Lux Radio Theatre - Oss

Summary

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Lux Radio Theatre: "OSS"

Podcast: Harold’s Old Time Radio
Date: July 9, 2026
Featured Stars: Alan Ladd ("Martin"), Veronica Lake ("Helene Duprez")
Producer: William Keeley

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Episode Overview

This episode of Lux Radio Theatre presents a dramatization of the WWII espionage thriller "OSS," highlighting the perilous missions of the U.S. Office of Strategic Services (OSS) during the war. Featuring Alan Ladd and Veronica Lake in starring roles, the story pays tribute to the courage, resourcefulness, and sacrifices of the men and women in clandestine operations behind enemy lines, drawing upon historical inspiration and composite incidents from the real OSS.

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Key Discussion Points & Storyline Breakdown

1. Introduction & Historical Context

• [01:02] William Keeley opens, quoting Major General William J. Donovan, the real-life OSS head:

  "While the characters in this motion picture are fictitious, the story is based on a composite of actual incidents in the diversified activities of the Office of Strategic Services..."

• The premise establishes that the play is not just entertainment but a window into real-life Allied espionage and sabotage operations during WWII.
• [03:35] Colonel Field emphasizes the gravity and novelty of the OSS's work for American agents:

  "Forget everything you've ever been told about fair play and sportsmanship... your country is fighting for its life."

2. Formation of Team Applejack

• The mission is set: sabotage vital Nazi infrastructure (the Courbet Malone Tunnel in France) working with the French Underground.
• [05:01-05:44] Commander Brady & Colonel Field review the team's makeup, blending "balance, brains and brawn"—including the strategic use of a female agent, as women often move with less suspicion.

3. Recruitment of Helene Duprez (Veronica Lake)

• [06:02-08:32] Brady recruits Helene ("Miss Rogers"), a sculptress with French ties, using a playful but pointed ruse.

  "It's not Mr. Brady. It's Commander Brady. Office of Strategic Services. Ever hear of us?"

• The scene establishes Helene's resilience, integrity, and resolve to fight for her adopted homeland.

4. Innovative Spy Techniques

• [09:02] Commander Brady and team discuss using plastic explosives disguised as artists' clay, tubes of paint, and picture wire—ingenious methods befitting clandestine operations.

5. Team Dynamics & Gender Roles

• [10:10-11:08] A candid exchange addresses the challenge and prejudice of integrating a woman into the team.

  Helene: "I'll buy my own coffee and find my own bed." (10:33)
  "Treat me like any other member of the team." (11:08)

• Her inclusion is both strategic and symbolic, confronting traditional roles and expectations.

6. Parachuting into France

• The team jumps "blind" behind enemy lines when the expected French contact fails to signal.

  "We'll jump blind, then." (14:26)

7. First Loss & Adaptation

• [18:43] The team loses Gates, their leader, on the first night. Martin assumes command and Helene quickly integrates with the underground, supported by Aubert, the art supplier.

8. Covert Operations: Sabotaging Nazi Targets

• [20:29-25:14] A complex series of meetings and covert exchanges unfolds under the cover of artistic discussion.

  "We're here to listen to Madame Duprez's lecture on art." (21:02)

• Nazi Colonel Meister takes a keen, suspicious interest in Helene, leading to high-stakes interactions as she sculpts his bust—a ruse to expedite intelligence and plot sabotage.

9. The Courbet Malone Tunnel Mission

• [25:47-29:53] Helene creates an explosive duplicate of Meister's bust to destroy the tunnel. The operation is fraught with peril and the team's survival is uncertain.
  • The sabotage is successful, but the team must go into hiding, blending with refugees.

10. Gestapo Pursuit and Moral Dilemmas

• After the sabotage, the group is constantly hunted by the Gestapo (notably Brink, the corrupt official who offers his services—for a price). The struggle is not only physical but psychological, as trust, exhaustion, and personal cost weigh on all.
• [31:03] Helene to Martin:

  "We almost failed in the tunnel because you came back for me. Never come back for me again. Do you understand? Never come back."

• The theme of sacrifice, loyalty, and professional detachment underscores their dialogue.

11. Brink's Double-Dealing and the Price of Survival

• [33:13] Brink, the Gestapo officer, offers protection and intelligence access in exchange for money and immunity—a powerful look into the corrupt worlds on the war’s periphery:

  "A small weekly payment. And $50,000 American dollars deposited in my account in the bank of Switzerland."

12. Codebreaking, Losses, and Narrow Escapes

• The team discovers the Nazis have broken an Allied code, escalating the urgency to extract key intelligence and themselves.
• Boucher is killed after being found by Nazi agents during a critical transmission.

13. Final Mission: Contacting Parker on the Rhine

• The Allies are advancing. The OSS must contact Agent Parker, undercover as a barge worker, who has vital information about German troop placements.
• The team reunites after several near captures, manages to transmit Parker’s information to Allied command, ensuring a safer river crossing and saving lives.

14. Conclusion & Farewell

• Martin and Helene survive but reflect on the sacrifices of their comrades, Gates and Boucher. The narrative closes with bittersweet rumination:

  "Don't thank me, thank them. The ones who didn't live to see this. Gates. Boucher. Elaine..." (53:15)

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Notable Quotes & Moments

• On the danger and ethics of espionage

  "Forget everything you've ever been told about fair play and sportsmanship... your country is fighting for its life."
  — Colonel Field [03:35]

• On gender roles in war

  Helene: "Let's clear that up right now. Mr. Martin, I'll buy my own coffee and find my own bed." [10:33]

• On the resilience of the French

  Helene: "I'm sorry, but you don't know the French people as I do. The plain people. Their good common sense, their stubborn pride, their faith, their deep faith." [07:27]

• On espionage innovation

  "Plastic explosive that looks, feels and tastes like modeling clay. That's wonderful. Going into the art business, not a bad idea."
  — Commander Brady [09:07]

• On the price of collaboration

  Brink: "A small weekly payment. And 50,000 American dollars deposited in my account in the bank of Switzerland." [33:36]

• On personal cost

  Helene: "We almost failed in the tunnel because you came back for me. Never come back for me again. Do you understand? Never come back." [31:03]

• Reflection on sacrifice

  "Don't thank me, thank them. The ones who didn't live to see this."
  — Martin [53:15]

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Important Timestamps

• [01:02] – Introduction by producer William Keeley, historical context.
• [03:35] – Colonel Field’s instructions on espionage.
• [05:40] – Debate over recruiting a woman agent.
• [06:02] – Helene’s recruitment scene.
• [09:02] – Introduction of "artist supply" sabotage tactics.
• [14:03] – Parachuting into France.
• [18:43] – Team’s first loss (Gates).
• [21:02] – Covert meeting disguised as an art lecture.
• [25:47] – Planning the tunnel sabotage.
• [29:53] – Confirmation of successful tunnel destruction.
• [31:03] – Intense dialogue; Helene tells Martin never to come back for her.
• [33:36] – Brink's betrayal and negotiations.
• [41:00] – Death of Boucher; need for urgent escape.
• [46:00] – Climax at the farm hiding from German troops.
• [47:02] – Final radio transmission with vital troop information.
• [53:09] – Allied troops cross the Rhine—mission accomplished.
• [54:28] – Curtain call and cast reflection.

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Tone & Style

The episode combines suspenseful wartime storytelling with moments of wry humor, romantic tension, and stark realism. The dialogue—and particularly Helene's character—challenges gender assumptions of the era. Courage, loss, and the ambiguous morality of espionage are recurring motifs.

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For Listeners

• This episode provides both a thrilling espionage tale and a nuanced glimpse into the historical operations of the OSS.
• The drama is fast-paced and filled with suspense, driven by layered character interactions and constant peril behind enemy lines.
• The interplay between Alan Ladd and Veronica Lake is sharp, with Veronica Lake delivering a particularly strong, modern female lead for wartime radio.

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Recommended for fans of: WWII history, classic radio drama, espionage stories, and those interested in the real-life roots of organizations like the CIA.
Note: Ad segments, host chatter, and soap promotions have been omitted to focus on story content.

Transcript

[Announcer]

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[Commander Brady]

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[Announcer]

Lux presents Hollywood. Lelever brothers company brings you the lux radio theater. Starring alan ladd and veronica lake in oss ladies and gentlemen, your producer, Mr. William keele.

[William Keeley]

Greetings from Hollywood, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the Lux Radio Theatre's presentation of Paramount's gripping screenplay OSS Starring Alan Ladd in his original role, co starred with the talented and lovely Veronica Lake. In introducing tonight's play, I'd like to quote from Major General William J. Donovan, who during the war directed the Office of Strategic Services. He says, while the characters in this motion picture are fictitious, the story is based on a composite of actual incidents in the diversified activities of the Office of Strategic Services which conducted intelligence, special operations and unorthodox methods of warfare in support of allied military operations. It is a tribute to the brave, resourceful men and women, living and dead, who volunteered for these dangerous assignments. In other words, tonight's play is more than thrilling entertainment. It is a glimpse into the hazardous behind the lines activities of those loyal Americans who paved the way for victory. Whose lives depended hour by hour on meticulous attention to the smallest detail. An agent of the OSS could not afford to look well fed in a country living on starvation diets, well dressed among ill clad people or well groomed in a land where soap was non existent behind the lines. I am sure a luxe complexion would have been a certain giveaway among women of the OSS Just as it's a hallmark of good grooming among women in civilian life. In fact, I can think of no better countersign or password for admission to the League of Lovely Women than luxe toilet soap. From LTS we take you now to OSS starring Alan Ladd as Martin and Veronica Lake as Ellen. Here's the curtain for act one. It's 1943 in a colonial mansion set in the peaceful Virginia countryside. A group of men, some young, some middle aged, are gathered for a meeting. From their looks, it could be a salesman's convention. Closer still, a get together of college alumni. But the lesson these men are learning was never taught in any college.

[Colonel Field]

There's nothing superhuman about being a good intelligence agent. Yes, it takes guts, brains and patience. But this is a new game to us. You trainees are average Americans. And the average Americans are not brought up to fight the way the enemy fights. But we can learn to become agents and saboteurs if we have to. One of these days, you'll be working in Axis territory. You'll be on the spot every minute of the day or night. Your only chance, your only chance will be to beat the enemy to the punch. Forget everything you've ever been told about fair play and sportsmanship. Forget everything except that your country is fighting for its life. That's all for now. Radio laboratory at 10 o'. Clock. Camera room at noon. Dismissed. Come in. Commander Brady, sorry to drag you out this time of night, but I've just had a visitor. General Donovan. Well, your orders have come through.

[Commander Brady]

Operations in France, Colonel.

[Colonel Meister]

Right.

[Commander Brady]

Well, when do we start, sir?

[General Donovan]

Now.

[Colonel Field]

The job won't be finished until our troops cross the Rhine. You've got two things to do. First, get information. Second, work with the French underground and sabotage key enemy installations. Now, look at this map. These railway lines that feed this area here around the city of Orleans, right here is one of our priority targets. Recognize it?

[Colonel Meister]

Yes, sir.

[Commander Brady]

The Courbet Malone Tunnel.

[Colonel Field]

If we can knock that tunnel out, we'll paralyze the most important traffic line into Normandy. We've assigned the tunnel to Team Applejack. What's its personnel, Commander?

[Commander Brady]

Team Applejack leader, Rodney Gates, army Officer, World War I. Civilian occupation, railroad supply salesman in France.

[Colonel Field]

Good man. Mature. Judgment, stability and balance. Next.

[Commander Brady]

John Martin, lieutenant, junior grade, U.S. navy. Civilian occupation, Publicity man. Knows France.

[Colonel Field]

Little on the cocky side, but he'll do after he's been knocked around a bit. Well, there's balance and brains. We need a little brawn.

[Commander Brady]

Bert Parker, Chief petty officer, civilian occupation. Sportsman, Motorboat racer.

[Colonel Field]

Sorry, but Parker's been assigned to Germany. He's lived there. If he gets through, he's to lay low as a Rhine barge worker until needed.

[Commander Brady]

Well, we've got another muscle man named Boucher. Used to be a hockey player.

[Colonel Field]

That should do it. Balance, brains and Bruin. The ideal setup. Except we'll need one more. Someone who knows the district. Someone to contact the French underground there.

[Commander Brady]

What about a woman? They can often get through where a man can't. Personnel in London could recruit.

[Colonel Field]

I'd rather see if we can find one here first. Well, see that Gates, Martin, Boucher, stay put. Oh, you too, Commander. I'll be needing your help in finding that girl.

[Commander Brady]

So this is where you live, Miss Rogers?

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

This is it, Mr. Brady.

[Commander Brady]

Alone?

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

Oh, no. With Jean Jacques, my cat. Well, it's been very nice meeting you. Thanks for a lovely evening.

[Commander Brady]

You're welcome.

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

I'm really very glad Uncle Arthur asked you to call me. Well, good night.

[Commander Brady]

You're not going to ask me in?

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

It's rather late.

[Commander Brady]

Oh, now, wait a minute. This is my first trip to San Francisco. My plane doesn't leave until 3am you wouldn't turn me loose in a strange town at this hour. Besides, Uncle Arthur wouldn't approve of that.

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

Well, all right. Come in.

[Commander Brady]

Thanks, Ms. Rogers. I knew you wouldn't let me down.

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

I can't afford a studio and an apartment, so this does for both. Like some coffee later, maybe.

[Commander Brady]

So you're a sculptress, huh?

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

Seems to me I told you all about that at dinner. Trying to make conversation, Mr. Brady, I'm

[Commander Brady]

trying to find out how good a business it is. Sculpting. Financially, I mean.

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

It's a bust. And no puns intended.

[Announcer]

You've got quite a collection here.

[William Keeley]

You do all these?

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

Yes.

[Commander Brady]

Recently.

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

You're full of questions. No, not recently. Most of them in France. I studied at Fontainebleau.

[Commander Brady]

Oh, when was that?

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

Two years before the occupation.

[Commander Brady]

Too bad about the French.

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

July 16, 1429.

[Commander Brady]

I never was much good at dates.

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

That's the day Joan of Arc liberated France. After a hundred years of occupation.

[Commander Brady]

Joan of Arc never ran into a panzer division. No, this time the French are finished.

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

I'm sorry, but you don't know the French people as I do. The plain people. Their good common sense, their stubborn pride, their faith, their deep faith.

[Commander Brady]

That's a very pretty speech. You're pretty, too.

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

Why, in France, they even.

[Commander Brady]

We're not in France. We're in San Francisco. And I didn't come up to talk politics.

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

I'm not talking politics. I'm talking about the indestructible.

[Commander Brady]

Your kisses would be pretty, too, Ms. Rogers, if you'd cooperate a little.

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

There's the door, Mr. Brady.

[Lieutenant Martin]

Uh, not yet.

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

You're getting out of here right now.

[Commander Brady]

I'd rather stay.

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

I'd hate to have to fracture your skull. And I'd hate even more to smash this figurine.

[Commander Brady]

But if you don't, Uncle Arthur's going to be very disappointed in you.

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

Stop that idiotic Uncle Arthur routine. I haven't spoken to that stingy old goat in 10 years. He'd no more have given you my address than turn up at a board of directors meeting without his clothes. Now, just who are you, Mr. Brady, and what do you want?

[Commander Brady]

You're a bright girl, you're right. Uncle Arthur definitely did not ask me to look you up. You see, it's not Mr. Brady. It's Commander Brady, Office of Strategic Services. Ever hear of us?

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

No.

[Commander Brady]

Then put down that figurine and relax. You and I are going to do some serious talking. Oh, that kiss. Just a sort of test, Ms. Rogers.

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

Message for you, Colonel Field.

[General Donovan]

Go ahead, read it.

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

San Francisco says yes. It's signed Brady.

[Colonel Meister]

Good.

[Colonel Field]

Call the laboratory. Tell them Brady will be in for a full report on Thursday.

[Commander Brady]

Yes, Commander, it's already here. Take a look. That's the kind of clay a sculptor would use.

[Colonel Meister]

Is it?

[Lieutenant Martin]

It's what you ordered.

[Commander Brady]

Plastic explosive that looks, feels and tastes like modeling clay. That's wonderful. Going into the art business, not a bad ide. Wait a minute. Why couldn't we develop a whole line of art store merchandise? More plastic explosive to put up in tubes. Like tubes of paint, time pencils as crayons, reels of fuse, picture wire.

[Aubert]

It could be done.

[Commander Brady]

Now, you're sure of this stuff? You can actually model with this explosive?

[Colonel Field]

Definitely.

[Commander Brady]

Let me use your phone. This is Commander Brady. Get me Colonel Field, please. Now, look, start turning out that clay. We'll need a lot of it. Pack it well. It'll have a long way to go.

[Colonel Field]

And the tubes, the picture wire?

[Colonel Meister]

That too.

[General Donovan]

Right away.

[Commander Brady]

High priority. You can, Colonel Field. Brady. Applejack can go to London tomorrow.

[General Donovan]

The girl?

[Commander Brady]

I'll wire her now. Everything set? She can join us later over there. Oh, and from now on, we're referring to Ms. Rogers as Helene Duprez. Well, gentlemen, now that Helene Dupre is here with us, Team Applejack is complete. As soon as your clothing and documents are in order, you'll be leaving this hotel, you'll be leaving London, you'll be leaving England.

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

I. I don't mind saying I'm scared to death.

[Commander Brady]

Don't worry. We all are. Will you, men, any questions?

[Lieutenant Martin]

The young lady, commander, she's going with us?

[Commander Brady]

Yes.

[Lieutenant Martin]

Why?

[Commander Brady]

We'll come to that later, Martin. But what's on your mind? Well, all right.

[Lieutenant Martin]

How do we treat her?

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

Because I'm a woman.

[Lieutenant Martin]

That's right.

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

Forget it.

[Lieutenant Martin]

Look, it may get pretty rugged the other side of the Channel. Tough to buy a cup of coffee and tough to find a place to sleep.

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

Let's clear that up right now. Mr. Martin, I'll buy my own coffee and find my own bed.

[Lieutenant Martin]

Yeah, Suppose you get picked up.

[Commander Brady]

Some of the most successful agents in history were women.

[Lieutenant Martin]

Yeah, I know women like Marta.

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

Harry, how do you know what kind of woman I am.

[Lieutenant Martin]

Well, I think you're the kind that ought to be raising a couple of kids in the Cleveland Heights. There's bound to be a lot of excitement where we're going. And I want to be sure everybody's going to keep calm.

[Colonel Field]

Now wait a minute, Martin.

[Commander Brady]

Helene wouldn't be here in London unless we thought she qualified.

[Lieutenant Martin]

Nothing personal, sir. I'm only concerned about operating successfully.

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

I think we will if Mr. Martin stops worrying about my sexual treat me like any other member of the team.

[General Donovan]

Right.

[Commander Brady]

Now you all know where you're going and you know your objectives. The Courbet Malone Tunnel is the jackpot. The first thing to do after landing is to contact FFI headquarters at an inn called Le Cheval Noire. When you've got something to tell us, use your radio. Now let's go over your cover up stories.

[Colonel Meister]

Gates.

[Raoul Jassy]

My name is Raoul Jassy, a Parisian. I used to be an automobile salesman. When the war came, the office was closed. I've been unemployed most of the time since. My health is bad.

[Lieutenant Martin]

Lung trouble.

[Raoul Jassy]

I've come to stay at a farm near the city.

[Commander Brady]

Bad lungs, you said.

[Raoul Jassy]

I have X rays to prove it.

[Commander Brady]

Here, let me see. Certainly bad, all right, but whose lungs are they?

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

Mine.

[Commander Brady]

If I were the Gestapo, I'd have you shot. These are American made X rays. French X ray plates are different. Have French ones made.

[Colonel Field]

Boucher.

[Albert Bonatti]

My name is Albert Bonatti. I'm an ice skating instructor. I worked winter resorts all over. Saranac Lake, Sun Valley, San Moritz. I'm looking for a man I heard was going to open a skating rink in Orleans. I can't find him and I'm short of funds. I'll take any kind of work I can find.

[Commander Brady]

You're a pretty husky young fellow. Why aren't you a prisoner of war or in a labor battalion?

[Albert Bonatti]

That's right. I forgot to tell you. Here are my papers. I'm not French, I'm Swiss. The war caught me in France and I haven't been able to get back.

[Commander Brady]

That's better, Martin.

[Lieutenant Martin]

My name is Philippe Martin. I lost my mother when I was 8. Went to live with my aunt in the United States. Came back from military service in 1935. Trained 18 months, then got a job as correspondent for American newspaper. Called back up in 39. Fought at Sudan, was captured with my division. Later released by the Germans to work for them at the Renault factory. When the factory was bombed out, I was sent to Orleans to work in the railroad yard.

[Commander Brady]

Too glib, Martin. Otherwise okay.

[Colonel Field]

Helene.

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

My name is Helene. Duprez. My home is Nolia, where my family has lived for generations, on the Routier. I'm a sculptress graduate of Fontainebleau. Every year, my husband and I used to spend our vacations near there. He was a writer. His name was Jean. This year I've come alone. Jean was killed in the auto.

[Lieutenant Martin]

A writer, I said. I was a correspondent. My articles would have appeared in the United States.

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

You can find Jean Dupree's work in the back issues of many French magazines.

[Lieutenant Martin]

Oh, then Helen Dupree is real.

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

She was my roommate at Fontainebleau. We were inseparable. People used to call us the sisters.

[Lieutenant Martin]

Oh. What happens if you run into her?

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

I won't. She's missing. This is her last letter. She says, goodbye, my sister. It will be evening soon, and I shall walk down to the beach and out onto the surf, thinking of you. Thinking of Jean. Shall I go on?

[Lieutenant Martin]

No, I. I'm sorry.

[Commander Brady]

Well, I suggest you all go to your rooms now and get some sleep. Chances are you'll leave tomorrow night. You will be dropped, of course. By parachute. I'll see you in the morning.

[Raoul Jassy]

I've just been talking to. To the pilot. How do you feel, Helene?

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

Oh, just fine.

[Lieutenant Martin]

No. Is that what the pilot wanted to find out?

[Albert Bonatti]

When do we jump?

[Raoul Jassy]

We just flew over our destination. There should have been a signal from the ground. Well, there wasn't any.

[Albert Bonatti]

Hey, that means there'll be no FFI to meet us.

[Raoul Jassy]

That's right. You want to turn back? I say we should jump blind. Any objections?

[Albert Bonatti]

No, sir.

[Lieutenant Martin]

Let's jump.

[Raoul Jassy]

Good. We'll jump blind, then. Oh, Our pilot assures me our plane has been spotted by the Nazis.

[Lieutenant Martin]

We expected that, didn't we?

[Raoul Jassy]

Yes, but that may make things a little tough down below since there's no one to meet us. Still want to jump?

[General Donovan]

Let's go.

[Raoul Jassy]

Okay. I'll tell the pilot to run as if.

[Parker]

I have counterintelligence for you on the telephone. Here, Colonel.

[General Donovan]

Thank you.

[Colonel Meister]

Hello, Master speaking.

[General Donovan]

There's a lone unidentified plane over your area. Strong formation of British planes was reported earlier. This one may be a straggler or it may be parachutists. I suggest that the area be covered immediately.

[Colonel Meister]

Guysman, you're here.

[Announcer]

Colonel.

[Colonel Meister]

Possibility of parachute is in this area. Watch that inn, La Cheval Noir. They have been rendezvousing there. Don't raid it, only watch it.

[Raoul Jassy]

Get ready to jump. Good luck, everyone.

[Lieutenant Martin]

See you at the end. Helang.

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

I'll be there, Mr. Martin.

[Colonel Meister]

All right, start jumping.

[William Keeley]

In just a moment. We'll continue with the second act of Oss starring Alan Ladd and Veronica Lake. Meanwhile, here's Libby Collins, our Hollywood reporter, looking mighty pleased about something too.

[Libby Collins]

I guess it's the movie I saw this afternoon, Mr. Keeley. You can't beat a good western. They're such a lot of fun.

[William Keeley]

Sounds as though you saw that new Republic picture.

[Libby Collins]

That's it. Plainsman and the Lady. A real thriller diller, starring William Elliot, Vera Ralston and Gayle Patrick.

[William Keeley]

I've seen Bill Elliot in dozens of hard riding films, Libby, but I always thought of Vera Ralston as an ice skating star.

[Libby Collins]

Oh, she is and was once Olympic skating champion. But in Plainsman and the lady, she again proves herself a fine dramatic actress. Vera's had quite an exciting career, you know. She escaped from her native Czechoslovakia on the very last plane before the borders were closed.

[William Keeley]

That was exciting.

[Libby Collins]

Mm. But the real thrill of a lifetime, she says, was getting her American citizenship papers last flag day.

[William Keeley]

Well, this country has gained a stunning new citizen. Vera's a real beauty.

[Libby Collins]

Oh, she is that, Mr. Keeley. She's one of the most photographed girls at Republic. And the studio says she just can't take a poor picture.

[Announcer]

I don't wonder, Libby, how could anyone miss with a complexion like Vera Ralston's?

[Libby Collins]

Mr. Kennedy, you're certainly a man with a single track mind when it comes

[Announcer]

to lovely luxe complexions, I admit it.

[Libby Collins]

Well, you're quite right about Vera Ralston's. She uses luxe toilet soap every day. She told me active lather facials with luxe toilet soap are a wonderful aid to beauty. They leave your skin feeling fresh and smooth.

[Announcer]

Libby, won't you tell the ladies in our audience how Vera Ralston takes her luxe soap facial?

[Libby Collins]

Well, here's what she does. And it's very simple and quickly done. Smooths on lots of the creamy luxe soap lather and works it in thoroughly. Rinses first with warm water, followed with a splash of cold. Then she takes a soft towel and pats her skin ever so gently to dry. And that's all there is to a luxe soap beauty facial. And Mr. Kennedy, screen stars find it a wonderfully effective care.

[Announcer]

You're absolutely right, Libby. We know from actual tests that Lux toilet soap facials make skin lovelier. These tests were made by skin specialists and they showed improvement in a short time in three out of four cases.

[Libby Collins]

Hollywood stars just have to have a complexion care that works.

[Announcer]

And that's why Lux toilet soap is the favorite beauty soap of nine out of ten. Screen stars. The loveliest women in the world. Mr. Keeley returns to the microphone.

[William Keeley]

We continue with act two of OSS starting. Alan Ladd as Martin and Veronica Lake as Ellen. Nearly three days have passed since Team Applejack parachuted into a patch of woods near the French city of Orleans. Now in London, where he's been joined by Colonel Field. Commander Brady has received his first radio message from the saboteurs.

[Commander Brady]

The message has just been decoded, Colonel.

[Colonel Meister]

Well?

[Commander Brady]

Not too good. Gates is dead.

[Colonel Field]

Gates?

[Commander Brady]

The night they landed, he and the girl went to the inn first. Something must have gone wrong. The others found his body in the morning.

[Colonel Field]

And the girl?

[Commander Brady]

Not suspected. I've ordered Martin to take over their proceeding as schedule. Well, Martin's got a job in the railroad yard. Boucher's become a scissors grinder. He's rented some sort of a hovel to live in. He'll radio us from there as long as he can.

[Colonel Field]

Helene.

[Commander Brady]

She's made contact with the underground. An old man named Aubert has a shop that sells art supplies. She's found a studio close by.

[Colonel Field]

Then things should start happening.

[Commander Brady]

They will, sir.

[Colonel Meister]

They will.

[Announcer]

Scissors.

[Commander Brady]

Sharpening knives and scissors. Sharpen knives and scissors? Sharpen.

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

Can you sharpen sculpting tools?

[Albert Bonatti]

Anything, madam.

[Commander Brady]

Scissor.

[Albert Bonatti]

Sharpen knives and scissors? Sharpen.

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

How much?

[Albert Bonatti]

I have not sharpened chisels like these

[Announcer]

in a long time.

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

I met Martin an hour ago.

[Albert Bonatti]

Oh, I can do them all right. Where?

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

Newspaper stand near the railroad yard. Well, how much?

[Albert Bonatti]

10 francs each, madame.

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

10 francs. 20 car train, 6am tomorrow. That's ridiculous.

[Albert Bonatti]

A man must live.

[Marius Brink]

But where?

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

Le Mans. All right.

[Aubert]

Here.

[Albert Bonatti]

Thank you, madame. I will sharpen them like new.

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

10 francs each. Outrageous.

[Colonel Field]

Hello? Hello. Yes, this is Colonel Field. What time? Confirmed. Fine. Yes, Brady's with me now. Hope to have another job for you very soon. That was British Air Intelligence, Brady. Well, Applejack's in business. The bombers got the train at Le Mans this morning completely destroyed. Any other news for Martin? A little.

[Commander Brady]

Helene's rounded up some ffi. They're all meeting tomorrow afternoon in Aubert's art shop.

[Aubert]

Come in. Madame. Monsieur.

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

These two men are my friends. Papa. Monsieur Martin, Monsieur Boucher.

[Lieutenant Martin]

Your people here? Over.

[Aubert]

They are here.

[Lieutenant Martin]

How many?

[Aubert]

Reynal Lefebvre and Madame Riot. They are in back of the shop.

[Lieutenant Martin]

The military patrol saws. Come in. We're apt to have visitors if we do. Just remember we're here to listen to Madame Dupree's lecture on art.

[Aubert]

My friends. No, monsieur, Come this way.

[Lieutenant Martin]

There are some important targets. Air Force can't seem to get at. Especially the Courbet Malone tunnel. What about it, Reynal?

[Raoul Jassy]

That's the closed military area. Every approach has got it.

[Marius Brink]

We tried again last week.

[Lieutenant Martin]

We've got to keep trying. It's a must. What about the bridge of Rothstein?

[Raoul Jassy]

That's Lefebvre's group.

[Lieutenant Martin]

Who takes a Chambon repair shops?

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

I will.

[Lieutenant Martin]

Fine. We have the explosives here for you.

[Aubert]

I have already made yours up, Monsieur Reynal. Little sack smart Modeling clay. Plastic explosives. Madame Ryote, you will get tubes of paint.

[Colonel Meister]

They will be ready for.

[Lieutenant Martin]

Who's that?

[Grandma]

The patrol.

[Aubert]

Wait a moment, I have to open the door. It's Colonel Meister.

[Lieutenant Martin]

You'll continue with your art lecture, Madame Dupree.

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

As I was saying, the so called new trend in art is actually a very old one. We know to return to the classic form, but with a certain utilization of.

[Aubert]

Colonel Meister.

[Colonel Meister]

Good afternoon. I am fortunate to find you here.

[Aubert]

A little Sunday afternoon discussion, Colonel, if I can be of any assistance.

[Colonel Meister]

I'm quite sure you can help me. But first, if you don't mind, I would like to listen to the young lady.

[William Keeley]

We are honored, Colonel.

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

The decadent spiritual attitude of a man like Magdaleani. The degenerate impressionism of.

[Colonel Meister]

Of Cezanne.

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

Of course. If I may digress, the Colonel has brought up a most interesting.

[Colonel Meister]

Close the door, Aubert. No need to disturb the discussion.

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

I'll readily understand the absence of.

[Colonel Meister]

Well, there. What do I see under the counter? New tubes of paint, huh?

[Aubert]

Yes, Colonel.

[Colonel Meister]

Ah, let me see. Cerulean, my favorite blue. What about the other colors? I'm sorry, but I won't bother. I have no time for painting. Sketching is all I can do these days. Oh, there. That young woman in there.

[Aubert]

An unusually gifted sculptress, huh?

[Colonel Meister]

May I meet her?

[Lieutenant Martin]

But of course.

[Aubert]

Madame Dupre, if you have a moment, please excuse me.

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

Yes, Monsieur.

[Aubert]

Madame Duprez, may I presume?

[Colonel Meister]

Meister? Madame Paulmeister, The Colonel's sketches. Merely impressions. Aubert, I need another pad.

[Aubert]

I am sure I have one somewhere.

[Colonel Meister]

Madame must permit me to see her work.

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

But there's nothing of mine here, Colonel.

[Colonel Meister]

At your studios then. I have my car.

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

Really, I haven't a thing worth staying at the moment.

[Colonel Meister]

Madame's modesty becomes her. I shall make the usual allowances.

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

Well, very well then.

[Colonel Meister]

And my apologies to your friends. Aubert and I will pick up my pad later. Ah, very nice studio, Madame. Excellent light. Your husband shares it with you?

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

I'm a widow, Colonel, but. Well, I have been going with Another man?

[Colonel Meister]

I'm sorry? A Frenchman. In the city here.

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

He's away. He's an engineer.

[Announcer]

Oh.

[Colonel Meister]

The Normandy fortifications.

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

He never tells me.

[Colonel Meister]

Colonel, this statue here is lovely. It's like yourself.

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

You're very kind.

[Colonel Meister]

Amazing technique for one so young. Your hand, madame. Remarkably feminine for this kind of work.

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

If the colonel would care for some tea, perhaps.

[Colonel Meister]

Your pulse. It's quite irregular. Could I be responsible for that?

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

You're very disowning so.

[Colonel Meister]

And you are an incredible woman. My dear, beauty and talent are rarely combined in a single individual. I confess I find it difficult to believe that these works of art here are yours or that you are what you say you are.

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

May I prove it?

[Colonel Meister]

How?

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

Sit down. I'd like you to pose for me.

[Colonel Meister]

Oh. That may take several sittings.

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

Several?

[Colonel Meister]

I'm delighted, madame. Delighted.

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

Perhaps when it's finished, you'll believe me.

[Colonel Meister]

Perhaps.

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

Your head a little more to the side, please. That's it.

[Lieutenant Martin]

Meister's been coming here to your studio every day now for two weeks, and what have we got? Nothing. Except a pretty fair likeness of his head.

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

I need more time, Martin.

[Lieutenant Martin]

Bernie's raising the roof. He wants that Corbet Mellon tunnel destroyed now. As soon as it is, we go back to London. And believe me, I'm ready to go back.

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

I'm not.

[Colonel Meister]

Why?

[Lieutenant Martin]

You're up a blind alley with Meister. He hasn't told you a thing. Break it off with him.

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

Meister is my department.

[Lieutenant Martin]

Don't overestimate yourself. He's dangerous.

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

You don't have much confidence in me, do you?

[Lieutenant Martin]

I'd feel the same about any girl I was working with.

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

I thought we'd settle that. No special consideration for anyone. You're not a man and I'm not a woman. We're weapons. But you could stop worrying about Meister. He's leaving town.

[Lieutenant Martin]

Yeah? Where's he going?

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

I don't know.

[Lieutenant Martin]

When.

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

Tomorrow afternoon.

[Lieutenant Martin]

It's a troop train leaving for Normandy. Tomorrow afternoon. It'll pass through the tunnel. Well, Helene, how long would it take you to duplicate this head you've made? Exact duplicate. Made out of our plastic explosive clay.

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

Tomorrow noon.

[Lieutenant Martin]

Could you get Meister to. To? Well, I mean. Forget it.

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

I could get him to take me with him on the train.

[Lieutenant Martin]

I said forget it.

[William Keeley]

Helen.

[Colonel Meister]

It's fall.

[Lieutenant Martin]

Meister.

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

Just a minute.

[Lieutenant Martin]

Let him in. I'll wait and see.

[Colonel Meister]

Well, I. I had to come early, my dear. Staff meeting. I should be there now.

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

Then you won't sit for me?

[Colonel Meister]

I came only to say goodbye. Will you miss Me? Helene.

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

Paul. Paul, take me with you.

[Colonel Meister]

Oh, I'm afraid it's impossible.

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

Not for an officer of your importance.

[Colonel Meister]

I suppose it could be arranged.

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

But please, Paul. Please.

[Colonel Meister]

Helene, darling, you are not deceiving me. I know why you want to come with me. I have known how matters stood since the day I met you.

[Lucille Barclay]

Have you?

[Colonel Meister]

Your engineer. You are trying to get to him in Normandy.

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

You're too clever for me, Paul.

[Colonel Meister]

And you are too unscrupulous for me, Helene.

[Lieutenant Martin]

All right, all right.

[Colonel Meister]

You may come with me.

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

Thank you, Paul.

[Colonel Meister]

After all, our little masterpiece is still incomplete. Bring it with you. Pleasant journey together. A weekend, perhaps, to finish it. And then, my dear girl, go with my blessing. Is that satisfactory?

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

Oh, yes.

[Lieutenant Martin]

Good.

[Colonel Meister]

Be ready to leave early in the afternoon. My driver will take you to our compartment on the train. I'll read us in. Aileen.

[Lieutenant Martin]

I heard what he said. All right. Get to work on the duplicate right away.

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

Explosive clay will require a fuse, and I don't know how to set one.

[Lieutenant Martin]

Oh, but we'll bring a fuse here. He'll set it. How will you pack it for travel?

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

A wooden box, I suppose.

[Lieutenant Martin]

Just make sure you'll be able to open it quickly. Light the fuse when the train stops in the tunnel.

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

You're sure it will stop?

[Lieutenant Martin]

I'll see that it does. Raynal can give me a railroad inspector's pass. The train takes on water a few miles east of the tunnel. I'll get on then. As for getting off, we'll both have to take our chances.

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

Of course. Good luck, Martin.

[Lieutenant Martin]

Yeah, thanks. Maybe I'll see you to mark the tunnel.

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

What?

[Lieutenant Martin]

Never mind.

[Commander Brady]

Get to work.

[Lieutenant Martin]

You're the engineer?

[Raoul Jassy]

Yes. What are you doing here?

[Lieutenant Martin]

This came aboard. Inspector Martin.

[Colonel Meister]

Checkride inspection. What do you expect of this piece of junk?

[Lieutenant Martin]

Never mind that. You're late. Should have passed the Courbet Mallor Tunnel at 326.

[Raoul Jassy]

We'll pass it in five minutes.

[Lieutenant Martin]

All right, then. Slow down.

[Raoul Jassy]

He's got a gun.

[Colonel Meister]

Huh?

[Lieutenant Martin]

I said, slow down.

[Raoul Jassy]

Why are you doing this, monsieur?

[Lieutenant Martin]

For France. Now jump, both of you.

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

Paul, the train stopped. What's the matter?

[Colonel Meister]

Oh, it's nothing.

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

Seems very strange stopping in a tunnel.

[Colonel Meister]

It makes our journey together longer.

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

Paul, I'm worried. Please go and ask someone.

[Colonel Meister]

No, no, no. Later.

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

But I'm really frightened. Please, Paul.

[Lieutenant Martin]

All right, Corporal, where are you?

[Colonel Meister]

I had the.

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

Martin.

[Lieutenant Martin]

Don't ask questions. Hand me that box.

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

The fuse is lit.

[Colonel Meister]

Good.

[Lieutenant Martin]

I'll set it by the track here. Be right back. Climb out of the window.

[Colonel Meister]

Open the door. What's the matter?

[Lieutenant Martin]

Climb out, do you hear? You've still got a chance.

[Colonel Meister]

Who is that talking Tonight.

[Lieutenant Martin]

Hurry, Purple, break this door down.

[Colonel Meister]

She is gone. The window.

[Raoul Jassy]

A man and woman.

[Aubert]

Her Colonel.

[Libby Collins]

There.

[Colonel Field]

The mounts of the tunnel.

[Commander Brady]

You guards, stop those people.

[Lieutenant Martin]

Fire, said boss. There's a fuse burning.

[General Donovan]

Stop those people.

[Marius Brink]

Stop them.

[Colonel Field]

Come in, Brady. Well?

[Commander Brady]

The report's confirmed by aerial reconnaissance.

[Colonel Field]

Colonel.

[Commander Brady]

The tunnel's destroyed.

[Colonel Field]

That's great.

[Commander Brady]

Yes, except there's been no word since from Team Applejack.

[Colonel Field]

I know. Get a message through to Team Sombrero. Tell them to stand by to take over Applejack's assignments. Martin, Boucher, the girl. They're either dead, Brady, or captured.

[Lieutenant Martin]

Helene. Helene.

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

Here. This way.

[Lieutenant Martin]

I should have been back long ago. Sorry, I got lost. It's pretty dark in those woods at night.

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

That's the only reason we're alive. Night and a place to hide.

[Lieutenant Martin]

I found Boucher. Couldn't get a car. Meister's alive and he closed in too fast.

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

He can't stay here.

[Lieutenant Martin]

I know. I sent Boucher onto Dijon. If you can get to a radio, you'll contact Freddy and have him send a plane to pick us up. When? Where? I don't know. We'll meet Boucher at the park in Dijon tomorrow.

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

How will we get there?

[Lieutenant Martin]

The highway's full of refugees. We'll have to lose ourselves among them.

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

It's safer if we travel alone now.

[Lieutenant Martin]

You're in pretty bad shape.

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

I'll manage.

[Lieutenant Martin]

Oh, now look.

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

You look. We almost failed in the tunnel because you came back from me. Never come back for me again. Do you understand? Never come back.

[Lieutenant Martin]

Okay. Can you find the highway?

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

Yes.

[Lieutenant Martin]

Park in Dijon tomorrow.

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

It's all right. You can sit down.

[Lieutenant Martin]

Hello.

[Child (Gerard)]

Hello.

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

Where's Boucher?

[Lieutenant Martin]

We've had some luck. He found some ffi. They're getting us jobs at the airport.

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

Did he find a radio?

[Lieutenant Martin]

No, not yet. We've got to be careful. Be careful. Meister's boys will be beating down our necks.

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

Do you have any money? I haven't eaten since yesterday.

[Lieutenant Martin]

A little. We'll find a restaurant.

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

Those men.

[Lieutenant Martin]

What?

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

Don't look. Two of them. They're watching us. Start smiling. That's better.

[Lieutenant Martin]

I'm going to kiss you, sweetheart. It's a park bench. That may convince them.

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

Too bad, Martin. They're still watching.

[Lieutenant Martin]

Come on, we better go. Oh, some more. Like a booth near the door.

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

Just get me something to eat.

[Lieutenant Martin]

Sit tight. Company's coming. One of those men in the park.

[Marius Brink]

Well, good evening. May I join you? Thank you.

[Lieutenant Martin]

I'm sorry, but there must be some mistake.

[Marius Brink]

Mistake? Monsieur Martin and Madame Duprez.

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

You're quite wrong, monsieur.

[Marius Brink]

I think not. I am a Marius Brink. Gestapo. Oh, in case you are armed, monsieur, don't forget my colleague, Herr Arnsvold. He is close by. That was fine work, that tunnel job of yours.

[Lieutenant Martin]

What are you talking about?

[Marius Brink]

These papers, monsieur. A full report of your activities. They just arrived in headquarters. Would you catch or read them?

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

This is outrageous. You intrude upon.

[Marius Brink]

Madame would prefer to discuss the matter at headquarters.

[Lieutenant Martin]

What do you mean, prefer?

[Marius Brink]

Fortunately, I had access to these papers before any of the others saw them.

[Lieutenant Martin]

What do you want from us?

[Marius Brink]

What I want from you isn't the question. What do you want from me?

[Lieutenant Martin]

No. Very sensible man, Herr Brink. His side is going to lose the war. And being a practical man, he looks to the future.

[Marius Brink]

I could be very useful to you. I have access, for instance, to the weekly Dijon Berlin military pouch. And the couriers my cousin.

[Lieutenant Martin]

And what's your price? Immunity.

[Marius Brink]

That goes without saying. A small weekly payment. And 50,000American dollars deposited in my account in the bank of Switzerland.

[Lieutenant Martin]

Maybe we can do business.

[Marius Brink]

I was so sure we could.

[Lieutenant Martin]

You'll have to get us a radio.

[Marius Brink]

Oddly enough, I have another cousin who might be persuaded to lend you one for 20,000 francs.

[Lieutenant Martin]

We'll be short of funds until we contact our principals.

[Marius Brink]

Until then. Only too glad to accommodate you. At a fair rate of interest, of course. Shall we say 15%? Well, I will leave you to think things over. Till tomorrow then. At the same time.

[Announcer]

Here.

[Marius Brink]

Oh, Herr Honsvald. Just refugees. Couple madly in love with each other.

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

You believe him?

[Lieutenant Martin]

There's no choice. I have to.

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

And we were going back to London.

[Lieutenant Martin]

Brink is on the level. We don't dare leave if he isn't. We'll get what Gates got. Oh, Helene, I'm. I'm sorry.

[Lucille Barclay]

For what?

[Lieutenant Martin]

Oh, the way I snap at you most of the time. The way I.

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

Aren't you forgetting something?

[Colonel Meister]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Lieutenant Martin]

Yeah, sure I am. Treat you like any other member of the team. That's what you want, isn't it?

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

Yes, Martin. That's what I want. Someday, maybe. If we ever skip it.

[William Keeley]

Here.

[Lieutenant Martin]

Here's the menu. It may be our last meal.

[Announcer]

We pause now for station identification. This is cbs, the Columbia Broadcasting.

[William Keeley]

In a moment, we'll bring you Act 3 of OSS, starring Alan Ladd and Veronica Lake. In Hollywood, it's news when an actress gets a studio contract without having to take a screen test. It happened, though, to our Lovely young guest of the evening, Ms. Lucille Barclay. How does it feel to be a Paramount starlet, Lucille?

[Lucille Barclay]

I still can't believe it, Mr. Keeley. You see, I'd come to Hollywood for a summer vacation. The vacation turned into a full time job when a talent scout for Paramount saw me and signed me up.

[William Keeley]

Had you always been interested in an acting career?

[Lucille Barclay]

Oh, yes. Back in New York State where I lived, I was a member of the Rochester Community Theater. Later I studied dramatics in New York.

[William Keeley]

And all to good purpose, it appears.

[Lucille Barclay]

Oh, I was very lucky. But for real achievement, Mr. Keeley, I nominate Joan Caulfield. I visited the set when Paramount was filming their big Technicolor production, Blue Skies and well, I had a chance to meet her. Just think, in Blue Skies she's co starred with Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire.

[William Keeley]

You're right, that is a success story. Joan deserves it though. She's exceptionally talented.

[Lucille Barclay]

And besides, she's about as photogenic as a girl can be. Lovely features and a truly flawless complexion.

[William Keeley]

Well, Lucille, we're proud of the fact that Joan Caulfield is a luxe girl.

[Lucille Barclay]

So she told me, Mr. Keeley, and I wasn't a bit surprised. I've used luxe toilet soap myself a long time and I think it's tops.

[Announcer]

Many famous stars agree with you there, Ms. Barclay.

[Lucille Barclay]

And if I may say so, Mr. Kennedy, lots of ambitious young starlets. Every girl in pictures knows how important it is to have a nice smooth skin for camera close ups.

[Announcer]

Thank you, Ms. Barclay. We're glad that so many charming women everywhere depend on daily Lux soap care. It's a fact that active lather facials in a short time give skin fresh new beauty. Now here's a suggestion to the ladies in our audience. If you haven't tried Lux toilet soap as yet, why not see what this gentle care can do for your own precious complexion. Remember, luxe toilet soap is Hollywood's own beauty soap. Here's Mr. Keeley at the microphone.

[William Keeley]

Act three of OSS, starring Alan Ladd as Martin and Veronica Lake as Ellen. For a month now, OSS headquarters in London has been receiving amazing information from Team Applejack. And allied bombers subsequently have been smashing Nazi installations with bewildering accuracy. Back again in London, Colonel Field gets the details from Commander Brady.

[Commander Brady]

It's really quite simple, Colonel. Our key man of course is Brink. And we're sure of Brink as long as we continue to pay off.

[Colonel Field]

But getting the contents of their military

[Commander Brady]

boucher has a job in the washroom at the airport. He cleans hats, shines shoes. Anyway, the courier with the pouch visits Boucher every time he takes the plane for Berlin. Boucher disappears for a few minutes. He's got a camera in the laundry closet. Photographs the documents on microfilm, returns them to the courier, radios here when he's ready for our plane to pick up the film.

[Colonel Field]

And how do we get a plane to Dijon?

[Commander Brady]

Mr.

[Colonel Meister]

Brink again.

[Commander Brady]

Another of his cousins owns a farm outside of town. We run a plane in at night.

[Colonel Field]

Too good to last.

[Commander Brady]

Yes, sir. I've told Applejack they can come back to London whenever they're ready. We'll be contacting them shortly. Colonel. Any message?

[Colonel Field]

Yes. My congratulations. Also my urgent suggestion that they leave Dijon. They've done their job.

[Albert Bonatti]

Shoe shine, sir?

[Announcer]

Brush your hat, Sir.

[Colonel Meister]

The courier.

[Marius Brink]

He was here.

[Albert Bonatti]

Boucher this morning. Here, Brink.

[Marius Brink]

Good. Tell Martin Agristapo. Spartas are closing in on your radio. One more message and they'll trace it to your rooming house. Suspend operations until I find another place. Oh, you might shine my shoes. If you please.

[Lieutenant Martin]

The film. Boucher here.

[Albert Bonatti]

One of the documents I photographed is red hot. The Krauts have busted a top American code. Martin.

[Lieutenant Martin]

A broken code.

[Albert Bonatti]

It's all on a film.

[Lieutenant Martin]

A broken code. Brady's got to know about that. Quick. How soon can you get to your radio?

[Albert Bonatti]

Anytime now.

[Lieutenant Martin]

But tell Radio what we've got. Tell him to get a plane in here tonight, a big one, to take us out with that film. We're through. We've had enough.

[Albert Bonatti]

The radio. If I try to use the radio.

[General Donovan]

Yeah?

[Lieutenant Martin]

What about it? Nothing. Where will you be?

[Albert Bonatti]

And Helene?

[Lieutenant Martin]

Beating Brink in the park. It's payday. After that, we'll go out to the farm. Come out as soon as you can. We'll be in London tonight.

[Albert Bonatti]

Tonight? Yeah. Oh, if you see Helene, say hello

[Lieutenant Martin]

for me, will you?

[Albert Bonatti]

Details of Nazis breaking code on film. Send plane tonight. Pick up Martine and Dupre. Looks like I'll be staying. Couple of men in hallway now. Someone at skylight too. If you can contact my mother, please tell her.

[Lieutenant Martin]

You're late.

[Colonel Meister]

Brink.

[Lieutenant Martin]

How long do you think we can hang around the public park?

[Raoul Jassy]

It was unavoidable.

[Marius Brink]

Oh, good evening, Madame. My money, Monsieur.

[Lieutenant Martin]

Here.

[Marius Brink]

Oh, thank you. You. You're on your way somewhere.

[Colonel Meister]

Why?

[Marius Brink]

Because it is best if you are. They picked up your radio.

[Lieutenant Martin]

Boucher.

[Marius Brink]

He is dead. Oh, I warned him.

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

Dead?

[Lieutenant Martin]

He. He didn't tell me you warned him. Did he get through to London?

[Marius Brink]

I think so. He was on the air when it happened. Oh, we have a New chief here. He has been inquiring about you. Colonel Meister.

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

Meister?

[Lucille Barclay]

Here?

[Marius Brink]

Yes, definitely. It would be necessary for me to put your record and description back in the file. Oh, wherever it is you are going. If you would care to rent a car.

[Lieutenant Martin]

All right.

[Colonel Meister]

Where is it?

[Marius Brink]

That one across the street. Shall we say 10,000 francs?

[Lieutenant Martin]

I'll give you eight.

[Marius Brink]

I am a reasonable man. 8,000. Good night. Good night.

[Colonel Meister]

Herr Brink.

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

Oh.

[Marius Brink]

Oh, Herr Answold.

[Colonel Meister]

Is not that your car? I just saw who was driving it.

[Marius Brink]

My car?

[Colonel Meister]

Yes. The man and girl. They looked strangely like the couple Colonel Meister just described to me. What couple? The colonel is very anxious to see see you. Herr Brink, my trusted colleague.

[Marius Brink]

I don't suppose we could talk in purely business terms here, Arnsville. Shall we say 100,000 francs? No, I suppose not.

[Colonel Meister]

Come along.

[Albert Bonatti]

Pity.

[Marius Brink]

I was always such a reasonable man.

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

Look at it. Come across the field. I never thought an airplane could be so beautiful.

[Lieutenant Martin]

Oh, London will be there in two hours.

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

Alain Boucher didn't die for nothing. He got the message through, or the plane wouldn't be here.

[Lieutenant Martin]

The door's opening. Come on. Martin.

[Announcer]

Helene.

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

Commander Brady.

[Lieutenant Martin]

Hey, what are you doing here?

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

Are we glad to see you.

[Colonel Field]

I wish.

[Commander Brady]

I was good at making congratulatory speakers.

[Lieutenant Martin]

Oh, skip it. Let's get out of here.

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

Here's your film.

[Announcer]

Great work.

[Colonel Field]

Where's Boucher?

[Lieutenant Martin]

We. We lost him. When? Early tonight.

[Commander Brady]

What happened?

[Lieutenant Martin]

I'll tell you on a plan.

[Commander Brady]

Martin, I'm here because I have something to ask you.

[Lieutenant Martin]

We're only half a jump ahead of the Gestapo. Can we talk about it later?

[Colonel Meister]

I'm afraid not.

[Commander Brady]

The Nazis are licked, Martin. They're falling back to the Rhine.

[Lieutenant Martin]

Well, that's fine. That's fine. But what's it got to do with me?

[Commander Brady]

I'd like you to do one more job.

[Lieutenant Martin]

Another job?

[Commander Brady]

Some time ago, we put a man into Germany posing as a barge worker on the Rhine. The sector he was assigned to has been selected in for one of our crossings. If he's still alive, he'll have invaluable information on troop dispositions and fortifications.

[Lieutenant Martin]

I. I don't get it.

[Commander Brady]

There's no way for him to get the information to us. We need somebody to go in there and contact him and send it out on a ground air radio. I brought one with me.

[Lieutenant Martin]

How long do you think we can live like this with our stomachs turning over every time a foot falls or a door opens? You've got plenty of other people working for you. Why do you have to pick on me?

[Commander Brady]

Because you're the only available agent who'd recognize our man. The only agent he would recognize. You remember Parker? Yeah, sure.

[Lieutenant Martin]

Remember Parker.

[Colonel Meister]

So what?

[Lieutenant Martin]

I'm no hero. I don't want to volunteer for anything. I want my identity back.

[Commander Brady]

Don't you suppose Parker wants his identity back?

[Lieutenant Martin]

If you want me to take that assignment, you've got to order me to take it.

[Commander Brady]

Then it's an order.

[Lieutenant Martin]

Okay. What was that? I said Elaine. London in two hours. Will you be there when I get back?

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

When we go, we go together.

[Lieutenant Martin]

You're going now? With the commander?

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

That's up to mice.

[Lieutenant Martin]

Is catching up with us. How much longer you think our luck can hold out? Gates, Boucher. We're next. Go on back to England. I'll handle the steel alone.

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

We've worked well together. Two agents are better than one. It doubled your chances.

[Commander Brady]

You're right, Martin. As long as she's offered to stay, that's it.

[Lieutenant Martin]

You better get that plane out of here.

[Commander Brady]

You are to make your way to Strasbourg. Here, instructions and directions. Burn them when memorized. You'll meet up with the Madame Prideaux, a place in the country. She and her grandchild. You will work from there. Good luck, Helene. Good luck, Martin.

[Lieutenant Martin]

Good luck. What does that mean?

[General Donovan]

Sir,

[Commander Brady]

News from Martin. Colonel Field. They're at the Prideaux farm.

[Colonel Field]

Any word about Parker?

[Commander Brady]

Nothing yet, sir.

[Colonel Field]

How is Martin getting to us?

[Commander Brady]

Ground, Air, radio. We send a plane over his area. Martin talks to the pilot. They've had contact every day now for about a week.

[Colonel Field]

Just don't ease up on him. He's got to locate Parker.

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

More bombers, Madame. But there are bombers. Don't be frightened, Giraud.

[Child (Gerard)]

Have they fight, Mademoiselle?

[Grandma]

In the village this morning. German soldiers all over, stealing everything.

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

They may come here. They're retreating.

[Grandma]

They may. But these potatoes they will not find. And we will have these potatoes planted before the spring is out.

[Child (Gerard)]

Who's to plant potatoes, Grandma?

[Grandma]

Our men will come back, Gerard. Always the men come back home.

[Child (Gerard)]

Monsieur Martin has gone to the ocean again. He's told me he made it. An airplane.

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

I'd feel better if he didn't have to go so far from the house.

[Child (Gerard)]

Maybe he can talk to our men too. Maybe he can tell them when it's safe to come home.

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

Listen. There's a truck on the road.

[Grandma]

Germans. Jarou. The potatoes. Hide them in the cellar.

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

I can see they're turning in here.

[Child (Gerard)]

Monsieur Martin, he.

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

He will see the truck.

[Grandma]

You can trust the boy and mi.

[Colonel Meister]

Helene.

[Grandma]

We are accustomed by now to receiving the bush. They will learn nothing.

[Lieutenant Martin]

Can you hear me up there? Can you hear me?

[General Donovan]

Slower, pal. More distinctly. We're recording this, you know.

[Lieutenant Martin]

I said the Nazis are pouring across the Rhine. Bridges, boats, barges, anything that'll float.

[General Donovan]

What about Parker?

[Lieutenant Martin]

No sign of him. Been down to the docks every day. Most of the barge ran out when our plane started strafing. If Parker stayed on, we might have shot him up ourselves.

[General Donovan]

Wait a minute. You expecting a truck?

[Lieutenant Martin]

Huh? What are you talking about?

[General Donovan]

Your house. Truck just pulled up. Troops. You better duck, Martin. You got a gun? Yes, but take care of yourself. We'll be back at 100.

[Lieutenant Martin]

Stand back. Against the wall, all of you.

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

Martin, behind you. Look out.

[Lieutenant Martin]

Leave them to me.

[Raoul Jassy]

Another.

[Lieutenant Martin]

And another.

[Colonel Field]

Throw this vine in the barn.

[William Keeley]

So there were no men here.

[Commander Brady]

Mademoiselle, you look frightened.

[Parker]

Do soldiers frighten you?

[Commander Brady]

Well, then we will leave.

[Parker]

These soldiers.

[Lieutenant Martin]

Mademoiselle and I will be in the other room. We will not wish to be disturbed.

[Parker]

Sorry if I give you a scare. You're Helene Dupre, aren't you?

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

How did you.

[Parker]

No time for questions. I'm Parker. Martin recognized me. That's why I didn't shoot. I heard him, but I had to. I've seen you both down at the docks, but I never was able to get to you. That's why I got this uniform filling with those drunkens. I've got to talk fast, so listen carefully. The Krauts are heading for the east bank. I have their troop dispositions down cold. Can you get them out?

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

Martin has an air ground radio. He keeps it buried in the orchard.

[Colonel Field]

Good.

[Parker]

I'll get rid of these troops inside, but I'll have to go with them. So it's up to you and Martin to get this information through.

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

Go ahead.

[Parker]

All right. It's about five miles between Freddisburg and Troban. With nothing but a few patrols between. That's just one of the weak spots. There's another just north of Layson. If our troops cross at these spots, we'll save thousands of lives. Now repeat after me. The 146th Panzer Division in reserve near Broheim.

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

The 146 Panzer Division in reserve near Brohim.

[Parker]

122nd Grenadiers just west of Linstein.

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

The 122nd Grenadiers just west Of Linstein.

[Parker]

8th Infantry Division, New south.

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

Then they left about 10 minutes ago. Parker had to go with them. Martin, are you up to talking?

[Lieutenant Martin]

I'm. I'm okay. What did Parker tell you?

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

I'll write it all down for you. If it gets through on time, thousands of lives can be saved and our job should be over. When will the plane be here?

[Lieutenant Martin]

1 o'.

[Raoul Jassy]

Clock.

[Lieutenant Martin]

What time is it now?

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

12:30. Think you can do it?

[Lieutenant Martin]

Yeah, yeah.

[Commander Brady]

Go ahead.

[Lieutenant Martin]

Start writing.

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

Madame Girard.

[Child (Gerard)]

Yes, Mamza.

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

Get some water. I wish I could do more for you. Your head. It's still bleeding.

[Lieutenant Martin]

Don't worry about me. Just put it down.

[Child (Gerard)]

The paper.

[Lucille Barclay]

Here.

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

This is it, Martin. Everything written down.

[Lieutenant Martin]

I'll come back as soon as I've contacted the planes.

[Grandma]

You will be leaving us, then?

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

Yes.

[Grandma]

Where you go, you will be together?

[Lieutenant Martin]

We'll be together. We'll be together from now on.

[Colonel Meister]

Open a bed. Open up, Grandma.

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

Who can you see?

[Grandma]

Two soldiers and an officer.

[Raoul Jassy]

Quicken out.

[Grandma]

Hide in the kitchen. If they make trouble. Mademoiselle says to find Monsieur Martin. Warn him. She's going to the door now, so hurry.

[Child (Gerard)]

Why? Listen, Grandma.

[Colonel Meister]

Open this door.

[Child (Gerard)]

I'll warn him if need be.

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

Yes?

[Colonel Meister]

Sorry to intrude at this hour, Helene. Well, we never had our little weekend in Normandy, did we? That's a great pity. You have nothing to say? Surely you remember me? Meister. Paul Meister.

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

I remember you very well.

[Colonel Meister]

You are alone here?

[Grandma]

I am here, monsieur.

[Colonel Meister]

I refer to Martin.

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

Then I am quite alone.

[Colonel Meister]

Unfortunately. We can't spend too much time finding out if you are telling the truth. Sergeant, take the old woman to the car. And the colonel, wait outside. I will deal with her. Madame.

[Aubert]

Come.

[Colonel Meister]

Helene Dupre, I still find you a remarkably attractive woman. I can almost forgive myself. Myself. Not you, my dear.

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

Then let's get this over with. All I ask is that I be taken quickly to wherever people like myself are dealt with.

[Colonel Meister]

Not yet. I find this reunion curiously satisfying. At last, Helene. At last.

[Child (Gerard)]

Monsieur Martin.

[Lieutenant Martin]

Monsieur Gerard. What's the matter?

[Child (Gerard)]

The woman, monsieur. They're taking them away. I heard him.

[Aubert]

Who?

[Child (Gerard)]

He said his name was Maestro. Don't let them take them, Monsieur, please.

[Lieutenant Martin]

Who is with me?

[Child (Gerard)]

Only two others. Soldiers. But Hori. She knows I went for you. Please come. Please.

[Lieutenant Martin]

The plane.

[Child (Gerard)]

Up there.

[Lieutenant Martin]

I've got to count it.

[Child (Gerard)]

You could do a day there.

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

Never come back for me again. Thousands of lives will be saved. Never come back. Thousands of lives.

[Lieutenant Martin]

I can't, boy.

[Lucille Barclay]

I can't.

[Child (Gerard)]

I never thought you would be afraid. Never.

[Colonel Field]

Gerard.

[Lieutenant Martin]

Listen. Listen.

[General Donovan]

Are you down there? Applejack.

[Announcer]

Applejack.

[Lieutenant Martin]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, I'm here.

[General Donovan]

Anything wrong? No, nothing. And shoot.

[Lieutenant Martin]

Recorders on 146 Panzer Division Reserve near Brunheim. 122nd Grenadier is just west of Linstein. Linstein.

[General Donovan]

Slow down.

[Lieutenant Martin]

The 8th Infantry Division south of Robert Canal.

[General Donovan]

You're losing range, Martin. And slower.

[Lieutenant Martin]

Robert Canal. R O B U R G. That's better.

[General Donovan]

Watch your rush.

[Lieutenant Martin]

31st Engineers at Lindgren. 31st at Lindgren. The 18th SS Division round. Horses. Steinbruck.

[General Donovan]

Oh, let's have that last again. I want a clean recording, please. I've got to get back with news like this. So do we, pal. Repeat.

[Lieutenant Martin]

The 18th SS Division around horses. Steinbruck. The 52nd infantry east of Freihof, north of the highway.

[General Donovan]

Just once more and we'll have it.

[Lieutenant Martin]

18th Division around Horsteinbruck. 52nd infantry east of Freihof, north of the highway.

[Colonel Field]

That's it.

[Lieutenant Martin]

And tell a park is okay as of a few hours ago.

[General Donovan]

It's well going. Martin. Sorry to leave you, but I gotta get this back to headquarters.

[Lieutenant Martin]

Elaine.

[Child (Gerard)]

They're too late.

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

They're gone.

[Lieutenant Martin]

Helix.

[Commander Brady]

Look at them come, Martin. Trucks and jeeps. Planes and tanks. Soldiers. Our soldiers, Martin, crossing the Rhine.

[Lieutenant Martin]

Yes, sir.

[Commander Brady]

Job's almost finished. Thanks, Martin.

[Lieutenant Martin]

Don't thank me, thank them. The ones who didn't live to see this. Gates.

[Child (Gerard)]

Boucher.

[Lieutenant Martin]

Elaine, tell me about a commander. I. I didn't even know her real name.

[Commander Brady]

Rogers. Ellen Rogers.

[Lieutenant Martin]

Ellen. Where was she born?

[Commander Brady]

I don't recall. But I can find out for you if you'd like.

[Lieutenant Martin]

No, it doesn't matter. It was somewhere back home. Like the town I came from. The same town, maybe? Yeah, she. She might even have lived just around the corner.

[William Keeley]

Well deserved applause for an exciting performance by our two stars, Alan Ladd and Veronica Lake. And here they are back at the footlights for a curtain call.

[Lieutenant Martin]

Well, one of the real stars of tonight's play, Bill, was William Donovan, whom you've mentioned in your introduction.

[William Keeley]

Yes, he was head of the OSS in real life.

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

Didn't you make a picture on the career of general. General Donovan, Mr. Keeley?

[William Keeley]

That's right, Veronica. The fighting 69th. Which of course was late in World

[Lieutenant Martin]

War I and made a great movie.

[William Keeley]

Incidentally, speaking of pictures, Alan, I understand that since yours were released in continental Europe, you've become the number one box office hit over there.

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

And to think they had to wait six years before seeing Alan on the screen.

[Lieutenant Martin]

Not to mention you too, Veronica.

[William Keeley]

That's right, Alan. You two have been together in so many pictures. I sort of missed Veronica in your latest Paramount production. Two years before the Mask.

[Lieutenant Martin]

Yeah, I miss her too, Bill. But we're going back together again when we start shooting Saigon out of Darrell. Paramount.

[William Keeley]

Well, that's good news for Ladd and Lake fans. By the way, Veronica, what happened to that famous over the eye hairdo?

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

Well, I thought it was about time to see how the other half of the world lived, Mr. Keeley.

[Lieutenant Martin]

Say, how long did you wear your hair like that, Veronica?

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

How long? Oh, about 24 inches.

[William Keeley]

Well, confidentially, Veronica, I like your present hairdo even better for one very important reason.

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

What's that, Mr. Keeley?

[William Keeley]

It doesn't hide any of that lovely luxe complexion.

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

Well, it's certainly not hard to help keep your complexion lovely with luxe toilet soap care. I always use it.

[William Keeley]

And it's plain to see that that loyalty is well rewarded.

[Lieutenant Martin]

Say, what are you presenting here next Monday night? Bill?

[William Keeley]

Next week we're proud to bring our audience for a second time this season two of Hollywood's top artists and one of the most famous acting teams in motion picture history, Greer Gossen and Walter Pidgeon. They appear in their original screen roles in Metro golden mare's epic drama, Mrs. Parkington. The story of a man who ruled a dynasty with daring and ruthlessness. And a woman who ruled a man with love alone.

[Lieutenant Martin]

A great cast, a great playbill.

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

Congratulations and good night.

[William Keeley]

Good night. And thanks to both of you, Lelever Brothers Company, the makers of luxe toilet soap, join me in inviting you to be with us again next Monday evening when the Lux Radio Theater presents Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon in Mrs. Parkington, this is William Keeley saying good night to you from Hollywood.

[Announcer]

The main cause of the current soap shortage is the worldwide scarcity of fats and oils. Industrial fats are needed also in the manufacture of many other essential household goods. So please continue to save used kitchen fats. Your butcher will pay you for every pound you turn in. Secretary of Agriculture Clinton P. Anderson says it is urgently important that American women keep on saving and turning in used fats, taking advantage of larger meat supplies to step up their fat salvage. Heard in our cast tonight were Gail Gordon as Brady, Joseph Kearns as Meister and Richard Benedict as Boucher. Charles Seal, Norman Field, J. Novello, Ralph Sedan, Noreen Gamill, Ed Emerson, George Neese, Howard Jeffrey, Henry Rowland, George Sorrell, Truda Marson and Robert Conte. Our music was directed by Louis 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 Mrs. Parkington with Greer Garson and Walter Pidgen.

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

Rely on spry s p R yes,

[Announcer]

it's spry for lighter, finer, richer flavored

[Commander Brady]

cakes every time make that next cake

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

with pure all vegetable spry the shortening

[Libby Collins]

with the magic cake making secret Hear

[Helene Duprez / Miss Rogers]

him say mmm, wonderful the reason why S P R Y For all you

[Commander Brady]

bacon fry Rely on spirit spry Be

[Announcer]

sure to listen in next Monday night to the Lux Radio theater presentation of Mrs. Parkington with Greer Geyson and Walter Pigeon. And why not tune in a half hour early to hear Joan Davis over most of these stations. This is cbs, the Columbia Broadcasting System.