

Yes, yes, we finished a few days ago, Sibyl. So I have a little vacation coming. Perhaps I'd better begin it right now by saying good night and thank you

[Gabrielle (Gabby)]

again, good night, Mr. DeMille. And I've enjoyed it so much.

[Narrator / Lux Radio Theater Announcer]

Good night. You, too have a wave of an audience when the clock on your mantle strikes the hour. The Lux Radio Theater completes its seventh season on the air. Down the long succession of Monday nights, Lux Flakes and Lux Toilet Soap. Have brought you about 350 different plays. And that means we've cast almost 8,000 parts. With the best actors we could find. What counts most is that during those seven years. Seven of the most important years in the history of the world. You've made this theater a kind of national meeting place. An all American theater that has become a symbol of the American way of life. And we are well aware of our responsibility to you. In the significant years that are to come. Our first responsibility, of course, is entertainment. And for your entertainment, in the first few weeks of our eighth season, starting in September. We plan to bring you stars like Cary Grant, Irene Dunn, Bob Hope, Rosalind Russell, Claudette Colbert and Barbara Stanwyck. In plays that you yourselves will ask for. Meanwhile, we recommend the program the Columbia Broadcasting System will present at this time during our eight weeks holiday. The program is called Forecast and presents leading stars of Hollywood radio, the theatre and the concert stage. As forecast number one. Next Monday, you'll hear the Thousand and One Nights with Marlene Dietrich as Scheherazade. In a radio production of the Arabian Nights. You've made the Lux products behind this theater. Lux Flakes and Luxe Toilet Soap. A national habit. And we know from past experience that you are not going to break that habit during our summer vacation. So we're going to thank you in advance by promising that next year will be the best yet in the history of the Lux Radio Theater. And now, before we say good night. There's another kind of promise we'd like to make. Three days ago, on the 4th of July. The President of the United States asked every one of us to dedicate himself anew to the principles of freedom and justice. Which are the foundation of this democracy. And so, in company with all those who pledged their hearts and hands on Independence Day. We now pledge the Lux Radio Theater to do everything in our power to defend and protect this American way of life. And to bring that bright day nearer. When life, liberty and happiness can be pursued in peace by all men. Our sponsors, the makers of Luxe Flakes and Luxe Toilet Soap. Join me in wishing you a happy summer. And until September 8th, Mr. Cecil B. DeMille saying good night to you from Hollywood.

[Pepe Lamoco]

Lady Lamar.

[Narrator / Lux Radio Theater Announcer]

Appeared tonight through the courtesy of Metro Goldwyn.

[Mr. Cecil B. DeMille]

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