MUSIC:

"ON STAGE" THEME UP, THEN PAUSE FOR:

ANNCR:

Cathy and Elliott Lewis - On Stage.

MUSIC:

"ON STAGE" THEME SWELLS, AND CONTINUES UNDER

ANNCR:

Cathy Lewis. Elliott Lewis. Two of the most distinguished names in Radio. Appearing each week, in their own theatre. Starring in a repertory of transcribed stories of their own, and your, choosing. Radio's foremost players in Radio's foremost plays. Drama, Comedy, Adventure, Mystery, Melodrama. Ladies and gentlemen, Mr. Elliott Lewis.

MUSIC:

THEME OUT

ELLIOTT:

Good evening. May I present my wife, Cathy.

CATHY:

Good evening. And may I present our guest tonight, Ray Noble.

RAY:

Hello there.

CATHY:

Ray was kind enough to join us tonight, to help us celebrate our tenth wedding anniversary.

RAY:

For which, my heartiest congratulations.

ELLIOTT:

Thank you, Ray.

CATHY:

Thank you. A few years ago, Elliott and Ray and I made an album of records for Columbia, which we called "Happy Anniversary". Ray composed two of the songs in the album, and scored and conducted the music; and Elliott wrote the story.

ELLIOTT:

And Ray and I got you to sing again.

CATHY:

(BLUSHING) Oh.

RAY:

And, since the album's about a young couple who are celebrating their wedding anniversary...

CATHY:

And since many of you asked us to do it again for you...

ELLIOTT:

Cathy and Ray and I are going to do just that. Right now.

RAY:

Cathy... Elliott... Happy anniversary.

MUSIC:

"ON STAGE" THEME UP, THEN UNDER

SFX:

ROMANTIC CRACKLING FIREPLACE, UNDER

(THEY'RE SITTING ON THE SOFA, IN FRONT OF THE FIREPLACE. CONTENTED AND DEEPLY IN LOVE, AS THEY SOFTLY REMINISCE)

 

ELLIOTT:

Comfortable, dear?

CATHY:

M-hm. Fine.

ELLIOTT:

Is the fire too warm?

CATHY:

(NO) M-m.

ELLIOTT:

Happy sixth anniversary.

CATHY:

Happy sixth anniversary to you. Sit next to me.

ELLIOTT:

Yeah.

SFX:

HE MOVES CLOSER TO HER

CATHY:

Six years...

ELLIOTT:

Eight years since I met you.

CATHY:

(LITTLE LAUGH) Remember where we met?

ELLIOTT:

At the Senior Dance...

MUSIC:

"GOODNIGHT, SWEETHEART", UNDER

ELLIOTT:

...up at the lake.

SFX:

AFTER 7 BARS OF MUSIC, ADD CHIRPING CRICKETS AND FROGS, UNDER

(WE'RE WITH THEM WHEN THEY FIRST MET)

 

CATHY:

(TEENAGER) Listen.

ELLIOTT:

(TEENAGER) I hear it.

CATHY:

That's the last dance.

ELLIOTT:

I guess it is.

CATHY:

(UNWILLING) Gee. I have to go back inside now. I came with Seymour. I should dance at least the last dance with him.

ELLIOTT:

Do you want to?

CATHY:

No.

ELLIOTT:

Do you know something?

CATHY:

What?

ELLIOTT:

I love you.

SFX:

OUT

MUSIC:

SWELLS, AND CONTINUES, TURNING WISTFUL AFTER 12 BARS

SFX:

ADD CRICKETS AND FROGS, UNDER

CATHY:

(UNWILLING) Now, I really have to go in.

ELLIOTT:

Well, it's too late to dance any more. They're almost finished.

CATHY:

Well, I... I still have to go in. After all, Seymour brought me.

ELLIOTT:

But I love you.

CATHY:

I know. (UNWILLING) But I have to go home with Seymour.

MUSIC:

COMES TO A FINISH, UNDER

ELLIOTT:

It's too late. (LITTLE LAUGH) They're finished playing.

SFX:

PLAYFUL DESCENDING CADENZA ON PIANO, TO A FINISH, UNDER

ELLIOTT:

(LITTLE LAUGH) See?

CATHY:

(LITTLE LAUGH)

ELLIOTT:

Now, come on. I'll take you home. You don't wanna go home with him.

CATHY:

(LAUGHS) All right.

ELLIOTT:

Good. Come on. (REALIZES) Oh.

CATHY:

What is it?

ELLIOTT:

I haven't got a car.

CATHY:

Oh. That's all right. Here. Get in the back seat. Come on, hurry!

SFX:

THEY RUN TO CAR ... OPEN DOOR

ELLIOTT:

You're sure this is all right?

CATHY:

Just keep your head down. I'll ride up front.

ELLIOTT:

Who with?

CATHY:

(LAUGHING) Seymour!

MUSIC:

DRAMATIC, YET PLAYFUL ASCENDING GLISSANDO, THEN SEGUES INTO WISTFUL "ON STAGE" THEME ... ESTABLISH, THEN UNDER

SFX:

ADD CRACKLING FIREPLACE, UNDER

CATHY:

Seymour gave us a cookbook for a wedding present.

ELLIOTT:

A year to the day after our first date.

CATHY:

Uh-huh. Remember our honeymoon?

ELLIOTT:

We went to Havana.

CATHY:

We got on the boat right after the ceremony.

ELLIOTT:

It wasn't a very nice day.

MUSIC:

FADES OUT

CATHY:

Oh, I thought it was. I thought it was the most beautiful day I'd ever seen.

SFX:

STRONG OCEAN WIND, UNDER

(WE'RE WITH THEM, ON THE BOAT, ON THEIR HONEYMOON)

 

ELLIOTT:

Do you wanna go below?

CATHY:

Not if you don't mind.

ELLIOTT:

I like it. I don't want you to catch cold.

CATHY:

Oh, I won't. It's warm out.

ELLIOTT:

Sure you're not cold?

MUSIC:

"PERFIDIA" SNEAKS IN, UNDER

CATHY:

A little, I guess. You better put your arms around me.

ELLIOTT:

All right. (HE DOES)

MUSIC:

COMES UP, UNDER

CATHY:

That's better (3-BAR PAUSE) Now, I feel wonderful.

ELLIOTT:

(4-BAR PAUSE) Let's get down to our cabin.

SFX:

OUT

MUSIC:

TO A LUSH CRESCENDO ... THEN CHANGES TO A SAMBA, CONTINUING UNDER

SFX:

ADD "HAVANA STREET-FESTIVAL" AMBIENCE, UNDER

CATHY:

I love it here!

ELLIOTT:

Me too!

CATHY:

Where are we going?

ELLIOTT:

To Morro Castle.

CATHY:

Then a swim?

ELLIOTT:

Then sailing.

CATHY:

Then dancing?

ELLIOTT:

Then back to the hotel.

CATHY:

Then, let's hurry!

MUSIC:

SWELLS TO A CRESCENDO ... THEN A TANGO ... THEN A SAMBA, CONTINUING TO A FINISH

MUSIC:

"PERFIDIA" QUIET RHUMBA, UNDER

CATHY:

(DREAMILY) Oh, darling. I'm having a wonderful honeymoon.

MUSIC:

OUT

MUSIC:

LUSH FINISH ... THEN INTO "ON STAGE" THEME, UNDER

SFX:

SOFTLY CRACKLING FIREPLACE, UNDER

CATHY:

Can you remember what you got me for our first anniversary?

ELLIOTT:

(THINKING) Our... first... Let's see... No, I can't remember.

CATHY:

You came home with a big box. I unwrapped it, and there was another box inside, and I unwrapped it. And there was another box inside of it, and so forth, and so on, down to the last teeny box. And that had a little piece o' paper in it.

ELLIOTT:

Now, I remember. First anniversary: Paper.

CATHY:

(LITTLE LAUGH) M-hm. And on the paper, it said, "Look in my coat pocket". And I did. And there was my ring.

ELLIOTT:

That's a very pretty ring, you know.

CATHY:

We didn't go out that night.

ELLIOTT:

It was a funny apartment we were living in then.

MUSIC:

OUT

CATHY:

Remember how the floor squeaked when we walked around?

MUSIC:

"POEME" UP, UNDER

ELLIOTT:

It squeaked even more when we danced.

(WE'RE WITH THEM ON THEIR FIRST ANNIVERSARY)

 

CATHY:

I like to dance with you.

SFX:

AFTER 4 BARS OF MUSIC, FLOOR STARTS CREAKING, UNDER

ELLIOTT:

Hmm. (PAUSE) Floor squeaks.

CATHY:

Never mind. Just dance with me.

SFX:

CREAKING OUT

MUSIC:

CONTINUES FOR 20 BARS, THEN UNDER

ELLIOTT:

You're sure you didn't wanna go out tonight?

CATHY:

(DREAMILY) No. I just want to stay in my apartment... dance with my husband... hold my ring in the light, and watch it glitter...

MUSIC:

TURNS DREAMY & SOFT, UNDER

ELLIOTT:

I love you.

CATHY:

(DREAMILY) Dance with me.

MUSIC:

SWEEPS INTO A LUSH WALTZ AGAIN ... AFTER 12 BARS, TURNS SOFT, UNDER

SFX:

FLOOR CREAKS, AS THEY SLOW-DANCE, UNDER

ELLIOTT:

(NOTICES) Hm. (SOFTLY) Darn it. (PAUSE) This floor squeaks.

CATHY:

(DREAMILY) Never mind the squeak. Hold me... Close.

MUSIC:

TURNS TWINKLY, TO A DREAMY FINISH

MUSIC:

SHIMMERY START, INTO "ON STAGE" THEME ON PIANO, WITH VIOLINS, THEN SOFTLY, UNDER

SFX:

SOFTLY CRACKLING FIREPLACE, UNDER

ELLIOTT:

We didn't stay home the next year, though.

CATHY:

That's right. We didn't. (LAUGHS OUT LOUD)

ELLIOTT:

Something funny?

CATHY:

That was my first glass of champagne.

ELLIOTT:

You were the most beautiful girl in the Rainbow Room.

MUSIC:

LUSH PIANO, UNDER

CATHY:

Mm. Thank you. We went to New York, up to the Rainbow Room, to hear Ray Noble.

ELLIOTT:

Gee, that was a wonderful anniversary.

CATHY:

And expensive too.

ELLIOTT:

Well, how many second anniversaries do ya have?

(WE'RE WITH THEM, ON THEIR SECOND ANNIVERSARY)

 

ELLIOTT:

D'you want anything, honey?

CATHY:

No. Uh-uh. I just want to look at my handsome husband. Do you know this is the first time I've ever seen you in dinner clothes?

RAY:

Oh, pardon me. The Captain told me you were celebrating your anniversary with us tonight, so I wanted to offer my congratulations.

CATHY:

(OVERCOME) Why, thank you!

ELLIOTT:

Won't you sit down with us, Mr. Noble?

RAY:

Uh, thanks, but I'm due on the stand with the boys. Uh, is there something you'd especially like to hear.

CATHY:

Uh, yes, please. "You'd Be So Easy to Love".

RAY:

Oh, delighted! Excuse me.

ELLIOTT:

Yes, sure.

WAITER 1:

Your champagne, sir.

ELLIOTT:

(SURPRISED) Champagne?

WAITER 1:

Compliments of Mr. Noble.

SFX:

POP OF CORK ... CHAMPAGNE POURED INTO GLASSES, UNDER

MUSIC:

"YOU'D BE SO EASY TO LOVE" (WITH CLARINET ON LEAD), UNDER

ELLIOTT:

Happy anniversary, darling.

CATHY:

A very happy anniversary, darling.

MUSIC:

TURNS BUBBLY, FOR 25 BARS, THEN CONTINUES UNDER

CATHY:

(NOTICES SOMEONE ACROSS THE ROOM) Honey?

ELLIOTT:

Yeah?

CATHY:

You know, that man looks awfully familiar, doesn't he?

ELLIOTT:

(MOCK-JEALOUS) You mean, that fat, bald chap?

CATHY:

Uh-huh. I think I know him from somewhere.

ELLIOTT:

Well, how could you possibly know or have known such an unattractive man?

CATHY:

(GENTLE LAUGH) Aw, you're teasing me.

ELLIOTT:

No, I'm perfectly serious. He's remarkably overweight and hairless, isn't he?

CATHY:

(SUSPICIOUS) You know him...

ELLIOTT:

He has a very nice car. (POINTEDLY) Lovely back seat...

CATHY:

(LAUGHING) Oho! It's Seymour!

(THEY BOTH LAUGH)

 

MUSIC:

SWELLS, TO A BUBBLY FINISH, THEN OUT

SFX:

CUSTOMERS SOFTLY APPLAUD THE ORCHESTRA, UNDER

ELLIOTT:

(URGENT) Honey?

CATHY:

Yes, dear?

ELLIOTT:

Have you some money?

CATHY:

Yes. Why?

ELLIOTT:

(SHEEPISH LAUGH) I have to pay the check.

MUSIC:

SWELLS TO A PLAYFUL FINISH, THEN OUT

ANNCR:

You are listening to "Cathy and Elliott Lewis - On Stage. Tonight's play: "Happy Anniversary".

Oh, to be in England for the Coronation! But you don't have to go abroad to get complete exciting coverage of all the events that will take place June second, when Queen Elizabeth is crowned in Westminster Abbey. All you have to do is stay right where you are, on CBS Radio. And world-famous newscasters will give you an eyewitness account of all the goings-on. In the streets of London, the procession to Westminster Abbey, and the actual Coronation. Edward R. Murrow, Robert Trout, and Lowell Thomas will join CBS Radio European Chief, Howard K. Smith, and Paul Niven in London, for the great event. The ears of the world will be tuned to CBS Radio on June second, for a detailed description of the people in England, the great festivities, and the actual Coronation of Queen Elizabeth. As you listen, on CBS Radio, you'll feel as though you're right there in London, for the Coronation of the Queen.

And now, Part Two of "Happy Anniversary", starring Cathy and Elliott Lewis - On Stage!

MUSIC:

SHIMMERING INTRO, INTO "ON STAGE" THEME UP, UNDER

SFX:

SOFTLY CRACKLING FIREPLACE, UNDER

CATHY:

(A BIT WISTFUL) I wish we hadn't started this.

ELLIOTT:

Why, honey?

CATHY:

I don't like remembering the year after we went to the Rainbow Room. That was the anniversary we weren't together.

ELLIOTT:

(SNUGGLING HER) But we're so lucky, honey. I came home.

CATHY:

(WITH DEEP MEANING) I know.

MUSIC:

FADES OUT

ELLIOTT:

Remember the letter you wrote to me about the rain?

CATHY:

I remember.

ELLIOTT:

I still have it.

SFX:

DISTANT THUNDER RUMBLE ... "RAIN" AMBIENCE, UNDER

ELLIOTT:

I carried it with me, all through the War.

(WE'RE WITH CATHY, ALONE ON THE THIRD ANNIVERSARY)

 

MUSIC:

"I HADN'T ANYONE TIL YOU", ESTABLISH, THEN UNDER

CATHY:

(READING) My darling... It's raining out. It's raining so hard, that there's a little river running right down the middle of our street. I feel kinda sad... because I think of how warm and comfortable our home is, and how wet and miserable your life must be when it rains this hard over there. I'm so lonely for you. Since the night of the school dance, you've been my life. And I guess, always, I was waiting for you.

(SPEAKS IN TIME WITH MUSIC) I hadn't anyone...until you.

(SINGS) I WAS A LONELY ONE, TIL YOU.
I USED TO LIE AWAKE AND WONDER
IF THERE COULD BE
SOMEONE IN THIS FUNNY OLD WORLD
JUST MEANT FOR ME.
NOW, I SEE.

I HAD TO SAVE MY LOVE JUST FOR YOU.
I NEVER GAVE MY LOVE UNTIL YOU.

(SPEAKS) It's very late now, my darling. If it's raining there, you tell whoever's in charge, that your wife said, (CHOKING UP) please, to wear your rubbers.

MUSIC:

TO A WISTFUL, LONGING FINISH, THEN OUT

SFX:

OUT

MUSIC:

"ON STAGE" THEME UP, THEN UNDER

CATHY:

Darling? Will you poke up the fire? It's getting kind of cold.

ELLIOTT:

Why, sure.

SFX:

HE POKES AT THE FIRE ... FLAMES CRACKLE LOUDER, UNDER

ELLIOTT:

Now, that's better.

CATHY:

M-hm. Warmer and prettier.

ELLIOTT:

The next year, I was home again.

CATHY:

(DREAMILY) Oh, yes. Home again.

ELLIOTT:

And we were together. And then, we went to your mother's house, in New Orleans.

MUSIC:

"WAY DOWN YONDER IN NEW ORLEANS" ON MUTED TRUMPET, UP, THEN FADING OUT UNDER

CATHY:

(SMILING) New Orleans. And the Mardi Gras.

ELLIOTT:

(SMILING) Ah, the Mardi Gras... That was really a gay welcome-home!

(WE'RE WITH THEM ON THEIR FOURTH ANNIVERSARY)

 

SFX:

"MARDI GRAS" AMBIENCE, UNDER

MUSIC:

ADD LIVELY VERSION OF "WAY DOWN YONDER IN NEW ORLEANS", THEN FADE OUT, UNDER

SFX:

LOUD "MARDI GRAS" AMBIENCE, UNDER

ELLIOTT:

This is wonderful!

CATHY:

You're not too tired?

ELLIOTT:

Well, wearing a chalk-striped suit makes me feel very reckless.

CATHY:

Let's walk toward the Vieux Carre.

SFX:

OUT

MUSIC:

HARP GLISSANDO INTO LIVELY VERSION OF "WAY DOWN YONDER IN NEW ORLEANS", THEN FADES OUT

SFX:

"MARDI GRAS" ATMOSPHERE UP, UNDER

ELLIOTT:

Look over there! It's a parade!

CATHY:

They're marching this way! Come on!

ELLIOTT:

Okay! Follow me!

(THEY RUN TO THE PARADE)

 

SFX:

FADES UNDER

MUSIC:

NEW ORLEANS JAZZ BAND VERSION OF "WAY DOWN YONDER IN NEW ORLEANS", GRADUALLY TURNING INTO SOFT, WISTFUL VIOLIN VERSION, FADING OUT

SFX:

SLIGHTLY DISTANT "MARDI GRAS" AMBIENCE, UNDER

CATHY:

Come on!

ELLIOTT:

Where to?

CATHY:

Back to Mom's house! We'll put on our costumes!

ELLIOTT:

Yeah? And then?

CATHY:

Then, we'll march in the parade!

ELLIOTT:

March in a parade??? Oh, my aching back!

MUSIC:

DRAMATIC, CARNIVAL-LIKE, UP AND TO A FINISH, THEN OUT

MUSIC:

"ON STAGE" THEME, UP, THEN UNDER

SFX:

CRACKLING FIREPLACE, UNDER

ELLIOTT:

The next year was the, uh... the disagreement.

CATHY:

(SMILING) Yes. We wouldn't have had it, except for me.

ELLIOTT:

No, it was my fault.

CATHY:

No... It was mine. I was a poor sport.

ELLIOTT:

Well, anyway, we went out on the town, and... I had a few too many.

CATHY:

You kept asking for "Yesterdays", everywhere we went.

(WE'RE WITH THEM ON THEIR FIFTH ANNIVERSARY)

 

MUSIC:

JAZZY VERSION OF "YESTERDAYS", FOR 8 BARS, THEN UNDER

ELLIOTT:

Isn't that a pretty song?

CATHY:

M-hm. I thought so, before I heard THEM play it.

ELLIOTT:

Well, here's looking at you!

CATHY:

Happy anniversary.

SFX:

CLINK OF GLASSES

(THEY DRINK)

 

ELLIOTT:

(TIPSY) Waiter, another round!

CATHY:

Oh, honey, honey. Don't you think we've had enough?

ELLIOTT:

One more little drink here, and then we'll leave.

MUSIC:

LANGUID HAWAIIAN VERSION OF "YESTERDAYS", UNDER

SFX:

CHIRPING EXOTIC BIRDS, UNDER

ELLIOTT:

(DRUNK) This is much better than the last place, because the birds in the cages are very colourful. (CALLING) Waiter?

CATHY:

(LIGHT, BUT FIRM) Now, that's enough. If you order another drink, you do it without me.

ELLIOTT:

Whats'a matter with you?

CATHY:

(WHEEDLING) Honey, we've had enough. And besides, I have a headache. I wanna go home.

ELLIOTT:

Then go home. I'm not stopping you from going home.

SFX:

CHIRPING OUT

MUSIC:

SOFT STEEL-GUITAR, FADING OUT

CATHY:

All right. That's just what I WILL do. A- and I think maybe you'd better go to a hotel tonight. Goodnight. Have a good time.

ELLIOTT:

(WITH A FLOURISH) And goodnight to you! (CALLING) Waiter?

MUSIC:

TREMOLO VERSION OF "YESTERDAYS" FOR 4 BARS, THEN CONTINUING SOFTLY, UNDER

ELLIOTT:

(VERY DRUNK) Now, this place is the best, honey. (REALIZES) Oh, she's gone. (TEARFUL) I'm a lonely man without a friend in the world.

MUSIC:

WISTFUL VIOLINS TAKE UP THE SONG, UNDER

ELLIOTT:

(TEARFUL) What a lovely song.

MUSIC:

AFTER 5 BARS, TURNS INTO A LATIN VERSION FOR 20 BARS, THEN INTO TREMOLO VERSION AGAIN, UNDER

CATHY:

(AS IF TO A CHILD) Come on, honey. We've got to go home.

ELLIOTT:

(MUMBLES DRUNKENLY)

WAITER 2:

Is he a relative o' yours?

CATHY:

He's my husband, waiter. I've been following him around all evening.

WAITER 2:

What's he tryin' to prove?

ELLIOTT:

(SMILING DRUNKENLY) Anniversary.

CATHY:

(SMILING AT HIS DOPINESS) He's celebrating our wedding anniversary. He did it a little too hard, that's all. (TO ELLIOTT) Come on, honey. Let's go home.

MUSIC:

UP TO A SHIMMERING FINISH, THEN INTO "ON STAGE" THEME, WITH TRUMPET ON LEAD, THEN STRINGS, UNDER

SFX:

SOFTLY CRACKLING FIRE, UNDER

CATHY:

Fire's dying.

ELLIOTT:

Should I fix it?

CATHY:

No, leave it. It's late anyway.

ELLIOTT:

All right.

CATHY:

Kiss me?

ELLIOTT:

M-hm.

(THEY KISS)

 

MUSIC:

"GOODNIGHT, SWEETHEART", UNDER

ELLIOTT:

(LITTLE CHUCKLE) Am I a success?

CATHY:

(SMILING) M-hm.

ELLIOTT:

Listen.

CATHY:

It's the last dance again.

ELLIOTT:

You came with me, this time. You'll dance it with me.

CATHY:

(SMILING) All right. I've had a lovely time at the dance. Thank you for bringing me.

ELLIOTT:

Thank you for coming.

CATHY:

(LITTLE LAUGH) And the corsage was beautiful. Gardenias are one of my favourite flowers.

MUSIC:

SOFT, ROMANTIC PIANO TAKES THE MELODY, UNDER

ELLIOTT:

Next time, it'll be orchids. A dozen of them. Long-stemmed. (CHUCKLES)

CATHY:

(LITTLE LAUGH) Silly.

ELLIOTT:

Look. The fire is almost out.

CATHY:

It's been a wonderful evening.

ELLIOTT:

I think every year is our nicest anniversary.

CATHY:

(NOTICING) Look. The fire looks like a horse. See?

ELLIOTT:

M-hm. With nine legs. If I knew his name, I'd make a two-dollar Show bet on him.

CATHY:

(CHUCKLES) Let's sit and watch.

ELLIOTT:

All right.

MUSIC:

TURNS RICH AND DREAMY, THEN UP TO A PIANO SOLO THAT SCAMPERS OUT, AND PAUSES FOR...

CATHY:

(DREAMY) May I have another kiss?

ELLIOTT:

(SMILING, WHISPERS) You bet.

(THEY KISS)

 

MUSIC:

PIANO CADENZA, THEN A GLISSANDO, THEN SOFT STRINGS, UNDER

ELLIOTT:

Goodnight, darling.

CATHY:

Goodnight.

MUSIC:

TO A SOFT, TWINKLY VERSION OF "ON STAGE" THEME, AND A DREAMY FINISH

ANNCR:

"Happy Anniversary", starring Cathy and Elliott Lewis - On Stage. In a moment, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis will tell you about next week's play.

This Friday night, there's "Music In the Air" that's REALLY in the air, because the program will be devoted to melodies of outer space and out-of-this-world. The moon and stars, the deep blue sea, and other such out-of-the-way locales familiar to lovers, will be serenaded in fine style, by your baritone host, Donald Richards, by the rest of the "Music In the Air" cast, and by Alfredo Antonini and his orchestra. That's this Friday night, on most of these same CBS Radio stations.

And now, once again, Cathy and Elliott Lewis.

MUSIC:

"ON STAGE" TRANSITIONAL, THEN OUT

CATHY:

All of our thanks tonight, to one of the most gifted musicians we know: Ray Noble. He wrote "The Very Thought of You" and "Goodnight, Sweetheart". He orchestrated all of the music you just heard, and he conducted the orchestra.

ELLIOTT:

And, in answer to your questions, he wrote our theme song. And "Happy Anniversary" is where it first appeared.

RAY:

And thank you both.

ELLIOTT:

Manny Klein was the trumpeter in Havana, when we were on our honeymoon.

CATHY:

And Red Nichols joined us in New Orleans.

ELLIOTT:

But all of the men and women in the orchestra were outstanding. (SHEEPISH SMILE) We're late, though, and there were twenty-nine of them.

RAY:

Next week, Cathy and Elliott will do a new adaptation of Anton Chekhov's "The Bear", written for them by Walter Brown Newman. Until then, they say to all of you, "Thank you for listening, and goodnight."

MUSIC:

"ON STAGE" THEME UP, UNDER

ANNCR:

Music for tonight's story was arranged and conducted by Ray Noble. And the program was transcribed and directed by Mr. Lewis. George Walsh speaking.

America's forty-five million radio families listen most to the CBS Radio Network.

MUSIC:

"ON STAGE" THEME CONTINUES TO END