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The audience has sat comfortably through the acrobats, the singers and the whirlwind dancers. But now they're restless.

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

You can hear this line at 00:03:56 in the radio play.

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[...]

- A highly entertaining miss, you'll meet her tonight in the role of Pamela.

- Isabel Jewel, featured in such hit films as Lost Horizon and Marked Woman is heard as Annabella.

- And Gene Lockhart, top-flight character actor back from the New York stage, is Mr. Memory.

- And now for the play. The Lux Radio Theatre presents Robert Montgomery and Ida Lupino in The 39 Steps, with Isabel Jewell and Gene Lockhart.

- A London Music Hall. The evening performance is on and the theatre is jammed to the doors.

- The audience has sat comfortably through the acrobats, the singers and the whirlwind dancers. But now they're restless.

- The manager appears on the stage to announce the featured act. His hand is raised for silence.

(AUDIENCE BOOS AND JEERS)

- Ladies and gentlemen! With your kind permission, I now have the honor to present to you one of the most remarkable men in the world.

- I present Mr. Memory!

- Every day, this remarkable mentality commits 50 new facts to memory. 50, ladies and gentlemen! Facts from history, geography, newspapers, scientific books! Millions and millions of them! And he remembers them all!

[...]

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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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