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If you use Lux Flakes, they can stay lovely three times as long.

6 seconds sound clip from the Christmas in July (1944) classic radio play.

You can hear this line at 00:42:06 in the radio play.

Quote context

[...]

- See if you can tell the difference between these two sounds.

- Yes, one's short and one's long. But that's not all. Listen again carefully.

- That's right, the second one lasted three times longer than the first.

- Now that's exactly what can happen with your undies.

- If you wash them the wrong way, they soon look old and drab.

- If you use Lux Flakes, they can stay lovely three times as long.

- Quite a difference isn't there? But it's true.

- Actual washing tests proved it. We purposely washed pretty slips and nighties the wrong way, you know with strong soap and too hot water.

- You should've seen them after thirty washings of that kind! Half their color was gone, and some of the straps and seams were frayed and pulled apart.

- But then we washed the same kind of undies in gentle lukewarm Lux suds, and they came out beautifully.

- Still colorful and lovely and new looking!

[...]

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Christmas in July (1944) Sound Clip

The African Queen (1952)Funny quotes with sound clips from Christmas in July - Lux Radio Theatre play originally broadcast on June 25, 1944.

Actors: Dick Powell (Jimmy), Linda Darnell (Betty), Raymond Walburn (Maxford), Lionel Barrymore (Narrator)

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