Lux Radio Theatre - Kitty

Summary

Harold's Old Time Radio – Lux Radio Theatre: "Kitty" – Detailed Podcast Summary
Episode Date: July 9, 2026
Host: Harold’s Old Time Radio
Original Broadcast: Lux Radio Theatre, starring Paulette Goddard and Patrick Knowles

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Episode Overview

This episode is a Lux Radio Theatre adaptation of "Kitty," a dramatic rags-to-riches story set in 18th-century London. The narrative follows Kitty, an illiterate Cockney waif, as she is discovered by the painter Thomas Gainsborough and propelled into the highest echelons of British society. Themes include social mobility, class pretense, love versus ambition, and personal transformation. The radio play features celebrated performances by Paulette Goddard and Patrick Knowles, capturing both the grit and glamour of Kitty’s journey from the slums to aristocracy.

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Key Discussion Points & Plot Breakdown

Act 1: From Gutter to Gallery

[00:48–23:05]

• Kitty’s Hard Start

  • Kitty is caught stealing by Gainsborough. She’s ragged, hungry, and desperate ([02:42], "Leave me be. I'll let go me hands.").
  • Gainsborough sees beneath Kitty’s grime and is struck by her beauty, offering her money to pose for a portrait ([03:01], "Beneath that dirt you possess a face. Don't you? Quite a remarkable face too, Begad.").

• The Transformation Begins

  • Kitty is cleaned up and dressed, becoming the mysterious subject of Gainsborough’s latest painting.
  • Sir Hugh Marcy, a charming but penniless nobleman, enters the scene. He is captivated by Kitty but remains unaware of her low birth ([06:36], "That cockney—Incredible.").

• Kitty’s New Home

  • Invited by Sir Hugh to work in his household (as an escape from her abusive foster mother "Old Meg"), Kitty becomes scullery maid in his home ([08:03], "And I can still go to the Painter every day for half a crown if you wish. Gory. I ain't never met no one like you before. You’re a proper gent, you are.").

• Class Comedy and Social Critique

  • Kitty’s struggles with etiquette and speech, highlighted through scenes of her being schooled by Hugh and his aunt, Lady Susan ([16:09], "Tea is imbibed from the cup, not from the saucer.").

• The Plan to Pass Kitty as a Lady

  • Sir Hugh, motivated by revenge against the Duke of Malminster (who had him dismissed from the Foreign Office), and by the hope of restoring his own fortunes, plots to pass Kitty off as a high-born lady ([14:12], Sir Hugh: "Revenge. That old buzzard had me thrown out of the foreign office. I think London might heartily enjoy the knowledge if the duke...became involved with a little gutter snipe from Houndsditch.").

Act 2: Love, Money, and Mayhem

[27:12–41:27]

• Kitty’s Marriage of Convenience

  • To free Hugh from debtor’s prison, Kitty marries the wealthy but dull Mr. Selby, obtaining the money needed for Hugh’s release ([27:57], "I married Mr. Selby yesterday.").

• Continued Sacrifice and Consequences

  • Kitty continues to use her newfound wealth to bail out Hugh and Lady Susan, risking her position and happiness for them ([31:16], "£60...I broke open his strongbox.").

• Tragedy Strikes

  • In a domestic altercation, Selby is killed by the housekeeper, Nelly, who later takes her own life ([33:07], "You were unconscious when it happened. Nelly killed him with a poker from the fireplace.").
  • Kitty, though traumatized, inherits a large fortune.

• Pressure to Marry Upward

  • Now wealthy, Kitty is urged by Hugh and Lady Susan to marry the Duke for prestige and Hugh’s own re-ascendance ([34:19], Sir Hugh: "Now that you're free, I see no reason why we can't go through with our original plan.").

• Kitty’s Assertiveness and Emotional Climax

  • Kitty refuses to be treated as a pawn, expressing her desire for love over titles ([34:25], "I don't care. I just want to be married to someone I love.").

Act 3: Resolution and Reconciliation

[44:22–53:40]

• Personal Growth Comes Full Circle

  • Months later, Kitty is courted by Brett, Earl of Carstairs, and enjoys acceptance as a lady of society.
  • Sir Hugh realizes belatedly he truly loves Kitty ([47:44], Sir Hugh: "I am [in love with you].").
  • Kitty rebuffs his advances, saying she has moved on and has found happiness ([47:56], "I already have. That day I told you I was through with you, and I’ve never been more happy.").

• The Truth Reckoned With

  • At her engagement party, Kitty arranges for her former foster mother, Old Meg, to reveal the truth of her origins to Brett, testing the depth of his affections ([50:40], "Meg, tell this gentleman everything you know about me.").

• Kitty’s Choice

  • Brett, undaunted by her past, offers love, but Kitty confesses her heart still belongs to Hugh ([52:10], "Brett, I can't marry you. I thought I hated him. But...there could never be anyone else.").
  • Kitty and Hugh reconcile at last.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• “Because I say so. Young woman, you’re beautiful.” – Thomas Gainsborough ([04:05])
• “If you must. Who was he?” – Kitty Gordon, challenging social norms with wit ([05:25])
• “You may lack some of the social graces, Kitty, but you’ve got all the fundamentals.” – Sir Hugh Marcy, recognizing Kitty’s resourcefulness ([31:30])
• “Don’t you ever think of me as someone with feelings like anyone else?” – Kitty, asserting her humanity and independence ([40:08])
• “You understand me. We’re two of a kind.” – Kitty to Sir Hugh, recognizing their shared experience ([52:20])
• “Kitty, you may go. Any. Celia.” – Kitty firmly dismisses her maid, signifying her command of her own life ([47:22])
• “Have you noticed this is the first time we’ve had a long talk and you haven’t had to correct me?” – Kitty to Sir Hugh, showcasing her personal growth ([49:03])

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Important Timestamps

• Kitty’s Arrest and Discovery: [02:42–04:04]
• Kitty’s First Sitting as a Lady: [03:47–05:39]
• Etiquette Lessons (Comic and Frustrating): [15:29–19:05]
• Unveiling of Gainsborough’s Portrait: [12:03–14:44]
• Marriage to Selby for Money: [27:44–28:03]
• Selby’s Death & Aftermath: [33:02–34:09]
• Kitty’s Confession and Confrontation with Hugh: [40:08–41:27]
• Reunion and Truth About Kitty’s Past: [50:14–52:26]
• Kitty and Hugh’s Reconciliation: [52:07–53:40]

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Conclusion

The episode stands out for its blend of humor, romance, melodrama, and social commentary. The transformation of Kitty from street thief to duchess is not only one of external trappings, but of self-respect and agency. The production’s tone swings from lighthearted banter and class comedy, to heartfelt confessions and poignant drama, carried by sharp dialogue and strong performances.

Listeners are left with a timeless message: true worth and belonging come not from titles or riches, but from one’s character, courage, and the ability to love and be loved.

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Transcript

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

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[Thomas Gainsborough]

meal deal or a $6 McDouble meal deal. They come with small fries, a soft

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

drink and four piece McNuggets.

[Thomas Gainsborough]

We're gonna need a bigger tray.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

Get more value with your meal deal with McValue.

[Narrator]

Prices and participation may vary.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

Prices may be higher for delivery.

[Announcer]

Lux presents Hollywood. Lever Brothers Company. The makers of Lux Flakes bring you the Lux Radio Theater. Starring Paulette Goddard and Patrick Knowles in Kitty. Ladies and gentlemen, your producer, Mr. William Keeley.

[Narrator]

Greetings from Hollywood, ladies and gentlemen. London in the 1700s was a city of sharp contrasts of beggarly squalor and pretentious luxury. Swung between these two extremes is the story of Kitty, an illiterate cockney waif who is lifted out of the Houndsditch slums to become the toast of England. Partly because a great artist saw beneath her dirt and rags a haunting beauty. Starred in our title role as she was in Paramount screenplay is Paulette Goddard, one of Hollywood's most talented and lovely actresses. Co starred with Patrick Knowles who tonight makes his debut in our theater the screen production. Kitty was a costume maker's dream. Laid in a period when ladies of quality dressed to the hilt in gorgeous gowns and numberless fluffy petticoats. And fashion decreed that they be kept fresh and new, looking to save the beauty of those costly fabrics. Just how this was accomplished in a period when no such thing as Lux Flakes was available, I don't know. But I do know that the studio kept those costumes fresh and spotless through long weeks of shooting by daily luxe Care something I'm sure you women in the audience appreciate and practice in your own homes. It's time for our Curtain and Act 1 of Kitty. Starring Paulette Goddard in the title role and Patrick Knowles as Sir Hugh Marcy. London 1783. In front of his fashionable residence, Thomas Gainsborough, the celebrated painter has just caught a thief. A miserable and ragged young woman who struggles vainly to escape.

[Kitty Gordon]

Leave me be. I'll let go me hands.

[Thomas Gainsborough]

I let go when the constable arrives picking my pocket front of my own house.

[Kitty Gordon]

Now please your honor, I only did it cause I was hungry. I got a sister. What? Sick. All I wanted was a little sip for that's all. Me and hers all alone in the world.

[Thomas Gainsborough]

Filthy little gutter snipe. How much did you expect to get for my snuffbox?

[Kitty Gordon]

Half a crown.

[Thomas Gainsborough]

Cost me five times that. If you wanted a female I. Wait a minute. Beneath that dirt you possess a face. Don't You. Quite a remarkable face too, Begad. So, you want money, do you? Get in the house.

[Kitty Gordon]

Yeah. What you think you're doing?

[Thomas Gainsborough]

I have a way for you to earn half a crown. Go down to the end of the hall there.

[Kitty Gordon]

What for?

[Thomas Gainsborough]

You'll find soap and water in there. Use it and remove that filthy rag you're wearing. I'll get you something else to put on. Why should I? And mind you wash thoroughly. Particularly your hair. One more sound out of you and I'll fetch a constable this instant. Into that room.

[Kitty Gordon]

I'm going, Governor. I'm going. What's the idea dressing me up so fancy like?

[Thomas Gainsborough]

Keep quiet and sit down. I'm about to paint your portrait. What's your name?

[Kitty Gordon]

K. Your full name? I ain't got no fuller name.

[Thomas Gainsborough]

I see. Well, my name's Gainsborough. Now, let me have your profile.

[Lady Susan Dowd]

Have me walked.

[Thomas Gainsborough]

You're. Oh, just look that way. No, no, no, no. Turn the light.

[Narrator]

Why?

[Thomas Gainsborough]

Because I say so. Young woman, you're beautiful. I knows it how you do.

[Kitty Gordon]

You ain't the only bloke I ever met. You.

[Thomas Gainsborough]

Now, Kitty, but for the accident of birth, you might have been the reigning. Hold still. William. The reigning beauty of the land. All England at your feet.

[Kitty Gordon]

My feet? What for?

[Thomas Gainsborough]

Unfortunately, however, you are cursed with articulation.

[Kitty Gordon]

Eh?

[Thomas Gainsborough]

You can talk.

[Kitty Gordon]

Blimey, so can you. I don't like it neither.

[Thomas Gainsborough]

They'll never hear you speak. A painting cannot talk. I think I shall call this the portrait of an Anonymous Lady. It shall be quite a lark, Kitty. London will rack its brains wondering who my exquisite and high born model is. One moment, one moment.

[Kitty Gordon]

Now what?

[Thomas Gainsborough]

Nothing, nothing. Just sit there and keep quiet.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

Put away your brushes, Tom. I need some money.

[Thomas Gainsborough]

Money again.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

Brett Carstairs is off for India.

[Thomas Gainsborough]

Yes, I know.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

I'd like to go with him, except I. I don't have the fare.

[Thomas Gainsborough]

Oh, what a pity.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

If you'd advance it, Tom, you'd be rid of me. Just think.

[Thomas Gainsborough]

What?

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

Well. Well, now, Tom. Be civil, man. Be civil. Introduce me to the lady.

[Thomas Gainsborough]

The lady doesn't care to meet anyone.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

I'll ask her.

[Thomas Gainsborough]

You do no such thing. The lady is not here for social reasons.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

What a shame.

[Thomas Gainsborough]

Hugh, I'm very busy.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

Oh, of course.

[Announcer]

Sorry.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

See you. And on, old genius.

[Kitty Gordon]

Now can I talk?

[Thomas Gainsborough]

If you must.

[Kitty Gordon]

Who was he?

[Thomas Gainsborough]

Friend of mine. So you, Marcy. Can't understand how I got rid of him so easily.

[Kitty Gordon]

He said he wanted to meet me.

[Thomas Gainsborough]

Of course he wanted to meet you. Beautiful girl, beautifully attired. But what if you'd Opened your mouth.

[Kitty Gordon]

What's the matter with me mouth? I talks English, don't I? I've a good mind to do so.

[Thomas Gainsborough]

You want to earn half a crown or don't you?

[Kitty Gordon]

Else, Governor.

[Thomas Gainsborough]

Then be silent. You will come here every day at the same hour until the portrait's finished. Half a clown every day, my girl. But you're to leave here every day in the same rags you came in. You understand? This is my little game. And those are my little rules. Now let's get to work.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

Forgive me, milady.

[Lady Susan Dowd]

What?

[Kitty Gordon]

Oh, it's you.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

Ingenious. Positively ingenious. But who are you, please? And why? Masquerade in tatters. See here, you. You were sitting for Mr. Gainsborough, were you not?

[Kitty Gordon]

Sitting for half a crown. I was numb to the bone, too. Romy. Tain't off turn cold at all.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

That cockney incredible.

[Thomas Gainsborough]

Oh, no.

[Narrator]

No.

[Kitty Gordon]

Whatcha laughing at?

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

Not at you, my girl. At myself. In the studio. You were a beautiful and silent lady. Wealthy, no doubt, too. Now. Well, now I discover I've been waiting two hours to meet. Well, to meet what I see before my eyes. Do you realize I had hopes of driving you home in my carriage?

[Kitty Gordon]

Come off it.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

Get in the carriage. I'll still drive you home. Where do you live?

[Kitty Gordon]

Houndsditch.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

Houndsditch, coachman.

[Thomas Gainsborough]

Houndsditch. Very good, sir.

[Kitty Gordon]

Now, watch your game, you.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

One look at your rags and any game I had in mind is definitely off. You live with your family?

[Kitty Gordon]

Oh, with me father. Close on to 80. Poor old dear. Blind as a bat, he is. Me and him's all alone in the world.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

Sad, isn't it?

[Kitty Gordon]

I asked to take care of him. I. Ow. It's gone.

[Lady Susan Dowd]

It's gone.

[Thomas Gainsborough]

It is what?

[Kitty Gordon]

The off crown.

[Lady Susan Dowd]

It's gone.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

Misplace some money.

[Kitty Gordon]

Oh, the off crown the Pinter gave me, it's gone.

[Thomas Gainsborough]

Sit still.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

There have been many worse tragedy, but

[Kitty Gordon]

I got to have it. Old Meg will knock me blinking head off.

[Thomas Gainsborough]

Old Meg?

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

Who's she? You can tell me. You see, I didn't believe a word about a blind old father. So you live with someone named Old Meg?

[Kitty Gordon]

Bonded to her, I am. All the girls is bonded to her. She turned the hide off me for coming out with me hands empty.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

I better not go home, sleep in

[Kitty Gordon]

the street and catch me death.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

Not a very alluring prospect.

[Kitty Gordon]

Is it too true? It ain't.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

Well, if you care to help in the scullery, you can come home to my house. At least you have a place to sleep and no one to beat.

[Kitty Gordon]

You do you mean stay there for a while?

[Thomas Gainsborough]

Yes.

[Kitty Gordon]

And I can still go to the Painter every day for half a crown if you wish. Gory. I ain't never met no one like you before. You're a proper gent, you are.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

Well, thank you. I was sure you'd know the real thing. We've changed our minds, Coachman. You may drive us straight home.

[Dobson]

So you're Kitty, eh? Well, I'm Dobson. Mr. Dobson. Steward of this here house.

[Kitty Gordon]

So you says. I'm to work in the scullery.

[Dobson]

So he told me. Also, he says you ought to have something to eat. Sit down.

[Kitty Gordon]

Sausage and tea.

[Dobson]

That's not good enough.

[Kitty Gordon]

I'll eat it. But ain't this a toff's ouse?

[Dobson]

It's a toff's ouse, all right, and a toff lives in it. Sir Hugh. Finest manners in London. Best clothes and the most creditors.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

Im.

[Dobson]

Yes, Im. He used to be with a Foreign Office, he did, with the government. Had a bit of money coming in. Then he got mixed up in a scandal. Some say it was a lady, some say a string of pearls that wasn't his. But between you and me, knowing him like I do, I'd say it was a little of each.

[Kitty Gordon]

What happened?

[Dobson]

Got himself thrown out, he did. And since then he's been one step ahead of debtors prison. It's my guess he'll be in jail inside the week. Prison's a good place for him too, eh?

[Kitty Gordon]

You stop talking about him that way.

[Dobson]

What's that?

[Kitty Gordon]

Don't you say nothing against him. He's a fine gent, he has. Took me in off the streets, he did, just out of a kind heart. Well, didn't he?

[Dobson]

He never did want for a female to speak up for him. Here now, take some tea up to her ladyship.

[Kitty Gordon]

What ladyship?

[Dobson]

His aunt, that's what. Lady Susan.

[Kitty Gordon]

Oh, his aunt. Don't I find her?

[Dobson]

I can always answer that, my girl. You'll find her indisposed as usual. Careful now, don't spill it.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

This is the girl I was telling you about. Aunt Susan. Kitty, this is my aunt. Lady Susan Dowd.

[Kitty Gordon]

How.

[Lady Susan Dowd]

Put that tray down.

[Kitty Gordon]

Your tea, Mom.

[Lady Susan Dowd]

Tea? Surely, Hugh, the mustard.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

Sorry, darling. Not a drop in the house.

[Lady Susan Dowd]

Come here, girl. Well, your face looks clean, but you'll have to burn that horrible rag you're wearing. I'm very careful about appearances. I know I'm not at my best today, but I've been ill. I've had a. A chill.

[Dobson]

Beg your pardon, Sir Hugh.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

What is it, Dobson?

[Dobson]

There's Another one just come.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

Another what?

[Dobson]

Another creditor, sir. The tailor.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

I have five tailors.

[Dobson]

Mr. McNab, sir. Been here three times today.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

Oh, well, if a man wants to see you that badly. Excuse me. Aunt Susan.

[Lady Susan Dowd]

Humiliated by tradesmen. Insulted by merchants. Well, make the tea go.

[Kitty Gordon]

Don't know as I know as.

[Lady Susan Dowd]

Ow. Well, then. Do you know how to pull a cork out of a bottle?

[Kitty Gordon]

Oh, yes'm.

[Lady Susan Dowd]

Look under the pillow. Last bottle in the house. Oh, what's to happen to me? What's to happen to me? It wasn't always like this. I can assure you. It wasn't always like this.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

All alone, Tom. I thought Kitty was posing for you today.

[Thomas Gainsborough]

No, no, no.

[Kitty Gordon]

She.

[Thomas Gainsborough]

She left an hour ago. I. I'm surprised to see you.

[Announcer]

You?

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

Oh, why? I was in the neighborhood.

[Thomas Gainsborough]

I heard ugly rumors this morning. Hugh. Debtors prison.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

Forget it.

[Thomas Gainsborough]

But.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

I said forget it. Debtors prison indeed. Well, how's the fortune going? Let me look at it.

[Thomas Gainsborough]

No, not now. Perhaps. Perhaps on Saturday at the exhibition.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

Exhibition? You mean you finished it?

[Thomas Gainsborough]

It's finished. Just wait until they see Kitty. Just wait until they see our anonymous lady.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

Saturday, you said two o' clock in granby hall. I'll be there. As good a place as any to escape the sheriff.

[Narrator]

You?

[Thomas Gainsborough]

For heaven's sake. When are you going to do something about yourself?

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

Who knows, Tom? Maybe Saturday afternoon at cranby hall.

[Thomas Gainsborough]

I haven't had such sport. It hears you. They're all guessing. Who is the anonymous lady? What is her name?

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

You've told no one.

[Thomas Gainsborough]

Tell the elite of London that I've painted a dirty, ragged street gammon.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

You forget Kitty's become our scullery maid, but don't ask me why. She's hopeless.

[Thomas Gainsborough]

Oh, you can look at that portrait and say she's hopeless.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

No, I say what they all say. She's breathtaking, Tom. The most dazzling creature in London.

[Thomas Gainsborough]

Gainsborough. Oh. Oh, yes, yes, your grace. The portrait.

[Kitty Gordon]

Who is she?

[Thomas Gainsborough]

The anonymous lady, your grace. Oh, you know sir Hugh Marcy, do you not, sir?

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

Here. The duke of malminster and I have met before, Mr. Gainsborough.

[Thomas Gainsborough]

We have no doubt. No doubt. Gainsborough. She's gorgeous, Simply gorgeous. Odds heart. Look at the crowd gawking at her. The painting's not being purchased? Not yet, your grace. Then I'll buy it. The price is 150 guineas. Did I ask the price? She's exquisite. Now, who is she?

[Announcer]

Who?

[Thomas Gainsborough]

The anonymous lady. I purchased the picture, Mr. Gainsborough. I demand to know who the lady is. And I deeply regret, your grace. I cannot Tell you if you care

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

to step in the anteroom, my lord, perhaps I can tell you.

[Thomas Gainsborough]

Hugh.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

Oh, don't leave us, Tom. Yes, my lord. While Mr. Gainsborough has promised not to reveal the lady's identity, I have not. She's a Miss Kitty Gordon.

[Thomas Gainsborough]

Well, what about her? Who is she, sir?

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

She's the ward of my aunt. Her father was squire Alfred Gordon of. Of Devon. Killed some years ago in a hunting accident. Her mother died soon after. A broken heart.

[Narrator]

Tragic. Tragic.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

Since the poor girl had no one else, my aunt took her in odds life.

[Thomas Gainsborough]

I should like very much to meet Ms. Gordon, sir. Your grace, I think.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

Unfortunately, at the moment, Ms. Gordon is traveling abroad.

[Thomas Gainsborough]

But she's as beautiful as he's painted her. As young as fresh.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

More beautiful. Your grace. Your pardon, Mr. Gainsborough, but no oil can capture the vivacity, the charm, the eagerness for life in this young creature.

[Thomas Gainsborough]

Indeed. I must meet her the instant she returns. What did he say your name is, sir?

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

Sir Hugh Marcy.

[Announcer]

Marcy.

[Thomas Gainsborough]

Marcy. Sounds very familiar. Well, next time I shall know you for certain. Send the portrait to my home immediately. Your servant, sir.

[Narrator]

You.

[Thomas Gainsborough]

Will you kindly tell me what you're up to?

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

Revenge.

[Narrator]

What?

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

Revenge? That old buzzard had me thrown out of the foreign office. I think London might heartily enjoy the knowledge if the duke of Malmonster became involved with a little gutter snipe from Houndsditch. And I'll wager my life he'll.

[Thomas Gainsborough]

Careful. Careful. I've finally placed you.

[Narrator]

Marcy.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

My lord.

[Thomas Gainsborough]

Foreign office, aren't you?

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

I was, your grace. I believe your nephew now holds my post.

[Thomas Gainsborough]

There's a possibility I made a mistake, Marcy. I'm not a man to forget a favor. Bear in mind, I'm most anxious to meet Ms. Gordon.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

I'll attend to it, your grace.

[Thomas Gainsborough]

Oh, thank you, my boy. Thank you.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

Forget what I said about revenge, Tom. This looks like the beginning of a new career.

[Thomas Gainsborough]

You'll never get by with it. He'll have you thrown out of the foreign office all over again as soon as he finds out who the girl really is.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

I don't intend he'll ever find out.

[Thomas Gainsborough]

The moment she opens her mouth, you. You can't possibly palm her off as a lady.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

You forget that she's traveling, Tom, and travel is very educational.

[Thomas Gainsborough]

Oh, you're going to teach her manners. A hopeless task, is it?

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

Well, I'm used to hopeless situations. As a matter of fact, I'm sick to death of them. Give me a few weeks time, Tom, and not even you will Recognize your anonymous lady?

[Lady Susan Dowd]

All right, Kitty. We'll try it once again. Now try, please try to imagine that you're a lady. You're paying a call on a friend. She offers you tea. Yes, Miss Gordon. Do you take milk and sugar in your tea?

[Kitty Gordon]

I takes what I gets, and happy to have it I am.

[Lady Susan Dowd]

You. It's no use. It's no use.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

Give the girl a chance, Susan. If you were training a dog, you wouldn't expect results immediately.

[Lady Susan Dowd]

A dog wouldn't be mouthing that horrible cockney.

[Thomas Gainsborough]

Susan.

[Lady Susan Dowd]

Oh, very well. Pray drink your tea, Miss Gordon.

[Kitty Gordon]

I'm doing me best.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

No, Kitty, no. Tea is imbibed from the cup, not from the saucer. The cup is held in one hand like.

[Thomas Gainsborough]

Like this.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

Thumb and forefinger thusly. All right, try it again.

[Kitty Gordon]

Yes, sir. You.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

Susan. I said we'd try it again.

[Lady Susan Dowd]

Oh, very well. Pray drink your tea, Miss Gordon. Hi. Weeks of. Of this, Hugh. Five weeks. I'm going crazy.

[Kitty Gordon]

And where do you think I'm going? I'm not a Lydian. I don't want to be one.

[Thomas Gainsborough]

Stop it. Both of you. Stop it.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

We'll start again. All right, Kitty. Milk and sugar, Lady Susan?

[Kitty Gordon]

Milk and sugar, Lady Susan?

[Lady Susan Dowd]

Just milk, my dear. Thank you. So sorry to hear about the tragic death of your father.

[Thomas Gainsborough]

Good, kitty. Good.

[Kitty Gordon]

My dear. Mother died shortly afterwards of a broken arch.

[Thomas Gainsborough]

No, no, no, not arch. Your mother died of a broken heart.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

Remember your H's.

[Thomas Gainsborough]

Now say that.

[Kitty Gordon]

Remember your H's.

[Thomas Gainsborough]

No, no, no. What did your mother die of?

[Kitty Gordon]

My mother died shortly afterwards of a broken heart. And then I came to live with my dear auntie.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

Once again.

[Kitty Gordon]

Milk and sugar, Lady Susan?

[Lady Susan Dowd]

Just sugar, my dear.

[Thomas Gainsborough]

Well, give her sugar.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

People don't all take it alike.

[Thomas Gainsborough]

That's what you ask them for.

[Kitty Gordon]

But she said milk before.

[Thomas Gainsborough]

This is a different tea. She's a different person. She wants sugar.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

And never, never under any circumstances say a again.

[Thomas Gainsborough]

Now, once more.

[Kitty Gordon]

Milk and sugar, Lady Susan?

[Lady Susan Dowd]

Both.

[Thomas Gainsborough]

Once more.

[Kitty Gordon]

I can't do it. I can't do it. I. How do I look? Tell me, how do I look?

[Lady Susan Dowd]

You're beautiful, Kitty. Beautiful.

[Kitty Gordon]

I never saw such a dress, not Even the one Mr. Gainsborough let me wear.

[Lady Susan Dowd]

Yes, the dressmaker has done wonders, Hugh. But what miracle have you in mind? By way of paying the dressmaker the

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

necklace Uncle Ralph brought you from Brussels?

[Kitty Gordon]

Never.

[Lady Susan Dowd]

That's one thing I shall not give up.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

You have given it up, Susan.

[Kitty Gordon]

Hugh.

[Thomas Gainsborough]

Oh, no, no, don't get it back.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

Believe me with interest. Now, what have you two been doing all day?

[Lady Susan Dowd]

The Alphabet.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

Oh, forget the Alphabet. Beautiful girl has no need for a pen.

[Lady Susan Dowd]

She should at least be able to sign her own name.

[Kitty Gordon]

Yes, at least.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

What I see now pleases me. Our little guttersnipe looks like a lady. Well, we'll rehearse a bit. Miss Gordon, may I present the duke of Malmunster.

[Kitty Gordon]

Good afternoon, your grace.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

Fine, Kitty, fine. The duke was just saying we're having an early spring this year.

[Kitty Gordon]

Indeed we are. The daffodils are bloomin early.

[Thomas Gainsborough]

Bloomin, bloomin.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

Can't you learn to say a simple sound like g?

[Lady Susan Dowd]

Oh, for heaven's sake.

[Kitty Gordon]

Um, blooming. Well, go boil your red. I'm sick of it, dear. I can't do nothing to satisfy you.

[Thomas Gainsborough]

Kitty.

[Lady Susan Dowd]

You're working her too hard, Hugh.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

We'll do it once more, Kitty. If you do it correctly this time, there'll be no more lessons till tomorrow. Now go over to the doorway and walk out here to the terrace.

[Lady Susan Dowd]

You're too hard, Hugh.

[Thomas Gainsborough]

I'm not.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

Are you ready?

[Kitty Gordon]

I'm ready.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

So nice to see you again, miss Gordon.

[Kitty Gordon]

Thank you, sir Hugh.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

May I present the duke of Malmunster.

[Kitty Gordon]

Good afternoon, your grace.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

The duke was just saying that we're having an early spring this year.

[Kitty Gordon]

Indeed we are. The Dabadils.

[Thomas Gainsborough]

Oh, now what?

[Lady Susan Dowd]

I told you, you're too impatient.

[Thomas Gainsborough]

Am I?

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

You're the one who didn't have any faith in this experiment. What's changed you?

[Lady Susan Dowd]

She's changed me, Kitty. But you can't wear the child out.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

For heaven's sake, Kitty, stop crying.

[Kitty Gordon]

What do you want me to do?

[Dobson]

Anything.

[Thomas Gainsborough]

Nothing, Sir Hugh.

[Dobson]

Mr. Selby is calling, sir.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

Selby?

[Dobson]

The gentleman who lives next door, sir.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

Oh, the ironmonger. Tell him we're not home, Dobson.

[Thomas Gainsborough]

Very good, sir.

[Lady Susan Dowd]

I think we should see Mr. Selby.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

Oh, why?

[Lady Susan Dowd]

She might as well begin meeting people. It'll be good experience.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

But Selby's in trade. He sells iron. He's not even a gentleman.

[Lady Susan Dowd]

And Kitty's not a lady.

[Thomas Gainsborough]

Not yet.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

Yes, you're right. Now sit down, Kitty. Mind your tongue. If you don't know what to say to Mr. Selby, well, just smile.

[Dobson]

I'll try.

[Thomas Gainsborough]

Thomson.

[Dobson]

Yes, Sir Hugh?

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

Tell Mr. Selby we'll be very happy to see him.

[Thomas Gainsborough]

And I brought these for you, lady Susan, from me own garden.

[Lady Susan Dowd]

How very kind of you. Oh, my ward, Mr. Selby. Miss Gordon.

[Thomas Gainsborough]

Your most obedient servant, Miss Gordon.

[Kitty Gordon]

Mr. Selby. The daffodils are blooming early indeed, miss Gordon.

[Thomas Gainsborough]

But their bloom is not to be compared to the bloom on Your cheeks.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

Come, Selby. Miss Gordon is very young and I feel it my duty to warn her against such eloquence.

[Thomas Gainsborough]

Oh, I'd like nothing better than to turn Miss Gordon's head, sir, if it were turned in my direction.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

Your wit is sharp, Sylvie. Did you ever think of taking up playwright in?

[Thomas Gainsborough]

Well, no. I did write her ode once.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

I knew it. Such felicity of phrase can hardly be accidental.

[Thomas Gainsborough]

Miss Gordon, if you care to read my ode, I'll be glad to bring it over at some future time.

[Lady Susan Dowd]

O, why not tomorrow, Mr. Selby, and take tea with us?

[Thomas Gainsborough]

Would you do me great honor, ma'. Am. Well, I really must go now. It's been ever so nice meeting you, Miss Gordon. That wondrous smile. Your servant, Lady Susan.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

To you, Mr. Sylvia.

[Thomas Gainsborough]

Till tomorrow, then.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

Oh, what an idiot.

[Lady Susan Dowd]

But a rich idiot. Pity, my dear. He never once took his eyes off you. Fascinated, like a rabbit.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

Oh, no, you don't, Susan. I won't have it.

[Lady Susan Dowd]

It would solve our financial difficulties. We'd ask for a large dollar before we'd let Kitty marry him.

[Kitty Gordon]

Marry? Here now, who's marrying who?

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

Be quiet. I'm saving Kitty for the Duke of Malmonster. You know what that means to me.

[Kitty Gordon]

Do you mean to say you've been teaching me all these things so I can marry somebody?

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

Not somebody. You've been fortunate enough to have been greatly admired by the Duke of Malmonster.

[Kitty Gordon]

I don't want him. I mean him.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

No one's asking what you want. The Duke's a widower, one of the foremost peers in the realm. You should be honoured.

[Kitty Gordon]

Well, I ain't. And you can tell him to OP it. He can blink and well off it. I don't want to be no duchess. I ain't marrying him or anybody else.

[Lady Susan Dowd]

I ain't. Extraordinary. I never expected Kitty to refuse a Duke.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

Well, don't worry about it.

[Lady Susan Dowd]

You heard what she said.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

And what would you do if you had to choose between the Duke and going back to Houndsditch?

[Lady Susan Dowd]

Ah, yes, she's told me about Houndsditch. And that frightful creature she's bonded to. Old Meg. Well, I'd take the Duke, of course, but then I'm a lady. I have an idea our little gutter snipe is above that sort of thing.

[Thomas Gainsborough]

Bah.

[Lady Susan Dowd]

Kitty, there's no sense locking yourself in your room any longer.

[Kitty Gordon]

I told you this afternoon, nobody can make me marry nobody.

[Lady Susan Dowd]

No one's going to make you do anything. Kitty. Hugh's gone. They've taken him away.

[Kitty Gordon]

Taken him?

[Lady Susan Dowd]

Who took him his creditors just now to debtors prison.

[Kitty Gordon]

Why'd you let them do it?

[Lady Susan Dowd]

You gotta get him out with what it takes. Money.

[Kitty Gordon]

Can't you borrow none? The stealing. He can't stay there. It'll kill kill him. It will.

[Lady Susan Dowd]

We're finished. Kitty. I don't know what will become of me. I suppose I'll end up in Houndsditch with you.

[Kitty Gordon]

I'll never go back to Houndsditch.

[Lady Susan Dowd]

Then let's try Cheapside.

[Dobson]

Lady Susan.

[Lady Susan Dowd]

What is it?

[Dobson]

Mr. Selby is downstairs, my lady, with more flowers.

[Lady Susan Dowd]

Tell Mr. Selby to go back to his forge and beat his head on his anvil. I'm going to lie down.

[Dobson]

Yes, m'. Lady.

[Kitty Gordon]

Wait. You said Mr. Selby has money. How much will he pay for me?

[Lady Susan Dowd]

Pay? What do you mean?

[Kitty Gordon]

You said he'd pay to marry me.

[Lady Susan Dowd]

Oh, the dower.

[Kitty Gordon]

Yes.

[Lady Susan Dowd]

Hugh was furious when I suggested it.

[Kitty Gordon]

He wasn't in prison then. Dobson, tell Mr. Selby that Lady Susan is ill, but that Ms. Gordon will be down.

[Lady Susan Dowd]

You're going to entertain him by yourself.

[Kitty Gordon]

I ain't going to entertain nobody I'm gonna marry.

[Announcer]

In a moment we'll return with Act 2 of Kitty, starring Paulette Goddard and Patrick Knowles. Say, Libby, what's this story going arounds about Jimmy Stewart?

[John Milton Kennedy]

Oh, I heard it from Jimmy himself. About a week before Frank Capra was due to start shooting his first Liberty Films production, It's a Wonderful Life, it suddenly came over Jimmy. How was he going to do? This was his first picture in five years. He began boning up on the first scene like a schoolboy the night before exams. He could recite that scene in his sleep. Well, the first day on the set, Capper strolled over and said he'd made a slight change in plans and would do a different scene first. Well, Jimmy's heart sank as he thumbed through the script. Donavid started the scene. She said, are you going towards home? No, Jimmy replied. And that was it. He made his first speech without a fumble.

[Announcer]

Well, how did he get on after that?

[John Milton Kennedy]

Oh, splendidly, of course. Although he insists he's just not naturally the graceful type. He and Donna Reed do a wonderful Charleston number and It's a Wonderful Life. It's a dance contest and a pretty

[Announcer]

strenuous dance, I imagine.

[John Milton Kennedy]

And quite a strain on stockings too. The 150 extras who take part in that scene naturally worried about stocking runs. They were advised to lux their stockings at the end of every day's shooting. Hollywood studios say that luxing cuts down runs amazingly.

[Announcer]

And they're so right, Libby. A scientific laboratory proved that. Remember, they made strain tests on a number of stockings. Many different kinds. The stockings that were washed with a strong soap soon broke down under strain. But identical stockings washed with luxe flakes lasted twice as long.

[John Milton Kennedy]

And knowing how to make stockings last longer with luxury is mighty important to any size budget. You know, an interesting thing about those tests is that all kinds of luxe stockings showed similar results. Silk, nylon, rayon. Cotton too. And getting twice the wear from a pair of stockings is just like getting an extra pair every time you buy a pair.

[Announcer]

A thrifty tip for every girl, Libby. We pause now for station identification. This is cbs, the Columbia broadcasting system.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

You're listening to same time, same station, the best of old time radio. And I'm your host, Jerry Hindigus.

[Narrator]

We continue with Act 2 of Kitty, starring Paulette Goddard in the title role and Patrick Knowles as sir Hugh Marcy. It required only 10 days for Kitty to make herself the bride of the smitten Mr. Selby. And during those days, Sir Hugh Marcy has languished in debtors prison. But the day after the wedding, you suddenly discovers he's a free man again.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

But how did you do it, Kitty? Where'd you get the money? You stole it? Or Mr. Gainsborough, perhaps?

[Kitty Gordon]

Your debts were paid out of the dower, Mr. Selby. Paid to Lady Susan Dower? I married Mr. Selby yesterday.

[Thomas Gainsborough]

You did what?

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

Threw yourself away on that stupid bloated oath?

[Kitty Gordon]

I didn't care about anything for getting you out of prison.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

Didn't it occur to you that this wrecks my plans for you and the duke ends any chance I'll ever have of getting back into the foreign office?

[Kitty Gordon]

I didn't do it because I wanted to. Tight. No holiday being married to Emmerdane. I only wanted to help you.

[Thomas Gainsborough]

Help me?

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

All right, it's done. No use weeping over it. Stop here, coachman.

[Kitty Gordon]

Where are you going?

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

My dear girl, I didn't marry Jonathan Selby. I have to make a living somehow. Fortunately. Here's White's gambling house. If I win, I'll buy you a wedding present. Mrs. Selby.

[Dobson]

Marcy.

[Thomas Gainsborough]

It is you, isn't it?

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

Marcy. Good day, your grace.

[Thomas Gainsborough]

Where have you been? When we last met, you were going to arrange a meeting with Ms. Gordon.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

Yes, I remember.

[Thomas Gainsborough]

She's returned from her travels.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

Yes.

[Thomas Gainsborough]

Well, when am I going to meet her?

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

The sooner the better. You know, I doubt if you'd want to meet her now. Your grace. She was just married.

[Thomas Gainsborough]

Married? Oz Blood. How did that happen?

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

Oh, one of those cases of love at first sight, I suppose.

[Thomas Gainsborough]

Why did you allow it? You knew I was innocent in here.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

I'm more sorry than you know, my lord.

[Thomas Gainsborough]

Marcy, what I asked you to do required tact and diplomacy. The same qualities demanded in His Majesty's service. You have demonstrated a conspicuous lack of both. It will be my great fortune, sir, never to see you again.

[Kitty Gordon]

You for me, Mrs. Selby? Come in, Mrs. Nallens. I know you've been a Mr. Selby's housekeeper for a number of years, but this is something I won't stand for. Beating the scullery maid. Please, Mrs. Selby.

[Dobson]

She.

[Kitty Gordon]

She didn't hurt me. It's all right, Nelly. She's a shiftless little good for nothing man. Maybe she is, but hit her again and I'll knock your blinking head off. What I hear, I do not wish to discuss it further. Yes, ma'. Am. Lady Susan is waiting for you in the drawing room. Oh, thank you, ma'.

[Lady Susan Dowd]

Am.

[Kitty Gordon]

Stop your sniveling, Nelly. You're a dear, sweet lady. Taking me in and giving me a gnome. You've got a good heart, you have. I've got a good memory. Now get back to your work. I've got to see lady sue.

[Lady Susan Dowd]

And I wouldn't think of bothering you, Kitty, except that we're in desperate trouble and you're the only one who can help us.

[Kitty Gordon]

What's happened, Hugh?

[Lady Susan Dowd]

His gambling debts. He may have to go back to prison.

[Kitty Gordon]

How much, Lady Susan?

[Lady Susan Dowd]

£60, love a duh. Kitty, your language, dear.

[Kitty Gordon]

But what about the Dow money? Surely it's not.

[Lady Susan Dowd]

He went long ago. Every penny of it. His debts. And there were so many things we needed. Kitty. They're besieging the house again. Hugh. Oh, it's so humiliating. He's hiding in the attic. Life has never been easy, Kitty, but this. This is the lowest ebb.

[Kitty Gordon]

I'll see what I can do, Lady Susan.

[Lady Susan Dowd]

I'll try soon. Kitty, please. It's so terribly.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

Kitty. How nice you look.

[Kitty Gordon]

I can't stay, Sir Hugh. I just came here to give you this.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

Well, well.

[Thomas Gainsborough]

Money?

[Kitty Gordon]

Yes.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

£60.

[Kitty Gordon]

Yes.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

What a generous, thoughtful creature you are, Kitty. Tell me, where did you get the money this time?

[Kitty Gordon]

From Jonathan.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

He didn't object.

[Kitty Gordon]

He doesn't know it yet. I broke open his strongbox.

[Thomas Gainsborough]

Oh, what talent.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

You may lack some of the social graces, Kitty, but you've got all the fundamentals. If I only knew a dozen like you, I could live like a king.

[Lady Susan Dowd]

I should think by this time. You know, you're lucky to have one like Kitty.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

Don't worry, dear Auntie. I know, I know.

[Kitty Gordon]

Jonathan's home. I. I've got to get right back. Goodbye, Lady Susan.

[Lady Susan Dowd]

Thank you, Kitty. Thank you, my dear. For both of us.

[Thomas Gainsborough]

Answer me, Kitty. Have I ever denied you anything? Have I?

[Kitty Gordon]

No, Jonathan, no.

[Thomas Gainsborough]

You asked me for money today and I gave you five pounds.

[Kitty Gordon]

I needed more.

[Thomas Gainsborough]

So you steal 60 pounds from his strong box.

[Kitty Gordon]

Let me go. You're hurting me.

[Thomas Gainsborough]

No wife of mine is going to lie and cheat. Tell me what you did with it.

[Kitty Gordon]

Take your hands off me, you rotten swine. Take em off and I'll bash your mug in.

[Thomas Gainsborough]

J what's that you said? What gutter language is that? What else is there about you that I don't know? I said, what else? Speak up. Tell me the truth and I'll take

[Lady Susan Dowd]

it out of here.

[Thomas Gainsborough]

Where did you learn such language? Who are you? Now would you answer me? Answer me.

[Kitty Gordon]

What are you doing to him? Mrs. Shelby.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

No.

[Announcer]

No.

[Thomas Gainsborough]

Get out of here. I'll beat it out of here. I'll beat it out of here.

[Kitty Gordon]

It won't hurt you. Now more, Mrs. Shelby. Now more. Murderer. You have killed him. I saw you do it.

[Lady Susan Dowd]

I saw you.

[Thomas Gainsborough]

He was.

[John Milton Kennedy]

Agnes.

[Kitty Gordon]

No use trying to run away. Nelly, go to your room while I call a constable. Mrs. Selby. Mrs. Selby. Maybe I better fetch a surgeon, too. About done in herself, she is, Mrs. Shelby.

[Narrator]

You're sure you feel well enough to discuss it, Mrs. Selby?

[Kitty Gordon]

You were my husband's lawyer. Go on.

[Narrator]

You were unconscious when it happened. Nelly killed him with a poker from the fireplace.

[Kitty Gordon]

Where. Where is Nelly?

[Announcer]

Dead too.

[Narrator]

Mrs. Selby hanged herself before the constable got here. Oh, a horrible experience for you men. But try not to worry about anything. Your husband left you well provided for. Conservatively. The estate is worth more than £40,000. I won't trouble you with the details now. Call on me Whenever you're ready, Mrs. Selby.

[Kitty Gordon]

Thank you.

[Lady Susan Dowd]

I don't want to appear callous, Kitty, but it is a relief having your husband gone. What a strain it would be having to break into that box every time one of us needed money. I must say I was worried over what that housekeeper might do. Hugh, I think it was very clever of you to give her a pension. Oh, dear Kitty. Those dreadful mourning clothes.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

They're ridiculous for one so attractive. Kitty, throw them out. Now that you're free, I see no reason why we can't go through with our original plan. I saw the Duke this morning, eager as ever to meet you.

[Kitty Gordon]

I don't Want to marry the Duke?

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

You can't mean that. A magnificent match. You'll be the envy of every woman in London.

[Kitty Gordon]

I don't care. I just want to be married to someone I love.

[Lady Susan Dowd]

Why can't we discuss it some other time?

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

We'll discuss it now. You learn to love the Duke, Kitty. He's the most lovable man. Believe me, it's the thing for you. For me, too. The Duke is the one man who can put me back in the Foreign Office.

[Kitty Gordon]

But you don't need to go back. You can have my money. All of it.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

Kitty, I was thrown out in disgrace. My career was blasted. There's a stain that must be removed. It means more than anything in the world to me. Just don't forget to address the Duke as your grace when he comes. I took the liberty of inviting him to tea.

[Lady Susan Dowd]

Hugh, you didn't. Oh, how tiresome.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

I know he won't let me down.

[Kitty Gordon]

Kitty, you're going to be disappointed if he doesn't ask me to marry him, aren't you?

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

There's no fear of that. He's already looking upon you as his wife.

[Kitty Gordon]

If he's coming for tea, I'd better make myself ready.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

How fortunate you stopped by, Tom. Here. Your invitation to Kitty's wedding.

[Thomas Gainsborough]

Where is Kitty? I should like to congratulate her.

[Lady Susan Dowd]

Where, Mr. Gainsborough? With her husband to be, of course. Richard, Duke of Malmonster.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

I rather think I should be congratulated.

[Thomas Gainsborough]

And why?

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

For turning a little gutter baggage into a duchess. A neat trick.

[Lady Susan Dowd]

The trick was in having me for an aunt. Kitty could never have passed as a lady without me to guide her.

[Thomas Gainsborough]

Permit me to remind you both, if I hadn't painted Kitty's portrait, none of this would have happened. And you wouldn't be back in the Foreign Office. My dear Hugh, perhaps we should all congratulate each other.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

Mr. Gainsborough. Lady Susan. To our very good health.

[Thomas Gainsborough]

How do you feel, Kitty?

[Narrator]

Are you sure you're all right?

[Kitty Gordon]

I'm very well, Richard.

[Thomas Gainsborough]

Kitty, this has been the happiest year of my life. And to think. To think that on the anniversary of our marriage, you heard the most exciting news of all. Where's that doctor? Confound him. I told him to stay near you. Doctor.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

Yes, your grace?

[Thomas Gainsborough]

Look at her. Are you sure she's fit?

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

Oh, she seems to be.

[Thomas Gainsborough]

Odds fire. How can you tell? Feel her pulse.

[Narrator]

Men.

[Thomas Gainsborough]

You prospective fathers.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

It's much too soon to be worried.

[Thomas Gainsborough]

Her pulse is a trifle fast, but that means nothing. Just the same, Kitty, don't dance. Anymore tonight. Your grace, I think it might be wiser if you worried a little more about yourself. You drink far too much, sir.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

Your heart, you know. I warned you before.

[Thomas Gainsborough]

Glass support never hurt anyone. Oh, there's the Earl of Candlelane. Excuse me, Kippy. I must tell him our wonderful news.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

I've been trying to find you alone all evening. May I have this dance, duchess?

[Kitty Gordon]

If you'd like, Sir Hugh. You've been with Ms. King. Are you interested in her?

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

If the time ever arrives when I want to be interested, I couldn't do much better.

[Kitty Gordon]

You mean She's a lady.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

That's certainly in her favor. Kitty. Your husband's glaring at us.

[Kitty Gordon]

He thinks I shouldn't dance. You see, I'm going to have a baby.

[Announcer]

What?

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

Tell me that again.

[Kitty Gordon]

It's quite true.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

Thank you for the dance, your grace.

[Lady Susan Dowd]

It's not finished.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

It is as far as I'm concerned. Or we'll finish it next year.

[Narrator]

Perhaps.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

Your husband is one man. I don't care.

[Kitty Gordon]

Of course.

[Thomas Gainsborough]

You.

[John Milton Kennedy]

Kitty.

[Thomas Gainsborough]

I wish you wouldn't dance.

[Kitty Gordon]

I've stopped, Richard. I'm sorry.

[Thomas Gainsborough]

You're just a little girl, after all. Once you've given me my son, you can be as gay as you like. I'll take you to every ball in London.

[Kitty Gordon]

What if I give you a daughter?

[Thomas Gainsborough]

I won't consider such a thing. Won't have a daughter? Keep your mind on having a son. I've already put his name down for Eton.

[Kitty Gordon]

What name have you given him?

[Thomas Gainsborough]

Richard Roy Douglas, after my father. He'd be the 10th Duke of Malminster.

[Kitty Gordon]

10th Duke of Malmunster. I'll have a son for you, Richard.

[Thomas Gainsborough]

Kitty. My darling Kitty. May I congratulate you, your grace? You're the father of a fine son. A son. A son.

[Lady Susan Dowd]

How.

[Thomas Gainsborough]

How is she? My wife?

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

Asleep, your grace.

[Thomas Gainsborough]

Did splendidly. Good, strong English stock.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

My lord.

[Thomas Gainsborough]

You're all flushed. Your pulse, it's racing. Have you been at that port again? Lord's fire. Why shouldn't my pulse be fast?

[Lady Susan Dowd]

What?

[Thomas Gainsborough]

I'm a father. Lie down, please. Hindy Dee. My servants want to hear the news. I'm going downstairs and tell them. Arthur Derek Hathwell. I have an heir. I have a son. Your grace.

[Lady Susan Dowd]

Oh.

[Thomas Gainsborough]

What happy news, sir. Thank you, Jeffrey. Did you hear? An heir.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

It's incredible, Kitty. All this in a year and a half. Twice married, twice widowed, and one of the richest women in the empire. By the way, you might give me Balgown Hall. I could use a place in the country. You'll never miss just One castle, of course, Hugh. Now, what about you? What are your plans?

[Kitty Gordon]

That's up to you.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

Well, it's going to be awfully difficult to improve your position anymore. Of course, we could consider the prince. He's admired you greatly.

[Kitty Gordon]

Oh, stop it. Don't you think I'm human? Don't you ever think of me as someone with feelings like anyone else? Or is it that you just don't care? Don't care Twice I've married men to help you. Why do you think I did that?

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

Because you were grateful to me and aware of a good chance for yourself.

[Kitty Gordon]

I did it because I hoped one day you might notice me and see that I was in love with you. I was willing to do anything you.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

Kitty, I. Well, it just never occurred to me. Ours is a more business arrangement.

[Kitty Gordon]

I know why it never occurred to you. Because I was just a little gutter snipe and you was a gentleman.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

Were a gentleman.

[Kitty Gordon]

Were a gentleman. So what I thought or felt didn't matter. You were too selfish to think of anyone but yourself.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

Now, look here, that's not quite fair. I've done very well for you, Kitty. I made you out of nothing. I brought you into a title and a fortune. I created you as you are today.

[Kitty Gordon]

And I created you, too. You'd still be in prison if I hadn't stolen for you.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

Yes, that's quite true.

[Kitty Gordon]

So the score's even, isn't it?

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

Quite even.

[Kitty Gordon]

Then we're through. We're finished.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

Kitty, you're all upset. You're angry. We should be friends, the best of friends.

[Kitty Gordon]

I don't want to be friends with you. I don't want to ever see you again. Now go on and clear out of here.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

Careful, Kitty. You're slipping back to Houndsditch, to old Meg.

[Kitty Gordon]

You can't forget it, can you? You'll never forget it. Well, maybe I'll forget it if I never see you again. Now go on, clear out. Clear out, Kitty.

[Thomas Gainsborough]

Goodbye, Kitty.

[Narrator]

We'll bring you Act 3 of Kitty, starring Paulette Goddard and Patrick Knowles. In a moment. You might say that our guest tonight was discovered by the army. I mean army public relations officers who ask her to appear in army motion pictures. After that, it didn't take long for 20th Century Fox to find and sign blond and blue eyed, Marilyn Monroe. I understand you passed a technical or screen test with honors, Marilyn.

[Kitty Gordon]

Well, I'm not superstitious, Mr. Keasley. But in this case, I think I was lucky.

[Narrator]

How do you mean, lucky?

[Kitty Gordon]

Well, the film they used was left over from the shooting of Betty Grable's new picture for 20th Century Fox. The Shocking Miss Pilgrim.

[Narrator]

I see. And did you meet Betty Grable herself?

[Kitty Gordon]

Oh, yes. And how he laughed about her wardrobe before the picture.

[Narrator]

Well, correct office clothes for 1874 were a little enveloping.

[Kitty Gordon]

Especially the petticoats and pantalettes Betty had to wear in the Shocking Miss Pilgrim. They had yards and yards of ruffles and ribbons. Imagine doing all that washing and no

[Announcer]

luxe flakes to do it with in those days.

[Kitty Gordon]

Why, that's right, Mr. Kennedy. It's a good thing Betty didn't have to live her role. If she had to take care of all those undies herself, she wouldn't have had much time for romancing the way she does with Dick Haynes in the picture. I thank my lucky stars I'm a career girl of the Lux era.

[Announcer]

Lux helps a lot, doesn't it?

[Kitty Gordon]

That's right, Mr. Kennedy.

[Announcer]

It's my standby and that of thousands of other girls, Miss Monroe. You know, women have been telling us for years how lovely their lingerie stays with luxe care. But of course, they couldn't measure how much longer colors stay fresh. So we had an independent laboratory make actual washing tests with identical slips and nightgowns. Those washed the wrong way faded quickly. In many cases, the shoulder straps frayed and seams burst. But those that were washed the luxe way stayed lovely three times as long.

[Kitty Gordon]

Any girl would rather have pretty undies than faded ones.

[Announcer]

She can have more pretty ones, too. The luxe way. Instead of replacing drab faded under things so often she can buy extra ones without spending a cent more, have three times as many.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

I leave it to you ladies.

[Announcer]

Isn't Lux an easy way to have more pretty undies? Thank you for coming tonight, Miss Marilyn Monroe. Back now to your producer, William Keeley.

[Narrator]

Our curtain rises on Act 3. Starring Paulette Goddard as Kitty and Patrick Knowles as Sir Hugh. Marcy. Many months have gone by, but the breach between Kitty and Hugh has not narrowed. Now, on a spring afternoon, Hugh visits his old friend, Sir Thomas Gainsborough.

[Thomas Gainsborough]

Now, be honest, you. Did you have any particular reason for coming to see me?

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

Must I have one usually?

[Thomas Gainsborough]

Of course not, but. But I'm expecting two old friends.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

Well, I'm accepted by all the better people these days, it happens.

[Thomas Gainsborough]

I'm expecting Kitty and Brett.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

Kitty and Brett?

[Thomas Gainsborough]

Is that so startling? Surely you know Brett's back from India.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

Of course, I've seen him a dozen times. But how did he meet Kitty?

[Thomas Gainsborough]

Here, here. I might say quite a warm Friendship has developed. I feel quite like Cupid.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

I'm acquainted with the sensation, Tom. I hope you find it more pleasant.

[Thomas Gainsborough]

Well, now, see here. Brett's a fine fellow.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

All the best. It's still amusing, Tom, really amusing.

[Thomas Gainsborough]

The humor of the situation escapes me.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

You know Kitty as well as I do.

[Thomas Gainsborough]

Better, perhaps. The trouble with you is that you think of Kitty as what she was, not as what she is. Look at my new portrait of her. That isn't the dirty little urchin who stole my snuffbox. That's a lady. The Duchess of Malmunster.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

Excuse me. Sir Thomas. Her Grace, the Duchess of Nalminster and the Earl of Carstairs.

[Thomas Gainsborough]

Oh, show them in, Tom.

[Kitty Gordon]

Hello.

[Thomas Gainsborough]

Hello, Kitty.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

Kitty. Well, I haven't seen you for some time.

[Kitty Gordon]

Hello, Hugh.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

Come to think of it, Brett, I haven't seen you for days either. Been meaning to drop in, Hugh, but I've been busy. So I hear.

[Thomas Gainsborough]

Well, Kitty, there's your new portrait. All finished, Tom.

[Kitty Gordon]

Oh, thank you.

[Thomas Gainsborough]

Perfect, Tom, perfect.

[Announcer]

It's all there.

[Thomas Gainsborough]

Her charm, her grace. Thank you, Brett. Kitty, we should.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

I mean, you should have Tom do

[Thomas Gainsborough]

a portrait of young Roy Douglas.

[Kitty Gordon]

Oh, I doubt if he could sit still long enough.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

How is the baby, Kitty?

[Kitty Gordon]

Bouncing quite well, thank you. Tom, don't be cross if we have to run off.

[Thomas Gainsborough]

But, my dear, you just got here.

[Kitty Gordon]

I promised Brett I'd spend the afternoon alone with him. He said he has a number of things to tell me.

[Announcer]

Really?

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

Only one thing.

[Kitty Gordon]

Kitty, darling, please. Kissing me in company.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

Goodbye, Tom. Wonderful painting.

[Kitty Gordon]

Thank you again. Goodbye, Hugh.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

Goodbye, Kitty. Good luck, Brett.

[Thomas Gainsborough]

Obliged you.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

Not very sociable, were they?

[Thomas Gainsborough]

Oh, people in love seldom are. Does it surprise you that someone of Brett's taste and refinement appreciates Kitty?

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

I'm just beginning to appreciate Kitty, myself.

[Thomas Gainsborough]

Rather sudden, isn't it?

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

Very sudden. As a matter of fact, within the last five minutes.

[Thomas Gainsborough]

That's better. Nothing that happens in five minutes can be very serious.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

You can die in less time. Tom, she's a lady.

[Thomas Gainsborough]

Let her alone.

[Dobson]

You.

[Thomas Gainsborough]

You had your chance with Kitty. Now let her be happy.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

She'll be happier with me.

[Thomas Gainsborough]

On what possible basis?

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

Because she loves me.

[Thomas Gainsborough]

Oh, you don't know what you're talking about. Maybe not.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

We'll see. Tom.

[Narrator]

I'm very sorry, Sir Hugh, but her Grace cannot see you now. She's in her dressing room.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

I told you it was important.

[Narrator]

I conveyed that to your Grace.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

I'm conveying myself upstairs.

[Narrator]

I beg your pardon.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

Do you presume to stop me?

[Narrator]

I'm merely following orders, sir.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

Good. I'm ordering you to stand aside.

[Kitty Gordon]

I told my servant I could not see you.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

Nevertheless, you are seeing me. Dismiss your maid.

[Kitty Gordon]

You may go. Any. Celia.

[Thomas Gainsborough]

Kitty.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

A strange thing happened to me this afternoon. I found out how I really felt about you.

[Kitty Gordon]

Was that before or after you'd eaten?

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

No, I mean it. I've been selfish and cruel, but I. I never realized I'd been stupid as well.

[Thomas Gainsborough]

Kitty, please.

[Kitty Gordon]

You're not trying to tell me you're in love with me?

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

I am.

[Kitty Gordon]

Then why don't you say it?

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

All right, I say it.

[Kitty Gordon]

That was very sweetly put.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

Oh, I know your pride's been hurt, but forgive me, Kitty. We can start out fresh.

[Kitty Gordon]

I already have. That day I told you I was through with you and I've never been more happy.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

I suppose that means Brett.

[Kitty Gordon]

Yes.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

You only turn to him because we quarrel.

[Kitty Gordon]

Originally, yes. Since then I've discovered he's the most wonderful person I've ever known.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

What's so wonderful about him? His stories of India, everything. Is he any better looking than I?

[Kitty Gordon]

You're both good looking, but he's not dissipated.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

We both have titles too.

[Kitty Gordon]

We all three have titles. Mine's the best of all.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

Kitty, you're baiting me. You couldn't have changed this suddenly.

[Kitty Gordon]

You did. You just said so.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

I cared for you all along. I simply didn't know it.

[Kitty Gordon]

Then say goodbye. On that note, Brett will be calling for me directly.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

Oh, let's stop this nonsense. Would you rather have me get down and crawl?

[Kitty Gordon]

Yes, I would.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

Well, I won't do it.

[Kitty Gordon]

Oh, the same old Hugh.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

And I won't accept your being in love with Brett.

[Kitty Gordon]

Perhaps you will when I marry him.

[Narrator]

I beg your pardon, your grace. The maid thought you might be needing me in the footman.

[Kitty Gordon]

Yes, you may show Sir Hugh to the door. Oh, Hugh, just one more thing. Have you noticed this is the first time we've had a long talk and you haven't had to correct me?

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

Yes. It's always painful when the pupil thinks she's learned enough to dismiss the teacher.

[Narrator]

Are you all right, your Grace?

[Kitty Gordon]

All right? Why, in my whole life I have never felt better.

[Lady Susan Dowd]

It's an invitation, Hugh. A messenger just left it.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

Open it up. Aunt Susan.

[Lady Susan Dowd]

Kitty, Duchess of Naum, announces her betrothal to Brett, Earl of Carstairs, and requests the pleasure of the company of Sir Hugh Marcy and Lady Susan Dowitt at a reception, Tuesday evening, July 25th. Of course we'll go, Hugh.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

Of course, Aunt Susan.

[Thomas Gainsborough]

Of course.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

Well, Hugh, aren't you going to Congratulate us. Everyone else has. All in good time, Brett. Which reminds me, Kitty, there's an old friend of yours here. She wants to be remembered to you. She wasn't dressed, so I asked her to wait in the music room. She'll be broken hearted if she doesn't get a chance to wish you luck. Oh, you too, Brett. Kitty.

[Kitty Gordon]

Of course, darling. Come along.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

But who could it be?

[Kitty Gordon]

I haven't the least idea.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

Well, there she is.

[Announcer]

Kitty.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

Surely you remember old Meg from Houndsditch.

[Kitty Gordon]

Well, if it ain't my little Kitty. My little Kitty, all decked up like a lady. You. Why do you do this to me?

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

Because I love you. Knowing what you were, I still love you. But will he love you when he knows the same thing? Kitty, will you please tell me what

[Announcer]

this is all about?

[Kitty Gordon]

Of course, Brett. Meg, tell this gentleman everything you know about me.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

Ear, Ear.

[Kitty Gordon]

What's your game? Where I came from, What I was when I lived with you. Oh, if that's the way you want it. I got her from a foundling home. Paid good money for her, I did. I got a big heart. I have treated her like me own child. Never did a stroke of work till she was 8. I kept her by me and learned her everything I knew. That's right, Brett. Every trick of theft and all the life that went with it. Then she hops and disappears. Just as she could have started a paying me back, she did.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

That's enough, Meg.

[Kitty Gordon]

Oh, you ain't cross with old Meg, are you, dearie? You told me to tell him. No, I'm not cross with you. If you'll wait here, one of the servants will bring a purse for you. Goodbye, your Highness.

[Lady Susan Dowd]

Goodbye.

[Kitty Gordon]

I'm sorry you had to find out this way, Brett. I want you to know that you. You're free.

[Narrator]

Free?

[Kitty Gordon]

You still marry me?

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

Kitty, darling, this doesn't change anything. You're the same person I fell in love with. Well, Kitty, that's not the answer I expected to give you. But it's most convincing. I hate to admit it, Brett, you're worthy of Kitty and I'm not. May I offer you the congratulations I withheld before? I want you to be happy, Kitty.

[Kitty Gordon]

Brett.

[Thomas Gainsborough]

Oh, Brett, darling.

[Kitty Gordon]

Brett, I can't marry you. I thought I hated him. But tonight when he said he loved me, I. I knew there could never be anyone else.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

Kitty, I'm afraid I don't understand.

[Kitty Gordon]

No, Brett, you never could. You understand me. We're two of a kind.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

Well, it was nice while it lasted, Kitty.

[Thomas Gainsborough]

Be happy.

[Kitty Gordon]

Thank you, Brett. I'M so sorry. Nickel. Nickel.

[Narrator]

Your grace. Is there anything wrong?

[Kitty Gordon]

Sir Hugh. Have you seen him? Where did he go?

[Narrator]

I believe he left, your grace, by way of the gods.

[Kitty Gordon]

Thank you.

[Thomas Gainsborough]

Where are you going? Tom.

[Kitty Gordon]

Where is he? Where's Hugh?

[Thomas Gainsborough]

Just down the path. Kitty. You kitty.

[Kitty Gordon]

Kitty.

[Thomas Gainsborough]

Now then, what were you saying? Your royal highness, as prince of Wales,

[Dobson]

nothing of much import. But as a man. Gainsborough, I just made a remarkable observation. Women, sir, are extraordinary creatures.

[Thomas Gainsborough]

Yes, your highness.

[Dobson]

Now, why should our charming kitty throw herself away on such a bounder? Look at them kissing.

[Thomas Gainsborough]

I'm sure I don't know, sir. He's so far beneath her.

[Announcer]

Our stars will return to a curtain call in just a moment. Meanwhile, Sally, how keen are your ears?

[Kitty Gordon]

Just how do you mean, Mr. Kennedy?

[Announcer]

I mean, can you tell by a woman's speech where she comes from?

[John Milton Kennedy]

Dry me.

[Announcer]

All right. Here are three ladies. I'll introduce them in a minute. Each is going to read a paragraph while you guess where her home is. This is Mrs. A. Will you read this, Mrs. A?

[Kitty Gordon]

The dishes were very geasy, but I rinsed them first in hot water and then washed them in Larks Flakes. Afterwards, my hands were still soft and white and smooth. South, of course.

[Lady Susan Dowd]

Mississippi.

[Narrator]

How about that?

[Kitty Gordon]

My home's in Natchez.

[Announcer]

Good guess, Sally. Now here's Mrs. B. Mrs. B. Will you read this sentence?

[Kitty Gordon]

Mary said she'd never marry if she

[Lady Susan Dowd]

had to wash dishes.

[Kitty Gordon]

But she tried Lux Flakes. And now she says it's as easy as rolling off a log. Lux helps her hands stay soft and smooth.

[Announcer]

All right, Sally.

[Lady Susan Dowd]

The Middle west.

[Kitty Gordon]

Kansas. That's absolutely right.

[Announcer]

And now our third guest, Mrs. C. Will you read this sentence, please?

[Lady Susan Dowd]

I wouldn't be without Lux Flakes.

[Kitty Gordon]

I use Lux for dishes, of course, and for every soap and water job. About the house, washing woodwork, linoleum, porcelain tiles. It's so easy on the hands.

[Lady Susan Dowd]

That's somewhere in New England. Let's see. Boston.

[Kitty Gordon]

Actually, it's Medford. That's about seven miles from Boston.

[Announcer]

Good for you, Sally. And thank you, ladies. No matter how they say it, women who care about their hands use luxe flakes for dishes. It's so mild and gentle. Hundreds of women made scientific tests of five soaps widely used for dishwashing. In case after case, they proved lux kinder to hands. Luxe Flakes actually go further, too. Ounce for ounce, you can wash up to twice as many dishes with Luxe Flakes as with any of 10 other leading soaps tested. It's thrifty here's your producer, Mr. William Keeley.

[Narrator]

After meeting them so enjoyably in Kitty, I'm sure you'd like to meet our stars in person as we bring them back to the footlights for a curtain call. Paulette Goddard and Patrick Knowles. Paulette, I understand you're packing for England almost as you seen as you leave our theater.

[Kitty Gordon]

That's right, Bill. I'm sailing next week on the Queen Elizabeth.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

Couldn't find an able. That's great. You couldn't find room for an able bodied stowaway.

[Narrator]

I can imagine, Pat. You'd like to see your native England again, Chad.

[Kitty Gordon]

I'm sure your family and fans would miss you.

[Narrator]

Speaking of families, I understand, Paulette, that you're a matrimonial expert in your latest Paramount picture with Fred McMurray. Suddenly it's spring.

[Kitty Gordon]

That's right, Bill.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

What sort of advice do you give, Paulette? For instance, if I should have a quarrel with my wife, what would you suggest?

[Kitty Gordon]

Just kiss and make up, silly.

[Narrator]

Yes, it's rather nice to see people make up.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

Kissing isn't bad either.

[Narrator]

Pat, yours is one of many solid Hollywood romances. What's your formula?

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

Oh, my wife goes her way and I go with her.

[Kitty Gordon]

Well, you should be able to give advice on matrimony, Bill. You've been happily married to one of our favorite stars for years.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

You used to direct Genevieve Tobin in pictures, didn't you, Bill?

[Narrator]

Yes, and in that direction lay romance.

[Kitty Gordon]

Coming back to your official capacities, what are you presenting here on Lux next Monday evening, Bill?

[Narrator]

Next week we bring our audience an evening of chills, thrills and action when we present 20th Century Fox's exciting drama, Somewhere in the Night. And our stars will be John Hodiak and Lynn Barry.

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

John was in the screenplay, wasn't he?

[Narrator]

Yes, and he duplicates that role next Monday on our stage in the unusual story of a man whose loss of memory forces him to track down his identity in the face of baffling and incriminating circumstances.

[Kitty Gordon]

That sounds like an exception. Exciting evening for your audience, Bill. Congratulations and good night.

[Narrator]

Good night and bon voyage, Paulette.

[Lady Susan Dowd]

Thank you.

[Narrator]

Lelever Brothers Company, the makers of Lux Flakes, join me in inviting you to be with us again next Monday evening when the Lux Radio Theater presents John Hodiak and Lynn Barry in Somewhere in the Night. This is William Keeley saying good night to you from Hollywood.

[Announcer]

The war is over, but the Red Cross carries on in its services to the armed forces, to veterans, to victims of disaster, and to those in need in your community. More than a million veterans and their families were assisted by the Red Cross last year, and many more will need assistance during 1920. Help repay the debt we owe our veterans by giving generously to your Red Cross. Patrick Knowles appeared through the courtesy of Paramount Studios, producers of the Technicolor picture California, starring Ray Milan and Barbara Stanwyck. Heard in our cast tonight were Alan Reed as Gainsborough, Louise Larimer as Lady Susan, Norman Field as the Duke of Malminster, and Raymond Lawrence, Eric Snowden, Gloria Gordon, George Neese, Anne Tobin, Herbert Rawlinson and Charles Seal. Our music was directed by Lewis Silvers. This program is broadcast to our men and women overseas through cooperation with the Armed Forces Radio Service. And this is your announcer, John Milton Kennedy, reminding you to tune in again next Monday night to hear Somewhere in the Night with John Hodiak and Lynn Barry.

[Thomas Gainsborough]

Spry when you bake and fry Spry Pour your cake and pie spry It's a shortening bud Rely on spry for

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

lighter, better tasting cakes try Spry the

[Announcer]

pure, bland, all vegetable shortening with the

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

magic cake making secret.

[Narrator]

Hear them say, boy, what a cook

[Thomas Gainsborough]

Rely on scry spry Rely on scrib.

[Announcer]

Be sure to listen in next Monday night to the Lux Radio Theater presentation of Somewhere in the Night with John Hodiak and Lynn Berry. And why not tune in later tonight

[Sir Hugh Marcy]

to hear the Joan Davis Show.

[Announcer]

This is cbs, the Columbia Broadcasting System.