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Just a moment for a suggestion to the women who begin, when winter comes, to be bothered by rough, chapped hands.

8 seconds sound clip from the The 39 Steps (1937) classic radio play.

You can hear this line at 00:54:30 in the radio play.

Quote context

[...]

- Ooh. Thirty or forty years. Do you think we could keep it up that long? I mean, really.

- Well, we could try.

(Audience applause)

- Robert Mongtomery and Ida Lupino have completed 'The 39 Steps,' but they'll take a fortieth when they return later to the microphone.

- First, a word from Melville Ruick.

- Thank you, Mr. DeMille.

- Just a moment for a suggestion to the women who begin, when winter comes, to be bothered by rough, chapped hands.

- Perhaps they don't realize that the trouble may start in the simple, daily task of washing the dishes. Here's the reason.

- There are oils in your skin which give it a protective coating against cold weather outdoors and steam heat indoors. If you use a strong soap in the dish pan, these oils are dried up. Your skin gets rough and red.

- To protect these beauty oils, simply change from your harsh soap to Lux Flakes.

- Women find the difference between Lux and ordinary soaps for dishes almost unbelievable. They feel it the moment they put their hands in the dish pan.

- There is no sting in the very gentle, soothing Lux suds.

[...]

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The 39 Steps (1937) Sound Clip

The 39 StepsQuotes with sound clips from the old-time radio play "The 39 Steps" (1937), based on John Buchan's novel, first aired on December 13, 1937 on CBS's Lux Radio Theatre.

Actors: Robert Montgomery (Richard Hannay), Ida Lupino (Pamela Stuart), Isabel Jewel (Annabella Smith), Gene Lockhart (Mr. Memory), Leonard Mudie (Professor Bartlett),

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