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I've known her for many years as the most charming and gracious lady and I want you to meet her now: Miss Theda Bara.

8 seconds sound clip from the The Thin Man (1936) classic radio play.

You can hear this line at 00:52:14 in the radio play.

Quote context

[...]

- I'm going to get them back out here in a minute to talk to you.

- As you know, these broadcasts from Lux Radio Theater are quite an event in Hollywood.

- And among our many friends here tonight is one of the greatest stars of the silent pictures.

- I admired her from afar when she was doing such magnificent spectacles as Cleopatra and I was just an extra.

- Today she is the wife of one of our leading film directors.

- I've known her for many years as the most charming and gracious lady and I want you to meet her now: Miss Theda Bara.

- Thank you, Woody.

- Our Hollywood entertainment has certainly developed amazingly since I was making pictures.

- Yes, everything's different now.

- As you and I know, before our pictures grew up and started to talk, we had to translate everything into pantomime.

- You may think you have trouble today, but do you remember the difficulties we had working with a split screen?

- We had to express jealousy, hate, love, or devotion, all in pantomime.

[...]

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The Thin Man (1936) Sound Clip

The Thin ManFunny quotes with sound clips from The Thin Man - radio drama based on Dashiell Hammett's book, first broadcast on Thursday August 06, 1936 on CBS's Lux Radio Theatre.

Actors: William Powell (Nick), Myrna Loy (Nora), Porter Hall (Macauley), Minna Gombel (Mimi), Dorothy (Barbara Luddy), William Henry (Gilbert)

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