The First Nighter Program - Love Is Stranger Than Fiction

Campana's First Night or Program from the Little Theater off Times Square, starring Olen Souleet and Barbara Luddy, with an all star cast presented by Campana, the quality name in cosmetics.

Be at a Time Broadway, and.

Tonight a new play is scheduled for its premier performance at the Little Theater off Times Square. If you've never attended an opening night on the Great White Way, then you have the treat of a light time.

In store for you.

And here is our host for the evening, the genial first Nighter.

Good evening, ladies and gentlemen.

Traffic is slowly these wintry nights, so let's be off to an early start, shall we. My cab is waiting, won't you step him?

All right?

Driver to the Little Theater on Broadway across forty second Street. That's the Paramount Theater, the Astro Hotel. And now just ahead is the Little Theater off Times Square.

Probably here we are.

And your tickets ready.

Please have your tickets ready?

Please, Good evening, mister first nadder.

The USh you will shaw you to youse seats. Thank you. We'll go right here. Here we are in excellent seats.

And I must say that this is a typically fashionable First Lighter audience. Glamorous ladies are exhibiting fortunes and jewels and furs. There's one of those fabulously expensive mink wraps right across the aisle from me. But let's get down to the business of the evening. I see Frank Worth conducting the famous First Lighter Orchestra. And here's the news about the play. It's a brand new comedy romance called Love Is Stranger Than Fiction, written by Urban Title and

Louise, look at that?

Will you what?

Book heads The best sellers in Tara Hate Purple Pedals by Phoebe Saint Clair, published by All Soft Brothers in Pittsburgh, Purple Petals in Montreal, Hartford and Gary, Indiana.

Purple Petals by Phoebe Sinclair.

Well, don't stand there repeating my words.

Vinson and Blake are supposed to be the most aggressive publishing house in the business, and we haven't had a best seller in two years. Then an upstart firm like Allsopp Brothers steals this book from right under our noses.

Our noses, mister Allan Blake, I've been your secretary line long enough for you to know that I insist on accuracy from an employer above all else.

Well, what do you mean didn't we turn down there?

We didn't when I gave you the Purple Kettle's manuscript attached to it with three enthusiastic reports from our three readers and a note of mine. Remember what it said?

Uh, well, it's easy to say I told you so.

One it said, I wish I'd written this book because it'll sell a million copies.

Remember what you said, how on earth do you expect me?

You said it reminded you of a boiled orange, very soggy pap colored on the outside.

So I didn't.

So it is.

It's in its eighth printing inside a year movie rights sold for half a million and you turned it down.

Must have been smoking hashish. But who is Phoebe Saint Clair?

If we could only find her and tell her that some unauthorized maniac in our office rejected her book, and maybe we'd have a chance at her next one.

Well, you've spent scads of B and b's money for detectives to watch the Allsop offices to see if they could discover who miss Sinclaire is.

I've tried everything and not a clue.

She hates publicity, Louise, I've known for some time that Joe Alsop has offered you everything with their printing presses to work for him.

Why do you stick here?

Oh?

I'm just contrary? Or maybe it's that old proverb about rats and the sinking ship.

Listen, if we.

Don't get a book that'll sell soon, there just won't be a ship.

You want to look at.

This manuscript now, mister Blake.

Oh, frankly, Miss Jones, No, what is it?

It's called Hard Flows the Sea by a new writer, Stephen Schadstrong.

Heers, what do you think of that?

Wow?

Honestly, I don't remember when I've been so excited about a book.

I thought you said about ten acres and look what that took he did to us.

Oh, it's not my opinion alone this time, both Henderson and Simon have written two pages about it.

Oh, that's always I have. At least we're sure of three sales we published.

What's this?

Oh, Louise read it two that's her comment.

HM, last time I said I wish I had written this book because it will sell a million copies. At the risk of repeating myself, I'm repeating myself, Louise.

Anything else, mister Blank.

No, no, just tell the switchboard.

I'm not to be disturbed for the next three hours.

But look, Alan, it's after five and I got a very important date with a very important girl.

I don't care if you've got an important date with Rita Hayworth.

You stay right here.

Oll find me. I'm gonna miss the five forty.

You're our publicity director, and this manuscript is a hot I want you to start thinking about angles, Pato. We're putting all our eggs in this four hundred page basket.

What's the masterpiece about?

It's about life and love and all the elements.

It's a roysterous, boisterous sea story and the smell of salt spray stings your eyes as you read it, and after you wipe your eyes, then what it's Conrad and Jack London and Robert Louis Stevenson, plus women and in tech nicolor.

Harry, get on your typewriter. I want a big treatment.

Well, I'm glad you agree with me this time that it's a great book.

Great book.

Why I couldn't sleep last night just thinking about the possibilities. I'm getting this man Stronghurst down here immediately.

Have you contacted him.

I'm sending him a wire.

I've come to the conclusion that the book must be the story of his own life, the life of a reckless, two fisted elemental man who could stun a steer with a blow of his fist, a man who could crush a coconut with one calloused hand.

But you've never seen Stronghurst. Maybe he's five foot two and talks.

With a lisp.

You discussed me here, write this down er, Stephen Shad. Stronghurst at first sight strikes you as the sort of man about whom legends gather and grow. The story that he crushes coconuts in one calloused hand apocryphal as it may sound is the most obvious thing in the world world the moment your hand disappears in his immense Paul, when you introduced.

He is an elemental man.

Come in, will you initial at wire before I send it off?

Mister Blake read it to me first, Miss Jones.

Mister Stephen Schadstronghurst Bucks six' five Two Main Post. Office your manuscript hard flows to, see has vague. Possibilities please drop in this week for a, Chat Signed Alan, Blake benson And Blake.

Publishing you don't want to give Mister stronghurst any false? Hopes do you vague? Possibilities the only vague thing about is who will take the lead when the movies get? It Gary, Cooper, RaRo, Flynn.

LOU i think you've got a point, There Miss. Jones take out the word vague and let me see this. Week that's too. Indefinite make it. Immediately how does that, sound luke very?

Cordial that's an.

Idea sign it very cordially.

Yours how's, That Lou?

Fine that'll tell him in a lukewarm sort of way that you worship the very keys his callous fingers type.

On i'm, sorry, sir but our nail box is a strictly Private no information is too identity can be.

Divulged i'm not asking for. INFORMATION i want to meet Mister stronghurst the box six five to. Two he ignores my wires and my. LETTERS i just want to speak to the, Man that's.

All i'm, sorry.

Sir this is a post, office not a date.

Bureau goodbye of all, galling nerve lacking experiences this.

One, yes Mister Hard, greaton literary editor of The Daily, news is on the other.

Line put him. On Hollo Hard are you?

Blake you've got something in This stronghurst.

SAGA i like.

It i'm gonna say so in my. Column how about a thumb nail biography of the.

Day i've sent over a character sketch by special.

Delivery is it ten percent? True?

Howard this is too important a thing to joke. About Steve stronghurst is a simple down dwarth man's. Man he's been all over the, world mostly traveling. Steerage what else is he, well not a.

Thing needed.

Money one day locked himself up in a cheap bisto On marseille and batted this book out on a portable pilford from the local.

Gendarmerie that's the kind of fellow he.

Is what kind of jobs as he?

Held you name?

Him we got.

Him he was a bull fighter In, spain a medicine man In, africa a monk In, tibet and taught physics at usc.

Sounds fabulous. Enough what does he look, Like?

Howard think of the statue of A greek, god put some clothes on, it and that's Our steve.

Stronghearst you should see his, Hands, howard.

Great callous pause that crush a coconut as easily as you OR i do an?

Egg well the?

Egg and we you know.

Blank if you're not, careful you're able to have a best seller on your.

Hands turn he help you down to the first guid, COIL a nice, player the little tick, off tired square.

Downstands smoking AND i see someone approaching with a stealthy.

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Hurtain second.

Curtain the first lighters are hurrying down the aisles of their. Seats the lights are, dimmed and here's the second. Bag the love is stranger than.

Fiction.

Hullo i'm.

Desperate i've heard from most of the book critics in the, country and they're all mad about the advanced copies Of Hard floors to.

See then why the desperation you should be jumping?

With Joy joy two weeks before, publication have been seeing the author to confirm any part of the phony Stories i've been broadcasting about.

Him hasn't bothered answering my last twenty.

Wires, Well i've been trying to tell, you Mister, blake that Mister Stephen Shad stronghurst has answered your last, desperate, frantic pathetic.

Telegram what, well why didn't you for heaven's sake?

Quick what does he?

Say will arrive tomorrow three?

Pm per interview, demand absolute, privacy no, photographers no office, staff, wire acceptance of conditions or else or else what or? Else? Period he must have run out of words.

Of all on? Nerve what does he want me to?

Do shut down for half a.

Day what does it mean no?

Photographers if, he for one solitary minute thinks That I've I've i've, Yes.

I've run out of. Words why are?

Okay come?

In come, in, yes, sir come right. IN i had the pleasure of addressing what are you doing?

Here Mister stronghurst is, Coming.

LOUISE i THOUGHT i told you to go on. HOME i promised the man.

Right this, way Mister, stronghurst Mister Allan, blake Mister Stephens.

Stronghurst, Well, louis idiot opened the door so it can come.

In he is.

In Mister strongherst say something to popeyed Mister. Blake how do you, do Mister? Blake will you shake one of my calloised, hands not this, one this one the ONE i use for coconut.

Crushing if this is your idea of a, Joke, louise it's gone too, far AND i order you'd open that door this.

Minute you mean you want me to open the door and?

LEAVE i do you came here against my order just so you can Meet, stronghurst AND i won't stand for. It you'll be here in a, Minute Miss, turner leave this office at, Once, louise Miss, Turner you're?

Fired AM i? Really?

Well now that's. Awkward what SHALL i do with all those pleading wires you sent? Me of, course IF i went down the street To Alsop, Brothers i'd get a much warmer. Welcome they're used to publishing best.

Sellers good. Heavens, Really, louisa you're. Fooling surely you can't be.

Tell me you're.

Not you're getting. Warm I'm stephen shadd strongherd AND i couldn't even crush a peanut with one. Hand, OH i don't know A tibetan monk from An indians and medicine. Man And i've only Seen marseille and.

Postcards BUT i still don't.

UNDERSTAND i do.

My research and travel. Magazines the salt spray that stung your eyes as you read my novel with Stale, oa the, cologne.

Well it seems.

Incredible the Nearest i've come to a notion was five years ago WHEN i tried Shad row AND i didn't like.

It But, louise when could?

You OR i write in the evenings and on my. Weekends but you wouldn't know That you've never shown any interest in WHAT i do with my evenings or, Weekends.

LOUIS i don't know what to, say but it's it's just wonderful all my stuff like LIKE i just happened to be passing by with my camera AND, i, oh, say where's a big shot.

AUTHOR i got my camera all primed and ready to to buy my.

Glad you, dropped but.

You gave me the. Signal you shouted it's.

Wonderful SO i came in ready to get a couple of fast shots.

Photographers lying in wait outside after you made a solemn, Promise Alan, blake of all the, cheap, contemptible.

What's the matter with?

PHOTOGRAPHERS i was fighting, you, Kid i'm fed up private secretary and showed her to weep on for four.

YEARS i give him a Novel i've slaved over that you'll make a fortune out of any he lies to. Me I'm trueli is.

Not listening to.

ME i didn't mean the light of.

You you've got my signature on this, One Alan. Blake but from now, on THE b AND B Publishing company can goal.

Hang Joe benson And Blake Publishing International Majestic studios offer six hundred thousand four movie rights To Heart flows The.

Sea benson And Blake publishing must have at least twelve hundred more copies Heart FLOWS Us express Collect, Rush natal Book, Club, WASHINGTON, dc.

And blake write thousand.

Copies Hard flows the scene to clear, backlog unfilled orders.

And pies no, printing, yes Mister.

BLAKE i Tried louise turn his old address and the superintendent.

Had No what about the post?

Office they, said all her mail addressed to box six five to us sent out to her, Address but it's against the.

Rule i've simply got to see. HER i can't seem to get anything done around here. Anymore thank, You Miss. Jones that's, All Miss. Jones Miss jones asked the switchboard to get Me Howard, crichton literary editor of The Daily.

News Mister blake on the other, line, last.

Let me speak to.

Her, Hello, Hello.

Luise Allan.

Blake IF i were in your office right, now lap your. Face how could you do such a?

Thing, please LOU i was.

DESPERATE i couldn't get a hold of.

YOU i had to do.

Something you fed the newspapers another pack of. LIES i don't mind your telling Them I'm.

Stronghurst but, then, please don't you UNDERSTAND i spent a week trying to trace.

You and release the yarn about me peddling hard flows.

The seat of twenty other.

Publishers and how against the judgment of your, associates and more out of sympathy than, conviction you published my, Book.

LOUISE i knew that if those fake stories about you were publishing the, newspapers you get in touch with.

Me i'm the, poor, stupid struggling author who would still be living in a garrett if it wasn't For Alan, blake the, selfless, altruistic philanthropic, publisher Or.

Louise believe, me the only REASON i said all that was to make you.

Call me right.

Now there are a lot of Things i'd like to call, you but the only REASON i did was to say goodbye.

Goodbye that's almost like an.

Active player at. All prime to, square.

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Times, man there goes the.

Curtain, allen as a junior member Of Alsop brothers and as a rival, Publisher i'd like to congratulate you on the success of you recent best.

Seller i'd flows The sea Lucky.

Stiff what's wrong with the luck of The Alsop Brothers last? Season you had the giant fell down in this season purple.

Petals, Oh i'm not.

COMPLAINING i only begrudts you your blind.

Luck that's.

All we published her first, book and then she turns around and says number two is not for.

Us, Loyalty she, says who's? She Phoebe Saint?

Claire of?

Course who in the way you spent money trying to track down the?

Author who was none of? Them in your own private secretary that was the biggest Life just.

A, minute what are you talking. ABOUT i didn't turn it. DOWN i Published Hard flows The.

SEA i closed The.

Sea i'm talking About purple. Petals loo, said you yourself next it in what? Happened she dropped in our, lap the biggest money maker Since gone with The?

Wind, Oh louise is Dbe Saint clair?

Too, yes it's very funny after that first brush, off how you persuaded her to give you a Hard clowes of The sea one of those unsolved. Mysteries, WELL i didn't expect you to understand it.

PERSONALLY i think she's carrying this loyalty thing too. Far she worked for you for four. Years, yeah but, so and.

Don't THINK i didn't know you were trying to bribe her to work for, you BECAUSE i.

No, no, no she, Said joe in spite of, Everything i'm offering my next novel TO b AND.

B i owe that much to. Them she calls You, joe certainly very close. Friends it was a matter of. FACT i have a surprise for. You louise AND i.

Are going to be. Married.

Married you know what happens when boy meets girl meet.

Preacher she's going to marry, you and she calls that. Loyalty now just a, Minute oh, NO i didn't mean. THAT i wish you all of luck in the. World but, oh you're you're going to have some sort of party to announce the coming event of the, trade aren't.

You well it might be a good, idea.

And, sure sure of course you won't be able to have in her, place lose apartments so small and so out of the, WAY i, Hear oh you.

Small, Yes but her place is near this club than mine.

Is oh that's, right Sure barkman, place isn't.

It, yeah, yeah you've lost your.

Memory she's living on North Burn crescent.

North of, Course CAN i forget, yeah North Burn, crescent of.

Course let me.

See it's the, Numbers oh, six one?

Four that was?

It?

Six, well, really you're only six hundred numbers Off louise is at twelve forty.

Six, oh certainly twelve forty? Six, yes what WAS i thinking? Of thank, You.

Joe and, FURTHERMORE i haven't the faintest idea how you discovered WHERE i, lived BUT i didn't invite.

You.

THANKS i don't mind IF i do have a seat. All it's a very comfortable place you have, here Lou or HAVE i said that?

Before you've gone over all the standard. Openings now you can.

Leave i've known you for almost five, years lou And i've always known in the back of my mind that WHEN i was ready to let go and paint the town, RED i was going to ask the union for an assistant painter like you to help.

Me that particular part of your story you can include in your next book of collected fairy, tales Mister. Blake for four YEARS i was part of the office furniture to, you like your. Desk the only difference was you never scratched a match on.

Me, OOH i don't scratch matches on my desk. ANYMORE i use that fancy lighter you gave Me Lt.

Christmas Mister, blake isn't it rather A you're making nice speeches to me after you Discover i'm Both Stephen stronghurst And Phoebe.

Sinclaire the only.

THING i discovered is That i'm in love with. You, now what do you say to?

THAT i dimple, shyly AND i murmur that you say the sweetest. Things at this, point AM i supposed to act Like eve In Purple petals and fall into your strong young arms with a strangled.

Sob, well if you, did you'd be able to write a better book Than Purple. Petals How phoebe Saint clair And Stephen Shad stronghurst can be one and the same.

Person here is something.

Easier you are. Touching declaration of you're feeling about me is three days too. Late three days AGO i decided to Marry Joe.

Alsop but you can't marry that.

That you can't Marry alsop when you're, well when you're When i'm, what when you're in love with?

Me that's why why you, overbearing, conceited?

Rude THEY i love you, too.

Dear why do you think That Bill pickle proposed to you because he likes the tiller your pretty neck when you're taking?

Dictation maybe he wants to marry? Me certainly not you.

Think he wants to marry because the tippy you are silly and those wrinkles when you. Laugh he wants you because he wants to make sure you're. Literary output goes To allsop. Brothers that's.

Why because you're dishonest and conni then you think everybody Is Joe alsop is everything you. Want he's honest and, upright steadfast and reliable and.

A, stodgy, complacent cigar swelling hypoposterus.

That proves you.

Don't know what you're talking. About there is no such.

Animal all, right all, Right, Mary but before you, do tell him you've just finished a new book you're going to let me, publish and then.

See how fast the love light in his eyes drops into a deep.

Freeze all, Right i'll do.

That i'll show, you and let.

Me be the first to know the happy.

Outcome follow me. TOMORROW i.

Told you that The Martin correspondence is in Mister benson's.

Office Mister, Blake where are the goodly?

Files Miss? Jones where are the lessing? Files Miss? Jones where are any?

Files all the files are in your right hand, drawer Mister, blake where they've been for?

Years why didn't.

Anybody tell ME i had an important appointment With gibson, yesterday Mister.

Blake on your appointment pad circled in red and, underlined there was a.

NOTE i have no time to look at my appointment, Pad Miss. Jones are you Sure louise hasn't phoned? Yet go on out to the switchboard and check the line of my. Office maybe it's out of. Order, maybe, well she didn't have to slam.

The door that, hard.

Mister.

Blake Miss, JONES i can't. WAIT i want, You.

LOUISE i see you haven't changed at all in your old.

Habitat hello LOU, i, well welcome back to the old.

Habitat how are?

You i'm a lot better than you thought i'd be at this time, today Mister. BLAKE i Told jo exactly what you.

Said oh you, did And joe changed his.

MIND i knew he.

Would we were going to be married in two. Weeks now he wants to get Married.

Monday, Oh i've, well LOU i want to wish you both of you all the luck in the.

World thank.

You.

Well by the, way as far as business, goes you can. Relax i've decided to give my next novel TO b and b if they.

Wanted, well that's very kind of Your.

Louise benson will be very.

Happy but there's only going to be one bee in the name of this.

Firm i've decided to sell. Out i'm not happy. HERE i need a.

Rest oh, well there's nothing much left to, say is.

There i'll drop around, sometime both of.

You won't you tell?

Me how did you know the tip of my nose wrinkles WHEN i?

Laugh, well you've just noticed those THINGS i suppose about a b people you?

LIKE i Suppose do you really THINK i have a pretty Nick what are you.

Trying to, Do, Louise i've said All i'm going to, say except That joe's a very lucky.

Man, well he doesn't seem to think SO i told you what he.

Said know WHAT i, Said i'd rather, not Lou let's just part the POINT i.

Said IF i married Him, Monday i'd be committing. Bigamy?

Bigamy what on earth do you?

Mean bigamy is having more than your legal rations of, husbands isn't? It, well IF i become Missus Allan blake On, sunday if there's some law that had Frowned.

Louise, louise, dear did you, say, darling.

Please take me in your, arms kiss, me then go out and get a haircut in the marriage, License.

Louise, darling DO i have to do all those THINGS i?

Saw?

Angel?

No, now, DEAR i, said you're kiss me and go out and get a. Haircut, DARLING i, said kiss me and just kiss. Me that's?

All are we? Already a little?

Darling before you?

Play but it all? Adygone plause listen to them.

Affly next week there's a corral full Of western fun for you and your family when another original play will be presented from the little. Theater it's Called Oh Bury Me, nuts a comedy romantic you want to? Hear remember next, week same, time same. Station join, us, then won't? You and in the, meantime, ladies you'll never know how pretty you can be until you try magic.

Touch and now we move out of the theater and into the. Street here's your, cab, mister first.

Snatting thank.

You Den.

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