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Bob's popularity wherever pictures are shown, his versatility in all kinds of difficult roles, leaves me little more to say than 'welcome home' to an old friend of our theater.

11 seconds sound clip from the A Star is Born classic radio play.

You can hear this line at 00:03:07 in the radio play.

Quote context

[...]

- She was scarcely more than a child then, and if you could see her now you'd realize she's still a little girl.

- In fact, there's only one hundred pounds and five feet of her, topped by large brown eyes and dark red hair.

- Among her treasures is a little pair of black low-heeled shoes that once pattered from studio to studio as their owner searched for work. They never stopped at my door... I wish they had.

- As Esther Blodgett, Miss Gaynor makes her first appearance in the Lux Radio Theatre.

- Compared with her our co-star, Robert Montgomery of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios, is a veteran. His portrayal tonight of Norman Maine is his fourth on our stage.

- Bob's popularity wherever pictures are shown, his versatility in all kinds of difficult roles, leaves me little more to say than 'welcome home' to an old friend of our theater.

- Bob's new MGM picture with Rosalind Russell is 'Live, Love and Learn.'

- Lionel Stander resumes the role he played on the screen: Libby the publicity man.

- Also from the original cast, as Granny, comes that actress now in her fifty-fourth year of trouping, May Robson.

- Lou Merrill is heard as Oliver Niles.

- And now for our play. The Lux Radio Theatre returns to the air, bringing you Janet Gaynor and Robert Montgomery in 'A Star Is Born.'

[...]

A Star is Born Sound Clip

Janet Gaynor on the microphone recording for A Star is BornAudio quotes from the old-time radio play "A Star is Born" (1937), based on a story by Adela Rogers St. Johns, first aired on September 13, 1937 on CBS's Lux Radio Theatre.

Actors: Janet Gaynor (Esther Blodgett), Robert Montgomery (Norman Maine), Lionel Stander (Libby)

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