Lux Radio Theatre - Cappy Ricks

Summary

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Harold's Old Time Radio

Episode: Lux Radio Theatre - Cappy Ricks

Original Air Date: March 1, 1937 (aired on podcast June 20, 2026)
Host: Cecil B. DeMille
Stars: Charles Winninger (Cappy Ricks), Sally Eilers (Florrie Ricks), Richard Arlen (Matt Peasley)

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Episode Overview

This episode of Lux Radio Theatre revives Peter B. Kyne’s classic story, “Cappy Ricks,” a lively tale set on the San Francisco waterfront, filled with humor, rivalry, and heart. The play dramatizes the generational and business battles between shipping magnate Cappy Ricks and the next wave of ambitious go-getters—particularly the headstrong Matt Peasley and Cappy’s equally determined daughter, Florrie. The episode is notable for the dynamic banter, principles of honor and business, and a lighthearted romantic rivalry.

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Main Discussion Points & Plot Breakdown

1. Introduction to Cappy Ricks and Setting the Scene

Timestamps: 01:25 – 06:09

• Cecil B. DeMille opens with a warm Hollywood greeting, shares an anecdote about Louisiana, and introduces the play and cast.
• Cappy Ricks turns 60, celebrated by friends and business rivals on the San Francisco docks.
• Signature quote:
  Cappy:

  "We've matched our wits against each other. Not so much for the dollars as for the fun of the game." (06:34)

2. Florie’s Aspirations and Gender Roles

Timestamps: 08:20 – 10:08

• Florrie, Cappy’s daughter, wants to join the family shipping business, but Cappy staunchly refuses.
• Tension arises as Cappy dismisses the idea:
  Cappy:

  “The shipping business is no business for a girl. It’s a man's game, a fighting game...” (09:29)

• Florrie’s stubbornness mirrors her father’s, setting up a familial and generational clash.

3. The Retriever and Matt Peasley’s Rise

Timestamps: 10:36 – 15:00

• Cappy is worried about his troubled ship, the Retriever, captained by the bold Matt Peasley.
• Matt takes command under questionable circumstances, clashing with both Cappy’s authority and a tough replacement captain sent by Cappy.
• Matt’s guts stand out:
  Matt:

  “If I hadn’t licked him, he’d have licked me.” (15:18)

4. New Partnerships and Business Rivalry

Timestamps: 15:15 – 23:12

• Florrie offers to secretly invest $5,000 with Matt under the alias “Ellen Brown.”
• Matt and Florrie form the Red Diamond Line, directly rivaling Cappy’s Blue Star Line.
• Cappy and Matt’s rivalry bursts into comic insults and competitive fire:
  Matt:

  “The next time you pick a fight with one of your employees, make mighty sure he isn’t from Thomaston, Maine, where they turn out real sailors.” (19:50) Cappy:
  “That boy’s going to work for me…” (20:09) after firing and rehiring attempts.

5. Red Diamond’s Rise and Hidden Identities

Timestamps: 25:08 – 34:35

• Six weeks later, Florrie and Matt’s Red Diamond Line is siphoning business from Cappy.
• Cappy is frustrated by his new rival, not knowing his own daughter is behind the scheme.
• The play treats business like a chess game, with contracts, ship purchases, and tactical moves.
• Notable quote:
  Cappy:

  “Blast the Red Diamond!... They’re walking all over us.” (29:33)

6. Business Espionage and the Climax of Rivalry

Timestamps: 34:35 – 40:07

• Cappy loses the prestigious Baxter contract to Red Diamond (Matt & Florrie).
• In a twist, Matt outsmarts Cappy by securing the only ships fast enough to win the contract terms.
• When Florrie’s identity is revealed, both Cappy and Matt feel betrayed and outfoxed.
• Emotional confrontation:
  Florrie:

  “Oh, Dad, I’m sorry. I didn’t know it would turn out like this…” (40:20)

7. Reversals, Reconciliations, and Business Triumph

Timestamps: 46:53 – 54:43

• Matt and Florrie meet to mend their relationship. Florrie chooses loyalty to her father, temporarily breaking with Matt.
• Cappy—with clever behind-the-scenes moves—reclaims the Baxter contract, surprising everyone.
• In a comic climax, Cappy offers Matt a partnership—business and family are united.
• Cappy orchestrates a marriage proposal:
  Cappy (to Matt):

  “I’ll give you one minute to propose to Florrie Ricks, and thirty seconds after you finish to kiss her.” (54:44)

8. Epilogue and Reveals

Timestamps: 56:00 – END

• It’s revealed Cappy had the upper hand on Matt all along, knowing the Red Diamond contracts were not binding.
• The romantic and business rivals reconcile; Cappy remains the unflappable patriarch.

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Notable Quotes & Moments

• Cappy Ricks:

  "There’s no man can make a monkey out of Cappy Ricks, Skinner, nor a crowd of men. Remember that." (07:28)

• Florrie Ricks:

  "You always said I was stubborn." / "And that I take after you." (10:04)

• Matt Peasley:

  "You can't fire a man that's already quit. And now, Cappy Ricks, goodbye." (19:42)

• Cappy Ricks:

  "A man can do as he wants with the fruits of victory when he's outsmarted a clever enemy, can't he, Skinner?" (53:14)

• Florrie & Matt (on partnership):

  “What about that other partnership I suggested? The one that has a ring to go with it.” (27:57)

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Insights and Context

• The story captures themes of generational succession, gender roles in business, pride, and the blending of personal and professional dynamics.
• Much humor comes from Cappy’s colorful language, including frequent sea-faring insults (“pea green deck-swabber,” “waddling landlubber,” etc.).
• The story’s heart beats strongest in the evolving respect between Matt and Cappy, who recognize their similarities as fighters.
• In the end, teamwork, family loyalty, and wit win out: both love and business are brokered with a handshake and a kiss.

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Behind the Scenes – Author & Fashion Guest

Timestamps: 42:13 – 44:36 (Peter B. Kyne Interview)

• Peter B. Kyne, author and guest, shares Cappy Ricks’ origin, noting characters are composites of New England shipping men.
• Notable author quote:

  "Cappy was more accident than inspiration… he appeared first in a short story which I considered nothing more than run of the mill." (43:35)

Timestamps: 58:10 – 60:46 (Royer on Fashion)

• Hollywood designer Royer discusses 1937 women’s and Hollywood fashion, highlighting practicality, historic influences, and the importance of Lux Flakes for preserving costumes.

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Final Banter and Closing

Timestamps: 61:25 – END

• Star actors participate in post-show banter, sharing anecdotes about golf, navy vs. army, and behind-the-scenes camaraderie.
• DeMille teases next week’s play, Madame Butterfly with Grace Moore and Cary Grant.

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Summary Table

| Key Characters | Roles | Major Dynamics/Development | | ------------------|---------------------------------|------------------------------------| | Cappy Ricks | Shipping magnate, patriarch | Witty, stubborn, ultimately fair | | Florrie Ricks | Daughter, business rival/partner| Aspiring, clever, independent | | Matt Peasley | Ambitious captain/rival | Bold, honest, romantic lead | | Skinner | Faithful assistant | Comic relief, everyman |

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For Listeners Who Missed It

• Expect a rollicking business and family drama with comedic barbs, strong-willed characters, and rapid reversals.
• Enjoy classic radio storytelling, with snappy dialogue and a triumphant, romantic ending.
• Author and fashion guest segments add color about the real-life shipping era and period style.

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Standout Segment Guide

• Cappy’s Birthday on the Waterfront: 06:09
• Florrie’s Failed Plea to Join Business: 08:51–09:51
• Matt and Florrie Secret Partnership: 15:00–17:55
• Business Rivalry Escalates: 25:08–34:35
• Cappy’s Victory and Surprise Partnership: 50:46–54:55
• Behind the Scenes with Author: 42:13–44:36

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Lux Radio Theatre’s “Cappy Ricks” presents a perfect blend of golden-age radio wit, wisdom, and warmth—illuminating the spirit and humor of early 20th-century American enterprise and family.

Transcript

[Announcer]

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[Narrator]

Hollywood, California. Monday, March 1st.

[Narrator/Announcer]

The lux radio theater presents charles wininger in cappy ricks with sally eilers and richard allen. Nuts presents Hollywood. Our stars, Charles Wininger, Sally Eilers and Richard Ireland. Our producer, Cecil B. DeMille. Our guests, Peter B. Kyne, renowned author and creator of Cappy Ricks. And Royer, Hollywood's eminent wardrobe designer. From 20th Century Fox Studios, our conductor, Mr. Lewis Silvers. This program comes to you with the good wishes of the makers of Lux Flakes, who welcome you all to another

[Cecil B. DeMille]

hour in the film capital of the world.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Before we start Cappy Rick's, a word about the product which sponsors tonight's play, Luxe Flakes. Since I've been the announcer on the Lux program, I've been very much impressed with the real enthusiasm women have for Luxe Flakes. They rely on it in so many ways, and they tell me it never lets them down. To show what I mean, here's a letter a New England girl sat down and wrote to the makers of Luxe Flakes.

[Letter Writer / Woman's Voice]

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[Narrator/Announcer]

And now, our producer, ladies and gentlemen,

[Narrator]

Mr. Cecil B. DeMille.

[Cecil B. DeMille]

Greetings from Hollywood, ladies and gentlemen. A week ago, while cruising the bayous of Louisiana, among the most beautiful and isolated communities in the world, I came on a tiny fishing village, standing on stilts and soft with the talk of Arcadian fishermen. Situated on Bayou Barataria, it was named Lafitte, for the pirate and patriot I'm to make the hero of my next picture, the buccaneer. To this little town, Lafitte returned from his raids laden with spoils. His dark, handsome face Flushed with the conquest of Spanish merchantmen. And here he auctioned off his loot. Entering the general store to buy provisions for the rest of our journey. I looked into the corners where shadows sprawled like sailors gone to sleep. Instead of the chests of Spanish gold, the priceless fabrics of the east and the heaps of jewels that reposed there when we bought Louisiana from Napoleon. On the shelves, I give you my word, there were neatly arranged cartons of luxe flake. I was surprised and amused as when I observed some months ago the coincidence that lux has been one of the words on my family crest for 870 years. Since then we returned to Hollywood by way of New Orleans where the famous Bonnet carry spillway diverting more water per second than flows over Niagara Falls forms an impregnable defense against the ravenous Mississippi. The city is safer than it was from the old buccaneers. But tonight our hero is not Jean Lafitte. It's Charles Mininger, who made his professional debut as a fiddling member of his father's troupe at the Chicago World's Fair in 1893. Like another fiddling prodigy, Jack Bennett. Jack Benny. Charlie realized after a time that he was hiding his talent under a Stradivarius. So he sold his violin and turned comedian. His talents are currently on view in Universal's Three Smart Girls. But millions remember him as Captain Andy in Ziegfeld's Showboat. Tonight he again wears gold braid in the role of Cappy Ricks, as peppery and old salt as ever shivered a timber. Heard as his daughter Florrie is Sally Eilers, who went from Mac Senate comedies to stardom in all 10 of Hollywood's important studios and starred with James Dunn and the Academy Award winner Bad Girl. She appears shortly with Jimmy in the Universal picture. We have our moments. Tonight she has for her leading man, Richard Arlen, who prepared for this picture by appearing in more than 60 pictures. Dick has just returned from England, where he made the Great Barrier. We hear him tonight as Matt Peasley. And now it's anchors away as the Lux Radio Theater presents Charles Wininger, Sally Eilers and Richard Arlen in Peter B. Kind's story Cappy Ricks. The San Francisco waterfront, where row after row of shipping offices face the busy wharves on the steps of the Blue Star Line. Cappy Ricks, the President, faces a huge crowd of sailors and ship owners. In typical waterfront fashion, they're congratulating the old timer on his 60th birthday.

[Narrator]

Happy birthday. Thanks, boys. Thanks. Thank you. How about a speech, Cap? All right. You asked for it. You're going to get it. Boys, we had some fine times together. Oh, yeah. We worked and fought, won and been licked. We've made money, lost and made it again. We've matched our wish against each other. Not so much for the dollars as

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

for the fun of the game.

[Narrator]

And now, as I look down on

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

you from the peak of 60 years, I'm going to ask my first favor of you.

[Narrator]

What is it, Cappy? Go down to the dock, all of you, and jump in the base.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

Hold on.

[Skinner (Assistant)]

Good morning, Mr. Riggs.

[Cecil B. DeMille]

Congratulations.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

Thanks, Skinner. Thanks.

[Skinner (Assistant)]

Didn't think you'd be coming to the office this morning.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

I didn't think I'd get here myself when that crowd got ahold of me. Morning, Ms. Brown.

[Florrie Ricks]

Good morning, sir.

[Skinner (Assistant)]

The boys were a little excited, sir.

[Narrator]

Excited?

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

They've lost their senses. I don't see why a man can't reach the age of 60 without a bunch of hoodlums making a monkey out of him.

[Skinner (Assistant)]

Yes, sir. It is a shame, sir.

[Narrator]

What's that?

[Skinner (Assistant)]

Oh, why, nothing, Mr. Ricks. I just said that I thought it was a shame.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

Yeah, you did think they did make a monkey out of me.

[Skinner (Assistant)]

Oh, no, sir, not at all.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

There's no man can make a monkey out of Cappy, Rick, Skinner, nor a crowd of men. Remember that.

[Skinner (Assistant)]

Yes, sir.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

And don't keep yes ing me all the time.

[Skinner (Assistant)]

Yes, sir.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

Has there been any word from that hoodoo ship of ours?

[Skinner (Assistant)]

Oh, the retriever? No, not a thing, sir. She can't possibly make port inside of

[Cecil B. DeMille]

a week or 10 days.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

I know that, you durn fool. I didn't say anything about her making port, but some steamer might have picked her up and reported.

[Cecil B. DeMille]

I haven't heard a thing, sir.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

You can bet I equipped that barkentine with radio the minute she hits port.

[Skinner (Assistant)]

Oh, you have an appointment with your lawyers Gordon and Gordon this morning to talk over your rights concerning the boat, sir.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

What time?

[Cecil B. DeMille]

Half an hour in their office.

[Narrator]

I'll be there.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

Anything else?

[Skinner (Assistant)]

Oh, yes, sir. Your daughter is here.

[Narrator]

What?

[Cecil B. DeMille]

Where?

[Skinner (Assistant)]

In your office, sir.

[Narrator]

Well, why didn't you tell me you knock kneed land? L I'm sorry, sir.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

I, I, I've been there. Now, listen, I don't want to be disturbed.

[Skinner (Assistant)]

No, sir. I'll see to that, sir.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

Hello, Florry.

[Florrie Ricks]

Hello, dad. How are you, darling?

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

What are you doing down here at this hour? Your Aunt Lucy said you skipped out of the house before breakfast.

[Florrie Ricks]

I want to speak to you alone, dad.

[Peter B. Kyne (Author)]

Huh?

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

What about?

[Florrie Ricks]

Well, first congratulate you. I owe you 60 kisses. You know, one for each year.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

That's so. I'll collect them on the installment plan, one at a time.

[Florrie Ricks]

All right, here's the first.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

That is a good one. Must be something behind it.

[Skinner (Assistant)]

Dad.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

Come on, out with it. How much do you want this time?

[Florrie Ricks]

Not a penny.

[Peter B. Kyne (Author)]

No?

[Florrie Ricks]

No. It's something more than money, dad. Something I want terribly well. It. It's what I was speaking about the other night at dinner.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

Now, Florrie, don't start that all over again.

[Narrator]

But, Dad, I told you once and

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

for all that I don't want you working down here at the office.

[Florrie Ricks]

But, dad, listen.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

In the first place, it ain't necessary. And in the second place, you don't know anything about the shipping business anyhow.

[Florrie Ricks]

But I do. I've been around the docks with you ever since I was old enough to walk. And I've listened to you talk every night at dinner for the last 15 years. I know as much as anyone knows. And I want to come in with you, work with you.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

Now, Florrie, listen to me.

[Narrator]

I don't see.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

I don't know why should we talk seriously about this? It's silly, but I want to tell you something. The shipping business is no business for a girl. It's a man's game, a fighting game. It's give and take, every minute of the day. If I went and took you in as a partner, my competitors would laugh me off the waterfront.

[Florrie Ricks]

I don't have to be a partner.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

No. Nor anything else around here.

[Narrator]

I won't have it.

[Florrie Ricks]

Is that your final answer, dad?

[Cecil B. DeMille]

Absolutely.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

Oh, Florrie. Now, don't act so hurt. I'll do anything in the world for you except this. I can't do this.

[Florrie Ricks]

It's all right. But I haven't given up yet.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

No, Florrie.

[Florrie Ricks]

You always said I was stubborn.

[Narrator]

You certainly are.

[Florrie Ricks]

And that I take after you.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

Well, yes. You're too much like me for your own Good.

[Cecil B. DeMille]

For Mr. Ricks.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

Yes, what is it?

[Skinner (Assistant)]

Your appointment with Mr. Gordon, sir. It's almost time.

[Narrator]

All right, all right. Don't rush me.

[Skinner (Assistant)]

Oh, no, sir. I didn't mean to rush.

[Narrator]

Get me a cab.

[Skinner (Assistant)]

Oh, yes, sir.

[Narrator]

And be quick about it.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

We've got to get out of here.

[Skinner (Assistant)]

Oh, yes, sir.

[Cecil B. DeMille]

Now, let me get this straight, Mr. Ricks. You say your ship, the Retriever, lost its captain off Cape Town?

[Narrator]

Yes.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

He got sick.

[Skinner (Assistant)]

It was very sudden.

[Cecil B. DeMille]

I see. And the mate took over command?

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

Yes. Fella by the name of Matt Peasley. He. Oh, look, Mr. Gordon. When's your pa coming back. He knows the whole story from bow to Stern.

[Cecil B. DeMille]

He's away. Mr. Ricks won't be back for a week. I, I'm taking charge.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

Yeah, all right, go on.

[Cecil B. DeMille]

Now, as I understand it, you didn't want Matt Pesey to act as captain.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

Why should I? I don't know. The fella never laid eyes on him. So I wired him I was sending another captain to take over the ship. And what do you suppose that scallywag did?

[Narrator/Announcer]

What?

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

Wired us that he was going to bring the ship back himself. And if we sent on another captain, he'd chuck him overboard.

[Letter Writer / Woman's Voice]

Hmm.

[Cecil B. DeMille]

What did you do then?

[Narrator]

Do I tell you what I did.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

I hunted up the biggest, toughest captain I could find. A big burly Swede, a two fisted human bull who's licked everything on the seven seas. And I shipped him off to Cape Town with orders to beat Mr. Peaslee to a pulp and bring what was left of him back in the retriever.

[Peter B. Kyne (Author)]

I see.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

Now, here's what I want to see you about. That ship will be in here within a week or 10 days. And the minute she comes to anchor, they'll bring the pieces of Mr. Matt Peasley ashore. Then what's left of him will begin to yell for the police. So I want to know just where I get off at.

[Cecil B. DeMille]

The assault took place in a foreign

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

port, but on an American ship flying the American flag.

[Narrator]

Now don't forget that.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

Well, what's the answer?

[Cecil B. DeMille]

Well, let me see.

[Narrator]

Come on.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

Do I land in the brig or don't I?

[Cecil B. DeMille]

Well, to be quite Frank with you, Mr. Ricks, I, I, I don't know.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

Well, that's just fine, just fine. I sit here for an hour wasting my breath and you telling me you don't know.

[Narrator]

What's a maritime lawyer for anyhow?

[Cecil B. DeMille]

When my father gets back. You see, it's a very unusual case. I'm sorry, Mr. Ricks, I.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

All right, all right, all right. Forget it, son. A youngster can't know everything about this business.

[Cecil B. DeMille]

Oh, I, I look up the case records.

[Narrator]

Never mind.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

I ain't got time and the ship ain't due for a week. You just tell your PA to give me a hail as soon as he hits port.

[Cecil B. DeMille]

Oh, yes, sir. Thank you, sir.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

Oh, forget it.

[Narrator]

Well, come on, Skinner.

[Skinner (Assistant)]

I beg pardon.

[Narrator]

Don't sit there with your mouth hanging open.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

We got work to do.

[Skinner (Assistant)]

Yes, sir. Yes.

[Narrator]

So long, son.

[Cecil B. DeMille]

Goodbye, sir.

[Florrie Ricks]

Hello, Jimmy.

[Letter Writer / Woman's Voice]

Oh, hello, Ms. Ricks.

[Florrie Ricks]

Did my father get back yet?

[Letter Writer / Woman's Voice]

No, ma'.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Am.

[Letter Writer / Woman's Voice]

I guess he's still over At Gordon and Gordon.

[Florrie Ricks]

Is this Brown in?

[Skinner (Assistant)]

Nope.

[Letter Writer / Woman's Voice]

Out to lunch. Everybody's out to lunch except me.

[Florrie Ricks]

What's the matter with you, Jimmy?

[Letter Writer / Woman's Voice]

Oh, I gotta stay in mind the office and I got some important typing to do.

[Florrie Ricks]

And you're starving, I suppose.

[Letter Writer / Woman's Voice]

Well, I haven't eaten since breakfast, but I guess I can last another five minutes or so.

[Florrie Ricks]

You go ahead out. I'll do the typing.

[Letter Writer / Woman's Voice]

Oh, you think it'll be all right?

[Florrie Ricks]

Sure. Run along.

[Letter Writer / Woman's Voice]

Gee, thanks. Thanks, Ms. Ricks.

[Florrie Ricks]

Don't be long, though.

[Letter Writer / Woman's Voice]

I won't.

[Florrie Ricks]

Come in.

[Announcer]

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[Florrie Ricks]

How do you do?

[Matt Peasley]

Hello. Mr. Ricks in?

[Florrie Ricks]

What's the name, please?

[Matt Peasley]

Matt Peasley, captain of the Retriever.

[Florrie Ricks]

The Retriever? The Retriever isn't in yet.

[Matt Peasley]

Oh, yes, it is. Anchored off of mig's Wharf not 20 minutes ago.

[Florrie Ricks]

Who's in command? Me, but Captain Peterson.

[Matt Peasley]

Oh, you mean that big, sweet old Rick sent out to Cape Town to take charge? Yes, I brought him ashore and sent him up to the Marine hospital.

[Florrie Ricks]

What? You. You mean to say that you. That you licked him?

[Matt Peasley]

Well, if I hadn't, he'd have licked me. He ought to take a peep at him. I'm afraid I don't understand.

[Florrie Ricks]

Excuse me, but I can't help it. It's too funny. Do you know that fight has been the talk of this office for the past three weeks? Yeah, everybody took it for granted that Captain Peterson would win.

[Matt Peasley]

Been on Rick's mind, huh?

[Florrie Ricks]

Night and day he's talked of it, boasted of it, gloated over it. You see, you're the only man in his employ who ever defied him.

[Matt Peasley]

Well, he probably needs someone to Tell him off once in a while. He's just an old windbag anyhow.

[Skinner (Assistant)]

What?

[Matt Peasley]

Oh, I guess I shouldn't have said that, huh? You've got to be loyal to him, working in his office and all.

[Florrie Ricks]

Working?

[Matt Peasley]

You're his secretary, aren't you?

[Florrie Ricks]

Well, not exactly.

[Matt Peasley]

Been with him long?

[Royer (Wardrobe Designer)]

Long?

[Florrie Ricks]

Oh, yes. Ever since I was a little girl, he. He's been like a father to me. He's not so bad when you know him.

[Matt Peasley]

Bark worse than the bite, huh?

[Florrie Ricks]

That's it. Tell me something. How on earth did you get the retriever back so fast? You weren't due for a week.

[Cecil B. DeMille]

Oh, just luck, I guess.

[Florrie Ricks]

Oh, luck wouldn't speed you up. Seven days?

[Matt Peasley]

Well, I. I've been at it ever since I was 14.

[Florrie Ricks]

Was the retriever your first command?

[Matt Peasley]

Yeah, that's why I jumped at the chance. I. I couldn't let that big ape Peterson take it over.

[Florrie Ricks]

Oh, you know, Mr. Ricks is pretty powerful. He could keep you from getting another boat.

[Matt Peasley]

I expect him to do that.

[Florrie Ricks]

What are you going to do?

[Royer (Wardrobe Designer)]

Me?

[Matt Peasley]

I'm going to give up this thief. I'm going to go into the shipping business for myself.

[Florrie Ricks]

You are? That'll take money.

[Matt Peasley]

Well, I found out that if you can show people a sure bet, the sense to find the money.

[Florrie Ricks]

Oh, you have something?

[Letter Writer / Woman's Voice]

Sure.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

Dead sure.

[Matt Peasley]

You see, I know where I can pick up a couple of ships right now. And for $10,000, I could swing the whole deal. Buy up the options, turn around, sell the boats and net a profit of 100%. That'd be enough to give me a start.

[Florrie Ricks]

You could do that for $10,000?

[Matt Peasley]

Sure you could. Yeah, I got half of it. Now all I need is another five.

[Florrie Ricks]

Captain Peasley, if. If I get $5,000, would you take me in with you?

[Royer (Wardrobe Designer)]

You?

[Florrie Ricks]

As a partner?

[Matt Peasley]

Are you kidding?

[Florrie Ricks]

No, I'm not.

[Matt Peasley]

Where would a secretary get $5,000?

[Florrie Ricks]

Oh, well, you see, I have a brother who has plenty of money. He let me have some to invest in. A sure thing like this.

[Matt Peasley]

You're a funny kid. What's your name?

[Florrie Ricks]

Brown. Ellen Brown.

[Matt Peasley]

You don't seem quite sure of it.

[Florrie Ricks]

Of course I am.

[Matt Peasley]

Well, I'll tell you, Ms. Brown, you. You better think it over.

[Florrie Ricks]

Well, I don't have to think it over. I know. Right now.

[Narrator/Announcer]

All right.

[Matt Peasley]

Meet me tomorrow and we'll draw up the papers.

[Florrie Ricks]

Where?

[Matt Peasley]

Jasper's Wharf, 10 o'. Clock.

[Florrie Ricks]

I'll be there. But I'm.

[Narrator]

I say it ain't.

[Florrie Ricks]

It's Mr. Ricks. He's coming in. He Mustn't see us together here.

[Matt Peasley]

What's the matter?

[Florrie Ricks]

I'll get out the back way. Don't forget.

[Narrator]

10 o'.

[Florrie Ricks]

Clock.

[Royer (Wardrobe Designer)]

Right, men.

[Narrator]

No, no, no, no. I tell you it's impossible.

[Skinner (Assistant)]

But he said he was sure it was the retriever, sir.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

Wait a minute. Well, young fellow, who are you?

[Matt Peasley]

I'm a Blue Star officer, sir.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

I can see that by your cap, you idiot. Just come from the docks?

[Matt Peasley]

Yes, sir.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

You know my barkentine retriever when you see her?

[Matt Peasley]

Yes, sir. The retriever's anchored off of Meg's Wharf there, sir.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

Are you sure, young fella?

[Matt Peasley]

Absolutely.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

Well, I guess it must be true, Skinner. That square head captain was made good. List him for a better ship.

[Skinner (Assistant)]

Yes, sir.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

Now, mate, what do you want?

[Matt Peasley]

I've come to report, sir.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

From what ship?

[Matt Peasley]

The retriever.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

Why doesn't Captain Peterson report himself?

[Matt Peasley]

He was taken to the marine hospital as soon as we docked. He got sort of smashed up in Cape Town.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

Who smashed him?

[Matt Peasley]

I did, sir.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

Then you.

[Narrator]

You're.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

Yes, sir.

[Matt Peasley]

I'm Matt Peasley.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

Why, you freshwater gumdrop.

[Narrator]

What do you mean by standing there

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

and lying to me?

[Matt Peasley]

Don't you call me a liar.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

This is my office.

[Matt Peasley]

I'll call you back what you said or I'll leave you out that window.

[Narrator]

What?

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

Why, you pea green DexWobber.

[Letter Writer / Woman's Voice]

Rick.

[Skinner (Assistant)]

Captain Peasley.

[Narrator]

Stand back.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

If he was a couple of years

[Narrator]

older, I'd wring his neck for him.

[Skinner (Assistant)]

My old. You mean if you.

[Narrator]

I mean what I say.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

I don't fight with kids.

[Narrator]

Now, mate, you listen to me. You beat up Peterson.

[Matt Peasley]

I did. It was a pleasure.

[Narrator]

You know what it means?

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

It's mutiny on the high seas, that's what it means. Captain Peterson had credentials.

[Matt Peasley]

He might have had them, but he didn't present them. He climbed on board and presented his

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

two fists and you bashed him in, huh?

[Florrie Ricks]

Right.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

I suppose you know you've made us more trouble than any other man we've had in our employ.

[Matt Peasley]

That's your fault, Mr. Rigg.

[Narrator]

My fault?

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

Look here, if you let me alone.

[Matt Peasley]

Yeah, if you let me alone, I'd have brought that boat back and there wouldn't have been any trouble.

[Narrator]

Well, you never get the chance to bring back another. You're fired.

[Matt Peasley]

You can't fire a man that's already quit. And now, Cappy, Rick's. Goodbye.

[Narrator]

Don't call me Cappy.

[Matt Peasley]

All right then, Mr. Ricks. And write this in your log. The next time you pick a fight with one of your employees, make mighty sure he isn't from Thomaston, Maine, where they turn out real sailors. Goodbye,

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

Peasley. Thomas Maine.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Peasley.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

Of course.

[Skinner (Assistant)]

What is it, Mr. Riggs?

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

I know that boy. I knew his father. The finest family of sailors that ever hauled a rope. Skinner, I want that boy for our line.

[Skinner (Assistant)]

But you just told him.

[Narrator]

Never mind that.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

You go find him and bring them back here. That boy's going to work for me. So I told Skinner to go and get him, but he couldn't find him. Just my luck.

[Florrie Ricks]

The.

[Letter Writer / Woman's Voice]

More string beans, Cappy?

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

Huh? Oh, all right, sis. They're kind of burned, though.

[Letter Writer / Woman's Voice]

Indeed they are not.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

All right, all right. Let's have them.

[Letter Writer / Woman's Voice]

How about you, Florrie?

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

Florrie, your Aunt Lucy is speaking to you.

[Florrie Ricks]

Oh, what was it? Aunt Lucy?

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

She said, did you want some string beans?

[Florrie Ricks]

Oh, no, thanks.

[Letter Writer / Woman's Voice]

You're acting awfully funny tonight, Florrie. What happened to you today?

[Florrie Ricks]

Nothing, except dad wouldn't give me a job.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

Now, now, Florrie.

[Florrie Ricks]

Oh, don't worry. I'm not going to ask you again.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

Well, now you're talking.

[Florrie Ricks]

But this time it is money.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

Oh. How much?

[Florrie Ricks]

Just a drop in the bucket, dad.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

How big a drop?

[Florrie Ricks]

$5,000.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

I need a drop. It's a splash. What do you want it for? Charity again?

[Florrie Ricks]

Well, in a way.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

What do you mean, in a way? Is it charity or ain't it?

[Florrie Ricks]

Well, charity's helping people out, isn't it?

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

Yes.

[Florrie Ricks]

Then it's charity.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

Now, listen, Florrie.

[Letter Writer / Woman's Voice]

Kathy.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

What?

[Letter Writer / Woman's Voice]

You might just as well save your breath. There isn't any use arguing because you always give in in the end anyway.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

Oh, I do, huh?

[Florrie Ricks]

Of course you do, darling. That's why I love you so much.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

Is that so?

[Florrie Ricks]

Mm.

[Peter B. Kyne (Author)]

Mm.

[Florrie Ricks]

Well.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

Oh, all right, all right. I'll give you a check in the morning.

[Skinner (Assistant)]

Oh, come right in. Captain Peasley.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

Well, well, well. How are you, Peasley?

[Matt Peasley]

Good morning.

[Skinner (Assistant)]

I found him for you, Mr. Rake.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

Fine, fine. Sit down, Matt. Sit down.

[Matt Peasley]

Just a minute. I don't know what you want me for, and I don't care very much. Whatever it is, let's get it over quickly.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

Sure, sure. You see, Matt, I made a little mistake about you yesterday, and I've changed my mind. I want you to take command of the retriever. There. Now, what do you think of that?

[Matt Peasley]

Very little. I don't want the job.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

Why not?

[Matt Peasley]

Because I'm going into business for myself.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

Did you hear that, Skinner? He's going into business for himself. Whose peanut stand are you going to buy out?

[Matt Peasley]

I'm going into the shipping business, Mr. Ricks. What that takes you down a little, doesn't it? I got a partner with money. We drew up to the agreement this morning. From now on, Mr. Ricks, you've got a competitor.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

A real one.

[Matt Peasley]

We'll make you square, Mr. Ricks. You'll wish you'd never heard of me.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

Skinner, show this man out.

[Narrator]

No, don't show him out. Throw him out.

[Matt Peasley]

Mr. Ricks, I can go myself.

[Narrator]

You bet you can go. You're fired, do you hear?

[Matt Peasley]

You fired me yesterday.

[Narrator]

Well, you're fired again today. Now get out of here and start your business. And when I've skinned you clean down

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

to your hide, come back and see me. If I'm in a good humor, I might lend you a barrel.

[Narrator/Announcer]

We'll continue with Capy Ricks in a moment. Now let's visit one of Hollywood's leading department stores. Mr. James Brown enters the lingerie department feeling, well, a bit like a fish out of water. Like most men, he hesitates to enter this feminine domain. But he has to. He's returned a lace trimmed satin nightgown which he had bought as a birthday gift for his wife. He explains his errand to his salesgirl and then.

[Florrie Ricks]

Didn't your wife like it, sir? It's a gorgeous gown.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

Oh yes, she likes it, thinks it's lovely. But she doesn't feel we can afford it.

[Matt Peasley]

It's probably my fault. I've heckled her quite a bit about clothes, bills.

[Florrie Ricks]

But Mr. Brown, this gown is pure dye satin we'll wear for ages. That is if it's washed carefully.

[Cecil B. DeMille]

How do you wash the things?

[Florrie Ricks]

Well, I always advise luxe flakes. Tell your wife to turn it wrong side out before washing it. Look, why don't you take the gown home again and take along with it this luxe washing leaflet. Well, I know if she washes it with luxe flakes, the gown will stay in you looking for so long she won't think it's a bit extravagant.

[Cecil B. DeMille]

Well, I guess I will take it back.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

She really liked it. And thanks for the tip about Lux.

[Cecil B. DeMille]

Yes, that sales girl is right.

[Narrator/Announcer]

If you use luxe flakes, even the daintiest lingerie will stay like new so long that it isn't extravagant. Luxe under things after every wearing. This protects daintiness and at the same time keeps the garment new looking. So for daintiness and economy, always wash under things in luxe. And now back to Mr. DeMille.

[Cecil B. DeMille]

Once more we bring you Cappy Ricks with Charles Wininger, Sally Eilers and Richard Arlen. Six weeks have Passed since Matt Peaslee and Flori Ricks entered into their secret partnership. Cappy doesn't know, of course, that his daughter is his competitor and Matt still thinks her name is Ellen Brown. We're in the sparsely furnished office of the Red Diamond Line where Flower is now working. We find her at her desk as the phone rings.

[Florrie Ricks]

Red Diamond Line.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

Is this Matt Peasley's office?

[Florrie Ricks]

Yes, sir.

[Narrator]

Then by the pink toed prophet, I

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

want to talk with him. This is Mr. Rick speaking.

[Florrie Ricks]

Mr. Peaslee's busy just now.

[Narrator]

So am I and I haven't any

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

time to waste arguing with a female windjammer.

[Florrie Ricks]

Are you wasting it?

[Narrator]

What's that? If you're trying to get fresh with me, young lady, you'd better think twice.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

I'm not taking any fancy talk from anyone, man or woman.

[Matt Peasley]

Who's that on the phone? Ellen?

[Florrie Ricks]

Wait a minute, Matt. Hello? May I take a message? Mr. Ricks?

[Narrator]

What?

[Florrie Ricks]

I said, may I take a message?

[Narrator]

What?

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

You know, there's something familiar about your voice, young lady.

[Narrator]

What's your name?

[Florrie Ricks]

Well, I'm sorry sir, but I'm not allowed to discuss personal matters during business hours.

[Narrator]

What? Listen, young lady. You know who I am?

[Florrie Ricks]

Oh, yes, sir. Very well then.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

From now on we'll get somewhere. Throw all that regular office lingo into the discard and give me Matt Peasley.

[Florrie Ricks]

I'm sorry, he's too busy to talk now.

[Narrator]

Oh, he is, is he? Well, tell him for me that he's

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

an ungrateful sea dog and if he

[Narrator]

thinks he can lick me he's as crazy as a coot. Goodbye.

[Matt Peasley]

Was that Rex?

[Florrie Ricks]

Yes. You're getting under his skin. Oh, Matt, isn't it simply gorgeous? Things are beginning to break.

[Matt Peasley]

Say, they've broken already. You remember what you told me about that Mason and Barber's contract expiring with Ricks? Yes, when we landed that contract.

[Florrie Ricks]

No.

[Matt Peasley]

Yeah, it's all signed, sealed and delivered and in my pocket. We'll make $5,000. That wipes out what you borrowed.

[Florrie Ricks]

He told me I didn't know anything about the shipping.

[Letter Writer / Woman's Voice]

Who?

[Florrie Ricks]

Oh, nothing, nothing, Matt. It's just that I'm happy. You don't know how happy.

[Matt Peasley]

Ellen, you're a wonder.

[Florrie Ricks]

Been fun, hasn't it? Wondering if anything was going to happen. Almost going overboard. And now everything working out just the way we wanted it.

[Matt Peasley]

It's been the grandest six weeks I've ever known. You know what I'm going to do? I'm going to have a sign put up outside Peasley and Brown. Red Diamond Line.

[Florrie Ricks]

Oh, no. No, Matt.

[Matt Peasley]

Why? What's the matter?

[Florrie Ricks]

I. Well, you mustn't say anything about me. You promised you wouldn't.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

But you're my partner.

[Matt Peasley]

I don't see why.

[Florrie Ricks]

Please, Matt, you mustn't.

[Matt Peasley]

All right. But what about that other partnership I suggested? Does that have to be silent too?

[Florrie Ricks]

Other partnership?

[Matt Peasley]

You know, the one that has a ring to go with it.

[Florrie Ricks]

Oh, that one.

[Matt Peasley]

I'm serious, Ellen.

[Florrie Ricks]

So am I.

[Matt Peasley]

We'll have to wait, Matt, I'm crazy about you. I guess I've told you that a hundred times.

[Florrie Ricks]

I never get tired of hearing it.

[Matt Peasley]

Then why do we have to wait?

[Florrie Ricks]

Because. Oh, Matt, you're just getting started. You've got a long way to get Jed. And I want to see you get there. I want to see you become the biggest man on the street. And you will too.

[Matt Peasley]

Yeah, but what's that got to do with us getting married?

[Florrie Ricks]

I don't know, Matt. Except I'd rather not for a while anyhow.

[Matt Peasley]

Well, I guess I'll just have to wait. Don't make it too long, though, will you?

[Florrie Ricks]

It'll be just as long for me. Matt.

[Matt Peasley]

Oh, Ellen.

[Letter Writer / Woman's Voice]

Matt.

[Florrie Ricks]

Matt, stop. Not here. Would a client think if he walked in here and found you kissing your secretary?

[Matt Peasley]

I don't know. But I'll bet a schooner against the dory that he tried to hire you away.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

Evening, Bridget.

[Florrie Ricks]

Oh, good evening, sir. You're home early.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

Miss Lucy around?

[Florrie Ricks]

Yes, sir. She's out on the back porch.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

Watching the ships again, huh? All right. I run out and give her a hail.

[Narrator]

Where away, messmate?

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

Squinting through the binoculars, Lucy plain startled me, Kathy. I can't be startled when you're on duty, Lucy. You're a mistress of my home port, aren't you?

[Letter Writer / Woman's Voice]

There are times when I wonder.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

Was the ship you were looking at coming in or going out?

[Letter Writer / Woman's Voice]

Coming in.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

Was she wearing the Blue Star?

[Letter Writer / Woman's Voice]

No, no. A pennant I never saw before. A yellow field with a red diamond.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

Blast the red diamond.

[Letter Writer / Woman's Voice]

Why, Alden P. Rix.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

Excuse me, sister, but that's just the way I feel. Red diamond, red diamond. That's all I've been hearing for the last 10 weeks. And now I come home and I get it here. It's getting on my nerves.

[Letter Writer / Woman's Voice]

Well, what is the Red Diamond? A new line?

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

It's a fluke. One of those mushroom companies that spring up one night and disappear the Next. I'd give $10,000 to find out who's behind her and call it an investment. A good one.

[Letter Writer / Woman's Voice]

You don't mean that they're taking business away from the Blue Star.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

Lucy, they're walking all over us. Got us covered with blood, that's all. Do you know what they've done to us? Bought two ships out from under our nose, Alden. Oh, that isn't all. They sold them for a third more than they paid for them.

[Letter Writer / Woman's Voice]

Well, that sounds like good business.

[Narrator]

Good business.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

Just darn fool luck. Wouldn't happen again in 50 years. And what did they do two days ago?

[Letter Writer / Woman's Voice]

You'd better come into the house. Alden.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

Took two of my best captains away from me. Men who have been interested in the Blue Star for years and owned an interest in their ships. They walked out and left me.

[Letter Writer / Woman's Voice]

I never heard of such a thing.

[Narrator]

Left? The Blue Star, a five million dollar

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

corporation to go with the fly by night shoestring mushroom company that's liable to hit the ceiling any minute.

[Letter Writer / Woman's Voice]

Alden, why don't you give up the fight and retire?

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

Retire?

[Narrator]

Retire.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

Plenty of time for a man to retire when he's old. I'm only 60. Quit. And let that boy whip me by the horn toad. I will not. No, sir. Why, Lucy, I'm tickled to death over this fight. By the time I've demolished, pulverized and obliterated this Red diamond outfit, I'll be 10 years younger.

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[Skinner (Assistant)]

Oh, Mr. Ricks, I'm so glad you're here.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

What in tarnation is the matter with you, Skinner? I've been arriving at this office at the same time for the last 20 years.

[Skinner (Assistant)]

Yes, sir, but this morning. Oh, Mr. Ricks, something awful has happened.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

Skinner, you're as white as a new mainsail. Don't stand there shivering.

[Narrator]

What is it?

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

What's the bad news?

[Skinner (Assistant)]

It's the Baxter contract.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

Well, what of it? Morgan Baxter's one of our oldest customers.

[Skinner (Assistant)]

He was, Mr. Riggs.

[Narrator]

What's that?

[Skinner (Assistant)]

You told me to run over this morning and sew up his business for the coming year.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

Of course I did. Baxter's the biggest contract we've got. You didn't want him to do a mason and barber and slip away from us, did you?

[Skinner (Assistant)]

He has slipped.

[Narrator]

What?

[Skinner (Assistant)]

Yes, sir.

[Jake Stauch (CEO of Cervel)]

He.

[Skinner (Assistant)]

He's going to give his business to another line.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

Which one?

[Skinner (Assistant)]

I don't know, sir. He wouldn't say. But they've offered him a lower shipping rate on faster boats.

[Narrator]

By the Pink Toed Prophet.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

Lower rates, eh? That means whoever made the offer knew just what we were charging.

[Skinner (Assistant)]

Yes, sir. Oh, Mr. Ricks, you've got to do something. The Baxter business means the difference between profit and loss.

[Narrator]

I know that.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

You blame fool. We've got our backs right against the wall.

[Narrator]

But we're not licked yet, Skinner.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

No, sir, not by a long shot. We've got to start fighting.

[Florrie Ricks]

But we have been fighting.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

All I want to know is which line it was that underbid us. That's all.

[Skinner (Assistant)]

You don't suppose it was the Red Diamond?

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

The red diamond. But Mr. Riggs, could a 10 cent

[Narrator]

outfit like that underbid the Blue Star?

[Skinner (Assistant)]

No, sir, but I have.

[Narrator]

Would they know what we were charging?

[Skinner (Assistant)]

No, sir.

[Matt Peasley]

Only there have been.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

Ah, Skinner, you're a waddling landlubber.

[Skinner (Assistant)]

Yes.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

Red Diamond.

[Narrator]

Red Diamond. Oh, yes.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

That's pretty rich.

[Letter Writer / Woman's Voice]

Yes.

[Skinner (Assistant)]

Oh, yes.

[Matt Peasley]

One moment. It's for you, Mr. Ricks.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

The red diamond line calling.

[Matt Peasley]

What do they want?

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

I don't know. Hello? Hello?

[Narrator]

Well, you don't have to yell. I'm not yelling.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

I can hear you.

[Matt Peasley]

This is Matt Peasley talking.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

Oh, Matt Peasley.

[Narrator]

Well, well.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

Would you like that barrel now, Mr. Peaslee, or will you wait a couple of weeks?

[Matt Peasley]

Mr. Ricks, I'd like to rent a couple of your ships.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

Oh, you would? Well, that's fine. Rent a couple of my boats, eh?

[Matt Peasley]

I'll pay you for them, of course. You see, I'm kind of rushed over here.

[Narrator]

What?

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

Rush?

[Matt Peasley]

Yeah, I expect to be very busy the next few months. I just signed that Baxter contract.

[Narrator]

What?

[Matt Peasley]

I just signed the Baxter contract.

[Narrator]

Oh, you did, eh? Why, you double dealing deckhand, you. You pork swilling excuse for an able seaman. I'll have your hide for this.

[Matt Peasley]

About those boats.

[Narrator]

No, you can't have them. You can't have anything. You double crossing, slink eyed cutthroat. All right.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

So long, Cappy.

[Matt Peasley]

See you in the poorhouse.

[Narrator]

What? Hello. Hello.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

See me in the poorhouse, will ye? See me in murder. What are you standing around for, Skinner? Do something. Do something.

[Skinner (Assistant)]

Mr. Ricks. I don't know.

[Narrator]

He's got that contract.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

Do you understand? He stole it right from under your nose.

[Narrator]

My nose? Yes, your nose.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

Skinner, you're fired.

[Skinner (Assistant)]

Again?

[Narrator]

Yes, again. I.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

Wait a minute. Wait a minute. I got an idea. Come here, Skinner.

[Skinner (Assistant)]

But you just fired me.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

Well, now wait. Don't get so touchy, Skinner. Listen. Did you say that Baxter said that the Red diamond said they'd get faster boats?

[Narrator]

Is that what you said?

[Skinner (Assistant)]

I'm afraid I don't understand.

[Narrator]

Did the Red diamond agree to use faster ships than the Blue Star?

[Skinner (Assistant)]

Yes, sir.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

Then we've got them.

[Skinner (Assistant)]

Got who?

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

The Red Diamond. Skinner, there are only two ships in this port that are faster than the Blue Star Boats. The Unicorn and the Island Shipper. We gotta buy em.

[Skinner (Assistant)]

Buy two boats?

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

Yes, buy em. Peaslee won't be able to live up to the terms of the contract. His boats won't be fast enough. And we'll get the business back again from Baxter.

[Skinner (Assistant)]

But two boats and finances the way

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

they are, it will break us.

[Narrator]

Let it.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

It'll break the Red diamond, too. And that's what I want. Skinner, get the owner of the Unicorn and the Island Shipper now. Have him come to the house the first thing in the morning. Tell him I'll have a blank check ready and he can name his own price.

[Letter Writer / Woman's Voice]

Alden Ricks. What's the matter with you? You haven't even touched your breakfast.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

Oh, I'm not very hungry this morning, Lucy.

[Letter Writer / Woman's Voice]

Anything wrong?

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

Wrong? No, not a thing. It's as right as rain.

[Florrie Ricks]

Well. Mr. Ricks?

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

Yeah?

[Florrie Ricks]

There's a man here to see you.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Oh, that's.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

That's. That's what I've been waiting for. Where is he, Bridget?

[Letter Writer / Woman's Voice]

Out in the living room.

[Florrie Ricks]

I told him you Were having your breakfast.

[Narrator]

Excuse me, Lucy.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

He'll be back in a minute.

[Letter Writer / Woman's Voice]

Well, I never. What's the matter with him anyhow?

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

Well, well, well.

[Matt Peasley]

Good morning, Mr. How are you, Mr. Riggs?

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

What are you doing here?

[Matt Peasley]

I'm ready to talk business, Mr. Riggs.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

Well, I'm not. I talked all the business I wanted with you on the phone. If you'll excuse me, I'm expecting somebody important.

[Matt Peasley]

The owner of the Unicorn. An island shipper, huh?

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

How did you know that?

[Matt Peasley]

Oh, little bird told me.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

He did, eh? Well, go back and ask him what you can do about it.

[Matt Peasley]

I did. And you know what he said? He said, Matt. He always calls me Matt.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

Now, listen here. I'm a busy man.

[Matt Peasley]

He said, matt, you go out and get options on those two boats that Kathy Ricks wants, huh? And that's just what I did. So if you want to buy them, Mr. Ricks, you will have to buy them from me. And I'm not selling.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

Oh, you. You got the boats, eh?

[Matt Peasley]

Yes, sir.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

You'll be able to live up to that contract now.

[Matt Peasley]

That's why I got them.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

Yeah. Well, you're smart, Peasley. You're real smart. I know when I'm beaten. Well, that sort of winds up the conclave, don't it?

[Matt Peasley]

I guess so.

[Tammy (Geico Subconscious News)]

Yeah.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

You've done it. Done it all right.

[Matt Peasley]

Mr. Riggs, I.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

You've licked me, stripped off all my rigging. Well, I've ripped the rigging off of other fellows in my day. Yep. Good sailing. I'm finished, Peasley.

[Matt Peasley]

Finished.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

You've done a complete job. About the only thing left for me to do is to write my own business obituary. You mean you're broke? Yeah. Cleaned.

[Florrie Ricks]

Dead.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

Hey. Yes, honey.

[Matt Peasley]

Ellen, what are you doing here?

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

Ellen? Who's Ellen?

[Florrie Ricks]

I heard what you said, Matt. I couldn't help hearing it as I came downstairs.

[Matt Peasley]

Why were you upstairs, huh?

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

Well, I'd like to know who's a better right to be up there. She's been in the habit of going up and down the stairs in this house ever since she was born. You didn't expect to take that away from the Ricks family, did you?

[Matt Peasley]

The Ricks family?

[Florrie Ricks]

Yes, ma'. Am. I'm Flory Ricks.

[Cecil B. DeMille]

Oh, I see.

[Narrator]

Well, I don't. I.

[Matt Peasley]

It's all very clear now.

[Florrie Ricks]

Can't you understand? It was all right fighting, dad. It was fun as long as it was only a lesson. It gave me the chance to prove I could do something. When I heard him tell you, we mustn't ruin his business.

[Narrator]

That's dad's life by the Pink Toed Prophet. Will somebody be good enough to explain

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

what's going on here in my own cabin?

[Matt Peasley]

You didn't even tell me what your name was.

[Florrie Ricks]

I couldn't. You wouldn't have listened to me. You know you wouldn't have listened, Matt.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

Polly, allow me to.

[Matt Peasley]

But I did, didn't I? I should have known better than to take a woman as a partner.

[Narrator]

Now look here, you young swan.

[Matt Peasley]

This is my business, not yours.

[Florrie Ricks]

Matt, please.

[Matt Peasley]

Oh, fine. Swell.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

Good joke.

[Matt Peasley]

Even if it is on me. You can have your Baxter contract, Mr. Ricks. I wouldn't touch it. But the fun isn't over. We've been fooling before, but now you're going to see some real fighting.

[Letter Writer / Woman's Voice]

Matt.

[Florrie Ricks]

Oh, dead dad.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

Well, it looks like I'm about the biggest fool that ever walked the deck. So that's why you wanted that $5,000. So you could go into business with that.

[Florrie Ricks]

Oh, dad, I'm sorry. I didn't know it would turn out like this. I only wanted to show you that I did know something. And now?

[Narrator]

Oh, Daddy hates me.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

Say, are you worried about him or me?

[Narrator]

He hates me.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

Well, he hasn't exactly expressed undying affection for me either.

[Narrator]

Oh, I'll never see him again.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

And a good thing too.

[Narrator]

Oh, dad, you don't understand. I love him. What? You love that knock kneed, bow legged excuse for a sailor? Oh, stop it. All right, all right.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

He's not knock kneed, but Flory. Oh, Florrie, do you really love him?

[Narrator]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

Well, by the pink toad, she loves him.

[Cecil B. DeMille]

Lucy.

[Narrator]

Lucy, come here quick. I'll show that knock kneed. I'll show that sailor he can.

[Letter Writer / Woman's Voice]

Alden. Rick, what's come over you? Stop dancing around that way.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

Go order the car, Lucy.

[Florrie Ricks]

The car?

[Narrator]

Yes, the car.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

Get my hat and stick for me.

[Narrator]

And where in thunder are my shoes? I can't go downtown in my slippers.

[Letter Writer / Woman's Voice]

But all than your breakfast.

[Narrator]

I'm not hungry. I'm filled up. I'll teach that young pup a lesson. Wants a fight, eh? Well, he'll get one. I'll make his blood tingle if it costs my last dollar. Lucy, where are my shoes?

[Narrator/Announcer]

We pause for station identification. This is the Columbia Broadcasting System.

[Cecil B. DeMille]

This is knx, the Columbia station, Los Angeles. Charles Wininger, Sally Eilers and Richard Ireland continue in Capy.

[Skinner (Assistant)]

Rick.

[Cecil B. DeMille]

Shortly, 27 years ago, a young man walked out of a San Francisco hospital wondering where the money was coming from to pay his doctors and nurses bills. Not having anything better to do he sat down and wrote a short story based on characters he'd encountered in his last job in the lumber and shipping business. The story was purchased immediately, and since then the pen of Peter B. Kyne has never rested. Creator of Cappy Ricks, he has written 26 novels and over 300 short stories 70 of which have been purchased by motion pictures. Ladies and gentlemen, Mr. Peter B.

[Letter Writer / Woman's Voice]

Kind.

[Peter B. Kyne (Author)]

Thank you, Mr. DeMille. While most of my Capy Rick stories are based on fact neither Cappy nor Matt Peasley ever really lived. But they're the combination of many men whom it was my good fortune to know. The last of that old acquisitive breed who sailed many years ago from New England to write the last chapter of romance Furl the Last Sail in the port of San Francisco. While courage was the birthright of these men, yet they knew tolerance and philosophy. They were great readers and certainly the vast race on earth really appreciative of the art of conversation.

[Cecil B. DeMille]

What was the flash of inspiration, Mr. Kyne, that resulted in Capy Rick?

[Peter B. Kyne (Author)]

Cappy was more accident than inspiration. He appeared first in a short story which I considered nothing more than run of the mill at a fiction foundry. Well, it seems it turned out to

[Cecil B. DeMille]

be something else of your bestsellers such as the Pride of Palomar, Three Godfathers, the Valley of the Giants and Kindred of the Dust. Which do you like best?

[Peter B. Kyne (Author)]

Probably the Go getter, which is Mr. Willinger's new film for Warner Bros. Not long after I had submitted it to Cosmopolitan magazine I overheard a salesman taking an order for 100 copies of a new inspirational book by Peter B. Kyne. I wired my publisher that I had not written any inspirational story and to cease selling me under false pretenses. Two hours later, I received a reply. You poor simpian. For me, you don't know what you write. The Go Getter was one of the finest inspirational stories we've ever seen. As for royalties, you can thank heaven we'll pay you the same as heretofore. That was 15 years ago, Mr. DeMille, and copies of the book are still selling. But the publishers and I have never signed a contract.

[Cecil B. DeMille]

How much time, Mr. Kind, do you give yourself to turn out a story?

[Peter B. Kyne (Author)]

Well, the fastest work I ever did was on Three Godfathers and the Go Getter. Each was completed between 8 in the morning and midnight. I take things easier now and think 3,000 words a day just about justify my existence. And since I haven't written a line today, I'd better get back to my typewriter right now. But Before I do, I think you'd be interested to know, Mr. DeMille, that I used to wash Cappy Ricks in luxe flakes.

[Cecil B. DeMille]

Excuse me, Mr. Cack, excuse me, but the fiction on this program is confined to the play.

[Peter B. Kyne (Author)]

But this is true, Mr. DeMille. You see, Cappy Ricks was also the name of one of my dogs, an English setter. I thought a lot of Cappy. And knowing that anything safe in water alone is safe in Lux, I always washed him with it. It made his coat shine like a new penny. And I assure you, Cappy never shrunk once. Good night.

[Cecil B. DeMille]

Good evening, Mr. Kyle. We continue with Cappy Ricks, starring Charles Wininger with Sally Eilers and Richard Allen.

[Announcer]

Granger knows. When you're a procurement manager for an office park, you're not managing one building. You're managing all of them. And to stay ahead, you need to see through walls and around corners. Lights about to fail, filters ready to clog H Vac on its last leg. If you wait until something breaks, you're already behind. Count on Grainger for quality products, easy reordering and 24. 7 support. Call 1-800-GRAINGER click grainger.com or just stop by Grainger for the ones who get it done. Are you really buying a car online on Autotrader right now?

[Florrie Ricks]

Really? I can get super specific with dealer

[Announcer]

listings and see cars based on my budget. You can really have it deliver or pick it up.

[Child / Other Voices]

Mommy, walk.

[Florrie Ricks]

I think kid is walking up the slide.

[Matt Peasley]

Really?

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

Autotrader.

[Child / Other Voices]

Buy your car online? Really?

[Cecil B. DeMille]

It's early the next morning in the office of the Red Diamond Line. Matt Peasley stands by the window, staring moodily into the street. The door opens and Flurry enters. Quiet.

[Florrie Ricks]

Matt? Ellen Florie, now.

[Matt Peasley]

Yes, I know.

[Florrie Ricks]

Well, Matt, I had to come down. I couldn't stand it any longer.

[Matt Peasley]

I've started for your house at least 10 times.

[Florrie Ricks]

Why didn't you come?

[Matt Peasley]

Full pride, I guess. I'm sorry about yesterday. I. I just lost my head.

[Florrie Ricks]

Well, you had good reason to. Matt, what are we going to do?

[Matt Peasley]

Oh, I don't know. Your father was here yesterday. He threw the Baxter contract back in my face. Said he wasn't interested in charity. Said he'd rather get it by fighting or not at all.

[Florrie Ricks]

Matt, I. I've got to stick with dad. You understand that, don't you?

[Matt Peasley]

Of course.

[Florrie Ricks]

He's an old man. He needs me.

[Letter Writer / Woman's Voice]

Maybe.

[Florrie Ricks]

Maybe someday it'll all work out and we can go on like before.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Maybe.

[Florrie Ricks]

I'll always love you, Matt. No matter what happens, Floria, if your

[Matt Peasley]

father got his business back again, pulled out of the rut, Would it. Would it make any difference to you?

[Florrie Ricks]

I don't know what you mean.

[Matt Peasley]

Well, if you didn't have to worry about competition, losing business, would you be free then to do as you want?

[Florrie Ricks]

I. I think so. Oh, but you're not thinking of.

[Matt Peasley]

Oh, I don't know what I'm thinking of. All I know is that I've made a lot of money out of this business and had a lot of success. And it doesn't mean a thing without you, Flor.

[Florrie Ricks]

Oh, darling.

[Narrator]

Oh, the captain told the mate the mate told the crew the crew told me so I know it must be

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

true he hears some funny yarns While

[Narrator]

sailing o' er the sea that's the little yarn you heard aboard the ship. Oh, Good afternoon, Skinner.

[Skinner (Assistant)]

Mr. Rick, was that you singing?

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

No one else, Skinner.

[Narrator]

I'm a new man. Yes, sir, a new man.

[Skinner (Assistant)]

But, dear me, but what happened?

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

Push old Cappy Ricks into the scuppers, will they?

[Narrator]

Beat him at the game he's been playing for years. I'd like to see someone do it. Oh, the captain told the maid. The maid told the crew.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

You think you could use a hundred shares of Blue Star stock, Skinner? Why, Mr. Riggs, he's going up, Skinner. 100 shares of stock. 1600 a share.

[Skinner (Assistant)]

But, Mr. Ricks, I can't buy a

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

hundred shares of stock. Why, I'm giving it to you. A nest egg for your old age.

[Skinner (Assistant)]

Oh, I don't know how to thank you.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

I don't want any thanks. I'm celebrating. Matt.

[Narrator]

You know, Matt Peasley thought he had

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

me down and out, didn't he? Skinner, I won a great victory this afternoon.

[Cecil B. DeMille]

Victory?

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

Sure. I've got the Baxter contracts.

[Narrator]

What?

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

Sewed up tight as a cockship. He called me up at the house an hour ago and begged me to come down.

[Skinner (Assistant)]

Then. Then we won't have to close up.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

Look, we'll climb up to new heights.

[Narrator]

The Blue Star's under fresh steam. You can't wallop an old sea dog and make him stay. Wallop.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

Mr. Ricks, what is it? Oh, Lord, I'm out of wind.

[Skinner (Assistant)]

Oh, here, sit down. Sit down, Mr. Ricks.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

Stay put. I'm all right. I just misjudged the old boilers. There. Now I'm fit as a new craft. Well, what are you staring at?

[Skinner (Assistant)]

It all has the ring of a miracle, Mr. Rake.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

Miracle? It's experience, that's what it is. Smart businessman realizing that the tired horse is safer Than a colt that has nothing but fight. What does Matt Peaslee say? Him. Well, Skinner, that's the one sore spot. It'll hurt Peasley mortal. Put him right out of business. And it'll hurt Florrie, too.

[Skinner (Assistant)]

Yes, sir, I suppose it will.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

Yeah. Kind of takes all the fun out of the winning, Skinner. When you know it's hurting people. Skinner, why didn't you choke me before I fired Matt Peasley?

[Skinner (Assistant)]

But you fire so many people, sir, and then take them back again.

[Cecil B. DeMille]

Well, it's hard to know what to do.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

That's it. Yes, sir, that's it.

[Florrie Ricks]

What?

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

I got to get him back, Skinner. Go get him and bring him here.

[Narrator]

But, Mr. Bre.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

And don't come back and say you can't find him.

[Narrator]

Go on now.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

Hurry up.

[Narrator]

Hurry up. This is important.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

Well, well. Come right in, Matt. Come in, Florrie. It took a woman to bring in, eh, Peasley?

[Matt Peasley]

Yes, sir.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

Well, Skinner, stand there. Get a couple of chairs for our guest.

[Skinner (Assistant)]

Oh, yes, Mr. Riggs.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

Well, Peasley, finally moored in the home port, huh? Looks natural here, don't he, Florrie?

[Florrie Ricks]

He Certainly does, dad.

[Matt Peasley]

Mr. Ricks.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

Silence. Stand by. I'm in command of this ship. Well, what is it, Peasley?

[Matt Peasley]

I wanted to come over and congratulate you, Mr. Ricks.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

Now you're talking.

[Narrator]

What's that?

[Matt Peasley]

I'm beaten. You whipped me. Oh, Baxter contract set me up so no one could whip me. Now you have that contract and I guess you know the rest.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

Yes, I know you know more about

[Matt Peasley]

this game than I do, and I. I guess I'm nothing but a rank beginner. Well, congratulations.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

Do you mean what you're saying?

[Matt Peasley]

I do, sir.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

Well, scuttle my timbers.

[Matt Peasley]

I want to apologize for the things I said when I first reported in this office. I'm also sorry about the way I acted in your home yesterday.

[Narrator]

Have you lost your mind, Peasley?

[Matt Peasley]

Well, no. I hope I found it.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

Why, you lopsided landlubber. You've laid down and quit. You've lost your nerves, struck your colors.

[Narrator]

You despicable swan. Keep out of this, Florrie. You weak kneed cockalorum. You big overgrown dub. I could take you in my hands. I guess.

[Matt Peasley]

That's enough, Matt. There's a limit to what a man can take or be expected to take. You're going past that limit, Ricks.

[Narrator]

Oh, so you make your own limit?

[Matt Peasley]

Yeah, I made them in this case.

[Narrator]

Old son of a sea cook. You still know how to fight.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

What's that I got under your skin?

[Matt Peasley]

What do you mean.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

Mean?

[Narrator]

You don't think I wanted a man

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

with milk in his veins for a partner, do you?

[Florrie Ricks]

Oh, Dad.

[Matt Peasley]

A partner? But I don't.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

Ah, keep your mouth shut. If I want to combine the Blue Star and the Red Diamond, I have a right to combine them, haven't I?

[Narrator]

A man can do as he wants

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

with the fruits of victory when he's outsmarted a clever enemy, can't he, Skitter?

[Matt Peasley]

But I.

[Narrator]

What's the matter with Skitter? You don't suppose he collapsed trying to

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

carry a couple of chairs around here?

[Narrator]

Skitter?

[Matt Peasley]

You heard what he said, Florrie.

[Florrie Ricks]

Oh, Matt, I knew dad wouldn't let you. A contract with Baxter. Did you arrange that?

[Matt Peasley]

Yeah. You see, I. I called Baxter and told him I couldn't possibly live up to the terms.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

I.

[Matt Peasley]

Well, I advised him to give it back to the Blue Star and.

[Florrie Ricks]

Oh, darling.

[Matt Peasley]

Well, I wouldn't tell your father if I were you.

[Florrie Ricks]

Oh, of course not. He loves to win. Matt would break his heart to accept the favor.

[Matt Peasley]

Well, he. He'll never find out from me.

[Florrie Ricks]

Oh, Matt. I love you so.

[Skinner (Assistant)]

Florida.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

Come in.

[Narrator]

Skinner.

[Skinner (Assistant)]

Oh, yes, yes.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

Come here, Skinner. I want you to meet your new boss.

[Letter Writer / Woman's Voice]

What?

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

As a stockholder of the Blue Star, you have the right to know what's going on here. Skinner, this is the proudest moment of my life. I licked the cuss two ways, and now.

[Matt Peasley]

Mr. Peasley, I. I don't know what to say.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

Well, I'll do the talking for both. You told Flori Ricks you cheated you, didn't you? Yes, but you got pretty high and mighty with her. Telling her she couldn't run up and down stairs in her own house, didn't you?

[Matt Peasley]

Well, I've told Flori.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

And that's what you were. You took the tiller, canvas, pilothouse and your teeth. Well, that's all right for a partner, but it's bad for a fiance.

[Florrie Ricks]

Mm. Very bad, Matt.

[Matt Peasley]

But wait a minute.

[Narrator]

Silence.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

I'm master of this craft. And now, my fine saltwater Lotharia, I'll give you one minute to propose to florrie ricks, and 30 seconds after you finish, to kiss her.

[Florrie Ricks]

He's done that already.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

Oh, he has, has he? Then clear out of this office.

[Announcer]

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[Child / Other Voices]

From Geico Subconscious News, I'm Tammy. Racing thoughts broadcasting from your brain. Tonight's top worry. If something happens to your apartment and you need to like stay in a hotel and pay for it. That would be crazy, right? Art Palpitations has more.

[Tammy (Geico Subconscious News)]

That would be crazy, Tammy. But you got surprisingly affordable renters insurance through Geico, so it could be covered, giving you peace of mind.

[Child / Other Voices]

Aw, I love a story that ends well.

[Tammy (Geico Subconscious News)]

Next up, love stories.

[Narrator]

Are they all they're cracked up to be?

[Child / Other Voices]

It feels good to worry less. It feels good to Geico.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

How can we handle business with two love sick calves mooning all over the place?

[Matt Peasley]

Mr. Rick.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

Get out of here, Skinner.

[Narrator]

Open the door, sir. Vamoose and stay.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

Vamoose. I don't want to see either of you until after the honeymoon.

[Florrie Ricks]

Goodbye, darling.

[Matt Peasley]

So long, cappy.

[Narrator]

So long,

[Florrie Ricks]

Mr. Ricks.

[Skinner (Assistant)]

What's the matter?

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

Skinner?

[Narrator]

Come here. Skinner.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

He thinks he fooled me.

[Narrator]

What's that, Matt?

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

He thinks he handed me Baxter's contract on a silver platter.

[Skinner (Assistant)]

You mean he didn't?

[Narrator]

No. You blame fool.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

I was in Baxter's office when he called. I had the whole thing sewed up then.

[Narrator]

But.

[Florrie Ricks]

But how?

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

I found out that the charter of the Red diamond line was taken out in the name of Matt Peaslee and Ellen Brown. Well, there wasn't any Ellen Brown and every one of their contracts was illegal.

[Skinner (Assistant)]

And he thinks he did you a favor.

[Narrator]

Yes, Skinner, I always told you that no man ever made a monkey out of Cabbie Rick. No sir. No sir, no.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

But that young whip came awfully close to it.

[Narrator]

Yeah.

[Cecil B. DeMille]

And so we take our leave of Cappy Ricks, Charles Winninger, Sally Eilers and Richard Arlen. Return to the microphone a little later. With more than 200 pictures to his credit, Roya ranks among the best known costume designers in America. Former designer for leading fifth Avenue salons. Lecturer at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and at New York and Columbia Universities. He's now a 20th Century Fox Studios creating the costumes for such well dressed young ladies as Loretta Young, Alice Fay, Ann Southern, Barbara Stanwyck, Sonia Henney, Madeleine Carroll and Shirley Temple. Ladies and gentlemen, Royal.

[Skinner (Assistant)]

Thank you.

[Royer (Wardrobe Designer)]

With spring just three weeks off, let us take a quick look at what fashions are going to appear in the Easter Parade. Skirts will be shorter, shoes will be higher, hats will be lower. Skirts worn for street wear will have a definite swing effect and you'll see considerable leather and suede taking the place of and being combined with fabrics. Styles follow definite cycles and we are due for the return of many trends that originated between the gay 90s and 1914. Don't laugh at your wife if she comes home wearing ankle length shoes. They're really most attractive, particularly if they have those old fashioned buttons and elastic guards such as worn by Loretha Young in Darrell Xanax Production Love is news. Longer, fuller veils are with us and embroidery brilliance and beading are back again on formal daytime and evening gowns.

[Cecil B. DeMille]

The contents of the daily newspapers have a marked influence on style. What events this year will be interpreted into fashions?

[Royer (Wardrobe Designer)]

The Spanish war will popularize the bolero jacket and the toreador hat. Egypt, India and Persia are giving us a decided taste for stripes and banding. The Greeks contributed classic drapes and sculptured folds for evening gowns, while Great Britain, in crowning a king, will popularize the striking coronation colors and the wearing of feathers.

[Cecil B. DeMille]

It won't be the first time England has officially entered fashion. Back in the 16th century, ruffles became so prodigious that their dimensions were limited by act of Parliament.

[Royer (Wardrobe Designer)]

And we've just decided to curb the height of my lady's bonnet, but without calling on the Marines. The full crowned steepled effects are being reduced to low turbines and sailors.

[Cecil B. DeMille]

And once again we'll be able to see the screen when we go to the movies. Tell me, why has Hollywood been able to compete so successfully with Paris as America's fashion factory?

[Royer (Wardrobe Designer)]

Simply because Hollywood directs its styles for American tastes, characterizing them with simplicity in sympathy with everybody's pocketbook. But whatever the styles may be, clothes will last longer, look nicer when cared for in lux flakes. When we finish a day's shooting at 20th Century Fox, all washable costumes are made ready for the following day by getting them together with luxe flakes in the laundry. A good example is found in Ann Southern's next picture, 50 Roads to Town. Anne does most of her acting in a nightgown, and although we've been on this picture for over six weeks, she's still using the same one she started with. It's not because we're trying to save money by limiting Anne to one nightgown. It's simply a fact that things seem to last twice as long when cared for in looks. Thank you and I'll see you in

[Matt Peasley]

the movies after a fashion.

[Cecil B. DeMille]

During the war. Hollywood, like every community, had its companies of home guards. I found myself captain of one outfit whose ranks included Jack Holt and Wallace Reed, but whose particular boast was a brass band with Jesse Lasky playing the cornet. It was an almost perfect band, but for the persistence of the trombone player who was in such a hurry to win the war that he was always three bars ahead of everyone else. For 20 years, I wanted to tell that musician what I thought of his playing. And if Sally Eilers and Richard Arlen will escort him to the microphone, I'll tell him. Now, Corporal Weninger, front and center.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

Now, just a minute. Just a minute. I joined the army to serve my country. But instead of giving me a rifle, you hand me a trombone.

[Matt Peasley]

Well, they probably figured you could do more damage with a trombone, Charlie.

[Florrie Ricks]

I really think you should be forgiven, Mr. Wininger. After all, a man who's been captained as consistently as you should have been put in the Navy.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

Thanks, Allie, but since coming to Hollywood this time all I play is Father's. I've just made four pictures, and every one of them I'm Papa. But what have you been playing, Dick?

[Florrie Ricks]

Dick's been playing golf.

[Matt Peasley]

Oh, I think we better skip that. Bye, Sally. I don't know.

[Cecil B. DeMille]

You were in nearly every big tournament in the country.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

We're all proud of you, Dick.

[Cecil B. DeMille]

You're the most consistent player in Hollywood.

[Matt Peasley]

Oh, I'm consistent, all right. I lost every match I entered, but I haven't given up hope yet. And I hope I'm going to Georgia next month to see if they'll let me play in the Bobby Jones Tournament in Augusta.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

Well, now, Dick, just perform as splendidly as you do in your new picture, the Great Barrier, and the cups as good as yours right now.

[Matt Peasley]

Thanks a lot. Hey, Mr. DeMille, I understand you're interested in boats, and so I'm going to challenge you to a race. I'm having a schooner built over in Finland. As soon as she's ready, let's see if I'm a better sailor than a golfer.

[Cecil B. DeMille]

I'm at your service, Dick.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

And you and I, Sally, we'll take a rowboat and show them both a thing about navigation.

[Florrie Ricks]

You bet we will, Kathy. But in the meantime, Mr. DeMille, I'll be listening for you every Monday night. And all my thanks for a very nice time.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

And I guess that goes for us, too, eh, Dick?

[Matt Peasley]

Right. Good night all along, mates.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Thank you, Mr. Wininger, Ms. Eylers and Mr. Allen. Ladies and gentlemen, this is your announcer, Melville Ruick, in just a minute. Mr. DeMille brings word of next week's gala attraction. Our stars tonight were assisted by Byron K. Folger as Skinner, Janet Scott as Lucy Ricks, Kenneth Hansen as Gordon, Frank Cogden Jr. As Jimmy and Maureen Roden Ryan as Bridget. Mr. Winninger and Ms. Eilers appeared through. Courtesy of Universal Studios, Mr. DeMille, Paramount and Royer. And Mr. Silver's 20th Century Fox, where the latter was in charge of music for the new film. Nancy Steele is missing once again. Mr. DeMille.

[Cecil B. DeMille]

There's a sensational new team in motion pictures, ladies and gentlemen, which we bring to the Lux Radio Theater next Monday night. Grace Moore and Cary Grant. Our presentation, a play based on Velasco's immortal production, Madame Butterfly. With some of the music from Puccini's opera of the same name. For Ms. Moore and Mr. Grant, this will be a return engagement. And coming to us this time in Madame Butterfly assures us all a brilliant evening. Our sponsors, the makers of Luxe Flakes, join me in inviting you to be with us again next Monday night when the Lux Radio Theatre presents Grace Moore and Cary Grant in Madame Butterfly. This is Cecil B. DeMille saying good night to you from Hollywood.

[Narrator/Announcer]

This is the Columbia Broadcasting System.

[Tammy (Geico Subconscious News)]

I sold my car in Carvana last night.

[Florrie Ricks]

Well, that's cool.

[Tammy (Geico Subconscious News)]

No, you don't understand. It went perfectly. Real offer down to the penny. They're picking it up tomorrow. Nothing went wrong.

[Child / Other Voices]

So what's the. The problem?

[Tammy (Geico Subconscious News)]

That is the problem. Nothing in my life goes as smoothly. I'm waiting for the catch.

[Florrie Ricks]

Maybe there's no catch.

[Tammy (Geico Subconscious News)]

That's exactly what a catch would want me to think.

[Alden P. Ricks (Cappy Ricks)]

Wow.

[Florrie Ricks]

You need to relax.

[Tammy (Geico Subconscious News)]

I need to knock on wood. Do we have. What is this? Table wood?

[Florrie Ricks]

I think it's laminate.

[Tammy (Geico Subconscious News)]

Okay. Yeah, that's good. That's close enough.

[Florrie Ricks]

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