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BEST BROADCASTS OF 1939-40
Libbey. — How is it in the back? Is it all right there?
Stella. — How’s it supposed to be ? You never bought a suit with tails before. They just hang. They hang all right.
Music. — Swells in .. . then drops under.
Stella. — Well, John?
Libbey. — I like it.
Stella. — Yes, but should I take it?
Libbey. — I’d take it. It’s the prettiest dress I ever seen on you, Stella.
Music. — Swells in . . . mix into operatic aria, as if played by orchestra in the pit far off -mike and sung by soprano voice far off-mike . . . mix into descriptive music . . . hold . . . mix into the roar of a fight crowd . . . hold . . . roar subsides and stays under as we hear
Voice. — {Far off-mike) The winner and still heavyweight cham¬ pion of the world, Joe Louis!!
Sound. — Roar of acclaim sweeps in . . . hold . . . mix into descriptive music . . . hold . . . mix into the whirl of the roulette wheel, the hum of voices in the background, the whirling ball as it rolls to a stop.
Croupier. — Eighteen on the red.
Sound. — Chips ... the whirl of the roulette wheel.
Croupier. — Bets, please.
Sound. — The ball coming to a stop.
Croupier. — Twenty-two on the black.
Sound. — Chips . . . whirling wheel . . . descriptive music swells in .. . music mixes into typical melody played by hand organ . . . hold . . . then keep in background for
Libbey. — An organ-grinder, Stella.
Stella. — John, let him have something. Have you something?
Organ-grinder. — {After silence, far off-mike ) Grazias, grazias, signor, grazias!
Stella. — How much did you give him, John?
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