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We present to her the Academy Award for the finest performance of the year, the unforgettable Anna in 'Dream Without End'... Miss Vicki Lester

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

You can hear this line at 00:36:11 in the radio play.

Quote context

[...]

- At a table in the corner, Esther and Oliver Niles wait anxiously for Norman to arrive.

- The master of ceremonies is speaking.

- We have already applauded with our hearts as well as our hands while awards have been given to those gentlemen...

- I wish Norman would come. Do you suppose anything's happened to him?

- Why, of course not. He's just been held up in traffic.

- Now, you think about that nice statuette you're gonna get. Go on, listen.

- We present to her the Academy Award for the finest performance of the year, the unforgettable Anna in 'Dream Without End'... Miss Vicki Lester

- Go on. Go on, Esther, get your award.

- I wish Norman were here.

- Miss Lester, if you please. What more can I say, Miss Lester? This statuette says it for all of us.

- Ladies and gentlemen, when something like this happens to you, and you try to tell how you feel about it, you find that out of all the words in the world there are only two that really mean anything. Thank you.

- All I can do is say them to you from my heart. All I can do is tell you that I'll keep...

- 'Rayyyyyy! 'Ray!

[...]

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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