Lux Radio Theatre - One More Spring

Summary

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Podcast Summary: Lux Radio Theatre – "One More Spring"

Podcast: Harold's Old Time Radio
Host: Harolds Old Time Radio
Episode Date: July 19, 2026
Original Broadcast: Lux Radio Theatre adaptation starring Jean Crane
Episode Theme:
A heartwarming tale of hardship, resilience, and found family set in Depression-era New York, "One More Spring" follows three down-on-their-luck strangers as they struggle to survive and find hope amidst adversity.

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Episode Overview

This episode brings to life Robert Nathan's novel and the 1935 film adaptation, “One More Spring.” Through the enchanting medium of radio drama, listeners follow Jared Otkar, an out-of-work antiques dealer; Elizabeth Chaney, an aspiring actress; and Morris Rosenwald, a passionate but struggling violinist, as their fates intertwine in Central Park. As winter deepens, they form a unique, makeshift family, learning the true value of kindness, hope, and companionship.

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Key Discussion Points & Story Progression

1. Opening: Loss and Poverty

• Jared Otkar is forced to close his antique shop, keeping only a beloved candelabra, his bed, and a few possessions.
• Elizabeth Chaney enters seeking the candelabra, falsely presenting herself as a prosperous actress ([01:33]).
• Morris Rosenwald, a concert violinist, faces homelessness and hunger.
  • “When did you eat last?” – Jared ([04:21])
  • "Since you ask, two days ago." – Morris ([04:23])
• These three meet by chance in Central Park, their misfortunes drawing them together.

2. Forming a Family in Central Park

• With nowhere to go, Jared and Morris decide to share shelter in the park.
  • “We are pioneers, Mr. Rosenwald, pushing into the wilderness to find a new home.” – Jared ([05:20])
• They receive an offer from Mr. Sweeney, a friendly street cleaner, to live secretly in his tool shed ([08:38]).
• Elizabeth's true hardship is revealed: she is not a famous actress but destitute, evicted, and left with nothing ([12:14]).
  • “You knew I wasn't a famous actress?” – Elizabeth
  • “Of course.” – Jared
• She is welcomed to share their soup and shelter, creating a surrogate family among the outcasts.

3. Hopes, Dreams, and Kindness

• Despite hunger and cold, the small group shares music, dreams, and companionship.
• There’s a recurring theme of music and hope:
  • “My heart tells me that I must make music.” – Morris ([32:21])
• Comic moments:
  • Mr. Sweeney’s awkward violin lessons ([20:02])
  • Elizabeth hiding stolen celery under her coat, refusing to be seen as a thief ([10:58])
• Christmas arrives, and the group celebrates together at the Sweeney’s home ([27:40]).
  • "Make yourselves comfortable, Mrs. Sweeney. Here's a little present I brought. Be careful..." – Elizabeth ([27:48])
  • Mrs. Sweeney is delighted by the gift of a sparrow, wishing it might one day become a canary.

4. New Challenges and Sacrifices

• Mr. Sheridan, a troubled bank president, attempts suicide but is saved by Jared ([32:46]).
  • “Did you expect me to let him freeze to death?” – Jared ([33:02])
  • “I should have gone weeks ago... I’ll go away and never come back.” – Elizabeth erupts, feeling displaced ([33:19])
• Elizabeth’s empathy inspires Sheridan to face his obligations and ultimately use his own wealth to repay depositors ([44:03]).
  • “You and Jared and Mr. Rosenwald... given me new courage.” – Mr. Sheridan ([44:07])

5. Resolution and Renewal

• Elizabeth, recovering from an accident in Mrs. Sweeney’s care, and Jared finally acknowledge their love:
  • “Jared, I... I love you.” – Elizabeth ([49:43])
  • “You can give me love, Jared. That’s all I ask.” – Elizabeth ([49:59])
• Jared sells his beloved bed to Mr. Sheridan, using the money for a fresh start with Elizabeth ([50:28]).
  • “Offered $2,000 in cash for my antique bed.” – Jared ([50:28])
• The group learns to cherish new beginnings.
  • With independence and love ahead, Elizabeth and Jared resolve to travel together with no fixed destination, driving “until we meet spring” ([54:55]).

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

On Poverty and Humor:

• “Net proceeds of Jared Outkar's flyer in the antique business: A bed, the crystal candelabra, a stove and an umbrella. What more could a man want?” – Jared ([03:10])

On Music and Hope:

• “There are always stars for those with eyes to see them.” – Morris ([25:26])

Christmas Kindness:

• “All my life I've wanted a bird. Well, isn't he a cute little fellow? A peep birdie. Maybe he will sing a little in the spring.” – Mrs. Sweeney ([27:56])

On Love and the Value of Affection:

• “It tells me that I need affection and love because that’s what it’s made for. We’ll die otherwise, my heart and I.” – Elizabeth ([32:35])

On Facing Up to Past Failures:

• “I’m going to use my own money to replace the money that belonged to the depositors... these have been the happiest months of my life.” – Mr. Sheridan ([44:47])

On New Beginnings:

• “Would you be willing to travel with me wherever you go? Jared, I want to come with you.” – Elizabeth ([54:45])

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Important Timestamps

• [01:33] — Elizabeth's first appearance, seeking the candelabra
• [04:21] — Jared and Morris share their first meal
• [08:38] — Mr. Sweeney offers shelter
• [12:14] — Elizabeth’s truth exposed
• [15:05] — The trio vow to reunite
• [27:40] — Christmas dinner at the Sweeneys
• [32:46] — Rescue of Mr. Sheridan
• [44:03] — Sheridan’s resolution to repay the bank
• [49:43] — Elizabeth and Jared’s confession of love
• [50:28] — Jared sells his bed, plans future with Elizabeth
• [54:55] — Elizabeth and Jared drive off toward 'one more spring'

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Tone, Language, and Style

The episode maintains the warmth and wit characteristic of Golden Age radio drama. The dialogue is sincere, laced with gentle humor, irony, and compassion. The characters’ banter and mutual aid underscore themes of dignity, hope, and transformation through adversity.

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Conclusion: The Heart of 'One More Spring'

Through hardship, these down-and-out strangers discover friendship and the possibility of love, proving that even the harshest winter gives way to spring—sometimes more than once. The play closes on the promise of new beginnings, echoing the sentiment that compassion and connection can bloom even in the coldest moments.

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This episode is a classic example of Golden Age radio storytelling, blending humor and pathos with memorable performances and the enduring message that kindness sustains us through life's hardest seasons.

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Transcript

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[Narrator / Ken Carpenter]

Spring. Ladies and gentlemen, this is Ken Carpenter. Last week another summertime began as spring and moon and June ended. But we can always take a little extra time for romance. So tonight we bring you One More spring. And as our star, we have one of our loveliest girls. From the 20th Century Fox Studios, Ms. Jean Crane. And now, miss jean crane starring in robert nathan's delightful romance, one more spring.

[Jared Otkar]

Can I help you?

[Elizabeth Chaney]

I. I wondered. That crystal candelabra in your window. How much does it cost?

[Jared Otkar]

I'm very sorry, Miss. That candelabra is not for sale.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

Oh, and I had my heart set on it.

[Jared Otkar]

Well, that's the only thing I keep in the window because it isn't for sale and so I never have to take it out to show anyone.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

But the candelabra was the. The only thing I wanted.

[Jared Otkar]

Well, I'm sorry.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

Well, if you won't sell it, I suppose you won't. I've often meant to stop in and ask about it. You see, I live nearby.

[Jared Otkar]

Yes, I. I think I've noticed you passing the windows. Your face is very familiar.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

Oh, perhaps you've seen me on the stage.

[Jared Otkar]

We are an actress.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

Of course. I really should buy a pair of candelabra. Not just one. I'd rather large living room. One candelabra might seem lost in it. Well, I. I must get to rehearsal. Goodbye.

[Jared Otkar]

Goodbye,

[Morris Rosenwald]

Mr. Otkar. Why didn't you sell it to her? You could use the money.

[Jared Otkar]

Well, that candelabra has been in the family ever since I can remember. I couldn't sell it.

[Morris Rosenwald]

Well, well, that's your affair. My job is to take over your creditors. I've one or two papers for you to sign. That's all. Too bad you're losing your business.

[Jared Otkar]

Well, it wasn't much of a business. And I guess I wasn't much of a businessman. Where do I sign?

[Morris Rosenwald]

Right here.

[Jared Otkar]

Thanks.

[Morris Rosenwald]

I'm sorry to have to put you out, Mr. Otkar, but.

[Jared Otkar]

Don't mention it.

[Morris Rosenwald]

Where are you going, Mr. Adkar?

[Jared Otkar]

No place special.

[Morris Rosenwald]

Oh, that's how it always is. Don't you have a home, Stratgar?

[Jared Otkar]

No, I've been sleeping here and back at the shop. Oh, you can help me pile my things on that little push cart outside, if you will.

[Morris Rosenwald]

At least you've got a bed.

[Jared Otkar]

Net proceeds of Jared Outkar's flyer in the antique business. A bed, the crystal candelabra, a stove and an umbrella. What more could a man want?

[Morris Rosenwald]

Where will you go, Mr. Adkar?

[Jared Otkar]

Well, first I must think. And I always do that best in Central Park.

[Morris Rosenwald]

I beg your pardon, sir. Yes? Permit me to present my card.

[Jared Otkar]

Well, thanks. Morris Rosenwald, concert violinist. Lessons, master classes and concerts.

[Morris Rosenwald]

Turn the cart again. On the other side you will find reviews of my concerts.

[Jared Otkar]

Mr. Rosenwald is a genius on the violin.

[Morris Rosenwald]

The Oswego press said that Mr. Rosenwald

[Jared Otkar]

was the violinist of the evening.

[Morris Rosenwald]

That's from the Galesburg Democrat.

[Jared Otkar]

Mr. Rosenwald was adequate.

[Morris Rosenwald]

I don't recall the name of that newspaper.

[Jared Otkar]

Why did you speak to me?

[Morris Rosenwald]

You have a sympathetic face.

[Jared Otkar]

And what are you doing in New York City?

[Morris Rosenwald]

I thought in this great metropolis I could play many concerts. But the truth is I have only performed on street corners.

[Jared Otkar]

When did you eat last?

[Morris Rosenwald]

Since you ask, two days ago. I had something.

[Jared Otkar]

Well, I have a sandwich here in my pocket.

[Morris Rosenwald]

Oh, no.

[Jared Otkar]

Oh, I insist. You'll have half and I'll have half.

[Morris Rosenwald]

Well, perhaps if you insist. Just a bite. Thank you.

[Jared Otkar]

Eat slowly or you'll get indigestion. Now, why don't you sell your violin and invest in some business?

[Morris Rosenwald]

Sell my fiddle? How could I give concerts without it? I hadn't thought of that.

[Jared Otkar]

Where do you live, Mr. Rosenwald?

[Morris Rosenwald]

Here in the park. The birds wake me every morning, singing out of tune.

[Jared Otkar]

I am as homeless as yourself.

[Morris Rosenwald]

But I notice you have a fine bed there on your push car.

[Jared Otkar]

I also have slats for my bed and a mattress.

[Morris Rosenwald]

Perhaps we can be homeless together.

[Jared Otkar]

You mean we should set up the bed somewhere in the park?

[Morris Rosenwald]

I know of a small valley in the center of the park. It is hidden by lilac bushes. We might escape the attention of the police.

[Jared Otkar]

Very well.

[Morris Rosenwald]

Come, I will help you to push the cart into the park.

[Jared Otkar]

We are pioneers, Mr. Rosenwald, pushing into the wilderness to find a new home. Hello there.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

I beg your pardon?

[Jared Otkar]

Don't you remember? You were in my antique shop this afternoon.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

Oh, yes, the crystal candelabra. What are you doing here?

[Jared Otkar]

Well, I was sitting on this bench listening to the music. It's the last dance of the season.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

I know. I was watching all Those young couples dancing in the starlight.

[Jared Otkar]

I'm surprised to meet a famous actress walking in the park.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

Well, I. I'm very fond of walking.

[Jared Otkar]

I. I suppose I should know your name, but I've been to the theater so seldom lately.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

Well, then it isn't likely you'd know my name. It's Janie. Elizabeth Janie. And you're in this dry car. I saw your name on the sign in your shop window. What's your first name?

[Jared Otkar]

Jared.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

It's a nice name. And you have a very nice shop.

[Jared Otkar]

And not anymore. A deputy sheriff has it.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

Oh, you've lost it.

[Jared Otkar]

I'm afraid I wasn't meant to run an antique shop.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

Why not?

[Jared Otkar]

Well, actually, it belonged to an uncle of mine. He died just after I got out of the army. I put all my savings in the shop to save it for his wife. Then she died, and the whole thing belonged to me.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

I'm very sorry that you've lost your shop.

[Jared Otkar]

Oh, don't be. For a long time, I've wanted to be free to travel and see America, that sort of thing. Well, now I can.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

Yes, it's good to be free. Oh, I just thought.

[Morris Rosenwald]

Yes?

[Elizabeth Chaney]

If you lost your shop, you also lost your kind of outfit.

[Jared Otkar]

Oh, no, no. It was an heirloom. Belonged to my grandparents. The deputy sheriff let me keep it.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

Oh, I'm glad. If I can't have it, I'm glad you still have it. Goodness. What? What's that?

[Morris Rosenwald]

What?

[Elizabeth Chaney]

Something in your pocket.

[Morris Rosenwald]

I felt it break the eggs.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

The what?

[Jared Otkar]

I had two eggs and I think. Yes, they're broken.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

In your pocket. Oh, how terrible. What will your wife say?

[Jared Otkar]

I. I haven't got a wife. But Mr. Rosenwald will say plenty.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

Who is he?

[Jared Otkar]

We share Central Park, Mr. Rosenwald and I. Oh.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

Now I really must leave you. I have an appointment with some friends at the Plaza.

[Morris Rosenwald]

Good night.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

Good night.

[Morris Rosenwald]

Ah, Jared, it is good to rest here on your beautiful carved bed in this valley in Central park that belongs to us. If only we had a bit of food.

[Jared Otkar]

Tonight I will catch one of those fat pigeons and roast it over a fire. Now, tonight, when we have a fire, perhaps you'll play your violin for me.

[Morris Rosenwald]

I am not a gypsy. My fiddle would catch a cold in the night air.

[Jared Otkar]

Mr. Rosenhaul, we are caught.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

What?

[Jared Otkar]

Someone is standing at the foot of our bed.

[Morris Rosenwald]

It's Mr. Sweeney.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

Ah.

[Jared Otkar]

He has a friend.

[Morris Rosenwald]

Mr. Sweeney is a music lover. He is also a street cleaner. For many weeks I have promised him that one day I will give him fiddle lessons. Ah, Mr. Sweeney, this is Mr. Otka.

[Jared Otkar]

Ah, doesn't say very much.

[Morris Rosenwald]

Mr. Spini is shy. This is Jared. Mr. Spini. He's my friend. Therefore he's your friend. Ah, and, and are you living in the park? We are indeed. But the cops will push you out.

[Jared Otkar]

We've thought about that, Mr. Sweeney.

[Morris Rosenwald]

Well, now, it happens that there's a tool shed where you can set up your beautiful bed.

[Jared Otkar]

A tool share?

[Morris Rosenwald]

No one knows of it except myself. That's where I keep my little cart. Come on, I'll take you there.

[Jared Otkar]

Oh, Mr. Sweeney, you are indeed a friend.

[Morris Rosenwald]

A beautiful man. Mr. Sweeney. Hey, gentleman, no one will ever find you in my tool shed.

[Jared Otkar]

Well, it's tight and snug.

[Morris Rosenwald]

It is perfection.

[Jared Otkar]

I'll set my candelabra on this high shelf.

[Morris Rosenwald]

Gentlemen, you can live here until spring. Mr. Sweeney, in return for your kindness, I shall teach you how to play the fiddle.

[Jared Otkar]

Ah, right, now we must set up our bed. But then I'll go hunt for some dinner.

[Morris Rosenwald]

I'll put on the soup while you hunt and. And I'll go home and tell me wife that I'm taking fiddle lessons. Misses Sweeney, yourself. Here's a piece in the evening paper. Says there's snow already in the West.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

You know, Mr. Sweeney, I do wish we had a bit of money put aside.

[Morris Rosenwald]

And what would you do with it if we had?

[Elizabeth Chaney]

I'd buy a canary.

[Morris Rosenwald]

Oh, I'd buy a fiddle.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

Well, and aren't you the grand one?

[Morris Rosenwald]

A sweet toned fiddle with a bow and all. Oh, I'd play on it of an evening.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

Or canary would cost much less and make sweeter music.

[Morris Rosenwald]

Mrs. Sweeney, I'm going to take the lessons how to play the fiddle.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

Are you now?

[Morris Rosenwald]

Starting tomorrow, there's a man living in my tool shed.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

Oh, whatever are you saying?

[Morris Rosenwald]

It is him who'll teach me. Ah, it'll be a grand thing learning to play on the fiddle.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

Out of my way.

[Morris Rosenwald]

It's Ch.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

It's you. Here, sit on the st who finds me.

[Jared Otkar]

I'll hold my umbrella over her. So think we're just a couple sitting in the rain.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

Quick, here they come. You better.

[Jared Otkar]

I can hide that bunch of celery under my coat.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

Oh, yes. I. I shouldn't have taken it.

[Jared Otkar]

Now put your head on my shoulder so they can't see your face.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

It was a terrible thing.

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[Jared Otkar]

Is it a long time since you've eaten?

[Elizabeth Chaney]

I. I don't really remember. It seems like several days. You. You knew I wasn't a famous actress?

[Jared Otkar]

Of course.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

But I could be. You know, I will be someday.

[Jared Otkar]

Well, the truth is, when you run ran into me. I was going to the restaurant there, behind the trees, to borrow something for

[Elizabeth Chaney]

our dinner, but that's where I got my salary.

[Jared Otkar]

But what about your fine apartment that needed two candelabra?

[Elizabeth Chaney]

I've been living in a furnished room. Only this morning they told me not to come back until I pay them what I owe.

[Jared Otkar]

Well, then you'll come home with me, Mr. Rosenwald, and I will share our dinner with you.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

You have food?

[Jared Otkar]

We have a pot of soup, to which we will add this excellent bunch of celery.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

Oh, I couldn't.

[Jared Otkar]

But you have no place else to go.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

No place to go? I'm frightened. For the first time, I've lost my nerve. I guess I really don't know what to do.

[Jared Otkar]

Come, let us go home.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

Oh, that's such a beautiful word. Home.

[Jared Otkar]

Mr. Rosenwald. Oh, Ms. Cheney, this is Mr. Rosenwald.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

How do you do, Mr. Rosenwald?

[Morris Rosenwald]

You are not a singer, I hope?

[Elizabeth Chaney]

I'm an actress.

[Jared Otkar]

And this Chaney's going to have dinner with us.

[Morris Rosenwald]

Is this our Esther?

[Elizabeth Chaney]

I. I will go.

[Morris Rosenwald]

I would not want to put you out, Mr. Rosenlaw.

[Jared Otkar]

She's going to cry.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

No, I am not. I've. I've done all my crying. I won't bother him. Thank you for feeding me, Mr. Otkot. Keep the celery for your suit.

[Jared Otkar]

Oh, no, no. You must take it. You've had no food for several days.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

That does not matter.

[Morris Rosenwald]

She too is hungry. Of course. She is a Jared. Could you not have said to me, here is someone else who is hungry? Then I would have said, come in, young lady. Come in and share our food.

[Jared Otkar]

You see, Ms. Chaney, he is not a selfish man.

[Morris Rosenwald]

Sit down, Miss. Sit down. You are welcome.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

Thank you.

[Morris Rosenwald]

Presently we will have dinner.

[Jared Otkar]

And here is celery to cut up in the soup.

[Morris Rosenwald]

Celery will give it an entirely new Flavor. It will not taste like the same soup we ate last night.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

This is a wonderful place. Oh, the crystal candelabra. You have it here?

[Jared Otkar]

Yes. I keep it on the high shelf so nothing can hurt it.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

And a great carved bed, all golden cupids and angels. I, I've never seen such a bed.

[Jared Otkar]

You will sleep in it tonight.

[Morris Rosenwald]

Is this a hotel?

[Jared Otkar]

Ms. Chaney has no home.

[Morris Rosenwald]

You will sleep in the dead, Miss Chaney.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

Oh. What about you?

[Jared Otkar]

Well, Mr. Rosenwald and I can rest on top of these tool chests wrapped

[Morris Rosenwald]

in our overcoats anyway, until tomorrow.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

Maybe I won't wake up tomorrow.

[Morris Rosenwald]

What are you saying?

[Elizabeth Chaney]

Maybe I'll sleep. They will sleep all through the cold, long winter, and I won't know how cold and hungry I am.

[Jared Otkar]

But in the spring, the cherry trees will put out their sweet blossoms. You'll not see the blossoms, Ms. Chaney, if you're asleep.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

You are right. I do want to see the blossoms. In the spring. I think I'll wake up early in the morning.

[Morris Rosenwald]

Tomorrow you will feel differently about everything.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

I'm sure I will.

[Morris Rosenwald]

The day will be full of hope. At least until noon.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

Oh, it is a beautiful day, as

[Jared Otkar]

the air is appetizing in the early morning.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

Perhaps today I'll find a job.

[Morris Rosenwald]

I will visit the certain concert manager I know with an office in Carnegie Hall.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

He's a producer. Told me to come back this afternoon. He's casting a new play. What a wonderful part that I could do. He told me I'm just right for it.

[Morris Rosenwald]

Jared, what are you planning for today?

[Jared Otkar]

I'll just walk in the park and do a little thinking.

[Morris Rosenwald]

That's good.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

Mr. Otkar. I, I want to thank you for letting me stay here last night. And you too, Mr. Rosenwald. I, I don't know what I'd have done if you hadn't.

[Morris Rosenwald]

It was a pleasure, Ms. Chick.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

I, I do hope that we will all meet again.

[Jared Otkar]

Oh, but you're coming back here tonight.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

Oh, no, I, I, I couldn't do that. Not again.

[Jared Otkar]

Oh, but you must. You have no place else to go. You must come back. Mustn't she, Mr. Rosenwald?

[Morris Rosenwald]

Why, yes, of course she must.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

You. You want me to come back here?

[Jared Otkar]

We do promise that you will. Well, I'll expect you not later than sunset. Promise.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

Very well, Mr. Otcock. I promise.

[Narrator / Ken Carpenter]

In just a moment, we will continue with Act 2 of the Hollywood Radio the make a friend and you make an ally. There's a thought for you to keep in mind, as many another American has after living a life of A moderately successful farmer, Otto Hunderwadl, with his wife, accepted a job as agricultural advisor to the government of Burma. At first, the Burmese weren't too anxious to work with the Americans. And Otto finally discovered why. They considered him and his wife too old for work. But the Hunderwadows proved that age had nothing to do with the ability to work. And then the men accepted his help with their drainage and agricultural problems. And Mrs. Hunderwadle showed the skeptical women how to can food. She was so successful that eventually she and Otto got permission from the Burmese government to build a local cannery. Shortly after it was built, however, misfortune struck. Civil war broke out and the Hundewallos and their helpers were forced to abandon their homes. By the time they returned, the cannery was a shambles. But they weren't discouraged. While Otto remained in Burma to help the villagers rebuild their homes, Mrs. Hunderwadle returned to the United States to raise money for a new cannery. By the time she returned to Burma, she had secured more than enough money and equipment. When last heard from, she and Otto were still helping the Burmese farmers and working in the cannery. For they learned that by helping others, you help your country. Now act two of One More Spring starring Jean Crane as Elizabeth.

[Morris Rosenwald]

What a day this has been.

[Jared Otkar]

Oh, it's you.

[Morris Rosenwald]

Who else were you expecting? The park commissioner.

[Jared Otkar]

Elizabeth hasn't come back. The sun set half an hour ago.

[Morris Rosenwald]

Yeah, I brought a bit of meat.

[Jared Otkar]

She promised that she'd come back.

[Morris Rosenwald]

I earned a bit of money today playing Tchaikovsky on Fifth Avenue. A most appreciative audience. The people are always more musical after a heavy rain.

[Jared Otkar]

I suppose we shouldn't have let it go this morning.

[Morris Rosenwald]

I find Tchaikovsky pays much better than Beethoven.

[Jared Otkar]

I thought she'd keep her word.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

Am I very late, Ms. Chen?

[Jared Otkar]

Oh, you. You did come back.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

I. I said to myself that I wouldn't, but I've really no place else to go.

[Morris Rosenwald]

You found the job?

[Elizabeth Chaney]

No, the play was cast, but. But they were very nice. Told me to see them in two months. And look, I brought some food. Vegetables and bread. An actress I know loaned me a dollar. She has a job in the show. I guess I must have looked a little pale or something. Anyway, she insisted that I borrow a dollar, so I. I did.

[Morris Rosenwald]

Ms. Chaney, I am glad you came back.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

And you, Mr. Otkar.

[Jared Otkar]

I would not have slept tonight if you hadn't.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

Those are the kindest words that have been said to me in. In a long, long time.

[Morris Rosenwald]

There's so little kindness in the world so little tenderness Ah, Mr. Sweeney, come in. This is Mr. Sweeney, Ms. Chaney.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

How do you do, Mr. Sweeney? Ah,

[Morris Rosenwald]

Mr. Sweeney is studying to be a violinist. Every night I give him a private lesson in return for the use of his tool shed.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

That's the best way I ever heard of paying one's rent.

[Morris Rosenwald]

I take out my fiddle and proceed with the lesson. While you two cook dinner, I will listen.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

I'm very fond of music.

[Jared Otkar]

I will cook dinner.

[Morris Rosenwald]

Now, Mr. Sweeney, are we ready?

[Elizabeth Chaney]

Aha.

[Morris Rosenwald]

Excellent. First I will do it. That is how it should be done. Mr. Sweeney, I hear you take the fiddle. So now you try it.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

No, the angle of the arm is too high.

[Morris Rosenwald]

It moves thus. The fingers come down.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

Ah, that was beautiful, Mr. Sweeney.

[Morris Rosenwald]

With patience. Someday he will play a little piece. Misses Sweeney, yourself. Mr. Rosenwald gave me a fiddle lesson just now before I came home.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

Did he know?

[Morris Rosenwald]

I can't rightly seem to get the hang of it yet.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

Why don't you say what's on your mind, Mr. Sweeney?

[Morris Rosenwald]

Well, then, they've got a girl there in the tool house. Oh, pretty little thing. It seems she has no home.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

And is that what's been on your mind all evening?

[Morris Rosenwald]

It's all right then, about the girl, her staying there and all.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

I don't know, Mr. Sweeney. Leave me put my mind on it.

[Morris Rosenwald]

Oh, she's a sweet little thing, Mary.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

She'll be all right there, Mr. Sweeney. Tis a fine thing that your friends have someone to share their life. Everyone needs a bit of happiness, no? Mr. Sweeney. I've been thinking. We might spend the money we've got in our savings come Christmas. For a canary.

[Morris Rosenwald]

Oh, you're a good woman, Mary.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

Ah, yes. Twould be a happy house With a canary in it. Sing in its little heart away a good woman.

[Morris Rosenwald]

Young lady. Young lady, please.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

Are you following me?

[Morris Rosenwald]

Well, yes, I.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

Because if you are, I'll call a copy. There's a law for that sort of thing, you know.

[Morris Rosenwald]

Young lady, you misunderstand me. I saw you drop your purse on a path back near the little bridge.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

Well, that's very funny.

[Morris Rosenwald]

What's funny about it?

[Elizabeth Chaney]

Did you open my purse? Did you look inside?

[Morris Rosenwald]

My dear child, I'm the president of a bank. Why should I look inside your purse? Why are you laughing?

[Elizabeth Chaney]

Because there's nothing inside it. Not a penny.

[Morris Rosenwald]

Well, here, take it.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

Thank you very much.

[Narrator / Ken Carpenter]

Entirely welcome.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

Are you really the president of a bank? Do you like your work?

[Morris Rosenwald]

Well, I. I've never considered the matter in precisely that way. Well, yes, I like it. That's all. I really care about my bank.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

All you care about is it really? Well, just the same, I can see that you're really very unhappy.

[Morris Rosenwald]

I'm nothing of the sort.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

I noticed you just now as I walked past the lake. You were standing there looking at the water with such a strange expression on your face. Is there anything I can do to help you?

[Morris Rosenwald]

To help me?

[Elizabeth Chaney]

Are you a failure, too?

[Morris Rosenwald]

A failure? I've told you, I'm the president of a bank.

[Narrator / Ken Carpenter]

And I'm not in the habit of

[Morris Rosenwald]

talking with strangers in Central Park. Good evening, young lady.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

You're very rude, even if you are the president of a bank.

[Morris Rosenwald]

Ms. Chaney.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

Mr. Rutgar. Oh, you. You startled me.

[Jared Otkar]

Well, I've been waiting here behind these bushes. I came looking for you, Mr. Rosenwald. I have a surprise for you. Just as I saw you, that man came running after you.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

I dropped my purse and he found it.

[Jared Otkar]

I waited to see what he was up to.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

What's the surprise you have for me?

[Jared Otkar]

Come, I'll show you. Mr. Rosenwald is waiting for us. It was he who discovered it. Now, even if you don't like our supplies, Please, please tell Mr. Rosenwald that you do.

[Morris Rosenwald]

And you cannot guess what this large object is.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

Let me see it. It can't be a building all hidden under candles.

[Morris Rosenwald]

No, no, not a building.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

An automobile, perhaps.

[Jared Otkar]

She'll never guess. Mr. Rosemore, pull the covers away and surprise her.

[Morris Rosenwald]

Very well. I pulled them down so.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

Oh, it's a merry go round.

[Jared Otkar]

Covered for the night in case of bad weather.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

Such beautiful animals. Horses and giraffes.

[Morris Rosenwald]

You like your supplies, Miss Elizabeth?

[Elizabeth Chaney]

I. I think it's the most wonderful surprise I ever had.

[Morris Rosenwald]

Come, Miss Elizabeth. You shall ride upon the carousel.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

Will it work?

[Jared Otkar]

I'll push it around with this wooden handle.

[Morris Rosenwald]

But I play music for you. Just let me get my fiddle out of its case.

[Jared Otkar]

Come climb up, Miss Chaney, and sit on one of the animals.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

Which shall it be? I've never before ridden on a merry go round. See, I. I know. I'll ride the green giraffe now.

[Jared Otkar]

Let me help you.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

Thank you, Mr. Otgart.

[Morris Rosenwald]

Up you go. A waltz for Miss Elizabeth.

[Jared Otkar]

Hold tight.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

Whee. This is flying. Oh, I'd like to fly through the stars on my green giraffe.

[Jared Otkar]

Well, there are no stars tonight. It's been cloudy all day.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

Oh, you're wrong. There are stars, millions of stars.

[Morris Rosenwald]

There are always stars for those with eyes to see them.

[Jared Otkar]

It's beginning to snow.

[Morris Rosenwald]

So quiet, Quiet. Somebody's coming.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

It's a man running like a policeman.

[Morris Rosenwald]

Mr. Rosen. Mr. Rosen. Mr. Sweeney. My friends. Mr. Sweeney, I heard your fiddle. It sounded as all the wee people were dancing in the park.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

Are you disappointed it's only us?

[Morris Rosenwald]

Oh, not at all. No, I was just after looking for you in the tool house.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

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[Morris Rosenwald]

Wife has asked me to invite all of you to our apartment for Christmas dinner.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

Christmas dinner?

[Morris Rosenwald]

And how soon would that be?

[Jared Otkar]

Well, sometime next week.

[Morris Rosenwald]

I suppose we can wait.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

Then you come? Of course we'll come, Mr. Sweeney. With pleasure. Now turn the merry go round, Mr. Otkar. I want another ride on my green giraffe. Music Mr. Rosenwald,

[Morris Rosenwald]

Are you sure this is the right apartment?

[Elizabeth Chaney]

Well, it said on the mailbox. Michael Sweeney, apartment 5C.

[Jared Otkar]

Yes, and this is it.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

A Merry Christmas to all of you.

[Morris Rosenwald]

Ah, come in, come in, come in. Is that delicious aroma? Roast chicken.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

Oh, look at the beautiful Christmas tree.

[Jared Otkar]

Merry Christmas, Mr. Sweeney.

[Morris Rosenwald]

Come on, get out of your coat.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

Leave it free, Mr. Rosenwald, with a little angel on top.

[Morris Rosenwald]

I have a feeling the chicken is stuffed with chestnuts.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

Make yourselves comfortable, Mrs. Sweeney. Here's a little present I brought. A present. For me? Be careful. Just open your shoebox. A crackie. He might fly away. Oh, is it a canary? No, no, it's only a sparrow. It doesn't sing much, but it makes a kind of peep. All my life I've wanted a bird. Well, isn't he a cute little fellow? A peep birdie. A peep. Maybe he will sing a little in the spring. Or perhaps they could dye him yellow and he would look like a canary. Oh, then you might not like that. Perhaps you're right.

[Morris Rosenwald]

Look, my friends, would you see what me dear wife gave me?

[Elizabeth Chaney]

A violin.

[Morris Rosenwald]

Can I believe my eyes? Just take it in your hands, Mr. Rosenwald. Yes. Tis a fine fiddle. It's got yours beat for shine. It is indeed the shiniest fiddle I have ever seen. Will you try it now? Till I hear how it sounds.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

Oh, would you listen to that?

[Morris Rosenwald]

Beautiful, beautiful. You play something, Mr. Sweeney, I would not deprive you of your new fiddle on the first day you have it. Ah.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

Play us a fine scale, Mrs. Sweeney. Love. Yes.

[Morris Rosenwald]

Come here.

[Jared Otkar]

Another door.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

Oh, we mustn't be rude on The Chislini's praying.

[Jared Otkar]

Ms. Trini, do you know anything about mistletoe?

[Elizabeth Chaney]

Very little.

[Jared Otkar]

Well, in ancient days, the druids believed there was a kind of magic in the mysterious berries.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

Did they?

[Jared Otkar]

Today we no longer believe in magic. But if we were only a bit wiser, we'd realize that while the magic has gone out of the mistletoe, it has never left our hearts.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

What are you saying?

[Jared Otkar]

You should never stand under the mistletoe, Ms. Chaney, unless you're willing to be kissed.

[Morris Rosenwald]

Oh, but.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

But I am willing. Most willing.

[Narrator / Ken Carpenter]

Act three of the Hollywood Radio Theater will continue in just a few moments. You know, the world is in pretty good shape when people try to outdo each other in doing things for others. If that sounds a little confused, let me tell you what I mean. In Tokyo, two of the commanding general's honor guard platoons each adopted an orphanage. They sent work parties to repair roofs, walls, ceilings, windows and floors, to fix the plumbing and renew kitchen and heating facilities. Intense rivalry developed between the units as to which could do the most. Each platoon solicited money at its pay tables. They bought bolts of cloth and had warm clothes made for their proteges. The kind of game, the kind of a rivalry that we like to hear about because it's one in which everybody wins. And such acts by you and your friends today are shaping our world of tomorrow. We pause now for station identification. The curtain rises on Act 3 of one more Spring, starring Jean Crane as Elizabeth.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

Dinner's nearly ready, Mr. Rosenberg.

[Morris Rosenwald]

Good.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

Where did Jared go?

[Morris Rosenwald]

He said he was going out for a walk.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

In all this snow?

[Morris Rosenwald]

That was a fine dinner last week of Mrs. Sweeney's. I never before tasted the white meat of chicken. It was most interesting.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

Mr. Rosenwald, I. I cannot live like this. So it's not natural.

[Morris Rosenwald]

Why have you stayed? What do you want?

[Elizabeth Chaney]

I. I want to be cherished.

[Morris Rosenwald]

We all want something. I want to hear music again. Real music. I want to give a concert. My heart tells me that I must make music.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

Don't you think? My heart also tells me something.

[Morris Rosenwald]

What does your heart tell you, Miss Elizabeth?

[Elizabeth Chaney]

It tells me that I need affection and love, because that's what it's made for. We'll die otherwise, my heart and I. My heart will stop beating.

[Morris Rosenwald]

Mr. Rosenwald. Ms. Cheney.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

It's Mr. Otkar. Open the door.

[Morris Rosenwald]

Something has happened. Help me.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

What is it?

[Jared Otkar]

This man. Help me carry him inside.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

Why, it's the banker who found my crew.

[Morris Rosenwald]

How did he get so wet?

[Jared Otkar]

He jumped into the lake.

[Morris Rosenwald]

We'll all have pneumonia.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

Oh, we have no blankets or hot water bottles. No medicine. Why did you bring him here?

[Jared Otkar]

Did you expect me to let him freeze to death?

[Elizabeth Chaney]

Oh, you have so little sense bringing people home with you. There are hospitals.

[Jared Otkar]

We'll take these wet clothes off him and get him into bed.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

He's a rich man.

[Jared Otkar]

Well, if you aren't going to help, at least you can be quiet.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

The president of a bank, and yet you bring him to a tool shed.

[Morris Rosenwald]

Go away.

[Jared Otkar]

Don't bother me.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

Very well. I will go away.

[Jared Otkar]

Oh, Ms. Cheney.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

I should have gone weeks ago. In fact, I should never have come here in the first place.

[Jared Otkar]

But I didn't mean it.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

I'll go away and I'll never come back.

[Morris Rosenwald]

Ms. Chaney.

[Jared Otkar]

You're feeling better. Mr. Sheridan, you've saved my life, but

[Morris Rosenwald]

don't ask me to be grateful.

[Jared Otkar]

Why did you jump into the lake?

[Morris Rosenwald]

Because I've lost everything in the world that's worth having.

[Jared Otkar]

Oh, what would that be?

[Morris Rosenwald]

I've lost my bank and with it, my position in the world.

[Jared Otkar]

Well, position is not as important as you might imagine.

[Morris Rosenwald]

I am a concert violinist. Yet it has been two years since I gave my last concert. Very tired. I don't know what to do, where to go.

[Jared Otkar]

You can remain here with us for

[Morris Rosenwald]

a short time, perhaps until I can think of something.

[Jared Otkar]

Well, you're welcome to stay here as long as you wish.

[Morris Rosenwald]

He's asleep.

[Jared Otkar]

Mr. Rosemore. Where do you suppose Miss Chaney's gone?

[Morris Rosenwald]

How would I know?

[Jared Otkar]

Well, it's been several hours.

[Morris Rosenwald]

Maybe she too will jump into the lake.

[Jared Otkar]

Don't say such a thing. Never forgive myself, letting her go like that. She's lost somewhere, and it's all my fault.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

I have come back.

[Jared Otkar]

Oh, Elizabeth.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

Well, don't stand there, you two. Take some of these bundles out of my arms.

[Morris Rosenwald]

Elizabeth, what's in all these packages?

[Elizabeth Chaney]

Blankets, aspirin, nose spray, cough drops and food. Food? Now, don't. You can all be as thick as you like, all three of you.

[Jared Otkar]

Elizabeth, where did you get these things?

[Morris Rosenwald]

I bought them.

[Jared Otkar]

But you had no money.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

I got some. How?

[Narrator / Ken Carpenter]

Where?

[Elizabeth Chaney]

Have you forgotten? I'm an actress, and I've been acting.

[Narrator / Ken Carpenter]

You've been what?

[Elizabeth Chaney]

Someday I'll show you what I did. Right now, help me get all these things unwrapped. Oh, hot water.

[Jared Otkar]

Oh, Elizabeth. I. I am glad that you've come back.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

Thank you, Jared. Now we must take our patient's temperature. I've even bought a thermometer.

[Jared Otkar]

Elizabeth, I discovered tonight. I love you.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

Did you, Jared?

[Morris Rosenwald]

All this talk about love. Don't you hear those bells?

[Elizabeth Chaney]

It's midnight. The star of another year. Oh, I would like to wish a Happy New Year to all the world. Look how happy I am. Happy New Year, world. Happy New Year.

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[Jared Otkar]

Business credit.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

Another spoonful of soup, Mr. Sheridan.

[Morris Rosenwald]

That's the best soup I ever tasted.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

So, another spoonful.

[Morris Rosenwald]

Where is everyone?

[Elizabeth Chaney]

Mr. Rosenwald's playing his violin on Fifth Avenue and Jared went for a walk today. He is thinking about the future.

[Morris Rosenwald]

The future? What future? You're all failures here, Mr. Sheridan.

[Jared Otkar]

You too.

[Morris Rosenwald]

Why don't you give up your dreams of being an actress? Study shorthand or something?

[Elizabeth Chaney]

No, I cannot give up my dreams. At least not yet.

[Morris Rosenwald]

And as for your friend Mr. Otkar, I can't even discover what he wants to do in the world.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

Well, he isn't sure himself. Not yet.

[Morris Rosenwald]

Hmm. How long have I been here with you?

[Elizabeth Chaney]

Nearly three weeks now.

[Morris Rosenwald]

Very curious. You people seem to have done something to me. The fate of my bank is no longer a matter of great interest. I wonder if I'm still out of my head.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

I don't think so. You've had no fever for several days.

[Morris Rosenwald]

I suppose the police will be looking for me.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

Why will they be looking for you, Mr. Sheridan? What have you done?

[Morris Rosenwald]

I took money from the bank and invested it in foreign currency. It's lost every dollar of it.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

Was this your money?

[Morris Rosenwald]

Of course not.

[Narrator / Ken Carpenter]

Not a penny of it.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

Well, then you should replace it with your own money.

[Morris Rosenwald]

Replace it?

[Elizabeth Chaney]

If you only excuse my saying so, it. It seems fairly obvious that you should, doesn't it?

[Morris Rosenwald]

Well, I. I suppose you're right. You know, I think I've been overworking. I must have been a bank president. Shouldn't get himself into a situation like this.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

Mr. Sheridan, isn't there someone you'd like me to notify that you're here?

[Morris Rosenwald]

Oh, no. There isn't anyone to be interested in my whereabouts.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

No family.

[Morris Rosenwald]

All I have is a big, empty house.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

No friends.

[Morris Rosenwald]

Only you and Jared and Mr. Rosenwald. Ms. Chaney, I want you to know I've been very happy here.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

I know I've been happier myself since I came here. Happier than ever before in all my life.

[Morris Rosenwald]

And what's more, I'm going to stay here.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

Oh, but Mr. Sheridan, you can.

[Narrator / Ken Carpenter]

No, I feel a bit tired.

[Morris Rosenwald]

I think I'll take a nap. Oh, if the police should come, tell

[Narrator / Ken Carpenter]

them I was waiting to give myself

[Morris Rosenwald]

up until after my fever went down. Wake me in time for dinner.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

Yes, Mr. Sheridan. This is where I earned my money. Remember that night you rescued Mr. Sheridan

[Jared Otkar]

from the lake here in Columbus Circle?

[Elizabeth Chaney]

Let us walk among the people and I will show you.

[Jared Otkar]

But, Elizabeth.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

Come. You will see it for yourself. You better move away from me until I finish.

[Jared Otkar]

Finished what? Well, what are you about to do?

[Elizabeth Chaney]

You'll see. Now pretend you don't know me.

[Jared Otkar]

Elizabeth.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

Ladies and gentlemen, please. Ladies and gentlemen, I am an actress. I will tell you at once that I've had very little experience. However, I believe that I do have talents. I'll let you judge for yourselves. I. I really would like to do a scene from a play for you. Is there anyone here who could help me? Perhaps a scene from. From Shakespeare that you remember from school.

[Narrator / Ken Carpenter]

I once played Orlando, and as you like it.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

Where was this?

[Morris Rosenwald]

At Brooklyn College.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

Well, you remember this scene. How now, Orlando, where have you been all this while?

[Narrator / Ken Carpenter]

I think I remember you.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

I love her. And you serve me Such another trick never come in my sight.

[Narrator / Ken Carpenter]

Now, my fair Rosalind, I come within an hour of my promise.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

Break it our promise in love. He that will divide a minute into a thousand parts, and break but a part of the thousandth part of a minute in the affairs of love. It may be said of him that Cupid hath clapped him on the shoulder, but I'll warrant him heart whole, my dear.

[Narrator / Ken Carpenter]

Pardon me, dear Rosalind.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

Nay, and you'll be so tardy. Come no more in my sight. I had as lief be wooed of a snail.

[Narrator / Ken Carpenter]

Of a snail?

[Elizabeth Chaney]

Nay, of a snail. For though he comes slowly, he carries his house on his head.

[Morris Rosenwald]

Keep the fiddle in your neck, Mr. Steeny.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

Huh?

[Morris Rosenwald]

You cannot play it if you hold it in your finger. Summit. Oh.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

Ah, here's your wife, Mr. Rosenwald.

[Morris Rosenwald]

Mrs. Sweeney. Oh, me darling.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

Ah, let me sit down. I'm that worn out. A bad day at the bank.

[Morris Rosenwald]

I had no idea you worked for a bank.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

Well, for 10 years I've operated an elevator there. Down and up, down and up until the day of the tragedy. Since then it's been down and down.

[Morris Rosenwald]

What tragedy was this?

[Elizabeth Chaney]

The president of the bank, he disappeared.

[Morris Rosenwald]

When was this? What was his name?

[Elizabeth Chaney]

About two months ago. And Sheridan's his name?

[Morris Rosenwald]

I thought so.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

Oh, such a fine gentleman he was.

[Morris Rosenwald]

Where has he gone? Do they know?

[Elizabeth Chaney]

N a trace of him? Until this very day. Today someone reported seeing the poor man in Central Park.

[Morris Rosenwald]

Good heavens. I must go at once.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

The police are searching the park. You'll probably be asked to help. Mr. Sweeney, my love, what about me?

[Morris Rosenwald]

Fiddle lesson. I'll finish it tomorrow. Come on, let's get to the park. Mr. Sheridan. Where is he? Here I am.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

We're just sitting down for dinner.

[Jared Otkar]

Is anything wrong?

[Elizabeth Chaney]

What's wrong?

[Morris Rosenwald]

The party's full of police. The alarm is out. Somebody saw our banker.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

Well, they'll never find him here.

[Morris Rosenwald]

I shall grow a beard. But at the moment I've got to eat my dinner.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

Come on, sit down, everybody, sit down.

[Morris Rosenwald]

Let's walk across the park to Fifth Avenue. There will be cops over that way. Mr. Sheridan. Never recognize me now that I've grown a beard. Miss Elizabeth, will you take my arm?

[Elizabeth Chaney]

Why, thank you.

[Morris Rosenwald]

Jared said he'd be along in a minute. You two go ahead. I'll keep my eye out for him.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

Ah, the air is very soft this afternoon, Mr. Sheridan.

[Morris Rosenwald]

Yes, and sweet. As though there might never be another winter.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

Could this be the first day of spring?

[Morris Rosenwald]

Not yet. Not for another week at the very earliest.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

I saw Violet this morning down by the lake.

[Morris Rosenwald]

Miss Cheney, I must talk with you.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

Well, Mr. Sheridan.

[Morris Rosenwald]

Now, Miss Cheney, you said something many weeks ago about my using my own money to make things right at the bank.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

And what have you decided?

[Morris Rosenwald]

I'm going to use my own money to replace the money that belonged to the deposit.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

Oh, I'm sure the depositors will be most grateful.

[Morris Rosenwald]

Of course, I have always had a very special attitude about my own money. But lately, living here with you, I've learned to look at things quite differently.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

Have you really, Mr. Sheridan?

[Morris Rosenwald]

Oh, you and Jared and Mr. Rosemore. You've given me a new courage. I think I've gotten most of it from you, Miss Chaney.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

From me? But I have no courage, none at all.

[Morris Rosenwald]

And I intend to give myself up to the first policemen I meet.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

What will they do to you, Mr. Sheridan?

[Morris Rosenwald]

Oh, very little, I imagine. If I return all the money.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

We'll miss you.

[Morris Rosenwald]

Ah, these have been the happiest months of my entire life.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

I know exactly what you mean. I suppose soon it will be all over for me. Hello.

[Morris Rosenwald]

There's a parade down Fifth Avenue.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

Yes, I hear a band. It must be the first parade of the season.

[Narrator / Ken Carpenter]

Come, we'll get to Fifth Avenue before Mr. Rosenwald overtakes us.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

He and Jared are way behind.

[Morris Rosenwald]

Where there's a parade, there will be policemen and I will surrender to them.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

Mr. Sheridan.

[Morris Rosenwald]

I will give myself up.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

I wonder what kind of a parade it is.

[Morris Rosenwald]

Oh, one parade is like another. Do you see any policeman in the crowd?

[Elizabeth Chaney]

Yes, there's one down at the corner. A very young policeman.

[Morris Rosenwald]

I'll surrender to him.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

That will be good. There might be a reward. And he may have a wife and several small children.

[Morris Rosenwald]

Oh, bless you, Elizabeth Cheney. Yours is the pure heart. Now you stay here so that you'll not be involved. I prefer to do this alone. Goodbye, Miss Elizabeth.

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[Elizabeth Chaney]

Goodbye. Isn't that Mr. Sheridan?

[Jared Otkar]

Misses Sweeney, how does Elizabeth?

[Elizabeth Chaney]

Still unconscious. The doctor says it will be several hours before he can tell if she has a concussion.

[Jared Otkar]

Well, that mob of fools, they knocked it down.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

At least you had the sense to bring her here.

[Jared Otkar]

There was no place else. When the ambulance driver asked where she lived, I couldn't tell him. The tool house in Central Park.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

It is a good thing it happened on a Saturday. And me home from the bank.

[Jared Otkar]

I'll go back and sit with her for a while.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

I will see that you don't disturb her.

[Jared Otkar]

I'll not make a sound. Elizabeth. Oh, my darling, do not die. I would be empty without you. I know. I've so little to give. Nothing but my love, my heart, which is of no use to anyone. You must live soon. We'll have another spring. And you said once that you wanted to see the blossoms again. Do not die, my love. Let there be one more spring.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

Jared.

[Jared Otkar]

Elizabeth.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

I. I heard what you just said.

[Jared Otkar]

Oh, my darling.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

We will see the blossoms. That's it, birdie. Oh, I wish I knew some magic spell, Mrs. Sweeney, and could change this sparrow into a canary for you. Oh, no. I've come to be very fond of the poor bird. Hello there, Mr. Otka.

[Jared Otkar]

Mrs. Sweeney.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

Oh, you two sit here by the window. Have dishes to wash. Call if there's anything you want. Thank you, Mrs. Sweeney.

[Jared Otkar]

How do you feel tonight, Elizabeth?

[Elizabeth Chaney]

Oh, very well, thank you. The doctor says I. I can leave here whenever I wish. I'm glad I have been talking to the sparrow. Now that spring is coming, I think he wants to be free again. I'm going to talk to Mrs. Sweeney and ask her to let him go when the first green leaves appear. Oh, Jared, where am I going when I leave here?

[Jared Otkar]

Well, I can't take you back to the tool house. I've been living there alone. Mr. Rosenwald has disappeared.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

Jared.

[Jared Otkar]

Yes, Elizabeth?

[Elizabeth Chaney]

You called me darling once.

[Jared Otkar]

Yes, I did, but only because I thought you couldn't hear me.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

Why?

[Jared Otkar]

Well, I'm much older than you, Elizabeth. At least 10 years.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

What is 10 years?

[Jared Otkar]

I'm wise enough to have no illusions about myself. You are fond of me as you are fond of every living creature. Even this little sparrow.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

Oh, much more than fun. Jared, I. I love you.

[Jared Otkar]

Love me? But I've nothing, nothing to give you in return for your love either. Wealth, no hope, no promises.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

You can give me love, Jared. That's all I ask. All I want. Your love.

[Jared Otkar]

That's not enough. Good night, Elizabeth.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

Where are you going?

[Jared Otkar]

To walk in the park. I must think about all this.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

No, Jared, no. Come back.

[Jared Otkar]

Mr. Sweeney, I have the most wonderful news.

[Morris Rosenwald]

Oh, come in, lads. Come in.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

Who is it?

[Jared Otkar]

Mrs. Sweeney, it's me, Mrs. Sweeney.

[Morris Rosenwald]

Jared, I'm rich.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

Oh, whatever are you saying?

[Jared Otkar]

This morning a man came to the door of the tool house, offered $2,000 in cash for my antique bed.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

Oh, you took it, did you not?

[Jared Otkar]

I did at once.

[Morris Rosenwald]

I was looking for you this morning,

[Jared Otkar]

Mrs. Oh, that must have been while I was out buying a car. A secondhand car to take Elizabeth riding in. The rest of the money I'm going to give Elizabeth to rent a little apartment for herself.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

Oh, but Jared, she.

[Jared Otkar]

I'll slip in now and tell her the news.

[Morris Rosenwald]

Jared, Elizabeth isn't here. Oh, where is she? She drove off in a big car with a fine chauffeur.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

Here's the address where she went.

[Morris Rosenwald]

Well, Mrs. Sweeney and I were just going to visit her over on Fifth Avenue.

[Jared Otkar]

Well, I'LL come with you. My car's outside. I'll drive you there.

[Morris Rosenwald]

There's a light in every window. Looks like a palace.

[Jared Otkar]

What's Elizabeth doing in a place like this?

[Elizabeth Chaney]

Oh, wouldn't it be honest, this weenie love. How do I look? All right.

[Jared Otkar]

This must be a private home. Good evening. We're looking for Ms. Elizabeth Chaney. Come in, please.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

Thank you. Ah.

[Morris Rosenwald]

Tis a fine mansion.

[Jared Otkar]

If you will step into the ballroom, the concert will begin in a moment. Concert? What concert? This way.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

Come along, Mr. Sweeney, dear.

[Morris Rosenwald]

Ah, Mr. Opco.

[Jared Otkar]

Yes.

[Morris Rosenwald]

Well, I'm glad to see you.

[Jared Otkar]

Oh, Mr. Sheridan. Well, what are you doing here?

[Narrator / Ken Carpenter]

This is my home.

[Jared Otkar]

You live in this museum?

[Morris Rosenwald]

It is, isn't it? Oh, come, I have something to show you.

[Narrator / Ken Carpenter]

Come along upstairs.

[Jared Otkar]

Do you know what's happened to Elizabeth, Miss Chaney?

[Morris Rosenwald]

You'll see her in good time. Right now, I want you to.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

Jared.

[Morris Rosenwald]

Jared, I'm giving a concert.

[Jared Otkar]

Mr. Rosenwald.

[Morris Rosenwald]

Where have you been? Here, with Mr. Sheridan. He has invited a very select audience tonight to hear me play even a few critics. Jared, I'm giving a concert. See you later. Good luck. And here we are. Mr. Rutgar.

[Jared Otkar]

Well, it was you who bought my bed.

[Morris Rosenwald]

Didn't you guess?

[Jared Otkar]

No, I didn't even suspect.

[Morris Rosenwald]

I had one of my assistants buy it for me. Doesn't it look handsome in here?

[Jared Otkar]

Yes, but why did you want it? If you told me, I'd have given it to you.

[Morris Rosenwald]

I wanted it as a sort of memento of these past months. I'll keep it here to remind me of all the good things that I discovered with you and Ms. Chaney in Central Park. Affection and kindness.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

I heard your voice, Jim.

[Jared Otkar]

Elizabeth. Oh, Elizabeth, how beautiful you look.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

This is a new dress. Mr. Sheridan gave it to me.

[Narrator / Ken Carpenter]

Oh.

[Jared Otkar]

Oh, I see. You'll be living here with Mr. Sheridan and Mr. Rosenwald.

[Morris Rosenwald]

Don't be a fool, Jared. Elizabeth's been waiting all evening for you to come. That's all she's talked about.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

Ah.

[Morris Rosenwald]

Mr. Oswald's begun his concert, and I'd better join the guest downstairs.

[Narrator / Ken Carpenter]

You two come down when you finish talking.

[Jared Otkar]

Elizabeth.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

Oh, Jared. I was afraid you wouldn't come.

[Jared Otkar]

There's so much I want to say.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

I know. Isn't it wonderful the way things have worked out? Mr. Sheridan repaid all the money at the bank. They said he was suffering from amnesia. That's why he disappeared. And he still has lots of money left. Millions. I guess he's going to sponsor Mr. Rosenwald's career.

[Jared Otkar]

Well, what about you, Elizabeth?

[Elizabeth Chaney]

Me, by the way. I guess that's up to you, Jared.

[Jared Otkar]

Look, I can't talk here. This place smothers me.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

I'll get my coat and we'll leave.

[Jared Otkar]

Don't you want to hear the concert?

[Elizabeth Chaney]

Mr. Rosenwald won't miss us.

[Jared Otkar]

I bought a car. It's waiting outside.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

A car?

[Jared Otkar]

Secondhand. Come along. We'll drive to the moon tonight, just the two of us.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

Oh, it's a beautiful car.

[Jared Otkar]

Elizabeth.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

Yes, Jared?

[Jared Otkar]

I've more than a thousand dollars left from the money Mr. Sheridan paid for the bed.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

A thousand dollars?

[Jared Otkar]

We could get married on that.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

Oh, yes, we could.

[Jared Otkar]

Elizabeth, I'm still not sure that I'm ready to settle down. I have a feeling that I want to see something of the country before I decide about what I want to do.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

Well, you have a car now.

[Jared Otkar]

Would you be willing to travel with

[Elizabeth Chaney]

me wherever you go? Jared, I want to come with you.

[Jared Otkar]

Well, what about your plans about being an actress?

[Elizabeth Chaney]

They can wait.

[Jared Otkar]

Well, we can start off tomorrow, drive south until we meet spring, and then.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

Yes, Jared.

[Jared Otkar]

Oh, my darling.

[Morris Rosenwald]

Do you.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

Do you suppose people will say I'm marrying you to get. To get your crystal candelabra?

[Jared Otkar]

I don't care what people will say. Well, where should we drive now?

[Elizabeth Chaney]

There's just one pace I'd like to go.

[Morris Rosenwald]

Where's that?

[Elizabeth Chaney]

I'd like to ride in the moonlight through Central Park.

[Narrator / Ken Carpenter]

In a moment. Gene Crane will return. Shortly after World War II, some army officers in the Philippines took the time and trouble to find out that their houseboy had one burning ambition, one desire in life, and that was to come to the United States and study for the Baptist ministry. Well, they took it upon themselves to do a lot of corresponding and arranging, and they finally obtained a four year scholarship for him at Eastern New Mexico College. Then the Woman's Missionary Union heard about the boy and they offered him a two year seminary scholarship. But there was still a mighty important question, the question of raising $440 for his passage to the United States. And it was in an army chapel that Catholic, Protestant and Jewish servicemen joined together to collect the funds so that this boy might become a Baptist minister. Such acts by you and your friends today are shaping our world of tomorrow. And now, here's Jean Crane. You know, this is the time of the year they elect the most beautiful girls to be queen of something. Why, Ken, that's right, as the orange grove queen, the queen of iced tea or what have you. And I'd like to nominate you as the Technicolor Queen.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

Why, that's a charming compliment, Ken.

[Narrator / Ken Carpenter]

Yes, because in technicolor everyone can see see what a really lovely complexion you have.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

Well, I do give it the very best care. And if you really like second color, I suggest my latest picture for 20th Century Fox, City of Bad Men.

[Narrator / Ken Carpenter]

Good deal. And we hope you'll be listening to the summer theater next week when we'll have a most unusual story, Cinera, starring that very excellent actor, Joseph Cotton.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

I'd love to hear it. Good night.

[Jared Otkar]

Good night.

[Narrator / Ken Carpenter]

Hollywood Radio theater is a presentation of the United States Armed Forces Radio Service.

[Elizabeth Chaney]

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