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While we're all working toward that end at the limit of our strength, we need the emotional outlet that a theater like this provides.

9 seconds sound clip from the The Moon's Our Home (1941) classic radio play.

You can hear this line at 00:55:26 in the radio play.

Quote context

[...]

- Oh, now, be polite, Carole. I might have to take back my autograph.

- But seriously, Mr. DeMille, I have enjoyed very much coming back to Lux Radio Theater.

- In the past few months I think you've really taken on a new assignment here.

- All entertainment is at a premium now and anything that lifts us out of the everyday routine for an hour or so is what we need at a time like this.

- America must be strong and we must keep it free by making it stronger still.

- While we're all working toward that end at the limit of our strength, we need the emotional outlet that a theater like this provides.

- Let me show you a little of our mail sometime, Carole, and you'll understand why we think of this as a national theater.

- Well, what's going on in it next week?

- Plenty of action, Jimmy.

- Our play is 'Johnny Apollo'... and our stars are Dorothy Lamour, Edward Arnold, and Burgess Meredith.

- 'Johnny Apollo' is the story of a father and son who lost faith in each other and of a girl named Lucky who brought them together again.

- The Twentieth Century-Fox picture made a hit on the screen and I have a distinct premonition it will do the same for us.

[...]

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The Moon's Our Home (1941) Sound Clip

The Moon's Our Home (1941)Quotes from The Moon's Our Home, Lux Radio Theatre play broadcast in 1941, adapted after Faith Baldwin's novel, featuring sound clips.

Actors: James Stewart (Anthony Amberton / John Smith), Carole Lombard (Cherry Chester / Sarah Brown), Clara Blandick (Lucy), Verna Felton (Boyce)

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