Lux Radio Theatre - Cheating Cheaters

Summary

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Podcast Summary: Lux Radio Theatre - Cheating Cheaters

Podcast: Harold's Old Time Radio
Host: Harold’s Old Time Radio
Episode: Lux Radio Theatre - Cheating Cheaters
Date: June 19, 2026

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Episode Overview

This episode features a classic radio adaptation of "Cheating Cheaters" as performed on Lux Radio Theatre. Hosted by Cecil B. DeMille, the broadcast stars George Raft and June Lang in a tale of two rival gangs of jewel thieves, each unknowingly setting out to rob the other. The drama weaves romance, double-crosses, and clever cons before a surprising, redemptive conclusion. The episode is peppered with the golden age radio charm, witty banter, and the vintage orchestration typical of Lux Radio Theatre.

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Key Discussion Points & Story Progression

1. Introduction & Cast Presentation

• Cecil B. DeMille introduces the episode, highlighting star performers George Raft and June Lang. He provides background on their careers and the play’s Broadway origins.
  [02:31] DeMille: "George Raft stars in Cheating Cheaters in the Lux Radio Theater..."
• The episode sets the scene on a transatlantic liner, establishing a flirtation between Tom Palmer (Raft) and Ruth Brockton (Lang).

2. Establishing the Double-Cross (5:42–20:23)

• On deck, Tom and Ruth banter about romance and fate, both families expressing delight at a coincidental future as neighbors in Westchester, New York.
• Private dialogue reveals both "families" are actually rival gangs plotting to steal the other's jewels.
  • Tom confesses guilt for setting up Ruth:
    [08:54] Tom Palmer: "I feel like a heel, that's all. Telling her I'm nuts about her. Than turning around and copping her old man's jewels."
• Mutual suspicion arises as each group plans their heist, still unaware of the other’s true identity and intent.

3. The Big Con & Building Suspense (23:32–37:17)

• The Palmer "family" is invited to tea at the Brockton home, both parties angling to get close to the other's jewels.
• Classic con-artist banter and a comically elaborate safe are involved:
  [24:22] Tom Palmer: “The combination dial is charged with electricity. High voltage.”
• A fake emergency sends Ruth to stay with the Palmers—ostensibly for hospitality, actually to execute the theft.
• As the night unfolds, both gangs attempt to steal the jewels, only to stumble into each other’s plans.
  [36:19] Tom Palmer: “You are a crook, then."
  [36:20] Ruth Brockton: "Looks like all of us are, Tom."
• Eventually, they are all caught red-handed by Detective Ferris and the authorities.

4. Denouement & Plot Twist (43:55–52:37)

• The gangs, now sitting in a detective agency, face exposure and jail. Tension rises when it appears Ruth is confessing against the others.
• In a dramatic twist, Ruth reveals she is actually detective "Ferris" herself, having infiltrated the gang as an investigator.
  [48:39] Ruth Brockton: "You see, I used to be a newspaper reporter... they liked the way I handled the case and offered to set me up in business as a private detective to investigate their thefts. I used the name of Ferris."
• Ruth offers the crooks a deal: become detectives themselves in exchange for leniency, repurposing their criminal skills for good.
  [51:07] Ruth Brockton: "Now I'm going to give you a chance to come in here and help protect society ..."
• Tom's final confession turns romantic, closing with a proposal and declaration of love:
  [51:57] Tom Palmer: "Guilty. You want a couple of witnesses to that?"

5. Epilogue: Cast Reflections & Vintage Hollywood Banter (59:37–62:11)

• DeMille interviews George Raft and June Lang as themselves, reflecting on their real-life experiences and screen personas.
• Warm, nostalgic chat about Hollywood’s golden era and gentle ribbing about character types. [61:02] Tom Palmer: "I like being a villain. I think it's more interesting… down deep, I believe there's a bit of villainy in every man."
• The episode closes with thanks to the cast and announcement of the next week’s show.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• The Confrontation:
  • "You are a crook, then." — Tom Palmer ([36:19])
  • "Looks like all of us are, Tom." — Ruth Brockton ([36:20])
• The Big Reveal:
  • "You see, I used to be a newspaper reporter...I used the name of Ferris." — Ruth Brockton ([48:39])
• Rehabilitation Offer:
  • "Now I'm going To give you a chance to come in here and help protect society." — Ruth Brockton ([51:07])
• Romantic Confession:
  • "I want you to confess that when you told me you loved me, that you meant it. Every single word." — Ruth Brockton ([51:50])
  • "Guilty. You want a couple of witnesses to that?" — Tom Palmer ([51:57])
• Classic Hollywood Reflection:
  • “I like being a villain. I think it's more interesting. I also think it's more true to life.” — George Raft ([61:02])

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• [02:31] — DeMille’s introduction and cast background
• [05:42–08:50] — Romantic and criminal intentions revealed
• [11:14] — The Palmer gang plots the heist
• [24:10] — Demonstrating the electrified safe
• [36:17–36:29] — Both gangs discover each other during the robbery
• [48:39–49:15] — Ruth’s revelation as Ferris the detective
• [51:07] — The offer to make the crooks into detectives
• [59:37–62:11] — George Raft and June Lang reflect on the episode and their experiences

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Tone & Performance

The episode strikes a charming balance of suspense, screwball comedy, and classic crime caper, embodied by the rapid-fire dialogue and sharp character work. George Raft delivers his usual tough-guy bravado, while June Lang offers both romantic interest and a surprise twist. The ensemble cast’s banter, period advertisements, and DeMille’s avuncular hosting round out a quintessential Golden Age radio experience.

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Summary Conclusion

"Cheating Cheaters" is a jewel-heist farce where no one is quite who they seem. Both gangs attempt the perfect con, only to find themselves outsmarted by an undercover detective in their midst. The criminal cast is ultimately given redemption, invited to use their skills for society instead of against it, all sealed with a comic and romantic Hollywood ending. The episode also provides delightful behind-the-scenes reflections that put listeners at the heart of 1930s show business.

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Transcript

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[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

Hollywood, California. Monday, August 31st.

[Narrator / Cecil B. DeMille]

The lux radio theater presents george raft in cheating cheaters with june lang. Lux Presents Hollywood. The makers of Luxe Toilet soap, official soap in all the leading motion picture studios, again brings you an hour with Hollywood's outstanding celebrities. Tonight you will meet George Raft, June lang, Cecil B. DeMille, Gloria Swanson, Donald A. Loomis, Lewis Silvers and many others. It is also our privilege to have in our visible audience such guests as Henry Wadsworth Dean, Janice Lois, January, Maxine Jennings, Sari Maritza and Virginia Pine. And to all our listeners, greetings from Lux. There's an excellent reason why Lux toilet soap is used by nine out of 10 screen stars and by lovely women everywhere. This pure white soap, with its delicate fragrance and active lather, removes cosmetics thoroughly protects daintiness and brings you the charm of a clear, smooth skin. It's Hollywood's beauty care. Yet it's so inexpensive that everyone can enjoy luxe toilet soap every day. And now our producer at present engaged in making his 63rd picture. He has started more actors and discovered more stars than any man in motion pictures. Ladies and gentlemen, Mr. Cecil B. DeMille.

[Narrator / Storyteller]

Greetings from Hollywood, ladies and gentlemen. In 1916, the famous Al woods was a hit and run manager with a hit on Broadway that ran for many months. Also enjoying his run in those days was a delivery boy by the name of George Raft. Many times young Raft passed the theater where Mr. Wood's company was performing. But the play Cheating Cheaters meant no more to him than he did to the swirling crowds on the busy streets about him. But tonight, 20 years later, George Raft stars in Cheating Cheaters in the Lux Radio Theater. Born and raised in Hell's Kitchen, the handsome young delivery boy enjoyed his rounds until he entered the ring. Then they brought him nothing but punishment. After his 25th professional bout, he woke up in Bellevue Hospital. George was a leading man even then. But he'd been caught leading with his chin. And his dream of becoming lightweight champion was over. He next tried Baseball as a minor league player. But his hits were all ahead of him. Because of the batter, he couldn't get to first base. But after being fired, he struck out once again, this time for a new profession. Dancing. And the feet that couldn't cover the bases or hold him upright in the ring brought him immediate fame on the stage. He starred in musical comedies, introduced a dance called the Charleston, taught King Edward viii, then Prince of Wales, how to do it, and was the highest paid American dancer to tour the continent. Coming to Hollywood for a vacation, George was seen in the Brown Derby restaurant by a director who thought he'd make an ideal screen gangster. A few weeks later, the delivery boy from Hell's Kitchen was delivering lines in a studio. June Lang, our leading lady, has the distinction of being twice discovered by the movies. A dancer since the age of five, June was given her first part when only 14. Last year her contract expired and she was dropped. But Daryl Zanuck rediscovered her in an old test, called her back and gave her leading parts in four recent films. Captain January, the Country Doctor, Every Saturday Night and the Road to Glory, in which she plays the only feminine role and is starred with Warner Baxter, Frederick March and Lionel Barrymore. Tonight we hear her on the part of Ruth Brockton. And now the curtain rises on the Lux Radio Theatre presenting Cheating Cheaters, starring George Rath with June Lang. We're on the boat deck of the liner Argyll, four days out of Liverpool. It's late evening and in the shadow of a lifeboat, Tom Palmer, played by George Raft and Ruth Brockton, are sitting close to each other in deck chairs as they gaze out over the moonlit waters. Ruth breaks the long silence.

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

Moonlight on the crest of a wave. It's beautiful, isn't it?

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

Getting poetical?

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

A little.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

That's a good sign.

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

How do you mean?

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

Well, now, maybe you'll pay a little attention when I tell you how I feel about you.

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

I've been paying attention.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

You haven't done very much about it. I meant every word I said.

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

Perhaps you did, with the ocean and the moonlight. But wait till we dock in New York. You'll forget me soon enough.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

Just like that, eh?

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

Uh huh.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

Well, you're wrong. You can't get rid of me as easily as that. I'll make you listen to me if I have to follow you clear across the country.

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

And the villain still pursued her, right? Oh, Tom, you're mad. Do you realize we've only known each other four days?

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

That's long enough for me. I make up my mind pretty fast.

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

If the Steward hadn't accidentally put us at the same table, you wouldn't have had a chance to make up your mind at all.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

That's right. Remind me to leave an extra large tip for the steward. He's a great guy.

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

Oh, I wouldn't give him all the credit.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

Who else is there to thank?

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

Well, if my father hadn't gone to Antwerp to add a few jewels to his collection, I wouldn't be on this.

[Supporting Male Character / Possibly Mike or another gang member]

Bo.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

Three cheers for your father. And if my mother hadn't decided she needed a sea voyage, I wouldn't be here either.

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

Yes, that's so.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

Well.

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

Well, what?

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

Go on, say it.

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

Oh, all right. I'm glad your mother decided she needed a sea voyage.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

Swell. Now we're getting someplace.

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

Yes, that's what I'm afraid of.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

Well, There they are, Mrs. Palmer. I told you we'd find them spooning on the boat deck.

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

Hello, dad. Hello, Mrs. Palmer.

[Rosie Palmer / Mrs. Palmer]

My dear, we've been looking all over the boat for you.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

What's the matter, Mother?

[Rosie Palmer / Mrs. Palmer]

Mr. Brockton was afraid Ruth would catch cold up here. Tom, it's getting terribly chilly.

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

Oh, I'm all right, Mrs. Palmer.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

Better get a steamer blanket if you're going to stay. There's a fog coming up. Say, looks like you're right. There goes your moon, Ruth. Oh, by the way, Ruth, I've quite a surprise for you.

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

Yes?

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

Mrs. Palmer just told me that she and Tom are taking a house in the country. And where do you suppose it is?

[Supporting Male Character / Possibly Mike or another gang member]

Where?

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

In Westchester, if I'm not mistaken. From Mrs. Palmer's description, I believe they're going to take the old Barstow mansion.

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

Why, that's only about five miles from our place.

[Rosie Palmer / Mrs. Palmer]

Isn't it a coincidence?

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

Well, there you are. Guess I won't have to make that cross country trip after all.

[Narrator / Cecil B. DeMille]

What's that?

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

Nothing much, Mr. Brockton.

[Rosie Palmer / Mrs. Palmer]

Tom, this fog is getting thicker every minute. I think I better go down.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

All right, Mother, I'll take you to your cabin. Good night, Ruth.

[Supporting Male Character / Possibly Mike or another gang member]

Night.

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

See you at breakfast.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

Good night, Mrs. Palmer.

[Rosie Palmer / Mrs. Palmer]

Good night.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

This way, Mother.

[Rosie Palmer / Mrs. Palmer]

Well, Tom, where did we get away from here to get the dope?

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

Shut up, I tell you. You want to crab everything.

[Rosie Palmer / Mrs. Palmer]

Say, don't talk that way to me. I'm getting sick and tired of acting the part of your old lady without taking any guff.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

Listen, Rosie, you're supposed to be my mother and you'll go on being my mother until I say so. I'll take it or leave it.

[Rosie Palmer / Mrs. Palmer]

All right, all right. All I want to know is, did you find anything about the Brockton jewels?

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

Yes. Brockton keeps them in a safe at his place in Westchester.

[Rosie Palmer / Mrs. Palmer]

Oh, yeah? Well, they've fallen swell for the mother and son stuff. We can move right up there next to them and they'll never be the wiser. Pretty slick work, Tom.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

Yeah, Maybe it's too slick.

[Rosie Palmer / Mrs. Palmer]

What are you talking about? Say, you ain't falling for the dame, are you?

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

I don't know. I feel like a heel, that's all. Telling her I'm nuts about her. Than turning around and copping her old man's jewels.

[Rosie Palmer / Mrs. Palmer]

Oh, so I was right, huh? You have fallen for her.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

They get it, will you?

[Rosie Palmer / Mrs. Palmer]

Sure. Maybe you better forget it, too. I'm going to my cabin. This fog is as thick as pea soup.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

See you in the morning. What the devil?

[Rosie Palmer / Mrs. Palmer]

Tom, what's wrong?

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

I don't know. Sounds like they reversed the engine. Ruth. I've got to find Ruth. Come on, hurry up.

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

Don't leave me here alone.

[Ferris / Private Detective]

Ruth.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

Ruth, where are you? We've hit an iceberg for the boat. Get to the boat, my boy.

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

Somebody help me sign my iceberg.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

You need to list.

[Rosie Palmer / Mrs. Palmer]

We're sinking.

[Mr. Hanley / Dexter Hero Foundation Representative]

Ruth.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

Ruth, where are you? Oh, Tom, are you all right?

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

Yes.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

Where's your mother? Tom, we're sinking fast.

[Rosie Palmer / Mrs. Palmer]

Look.

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

Those sailors are launching the boat. They're going down by the shell.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

Stand back there, you men.

[Wilson / Butler]

Stand back.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

Find the boat for yourself, will you? Listen, you men. I've got a gun here, and I'm not afraid to use it. Now stand back or I'll blow you to bits. Now free that boat. Go on. If any man gets in there before a woman or child, I'll shoot to kill. Ruth, get in that boat. Let me in, too. We'll let me in, all right, Mother. Go on. Hurry, Ruth.

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

But, Tom, what about you?

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

Never mind me. Get in there. All right, men, work fast. Clear that boat and lower away. Stand by those navits. Watch that line. Come on. Come on, you men. Hurry up.

[Rosie Palmer / Mrs. Palmer]

Hmm. Did you read this, Tom?

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

What?

[Rosie Palmer / Mrs. Palmer]

The fact that no lives were lost in the Argyle disaster was due chiefly to the heroic work of an unidentified man who induced order at the point of a pistol. That's you.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

Unidentified? Yeah. All I need is to have my picture spread all over the newspapers.

[Rosie Palmer / Mrs. Palmer]

Might start a little excitement. Anyway, I'm getting sick of hanging around up here in the wilds of Westchester with nothing to do.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

It was your idea to take this house, wasn't it?

[Rosie Palmer / Mrs. Palmer]

Sure, but I expected a little action before this. We've been living up here two whole weeks, and what's Happened? Not a thing. We ain't even seen the Brocktons.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

Take it easy, Rosie. I know what I'm doing.

[Rosie Palmer / Mrs. Palmer]

Yeah, well, you're the only one who does.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

What would you like me to do? Walk over and ask for their jewels?

[Rosie Palmer / Mrs. Palmer]

You could at least go and see the Brocktons, pay him a little social call. You know, like you dropped in by accident.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

In society. Rosie, you don't make social calls unless you're invited.

[Rosie Palmer / Mrs. Palmer]

Oh, yeah? Since when are you an expert on etiquette?

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

I know enough for that.

[Rosie Palmer / Mrs. Palmer]

You must have been reading again. Listen, Tom, my idea is this. Go on over, make yourself sociable. The dame likes you. You know that. You can get a line on the joint and spot the safe. Then Mike goes over at night, of course, and cracked it open.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

That's your idea?

[Rosie Palmer / Mrs. Palmer]

Well, why not? Better than sitting around twiddling our thumbs. We laid out plenty of shekels for this setup. And so far all I've done is act polite to delivery boys. I'm getting fed up.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

Take it easy, Rosie. Rome wasn't built in a day.

[Rosie Palmer / Mrs. Palmer]

There you go, putting on the dog again.

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[Donald A. Loomis / Fitness Expert]

Hello, boss.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

Hey, can I come in? Sure, come on in, Mike. Hey, look, boss, I got a beep. Yeah, bill it. Well, it's these here chauffeur clothes you got me wearing. The color's choking the daylights out of me.

[Rosie Palmer / Mrs. Palmer]

Oh, shut up.

[Narrator / Cecil B. DeMille]

Who's talking to you?

[Rosie Palmer / Mrs. Palmer]

Shut up.

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[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

Dad.

[Wilson / Butler]

Keep quiet.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

Up, both of you. Keep quiet. We didn't come up here to fight.

[Rosie Palmer / Mrs. Palmer]

No, we came up here to lay our hands on a Quarter of a million bucks worth of sparklers. But I don't see us doing it.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

We got the Stuyvesant collection in France. Didn't we say that job ought to net us a half a million easy?

[Rosie Palmer / Mrs. Palmer]

Sure, but I ain't no piker. Besides, those Stuyvesant rocks are as hot as a live coal.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

Hey, that's right, boss. We can't get a fence to touch him. What's going on?

[Rosie Palmer / Mrs. Palmer]

Come on and join the party, Phil.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

You're looking mad, Rosie.

[Rosie Palmer / Mrs. Palmer]

I am mad.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

Hey, Phil.

[Ferris / Private Detective]

Huh?

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

Where's your tie? What do you mean? I said, where's your tie? You're supposed to be the butler around here, aren't you? Ah, now, listen, I don't mind being a butler, but I gotta have something

[Rosie Palmer / Mrs. Palmer]

to buttle, don't I? Yeah.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

Me walking around this.

[Wilson / Butler]

Shut up.

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

Shut up.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

I'm running this deal, not you. Well, let's get started then. We'll get started when the right time comes. As it stands now, we ought to be glad of a chance to lay low. You mugs don't seem to remember there's a dick on our trail. You mean Ferris? I mean Ferris, the best fuel detective in this business. If he ever gets wind that we're after the Brockton jewels, it's curtain for us, and quick. Say, who is this guy Ferris? Has anybody ever seen him? No. That's just why we gotta be careful. We've gotta watch our step every inch of the way.

[Donald A. Loomis / Fitness Expert]

Well, it's okay with me.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

Answer that, Rosie.

[Rosie Palmer / Mrs. Palmer]

Sure. Hello? Yes, this is Mrs. Palmer. Oh, hello, Ruth, dear, is the Brockton dame. What do you say, dear? Of course. Just a moment. She wants to speak to you.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

Give me the phone. Hello, Ruth. Pretty well, how are you? What? Well, yes, I think so. Wait a minute, Mother. Ruth would like us to come over for tea. Do you think we could make it?

[Rosie Palmer / Mrs. Palmer]

You bet your sweet life we can.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

Hello, Ruth. She said she'd be delighted. All right, thanks. Goodbye. Hot stuff, boys.

[Rosie Palmer / Mrs. Palmer]

Tea at the Brocktons. Stepping in high society, hey?

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

Yeah. Put on your best rags, Rosie, and do your best to act like a lady. Don't worry about me, Mike, you'll drive us over. Wait there for us. Oh, sure, sure. And remember, no gassing with their servants. Not even a word. Boy, this is a break. Right in the same house with the Brockton jewels. This may be the big chance you've been waiting for, Tom. Yeah.

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

Maybe Another cup of tea, Tom? Tom?

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

Oh, no, thanks.

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

What's the matter with you?

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

Nothing. Why?

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

You've been sitting here all Afternoon looking like Blue Monday. All I can get out of you is yes and no.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

Well, I'm not always as talkative as I was on the boat.

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

Yes, I've noticed that. How does it feel to be an unidentified hero?

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

All right, as long as I'm unidentified.

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

Would it be such a tragedy if they found you out?

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

Well, you never can tell about those things.

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

Modest man. I wonder where our respective parents are all this time.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

I think your father said he'd show Mother the garden.

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

More than likely, he's showing her his jewel collection. She seemed quite interested when he mentioned it.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

Oh, yes, she's. She's a jewel fancier herself.

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

She seems to be. Dad says she talked nothing but jewels all the way over on the boat.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

Is that so?

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

She has quite a collection, too, hasn't she?

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

Did she say that?

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

Why, yes, of course, she does have a collection, doesn't she?

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

Oh, yes, the Palmer jewels. Very famous.

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

I thought so.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

Well, I. I think it's time we were going.

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

Tom, what's the matter with you? Why do you act so distant?

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

Am I distant?

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

You were different on the boat.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

Yes. Talkative, too.

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

Talkative?

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

I'm afraid so.

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

Oh, then you don't feel the same. About me, I mean.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

Sure I do, only.

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

Only what?

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

Look, let's not talk about it now. Someday I'll tell you the whole story. That yellow diamond is the pride of my collection, Mrs. Thomas.

[Rosie Palmer / Mrs. Palmer]

Oh, it's beautiful. Tom, you must get Mr. Brockton to show you his diamonds. They're just lovely.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

Yes, they must be.

[Wilson / Butler]

I beg your pardon, Mr. Brockton.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

Yes, Wilson, what is it?

[Wilson / Butler]

A telegram just came for you, sir.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

Oh, excuse me, please. This may be important.

[Rosie Palmer / Mrs. Palmer]

Of course.

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

I hope it isn't bad news, dad.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

I'm afraid it is. I've got to leave for Chicago immediately.

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

Oh, dear.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

I'm sorry, Ruth, but you'll have to

[Narrator / Storyteller]

come along with me.

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

Must I?

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

Well, you can't very well stay here all alone.

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

No, I suppose not.

[Rosie Palmer / Mrs. Palmer]

Mr. Brockton, if Ruth doesn't want to go, why can't she come over and stay with us? We'd love to have her, wouldn't we, Tom?

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

Why, yes, of course.

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

Well, I. It's awfully nice of you. If it's not too much of an imposition.

[Rosie Palmer / Mrs. Palmer]

Nonsense, my dear. We'd be offended if you didn't come. Really?

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

Well, all right. Thank you.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

Oh, I just thought of something. I can't walk off and leave my jewels here, and the bank vault is closed. That's a little difficult. Unless, of course, you'd like to Leave

[Rosie Palmer / Mrs. Palmer]

them in my safe, of course. Why didn't I think of that?

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

That's an idea, Dad. I could bring them over to Mrs. Palmer's. I'm sure they'd be all right in Tom's state.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

Well, I hate to burden you, Tom, with a responsibility like that. Those jewels are worth a fortune.

[Rosie Palmer / Mrs. Palmer]

Certainly. That's why we want them. I mean, to keep them safe for you.

[Wilson / Butler]

Very well.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

It's really awfully nice of you. Oh, not at all, Mr. Brockton.

[Rosie Palmer / Mrs. Palmer]

No, not at all.

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

I'll come over as soon as dad is packed, Tom, and I'll bring the jewels with me.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

Fine. Well, we'll run along. See you soon, then.

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

About an hour.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

Come on, Mother. Goodbye and thanks again. Oh, don't mention it. So long, Ruth.

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

So long. Don't forget, dear.

[Rosie Palmer / Mrs. Palmer]

Hurry over.

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

I will.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

Well, it worked.

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

Where's Wilson?

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

It was perfect.

[Ferris / Private Detective]

Perfect.

[Wilson / Butler]

They've gone.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

Ruth.

[Wilson / Butler]

Come here. Wilson.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

You certainly made a great butler, didn't they, Ruth?

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

Not so bad.

[Wilson / Butler]

Not so bad? Say, I was terrific. They fell for that phony telegram like a load of bricks. What's the next move, Ruth?

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

I spend the night at the Palmers, put our jewels in their safe, learn the combination. In the morning, we'll have our jewels and the Palmer collection.

[Mr. Hanley / Dexter Hero Foundation Representative]

Swell.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

Then I can stop playing Papa and have a little fun.

[Wilson / Butler]

Take it easy, will you? We ain't got the Palmer jewels yet, and there's still Ferris to worry about.

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

Oh, stop Calamity howling. If Ferris was on our trail, we'd all been in jail weeks ago.

[Wilson / Butler]

Well, there's another thing I don't like so much. Letting those jewels get out of our hands. We had a tough enough time snatching them in the first place. I don't like throwing them around like this.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

Now, listen, Ruth knows what she's doing. The best little crook in the business. A plan can't fail, can it, Ruth?

[Wilson / Butler]

Hey.

[Narrator / Storyteller]

Hey, what are you dreaming about?

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

I was just thinking if we applied the same energy and resourcefulness to being honest, we'd probably all be rich.

[Wilson / Butler]

Yeah, well, we'll be rich anyway.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

Say, Ruth, what's getting into you? Is it that guy Palmer?

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

That guy Palmer, as you call him, is all right. I hate lifting his jewels this way.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

Listen, baby, you better forget him. You ain't no match for a high society mug.

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

No, I guess I'm not.

[Wilson / Butler]

Well, come on. What's the layout? How do we get the Palmer rocks?

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

Leave it to me. When he puts our jewels in the safe, I'll be right there with him. I'll get the Combination.

[Wilson / Butler]

And you come down in the middle of the night and lift his and ours both.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

Right.

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

That's it.

[Donald A. Loomis / Fitness Expert]

Swell.

[Wilson / Butler]

You know, it tickles me pink to think of them suckers driving home without a thought in the world.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

Yeah, I can just see their faces when they wake up tomorrow and find

[Narrator / Storyteller]

their rocks has gone.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

Bye.

[Bluff]

Bye.

[Rosie Palmer / Mrs. Palmer]

Say, what puckers. These Brons must be laying their jewels right in our lap.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

Yeah, it's perfect. Yeah, you sure had the right hunch,

[Donald A. Loomis / Fitness Expert]

boss, laying low like this till the time was right.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

Yeah, the Brockton jewels are practically in our pockets right now. Well, it looks like a good day's work for us.

[Narrator / Cecil B. DeMille]

Now, before we resume the story of Cheating Cheaters with George Raft and June Lange, let's breeze over to the Paramount commissary. It is gay, with waitresses in green and orange dresses and extras in costumes hungry for their lunch. Near the window is a very pretty extra with a friend. And the extra.

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

Well, which you going to pick? The 35 center. Oh, I guess I'll have to. Wish I could plunge on an expensive lunch once or have somebody buy me a few. Where's Dance? He used to buy you tons of lunches. Oh, he's gone. Oh, men sure are fickle. I heard he's taking Jane out these days. Oh, not really. Jane? I don't believe it. Well, I mean. Well, Jane hasn't a thing to recommend her. Except, of course, her lovely skin. Well, apparently that does the trick. Dan always did notice the girl's complexion. He used to pay me compliments on mine, for it went so sad.

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[Narrator / Storyteller]

we continue with Cheating Cheetahs, starring George Raft as Tom Palmer and featuring June Lang as Ruth Brockton. Two gangs of jewel thieves working at cross purposes, each gang intent upon robbing the other of a valuable collection of diamonds. This is the situation as our curtain rises again. It's early evening in the living room of the Palmer home. Tom and Rosie, whom he calls his mother, are entertaining Ruth Brockton. They are more than welcome guest.

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

Mrs. Palmer, your dinner was grand. I must thank you again for letting me impose upon you.

[Rosie Palmer / Mrs. Palmer]

No, no, not another word. You're embarrassing us. Isn't she, Tom?

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

It's a pleasure to have you, Ruth.

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

Thanks.

[Rosie Palmer / Mrs. Palmer]

Oh, by the way, Tom, I do hope you've taken good care of Ruth's jewels.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

Well, no, not yet.

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

I was going to speak to you about that. Do you think we'd better put them away? I brought them down with me. They're in this box.

[Rosie Palmer / Mrs. Palmer]

My dear, you mustn't let them lie around like that. They may get lost. Tom, open the safe for Ruth.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

Yes, Mother. Come over here, Ruth.

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

Oh, is it in this room?

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

Yep. Behind this panel. Watch.

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

Well, isn't that clever? No thief would ever think of looking for it there.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

Well, if someone did find it, he'd get a big surprise when he tried to open it. You see, the combination dial is charged with electricity. High voltage.

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

You mean, if he touched that dial, he'd get a shock?

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

A couple of thousand volts.

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

Oh, would it kill him?

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

No, not instantly.

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

Oh, I see.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

The torture would last about 10 minutes unless someone turned off the switch. It's hidden right here in this bookcase, see?

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

Oh, yes. Don't you think you'd better turn it off for a moment?

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

Of course. There you are. Now, just a second till I work the combination.

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

Isn't that interesting? I've never seen a safe open before.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

This happens to be a pretty good one. Simple but effective.

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

I can imagine.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

All right, let's have the jewels.

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

Ruth, here you are. Are the Palmer jewels in this safe, too?

[Rosie Palmer / Mrs. Palmer]

Oh, yes. We're very careful about our collection.

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

Well, if you keep yours there, I guess mine are safe enough. Of course.

[Rosie Palmer / Mrs. Palmer]

Of course, dear. Of course.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

I beg pardon, Mr. Palmer. Yes, Bill, what is it? Mr. Morton Hanley to see you, sir. Morton Hanley? The gentleman who's been calling you all afternoon. Oh, yes. Did he say what he wanted? No, sir. Just that it was very important.

[Wilson / Butler]

Important?

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

All right, ask him to come in. Very good, sir.

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

Would you rather see him alone, Tom? I can run upstairs.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

No, no, don't go. It can't be as important as he thinks it is.

[Rosie Palmer / Mrs. Palmer]

If I were you, Tom, I'd close that safe. You never know who it might be.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

All right, Mother, but don't be so jumpy.

[Rosie Palmer / Mrs. Palmer]

Well, close it anyway.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

There. Does that make you feel better?

[Rosie Palmer / Mrs. Palmer]

Thank you, dear.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

Mr. Palmer is in the living room, sir.

[Mr. Hanley / Dexter Hero Foundation Representative]

Thank you. Thank you. Well, good evening.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

Good evening.

[Mr. Hanley / Dexter Hero Foundation Representative]

You are Mr. Palmer?

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

That's right. Would you Have a seat.

[Mr. Hanley / Dexter Hero Foundation Representative]

Thank you. My. My name is Hanley. I represent the Dexter Hero Foundation.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

Oh, yes. This is my mother, Mr. Hanley.

[Narrator / Storyteller]

How do you do?

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

And our guest, Ms. Brockton.

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

How do you do, Ms. Brockton?

[Mr. Hanley / Dexter Hero Foundation Representative]

Ms. Ruth Brockton?

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

Yes. You know her?

[Mr. Hanley / Dexter Hero Foundation Representative]

No, no, not personally, but her name is on my list. You see, Mr. Palmer, I'm gathering testimony from people on board the Argyle. An unidentified man was quite a hero on that occasion. And we really must find him.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

What for?

[Mr. Hanley / Dexter Hero Foundation Representative]

We're going to award him a gold medal for his valorous conduct.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

I'm afraid I can't help you.

[Mr. Hanley / Dexter Hero Foundation Representative]

No. Yes, you can, Mr. Palmer. Yes, you can. You see, we have it on excellent authority so far that you are the unidentified man.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

You're making a mistake, Tom.

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

Don't be modest. You know it was you.

[Mr. Hanley / Dexter Hero Foundation Representative]

Thank you, Ms. Brockton. Well, your statement completes our chain of evidence, Mr. Palmer. Allow me to congratulate you.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

Just a minute. You said you had other evidence that I was the man who told you that.

[Mr. Hanley / Dexter Hero Foundation Representative]

Oh, we have reports from several of the passengers, Dr. Holt, whom you doubtless recall, gave a really glowing statement. But the clearest account of all we received from a detective, a man named Ferris.

[Supporting Male Character / Possibly Mike or another gang member]

Ferris?

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

Excuse me. Did you say he was a detective?

[Mr. Hanley / Dexter Hero Foundation Representative]

That's right.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

Ferris. I don't recall the name on the passenger list. Do you, Mother?

[Rosie Palmer / Mrs. Palmer]

I don't believe I do.

[Mr. Hanley / Dexter Hero Foundation Representative]

Well, he may have traveled in.

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[Mr. Hanley / Dexter Hero Foundation Representative]

Detectives often do when they're after somebody.

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

Have you seen this, Mr. Ferris?

[Ferris / Private Detective]

Well, no.

[Mr. Hanley / Dexter Hero Foundation Representative]

I called at his office this morning and one of his assistants told me Mr. Ferris was after a Very clever gang of jewel thieves.

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

I see.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

Very interesting. Well, Mr. Hanley, thanks for calling. And please give my thanks to Mr. Ferris when you see him.

[Mr. Hanley / Dexter Hero Foundation Representative]

Thank you. I'll do that. And I hope shortly to have the honor of witnessing the formal presentation of your medal. Well, good evening.

[Rosie Palmer / Mrs. Palmer]

Good evening.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

The butler will cheer you out.

[Mr. Hanley / Dexter Hero Foundation Representative]

Thank you. Good night.

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

Well, you're going to get a medal. That's exciting.

[Rosie Palmer / Mrs. Palmer]

A little too exciting for me. It's given me a sick headache. I think I'll run off to bed.

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

Is there anything I can do, Mrs. Palmer?

[Rosie Palmer / Mrs. Palmer]

No, dear. Thank you. Good night.

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

Good night.

[Rosie Palmer / Mrs. Palmer]

Oh, Tom, I'd like to see you before you go to bed.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

Yes, Mother.

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

Good night.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

Good night.

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

Your mother seems quite upset.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

Oh, she'll be all right.

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

Well, I guess I'd better run along too.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

Wait a minute. Don't go yet. I want to speak to you.

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

I'll be here in the morning.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

I want to speak to you now.

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

Sounds important.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

It is. Well, do you remember what I told you on the boat?

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

Of course. But you needn't worry. I've no intention of holding you to it.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

I wasn't afraid of that. As a matter of fact, I. I warned you to hold me to it.

[Supporting Male Character / Possibly Mike or another gang member]

What?

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

I meant what I said then, and I mean it now. I want you to marry me, Ruth.

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

Tom.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

Well.

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

Well, are you sure that I've told

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

you that I loved you?

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

Yes, but.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

But what?

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

Oh, I can't explain it. It's just impossible.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

Why?

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

Oh, Tom, you're mad to do this. You. You don't know a thing about me. Not a thing. You're taking an awful chance.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

So are you. Listen, I've knocked around a lot more than you think. And I found out something. It doesn't make any difference what a person has been. It's what he's going to be.

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

Suppose you found out something about me that did make a difference.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

What, for instance?

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

Oh, you can't tell. I might have a secret life of my own that you know nothing about. Maybe I tap every third post or step on every other crack in the sidewalk for. You know, I might even be a thief.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

You? That's a laugh.

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

Is it?

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

I'm serious, Ruth. We could be married tonight. By tomorrow, we'd be away from here for good.

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

For good? Tom, I don't understand you. Why should you want to leave here?

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

Oh, never mind that. Will you marry me?

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

I can't, Tom.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

You mean you're not in love with me?

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

I didn't say that.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

All right. I'm not gonna rush you Suppose we wait till tomorrow? You can give me your answer then.

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

Tomorrow? Well, all right, Tom.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

Excuse me, Sir. Yes, sir? Ms. Brockton's butler is here, sir.

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

Oh, yes? I asked him to bring something over for me.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

Show him in, Phil. Yes, sir. I'll say good night, Ruth. See you in the morning.

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

Of course. Good night, Tom.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

You'll find Miss Broxton in the living room.

[Donald A. Loomis / Fitness Expert]

Thank you.

[Wilson / Butler]

Good evening, Miss Ruth.

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

Good evening, Wilson. Sorry I had to bring you all the way over here.

[Wilson / Butler]

Oh, that's all right, Ms. Ruth.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

Well, how's it going?

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

Be careful.

[Wilson / Butler]

Everything okay?

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

Yes.

[Wilson / Butler]

Joel's Miss Saved.

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

Of course.

[Wilson / Butler]

You know the combination.

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

I told you everything was all right.

[Wilson / Butler]

Okay, okay.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

What time do you want me back here?

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

Three o'.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

Clock.

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

They're sure to be asleep then.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

Three o'.

[Wilson / Butler]

Clock. Right.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

Well, looks like a good day's work for us.

[Rosie Palmer / Mrs. Palmer]

Two o'. Clock. Well, do we pull the job or don't we?

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[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

What do you say, boss? We've been sitting up here for an hour doing nothing. Let's get started. Sit down. Sit down. We'll get down for the jewels when I say so, not before. In the first place, we don't even know if she's asleep yet.

[Rosie Palmer / Mrs. Palmer]

She ain't no night owl.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

Shut up. In the second place, I'm not so sure we ought to pull this job at all. What are you talking about? Keep quiet. You all heard what that bird Hanley said. Harris spotted me on that boat. He's got his eye on us right now.

[Rosie Palmer / Mrs. Palmer]

So what?

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

We grabbed the rocks and scrambled. Sure, and get tense at the border. A lot of smart guys you are. Yeah, see, I never thought of that. The way I see this is we lay off the Brockton jewels for good. Clear out of here and forget it. Then when this first thing blows over, you can get together and pull something else. Hey, wait a minute. What do you mean, you can get together? Ain't you in with us anymore? Well, sure, of course. You mean we ain't gonna grab them rocks for us? That's what I said. Holy gee, that Hoyts. A quarter of a million bucks worth of sparklers and we gotta leave em flat and play tag with a dick. Gee, that Hoytz. It's the best thing to do right now. Yes, I guess so.

[Rosie Palmer / Mrs. Palmer]

Wait a second, boys. Tom, you ain't fooling me at all. You ain't worried about Paris? No, no, it's that dame. You're soft on her and you're trying to welch so she won't have to grab her jewels.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

What you're a pretty smart girl, aren't you, Rosie?

[Rosie Palmer / Mrs. Palmer]

Smart enough to know when I'm getting a shakedown.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

Hey, now look, Tom, I don't know whether Rosie's got the right dope on this thing or not. All I know is that we sunk plenty of coin into this layout and this ain't no time to go back on us. Well, what do you say? Keep your voice down.

[Rosie Palmer / Mrs. Palmer]

I'll tell you what he's gotta say. He's going through with this deal whether he likes it or not. Cause if he don't, I'll queer him with that dame for keeps. I'll tell her what you are. I'll tell her plenty.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

And so will I. You dirty, two timing, double crossing up.

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

Holy Moses.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

I warn you to keep your voice down. Now if you want another snap of that, get up and start yelling again. Now listen, you mugs. I never double crossed anybody yet and I'm not going to start now. I'll go through with this job, sure, but this is the finish, understand? I'm through with you. All of you. Now get out of here and let me alone.

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

Come in.

[Rosie Palmer / Mrs. Palmer]

Wilson.

[Wilson / Butler]

Waiting outside for half an hour.

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

I told you three o'. Clock.

[Wilson / Butler]

Is the coast clear?

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

They're all asleep.

[Wilson / Butler]

Well, where's the safe?

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

Over here in the wall. Come on. Use your flashlight.

[Wilson / Butler]

Okay. Did you say on the wall?

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

It's behind the panel.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

Not bad, not bad.

[Wilson / Butler]

Now come on, let's get to work.

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

Look out.

[Wilson / Butler]

What's the matter?

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

Don't touch that safe. It's full of electricity.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

That's nice.

[Wilson / Butler]

Well, what do we do now?

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

We turn it off, stupid. Look out.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

Hey there, girl, you got the combination?

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

I'll give it to you. Keep your light on the dialogue.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

Okay, shoot.

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

24 right.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

24 right.

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

18 left.

[Wilson / Butler]

18 left.

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

6 right.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

6 right.

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

Well, that's all.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

There she is, wide open.

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

Listen, there's someone coming downstairs.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

We better duck.

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

Here, get behind this sofa, quick. Don't even breathe

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

without that light.

[Narrator / Cecil B. DeMille]

Rosie.

[Rosie Palmer / Mrs. Palmer]

Oh, she won't see it. Her room's on the other side of the house.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

All right then, come on. We'll have to work fast. Well, fuck.

[Rosie Palmer / Mrs. Palmer]

What's the matter?

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

Look at that safe. It's wide open.

[Rosie Palmer / Mrs. Palmer]

Somebody's been here.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

They got in through that window, but

[Rosie Palmer / Mrs. Palmer]

I didn't get anything. Look, the stuff is still here in the safe.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

All right, We've got to snap into it. Pass that stuff out to me. Come on now, hurry up.

[Rosie Palmer / Mrs. Palmer]

All right, take your time. Here's the girls, Jules.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

Now give me yours.

[Wilson / Butler]

I got to cover Both of you.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

Who's that?

[Rosie Palmer / Mrs. Palmer]

The Brockton's butler.

[Wilson / Butler]

Wilson's the name, lady. All right, Ruth, grab those jewels.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

Ruth, what are you doing down here?

[Wilson / Butler]

She ain't playing marbles.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

Did you open this safe?

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

Yes, I did.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

You are a crook, then.

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

Looks like all of us are, Tom.

[Rosie Palmer / Mrs. Palmer]

I get it. They're another mob. We thought they were on the level. And they're just a bunch of crooks.

[Wilson / Butler]

Hey, watch out.

[Ferris / Private Detective]

Who?

[Wilson / Butler]

You're calling names, lady. You was trying to swipe our stuff yourself.

[Ferris / Private Detective]

Another mob?

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

I don't see anything so funny. What's the joke?

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

I'm not sure, but I think it's on me. So that's why you wouldn't marry me, eh?

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

Any objections?

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

I don't see any.

[Wilson / Butler]

Now, come on, come on. Cut out the chatter. We gotta get out of here.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

Wait. I've got a proposition to make.

[Wilson / Butler]

Yeah?

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

We're all a bunch of clever people. What do you say we team up, Your crowd and ours? We'd have a combination that couldn't be beat. Even Ferris would never catch up with us.

[Wilson / Butler]

Sure, this is a fine time to offer a partnership. When we got the jewels.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

You haven't got the jewels, huh? You gotta take them out of here. But you couldn't get rid of them if you went to Mars. That happens to be the Stuyvesant Collection. The Stuyvesant Collection? They're hot enough to melt steel. Well, what do you say? Do we get together or don't we? Oh, what do you think, Ruth?

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

Suits me swell.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

Now, there's all the jewels. I vote we pull the lot and split it 50. 50?

[Wilson / Butler]

Okay.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

But look, if you. What the devil. Come on, we gotta get out of here. Come on, let's get out of here. I say, hide those jewels.

[Rosie Palmer / Mrs. Palmer]

They got us.

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

They're all around the house.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

Come on, route this way. Stand where you are, everybody.

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

What's the meaning of this?

[Rosie Palmer / Mrs. Palmer]

I demand an explanation.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

Don't give us that.

[Mr. Hanley / Dexter Hero Foundation Representative]

Don't anybody make a move.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

We've got the whole joint surrounded. Come on, boys, round them up. Keep your mouth shut if you want anything you're saying to use against you.

[Narrator / Storyteller]

You sound like an old timer, mister. What's your name?

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

I'll do my talking to the sergeant.

[Narrator / Storyteller]

You can bet on that.

[Ferris / Private Detective]

Well, nice work, boys. Got them all?

[Narrator / Storyteller]

Guess so, Chief.

[Ferris / Private Detective]

McGuire grabbed two of them at the back door. That makes six, doesn't it?

[Narrator / Storyteller]

Yeah, that's right, chief. Just like Ferris said.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

Paris. Oh, so he's in on this, eh?

[Ferris / Private Detective]

He's had you covered for weeks. All of you. There you are, chief.

[Mr. Hanley / Dexter Hero Foundation Representative]

The jewels.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

The whole bunch of them.

[Ferris / Private Detective]

Fine, fine. Well, boys, it looks like a good day's work for us.

[Narrator / Cecil B. DeMille]

Requires for station identification. This is the Columbia Broadcasting System.

[Narrator / Storyteller]

Our play, Cheating Tune Peters continues shortly from the Lux Radio Theater. Eight years ago, a vaudeville gymnast injured his back severely while performing at the Hippodrome in New York. He refused to surrender to the doctors who told him he'd be a cripple for life. Instead, he commenced treating himself through exercises. Today he's not only a perfect physical specimen but he holds what is probably the only job of its kind in the world. He's employed by the Metro Goldwyn Mayer Studios to keep their stars in proper physical condition. Ladies and gentlemen, Mr. Donald A. Loomis.

[Donald A. Loomis / Fitness Expert]

Every day I worked with such stars as Joan Crawford Gene Harlow, Louise Reiner, Eleanor Powell, Jeanette McDonald. The beauty and glamour they reveal on the screen are direct results of constant training and strict adherence to regular exercise. The advice I'm about to offer is the same advice I have given to them. I don't mean that if you follow it, a movie contract will be waiting. But I do believe you can develop charm and beauty beyond your expectations. The fact to remember is only through the proper circulation of blood can you have a healthy, beautiful body. And nothing in the world promotes good circulation like exercise. It has no substitute. It'll take off weight or put on weight tone up your skin marvelously and develop a figure such as you now envy in the stars. But you must exercise every day, or at least every other day. Begin gradually out of doors, if possible. For most people, swimming is usually the best form of exercise. But take it easy.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

Watch your posture.

[Donald A. Loomis / Fitness Expert]

Round shoulders is the most common fault with women. Copy Norma Shearer. Her posture is the best among all movie stars. Cleanliness is all important. An invigorating shower with plenty of luxe toilet soap will do two things for you. Free your pores of foreign matter and keep your complexion clear and smooth. I'm glad to say that Lux is the soap used by the stars at mgm. Eat, play and work as you see fit. Don't pass up a good dinner because you're afraid of getting fat but compensate for the food by proper exercise a little later. Give your body this attention it deserves and I can safely say that after a few weeks of sensible training you will feel better, look better and your whole mental attitude will be completely renewed.

[Narrator / Storyteller]

You get a different view of these stars than anyone else. Who are the best physical specimens in Hollywood?

[Donald A. Loomis / Fitness Expert]

I'd say Joan Crawford, who has trained faithfully for years. Norma Shearer and Dolores del Rio. And the men with the best physiques, in my opinion, are Clark Gable and Robert Taylor. A couple of weeks ago, Robert Taylor flew 3,000 miles from New York to Hollywood just so he wouldn't miss a workout. But exercise need not be vigorous. Jeanette McDonald's singing helps greatly to keep her fit. Try singing. It's great for your lungs and chest.

[Narrator / Storyteller]

And perhaps a little rough on the neighbor's ears.

[Donald A. Loomis / Fitness Expert]

That's why I say never try to do too much, if anything, at one time. And here's something that may surprise you. When Eleanor Powell does one of her dance routines, she actually uses up more energy than Max Schmeling required to knock out Joe Lewis.

[Narrator / Storyteller]

That seems to prove that Joe ought

[Donald A. Loomis / Fitness Expert]

to take up dancing or that Eleanor should challenge Braddock. In any event, I'm glad to have been here, Mr. DeMille. And if any of our audience would like a little more specific advice regarding exercises best fitted for themselves, I'll gladly try to help. Just address your letter to Donald Loomis. Metro Golden Mayor Studio, Culvert City, California. Good night.

[Narrator / Storyteller]

Good night, Samson. And now we bring you the last part of Cheating Cheaters, starring George Raft as Tom Palmer and featuring June Lang as Ruth Brockton.

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[Narrator / Storyteller]

It's the following morning. We're in the office of the National Detective Agency, where the members of both gangs are waiting for the official proceedings that will put them behind the bars. All are present except Ruth, who is in Ferris's private office.

[Rosie Palmer / Mrs. Palmer]

When are they Letting us out of here. I'm stiff as a board sitting here all night.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

Stop beefing, will you? You think the rest of us were sleeping on feather beds? Hey, do you think they got the goods on us for us? Enough to send us all up for about 10 years. 10 years? What did you think? That they'd slap your hands and tell you not to do it again?

[Wilson / Butler]

I want to see my lawyer.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

Say, how did they nab you? Brockton? I thought you went to Chicago. That telegram was a fake. I stayed at the house. Yeah, well, you see what you get for telling stories. Oh, shut up. By the way, are you Ruth's father? I've never been a father in my life. That's a break for somebody. Hey, this guy Ferris, is he on the police force? No, he's a private detective employed by the insurance companies.

[Ferris / Private Detective]

Good morning, everybody.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

Hiya, Folly. Pull up a chair.

[Ferris / Private Detective]

Never mind the wisecracks, young fellow.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

Hey, look, chief, how about some ham and eggs?

[Mr. Hanley / Dexter Hero Foundation Representative]

I'm starved.

[Ferris / Private Detective]

Well, you all get breakfast over in the Tombs.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

How long do you think? You think you can keep us here? This isn't a police station. It's the office of a private detective agent.

[Ferris / Private Detective]

That's right. You see, this is just a little stopover on the way to headquarters. As soon as we get a confession, we'll get going.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

Yeah? Who do you think is going to confess?

[Ferris / Private Detective]

Well, we're getting one right now.

[Donald A. Loomis / Fitness Expert]

You mean Ruth?

[Ferris / Private Detective]

What do you think?

[Wilson / Butler]

So she welched on this, huh?

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

Yeah.

[Ferris / Private Detective]

Came through with everything we asked her.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

You're a liar.

[Ferris / Private Detective]

What?

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

You heard me. Ruth's no squealer. She wouldn't let us down.

[Ferris / Private Detective]

Wait till you find yourself in the jug, Palmer. Maybe you'll change your mind a little. Hello? Who wants Ferris? Oh, the district attorney. Well, I'll talk to him. Hello. Well, how are you, Mr. Andrews? No, this is Farley speaking. I'm sorry, but Ferris is engaged.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

Getting a confession?

[Ferris / Private Detective]

Yeah, Ruth Brockton, head of the Brockton gang. She's spilling it now. All right, I'll tell Ferris. We'll shoot the confession over to you as soon as she signs it. Goodbye, Mr. Andrews. You'll excuse me, won't you, folks? I am very busy this morning.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

Ah, scram, bum. You don't think Ruth is squealing to you, Palmer? Not a chance. That phone call just now was a gag.

[Rosie Palmer / Mrs. Palmer]

If we'd only gotten away with this job, I was going to retire.

[Donald A. Loomis / Fitness Expert]

Yeah, me too.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

It's a dirty shame. Say, I've got an idea.

[Wilson / Butler]

Yeah? We could use a good idea. Right now. Well, what is it?

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

When we lifted those Stuyvesant jewels, we broke it all up and had the stones reset, didn't we?

[Ferris / Private Detective]

Sure.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

What about it? It's our one big chance.

[Rosie Palmer / Mrs. Palmer]

How do you mean?

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

Don't you see? Ferris represents the insurance burglary companies. Now, what's worrying the companies most is how to get back the jewels. Now, with the stones we set, how many of the original owners will be able to identify their stuff? Not one of them. That's why Ferris is keeping us here in this office. And that's why he wants to think Ruth has squealed.

[Wilson / Butler]

That's it.

[Rosie Palmer / Mrs. Palmer]

All right, we'll beat the rap yet.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

Everything depends on Ruth. If they break her down, we're licked.

[Rosie Palmer / Mrs. Palmer]

But she can't break down. If she does, she'll land in the jug herself.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

No, she won't. None of you will. But you've got to let me do the talking. Now, look, I'll ask to see Ferris.

[Ferris / Private Detective]

All right, miss. Come in here, please.

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

What do you want me to do?

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

Be careful what you say, Ruth.

[Ferris / Private Detective]

Quiet, you. All right, miss. Now, if you'll identify these people, I'll call them off in the order in which they're named. In your confession.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

She's feeling on us.

[Ferris / Private Detective]

Quiet, I said. Ready, miss?

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

I'm ready.

[Ferris / Private Detective]

Good. George Brockton.

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

That's George Brockton over there.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

You cheap squealer. You're not fit to associate with others.

[Ferris / Private Detective]

Take him away, men. Keep him outside.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

Come on. Let me go, will you?

[Ferris / Private Detective]

Come on, now. Steve Wilson and Phil Davis.

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

That's Davis and there's Wilson.

[Wilson / Butler]

And I thought you was ragged outside, you two. I'll get you half the swing for this.

[Ferris / Private Detective]

Rosie Snyder next. Alias Rosie Palmer.

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

That's Rosie, all right.

[Rosie Palmer / Mrs. Palmer]

I'm going.

[Ferris / Private Detective]

Mike Donovan.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

Well, that's me, I guess. Sit on, boss. See up above.

[Ferris / Private Detective]

Yeah, One more. Tom Palmer.

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

I'd like to speak to him, please. Alone.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

I want to see Ferris.

[Ferris / Private Detective]

Hold your horses. Okay, miss, you can talk to him here. I'll go out and take care of the others.

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

Thank you.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

So you squealed on us, eh? You let us down.

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

I'm sorry, Tom. I had to.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

Pretty low, even for a crook.

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

You hate me, don't you?

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

If I do, it's your fault. I almost went straight for you last night. I would have taken the rat for you today.

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

What do you mean?

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

If I could have gotten to see Ferris before you confessed, I was all a set to cover you up. Take the rat myself.

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

You would have done that for me? Oh, Tom, I'm sorry.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

Oh, what's the use of. It's all over now.

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

Sit down, Tom, I. I want to tell you something. Something about myself.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

Forget it.

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

Please, Tom.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

Well, what is it?

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

You see, I used to be a newspaper reporter at $30 a week. On one assignment for my paper, I ran into a gang of crooks and recovered a lot of money for an insurance company. They liked the way I handled the case and offered to set me up in business as a private detective to investigate their thefts. I used the name of Ferris.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

Ferris?

[Ferris / Private Detective]

You?

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

Yes, Tom.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

Well, that just makes everything fine and dandy, doesn't it? I bet you're getting a terrific kick out of putting me behind the bars.

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

Wait, Tom. A minute ago you said you'd go through for me. Well, I believe you. I'm going through for you.

[Wilson / Butler]

Yeah?

[Ferris / Private Detective]

How?

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

I didn't look for this job. The job found me when I got to working with Brockton and the others. And to knowing you, I fell pretty cheap. I would have given anything to have been out of it, but I couldn't help myself. Then last night when you asked me to marry you, I thought of our future, yours and mine together. I knew the better side of you and I wanted to help you find yourself.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

Why don't you tell me this before

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

it's not too late even now.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

No. What do we do? Set up housekeeping and Sing Sing.

[Ferris / Private Detective]

Excuse me.

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

Yes, Paulie?

[Ferris / Private Detective]

The rest of the gang want to see fellas.

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

All right, let them come in.

[Narrator / Storyteller]

Okay.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

Well, what are you gonna do?

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

I said it wasn't too late, Tom.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

You mean you. You're going to give me a chance to go straight?

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

I think that's all you need, a chance. Am I right?

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

If you'll stick close to me, I'll

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

never let you out of my sight.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

Oh, gee, Ruth, I don't owe him.

[Rosie Palmer / Mrs. Palmer]

Be careful.

[Ferris / Private Detective]

All right, boys, come on in.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

Hey, where's Ferris? Yeah, where is he?

[Supporting Male Character / Possibly Mike or another gang member]

Ain't in here.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

Yeah, we said we wanted to see Ferris. Just a minute, boys. Let me introduce the head of the National Detective Agency, Ms. Ruth Ferris. All right, Ruth. If you're Ferris, I've got a proposition.

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

I think I know what your proposition is, George, but let me make one first. Now, boys, you want to make restitution of the stolen property in exchange for a light sentence, right?

[Supporting Male Character / Possibly Mike or another gang member]

Right.

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

Well, I'm going to do better than that for you. I'm going to put you all to work. Did you say woig?

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

Oh, this is the end.

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

For a long time you've been preying on society. Now I'm going To give you a chance to come in here and help protect society. But let me tell you this. The first time you hear of a job that's being pulled off and fail to report it or double cross me in any way, it means 20 years

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

she's gonna make detectives out of us. Well, had a good education for the job.

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

Now it's up to you. There's pen and ink out in the front office. I want a signed confession from each one of you.

[Wilson / Butler]

What are you gonna do with a confession?

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

Nothing, as long as you remain on the square with me. Now take your choice. The confessions are 20 years.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

Hey, lead me to the pen and paper.

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

There's plenty of both out in the front office. Hurry up. Well, Rosie, not going to sign? Oh, I'll sign.

[Rosie Palmer / Mrs. Palmer]

Sign it all right. Me, a detective. I'll never be able to hold up my head again.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

Well, Tom, I suppose you want a confession for me too.

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

Uh huh.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

All right, I'll go outside and write it.

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

That's not the kind of confession I want from you.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

No.

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

I want you to confess that when you told me you loved me, that you meant it. Every single word.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

Guilty. You want a couple of witnesses to that?

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

I think we could use them.

[Ferris / Private Detective]

Sure.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

Two witnesses. We can let them sign the marriage certificate. Well, it looks like a good day's work for us.

[Narrator / Storyteller]

As Thackeray wrote, the play is done. The curtain drops a moment, yet the actor stops and looks around to say farewell. Tonight, stars George Raft and June Lang return shortly to the microphone. I think that discoveries are accidents designed by destiny. A fabulous fortune and hundreds of the jewels women now wear were found in South Africa because a Dutch farmer happened to notice a group of children playing marbles. The marbles were diamonds and led to the opening of one of the richest mines in the world. It was also by accident that I myself once discovered a diamond in the rough. In fact, it was in the rough and tumble action of a Keystone comedy that I saw. And just the way she leaned against the door conveyed to me an appeal that I knew would intrigue the world. I took her out of comedies and made her the star of 60 mil productions. She was an absolutely new type of heroine because most of the heroines who preceded her were sweet and charming ingenues.

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[Narrator / Storyteller]

Her sirens were evil women and heavies. She combined the best qualities of both and became the screen's first romantic siren who was not a villainess. This famous young woman was the first of many screen stars who can truly be said to have possessed glamour. She did more than any girl before or since to make Hollywood the fashion center of the world. And she now steps to the microphone just as fascinating as she was then. Ladies and gentlemen, Gloria Swanson.

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

Thank you, Mr. Dun.

[Supporting Male Character / Possibly Mike or another gang member]

You're very generous. I changed the old adage of hit your wagon to a star and hitched mine to a director and became a star.

[Narrator / Storyteller]

That's just modesty, Gloria. You're talking through that pretty little brown and white turban of yours.

[Supporting Male Character / Possibly Mike or another gang member]

As a matter of fact, ladies and gentlemen, I just happened to fit into the DeMille scheme of things, which consisted of putting realism, beauty, style and sophistication on the screen.

[Narrator / Storyteller]

You're one of the world's most exotic women. It just happens that you're also a very good actress.

[Supporting Male Character / Possibly Mike or another gang member]

All women are good actresses. And I still insist, ladies and gentlemen, that it was Mr. DeMille's daring that made me a star. Until he produced old wives for new, every picture followed the same formula. A boy met a girl, lost her for a while and then finished the picture by marrying her. Mr. DeMille took the story up from there. Though producers believe that you couldn't make a successful picture about a husband and wife, Mr. DeMille made one and thereby made history. It was a great success and introduced the social drama to the screen.

[Narrator / Storyteller]

It wasn't my daring that people talked about, it was yours. You remember the scene in Male and Female when we duplicated the famous painting the Lion's Bride and had a lion crouched above you with its claws on your bare back while the trainer cracked a whip in its face to make it snarl?

[Supporting Male Character / Possibly Mike or another gang member]

Yes, Mr. DeMille, I remember now.

[Narrator / Storyteller]

I've got a scene in my present picture that.

[Supporting Male Character / Possibly Mike or another gang member]

I'm very sorry, but I am not as daring now as I was then.

[Narrator / Storyteller]

Well, you're just as charming. I never saw you look more beautiful that Elliot.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

Now, what's that spell?

[Supporting Male Character / Possibly Mike or another gang member]

Oh, Shane, go to the bottom of the class.

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

That spells Lux.

[Narrator / Storyteller]

Oh, yes, yes, yes.

[Supporting Male Character / Possibly Mike or another gang member]

Lux is my favorite beauty soap. And now, through its radio theater, you and I meet again for the first time in nearly seven years.

[Narrator / Storyteller]

Then before we say good night, I'd like to give you one final bit of direction.

[Supporting Male Character / Possibly Mike or another gang member]

What is it?

[Narrator / Storyteller]

Sing for us.

[Supporting Male Character / Possibly Mike or another gang member]

Well, I don't pretend to be a singer. But if you're willing to risk my singing on your program, so am I. I'll sing none but the Lonely Heart by Tchaikovsky.

[Mr. Hanley / Dexter Hero Foundation Representative]

Please.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

Joy and gladness Heaven boundless are adjoin

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

thee Spread out above me O what a distant dream. Father Only heart can know my sadness

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

Unknown and fought it for from joy and gladness. Joy and gladness.

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

My senses fail.

[Rosie Palmer / Mrs. Palmer]

Me Heart can know my

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

sadness.

[Narrator / Storyteller]

George Raft and June Lang are a study in contrasts. So far, June has always played the role of a young and innocent girl. While George made his reputation as Hollywood's streamlined villain. George spent most of his life in New York. June has just returned from her first trip to Manhattan. But suppose they speak for themselves. And as themselves. Ladies and gentlemen, George Raft and June. Language.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

Thanks, Mr. DeMille. Well, June, how did you find the old hometown?

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

Oh, easily, George. I took the plane to Newark and drove over the skyway through the Holland Tunnel, and there it was.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

I mean, did you like it?

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

Oh, immensely. I was fascinated by the New York crowds. And I've never seen so many well dressed women before. And judging from their wonderful complexions, they apparently use Lux toilet soap just as much as we do here in Hollywood. I even had Lux in my hotel room. It made me feel really at home in New York.

[Narrator / Storyteller]

In New York, George was the most popular boy in his neighborhood. The other kids would do anything he told them to. Incidentally, George's grandfather owned the Merry Go Round on Coney Island.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

My grandfather also was a gold prospector here in California. He made several strikes.

[Narrator / Storyteller]

You followed his example as a ball player.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

I guess you're right. But in pictures I'm better with a gat than a bat.

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

I don't know why you're a gangster on the screen so many times, George.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

Oh, I don't know. I like being a villain. I think it's more interesting. I also think it's more true to life. June, down deep, I believe there's a bit of villainy in every man.

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

Even in Mr. DeMille.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

Why not?

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

Why, I think Mr. DeMille's one of the nicest men I ever met.

[Narrator / Storyteller]

Now, don't stop, June. I'm beginning to enjoy this interview.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

Just let me tell you what he did to me one day. He was making this day and age.

[Narrator / Storyteller]

Well, you talk, George, like one of my actors. You weren't even in that picture.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

Well, one morning when I came to work, my dressing room had completely disappeared.

[Narrator / Storyteller]

Why blame me? I'm a director, not a magician.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

The reason I couldn't find it was that DeMille had completely surrounded with one of his big sets.

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

Didn't he give you another room?

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

Oh, yes. For two solid weeks, I shared quarters with Tuffy, the collie mascot. But it wasn't so bad. I used to be a mascot myself.

[Narrator / Storyteller]

George was mascot of the New York Yankees, if I remember rightly.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

Yeah, I chased home runs all over New York City tonight.

[Narrator / Storyteller]

You hit one yourself, George. And you, too, June.

[Ruth Brockton / June Lang]

Thank you. It's been marvelous being here.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

Good night and all is forgiven. Mr. DeMille, I've had a great time, and I hope to be back again sometime. Good night.

[Narrator / Storyteller]

Good night, George. Thank you, Mr.

[Narrator / Cecil B. DeMille]

Raft and Ms. Lange. Ladies and gentlemen, this is your announcer, Melville Ruick. Assisting our stars in tonight's play were Wally Mayer as Mike. Justina Wayne as Mrs. Palmer. Victor Rodman as Mr. Brockton. Lou Merrill as Wilson, Frank Nelson as Phil, Ross Forester as Hanley. Richard Legrand as Farley and John Lake and Charles Emerson as police officers.

[Tom Palmer / George Raft]

Mr.

[Narrator / Cecil B. DeMille]

Raft and Mr. DeMille appeared through courtesy of Paramount Studios. Ms. Lange and Mr. Silvers. 20th Century Fox and Mr. Loomis. Metro Golden Mayor. The music for the new picture Road to glory, produced by 20th Century Fox, was arranged by Mr. Silvers. Mr. DeMille tells us now of next week's program.

[Narrator / Storyteller]

One of the screen's most colorful figures comes to the Lux Radio Theatre next Monday night. James Cagney. You've seen him as a sailor, taxi driver, gangster, G man and aviator. But you'll hear him next week in an entirely new role. The manager of a prize fighter in the famous comedy Is that so? By James Gleason and Richard Tabor. Robert Armstrong and Boots Mallory will be featured in the cast with Mr. Cagney. Our sponsors, the makers of Luxe Toilet Soap, together with Mr. Cagney. Mr. Armstrong and Ms. Mallory join me in inviting you to be with us next Monday night in the Lux Radio Theater presentation of Is that so? This is Cecil B. DeMille saying good night to you from Hollywood.

[Narrator / Cecil B. DeMille]

This is the Columbia Broadcasting System.

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