Radio City Playhouse - Blackout
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What setup and opening announcements introduce Radio City Playhouse’s ‘Blackout’?
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Thank you very much. Thank you.
The National Broadcasting Company presents Radio City Playhouse, Attraction 51, Blackout, as written and directed by Harry W. Junkin. Ladies and gentlemen, here is Harry W. Junkin.
Good evening. Tonight we are very happy indeed to welcome Miss Jan Miner back to Radio City Playhouse after an absence of almost ten weeks. To our regular listeners, she needs no introduction. To our new listeners, may we say that she is one of the busiest, most talented, most charming, and most sought-after actresses in New York. She is heard regularly over NBC and Laura Lawton, Road of Life, and The Eternal Light, to name only a few. Co-starring with Jan Miner tonight is Mr. Arnold Moss, who will shortly be seen in a featured role in the new Eagle-Lion picture, Reign of Terror. Mr. Moss, too, is a veteran NBC actor, and in between many radio and television engagements, he is at the moment working on the part of Malvolio in Twelfth Night, which will open on Broadway this fall.
Here, then, is Jan Miner as Jane and Arnold Moss as Johnny in Blackout, Attraction 51 on Radio City Playhouse.
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Hello?
Roger, this is Jane Bermont.
Oh, honey, it's 7 o'clock in the morning. Are you out of your mind?
Roger, was Johnny with you last night?
Oh, yes, for a while. Why?
Because he isn't home yet, and I'm worried.
I thought maybe he... Now, look, Jane, it was sort of a celebration, you know. Murdoch being made editor and everything, I really... Roger.
He didn't take a drink, did he?
Yes, honey, I'm afraid he tied one on. Roger.
He promised. He knows what happens when he drinks. He promised me. Roger, haven't you any idea where he might be?
Oh, Jane, go back to bed and relax. Johnny will be all right.
Roger, I... Hello? Hello? Hello?
Jane Bermont's face is drawn and worried. She looks out the window, sees nothing, and returns to the center of the room where she stands uncertainly. At this exact moment, a man turns off Lexington Avenue onto 71st Street. For most people, a new day is just beginning, but for Johnny Bermont, an evening has just ended. His expensive suit is wet and torn. One sleeve of his overcoat is missing entirely. His nose has been bleeding and the blood is caked on his shirt front. His face is very dirty and he's lost his hat. Oh, Johnny doesn't care about any of this because... Johnny is a pathological drinker. A dipsomaniac in the most literal sense of the word. Nobody seems to mind this except his wife because... Johnny's charming.
He loves people and everybody... And when he's drunk, he thinks everybody loves him. It never occurs to him that anyone would be revulsed by his appearance or his smell. He throws his arm around the doorman, and the doorman doesn't protest. He's used to Johnny. He's a little nauseated by Johnny's closeness, but he's very kind as he helps him into the elevator. The doorman understands that Johnny is just Johnny.
There's an angel on my knee. Hey, take it easy, Mr. Berman.
The elevator's mad at me.
Oh, no, the elevator loves you. It told me so yesterday. It did?
Well, then I'll kiss it.
Good old elevator.
Hey.
Where am I? You're almost in your apartment. Yeah, I know, but what city? Here you are, Mr. Berman. Just take it easy. Thanks.
Oh, golly, was I in a fight. Oh, boy, oh, boy. You're a good fellow, Patterson. And was I in a fight? I took Frank Murdock, you know him? No, I don't, Mr. Berman. Watch your mouth. That's it. Jumped up and down on his face until I kicked all his brains out. Brain. He hasn't got any brain. I tell you, I killed him. I absolutely murdered him. That'll teach you. Here you are, Mr. Belmont.
Just hang on to the wall, Mr. Belmont. Good old wall. Hey, maybe Mrs. Belmont isn't up. Should I unlock the door? Who is it?
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Chapters
3 chaptersSpeakers
8 identified
Arnold Moss (Johnny Bermont) / Narrator (primary male lead) 9 min
Jan Miner (Jane Bermont) 7 min
Harry W. Junkin (announcer/host) 2 min
Roger (friend) / Unknown actor 1 min
Patterson (bystander/porter) / Louis Van Rooten (likely) 1 min
Grainger Advertisement Announcer
Advertisement Announcer (Boots commercial)
Herb Butterfield / Dr. Levering (matched with Herb Waterfield)