Campbell Playhouse - 07 - The Green Goddess

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Episode Transcript

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The makers of Campbell Zeus present theCampbell Playhouse, Austin Wells Producers. Good

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evening ladies and gentlemen. This isAwson Wells. The late William Rcha was
as formidable as gentleman as you wouldwish to meet. From eighteen eighty four
to nineteen twenty three, he wrotedramatic criticism for almost every important paper in
England, and almost every American andEnglish playwright at one time or another winced
beneath his ten lashings. In lifehe developed a secret passion, a disgraceful

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passion for a dramatic critic. Hewanted to write a playter Rocher was a
very thorough old gentleman. The firstthing he did was to write a book
in which he explained exactly and embracestale how play should be written. It
became a classic. No young playwrightsince then would dream of writing a play
without carefully consulting and following the rulesand dictates laid down by mister William Marcher.

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No young playwright, that is,except mister William Marcher, who,
at the age of sixty three satdown and wrote a play in which he
took care to break every single oneof the rules that he'd set down in
his manual was called The Rajah Brookewas changed to The Green Goddess. Opened
on December twenty seventh, nineteen twentieththe Walnut Street Theater in Philadelphia. Mister
George Arlis in the leading part,and was an immediate and overwhelming success.

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Ladies and gentlemen, it only remainsfor me to tell you that our guest
tonight is the star of such finemotion pictures as The Thirty nine Steps,
The General Dies at Dawn, ThePrisoner of Zender, and the new Paramountic
Cafe Society, the beautiful and talentedMadeline Carol. But before we begin,
a word from anous chapel. Notso many years ago, tomato soup and

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cream of tomato were unusual dishes,enjoyed very much, but not very often.
Today, of all the soups inthe world, tomato soup is the
one most often served, not becausewomen have taken the making tomato soup frequently.
No, on the contrary, fewhousewives ever attempted any more. There's
just one reason for tomato soup's popularity, and it is this, the magic,

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matchless flavor of Campbell's tomato soup.There's a lively verve, a dashing
zest about this flavor that people taketo at once and come back to and
enjoy again and again. The firstracey taste of it has the way of
arousing a desire to eat, andyet there's a pleasant feeling of satisfaction when
the last spoonful is gone. Sothis soup is a happy choice for the
main dish at lunchtime or at supper, and it also is a fine way

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to start today's main meal. Serveit sometimes too, as cream of tomatoes
made with milk instead of water.You can always be sure that it will
be received with pleasure, because this, of all soup is the one people
like to have most often Campbell's TomatoSoup and Awfer Miss Madeline, Carol,
Mister Rawson Wells and the Green GoddessBreadmen. Yeah, talker, if you

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can think about the wireless prey nortoil cos I'll buck the honey. We'll
make a su I'm see, I'mfrighten. It's not getting sicker. Yeah,
take a pig of wi you breakyou up, Okaks, I've been
ringing enough for both of us.We have to get no warm somewhere.
My wife certainly doesn't provide inn it, now, do you, my deary,

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I'm sure I've hit the banders forhide by now. Not to her
doesn't tell me you haven't very bigconfidence, and our silent is to earth
there there's no time. On thecontrary, it's a very good time.
You have the still a little ofthe evil one I know very well.
Want on your mind? What's beenon your mind? For money, your

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cursing, the mistake you made ismarried a poor devil of a clio man
instead of our first rate scientific geniuslike a doctor for her. Come on,
make a clean breast of it.I have nothing to say. Well,
my dear, if you only havepatience for a year or two,
I'll do the right thing for onceand drink myself at this without of contact.

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You're Colonel's worried. He sent realver, the just Christ and his righteless
messengers on doctor Jharn's clean How longago was his last minutes? Forty minutes
flying blind and a Himalayan fans,Oh, your confounded testing is Dawson,
Well, I've done from flying overthe himalayas Captain could possibly make a fourth
lending yes in one of the valleys. But I don't. But rather he'd

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take a mountain right in the facethose wild beggars in the interior. Nonsense
consense. They wouldn't demolist the Britishsubjects, for wouldn't they. Three of
the Devil's just shut down one ofour deputies right here and Amal Sarai.
Yes, and they're trying to hangfor it when you can't hang all the
savages and those mountains, captoms,not even the British came a James j
Orson's bridles. Yes, what isit? A bit of park store?

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So that park really good? Apetrol I have to take a landing anything
that will as all around and makea get for the valley. I'd try
to get out of the park.No drag of heat straight ahead, I
see it. And those down tothe right they have a hole in the
park. Anthony, your glasses quickon my side. I did green pets

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right below, surf a few tirestoday. I thanks. It's a petrol
hold up. There's a carry inthe woods castle something I see. It's
about a house seat a little bita less, so your that's gone.
I'll take the castle magre the door. It's just it's a press and tie

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open. It o't tight? Everybodythere, give a girl there, everyone,
I'm all right, how about it? Your hand so use fell a
smash? That depend on the nadihave? Did we get word to that

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palace we saw up on the hillsthat listen, keeping in a safe distance.
They're scared of it. No,wonder the way we landed. I
wonder what sort of place we struck. Look over there, write above it
that's statue by Joe. What acreature? Or isn't she one two three

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four farms? What horrible color?Some goddess day worships Kelly. I shouldn't
wonder. Let's have a close lookat the lady Anthony. They don't want
to hear the statue, that iswhat they want. They sure I wouldn't
angle him. Think of your wife. I'm quite able to take care of
myself and my wife too. Doctor. Who've got to show them we're friendly?

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Try talking to them in Hindus,Son, Hello, you repented.
Look in the whole crew. Ihad saven you if i'd had another pint
of petrol and I simply headed stuffto luck. It wasn't less because you
could say the stat her youth.They can't understand it. We must go

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well in this penful asia. Yeah, rook rook, rook rock. Where's
that? Why I've heard that namerecently? Look, I can't remember exactly.
I remember Anthony. See such youlcut of paper still in the cockpit.
Yeah, got there. I wasreading it on the ware they have.
Surnion is through my pocket. Iread something just this morning, get

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me happy, probably on the provinceof Specially. Yes, yes, this
is the paragraph I've got a badTuesday. Sentence of death has been passed
on three men found guilty of themurder of mister Haredale, agent of His
Majesty's government. But a fear ofthese criminals are inhabitants of Roop, a
small and little known independent state amongthe northern surge of the Himalayas. That's
it, dook, I read ittoo. By the way, this news

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isn't the best possible passport for threeenglishmen. But if there are one hundred
miles from anywhere, it can't beknown yet, so they won't dare to
touch it till I think I'll burnthis page. If you got an express,
soo you are thanks well. Asshe goes it's in case there's anyone
here who can read. Look hard. They're watching this doctor. No one's

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there. He's moving to the team. It's profession sometimes by the heaven in
uniform putting out that this put forus. I hope it's a sending gest
I don't like that looks very much. Get in the center carrying someone on
the letter I put the gold on. He probably the raja that don't tell

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amount revolves that he may Go'll takeour chances on their being senter and they
try to explain him even as thehindustaney bapa your more kapa. There's no
use. Ignorant bigger probably only knowssome tribal language. She looks like I
have with that gun. You knowthat time? Who got sure? I

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bid you welcome to my humble kingdom. Ear Yer, your highness, speak
English, then I can apologize rarelending uninvited in your territory uninvited, but
I assure you not unwelcome where we'rewhere we are given to understand that this
is the state of Rock, theKingdom of Rook. Major Major, if
I rightly read the symbols of militaryrank on your cut major prestis the mad

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major, introduce my wife. Iam delighted, madame, to welcome you
to my secluded dominions. You arethe first study of your nation. I've
had the honor of the civing yourHighness is set time, and this is
doctor Bezel to hern Who's airplane orwhat's left of it? You see doctor
Treshr, the Canadian doctor to her, whose name I have so often seen
in the newspaper the pasture of malaria. Well, the newspapers make too much

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of my work, very incomplete.Satial renaviators, well, lean amateurs.
I presume it is some misadventure,most fortunate misadventure for me, that has
carried you so far into the wildsof the humania. Yes, we got
lost in the flower pity bad toBahare so am sur I made you quest
for the station there. I offeredto take them on my plane, and

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I've prayed it with a rash suggestion. Madam, it's a sportswoman. Then,
Oh, I've been up many times, yes, many times where you've
made a sensation. Here. Ican assure you. My people have never
seen an aeroplane. They are notsure, simple souls, but you are
gods or demons. The fact ofyour having descended in the precincts of a
temple of our local goddess. Anarmy to introduce you to her is considered

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highly significant. Your machine first preparedactor to her. Utterly, I'm afraid,
I just look at it. Iguess propeller smashed planes, crumpled up
undercarriage that I am afraid we can'toffer to repair the damage for you.
I'm afraid a wonderful machine. Yes, Europe has something to boast of,
and I wonder what the priest herethinks of it. He says, it's

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the great rock the giant birds.You know about Eastern stories, And he
declares that he plainly for his goddessis hovering over you as you descended and
guiding you towards her temple. Hope, sir, we shall find no difficulty
in obtaining trancepoard back to civil toIndia, to civilization. You are going
to say, why I hesitate,my dear sir. We know very well

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that we are barbarians. We arequite reconciled to the fact. We have
had some five thousand years to accustomourselves to it. This sword is a
barbarous weapon compared with your revolver.But it was worn by my ancestors when
yours were daubing themselves blue and pickingup a precarious livelihood in the woods.
But Madame is standing all this time, Watkins, Watkins, what are you

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thinking of? Some cushions of litterfor Madame? And mountain chills? The
gentlemen know the here in a fewminutes, and then I hope you will
accept the hospitality of my good AndI'm saying it given you a great deal
of trouble, your highness, agreat deal of pleasure, Madam. I
hope sir, there will be knowdifficult about obtaining transport back India. You'd
time enough to talk of that majorwhen you have rested and recuperated after your
adventure. You will do me thehonor of dining with miss even is nothing

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aware of what we are. Ithink we can put that all right,
Watkins, You are in the confidenceof our mistress of the robe. How
does our wardrobes them Freshkin Simon's andparish models come in only last week?
Good? Then, I hope,Madame, that you may find among them
some rag that you will be into wear. How is modeled, your
Highness? And you've totally began civilized. We do what we can. Then

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I sometimes have the pleasure of entertainingEuropean ladies, though not here, the
two English women in my solitudes,and I like to mitigate the terrors of
exile for them. And then,as for civilization, you know I always
have it my elbow, one ofits most finished products. Watkins, you
will recognize him, Watkins, gentlemen, another representative of the ruling race.

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I assure you he rules me withan iron hands, not always in the
velvet golds. Hey, what ranwead your little joy here. He's my
prime Minister, and all my cabinet, but more particularly my Lord Chambers.
And no one can touch him atmixing a cocktail or making a salad.
My entire household trembles. It isnot even my chef quails before him.
Nothing comes amiss to him. Preis, like myself, a man without

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prejudices. I have sometimes started institutinga period. You order that I might
raise Watkins do it. But Imustn't let my admiration for British institutions carry
me too far. Here comes submitme, madam, to hand you to
your pecains. Thank you, Isee you have a newspaper, madam,

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a recent paper. For your ravity, you must allow me to grant it.
Of course, the telegraph news isgone, but a pity in my
seclusion, I hunger for tidings froma civilized world. I sorry on hind
As i'd fall out. I knowyour motives, doctor to her, and
I appreciate it. You've destroyed itout of consideration for my feelings, wishing

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to spare me a painful piece ofintelligence that was very thoughtful, but quite
unnecessary. I already know what youtry to conceal. I know that three
of my subjects accused of a politicalcrime have been sentenced to death. Oh
it is possible, sir. Wehave a saying here in the East.
The good news travels on the backof a tortoise, but the bad news

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flies with the ego. But onething you can preps Tony. Is there
any chance of their sentences being remitted? You're afraid not your it is.
I'd rather say not with a coldblooded, unprovoked murder, unprovoked, unprovoked
to think, well, I won'tout of this point the executions to be
I think the model all the dayafter tomorrow, the day after the givement

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that I might get you waiting orpreceded once your Highness seems so interested.
Is your Highness know anything of thesemen? Know them? Oh? Yes,
yes, doctor, I do knowthem. They are my brothers.

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Harry, I'm boat to handle.Say your message the sieve no time plane
you would describe ready to seek missingplanes. These advise location, last norm
Harry, you know the demer allright, Petro couldn't last if they've only

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made a landing. Fat fretsman wouldhave breaked up their wireness on the ground.
He's a good hand at it,and you're a counter being sold often
one of those born obituary writers.Well, I don't see no reason to
feel shears, but we'll keep ithanging. I lost the colonel about orders
for the hurry. Oh, bythe way, these mountain stations to see
murderers of head or sin is tobe hanged tomorrow at Tantis might serve as

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a warning, cried chief. Weall mount them stations. We murderer a
hair tails upset, excellent dinner,rogers. I don know how you manage

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a Burmese pis of the savage country? May do you English? For your
civilization? Is your peculiar position?Oh? My husband didn't mean that.
Your High naturally we didn't expect suchcenser on your mind and kingdom thank you
with them. My humble cancid isindeed splendid if it pleases you, But
I must fairly refurnish the seller.Say. My ancestors had no notion of

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comfort. They had considerable lotion aboutyou, I should say, when they
built this logan. I never feltlooted to the star, my dear doctor.
Is that a premonition or a nutsubsician? A doctor hern is quite
an a trauma world, not exactlya starable. I can pick out a
few constellations that stare. For mypart, I look at the stars as
little as possible today. I wasguilty of a little showing off when I

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met you with sensor and troops.I think it's the Maharaja younger who night
after night whistles up his glittering leadrinsas much as to say, see what
a devil of a fellow I am. Do you think it's quite a good
taste I've paid your jealous rider.You don't like having to play a second
settle to a still more adu rulerthan yourself. Heys, perhaps you're right,

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Madame. That's his party then,But there's something much more to him.
I can't help presenting. Let merecommend the brandy Major. I think
you'll find it excellent. It isin either what is it you resent to
hymen? Uh the respect paid tomere size to the immensity, as they

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call it the unises? Are weto worship with God because he's think But
if you resent his bigness, butdo you say to his littleness? The
microscope, you know, reveals himno less than the telescope, and reveals
him in the form of a deathdealing speck of matter, which you,
I understand, doctor, are impiouslyproposing to exterminate. I am trying to
marster the life saving against the deathdealing powers, to marshal God's right hand

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against his left. Day this mosquitothat just killed. I'm glad to see
a smoke with them to help tokeep them off this mosquito. But any
smallest thing that has life in itis to be far more admirable than a
whole lifeless universe. M what doyou say, Major, I say,
raw journey, you'd give me anotherglass of briand there let you have your

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own way. About the universe.It's a very satisfactory trade. You're a
glass major. Thanks, I sayall this is rather out of my depth.
You've had rather a fatiguing day tobe sure. To be sure,
we are now going to committee onyour position here. Hey you, Peter,
I'm afraid you may find it ratherdisagreeable communications there. We have a

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difficult journey before a long journey here, not decisely difficult. Sure it can't.
It's a very fast you've heard ofthe sentence thought of I am glad
Major that you are so tactfully sparedthe pain of reopening that subject. We
should have had to come to itsoon. And when you're higher, Saillary
your brothers, you are a thoughtseking. Figuratively you met your tribes,

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not at all. They are sonsof my father, enough of my mother,
and we come upon you at sucha time. Hud Oh, pray,
don't apologize. Believe me, yourarrival has given me a great satisfaction.
How do you mean I'd explained presentday, But first to first,
let's understand each other. You surelycan't approve it this abominable kind. My

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brothers are fanatics, and there isno fanaticism in me, My education was
wholly European. I shared all myprejudices. I became the open minded citizen
of the world, whom I hopeyou recognize in me. My brothers,
on the other hand, turned toIndia for their culture. The religion around
people has always been a primitive idolatry. My brother's naturally selling with the adherents
of the Saint superstition, and theyworked each other up to a high pitch

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of frenzy against the European expertation ofAsia. You you mean that you defend
this wicked murder? Oh no,I think it foolish and futile. But
there is a romantic as well asa practical side to my nature, and
from the romantic point of view Irather admire. Then. Lets me infud
on your hospitality. The better you'llbe good enough. The furnitures with transport

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them more and more if you've justfor the difficulty arises, Oh France body.
Materially it might be managed, butmorally I see excuse the colloquialism.
They're no girl, What the placesyou mean? That? Will you high
the goodness to explain? I mentionedthat the religion of my people is a
primitive superstition. But since the newshas spread, the three for ingers abrupt

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loose skies precisely the time, andthree princes of the royal house are threatened
with death at the hands of ringsgovernment and drop more over in the precincts
of a temple. My subjects havegot it into their heads that you have
been personally conducted hither by the goddess, whom they especially watched the goddess.
Here's a portrait of mentality byconociurus.Then the upshot of all is the lover

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is if you propose a whole lotof hostages in exchange for your brother,
that is not precisely the idea.If my theologians do not hold that in
exchange is what the Goddess decrees.And not to be quite frank, but
they don't get to suit my purpose, not to get your brother's back again.
You may have noted in history,madam, that family affection is seldom
a strong point of princes. ButI don't I see your harghness or all

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this has to do with us.We are approaching the crux of the matter,
point which I fear you may havesome difficulties appreciating. I would beg
you to remember that though I amwhat is commonly called an autocrat, there
is no such thing under the sunas a real despotism. All government is
government by consent of the people.It is very stupid of them to consent,

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but they do by decide their prejudicesor their passions. They could upset
my throne to mouth where you readthat kind If it comes to the point
a gentlemage or gently, we shallreach it soon enough. Please remember too
that I'm a slave to theopogy.The Clerical Party can do it. It
pieces with me. Your talk,poet, is there they did that.
This theology on which, as Isay, my whole power is founded,

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has not yet emerged from a veryprimitive state of developments. It demands and
I've remed this tooth for a tooth, a life for a life. You
need to say, unfortunately I do. You can not. I am madam
the Clerical Party, and only ifmy brothers are executed. If not,

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I will merely demand your word ofhonor that what is passed between it shall
never be mentioned. Any human soulshould go free. But if your brother
said in the hang, they certainlywill be you. You'll put up there
in cold blood. Oh, nothingcold blood nature. There is nothing cold
blooded about the clerical party. Whenwhite goats, as their phrase goes,
are to be sacrifice to the goutyour god man the life of a woman.

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Well, on that point, shemight not be too exacting, if
Madame would be so gracious as tofaith on me with her anthony, No
use Major. That gun wouldn't helpyou a bit. If you killed me,
you'd only be torn to pieces insteadof aheaded. You'll take our targets.

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Besides, I've had your pistol unloaded. That precaution was taken while you
were at job bar you. Igather, Madam, that my offer does
not please you. Well, Iscarcely hoped it was. I do not
press upon some unless the suggestions mayopen. But once that sounds interesting,

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if you wait a few minutes,I'm asked the news for you. Recognize
the service, call a message tothe air based time you sadah, excuse
me, well, Watkins, thearmy posts are army post whom you saved.

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No signs plane use describe ready toseek missing plane. Please advise location
last now much got that do them? Now'll contact what the ears and head
her army it's from any who arrivedto all mountains stations three matads of Airdale

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sentence to be eng tomorrow it sameturn it off. So I need to
know. I find your friends arevery interested in your well about. Was
there Emil transmitting messages to Phalle andPhla time is so I do know why
Major your army manimous as something aswell. Never had occasion. I had

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operated to Magamon and you doctor toher, and I know we've been messed
the Major. We heard these sounds, thought you out. You see,
Doctor, we are not entirely benighted. We have a wireless installation. If
you have anything further to tell us, Your highness, yes, I'm afraid
not very good news. My brother'sexecution is fixed for tomorrow and tomorrow yes

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that's na said. But meanwhile,I hope you will regard my poor house
as your own. I should notadvise you to pass the palace gates.
It will not be saved, yourhighness. Yes, Madame, I can't
believe that you really know what you'vetold us tonight, have your testing as
having fun at our extent? Willyou please now, for my sake communicate

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with Amiels to life and bring aboutan exchange your brother's life for ours.
No, Madame, I am desolatedto have to refuse you. It is
always difficult to refuse a beautiful womananything, and you are a very beautiful
woman. But you must not askfor the impossible. I've already given you
my reasons. And what's to preventit from throwing ourselves that low John to

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the rocks below, from cheating youryour god. Iss nothing, dear lady,
except that we got clinging to theknow and shrinking from the unknown,
that all of the seal Ei.Besides, you cannot read my mind.
And you suggested a moment ago Imay only be playing the room joke on
her. You would observe that Ihave a sense of humor. I'm afraid

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I've been talking a great deal.And Madame, my servants will take you
to your room. Yeah yah,you will see that Madame has everything she
needs for her comfort. And mayI hope that you will rest well in
my humble boot. Good Night,Anthony, my dear Lucier. If there

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is anything, Madame, there's notentirely to your liking, I trust you
will not hesitate to make your wishesknown. Good Night, Madame, And
now gentlemen, tomorrow we have allday. I should we start to the
game of videos, say at teno'clock now last twiskey and soda. No,

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then good night, good night.You are listening to the Campbell Playhouse

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presentation of The Green Goddess starring MadelineCarroll and Arson Wells. This is the
Columbia Broadcasting System. This is ErnestChapel. Ladies and gentlemen, welcoming you

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back to the Campbell Playhouse. Ina moment or two, we shall resume
our presentation of The Green Goddess starringArson Wells and Madeline Carroll's leaving our guest
star as an uneasy dinner companion atthe rod Jar whose table dock was so
disturbing, though the service I'm surewas flawless. Let's consider this question of
food and the drama. So manyplays have been written around meals, or

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have featured meals. You can't getthrough an English drawing room comedy without at
least one afternoon tea or an OldCoward play without breakfast. In Old English,
George Alis solved all his problems byeating a dinner so good and so
elaborate that had killed him. Anddinner at eight, well the threads of
half a dozen drammas into the preparationsfor a dinner party that was just about
to start as the final curtain fell. The reason that meals have such an

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important part in plays is that mealsand meal times form an all important center
of our social life, sort ofhubs, so to speak, round which
all our doings revolve. Meals,from the beginning of our society have been
the occasion in the backbone of entertainingand the focal center of the family.
Few things bind people together more thanthe sharing of meals, provided those meals

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are gracious and graciously served. Perhapsit sounds exaggerated to say that a meal
can't help but be a gracious occasionif soup is on the menu, but
it does mean something that for centuriespast, soup has been the traditional opening
of dinner in many countries, countrieswhose habits different in almost every other particular.
Soup is at once relaxing and invigorating. Soup greets us at the table

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with a warm welcome, and thisis particularly true of Campbell's tomato soup.
It's rich aroma and bright color fleshand appeal to eye and appetite and Its
sprightly flavor makes you want to enjoyit again and again, So serving the
soup becomes a happy family custom andadds a gracious note when you have friends
in for dinner. Now we resumeour campbelayerf presentation of The Green Goddess starring

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Madeline, Carol and Orson Wells.Good shot, Major, I see biggures.
There's another many attainments I this thatone too bad? Too bad?

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That's time my luck. It's aneasy one. I have three cushion shutner
be good rager, Thank you,doctor Roger. Joke's a joke, it's
Captain, nice businesses getting on mynerves. Have another drink, Major says
a spot port. Hmm, shotthat up, nator be. I wonder

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if I can canon off the fightnow, m Sadi bet someone here is
putting out. Person will give youour words? Nothing of this? This
doesn't who played on us? Sendyou back? My dear Major, I
assure you if I were ever sowilling to be as much as my life's
worth. Uh, watch this message, gentlemen, one of my favorite shots.

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You know how my subjects are lookingforward to tomorrow's ceremony. You must
be reasonable, my dearness, Iask you no favorite except for my wife
saving, but we will make anyconcisions. Promise you anything. What can
you promise me? It's worth ofbrass farthing. Mmm. No. Asia
has long had a long score againstyou, swaggering, blustering lords of creation.

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But I mean to see some ofthat said tomorrow. In the meantime,
gentlemen, there's no reason why weshouldn't behave like civilized beings. It's
your term major, if you're setup. Uh, let me try the
red ball from the questions curable shop. How I should like to keep it
from my opponents. It's pure possible. Here's watching Missus Kristin can down stay

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you'll pardon me, gentlemen. I'lldetain Missus Cristin only for a few moments,
since you'll join you here. Pleasecontinue again the doctors to her.
Yes. Uh, last night toinform you knew nothing of the wireless.
It's been reported to me there's awireless setting stall on your plane. That's
true. Wireless is now a partof the Plain Steals equipment. Unfortunately I'm

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eglected to learn to operate it.We might have escaped being lost to the
farm and your hospitality. Doctor,I'm forced to admire your tact as well
as your biziards. Good morning,missus Kristen. Would you piece it down?
I thought my husband was here.He's in the next room playing bigiards.

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The doctor, I trust that youslept well less more rather than less.
If one may judge by your job, does it matter? What can
matter more than the looks of abeautiful woman? Excuse me, I'll join
my husband. Oh praise, spareme a few moments. I want to
teach you seriously. Well, I'mlistening. You're very curt Missus Creston.

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I'm afraid you'd bear me mad ifyou hold me responsible for the darkest trying
situation which you find yourself. Whoelse is responsible? Who? Quite chance?
Faith? The gods providence? DidI bring you here? Did I
conjure up a fox? Can youonce set foot upon the goddesses precinct?
It is utterly out of my powerto save you, and there is many

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of your party. If I raisea finger toward the goddess, it would
be the end of my room.That's my life. Not really mean,
Raji, You don't dare risk it. You haven't the courage you take a
mean advantage, Madame, you'll usethe privilege of your sex in order to
taunt me with cowardice. Never saythen that you haven't the will To say
that reflects one moment, Madame.Why should I have the will at the

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risk of all I possess to saveMajor Questin and Doctor tr and Major Crestin.
Is your husband? Does that recommendhim to me? Forgive me as
I venture to guess that it doesn'tplay they recommend him to you. He
is an only two typical specimen ofthe breed. I detest pig headed bullneck's
blustering of a bearing Doctor Treherne isfreeable enough, I dare say, a

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man of genius, would you killhim if you cut short his work?
You kill millions of your own race? And he would have say, I
don't know that I care very muchabout millions. Is beacause life is a
weed that grows again as fast asdeath mows it down. I at all
events, he is an Englishman ofRingia. And I may add, without
indiscretion of the interest you've taken him. All the merest friendly interest I'm sure

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does not endear him to me.One is, after all a man and
the favor shown to another man bya beautiful woman. Madame, think over
my suggestion of last night. Ido not talk to you for romantic club.
I respect you too much to thinkyou accessible to silly sentiment. But
such a city, as I askyou to share my kingdom as it's queen

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your son. If you bore me, one should be the prince of princes.
You have the courage to die,dear lady, why not have the
courage to live. I feel sure, Madame, you might find life with
me quite interesting. If you've finished, Prince, please allow me to be

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with my husband and my friends forwhat time we have left, as you
wish, Madame. But the privilegeof changing your mind is open to the
last. Allow it win. Yes, sir, it's occurred to me what
in the press. It's not quitesafe to have our visitors so near the

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wireless room. There. One chancewould be to communicate with India. They
appear to know nothing about wireless,But I have my doubt this is quite
party. If I want you tostay in this room and in their presence
to send out a message that wouldstartle or enrich them, we will watch
their faces very closer to see ifthey give any sign of understanding it.
You know I've written a message inthe paper. Here are the lady has
come two terms. He will enjoyhis iron and his household. Very good.

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I'll get them in here on apretext for a little wireless demonstration,
and then I'll tell you to sendout in order to touchkin for champagne.
That will be your cue. Verygood, your iron is. But afterwards,
if the value is saying there isto try to correct correct you,
that would be painting the lilly witha vengeance. Suppose they tries to bribe
me, say, at the earlydistraction, you may do exactly as you

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please. I have the most imprisiveconfidence in your workings. My grateful thanks
to you. Said so, Ithought if I was to pretend to send
a message for him, and itmight keep them quiet, like now,
very true workins. It would notonly keep them quiet, but the illusion
of security would raise their spirits,which would be a humane action. I'm
always on the side of humanity,yes, says in our humor. Just
the moment we shall test them.Now watch closely as you send the message,

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Major Christin what is it? Watkinsis just going to send a message
by a while as I thought,if I'd use you and the doctor to
see it work, missus Kristin doif she wishes well, you come as
a ver. Come, Hey,what if you see? Is the apparatus
ready? Whattkins? You say youhave you ordered for Tushka. Yes,

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your iron is, but I haven'tcall you will never mind even if some
outsider does pick it up. Idare say we can order twelve cases of
champagne without causing international complications waiting forFI signal. Yeah, I have my
job. The more of your excellentBrandy Roger and my all means made the
Christens. I've got them. Maybespeak you won't be hurt. Have a

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drinker, No, letty drink andbe merry for tomorrow. That's all that's
hard, duck. How many wordsdid he send? What was it?
Watkins? Forward by tomorrow's caravan?Twelve cases Champagne, usual brand charge our
account sat right said twelve words.Then they rarely make sense out of those
lastes to live firewords, I hope, so else we shall run short of

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sha any orders, your hyers andno orders, Watkins? And may I
remind you said that it's time foryour appointment with the eye breaks very well,
Watkins, you can send word thatI'm coming any good, and now
I trust you would excuse me fora little some arrangements for tomorrow's settlemony.
Please make yourselves quite at all upas the message quick said, the lady

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had accepted our life on his term. A tap for us. Anthony was
standing. You gave no time complimentfrom you most unusual. I have another
drink on there. I think itwas fooled, but he wouldn't have left
to see you. Can we backthe door to the wiles set no good?
To make a noise, we'd beinterrupted and then the game would be
up, and you'd better try tobribe. What what message to stand if

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we get the chance? Okay,all right, what about this? Now?
Wait? Made your question? Wife? The home imprisoned route Raja's palace
lives in danger. We want prettymore difference. How would they do?
Gus threaten this evening rescue urging this? How we get Watkins? There's a
bed I'll try. Now we betterdecide what to do it. You won't

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take money, and we have touse force to get his key. What
shall we do with him? Onering over the balcony. There's a drop
of a thousand feet save your sympathyidea for a worthy of object at the
country home. I can get threeminutes of that instrument. Say yes,
fuckings, we wanted two words withyou? Mind coming over here? You
don't want to speak a loud howI just I just say yes? I

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ain't no end guessing, said Robbie. That did it? Claimed you know
us proposed for tomorrow. My verseis that your numbers is actually don't intend
to send biance. Just murdered threeof your own people, and one of
them a woman. Watch my ownpeople? Ever done for me? A
woman? Need you either? Nogood? Come down to tin deck all
right, but you take to getus out of this. Get care of
this. If you're a start amillion dagon, I do that by opening

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that wireless cabinets and sending this messageto the annuals that I aerodrome. It's
already fine. But what price ifyou getst off? Nothing down us but
cash? That's clear. You loveto take our word for whatever bargain we
come to. You're word a writtenword, they'll give it you in writing.
Well, it's better. What aboutthe little fast installment you ain't quite
on your wrappers? Are you knowyou could come down with a little stamping.

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Couldn't you be there? So Iam? I have We had a
roopees and five ten found notes onthe table. If you please, you
make it two hundred and fifty rupeessome blue strain there take your person solvent.
What about the balance? You'll saythousand pounds a piece, thousands of

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piece, three dozen pounds before youjoking dropped the tree. Well, I
doubled my bid two thousand a pieces. If your lives ain't worth five thousands
of piece here, there ain't nothinggo in my place here is worth fifteen
thousands of me. And there's allthe risk too. I ain't charging your
napping for that. Appreciate your generosityworking fifteen thousand and two. Now get

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to work quick and Corrie, rightman, David, isn't there some special
service call you must send out toget Hamil? Say? Hold on there,
I knows it here it is allright, got them stairs and the

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message taking its way over the back, holding up to the back. That's

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a good job. Now, nowcan you lock that outside door? It
and the passage I try to holdit. If you send to a message,
I'll give you a minute I canget hold of time. More seconds

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down allods, the booms, turnthe cats away? Show bad. Did
you get that message through Anthony?Did jo you like? No? We

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just listen, fellow, Yes,m you do. Come. I apologize,

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Madame for this unseemly displayed. Thatfanaticism of my people is beyond my
control. I'll show you what arethey doing your husband started, Madame.
They are laying it at the feetof the goddess. You see, I
have three brothers head for a head, right your payer. This whether we're
general alive, I'm not so surethe Major didn't get your so s through.

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I have nothing to fear. Ifhe did, nothing can save me,
and I may as well be hangingfor a wolf of the lamb.
Along have we leapt till the sun'srim touches the crest of the mountain.
The blast of our great mountain hornwill announce the arm. You will be
let the sacred enclosure your high willyou grant it the last favor by all
means if you're in my power sightof you're in continued action yesterday, considerate

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Watkins. You know, poor Watkinsgreat loss to me. But I bear
no malice for a fair act ofwar. Then you'll leave us alone for
the time. It remains very well. It's quite brief, I'm afraid.
And oh, by the way,you need have no fear of the ceremony
being protracted. It will be briefand I trust painless. Those are my
orders. And uh, before Igo, Madame, may I remind you

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of my houses. Not get toolate? Two then or why stiller?
Yeah, it can make no difference. Now if I tell you what I
couldn't fit for I knew without yourtelling me, you might have been very
happy, not even sky customers everyreason to this, but happen is given.

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It was and living without a reason. We've found each other and mean
no tell me that I can thinkif it were me. See just one.
I love you with still, IMadame for her hang here. I

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regret to intrude, but the timeof the ceremony has unfortunately come. I
am ready the last time. MustI do violence to my feelings by including
you and the approaching ceremony. Thereis still time. It'll stop palmenting this
lady. Remember my power, Madame. If I may not take you back

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to my palace as my queen,I can send you back as my slave.
Have you nothing to say? Nothing? I repeat my offer. I'll
kid you chivalrous, but you'll advisedoctor for herne I regret it, and

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so will you. I am,for the moment not a king but a
priest, and must observe a certaindignity. Ridiculous, isn't My colleagues here

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now insist that, since you havepublicly struct the chief of their sacred caste,
your death alone will not appease thefury of a goddess. They insist
on subjecting you to a process ofexpiation, a ritual of great antiquity.
But you mean, thought you wellto put it crudely, Yes, some
quite remarkable combinations. Not you?Then I must speak your hynes, speak

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you alone, Send doctor for herand away? Hello? What are you
thinking? Us? Usur? Istay with you, right, I dag
of you one minute? No more? Very well? I mean it's good,
Well, madam, we have lessthan a minute. Let him go,

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tend him back to Enjohn harmed,and it shall be as you wish,
and time I to know that youwill keep your word, I must
have a pledge of your good faith. Or without a pledge, madam,
I don't believe in it. Onelittle bit what pledge. Only one is
left doctor to turn himself. Imay, though it will strain my power

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to the uttermost, save his lifewhile keeping you in prison. Then,
when you'll fulfill your bond, willlet him go free. But the moment
you attempt to evade your pledge bydeath or by escape, I will hand
him over to the priests to worktheir will with, and I will put

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no restraint upon theirs. Have itsinstincts. Choose, my dear lady,
choose you have exactly twenty But yourHighness, yes, Madam, I no
longer have to choose. Why wellthe word budger, blign love them level

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high a friend, duke, meeklyapoiker, and I'm love people that the
billboard is fines the luger of group. If it's good for you to come,
your highness, mad is that tolet death to sin? How do
you do a longing there? Howdo you do a pleasure? My lord?

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I believe we've met before. Yes, your Highness and I have met
before, under somewhat different circumstances,were they not, Missus Crichton, Oh
excuse me, how silly I am, Missus Treharne. The moment I had
almost forgotten the Major's heroic end.This reason to remember it. I see
you persist in regarding me as amurderer. What a pity, madame?

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Your husband killed my faithful servant.His own death at my hands was a
fair active war, say, hisMajesty's government didn't do it in that life.
No, No, the English government'sdifficulty in taking an unprejudiced view about
such matters. For that reason younow see me, madame, swelling the
ranks of the King's in exile.Did I find retirement at its compensations?

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For instance? The clerical party ofRooke no longer fathered with them? Missus
turn for sake of old times,I have a pleasure before you must excuse
me, Your highness. Well,then perhaps you and your husband do me
the Arnold saying, your visit mypillow not a Carlo if he is less
picturesque than my castle in group,but you will find it more comfortable,

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and I assure you a great dealas hybridis. I think I prefer not
to impose upon your hospitality again.Now will you excuse me? Here's my
husband, doctor to herne, Howdo you do? Dear doctor m your
wife and I were just having amost charming conversation, quite like old time,
just between us, me and doctorto her, and it was really

(51:27):
a blessing and things turned out,and said, don't you think you and
missus Treharne appear to be exceedingly happy? And I can't help us conclude that,
Peraps, in some small way Ihave contributed to your happiness. And
for my part, had she remainedin Rooke, I am now of the
opinion she should have turned out tothe confounded juices. Anyway, you have

(52:04):
been listening to the Campbell Playhouse presentationof The Green Goddess starting Madeline Carol and
Orton Wells. In just a moment, Utin Wells will return to the microphone
with missus Carroll. But meantime,I spoke a little while ago the popularity
of tomato soup. Almost anywhere yougo you find this is the ruling favorite
among soup. Indeed, I believethat the people could have only one kind

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of soup, they would choose tomatosoup. And furthermore, in nearly every
case, it would be Campbell's tomatosoup. Now why is this so?
One reason is that it is sucha versatile soup. The lively aroma,
and the bright glow of that beckonedto the appetite so that it makes the
tip top beginning for dinner. There'sreal nourishment in a tube, making it
a fine lunch or supper dish.And for extra nourishment, it may be

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served as cream of tomatoes with milkadded instead of water. But the main
reason Campbell's Tomato soup is the world'sfavorite is its flavor. Just about everybody
likes the tang and liveliness of it. Little folk just learning to feed themselves
poon it up eagerly, and throughouttheir growing years, it holds their favor.
Men liking keen racy foods take tothis soup with enthusiasm. Women like

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its bright flavor too, and itsbright look on the table and the bright
greefing it receives. Yes, there'sno question, but America's number one soup
is Cambo's tomatoes. Is it numberone on your weekend grocery list? It
should be. And now here's Arson. Wells, ladies and gentlemen, I

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think you'll agree with me that whenmister Archers set out to write a melodrama,
he wrote a melodrama. I'm gladout of her to report that not
a single hair of missus Carroll's lovelyhead has been ruffled by this evening's harrowing
experience here she is none the worsefor it, Miss Madeline Carroll, Thank
you, mister Wells, good evening, ladies and gentlemen. I might explain
it, Miss Carroll is just returnedfrom a vacation trip to Europe. Miss

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Carroll, on the half of theseUnited States of America, May I say
how pleased we all are to haveyou back. Not nearly so pleased as
I am to be here tonight,especially since I can now be the first
to congratulate you on the great producerspaid you this week when you were voted
the outstanding new radio Star of theYear in the script's Howard Radio Editors pulled.
I was very sincerely delighted to hearit. You deserve it. That's

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very nice of you, Miss Caron. Of course, I'm very proud of
it, everybody else in the CampbellPlayhouse, and we'd like to take this
opportunity to thank all the editors inthis country and in Canada who have paid
us such a fine compliment, andto tell them that we shall continue to
try and live up to the honorthey've donnis. I don't think there's any
doubt if your doing that. Thanksagain and good night. In tonight's Campbell

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Playhouse production of The Green Goddess,the role of the still A Crespin was
played by our guests Ms. MadelineCarroll, but our job by Orson Welles.
Robert State played Major Crespin. RayCollins was doctor Jeherns. The part
of Watkins was played by Eustace Wyatt, that of Dawson by Edgar Ballier.
Alfred Shirley was Colwell and Maurice Ankrimwas the High Priest, the part which

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he played in the original production abouteighteen years ago. Music for the Campbell
Playhouse tonight was composed and conducted byBernard Hermann and now Arthon Wells. Will
you tell us something about next week'sstory? Well, there it is.
That's next week. Next week we'redoing a Broadway success of some ten years

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ago burlesque, Burlesque by James MankerWaters that great American producer Arthur Hopkins.
Burlesque is about the show business,about a girl and her love for a
ham comic as he called himself,how she left him, and how she
went back to him. And it'sreally more than that. It's a great
story of a great business. Sountil next Friday night, when we present

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for lesque, my sponsors, makersof Campbell's Soups, and all of us
the Campbell Playhouse remains obedient to yours. The makers of Campbell's Soup join Arthan

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Wells in inviting you to be withus at the Campbell Playhouse next Friday evening
to hear Burlett. Meanwhile, ifyou have enjoyed tonight's Campbell Playhouse presentations,
won't you tell your grocer though tomorrowwhen you order Campbell's Tomato Soup. This
is Ernest Schapple saying thank you andgood night. This is the Columbia Broadcasting System.