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Present Harley Wood Leaver Brothers Company,the makers of Leux Arlos bring you the
Lux Radio Theater, proudly presenting PowerPlay Magazine, Put Metal Awards, Screenplay
Blomia Pictures, The Cholson Story firingAl Johnson and Evelyn Keys with William Tamorris

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and Musick Clever, Ladies and gentlemen. You're producer, mister William Keeley leaving
from Hollywood, Ladies and gentlemen,to night, we present the screenplay You've
all wanted so much to hear thatyou in fact chose that it's occasion.
Is that great musical hip? TheJolson Story selected by theater dollars as their

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favorite picture during nineteen forty seven ina nationwide poll. The Doctor George Gallup's
Audience Research Incorporators BAO to Play Magazine. Our stars are Al Jolson himself for
years billed as the world greater entertainer, and Evelyn Keys with William Demris and
Ludwig Donor. After Tonight's performance,they as well as the producer and director

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of The Jolson Story, will receivePhotoplay Magazines covered at Gold Medal Award for
their work in bringing the picture tothe screen. We're particularly happy to present
the josonh Story not only because ofthe award it's won, but because of
your many friendly letters asking for it. And we're grateful too. Let so

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many of these letters spoke enthusiastically oflucksoap. I'm sure from reading them that
if we took a poll of lovelywomen everywhere, Lustoke would win their personal
citation as America's favorite beauty soap.On now for the first act of the
josn Story, starring Al Jolson ashimself and Evelyn Keyes as Julie, with

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William Demriest as Steve and Ludwig Donothas Cantor Yost. Remember me, Steve
Watt, the name you said?I the thought of them? Not good,
baby, but not bad. Thatsummer I was playing in Washington,
d C. And one my nameyou like that? Okay, that was

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pretty good? All right, now, I'll buy some music. Now tell
you what I'll do. Your nameis Jo and I'm playing on my choice.
I ain't stilling all that all rightnow way and I'm playing if you
both go say it? Okay,tell me thanks to the wa bag.

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Now you want your thing? Huham? I asking you to throw me
a favorite. I'm doing you afavorite. Not come on, we'll try
it again. Come ab you shop? How to thing? Stop my wall?

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Some O? Heyame? What's yourname? Sonny? Where'd you learn
to sing like that? Singing mybrother's choir cannon the syenagogue? Where the

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senagogue? After the show, Ikeep thinking about that kid. Then I
get an idea. I get usedhim in my eye. He'd be great.
So before at dinner, I stopover the can of Yolsman's house.
Sure the cannon will let him singon like what way be playing away something

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in a gardment to Martin. Butif you're worried about my taking good care
of like lister Martin, I thinkI know what he's been for my tim
Yeah, I'm sorry, they said, good by, go behind mister Martin,
so singing in the theater eight though, you will never go through that
faith again. You promise me.I can't promise, Papa, I can't

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go to your home. A fewweeks later, I'm back in Canna Olsen's
home. They said, seems thatrun away looking for me. They found
them, but the kids said he'donly run away again. There was an

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awful tough decision for his folks tomake but they told they said he could
go with me guard me on thestage. A year later, the kid's
performing like a veteran, but somethinghappens in the middle of the song.
His voice breaks. He finishes thenon by whistley. But right after and
I pressed room, I want tohe said, talk and Steve, I
can't say anymore. I'm quitting.God, don't be silly. Well your

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party starts changing that job and Ilike that whistling. And do you know
something, I'm gonna give you abilly Steve. Yeah, yes, sir,
Steve Martin. Then they say yolkshan, Steve Martin, and they say
yolkshan. That doesn't sound so good, doesn't for I'm changing Steve. I
think I put him names. Mm, well, you're gonna buy a boxer

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part sea, but yeah, you'regonna whish, so you're gonna whistle good.
Don't stop, mama, what doyou stuff? Is all like he's
got now. I yet everybody tolike it? Your loving son? Matter?

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Are you? Oh? I'll jotyou, mama? Yeah, all
right? Is now Martin and Joseph. But THEA has changed in more ways
than his name. A lot oftime it's gone by and that kid in

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knee pants is growing up. We'replaying in Louisville during Derby Week. We're
in a row when Tom Barron walksin. Tom does a singing routine in
black face. Only tonight He's hadabout six minutes jewelips too many? Just
why I did this afternoon? Didyou wonder if you do? Tom?
You gotta get yourself together. You'rein a little while. I don't worry

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about me knowing never missed his joy. Here, keep get him some black
coffee. I'll keep I can fakethis guy out. It was no use.
Barron was out cold. So whatdoes out do? He puts on
Baron's costume, May's on black faceand takes his place on the table.

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Road. You are my poe ishe? You are my heart? Bokay,
I'm a caring at a more ride. That's some name sweet the house.
I want to save your boy.I'm wave. Don't rule be lest

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you breath, don't be grothy,my flooding rosie. My body is wee.
There's a little bunch up the weaknessgot alone to all my bride,
and believe me, I'm not happy. That's my favorite by my bid about

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this. My name is Rosie.I can watch the Rosie Hay and most
every night you will hear me aname. I'm going listener, baby,
Rosie, you are my proses youare. I'm hearing Amy. He's coming

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sweet pumping your you're fy away Robe, Do me a light, Robb,

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I'm blunting rowdies. My hot isweed, Oh my heart. And he
kills the people I showed as thecurtain comes down. We rushed the fire
in dressing room to see how he'smaking out. Then we hear that knocking
on the door. See it's astep parent, say you'll murder me for

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taking Barre's place. Old up?So who's dockstaders? Docks there? The
singers, Oh, it's not evengoing over the door. Sure makes the
dock statner, Steve Martinster, theymake the dock stating this is might find
around Joseph, how do you do? How about Tom Barron? Well,
what's the matter with him? He? Uh, he just collapsed me the

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doc stator, poor Fellah, heshould never gone on any who's kidding who
around here? I think we canprop the pretend. Uh, I know
that wasn't Baron who was saying I'veheard baron before. You accustomed to singing
in black face? Doesn't ten now? Never make the dock static. Well,
if you have no objections to blackface, you can join Ducks.
Statis Vincecol's next Week in Singles Youtom Nis, No, you couldn't.

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I like your voice go zoom asthe baron. Don't worry, I can
see Doctator's national Steve, did youhear that you and need big time?
I have a place called one manOnly? Well, why did you think?
Gl Why would I be going inthe next ro show? Yeah?
Me too. Besides, you wantto sing a mister doctor and me I

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did rather whistle. See here hekeeps want me to sing, But at
heart I'm just a whistler. Yeah. Only thing keeps me having a doctor's
whistling? Yes, and think?Yeah, when are you're leaving town?
Mister Ducks status? Thanks, Igot a knife. Oh hello, Joseh,

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mister doctor. There. I thoughtyou got to say, Louis I
am. Who are you? Butthis train doesn't go? Oh, yes,
where's Steve? You're here a minuteago. He's not coming. Then
I'm on the wrong train. Oh, well you're on the right train,
praint Steve wants to to be up. No, no, Steve. After
that I lost track. I foundfor a couple of years. Either I

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heard he left dock static now gotall steamed up over new type of m
usually called jazz being Dutch. Staticdisagree and now asked for his release.
Then one day and want to look, Mama, Oh you look wonderful.
You got younger doll. Papa,Oh gosh, Pop, why are you

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so excited? Come up? Whatare we excite about? Such such a
beautiful time? Now? Look skinand son? Did you have me dinner?
What's that? What? Donate?Come? I donning making the doll?
POPSI tell me, Papa, how'severything? Dinner with the same?
ASA's the same? And you ohme? I've been fine, Poppa,

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working yeah, in a way.And I've been pretty busy too. I've
been hanging around with a new kindof music, Poppa. It's great.
It's different, at least I thinkit is. But but what Asa?
I don't know, Papa. Italk to people about it, and you
think I'm crazy. You see thismusic, Well, I happened to run
across the down South. I've beentrying to make a song out of it.

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It's the only music. I wantto sing. This music is so
peculiar. No, no, yousing it all like Pine Topper. You
want to sing pray about the day. Oh no, but just the feeling
in prayer its its in the music, even when it's fast and happy.
But like I told you a before, they think this kind is a little
crazy. Hello, Okay, jobyours mister, come down, Thanks Mom?

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Hello? Oh ah time Tom,I'll get out of here. I
got dragging a man, no wintergarden man married with the winner garden palm.
That's well, I'm on a noshow in four weeks and a spot
for you interested interest? How soonwould you want me? All right,
I'll get a play tonight? Saytomorrow? There do? Thanks Tom?

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Hey you look came home. Weback toping forward a break New York Broadway.
We're not darting here like Tom.They gave the l a five minutes
shot in the lad day. Youthink they're getting in the world. He

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was that excited about it. Upthe night come and on stage they're doing
the big Valley number. But it'smidnight and the show is running away too
slow. The audience is getting restless, and so are the critics. So
the harsh back stage decides to makea cut. No, sorry too,
but we're cutting a number. Miketell us this, how's to start to
see me for the brother Look,please, I gotta go on and tell

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them up. They're telling us we'recutting the Dawson songs per minute. You're
not gonna do this to me.I'm going on that fuck you think?
But on, everybody take your placeand for a he's so tuson come back
here, let's waltim. I don'tteach him who's running her so curtain but
curtain, well, well here Iam both. There's nothing wrong on.

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I always jumped to the curtain likethis. Uh, you're lucky people.
You what are you so surprised about? Actor looking at both that Aska leader
after Look, don't just stare atme. I'm I'm beautiful. So we
got a song to do. Okay, off the stage to tell the boys

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after we'll take this number nice andslow. Don't just set up, you
have to set m back. Julianhas nothing yet met Sunshine, the sunshinant

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West. I don't wear the dunggiant beadle, lammy my dring hang around
a berbie. I'm a comment.I'm sorry, lad, I've made you

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a way. I'm a comment.Oh, but that I'm not right now
a merry. I welcome me andI one of just miles. My love

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me, mammy, my little flammy. The sunshine, the sunshine best.
I don't where I know where thesunshine's best. It's it's on my mommy.
I'm talking about nobody else's my littleermy my ring hang around, wore

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a firm Many, my man,I'm funnis Oh, I hope, I
hope I didn't make your way,Hanni Many, I'm funnish. Lord,
I hope I'm not lady. Manylove a minute, don't you know me?

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I'm an a baby. I'm yourOh, I'm your smile my me.

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In just a moment, we'll continuewith Act too of a Josen story.
Here's mister Keeley as the Microphone.Act two of the Josen Story.
When a fold of Play Magazines theGold Medal Awards, starring Al Jolson in
the title role and Evan and Keysas Judis, with William Deverest as Steve

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Martin and Lud McDonough as Kinda Gilsonn Jersey good Tie that a Taxy doctor
send you Murder became the sensation ofBroadway behind that personality, that way I'm

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singing a song was owls All,willing to di identitate people, give him
an audience, and he sing aslong as the people remained in the theater.
If you don't get an I'm injail Dog con Jersey Dog Brown by

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Alex, he said he needed tomanage it. I've always wondered if he
needed a manager have as much asI needed a job. Al's next show
in the Winter Garden was Honeymoon Expressopening night. Like most music ghosts,
it's running way too long. Al'son stage and blackface playing a comedy dramatic
scene. What's beyond? You know? Well, well Will Will? What's

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the mat in the seven seems justcan't be as bad as all that?
Don't see Uncle Jun tell me willno believe I loved him? Or not?
Long? Well, why don't youjust explain it, Henry, explain
it to us. Listen to me. Well, honey, look, Henry
better listen to this. One ofthe show is from the run at one
o'clock. You know a lot ofthese folks live in Brooklyn. It's like

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this folk Sally here. Well,Henry really loves Sally and she loves him
and it all works out fine.Believe me, folks, you can go
home. You've got nothing to worryabout it. So here's where we're staying,
he d chapter twelve o'clock. Igot to tell you how the show
ends. So where don't y'all getout of here? That different? All
right? Up? All right,if you want to stay. I feel
pretty good night, and I gotanother gunner songs in me and I'm ready

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to go. All right, allright, I'll sing. But if I'm
gonna sing, I want to seeyou turn up the house I go.
I did all right, professor.You made me love you. And if
that ain't a music you, Inever heard one. You made me love

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you. I didn't want to doit. I didn't want to do it.
You made me want you, andall the time you knew it.
I guess you're all always do it. You made me happy some guys,
you made me sad, but didthe work time? Did it? You

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go? Why? You made mefor what? I didn't want to tell
you. I didn't want to tellyou. I wantcome love sirs? True
can do what you see that?Do? Yeps? Didn't what ba go?

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You got to kind of dinners gotup don your no love You after
Honeymoon Express Dame Robinson Bruso on them. Months later, we were still selling

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out of every performance. Look,Mama, he would write, just did
don't fill buco babing win a godcook Mama, When will you learn about
show business? Oh? With somethingor suckle bason head and directing and talking

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doleucker Mama, shack o fas anddouble shocko. That wasn't enough for our
That's right, Steve. I'm gonnado a show every Sunday night. The
actors some people in show vide don'thave a chance to come. Well,
you're doing eight performances a week asit is. Oh, I know you're
glad to sing the meat, buthow about having some other kind of fun

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like well, you know, likea family. I've got a time with
Steve. I see mom and Popevery few weeks. Time talking about it.
Girl. I hate the disillusion you, but there are fellas, even
the joke and this will like girlsjust as much as the floors. Okay,
Steve, find your girl. Ifigure it out. I'm going now'll
do me a paper. Call upthat mister Glass you know the movie picture

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guys. Tell him I'll be gladto see you tomorrow by the puby faces.
What do you want? But I'llwait a minute. This is different.
These are movie pictures at talk.People don't talk enough as it is.
Huh okay, I'll call him sir. Nothing was talking pictures for years,

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mister Joson. We know it'll work, but we was a star,
not for Selad. Yeah, butsuppose this picture flops with Johnson, we
don't think. How many people doyou figure see a good movie, mister
gran fifty million? And this comesalone, never with an audience like that
in here, Dac, how willyou listen? Let me holl you what
mister Dan, I'll give him myass and Amara. On last Sunday in

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the York cal as Usual came aspecial performance with shell People. That was
the first announcement he made the firsttalking picture, the jazz singer. Yeah,
thank you, Thank your folks.And just like I tell you,
I'm going to Hollywood. I don'tknow what's going to happen to me out

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there, but I may want tocome back. And what I do do
let me, won't you? Thanks? I remember that well. I see
a rabbit producer saying down front andsay much must have flowed zig fail not

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too much a base. Folks,Hey, Ziggy Jiggy, who is that
pretty gal with you? It wasJudy Benson. No, my next pot
up to missus Zigfield. You willplease not advertise on my time. Glad
to know your Ms Benson slip.I uh, I'm giving a little farewell

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tire at my place and I andI well, as a rule, I
I don't do this sort of thing, you know, But honestly I wish
you'd drop over. No, youdon't have to come alone if you don't
wanna, people bring missus Zigfield withyou. Well, look think about it
anyway, won't you? Well,folk, won't you not to hide and
say tell me that well, Aprilshower day apul salage is now what you're

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said, Miss Bessy, you'd liketo hear April showers? Well, professor,
don't keep the lady waiting. Unioncome on play so it bro stars,
just for your baby, just foryou. They come your way,

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They bring up the hours that willbe made. So if it's raining,
God, no repress, because anywaywe're in your blow. It's raining by
your less and where you see clouds, my lady, you assume we'll see

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clus armadah. So keep on lookingfor a blue bird and listening are its
sound? Whenever they broke hours,I'm alive, a way broke star,

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take on your way. They bringup a flowers that grooming may han't get
the graining. It may have noregrets because looking it is rainy. Bring
it all. It's raining violets.And when you see bar, when you

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see farm on the hill, lookback that had nothing else. Oh,
keep on looking for a blue birdand listening for it for oh w h

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for a show. Aw that wasa big party all game that night.
But as soon as he could alslipped out to the terrace he had finally

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found Julie Bencer alone. Do youknow miss Benson? She get prettier every
time I see you? Well,the first time it was just a few
hours ago. Yeah, well,and you got prettier since then, thanks
you Look. Will you do mea big favor? Huh? Will didn't
marry me, miss Benson? I'lldo you a bigger favor, mister Joseph,

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I won't marry him. Huh.I didn't suppose you were, of
course, huh. I shouldn't berushing like it? Well, do you
think I'm kidding, but to nightand I when I looked across the first
last night, I saw you.Well, lolock, I got a great
idea. Suppose you and me gettingmarried and go to California together. I
well, of course I'm opening anda new show in two weeks. Yeah

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it uh, it wasn't get forthat. I m and a few other
things. Tell me I wanna know? Well, example, that street down
there, oh Broadway. You knowsomething, baby, if they want it,
I'll give it. In well,I I don't think you could ever
be mine, and I'm not sosure I even want it. What is

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it you want? Come on,I gotta know. Well, in the
first place, a real home,a a place so far out in the
country that by the time you gotthere or closed the door, you'd have
forgotten all about show. Then Iknow, just as stotted something that mister
jobs getting pretty late. You haveguessed in there crazy waiting minute. We're
just getting places. And look,why don't you get call me by my

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sothern name, Honey in other trouble, Julie, you just don't believe me.
Oh well, I do believe you, honey, But I always thought
i'd like to fall in love withHi man. I was during the man.
Oh, you're absolutely right, andI'm not gonna rush your attack.
We won't even get American till Iget back from California. How's that?

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Are you? Crazy? People?In love? All with his ear?
Anyway, we went to California andstarted work on the jazz singer. But
every day I the telephone Julie Bensonin New York. Julie. Julie's worried,
Steve. She She's scared to death. Her shop is tomorrow. Now

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can see the Prince. You won'tmake good, but hell, what did
you do about it? And Ican be there, Steep, give me
a special plane. But now you'remaking a picture. What I just wanna
be? Dancy, go on,get me that plane. So we go
to New York and we rushed toJulie's theater. He says, Julie's big
chance, all right, But whenshe makes her reference even I can see

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how stead she is. I hadtold all there was nothing he could do.
Well I was wrong. As soonas he catches Julie's hesitation, her
nervousness, he jumps up right amongthat first night audience and picks up the
tone up Julie's sad Lies Live LiveHard label, Honey Hall, the con

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all Away, Liza, Liza Falling, Come Jim Come and the con all
Away See the Holleymooner, Shi anddie Ah just made a dig with h
and Browns. Lies liesa the guywhen you belong to all the cloth?

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Well, ro can I say howJoseph and Julie Benham were married? No
time for a real honeymoon. Getthe dash to Washington to see Ole's mother
and father. I don't understand.You must try to read to cuneiform,

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Jack, and you read to me, y'all. Oh, it will take
me a couple of months to finishat pic your mom, and then I'll
be home. And that's what he'sgoing to take. Julie. There's only
one thing the matter with Asa.He's not a thing. It's a wonderful
thing. But home with loving you, he's even more wonderful, Julie,
think me, you, Papa.Someone want to build a real home and
settle down way up in the countrywith the crickets. He doesn't, you

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mean, even Julie doesn't know ityet, but not an architect at work
right now. I told him builda house for Judy get Sky a living
by Approver. Hell, it's approperyou thank you, Papa. Oh,
I'm so happy. A few monthslater, we're all together again in New

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York. The premier of the jazzsinger Al didn't come with us that nobody
went to bed that night. Weall stayed up waiting for the reviews in
the early morning and papers. Itwas about dawn when Ell beeing, Hey,
everybody. Oh, I'm sorry,baby, Hey, so did you

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see these news papers? F Yeah, they're really something. Julie I wanted
to celebrate and acted. Well.We we got to talking him. Well,
they want you to make another picture. How do you know that wasn't
so hard to figure out? Well, I think they're right for Julie.
Will we'll be separated again. Youcan't leave the show in the middle of
a run, you know, soall that home in the country. We

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just have to wait a little whilelonger, Julie, Baby, I know
it's another bed break, but itwon't be prolonged and you'll get everything you
want. Or I'm going you goright ahead with the house seas start feeling
it start did you know Prichas andpalms? Sure, CANi door right,
John I can wait, which wasour firstation identification. This is CBS,

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the Columbia Broadcasting System or in amoment, we'll bring you Act three of

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the Cholseh Stories. Act three UHPhotoplay Magazines Gold Medal Awards screenplay The Jolson
Story starring al Jolson in the titlerole and Evelyn Keyes as jud with William
Demrist and Steve Martin and Ludmicdonoth asCantor. Joseph Now went back to California

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and Julie stayed in New York.But it wasn't long before Alpus Wade that
hearted to leave her show and cometo the coast. Now had made great
plans for Julie. Where's the contract, dude, here it is out.
Oh wait a minute, see Judythe same studio. I wait for it.
I've ben worked one that's doing forweek's honey. No, wow,
Maybe she doesn't want to make apicture. What's he talking about? Honey?
Having the Fandi's idea? But now, please just one picture. The

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boys hime one picture, just onepicture. Illa wanted Julie to make a
picture. So Julie made a picture, and then the second one. But
you gotta doing, baby, Youwant. I want to put it in
a placehine a proof to ing thatit wasn't a proof after the second picture
came a third. But this isdifferent, Julie. You want us to

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make us pok to get at youweren't get That's something I always wanted more
than anything else. Let's know you, Steve, I'm never going to be
able to get off this merry goround when I finish your picture out in
the middle of one and five versusoh, oh well, I don't hunt.
Look, children, it's just amatter of what your foot down wants.

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We'll all the right time to quit, Steve, He's happy sell him.
I but thanks for thinking of melike that. Well, they previewed
the picture that Alan Julie made together, and al as you don't he invited
the big crowds to come over tothe house afterwards. I don't get it,
Julie. What is everybody see bullcash? They forgot to show up.
I uh told the partner to sendhim away out to tell everybody who

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went straight to who's out about routof the preview? You know it's them,
Imal Grass, Would you see y'all? Tonight's all big knight WI three
start a contract in the world.Do you know, honey, you unded
the gather with a proposition. Yes, we're going east down a vacation and
after that, well there's a littlematter of building our house. Sounds wonderful,
baby, Right, we'll leave forNew York on Sunday. Wait a

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minute, Wait a minute, what'sthe rush? Oh you can I saw
a wrap up. Everything's fine forme. Oh what's that a wrapp up?
Oh? Just an idea, baby, just an idea. That's all
about, uh, putting a copytogether and making I don't think you're starting.
Well, I know this is tilly. Well, it's gotten to be
sort of a principal with me.But once we do say we're going to
quit for all I heard a minutewho said we want I did it talking

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about it a couple of days.When you want to send it that way
out, that's where the principle is. If you can't see that, I
want holy smoke the kids. It'sthe first time I ever saw Julie cry.

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Something wrong with me? I guesshuh, yeah, it has been
for a long time. Can canI come in? I'm sorry, I'll
crying. That's not fair that Judy. I'm like somebody was one destrict camera.

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I couldn't go on this way ifI wanted to somebody. We do
about each other, part of them. Let that die of smell painful,
baby. I think we ought tohave the courage to quit. Now,
that's one thing that can't happen,to be honest, I would never my
eyes in my life, just apart of its. Usually I'm no,
baby, No, I don't wantany part of any contracts or showers or

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anything. I can't make me agift of your whole life. I just
why I gotta quit you It justtapering off. Never work, honey,
I know myself. I just makemore promises and break them and keep bring
them by. You gotta help medo it. If I start yelling,
get me over their head, tieme down, because when when you were

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business, I ain't done nothing onlevel. Julie had won and they went
east and when they returned to Californiathey built that house in the country and
retired how with crew finished And hemeant, uh, what's that they're reading

(37:15):
Steve writing? Yeah, he said, your last picture is now playing in
New Zealand. Funny still in someplaces like that all this time, say
did you rena mention where she wasgoing in the town. I guess why
didn't she tell me I was goingalong for the ride? Say well,
your folk's wedding anniversary tomorrow. You'llcall him man. Yeah, but we
should have brought him out here.Would have been nice. You know how

(37:36):
that manuscript of Tom Barnes's new show? Do you want to change your mind
and read? If? I toldhim fifty times and he doesn't joy any
shows. All he wanted was Ihaven't got the patient lately. I don't
know what's the matter with me?There she is, Surprise, Surprise,
Mama p s Steve Julie in thecar if they fly back off. Ah,

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this is a life Mama California.You know if I fried, I
could get used to this. Wellyou you go an ahead and try Pupper,
I got your part, Missus Josephand mister I said, Hey,
where is everybody? Hello Julie,he see where's you dropped from? Tom?
New York? Hello? Hell hTom? You know my mother and

(38:30):
Fallow? I should say, howlong water Yola, Baranda? How are
you see? I had no ideafind the whole family here. You lot
my time in finding me. Youshouldn't have come on. You wasted a
trick. I'm not interesting your show. I'm fussing out here. I just
will catch you up. What's themon would you? I came to Hollywood
to sign up some accuison. Icouldn't imagine coming here out and not saying
hello to you. I'm sorry,I don't know what that enemy. Look,

(38:54):
how long are you staying town?I'm flying back late morning. Well
and tell them I'm just staying herewith us. Tomorrow you will attend the
Weather Anniversary Dinner of Canada and missusjos Well right, I wouldn't miss for
anything. Hell upside, I'm gonnaread that little show off your right away.
Yes, sir Henry, we're readyfor lunch. Uh out drops today.

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Not the beauty but sim but man, see the house store, even
the full moon Mama, or atleast you say so. Do let me
say so, Ju Me and Tomthey're they're selling the study working over that
script, Papa. Do you thinkthese past several years have been good?
Row? I mean it doesn't seemhappy to of course, just like you

(39:44):
used to be. Well a littlemore tea, excuse me, I'll get
Ali to set down and show upyours. They be fucking Why is your
old so mister Jolson, you knowif I have I had any idea of
going back to that old grind,that's the time of shod what not that

(40:07):
I have any such ideas. Good. I couldn't stand it. What do
you mean? Well, I meanI've been laying off throne. Now I'm
wann through with all that. Here'sa tot tom good luck. We're in
your show. Yeah, thank you, everybody. I have a taper missus
Joelson a hundred more years of happySo thank you, Thank you everyone that

(40:34):
that was very kind in top.Oh oh that's long, Mama, that's
a very good rye. Mama.I remember Mama and I on the night
of our wedding. Oh how wedanced that wedding any that you should have

(40:55):
seen it? Oh? Oh,I remember you couldn't be there. No,
I thank you all. I thankyou. That was dug paper,
very good, very good. Iremember that. Asa. I heard your

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saying, Papa a thousand times.The rest the one is our wedding.
Come on, he's a sing withme now your girlhead Papa. Oh okay,
Mama, Mama tell me the truth. Who was always a better singer
me Oa you of course hear youthat Cony come on see sing with me?

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Oh we oh no, we won'twe? What world? The world
working blue? There was STI inthe sky, but set for a few

(42:10):
from the ball in your year ofour tols, the mind a listening talking
for your child, to hosting peopleralling my dot my love so but not

(42:38):
seemed to face and the blind hasteningdoor, a sigh for the gangs,
m but all could we but relievethey're of law? We all boys?

(43:15):
Oh well that's that, thank you. Anta. Look, I suppose we
live in the town and you wantto be my guest at the nightclub?
What do you say night from now? Sure I can still make my friend.
Couldn't we adjust stay here town?You see, we haven't been a
nightclub for years. Judie and Itack, we're just playing country hop anyway.

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Mama and Papa, well that theywouldn't be much intest the nightclub,
which your mama, Yes you want, all right, God, let's go.
It's you know, the ideas andshow you didn't see anything nice?
No, no, mama. Ladiesand gentlemen, when are you roough to

(44:01):
show and making it up. Wehave a pelebrity with him. I have
you a joll with admire for manyyears. You get away from no business
a long time and we've missed hima lot. But he's stills a players
entitator of the ball. I wonderfulldo you mean? No? Wan?
Only how person kind? Most arethe tens and of fALS if you ask

(44:23):
your part not just for full timeface with the girls, that might give
us as all. Good Night's gray. No, no, let's say hour.
I'm Commary, No, no,Rod, We'll take no way.
I'm going ahead, jolly cut,I get him out and if my pot
baby, I'm coming he clome k. Thanks Charlie, and thank you folks.

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It's it's nice to be remember.But uh, how about saying pray?
You see I'm a little rusty,but well Kenny one of the boys
played I things anything else. I'mgonna I'm gonna wait for you all I
gotta THI I you fire, fearGod is here tis you who I want

(45:15):
to be? Nothing in a song, tie the bank conning something? Why
that you can't mony? You're callingme Sanny? I love you, I
love your ma, dear of Swanny. I give it wor on my here

(45:40):
he even all my sammy waiting formy brain find it out by the swami.
Le come up, am, welljust dude, I want your love,

(46:08):
your mind he see you mean mymouny. Alright, alright, alright,

(46:30):
just one more, just one up. But I wanted to do some
folks. Tell everybody in the floortrying to come off and sit down,
judge your kids, come on,come on, oh yeah, you'll work
hard to night. You must betied. Sit down and I'll take over.
Just one number. Huh, yes, just got around mixed up comforbot
folks. You ain't hurt nothing,can see why Pat Let it see.

(46:57):
I was sure you didn't money pitanymore. He wanted to be with me,
all right, all road, allright, time away from your way,

(47:20):
favoring low that blooming Julie juy gonnaget back or don't go with you.
He tried awfully hard, but youand I know I'll just steel.
He's on my time tonight with Tomgo doha. Shall they shall kill him?

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Julie Love, Look at him?When did you last see him?
Happy? Of that? I'm Stevefell after the show, so let him
tell Tula, Oh love, allup bird for It's all whether worry for

(48:12):
ah ah thanks to Al Jolson,Evelyn P's, William Demris and Mudligdonough who

(48:39):
returned to the footlights and response toyour apart and after is a nice performance.
It's easy for follow us to understandwhy the Jolson Story was voted America's
favorite photoplay from nineteen forty seven onDarasville. And believe me, we're mighty
grateful that the movie goes as Americafor that collection. You know, Bill,
while you're passing around complimentchup had HarryKong, they had a funk of

(49:00):
pictures or little sid Stosi produced JoSentry and Sidney buck Winger was such a
great hub on it. Yes,they certainly deserved those medals. What are
the names of the Wien stars onthe Cold Bill, Well, the individual
stars are too many the imagineer,But of course you'll find them in photoplay
magazines, mar tissue on the standsnow and every one of them will receive

(49:22):
a gold medal award at the Knight'sDinner at the Beverly Hills Hotel and Bill,
I'm gonna give my medal to aboy who couldn't be here today,
and he certainly deserves it. I'mgonna give that medal, Larry Parks.
I'll break his arm if you takesaid listen. Uh, Hell, I'm

(49:46):
really gonna give it up. Iunderstand Bill that that Jack Penny is going
to be Masters Sammons at dinner.Huh that's right, Jack and his magic
violin. They they did the minute. Should Luck get some sort of an
a Wardville for bringing the Cholseph storyto the air well, I'd rather have
got an award for let's say,Heavelyn's lovely complexion. I would do Bill

(50:07):
Lustell is a wonderful complexion. Careit certainly desas some sort of metals.
What's coming up on Lux next MondayNight? Pill Like Monday, we present
a screenplay hailed by the reviewers asdynamics smashing entertainment. It's Eagle Lions current
screen hit Teammen starring in his originalscreen roles. Dennis will Keith co starred
with Dennis as the lovely Gail Patrickand the thrilling real life drama of treasury

(50:30):
agents tracking down one of the mostdangerous counterfeiting rings in history. Bill,
I'm going to sit up for sevenotack. I'm not going to dedel Age
that night. An exciting picture Billif I haven't heard it, When You're
Her is really on eleven, Andmay I say good night for everybody. Good time