Movie-Sounds.org > Old-Time Radio Quotes > Back for Christmas (Suspense)

'Now doubt we'll be back for Christmas.' But the operator had left out the 'w' and it read 'No doubt we'll be back for Christmas.'

15 seconds sound clip from the Back for Christmas (Suspense) classic radio play.

You can hear this line at 00:23:07 in the radio play.

Quote context

[...]

- Here's a copy of the radiogram you sent for your wife last evening.

- Thank you. I'll just check it over... But look here...

- What? What's the matter? Did the typist make a mistake?

- No. No, it's nothing important. She can correct it later.

- For a moment I had a feeling that Hermione had been leaning over my shoulder again, correcting what I had written, as she always did.

- I had written a radiogram to Professor Good enough and his wife...

- 'Haven't been out of my cabin the whole beastly trip. Hubert well.'

- 'Now doubt we'll be back for Christmas.' But the operator had left out the 'w' and it read 'No doubt we'll be back for Christmas.'

- Exactly what Hermione would have written!

- The rest of the trip was uneventful.

- Marion and I met in New York, just as we had planned. Just as we had planned.

- Professor and Mrs. Schumacher. We have reservations, I believe.

- Oh, yes. We've been expecting you, sir.

- Boy! Take Professor and Mrs. Schumachers's luggage up to their suite.

[...]

Back for Christmas (Suspense) Sound Clip

Back for Christmas (Suspense)Quotes from Back for Christmas- Suspense Radio Show based on a short story written by John Collier, first aired on December 23, 1943.

Actors: Peter Lorre (Hubert Schumacher)

[Amazon link] #ad

Latest Movie Sound Bites

Poll

You are using film sounds: