Lux Radio Theatre - Graustark

Summary

Podcast Episode Summary

Podcast: Harold's Old Time Radio
Episode: Lux Radio Theatre – Graustark
Date: June 20, 2026
Host: Harold's Old Time Radio
Featured Voices: Gene Raymond, Anna Sten, James Gleason, Moroni Olson, Rufus Lemaire, Cecil B. DeMille

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Episode Overview

This episode features an original performance of “Graustark” as adapted for the Lux Radio Theatre, broadcast live from Hollywood Boulevard. The story is a sweeping romance and adventure adapted from George Barr McCutcheon’s famed novel, revolving around an American journalist whose chance meeting with a mysterious woman in New York leads to royal intrigue and political upheaval in the fictional European country of Graustark.

Presented by the legendary producer Cecil B. DeMille, the production is brought to life by stars Gene Raymond (Glenn Laurie) and Anna Sten (Princess Yetive Guggenschlander), with noted appearances by James Gleason and Moroni Olson. The episode combines witty banter, drama, romance, and a behind-the-scenes discussion of Hollywood star-making.

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Key Discussion Points and Dramatic Arcs

1. Introduction & Setting the Stage

• [02:23] Cecil B. DeMille introduces the show, linking the golden age of Hollywood with the origins of motion pictures and setting the historical context for “Graustark.”
  • “To Edison and Wilcox, Hollywood must have seemed a mythical and fabulous place...Appropriately, therefore, we dedicate tonight's program to them with the international romance, Graustark...” (DeMille, 02:23)
• Stars and crew are introduced, highlighting Gene Raymond's and Anna Sten's rise to Hollywood prominence.

2. Meet-Cute in New York

• [05:44] Glenn Laurie, a young reporter, meets Princess Yetive by Grant’s Tomb in New York. Their quirky conversation about Ulysses S. Grant sets the tone for their relationship.
  • “You never heard of Grant? I never heard of Graustark.” (Glenn Laurie, 07:45)
• Princess Yetive reveals her foreign origins and invites curiosity.

3. Romance Blossoms & Conflict Emerges

• [13:00] Glenn offers to be Yetive’s tour guide; Aunt Dagmar enforces chaperone rules.
• [14:11] Intimate moment at Grant’s Tomb leads to Glenn’s marriage proposal to Yetive, who resists due to undisclosed reasons.
  • “I want you to marry me...Will you, Yada?” (Glenn Laurie, 15:01)
  • “I can’t.” (Yetive, 15:14)

4. Separation and Foreign Intrigue

• [16:41] Yetive and her aunt depart unexpectedly for Europe, leaving Glenn bewildered.
• [18:14] Glenn, keen to pursue Yetive, angles for a reporting assignment covering a revolution in the mysterious “Graustark.”

5. Reunion and Shocking Revelations in Graustark

• [22:31] Glenn arrives in Graustark, unexpectedly finds Yetive, and discovers her true identity as the country’s reigning princess.
  • “Highness, you—?” (Glenn Laurie, 23:47)
  • “Yes, Glenn. I am the Princess Yetive, ruler of Graustark.” (Yetive, 23:50)

6. Political Turmoil and Personal Sacrifice

• [25:27 & 25:59] The princess faces mounting pressure to marry Prince Lorenz to secure Graustark’s future and avoid revolution.
  • “I have already told you, Baron Oberlitz. I am willing to marry Prince Lorenz...if it will save Graustark.” (Princess Yetive, 26:49)
• Glenn urges Yetive to break with tradition and choose personal happiness over royal duties.

7. Betrayal, Arrest, and a Revolution

• [39:08] Amidst a popular uprising, Glenn is accused of treason and imprisoned.
• [47:35] Spud, the comic-relief photographer, updates Glenn on political developments and his uncertain fate.

8. Truth Uncovered & Resolution

• [54:26] Spud’s photographs expose Baron Oberlitz’s betrayal—he is arrested for conspiring with revolutionaries.
  • “Baron Obelitz turned traitor, sells out to the enemy.” (Spud, 54:35)
• Princess Yetive questions her own necessity and ultimately abdicates for the greater good:
  • “You mean they'd get along without me...I’m not needed here.” (Yetive, 56:00)
• [56:11] The revolution is halted, and Yetive chooses her heart, leaving Graustark with Glenn.

9. Lighthearted Closing and Hollywood Chat

• [57:45] DeMille reconnects with stars Anna Sten and Gene Raymond, who share stories about their unique pets, closing with warmth and humor about Hollywood lifestyles.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On American and European Innocence:
  “You never heard of Grant? I never heard of Graustark.”
  — Glenn Laurie, [07:45]

• Classic Hollywood Romance:
  “I've never said it to anyone before, and I don't think I'll ever say it again...”
  — Glenn Laurie, [14:45]

• The Power of Duty:
  “Because as soon as it sounds, my people need me.”
  — Yetive, [34:04]

• On the Obsolescence of Royalty:
  “It's a new world now. A world that has no need for kings and queens and princesses. You're outmoded, old fashioned. You're through and you don't know it.”
  — Glenn Laurie, [34:17]

• Unmasking Villainy:
  “Obelitz conspires with General Danix to bring about downfall of House of Graustark.”
  — Spud, [54:39]

• Love’s Resolution:
  “Why, I need you, darling. And I’ll be a very willing subject.”
  — Glenn Laurie, [56:46]

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Important Timestamps (MM:SS)

• 02:23: Cecil B. DeMille sets the scene and introduces the stars
• 05:44: Glenn and Yetive meet in New York
• 13:13–15:14: Glenn proposes; Yetive refuses
• 16:41: Glenn discovers Yetive has left for Europe
• 18:14–22:31: Glenn pursues a foreign assignment to Graustark
• 23:47: Glenn learns Yetive is a princess
• 25:27–28:08: Princess faces political pressure and intrigue
• 39:08: Glenn is accused of treason and arrested
• 54:26–55:00: Spud reveals photographic evidence of betrayal
• 56:11: Yetive abdicates; the revolution is averted
• 57:45–59:02: Post-story chat about dogs and Hollywood living

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Hollywood Reflection & Behind-the-Scenes

• [44:27–47:04]: Feature on star-discovery with star-maker Rufus Lemaire, who describes the unpredictability and glamour of finding new Hollywood talent.

  • “There are three [qualities]. A voice that you believe, charm, and appearance.”
    — Rufus Lemaire, [45:57]

• [57:45–59:17]: Anna Sten and Gene Raymond exchange playful stories about their dogs, blending Russian and Irish quirks into Hollywood life.

  • “My Hooligan is about the loveliest dog I've ever seen...But if you're looking for a chance to get in a word about Lux Toilet Soap, Mr. DeMille...Well, I'll say a good word for it anytime.”
    — Anna Sten, [59:02–59:17]

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Summary Flow & Listening Utility

The episode is richly layered with old Hollywood charm, a sweeping romantic-political plot, deft performances, and comic moments from side characters. It’s a classic example of Lux Radio Theatre’s blend of top-tier entertainment and glamorous nostalgia—evoking the world before television, when families gathered around the radio for drama and romance.

Listeners can follow the timeline of romance, separation, revelation, political crisis, and ultimate resolution, all while gaining a glimpse behind the radio curtain through post-play interviews and Hollywood anecdotes. Essential themes include the tension between personal happiness and duty, the decline of monarchy, and the enduring American optimism embodied by the protagonist.

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For New Listeners

If you haven’t heard this episode, it offers:

• An entertaining blend of romance, intrigue, humor, and melodrama reminiscent of early 20th-century serials
• Old Hollywood’s star-studded radio tradition, plus insightful industry stories
• A full-cast audio performance with lively dialogue, unexpected plot turns, and warm closing banter

Skip the ads, lean in for the story, and savor the vintage glamour and intrigue of “Graustark.”

Transcript

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[Reporter/Photographer Spud]

Hollywood, California. Monday, February 8th.

[Narrator/Announcer]

The lutz radio theater presents gene raymond and anna stenn in graustark with james gleason and marona olson. Lutz presents Hollywood Another brought to you by the makers of Lux Toilet Soap. Direct from the stage of the Lux Radio Theater on Hollywood Boulevard. Headlining Gene Raymond, Anna Stenn, James Gleason and Marona Olson. Our guest, Rufus Lemaire, Hollywood's foremost starfinder. Our producer, Cecil B. DeMille. Our conductor, Louis Silver. Looking over the footlights, I see many Hollywood celebrities in our audience tonight. To them and to our listeners everywhere, a hearty welcome to the Lux Radio the. Let me remind you of this that modern complexion trouble. Cosmetic skin comes gradually. If right now you're letting stale rouge and powder, dust and dirt choke your pores, you're taking chances.

[Rufus Lemaire]

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[Narrator/Announcer]

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[Cecil B. DeMille]

Greetings from Hollywood. Ladies and gentlemen, Tonight, by a strange historical coincidence, we observe two golden anniversaries in the motion picture industry. Fifty years ago, Thomas Edison was completing the experiments that gave the world the motion picture. At the same time, Horace Wilcox was laying out this Cahinga Valley subdivision called Hollywood. Those were days when Hollywood had an entirely different quota of celebrities. Its greatest hero, the subject of countless campfire tales, was still Kit Carson, who, as the American chief of scouts, helped capture Los Angeles. Its greatest villain was Vasquez the Bandit, who was captured while attending a dance on Sunset Boulevard, where most of Hollywood still dances. To Edison and Wilcox, Hollywood have seemed a mythical and fabulous place. A place that never could exist appropriately. Therefore, we dedicate tonight's program to them with the international romance Graustark in which we hear Gene Raymond and Anna Stenn on the stage at the age of five. On Broadway at 14, Mr. Raymond was a matinee idol before he was old enough to vote. After spectacular success in Cradle Snatchers and Young Sinners, he turned to Hollywood, where he's not only a leading leading man, but a successful songwriter and noted horseman. Tonight we'll hear him as Glenn Laurie. I first saw Anna Sten in one of the most effective scenes ever filmed. It was in a foreign production with Emil Yannings determined to place her under contract. I started negotiations for the service of this very young girl who had starved with her parents in the Ukraine to become one of Europe's most glamorous stars. Then one day Samuel Goldwyn invited me to his office to ask my opinion of an actress he'd just signed. The actress was Anna Stent. I was greatly disappointed to lose her, but tonight have the privilege of presenting her in a DeMille production. She will be heard in the role of Yetif in the part of Spud Gervai. We welcome back Hollywood's hardy perennial James Gleason, whose ability to write comedy is exceeded only by his ability to play it. Moroni Olson is cast as Baron Oberlitz. And here we issue passports to the troubled land of Graustark as the Lux Radio Theatre presents the famous George Barr McCutcheon story, starring Gene Raymond and Anna Senn, with James Gleason and Moroni Olson. We're on Riverside Drive, a wide and oppressive boulevard in New York City overlooking the Hudson river. In the shadow of Grant's Tomb. Glenn, Larry, a young reporter is sitting on a park bench, deeply absorbed in the morning paper. Along the path comes a well dressed, well mannered young lady. She pauses for a moment to gaze up at the monument, then turns politely to the reporter.

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

I beg your pardon? I said, I beg your pardon.

[Glenn Laurie]

Oh, I'm sorry. Were you talking to me?

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

Yes. Can you tell me what building that is that?

[Glenn Laurie]

Why, that's Grant's tomb.

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

Oh, Grant's tomb.

[Glenn Laurie]

Yeah, Grant, Ulysses S. You know, he smokes cigars.

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

Ulysses S. Of course. He was president, wasn't he?

[Mrs. Dagmar (Aunt)]

Hmm?

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

I said he was President of the United States.

[Glenn Laurie]

Hey, what are you doing? Kidding me?

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

Kidding you? I'm afraid I don't know.

[Glenn Laurie]

Everybody knows Grant, even the kids in school. He was a great man.

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

He must have been to have such a beautiful monument. What did he do exactly?

[Reporter/Photographer Spud]

What did he.

[Glenn Laurie]

Look, miss, I'm a busy man. It's 9 o' clock and I'm due at the office at 8:30.

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

I'm sorry. I didn't mean to take up your time. Excuse me.

[Glenn Laurie]

Say, wait a minute.

[Mrs. Dagmar (Aunt)]

Yes?

[Glenn Laurie]

Are you on the level about this?

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

About what?

[Glenn Laurie]

Not knowing who Grant was.

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

Well, I knew he was president.

[Rufus Lemaire]

Hmm.

[Glenn Laurie]

Sit down.

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

Thank you.

[Glenn Laurie]

I don't know whether I'm making a darn fool out of myself or whether you're helping me along. A little girl shouldn't go all through life without knowing about General Grant.

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

I know.

[Reporter/Photographer Spud]

Yeah.

[Glenn Laurie]

All right, here goes. Full name was Ulysses Simpson Grant. Born Point Pleasant, Ohio, 1822. When he was 21, he graduated from West Point, went into the army. He was best known for his work in the Civil War. Captured Vicksburg, won the Battle of Chattanooga. General Lee surrendered to him at Appomattox, April, 1865. Grant was elected President, 1868.

[Baron Alberley]

Re.

[Glenn Laurie]

Elected 1872. Died in 1885.

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

You seem to be very well informed.

[Reporter/Photographer Spud]

I ought to be.

[Glenn Laurie]

I once wrote an article about him for the Sunday supplement.

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

Oh, you're a journalist.

[Glenn Laurie]

You flatter me. I'm a reporter. Well, come on. What's the gag?

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

Gag?

[Glenn Laurie]

Come on, come on. I've taken the bait. Now tell me what it's all about.

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

I don't know what you mean.

[Glenn Laurie]

You know who Grant was. Everyone does. He's one of the idols of American history.

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

But you see, I'm not an American.

[Glenn Laurie]

Oh, no?

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

No. I'm Graustarkian.

[Glenn Laurie]

You're what?

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

Graustarkian. I'm from Graustad.

[Glenn Laurie]

Oh. Well, that makes us even.

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

Even?

[Glenn Laurie]

You never heard of Grant? I never heard of Graustark. Look, where'd you learn to speak English?

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

My tutor, who never spoke anything but English at home. I mean, the young people of.

[Glenn Laurie]

Oh, of course.

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

I'm glad I'm doing so well. This is my first trip to America.

[Glenn Laurie]

All alone?

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

Oh, no. I'm traveling with my aunt.

[Glenn Laurie]

I see.

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

I just happened to be driving by here and I saw this monument. I wondered what it was, so I got out to investigate.

[Glenn Laurie]

Well, I'm glad you did.

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

Thank you.

[Glenn Laurie]

I didn't know you were a visitor. Say, you ought to have a guide.

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

Oh, no, no, no. I like to find things out for myself. It's more fun that way.

[Glenn Laurie]

But don't you think if you could learn a lot more and see a lot more if you had someone to show you around?

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

Someone like you?

[Glenn Laurie]

No, not someone like me.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Me.

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

You're very kind.

[Glenn Laurie]

Do you mind telling me your name?

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

No. It's Yet H. Yes.

[Glenn Laurie]

That's a strange name.

[Baron Alberley]

Yetive.

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

What Yetive Guggenschlonger. That's an even stranger one.

[Glenn Laurie]

Well, it does strike these American ears with a bit of a. Do you mind if I call you Yetive?

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

If you want.

[Glenn Laurie]

Thanks. I'm Glenn Laurie, Morning Star.

[Mrs. Dagmar (Aunt)]

How do you do?

[Glenn Laurie]

Fine, thanks. Now, what about that kind offer of mine to show you around?

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

Oh, well, I'm afraid I. I couldn't.

[Glenn Laurie]

Oh, don't be bashful.

[Cecil B. DeMille]

I'd love to do it, but my

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

aunt, she wouldn't like it.

[Glenn Laurie]

The point is, would you like it?

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

Yes, but it's a date.

[Glenn Laurie]

Where are you staying?

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

Are they Kelsey?

[Glenn Laurie]

No problem. What about nine tomorrow?

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

No, I couldn't.

[Glenn Laurie]

10, 11.

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

Well, I'll see.

[Reporter/Photographer Spud]

Good.

[Glenn Laurie]

I'll be there at 11 sharp.

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

It's 3:87. You may come right after My aunt. I forgot all about her.

[Secretary/Assistant]

Creative. Yes, and I think you should come

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

back in the car now. Yes, and at once, please.

[Mrs. Dagmar (Aunt)]

Well, goodbye.

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

Goodbye and thank you very much.

[Glenn Laurie]

Not at all. Say, so long.

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

So long.

[Secretary/Assistant]

To the hotel, Hugo.

[Baron Alberley]

The hotel?

[Colonel/Baron Oberlitz]

Yes, madam.

[Secretary/Assistant]

Katie.

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

Yes?

[Secretary/Assistant]

You shouldn't have spoken to that man.

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

Oh, Auntie, please. He was a very nice fellow.

[Secretary/Assistant]

I do not care. You forget your position, Auntie.

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

Listen, is there anything wrong in sitting with a young man talking about General Grant?

[Secretary/Assistant]

Who is General Grant?

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

Oh, the soldier. President of the United States. He told me all about him. And, well, he wants to show me around and tell me about other things.

[Secretary/Assistant]

What?

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

He's going to call for me tomorrow morning.

[Secretary/Assistant]

You cannot go, Auntie. I say you cannot go. I've never heard of such a thing.

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

A strange man. We're in America now. We're not back in Graustark. Why can't I go? What can happen to me?

[Secretary/Assistant]

Yeti, you're in my charge. I'm responsible for your safety in this country.

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

I know, but all I want is a little freedom. Just a little bit.

[Mrs. Dagmar (Aunt)]

Please, Auntie.

[Secretary/Assistant]

Please. Very well. You may go.

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

Oh, Auntie.

[Secretary/Assistant]

He can show you all the sights you want.

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

Auntie, you're a dog.

[Secretary/Assistant]

I am going to go with you.

[Mrs. Dagmar (Aunt)]

Oh, dear.

[Glenn Laurie]

Good morning.

[Baron Alberley]

Good morning.

[Glenn Laurie]

My name is Laurie, miss. Ms. Guggenslan is expecting me. Ms. Guggenschland.

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

It's all right, Hugo. Come in. Mr. Laurie.

[Glenn Laurie]

Ah, good morning. Well, I'm right on time.

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

Yes. Mr. Laurie, this is. This is my aunt, Mrs. Dagmar.

[Glenn Laurie]

How do you do, Mrs. Dagmar?

[Secretary/Assistant]

How do you do? Very kind of you to invite my niece to see New York, Mr. Laurie.

[Glenn Laurie]

Oh, don't mention it.

[Secretary/Assistant]

Where are you going to take her?

[Glenn Laurie]

I I beg your pardon?

[Secretary/Assistant]

I said, where are you going to take us?

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

Why, my aunt is going too, Mr. Laurie.

[Glenn Laurie]

Oh, yes. Well, that's fine. I. I thought the zoo would be nice to start off with. But of course, that's an awful lot of walking for your aunt.

[Secretary/Assistant]

I enjoy walking very much.

[Glenn Laurie]

Yes, I thought you. Well, then I figured on seeing the parks and the statues and the Empire State Building and all of that. We can let the theaters and the nightclubs go for a while.

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

Theatre's a nice class.

[Glenn Laurie]

Yes, I've made up a schedule. It's a little strenuous, but I'm sure you'll like it.

[Cecil B. DeMille]

I certainly hope it won't be too

[Glenn Laurie]

tiring for you, Mrs. Dagmore.

[Secretary/Assistant]

You need not worry about me. I never get tired.

[Glenn Laurie]

Oh, that's fine. Well, let's go.

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

Hat check. Check your hat, please. Cigar?

[Cecil B. DeMille]

Cigarettes?

[Tim (Electrician)]

Cigar?

[Reporter/Photographer Spud]

Good evening, Mr. Laurie.

[Glenn Laurie]

A table for two, sir? No, three, Joseph.

[Reporter/Photographer Spud]

Three?

[Glenn Laurie]

Yes, three. Yes, sir. This way, please.

[Secretary/Assistant]

Cigar? Cigarette?

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

Cigar?

[Rocky Mountain College Announcer]

Cigarette?

[Secretary/Assistant]

Cigar.

[Glenn Laurie]

Are you comfortable, Mrs. Dagmore?

[Secretary/Assistant]

Perfectly.

[Glenn Laurie]

I was wondering if you'd mind very much if Yative danced.

[Secretary/Assistant]

If she wishes to.

[Glenn Laurie]

Thanks, Yativ.

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

Of course.

[Glenn Laurie]

Having a good time?

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

Wonderful. I never knew I could have such a glorious time. Oh, I wish it would never end.

[Glenn Laurie]

Must it end?

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

They say all good things do.

[Glenn Laurie]

Look, what are the chances of our slipping out for a while?

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

Slipping out?

[Glenn Laurie]

Yeah, Away from Auntie.

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

Oh, pretty bad.

[Glenn Laurie]

Can't you manage it? You know, I hardly ever see you alone. It's been going on like this for a week.

[Narrator/Announcer]

I'd like a chance to talk to you.

[Mrs. Dagmar (Aunt)]

Nothing.

[Glenn Laurie]

Let's get out, shall we?

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

Well, you know, wait until we go home.

[Mrs. Dagmar (Aunt)]

Then when Angie goes to bed, I.

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

I'll come down and meet you.

[Glenn Laurie]

That's swell.

[Cecil B. DeMille]

I'll have the car outside.

[Glenn Laurie]

Well, here we are.

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

Where?

[Reporter/Photographer Spud]

Grant's Tomb.

[Glenn Laurie]

Don't you recognize it?

[Mrs. Dagmar (Aunt)]

Oh, yes.

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

It looks different by moonlight.

[Mrs. Dagmar (Aunt)]

Glenn, what time is it?

[Glenn Laurie]

Oh, why worry?

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

It must be awfully late. If my auntie wakes up and finds

[Glenn Laurie]

me gone, she'll probably raise the roof. So what? Look. Isn't the Hudson pretty beautiful? Yeah, Dark and moonlight. I guess I picked a pretty good setting. Setting for what I'm going to say to you. Oh, Yadav, this is going to sound pretty silly, but I mean it. I've never said it to anyone before, and I don't think I'll ever say it again.

[Mrs. Dagmar (Aunt)]

No, no, don't, Glenn, please. You know I think so. That's why I don't want you to say it.

[Glenn Laurie]

Why not?

[Mrs. Dagmar (Aunt)]

Because let's not talk about it.

[Glenn Laurie]

But I want to talk about it. I want you to marry me.

[Rufus Lemaire]

Yada.

[Glenn Laurie]

I know I haven't got a fortune. I'm not making one yet. But I've got a pretty decent job now. Enough for us to live on. And if you marry me, I'll go up by leaps and bounds, I know it. Will you, Yada?

[Mrs. Dagmar (Aunt)]

I can't.

[Narrator/Announcer]

What? Yadav.

[Mrs. Dagmar (Aunt)]

Don't ask me why. I just can't, that's all.

[Glenn Laurie]

You want time to think, is that it?

[Mrs. Dagmar (Aunt)]

No. It won't do any good.

[Glenn Laurie]

It might. I'm satisfied to wait.

[Mrs. Dagmar (Aunt)]

Glenn, I do like you. More than I'm willing to admit, even to myself.

[Glenn Laurie]

Then what's the trouble?

[Reporter/Photographer Spud]

What's holding you back?

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

Oh, I can't answer that.

[Glenn Laurie]

All right. I'm not going to be a pest. But I want you to promise me one thing.

[Mrs. Dagmar (Aunt)]

Yes?

[Glenn Laurie]

This objection of yours, whatever it is, I want you to promise me you'll think it over carefully. And then if you still think it's impossible, I'll do a fade out, no questions asked. But you've got to promise me pretty well.

[Mrs. Dagmar (Aunt)]

I'll think you told them.

[Glenn Laurie]

Will I see you tomorrow?

[Mrs. Dagmar (Aunt)]

If you want.

[Glenn Laurie]

All right. Let's say five o'.

[Baron Alberley]

Clock.

[Glenn Laurie]

That gives you 14 hours to meditate. Long enough?

[Mrs. Dagmar (Aunt)]

I. I think so.

[Glenn Laurie]

Good. But how we going back to the hotel? Say, I don't want you to lose any time.

[Colonel/Baron Oberlitz]

Front.

[Rufus Lemaire]

Front. There.

[Reporter/Photographer Spud]

Front.

[Glenn Laurie]

Say, clerk.

[Reporter/Photographer Spud]

Clerk. Yes, Mr. Lawrence.

[Glenn Laurie]

Check up on it again, will you please?

[Narrator/Announcer]

I have already, sir.

[Rufus Lemaire]

Mrs. Dagmar and her niece has left the hotel.

[Glenn Laurie]

But that's impossible. I had an appointment with her at five o'.

[Mrs. Dagmar (Aunt)]

Clock.

[Narrator/Announcer]

I'm sorry, sir.

[Glenn Laurie]

They checked out about 11 this morning.

[Colonel/Baron Oberlitz]

I believe their boat sailed at noon.

[Glenn Laurie]

Boat? They've gone to Europe?

[Rufus Lemaire]

Yes, sir, on the Empress.

[Glenn Laurie]

And she didn't leave any message for me.

[Narrator/Announcer]

You're sure? Not a thing, sir.

[Glenn Laurie]

That's funny, I can't understand.

[Narrator/Announcer]

If anything comes, I'll let you know.

[Glenn Laurie]

Yes, thanks very much. You can reach me at the office of Morning Star.

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[Mrs. Dagmar (Aunt)]

Done.

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[Rufus Lemaire]

Morning Star. Yes, sir.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Copy.

[Glenn Laurie]

Hey, boy, copy my thing.

[Reporter/Photographer Spud]

It's all I got to say. It's a fire

[Cecil B. DeMille]

with you.

[Reporter/Photographer Spud]

Oh, I just been in with a boss. I got troubles enough. He's going to send me over to Europe to look at some more.

[Glenn Laurie]

Europe, huh?

[Reporter/Photographer Spud]

Yeah. There's a revolution starting up over there in some jerk water country. I never even heard of a joint that goes by the name of Grouse Star. Can you imagine that?

[Glenn Laurie]

Wait a minute.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Did you say Grouse Dock?

[Reporter/Photographer Spud]

Yeah, but don't ask me to spell illusion, and I could not.

[Glenn Laurie]

Holy mack.

[Reporter/Photographer Spud]

Where's the boss now? He's in his office.

[Glenn Laurie]

Let me get by.

[Reporter/Photographer Spud]

Get out of the way. What's the matter with that guy?

[Cecil B. DeMille]

But I need you for that city hall assignment.

[Glenn Laurie]

Oh, boss, anyone can cover that. But this revolution story is right up my alley. You gotta let me go over there.

[Narrator/Announcer]

I don't know.

[Reporter/Photographer Spud]

Laurie McLean's in the Paris office. He can handle it. I wouldn't be sending sweat if I had a good photographer there.

[Colonel/Baron Oberlitz]

Now, listen, boss.

[Reporter/Photographer Spud]

Then why are you so anxious to

[Cecil B. DeMille]

get the grouse stock anyway?

[Glenn Laurie]

Well, I. I like the place.

[Rufus Lemaire]

Yeah?

[Reporter/Photographer Spud]

How do you know? You never been there.

[Glenn Laurie]

Well, I. I like the pictures of it. Oh, come on, boss. Be a sport, will you? I'll turn you in some of the greatest stuff the sheet has seen in years. Well, come on, let me go, will you? Well, all right. Swell.

[Reporter/Photographer Spud]

Your stuff better be good.

[Secretary/Assistant]

Don't worry.

[Glenn Laurie]

It'll be front page. Hiya, Spud.

[Reporter/Photographer Spud]

Come in, Spud. What's the layout, boss? I'm sending Laurie over, too. He'll get the story and you shoot the pictures. Yeah, sounds like a great setup, Spud. What's so great about it, eh?

[Glenn Laurie]

Why the revolution excitement. We'd be right over there in the middle of it.

[Reporter/Photographer Spud]

Yeah, and miss the Giant's opening game?

[Glenn Laurie]

Oh, forget it, will ya? Well, I'm going home and get packed. Shake, boss. Thanks a lot.

[Reporter/Photographer Spud]

See you later, Spud. Well, what's the matter with that guy,

[Cecil B. DeMille]

he sure is excited.

[Reporter/Photographer Spud]

He must be nuts. You think he was going to meet his girl? Hello, Spud. Goy on this end. I said goy, not scurvy. Who's this?

[Glenn Laurie]

What?

[Reporter/Photographer Spud]

Look, I don't understand you. I says I don't understand you.

[Glenn Laurie]

Look, look.

[Reporter/Photographer Spud]

No spigot of grouse, Doc. I only been here a week. Talk American, will ya? Now what do you want? Yeah, this is Mr. Lowry's room.

[Glenn Laurie]

Who? Oh, yeah.

[Reporter/Photographer Spud]

Okay. I said okay. We'll be there.

[Cecil B. DeMille]

Who's that?

[Reporter/Photographer Spud]

Okay. Yeah, sure. Yeah. Thanks a lot, Major. Well, my friend, where you been?

[Glenn Laurie]

American Embassy.

[Cecil B. DeMille]

Any luck?

[Glenn Laurie]

No. He went all through the records. Said he never heard of a girl over here named Guggenslana.

[Reporter/Photographer Spud]

With a name like that, he should ought to be glad of it.

[Glenn Laurie]

Ah, shut up. Who is that in the phone?

[Reporter/Photographer Spud]

Baron Alvalette's secretary. It's all fixed.

[Glenn Laurie]

What's fixed?

[Reporter/Photographer Spud]

The interview. You're gonna meet the baron personally? He's the big meat course around here, you know, Head of the cabinet, head of the army. He'll give you the whole lowdown on this tin sword revolution that ain't taking place.

[Glenn Laurie]

Where do I meet him?

[Reporter/Photographer Spud]

At the palace, my pal at Four Bells.

[Rufus Lemaire]

All right.

[Glenn Laurie]

Order me a car, will you?

[Reporter/Photographer Spud]

It ain't allowed.

[Secretary/Assistant]

Huh?

[Reporter/Photographer Spud]

It's horses over here, Frant. They never heard of an automobile yet. If they have, they're not in favor of it.

[Glenn Laurie]

Oh, well, get me a carriage.

[Reporter/Photographer Spud]

Sure.

[Glenn Laurie]

And a horse.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Sure.

[Glenn Laurie]

What?

[Baron Alberley]

Hey.

[Reporter/Photographer Spud]

Hello.

[Cecil B. DeMille]

All right.

[Reporter/Photographer Spud]

Say, I want a carriage. Can you get me one? A carriage? Look, a couple of horses and a buggy. No, no, no horses. You know they gallop.

[Glenn Laurie]

You will wait in here, please. The baron secretary will come presently. Thanks.

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

Have a moment.

[Glenn Laurie]

Jaden.

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

What are you doing here?

[Glenn Laurie]

Well, I could ask you the same thing. I've been looking all over for you. Oh, Glenn, you left New York in a hurry, didn't you?

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

Yes, I rehab a cable.

[Glenn Laurie]

You might have let me know.

[Mrs. Dagmar (Aunt)]

I'm sorry.

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

I thought it would be easier that

[Glenn Laurie]

way just to walk out. Sure. That's always easy for the one who does the walking. You know, you never did answer my question.

[Mrs. Dagmar (Aunt)]

You came here all the way here for that?

[Glenn Laurie]

I was sent by the paper.

[Mrs. Dagmar (Aunt)]

Oh.

[Glenn Laurie]

Well, did you think it over?

[Mrs. Dagmar (Aunt)]

Yes.

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

That's why I didn't let you know. I didn't want to hurt you.

[Glenn Laurie]

Oh, I see. The answer was no. Well, I said I wouldn't ask any questions. I won't.

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

I wanted to see you that day.

[Mrs. Dagmar (Aunt)]

If I just been able to say no. Simply it Wouldn't have been so bad, but. But I would have had to tell you something else.

[Narrator/Announcer]

What?

[Mrs. Dagmar (Aunt)]

I'm going to be married.

[Rufus Lemaire]

Oh.

[Glenn Laurie]

So that's it.

[Mrs. Dagmar (Aunt)]

I'm sorry, Glenn. Terribly sorry.

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

What is it, Hans?

[Baron Alberley]

The baron has an appointment here with the newspaper reporter.

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

Yeah, yeah. Yes? Hans, this is the gentleman, Mr. Laurie, the Baron Auberly's secretary. Mr. Laurie.

[Reporter/Photographer Spud]

Who?

[Glenn Laurie]

Him? Well, I thought you were the secretary.

[Mrs. Dagmar (Aunt)]

No.

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

Tell the Baron Mr. Laurie is waiting.

[Mrs. Dagmar (Aunt)]

Hans.

[Glenn Laurie]

He knows already.

[Baron Alberley]

Your Highness.

[Glenn Laurie]

Highness, you.

[Mrs. Dagmar (Aunt)]

Yes, Clan. I am the Princess Yasir, ruler of Graustark.

[Narrator/Announcer]

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[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

Phew, I'm hot. Peddling around in this weather is too much for me. How about sitting down a spell? We could sit on the commissary steps if you're not too proud. Like to, but I can't. Have to go to Pasadena tonight. Dinner with friends. You'll never make it.

[Secretary/Assistant]

Me?

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

I couldn't move a step. Oh, I'll make it, all right. Dead as a dog now. But life will look better after my bath. A few moments in a warm tub while that nice fragrant nuts toilet so blather does its work, will feel like a million.

[Narrator/Announcer]

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[Cecil B. DeMille]

story of Graustark, starring Jean Raymond and Anna Sten, with James Gleason and Morona Elson. One week has passed since Larry discovered Yetif is the princess of Grau. We're in the princess council chamber where the baron Albert and her aunt are scolding her. They resent the the courtesy she has shown to the young American.

[Colonel/Baron Oberlitz]

Your Highness, if I may say so, your conduct with this young American is most unbecoming to the princess of our realm.

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

Perhaps you will explain what you mean by that. Baron Auberly.

[Secretary/Assistant]

There's no explanation necessary. He's been coming here to the palace

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

every day at my invitation.

[Colonel/Baron Oberlitz]

Exactly. And that's what I find so deplorable. Your highness, you do not realize the seriousness of our situation. An armed force is rising. At any moment General Dannux may strike. And were it known that more than half of our guards are at the border, they would strike tonight.

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

And what would he have me do? Arm myself with a musket?

[Secretary/Assistant]

Eat it? We can do without that, your highness,

[Colonel/Baron Oberlitz]

our country is in desperate need of money. The powers refuse to advance us another penny. Our only salvation is an alliance with Prince Lawrence of Axphienne. An alliance by marriage.

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

I have already told you, Baron Oberlis, I am willing to marry Prince Lawrence as much as I despise him if it will save Graustark.

[Secretary/Assistant]

But you refuse to see the prince. He's called repeatedly at the palace. And always you've made the same excuse.

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

I saw him twice. That was enough. If I have to look at him for the rest of my life, I think I might bestir it now.

[Colonel/Baron Oberlitz]

Well, you have no objection to looking at the young American?

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

Not the slightest.

[Colonel/Baron Oberlitz]

How strange a commoner takes the prince's fancy.

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

I resolve the right to choose my friend.

[Colonel/Baron Oberlitz]

Do you realize that this friendship may result in our defeat?

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

I don't see how.

[Colonel/Baron Oberlitz]

Prince Lorenz is not the man to play second fiddle to anyone. Least of all a common newspaper man. If the prince withdraws his offer of marriage, and with it his financial support, our government falls like a rotten branch. Danux and his troops will sweep the country. And all because we have a ruler who refuses to be loyal.

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

Baron Alberley. I don't like your tone.

[Colonel/Baron Oberlitz]

And I don't like your actions.

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

Be quiet.

[Colonel/Baron Oberlitz]

This friendship must come to an end. I demand it.

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

You demand it? You, Baron Alberl. Your minister of state. A loyal and trusted servant. But may I remind you that you are a servant. I'm the ruler here, not you.

[Colonel/Baron Oberlitz]

I beg your highness pardon. You will excuse me now.

[Mrs. Dagmar (Aunt)]

Gladly.

[Colonel/Baron Oberlitz]

Thank you.

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

And don't return until you learn a little more respect.

[Colonel/Baron Oberlitz]

Very well, your highness. And.

[Baron Alberley]

Yes, your excellency.

[Colonel/Baron Oberlitz]

Come here, quickly.

[Baron Alberley]

Yes, your excellency.

[Colonel/Baron Oberlitz]

Did we receive any word from General Danubs?

[Baron Alberley]

No, your excellency. He's waiting to hear from you.

[Colonel/Baron Oberlitz]

And he will Send him a message at once.

[Glenn Laurie]

Yes.

[Colonel/Baron Oberlitz]

Tell him that only half the guards are at the palace and he may strike when he is ready.

[Baron Alberley]

So soon, your excellency?

[Colonel/Baron Oberlitz]

Why not?

[Baron Alberley]

But the people, his troops, they won't fight until they hear that the princess is to be married to Lawrence.

[Colonel/Baron Oberlitz]

You may tell him the date for the wedding has been settled.

[Glenn Laurie]

It has.

[Colonel/Baron Oberlitz]

You may tell him that it has.

[Baron Alberley]

Yes, your excellency.

[Colonel/Baron Oberlitz]

And one thing more. The american newspaper man. I want him followed day and night. Someone must watch him at all times.

[Baron Alberley]

Yes, your excellency.

[Colonel/Baron Oberlitz]

And if he speaks to the princess, I want a complete record of everything that is said.

[Baron Alberley]

But may I ask why, your excellency?

[Colonel/Baron Oberlitz]

He stands in the way of her married with prince lorenz. If she should decide not to marry the prince, there would be no uprising. Well, that wouldn't fit in with our plans. You understand?

[Baron Alberley]

Of course.

[Colonel/Baron Oberlitz]

Now, I'm not certain what steps we shall take, but he must be put out of the way. That's why I want him followed every minute.

[Baron Alberley]

Yes, your excellency.

[Colonel/Baron Oberlitz]

Now send that message to general danux and tell him to stir the people up about this marriage. The house of Graustark must fall.

[Baron Alberley]

But, excellency, if it does fall, if the people attack the palace and win, they'll demand a parliament.

[Colonel/Baron Oberlitz]

And they'll have a parliament, Hans. A very good one. General danux and myself.

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[Narrator/Announcer]

Your Highness.

[Mrs. Dagmar (Aunt)]

Yes?

[Glenn Laurie]

Mr. Glen Laurie is in the ante room, your highness.

[Mrs. Dagmar (Aunt)]

Oh, all right. Send him in.

[Baron Alberley]

Very good, your highness.

[Glenn Laurie]

Mr. Lawrence. Thank you.

[Mrs. Dagmar (Aunt)]

Hello, Glenn.

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

I asked you not to come again.

[Glenn Laurie]

Yes, I know.

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

And why did you do it?

[Glenn Laurie]

Oh, just curiosity. I've given up not asking why.

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

I told you why. It's causing trouble. I'm going to be married.

[Glenn Laurie]

When?

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

I haven't decided.

[Reporter/Photographer Spud]

Good.

[Glenn Laurie]

Then there's still time.

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

Time for what?

[Glenn Laurie]

To chuck the whole business and come to your senses. You can't marry this Lorenz fellow. I saw him yesterday around the hotel.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Why?

[Glenn Laurie]

He looks like an overstuffed tailor's dummy. No, Yadav, you can't do it.

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

I'm not thinking of myself.

[Glenn Laurie]

I know. You're thinking of Graustark. They fed you with a lot of talk about what'll happen if you don't marry him. Well, what will happen? The country will go broke. And in a year or a couple of years there'll be an uprising. If you do marry him, there'll be an uprising anyhow, only sooner.

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

You seem very sure of yourself.

[Glenn Laurie]

Well, I've studied the situation, Yative. It's part of my job. The people want a parliament. You can't blame them for that. If you marry Lorenz, they're afraid they won't get it. They were promised.

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

I think perhaps my ministers know what's best for the people.

[Glenn Laurie]

All right. None of my business anyhow.

[Mrs. Dagmar (Aunt)]

Oh, I'm sorry, Glenn. Let's not talk about it, please. We have so little time left.

[Glenn Laurie]

You mean they're going to announce the marriage ceremony?

[Mrs. Dagmar (Aunt)]

Soon, I imagine.

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

And there is always the danger of an attack by Danit. He stormed the palace tonight. If he knew half the guards were at the frontier.

[Glenn Laurie]

Who sent them there?

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

Oh, I don't know. I try to keep track of everything and everybody, but I can't.

[Glenn Laurie]

You make a very bad princess, Yadav.

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

I know.

[Glenn Laurie]

Why did you have to be one? Why couldn't you have just been playing Yative Guggenschland?

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

You know that name?

[Glenn Laurie]

Well, it has its compensation. You see, Yative Guggenschlaaner wouldn't have had to catch the next boat back to Graustad. She'd still be in New York, seeing things, going places and having the grandest

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

time of her life.

[Glenn Laurie]

No worry, no headache, no revolution, no problems of faith. And no Prince Lorenzo. She wouldn't have to get married unless she wanted to.

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

A very fortunate girl.

[Glenn Laurie]

And I think she might have wanted to, don't you? Perhaps it's not too late.

[Mrs. Dagmar (Aunt)]

Please, you don't realize.

[Glenn Laurie]

Yeah, yeah, I know. I've got a lot of nerve proposing to a princess.

[Reporter/Photographer Spud]

Well, what of it?

[Glenn Laurie]

Before you were a princess, you were a human being. Well, I'm human too. And I'm asking you to.

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

You're asking me what?

[Glenn Laurie]

I'm asking you to chuck this, Yative. All of it, and get out while

[Reporter/Photographer Spud]

you still got time.

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

What?

[Glenn Laurie]

You don't want to be a princess? You said so yourself. Then why don't you give the people a break? Let them run things the way they want. They'll be happier and so will you.

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

You want me to Abdicate, is that it?

[Cecil B. DeMille]

Right.

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

And what do you offer in exchange?

[Glenn Laurie]

You really want to know?

[Mrs. Dagmar (Aunt)]

Yes.

[Narrator/Announcer]

All right.

[Glenn Laurie]

I'm offering you a three room apartment in New York and half my salary every Saturday night. I'm offering you a two by four kitchenette where you'll have to learn how to cook and turn around without burning your elbow. I'm offering you a little bunch of flowers every payday. And the movies once a week or a walk in the park when we can't afford that. In short, I'm offering you a lot of work and a lot of grief and a lot of fun if you'll see it that way.

[Mrs. Dagmar (Aunt)]

Oh, Glenn.

[Glenn Laurie]

Well, what's the answer?

[Mrs. Dagmar (Aunt)]

Oh Glenn, I do love you. And I'd love that place, I know I would. But I can't, Glenn.

[Glenn Laurie]

Oh, why not?

[Reporter/Photographer Spud]

Because.

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

Because as soon as it sounds, my people need me.

[Glenn Laurie]

Oh yative, they don't. They don't need anyone but themselves.

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

My people love me, that's true, but

[Glenn Laurie]

they despise your ministers of state. The best possible thing that could happen to your people would be for you to clear out and let them run things for themselves.

[Mrs. Dagmar (Aunt)]

No.

[Glenn Laurie]

Oh yated, you're way behind the times. Look around you. It's a new world now. A world that has no need for kings and queens and princesses. You're outmoded, old fashioned. You're through and you don't know it.

[Secretary/Assistant]

Stop it.

[Reporter/Photographer Spud]

But the people know it.

[Glenn Laurie]

Listen, there's a revolution starting out there behind those walls. A revolution that'll sweep you and your ministers clean out of the country. I'm asking you to abdicate now, before it's too late.

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

You've said enough. You'll leave now.

[Mrs. Dagmar (Aunt)]

Please.

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

Please.

[Cecil B. DeMille]

All right,

[Reporter/Photographer Spud]

all right.

[Mrs. Dagmar (Aunt)]

Eden.

[Baron Alberley]

Your excellency.

[Colonel/Baron Oberlitz]

Yes, Sam?

[Baron Alberley]

I have here the transcript of the meeting between the princess and the American.

[Colonel/Baron Oberlitz]

Oh yes?

[Reporter/Photographer Spud]

Yes.

[Colonel/Baron Oberlitz]

Let me see.

[Baron Alberley]

It is word for word, your excellency. Our man took it down over the dictograph.

[Colonel/Baron Oberlitz]

Very interesting, but I'll look it over later. Tell me, have you communicated with general Danux?

[Baron Alberley]

Yes, your excellency. His troops will begin the attack on

[Glenn Laurie]

the palace at 11 o'.

[Secretary/Assistant]

Clock.

[Glenn Laurie]

Good.

[Colonel/Baron Oberlitz]

Keep under cover. Hans, go to the west wing when the firing begins. I've told Dannux that he must not shell that section.

[Baron Alberley]

Very good, your excellency. Thank you.

[Reporter/Photographer Spud]

So I said listen Pachisi, if you think I'm gonna spend three bucks for a buggy ride alone.

[Glenn Laurie]

Oh layoff will you Spud? I'm trying to read.

[Reporter/Photographer Spud]

Yeah, I noticed that.

[Glenn Laurie]

So What?

[Reporter/Photographer Spud]

So do you always read upside down, huh? What's the matter? Thinking about her nibs?

[Glenn Laurie]

Her nibs?

[Reporter/Photographer Spud]

You know, the princess. Oh, see her today? What you have to say?

[Rufus Lemaire]

Did you date her up?

[Reporter/Photographer Spud]

Spud, for the love of Mike. Okay, my pal.

[Cecil B. DeMille]

Okay.

[Glenn Laurie]

Hey, Spud, I got an idea that some of the people that Yadith trusts are in back of this plot now. Take that fellow Albert. Why would he send hair?

[Reporter/Photographer Spud]

Hey, did you ever stop to think that maybe Yadav's selling brow stock shorts?

[Glenn Laurie]

But sometimes you're so dumb.

[Reporter/Photographer Spud]

Okay, my pal. Don't get sore. I just thought I'd ask. Oh, what time is it?

[Glenn Laurie]

Almost 11. You better go to bed.

[Rufus Lemaire]

Yeah.

[Reporter/Photographer Spud]

That's about all you can do in this brig. I came over here to take pictures of a revolution. So far, all I got is the outside of the palace and a lot of horses. I ain't seen so many horses since Ben Hur. If they're gonna start some, I wish they'd start soon. I'm getting tired of this. Yeah, and so is the boss. Hm?

[Glenn Laurie]

What do you mean, a cable come for you today?

[Reporter/Photographer Spud]

Listen, when does Danik start revolution? Waiting for details. Get story at once.

[Glenn Laurie]

Oh, what does he think they do? Start revol just in time to make the first edition. I'll answer that.

[Reporter/Photographer Spud]

I did already.

[Glenn Laurie]

What did you say?

[Reporter/Photographer Spud]

Need 500 bucks additional expense. Money. Weather very warm.

[Narrator/Announcer]

What's that?

[Reporter/Photographer Spud]

Sounded like tunder.

[Glenn Laurie]

Not to me, it didn't. I swear it was a gun. D you hear it? I tell you, it's thunder.

[Reporter/Photographer Spud]

Nothing could happen in a display gap at 10pm I'll take it.

[Rufus Lemaire]

Hello?

[Colonel/Baron Oberlitz]

Yeah.

[Cecil B. DeMille]

Yeah.

[Rufus Lemaire]

What?

[Glenn Laurie]

Are you sure? What is it? Wait a minute.

[Reporter/Photographer Spud]

Go on.

[Glenn Laurie]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Reporter/Photographer Spud]

Okay.

[Glenn Laurie]

Spud, will you tell me what's going on?

[Baron Alberley]

Wait a minute.

[Reporter/Photographer Spud]

Okay, mister. Well, thanks for the trip.

[Glenn Laurie]

What's going on?

[Reporter/Photographer Spud]

It's the revolution. It's happened at last.

[Glenn Laurie]

Who's that in the phone?

[Reporter/Photographer Spud]

The manager of the hotel. All foreigners are ordered keeping the rooms. No one allowed out on the street.

[Glenn Laurie]

Well, get your hat, spud.

[Reporter/Photographer Spud]

We got work to do.

[Glenn Laurie]

Say, wait a minute.

[Reporter/Photographer Spud]

Where's the fighting? It's at the palace. They shell them.

[Glenn Laurie]

The Palace. I'll see you later.

[Secretary/Assistant]

Hey, wait.

[Reporter/Photographer Spud]

You can't get there. Listen, spud, you get some pictures and dig up a story. Wait a minute. I gotta find Yankees. What's the matter with that?

[Narrator/Announcer]

God.

[Cecil B. DeMille]

Your highness saw me.

[Narrator/Announcer]

The east gate.

[Glenn Laurie]

I entreat you to leave the palace

[Narrator/Announcer]

while there's still time.

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

I'll stay here.

[Glenn Laurie]

Captain Bolo, that's your highness.

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

How many men have you?

[Narrator/Announcer]

Less than 300. We can't hold out much longer.

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

Where is Darren Alberlis? Why doesn't he come here?

[Narrator/Announcer]

I've looked for him, your highness.

[Cecil B. DeMille]

He's nowhere to be found.

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

You must find him. And you've got to hold the gates. You've got to.

[Colonel/Baron Oberlitz]

Yes, your highness.

[Mrs. Dagmar (Aunt)]

Captain Bellores.

[Colonel/Baron Oberlitz]

Your highness.

[Mrs. Dagmar (Aunt)]

Captain Bellores. I. I can trust you, Captain?

[Colonel/Baron Oberlitz]

With your life, your highness.

[Mrs. Dagmar (Aunt)]

Then remember, it is my life.

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

I'm staying here with my men.

[Mrs. Dagmar (Aunt)]

Tell them that.

[Colonel/Baron Oberlitz]

Yes, your highness.

[Rufus Lemaire]

Are you all right?

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

How did you get in here?

[Glenn Laurie]

Never mind that. The question is how you're going to get out.

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

I'm not getting out.

[Glenn Laurie]

Oh, don't be a fool yet. If I've just come through that mob out there. They've got blood in their eyes. Now listen, I can get a carriage the west gate.

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

I'm not leaving. My men are out there giving their lives for me.

[Cecil B. DeMille]

Sure.

[Glenn Laurie]

Those that aren't hiding in the cellar.

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

My soldiers are loyal.

[Glenn Laurie]

Yeah, yeah. How do you suppose I got through the gate? By slipping one of your loyal soldiers 50 bucks? What now come on.

[Colonel/Baron Oberlitz]

Your highness.

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

Oh, very now. Valley, come here.

[Colonel/Baron Oberlitz]

Your highness, I have just been informed of Herr Laurie's arrival.

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

He bribed his way through the gate.

[Colonel/Baron Oberlitz]

Indeed.

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

Do you understand?

[Secretary/Assistant]

He bribed his way through.

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

What's happening out there? Are my own men turning against me?

[Colonel/Baron Oberlitz]

There is no need to excite yourself, your highness. Her Lottie was allowed to pass through the gates at my specific order.

[Narrator/Announcer]

What?

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

What?

[Colonel/Baron Oberlitz]

And it is now my pleasure to place Her Laurie under immediate arrest.

[Glenn Laurie]

What are you talking about, arrest?

[Secretary/Assistant]

What for?

[Colonel/Baron Oberlitz]

Well, if you were a citizen of Graustark, your highness, I would call it treason.

[Reporter/Photographer Spud]

What?

[Colonel/Baron Oberlitz]

The betrayal of military secrets to the enemy?

[Glenn Laurie]

Are you crazy?

[Colonel/Baron Oberlitz]

It's very simple, you, Highness. In your conversation with Her Laurie this afternoon, you disclosed the fact that we have only half the guards at the palace. No one knew of this but you and me and her Laurie. I accuse him of informing General Danux as to the state of our defense, thereby provoking the present attack.

[Glenn Laurie]

Listen, you. Another crack like that.

[Colonel/Baron Oberlitz]

Now, Lieutenant. Your Excellency. Place this man under arrest and confine him to the north tower.

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

One moment, Baron Alberley. May I ask how new of our conversation?

[Colonel/Baron Oberlitz]

Well, it is of no significance, your highness. This man pleaded with you to abdicate in order that you might be free to marry him. You refused, and he took the only possible course open to him. He betrayed your Highness to the enemy in an attempt to bring about A quick overthrow of your highness royal position.

[Glenn Laurie]

Say, did you ever try writing stories? You've got a swell imagination, man.

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

This isn't true.

[Glenn Laurie]

What do you think?

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

I don't know. You did ask me to abdicate you.

[Colonel/Baron Oberlitz]

His exact words, your highness were these. The best possible thing that could happen to your people would be for you to clear out and let them run things for themselves. You're through and you don't know it. But your people know it. And I know it.

[Mrs. Dagmar (Aunt)]

Glenn, you did say that.

[Reporter/Photographer Spud]

Sure. What of it?

[Glenn Laurie]

It's the truth. And you know it.

[Mrs. Dagmar (Aunt)]

Be quiet.

[Glenn Laurie]

If you were out of here, I wouldn't care they if they shelled this palace to pieces.

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

Be quiet.

[Secretary/Assistant]

I suppose.

[Reporter/Photographer Spud]

And they'll do it too.

[Glenn Laurie]

They'll set up their own government with their own laws and their own leaders. And it'll be a darn good thing.

[Rufus Lemaire]

There it is.

[Reporter/Photographer Spud]

Now do what you want about it.

[Colonel/Baron Oberlitz]

You see? Your highness.

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

Take him away.

[Glenn Laurie]

You really mean it?

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

You have forgotten once too often that I am princess of Graustark.

[Secretary/Assistant]

Yeah.

[Glenn Laurie]

I just can't help thinking your name is Guggenschlana.

[Reporter/Photographer Spud]

Lieutenant, here's your excellency. Come along.

[Glenn Laurie]

Take your hands off. I don't mind spending a night in a cell, but I won't be pushed into it.

[Colonel/Baron Oberlitz]

It will be more than a night, pal. Laurie.

[Cecil B. DeMille]

Oh yeah, that.

[Glenn Laurie]

When the American ambassador hears about it. Think you got trouble now? Wait until tomorrow. Well, pleasant dreams, your highness.

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[Narrator/Announcer]

This is the Columbia Broadcasting System.

[Reporter/Photographer Spud]

This is KNX Los Angele, the voice of Hollywood.

[Cecil B. DeMille]

We will continue with the Lux Radio Theater presentation of Graustark starring Anna Sten and Jean Raymond. With James Gleason. Shortly. No modern Galileo, glued to his telescope is more persistent in his endless search for new stars than the talent scouts of motion pictures. In this field of face finding, none has a more glowing record than Rufus Lemaire. Since coming to Hollywood, he has brought over 200 new personalities to the screen for Warner Brothers, MGM and Universal Studios. His more famous discoveries include Louise Reiner, Eleanor Powell, Bette Davis, George Brent, Dick Powell and Gertrude Neeson. Today he is executive assistant to Charles Rogers, production head of Universal Studios. Ladies and gentlemen, Mr. Rufus Lemaire.

[Rufus Lemaire]

Thanks, Mr. DeMille.

[Cecil B. DeMille]

Since there aren't any rules for turning up talent, Mr. Lemaire, how have you found your star? Spangled array of discoveries.

[Rufus Lemaire]

Chiefly through luck, I suppose. For example, three years ago I was given a tip to look up an actress plan in a tiny theater in Vienna. I couldn't understand a word she said, but her personality spelled box office and I brought her to Hollywood. Her name is Louise Reiner. Eleanor Powell, another MGM star, was dancing in Low State Theater in Times Square when a wire came from Hollywood to the MGM office located in the same building. It was an order from Louis V. Mayer to find a dancer at once who could rank with Fred Astaire. I saw dozens, but never thought of Eleanor until I happened to glance at her name on the marquee as I was returning to the office. That is the only instance when I found a star literally on my own doorstep.

[Cecil B. DeMille]

I wish Bette Davis had wandered to my doorstep.

[Rufus Lemaire]

Betty was already in pictures before she was really discovered. Another studio had cast her in gingham dress types and no one paid any attention to her. I suggested we give Betty a little sophistication. Was a lucky guest, but Betty skyrocketed to fame overnight. Gertrude Neese and I had seen in New York several times without being impressed. But when she sang at the Trocadero here in Hollywood with a new style of song, a slimmer figure and a new style of hairdress I couldn't hand her a contract quickly enough. And Deanna Durbin is a Universal star only because another studio let her go and I was fortunate enough to catch her on the rebound.

[Cecil B. DeMille]

Everyone always asks, what are the qualities that make a star?

[Rufus Lemaire]

Well, there are three. A voice that you believe when you hear it saying I love you. Second charm and third appearance. A good complexion, for instance, is not only something nice to look at but it is a definite reflection of character. No one knows this better than a star and I've seen enough Lux soap and Hollywood to realize it is by far the favorite of those who must always look their best.

[Cecil B. DeMille]

Is there any reason why one section of the country should produce more stars than another?

[Rufus Lemaire]

No. They'll come from everywhere, though a great many of our future stars are right here in Hollywood, hoping to get a screen test. They haven't had experience, and you can't blame producers for hesitating to experiment with them. It's a big chance to take, but we at Universal took it when we starred Deanna Durbin, Barbara Reed and Nan Gray and three smart girls. And we're going to take it again to the tune of a million dollars in producing Top of the Town, with a cast composed entirely of new faces, headed by Doris Nolan, George Murphy, Gertrude Neeson and Ella Logan. I'm confident that when you see this film, you'll not only be seeing a fine show, but you'll get your first glimpse of at least four stars of the future. Good night.

[Cecil B. DeMille]

Good night, Stargazer. We return to our story Graustark, starring Gene Raymond and Anna Sten. With James Gleason. It's the following morning. In his cell in the north tower, Glenn Larry walks the floor impatiently. Suddenly, he hears a footstep in the corridor. The door is unlocked and Spud enters.

[Glenn Laurie]

Spud.

[Reporter/Photographer Spud]

Hi, Pearl. Okay, Jerry, come back for me in 10 minutes.

[Glenn Laurie]

Well, what's the news, Spud?

[Reporter/Photographer Spud]

Plenty. They've declared a temporary truce. They're going to stop and talk things over. Hey, I got some swell pitches last night.

[Glenn Laurie]

No, I mean, what's the news about me? When am I going to get out of here?

[Reporter/Photographer Spud]

Oh, pretty soon, I guess.

[Glenn Laurie]

Pretty soon? What do you mean, pretty soon?

[Reporter/Photographer Spud]

It's a nice little place you got here. How's the bed? Comfortable?

[Glenn Laurie]

What do you mean, pretty soon?

[Reporter/Photographer Spud]

You know, you certainly managed to get yourself tied up in some awful knots. How do you do it, anyway? For the love of Mike, it's like a story, you know, Boy meets girl at Grants, too. Boy follows girl to Graustark. Boy proposes to girl. Girl throws boy in a can. It's like a story.

[Glenn Laurie]

Spud, if you don't shut up, I'll strangle you with my bare hands. I want to know when I'm getting out of this place.

[Reporter/Photographer Spud]

I'm coming to that. My Pam. Say, you know, you should all have been with me last night. Know where I was? Right in the middle of the revolution. And did I get some pictures. Oh, boy, I'm standing right in the middle of the mob. See, I got my camera under My coat. And who marches up but General Danix right smack in front of me with about 10 assistants. Boy, I never see so much gold braid in my whole life. So what happened, Spot?

[Glenn Laurie]

You know what I did? Well, you answer my question. When do I get out of here?

[Reporter/Photographer Spud]

Give me a chance, my pal, will it. So I snapped the picture. Dennix and his parents, the only 10 they ever been snapped.

[Glenn Laurie]

I'm going to poke that nose of yours.

[Rufus Lemaire]

Okay, okay.

[Reporter/Photographer Spud]

What's on your mind, my pal?

[Glenn Laurie]

What's on my mind? Did you go to the American embassy?

[Reporter/Photographer Spud]

Certainly I went to the American embassy. Good.

[Glenn Laurie]

What did the ambassador say? Well, nothing. What do you mean nothing?

[Reporter/Photographer Spud]

He left town on business, day before yesterday.

[Rufus Lemaire]

He won't be back for a week. What?

[Glenn Laurie]

Yeah, that's right. And what happens to me in the meantime?

[Reporter/Photographer Spud]

Well, I guess you're stuck. Now about the pictures. Shut up about your pictures.

[Glenn Laurie]

I don't care if you snap Danic standing on his head. I want to get out of here.

[Baron Alberley]

Right here?

[Glenn Laurie]

Yes. Good, I can.

[Colonel/Baron Oberlitz]

Good morning, Herr Laurie.

[Glenn Laurie]

Oh, it's you. What do you want?

[Colonel/Baron Oberlitz]

I've come to pay you a little visit and to have a short talk.

[Glenn Laurie]

Well, the shorter it is, the better I like it.

[Colonel/Baron Oberlitz]

You'll change your tone. Please remember you were my prisoner, Herr Laurie.

[Reporter/Photographer Spud]

Who's this guy? Glenn? The royal stew.

[Glenn Laurie]

Jury cues.

[Rufus Lemaire]

Get out.

[Reporter/Photographer Spud]

Hey, you know, I seen you before someplace, Colonel.

[Colonel/Baron Oberlitz]

I said get out.

[Reporter/Photographer Spud]

Okay, okay. But don't shake your medals at me, Major. I'm the American press. Well, be seeing you, Glenn. Yeah, so long, pal. Sit on, corporal. Hey, I could swear I seen your kisser before someplace. I used to live in Brooklyn. Get em.

[Colonel/Baron Oberlitz]

Well, sit down, Herr Laurie.

[Glenn Laurie]

What do you want?

[Colonel/Baron Oberlitz]

Herr Laurie, I regret the necessity of confining you here. In fact, it is my sincere wish that you remain with us for as short a time as possible.

[Glenn Laurie]

Go on.

[Colonel/Baron Oberlitz]

Well, I'm prepared to release you at once. And on one condition. That you cross the border by 6 o' clock this evening and make no attempt to return.

[Glenn Laurie]

Suppose I don't agree?

[Colonel/Baron Oberlitz]

Well, then you must stay with us indefinitely. At least until the revolution is over.

[Glenn Laurie]

All right, I'll stay.

[Colonel/Baron Oberlitz]

I see. You are making a mistake, Laurie.

[Glenn Laurie]

Maybe, but I'm staying just the same.

[Cecil B. DeMille]

Fighting has started again, your highness.

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

Another attacking the palace, Captain?

[Colonel/Baron Oberlitz]

No, your highness, but they are moving this way. Americans kept an easy safe for the present, your highness.

[Narrator/Announcer]

If they attack the north wing.

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

I would like to speak to him, Captain. You will bring him to me here.

[Rufus Lemaire]

But your highness, you have my orders.

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

Captain Voloris. I will see him here at once. I love.

[Baron Alberley]

You.

[Colonel/Baron Oberlitz]

Will go in, please.

[Glenn Laurie]

Thank you.

[Mrs. Dagmar (Aunt)]

Glenn.

[Glenn Laurie]

Hello. I hear you want to see me.

[Mrs. Dagmar (Aunt)]

Yes.

[Glenn Laurie]

How have you been? Did you have a good night's rest?

[Mrs. Dagmar (Aunt)]

Please, Glenn.

[Glenn Laurie]

I did too. Pillow was a little hard though. And I suggest you widen out those cells. The ventilation's awful.

[Mrs. Dagmar (Aunt)]

Glenn, I am sorry.

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

Really. I. I didn't want to put you there.

[Glenn Laurie]

Yes, I know it hurt you worse than it hurt me. That's what my father used to say.

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

I had to do it, Albert. I couldn't trust him. He might have done anything. At least he was safe in there.

[Mrs. Dagmar (Aunt)]

Oh, you do understand.

[Glenn Laurie]

Well, I didn't quite see it that way last night. What happens now?

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

I'm giving you an escort to the border. You will leave in a few minutes.

[Glenn Laurie]

What about you?

[Mrs. Dagmar (Aunt)]

I'm staying here, of course.

[Glenn Laurie]

Yes, of course. Well, Oberlitz made me the same offer

[Reporter/Photographer Spud]

a little while ago.

[Glenn Laurie]

And I told them I wouldn't leave.

[Mrs. Dagmar (Aunt)]

But why?

[Glenn Laurie]

Because I wanted to see you again.

[Reporter/Photographer Spud]

You see, I still have an idea

[Glenn Laurie]

that maybe this is all a bad dream. Maybe we'll wake up soon and discover that Graustark never even existed. Maybe this palace is a myth and it has no princess.

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

It's not a dream, Glenn. Oh, I wish it were. You asked me if I slept well.

[Mrs. Dagmar (Aunt)]

Shall I tell you what I did?

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

I was awake all night, facing my room, trying to find in my heart some justification for leaving my country.

[Mrs. Dagmar (Aunt)]

Jaeda, I did not find it, Glenn.

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

My duty is here.

[Mrs. Dagmar (Aunt)]

I've got to stay. Well, it's. If they're scared, they've come for you.

[Glenn Laurie]

Shall we say goodbye now?

[Mrs. Dagmar (Aunt)]

Yes, Glenn.

[Glenn Laurie]

Goodbye, Edith.

[Mrs. Dagmar (Aunt)]

Goodbye, dear. And think of me sometime. I'll be thinking of you.

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

Come in, please.

[Narrator/Announcer]

The escort is ready, your highness.

[Mrs. Dagmar (Aunt)]

Yes, captain.

[Glenn Laurie]

Well, come on.

[Colonel/Baron Oberlitz]

Stand back.

[Baron Alberley]

Your excellent thing.

[Colonel/Baron Oberlitz]

Good morning, your highness.

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

Darren Obrig.

[Colonel/Baron Oberlitz]

Ah, our friend, her Lottie.

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Alright, I'll stop.

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[Colonel/Baron Oberlitz]

You've decided to accept my offer?

[Glenn Laurie]

It's Her Highness's offer I'm accepting and not yours.

[Colonel/Baron Oberlitz]

Splendid. I wish you Godspeed, Herr Larry.

[Glenn Laurie]

I won't say what I wish you.

[Reporter/Photographer Spud]

Come on, get out of there. You cannot go there. I'm the American press, see? I go any place. You can't go on that.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Hi, Spud. Hello, Spud.

[Reporter/Photographer Spud]

Hey, Glenn, I got a story for you.

[Colonel/Baron Oberlitz]

What do you mean by forcing your way in here?

[Reporter/Photographer Spud]

Well, if it ain't the lieutenant. You're just a man I wanted to see.

[Colonel/Baron Oberlitz]

Put this man out.

[Rufus Lemaire]

No, you don't.

[Reporter/Photographer Spud]

You handle me with care, Corporal, or I'll spill my story all over the country.

[Glenn Laurie]

What story?

[Reporter/Photographer Spud]

A pit. Baron Obelitz turned straighter, sells out to the enemy.

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

What?

[Reporter/Photographer Spud]

Obelitz conspires with General Danix to bring about downfall of House of Graustark. Obelitz is first class.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Heel.

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

You.

[Reporter/Photographer Spud]

You dare.

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

What does this mean?

[Reporter/Photographer Spud]

Just what I say, Lady Glenn. Remember those pictures I took at Danix officers? Yeah, what about them? Well, I took a good look at them again, and who's standing right beside Danix but our pal, Corporal Abilett?

[Rufus Lemaire]

That's a lie.

[Reporter/Photographer Spud]

Oh, have you got the picture with you, Spud?

[Rufus Lemaire]

Sure.

[Reporter/Photographer Spud]

Here, take a slant.

[Glenn Laurie]

Good word, Spud.

[Secretary/Assistant]

There it is.

[Glenn Laurie]

Look at him. Yet of the one on the end, see?

[Reporter/Photographer Spud]

Ryan, this is ridiculous.

[Glenn Laurie]

So you're the one who slipped Danix the information about the guards, huh?

[Reporter/Photographer Spud]

And you pinned it on me.

[Colonel/Baron Oberlitz]

Your Highness, this man is insane.

[Glenn Laurie]

Our pictures don't lie. Even for you, Captain Baloris.

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

Arrest the Baron now.

[Colonel/Baron Oberlitz]

You can't do this.

[Glenn Laurie]

Yeah, that's what I said last night, Baron. But I landed in a jug just the same.

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

Take him away.

[Glenn Laurie]

Yeah, and do me a favor, will you? Stick him in the north tower.

[Reporter/Photographer Spud]

But look at him now. He ain't even a buck private.

[Colonel/Baron Oberlitz]

Oh, you'll regret this.

[Glenn Laurie]

Janet will sweep the country.

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

And that's the man I've been listening

[Mrs. Dagmar (Aunt)]

to all these years. The man who spoke to me of loyalty.

[Glenn Laurie]

Now y. You wanted justification.

[Mrs. Dagmar (Aunt)]

Wait. Captain Balor.

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

Captain Balor.

[Secretary/Assistant]

What?

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

What would Happen if I abdicated?

[Colonel/Baron Oberlitz]

Your highness, your people love you, but they love freedom even more.

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

You mean they'd get along without me? I'm not needed here. They can run things themselves.

[Colonel/Baron Oberlitz]

Yes, your highness.

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

Then stop the revolution. Tell them I'm abdicating.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Your highness, our thanks.

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

Oh no.

[Glenn Laurie]

My thanks and my thanks. Bud, get those steamer tickets, quick. Two, three. Get it.

[Reporter/Photographer Spud]

Got it. But I gotta grab one more picture before we leave. What picture? My friend Abalance sitting in the north tower, checking off the days on the calendar. See you later, folks.

[Glenn Laurie]

Well, Yative, what are you thinking of?

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

It's also strange, Glenn. It's a little hard to get used to at first. To think you're not needed.

[Glenn Laurie]

Why, I need you, darling. And I'll be a very willing subject.

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

You will be harder to govern than the whole kingdom.

[Cecil B. DeMille]

So we sail away from Graustark and drop anchor again in Hollywood. By the way, when Hollywood was founded 50 years ago, the majority of its citizens were sheep. When it became a town, One of the first laws prohibited the driving of more than 2,000 of its fleecy residents down Hollywood Boulevard. At one time. The sheep have long since gone the

[Glenn Laurie]

way of all mutton.

[Cecil B. DeMille]

And Hollywood is now part of Los Angeles. But as a dog's paradise, it still has a large four footed population. Since both our stars are owners of celebrated dogs, perhaps they'll tell us something about them. Ladies and gentlemen, Jean Raymond and Anna Sten.

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

Thank you, Mr. DeMille. The only claim to fame my dogs may have is the fact that they are the only ones of their kind in Hollywood. At least as far as I know. They come from Siberia and they are known as Samoyed.

[Glenn Laurie]

Hmm. Well, since names make news, Anna, what do you call them?

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

Well, one is Pushok, which means swan down. One is Ruzhok, meaning little friend. And the third is Vanka, a nickname

[Glenn Laurie]

for Ivan, Pushork and Vanke. Well, it's a cinch they're not Irish like my setter.

[Reporter/Photographer Spud]

But I thought you said you had a quartet.

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

Yes, I have. And here's where I fool you. The fourth one is named Hooligan.

[Cecil B. DeMille]

Ah, a harp in a Russian choir. And I suppose, Gene, that you call your Irish setter Ivan Ivanov?

[Glenn Laurie]

No, I call him Trey, after the dog immortalized in Stephen Foster's poem. But tell me, honor, how did you happen to name a Russian dog hooligan?

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

Well, Hooligan means roughneck in Russian too. And my Hooligan is about the loveliest dog I've ever seen. Always in a dither. Did you say Lather No, I said dither. But if you're looking for a chance to get in a word about lux toyle itself, Mr. Demir.

[Cecil B. DeMille]

Well, I am.

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

Well, I'll say a good word for it anytime. Lux toilet stove has been the favorite in my household since ever I came to Hollywood.

[Cecil B. DeMille]

Thank you, Anna. You two will have to bring your dogs over sometime and get acquainted with my family. There's Darky DeMille, the cocker spaniel. Josephine DeMille, the Saint Bernard. And Lutz van Alidor DeMille, a dachshund that Adrian the designer, presented to Mrs. DeMille with the observation that dachshunds speak louder than words.

[Glenn Laurie]

Oh, that's marvelous.

[Cecil B. DeMille]

Right now, my particular pets are a herd of deer on my ranch. After 15 years, I've tamed them to come within 10ft of the front porch. Perhaps when you and Anna are here next, I'll be able to say that they bring me the morning paper.

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

Well, by that time, we'll probably have a lot more parties to talk about.

[Glenn Laurie]

And let's hope it won't take another 15 years to turn those deer into newsboys. Well, good night, Mr. DeMille, and my appreciation to you and the lux radio fare.

[Princess Yetive Guggenschlander]

Good night, Mr. DeMille.

[Cecil B. DeMille]

Good night, Anna. Good night, Jean.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Thank you, Ms. Sten and Mr. Raymond. Ladies and gentlemen, this is your announcer, Melville Ruick. There's an important announcement coming from Mr. DeMille in a moment. In the meantime, may I say that our stars tonight were assisted by Moroni Olson as Baron Oberlitz, Winifred Harris as Countess Frank Nelson as Hugo and Secretary Lee Millar as Higgins Leo McCabe as Captain Balloretz, Eddie Kane as Lieutenant Lou Merrill as waiter. David Kerman as soldier, Ross Forester as a footman. Margaret Brayton as cigarette girl and Mary Lou Fisher as Hatchet Girl. Mr. Raymond, Mr. Gleason and Mr. Olson appeared through courtesy of RKO Studios, Mr. DeMille, Paramount and Mr. Silver's 20th Century Fox, where he was in charge of music for the new Irving Berlin film On the avenue. And now, Mr. DeMille,

[Cecil B. DeMille]

let's suppose that you have two rich relatives, an uncle and a grandfather, both of whom remember you in their wills. From your uncle, you get a million dollars, but Grandpa, who detested your uncle, gives you 6 million on the condition, however, that you spend every penny left by Uncle Ned within one year. This is the dire situation in which our hero finds himself next Monday night. And who better to face it than that man of iron will and steel nerves, that stalwart of the networks. Ladies and gentlemen, Jack Benny, our play is Brewster's Millions. And brings us not only Jack Benny, but his leading lady of laughter, Mary Livingstone. Our sponsors, the makers of Lux Toilet Soap. Join me in inviting you to be with us again next Monday night when the Lux Radio Theater presents through the courtesy of the makers of Jell O, Jack Benny and Mary Livingston in Brewster's Millions. And now, may I urge you, if you haven't done so already, send a contribution to the American Red Cross. The work of rehabilitation in the flood area has only begun. Now, as seldom before they need our full support. Please send your donation to the local chapter of the American Red Cross. This is Cecil B. DeMille saying good night to you from Hollywood. This program, ladies and gentlemen, came to

[Narrator/Announcer]

you with the good wishes of the makers of Luxe Toilet Soap. The beauty care used by nine out of 10 screen stars. And yet so inexpensive that every girl can use it every day. A cordial invitation goes to you to listen in again next Monday night when Cecil B. DeMille brings us a production of that sparkling comedy, Brewster's Millions. Starring Jack Benny and Mary Livingston. Assisting them will be another all star supporting cast in the Lux Radio Theater Orchestra under the direction of Lewis Silvers. Until then, we bid you all good night. This is the Columbia Broadcasting System.