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On the stage, the star just enters. But on the screen, she's introduced with a big close up. A picture of the star's face, many times larger than life size.

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

You can hear this line at 00:37:35 in the radio play.

Quote context

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- If all the people who've contributed to the story got screen credit, it would look like a page from the telephone directory!

- You've written for both the stage and screen. Tell the folks how they're different.

- Well, pictures have less talk, but they tell more in less time. Like concentrated foods, all the good and none of the waste.

- In the theater, everything must be brought to the audience. On the screen, you take your audience wherever the camera can go.

- And here's another important point that comes right back to your 'Lux Radio Theater'.

- On the stage, the star just enters. But on the screen, she's introduced with a big close up. A picture of the star's face, many times larger than life size.

- Every time a movie star's complexion is mentioned in this 'Lux Radio Theater', I think of those close ups.

- Those stars just have to be beautiful! And they've found that Lux Toilet Soap helps them look their best!

- Producers know it, too! And that's why it's the official soap in all the great studios in Hollywood.

- Right Woody?

- Right on the nose, Jim! Thanks for coming over.

- Thanks for asking me. Goodnight!

[...]

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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