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The Lux Radio Theatre, starring Tyrone Power, David Niven and Jane Greer in "The Bishop's Wife."
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00:00Lux presents Hollywood.
00:11Lever Brothers Company, the makers of Lux Flakes, bring you the Lux Radio Theater.
00:17Starring Tyrone Power, David Niven, and Jane Greer in The Bishop's Wife.
00:24Ladies and gentlemen, your producer, Mr. William Keeley.
00:30Greetings from Hollywood, ladies and gentlemen.
00:36Home again after an absence of a year and a half is one of America's favorite stars.
00:42And he's here tonight to lend an extra thrill to our holiday season.
00:47I mean, of course, Tyrone Power, who joins David Niven and Jane Greer in our Christmas present to you.
00:55The delightful play, The Bishop's Wife.
00:59Samuel Goldwyn's fine and sensitive screen production won your hearts as well as your applause.
01:06And those who saw the picture will have a special welcome tonight for David Niven, who plays his original screen role as the bishop.
01:14I'm sure most of you are quite busy these days with last-minute shopping and getting the house in order for the holidays.
01:22A time of year when you'll need plenty of Lux Flakes.
01:26In fact, there's a most unusual holiday use for Lux Flakes on your Christmas tree, which we'll tell you about later.
01:32Now the curtain for act one of The Bishop's Wife, starring Tyrone Power as Dudley, David Niven as the bishop, and Jane Greer as Julia.
01:43It's a late afternoon in December.
01:54In a rather shabby section of a large city, two old friends have an unexpected meeting.
02:00Julia, what a wonderful surprise, my dear, beautiful Julia.
02:03Professor Wotheridge, but what are you doing here?
02:06I'm about to negotiate the purchase of the Christmas tree.
02:08I didn't know you celebrated Christmas.
02:10I thought you had no religion.
02:11No, I don't, but I like a Christmas tree.
02:13Reminds me of my childhood.
02:15Can you imagine me ever having been a child?
02:17Tell me, how's Henry?
02:19Oh, he's well, I suppose, but so tired and worried.
02:22You're raising money for the new cathedral, huh?
02:24Slow work, Professor.
02:25And you, how's your book coming?
02:26Oh, splendidly.
02:27Greatest history of Rome since Gibbons.
02:29I wish it weren't so late.
02:31The cathedral committee's meeting with Henry.
02:32I really should be there.
02:34Well, one of these days we'll have time for a nice talk again.
02:36Oh, here, here, for Henry's cathedral.
02:39This coin?
02:39It has very little value, I'm afraid.
02:41Just an old Roman coin.
02:42I picked it up years ago in Italy.
02:44Oh, it's a wonderful contribution.
02:46Nonsense.
02:47Might be called the widow's mite, only I'm not a widow.
02:50Julia, what's the matter?
02:52Nothing.
02:54Well, if Henry and I could only spend Christmas back here,
02:57where we were so happy, with you, with all our old friends.
03:00Now, now, now.
03:02Oh, I'm sorry.
03:03It was really very childish of me.
03:05Goodbye, Professor.
03:06Goodbye, Julia.
03:08Why, Professor, how good to see you again.
03:12Hmm?
03:13Who are you?
03:14And how well you look after all these years.
03:17Well, don't you remember me?
03:19Let's see.
03:20It, uh, it wasn't Vienna, was it?
03:22Vienna.
03:22Beautiful old Vienna.
03:24When I was lecturing on Roman history.
03:26And what splendid lectures they were.
03:29And what a one you were with the ladies.
03:31I fancy you remembering that.
03:33I, uh, I've been standing on the corner watching you, Professor.
03:36You and Julia.
03:37You know Julia?
03:38In a way, yes.
03:39Poor girl.
03:40She's unhappy?
03:41Yes.
03:41When were you in Vienna?
03:44Oh, many times.
03:46I, uh, I'm interested in Julia, Professor, and Henry.
03:50What seems to be their trouble?
03:52Oh, no special trouble, I imagine.
03:54Henry's a bishop now, hmm?
03:55Oh, yes.
03:56That used to be his church over there.
03:58St. Timothy's.
03:59Perishing from neglect.
04:01It's such a nice little church.
04:03Well, delighted to have seen you again, Professor.
04:07Strange.
04:08Unless I've completely lost my memory, I've never seen that fellow before in my life.
04:20Julia?
04:21I'm terribly sorry I'm so late, Henry.
04:23Has everyone gone?
04:24Yes, dear, some time ago.
04:26Not another argument, Henry.
04:28Mrs. Hamilton won't...
04:28Mrs. Hamilton is a selfish, vain old...
04:31She made it very clear, Julia.
04:32Either we build the cathedral the way she wants it, or it won't be built at all.
04:35Oh, what a ghastly meeting.
04:37You didn't give in to her.
04:38Indeed not.
04:39I made it very clear I have no intention of being strangled by her purse strings.
04:43Oh, Henry, I'm proud of you.
04:44I had the most unchristian impulse to take those blueprints and give her a good whack over a mink coat.
04:50I beg your pardon, Bishop.
04:51Yes, Miss Cursoway?
04:52Mr. Trevor's on the phone.
04:53Tell him the bishop will call him back, please, after dinner.
04:56Yes, Mrs. Rowe.
04:58Henry, what's happened to you?
05:00To us?
05:01To our marriage?
05:02That's a strange question to ask.
05:04No, we used to be so happy.
05:05We used to make other people happy.
05:08Henry, that was your gift.
05:09You're no financier, and you're no promoter.
05:12Kowtowing to people, flattering them, begging them.
05:14It's got to be done, Julia.
05:16I want this cathedral to stand like a great beacon.
05:19I want his light to shine.
05:20I want...
05:20Yes, yes, Henry.
05:22Oh, here.
05:23Here's a contribution I collected.
05:25Oh, what is it?
05:26It's an all-Roman coin from Professor Wetheridge.
05:28What does he think I can do with it?
05:30Well, it's a beginning.
05:32Now all you need is just another four million dollars.
05:34Julia, don't be flippant about this.
05:37Well, if dinner's ready, let's have it over with.
05:39I've got a lot of work to do tonight.
05:43The soup's very good, Matilda.
05:45Oh, thank you, Mrs. Brown.
05:47Oh, Julia, I'm...
05:48I'm sorry.
05:49I was so thoughtless just now.
05:50I was...
05:51I was just thinking, tomorrow, perhaps we could spend the day together.
05:55Henry.
05:55Call on the Professor, maybe.
05:57Have lunch at Michelle's.
05:58Michelle's.
05:59Oh, it's been years since we've been there.
06:00Oh, please, forgive me.
06:02Yes, Miss Cassoway?
06:03Well, I've been trying to explain to Mr. Trevor,
06:05but he simply insists upon talking to you.
06:07Oh, Julia.
06:07He's on the cathedral committee, isn't he?
06:09Well, go ahead, dear.
06:10You'd better talk to him.
06:12Yes, Mr. Trevor.
06:14Very well, Mr. Trevor.
06:15I'll be there.
06:1710.30 tomorrow morning.
06:19Good night.
06:21You may as well go home now, Miss Cassoway.
06:23Oh, but there's still a great deal of work to do, sir.
06:25You're a secretary, not a machine.
06:26Now run along.
06:28Oh, and don't forget, you have a speech to make tomorrow at the Junior Assembly.
06:30Oh, no.
06:31What time?
06:32It's a luncheon meeting, one o'clock.
06:34Good night, Bishop.
06:35Good night, Miss Cassoway.
06:39Oh, God, what am I to do?
06:43Can't you help me?
06:44Can't you tell me?
06:46Oh, God, please.
06:48Please help me.
06:54Yes?
06:55Good evening.
06:56Oh, what can I do for you?
06:57That isn't the question, Henry.
07:00Oh, well, what is it?
07:01What can I do for you?
07:03Look, I'm afraid you must telephone for an appointment.
07:05I'm in the middle of dinner.
07:06I know, Henry.
07:07But you ask for help, you know.
07:09I ask...
07:10Who told you I asked for help?
07:13Well, you are known to be a good man and you were heard.
07:15I was instructed to come here and answer to your prayer.
07:19Who are you?
07:21I'm an angel.
07:23I beg your pardon?
07:25An angel.
07:26An angel.
07:28I knew it.
07:28I knew it.
07:29I've been working too hard.
07:30Now, now, now, now.
07:31Don't be alarmed.
07:32I know it's hard to believe even for you, but this is my district and I...
07:36Do you mind if I sit down?
07:37No, no, no, please do.
07:39Now, now, let's see.
07:40You have some problems concerning the building of a new cathedral.
07:43Yes.
07:44Oh, here.
07:44Here's a picture of it.
07:46Beautiful.
07:47Magnificent.
07:49Well, Henry, do you believe I am what I say I am?
07:52Well, how can I?
07:53Nothing but your word for it.
07:55But you are a bishop.
07:56You, of all people, can trust the word of an angel.
07:59Well, what do you propose to do?
08:00Perform a miracle?
08:01If necessary.
08:02Oh, why don't you?
08:03Why don't you create a cathedral with a wave of your hand?
08:05Oh, no, no.
08:06You wouldn't want me to do that, would you?
08:08How would you explain it?
08:09Well, I...
08:10Henry, is anything wrong?
08:13Oh, oh, I'm sorry.
08:14I didn't know you had a caller.
08:16Oh, how have you been, Julia?
08:17I'm Dudley.
08:18Henry is engaging me to help him with his work.
08:20You mean you're going to be his assistant?
08:22That's it, exactly.
08:23I'm going to try to help Henry to get some relaxation.
08:25Oh, that's just what I've been praying for.
08:27Oh, you too.
08:28Henry, I'm so relieved, dear.
08:30Where do you come from, Dudley?
08:32Oh, all around.
08:34Julia, this man claims that he's an...
08:35I, uh, I've been doing social service work downtown.
08:39Julia, if you don't mind, I must talk to this gentleman alone.
08:42We were just having dinner, Dudley.
08:44Won't you join us?
08:45Well, that's very kind of you, but I really must go.
08:47I'll see you both in the morning.
08:48In the morning?
08:49Oh, yes.
08:50Bright and early.
08:51I wait in the dining room, Henry.
08:52Good night.
08:53Oh, good night, Julia.
08:56Are you, uh...
08:57Are you sure you're an angel?
08:58Oh, I...
09:00I know it isn't easy, Henry, but you've just got to take me on faith.
09:04Yes, but for how long?
09:05How long will it take?
09:06Until you can utter another prayer and say that you have no further need of me.
09:10Then I'll be gone and forgotten.
09:12Julia's waiting, Henry.
09:13Yes, I know, but I still don't understand...
09:16Dudley!
09:17Dudley, where are you?
09:18Dudley!
09:19Dudley!
09:19What's wrong, Henry?
09:25You look so pale.
09:27I, uh...
09:27Do I?
09:28Sit down, dear.
09:29Henry, what's the rest of Dudley's name?
09:32I don't know.
09:33Why, Henry, you're trembling.
09:35I'm not surprised a lesser man would...
09:36would quiver.
09:37Well, you'll feel better after you've eaten.
09:40Matilda's baked your favorite dessert, dear.
09:42Angel food cake.
09:44Henry!
09:44Henry, welcome!
09:49Bishop, Bishop Brougham!
09:53Oh, good morning, Miss Cazaway.
09:54Hi, I was just in your study, sir.
09:56There's a man in there.
09:58He says he's your new assistant.
10:00Oh, then he did come back.
10:01He says we're going to be working together.
10:03Yes, it doesn't seem much I can do about it.
10:05Well, run along to the office, Miss Cazaway.
10:08I'll go in and see you.
10:08Yes, sir.
10:10Well, here I am, Henry.
10:12Completely at your service.
10:14Now, it may interest you to know I didn't sleep 20 minutes last night.
10:16I don't mind adding I'm in a highly nervous condition.
10:19Oh, well, then, the first thing we'll have to...
10:22Oh, good morning, Julia.
10:23Good morning, Dudley.
10:24It's a lovely day.
10:26Lovely.
10:26Henry and I are going out together.
10:28Oh, Julia, I'm terribly sorry, but we can't.
10:31I got to see Mr. Trevor at 10.30, and after that there's the junior assembly.
10:34But you promised Henry.
10:36Yes, I know I did.
10:37Well, Dudley could represent you at those meetings, couldn't he?
10:40Could I?
10:41Oh, that's out of the question.
10:42They expect me.
10:43They would never do if I sent an assistant.
10:45Excuse us, Dudley.
10:47I want to speak to my wife.
10:48Oh, of course.
10:49In the hall, dear.
10:52Julia, you see, the trouble is...
10:54Well, that man in there...
10:56Oh, I can't explain...
10:57Don't even try, Henry.
10:58Oh, but you mustn't think...
10:59This is the way it is.
11:00This is the way it always will be.
11:03Well, I'll tell Matilda she can have the day off for Christmas shopping.
11:06I'll take care of Debbie.
11:08I'll see you at dinner, Henry.
11:11What are you doing, Dudley?
11:12I'm just looking through your files, Henry.
11:14Well, I see that Mrs. Hamilton has pledged a million dollars to the cathedral fund.
11:18But she hasn't sent her check.
11:20Well, never mind that file.
11:21That's work for a bookkeeper, not an...
11:22Work for a bookkeeper.
11:24Well, so you're beginning to believe in me.
11:27I don't know who you are.
11:29I don't know where you came from or who sent you.
11:30I only wish you'd make haste.
11:32Because the cathedral must be built?
11:33Obviously, that's the most important thing.
11:35Or because Julia must be happy.
11:36It's going to be difficult to help you, Henry, unless I'm sure of what it is that you really want.
11:42Yes, well, I'm afraid you'll have to excuse me.
11:44Mr. Trevor likes punctuality.
11:46Well, run along, Henry.
11:47This file's in an awful mess.
11:48I think I'll reorganize it.
11:50I still think you're wasting your time on unimportant details.
11:52Oh, nothing's unimportant, Henry.
11:54Remember, we're interested in even the lowliest sparrow.
11:57Oh, hello, Debbie.
12:06Well, come in, come in.
12:08How did you do that just now?
12:09All those cards in Daddy's file?
12:12You just waved your hand and they all jumped out of the box and jumped in again.
12:16Oh, that.
12:16Well, it's just my system of rearranging card files.
12:19Do it again.
12:20Some other time, hmm?
12:21You're Dudley, aren't you?
12:23Mommy told me.
12:24Mommy says you're very nice.
12:26Well, that's extremely kind of Mommy.
12:28She said that maybe with you here, maybe we'll get to see Daddy once in a while.
12:33Yes, maybe we will.
12:35Debbie, there'll be enough out of you, dear.
12:36Come along.
12:37Yes, Mommy.
12:37So you're going out?
12:38To the park.
12:39I'm going to play in the snow.
12:41Goodbye, Dudley.
12:42Goodbye, Debbie.
12:43Have a good time.
12:53Julia.
12:54Dudley.
12:54I didn't expect to see you here.
12:56Oh, I often walk in the park.
12:58Well, Debbie seems to be having a fine time.
13:01Regular snowbird.
13:02Aren't you supposed to be working?
13:04I always take a walk before lunch.
13:06Relaxing, you know.
13:06Oh, I wish you could convince Henry of that.
13:08Speaking of lunch, Julia, I thought I'd go to Michelle's.
13:11Ever been there?
13:12Michelle's?
13:13Yes.
13:14We used to go there often, years ago.
13:16How about going there today?
13:17You and I, to Michelle's?
13:19Oh, no.
13:20No, I couldn't.
13:21Why not?
13:22Well...
13:22Oh, surely you don't think Henry would mind.
13:23Oh, no, no.
13:24It isn't that.
13:25Well, you see, Matilda's off shopping and I'll have to look after Debbie.
13:30Oh, yes.
13:31Yes, sir.
13:33But here's Matilda now.
13:35Hello, Mrs. Brome.
13:36Matilda.
13:37I just thought, Mrs. Brome, I just thought that if you wish, I'll take Debbie home.
13:41But, Matilda, you're shopping.
13:43Oh, I finished it.
13:44I finished it so quick.
13:46It was just like a miracle.
13:48You don't say.
13:49I thought Debbie might like to go home and make Christmas cookies.
13:52Oh, I'm sure she'd love to, but...
13:53Well, then, Mrs. Brome, I'll just go and get her.
13:57Well, Julia, Michelle's?
13:59I think that would be very nice.
14:02Good.
14:03Dudley.
14:04Yes?
14:05Just a minute ago, when you said you saw Matilda.
14:08Yes.
14:09Oh, it's nonsense.
14:10Oh, what's nonsense?
14:12You were looking the other way when you said you saw her.
14:15Oh, I was?
14:17I mean, I mean, I thought you were.
14:20How silly of me.
14:21Wait here, Dudley.
14:22I'll say goodbye to Debbie.
14:28Julia.
14:29Julia, I'm home, Julia.
14:31Why, Bishop, I...
14:33I thought you were out for lunch.
14:35Well, I cancelled my appointment, Matilda.
14:37Now, Mrs. Brome and Debbie here.
14:38Well, Debbie's upstairs, sir.
14:40But Mrs. went out to lunch with Mr. Dudley.
14:42Oh, well, she said...
14:43With Dudley?
14:45Oh, why, yes, sir.
14:46I thought you knew, sir.
14:48Oh, yes, of course.
14:51Oh, dear.
14:52I'm so glad you knew about Michelle's, Dudley.
15:00It's so nice to be back here again.
15:03Only...
15:03Only?
15:04Well, you seem to know so much.
15:07Makes me feel uncomfortable.
15:09Well, in that case, I'm sorry I ever learned anything.
15:12You have memories of this place, haven't you?
15:14Yes.
15:15As a matter of fact, it was in this restaurant that Henry asked me to marry him.
15:19Yes, I know.
15:19You know?
15:20I mean, I know how you must feel.
15:24There's a fortune teller over there.
15:26You care to have your palm read?
15:27No, thank you.
15:28Would you?
15:29No, I know too much about myself as it is.
15:31And I, I know so little about myself.
15:33Oh, really?
15:34May I look at your hand?
15:36Can you tell fortunes, too?
15:38It's not too difficult.
15:40Well, what do you see?
15:43I never noticed, Julia.
15:45Your eyes are green.
15:47I see a great deal of happiness.
15:49I see a woman who's adored.
15:52I see a rich, full life.
15:54Do you see Henry's new cathedral?
15:56Uh, no.
15:58No, I don't.
15:59And Debbie?
16:00Oh, no need to worry about her.
16:02She'll be like you, Julia.
16:04She'll have youth and beauty, no matter how old she lives to be.
16:07I wish I could believe you.
16:09You may.
16:10You haven't looked at my hand once.
16:12I simply don't know what to think of you, Dudley.
16:14Whether you're serious or...
16:16Oh, no.
16:17Well?
16:18That table over there.
16:19No, no, don't look.
16:20Three ladies, all on the cathedral committee.
16:23They're simply glaring at me.
16:25Well?
16:25He saw you holding my hand.
16:27My hand.
16:28Oh.
16:29Well, then if you'll excuse me, I'd better do something about it, hadn't I?
16:32What did you do to them?
16:39Now, they're smiling at me.
16:41Look, look, they're waving.
16:42Well, wave back, Julia.
16:43Oh, yes.
16:45I didn't do anything to them.
16:46Just introduced myself.
16:48Chatted a moment.
16:49They're really very friendly, Julia.
16:51They promised to drop by our table a little later.
16:54Dudley, may I make an understatement?
16:56Oh, please do.
16:57You are a very unusual man.
17:00I'll let you in on something, Julia.
17:02You're quite right.
17:14We return you now to William Keeley.
17:18Act II of The Bishop's Wife, starring Tyrone Power as Dudley,
17:22David Niven as the Bishop, and Jane Greer as Julia.
17:32Reliable authorities tell us that the Christmas season is the happiest time of the year.
17:38But it's anything but that for young Bishop Henry Broad.
17:42Determined to build a cathedral, he can't raise the money.
17:45And if that isn't trouble enough, he finds his prayers have been answered in the person
17:50of a young, handsome, and full-fledged angel named Dudley, who seems to find the Bishop's
17:56wife better company than the Bishop.
17:59I enjoyed lunch very much, Dudley.
18:05Now, don't you think we'd better go home?
18:06But I thought you liked to walk.
18:07Oh, I do.
18:08But...
18:09Oh, Dudley, wait.
18:10There's a friend of mine.
18:11Professor Wotheridge.
18:12Professor, wait.
18:13Julia, what wonderful luck meeting you again.
18:17This man.
18:18Are you with him?
18:19Yes, of course.
18:19Dudley, this is Professor Wotheridge.
18:21Oh, the professor knows me well.
18:23The University of Vienna.
18:25Young man, I don't believe you've ever been near Vienna.
18:27Dudley is Henry's new assistant.
18:28You mean you really know this, Donald?
18:30Of course I do.
18:31Well, in that case, how about dropping into my humble diggings for a bit of Yuletide
18:35Oh, I'd love to, but only for a moment.
18:37Come along, Dudley.
18:39It's just around the corner.
18:40Well, Professor, when are you going to show us your book?
18:43My book?
18:44Never.
18:44Please.
18:44Oh, you're writing a book?
18:46You didn't know?
18:47You didn't tell me.
18:49I described the book in detail in the course of those lectures I gave in Vienna.
18:54And, Julia, I'm now certain this fellow's an imposter.
18:56Oh, oh, that book.
18:58Oh, I thought you finished that one years ago.
19:00Oh.
19:02Oh, I see.
19:04No, no, for 20 years I've talked about that book, but in all that time I haven't written a word.
19:08Not one word.
19:09But why not?
19:10Because I can't think of anything original to say.
19:12Just the same old monotonous history.
19:14Dry as dust.
19:16I never could find the right words.
19:18Either to tell to a pretty girl or to write a book.
19:21Even when you had this coin to inspire you?
19:23Well, that's the coin you gave to Henry, Professor.
19:25Yes, I borrowed it from Henry's desk.
19:26And you wasted your time.
19:27It's worthless.
19:28Oh, on the contrary.
19:29This coin is one of the rarest of all antiquities.
19:32Only 100 of these coins were minted by Julius Caesar 2,000 years ago.
19:37That was when Cleopatra visited Rome.
19:40Presumably these coins were used to pay her hotel bill.
19:42Why, that's amazing.
19:45Nobody knew about it except Caesar's wife and she had the coins destroyed.
19:49But this one she overlooked.
19:51It's an unwritten chapter in history.
19:53And you, Professor, will write it.
19:54Do you know any more stories like that?
19:56Oh, any number of them.
19:58Oh, you're a curious fellow, Dudley.
20:00Have you just begun to notice that?
20:01Where do you come from?
20:03Well, what if I told you that I come from another planet?
20:06Would you believe me?
20:07I don't know.
20:08I'd believe you, Dudley.
20:09And you'd be right, Julia, as always.
20:12We all come from our own little planets.
20:15That's why we're all different.
20:16That's what makes life interesting.
20:19Oh, it's getting late.
20:20I must be leaving, really.
20:21Oh, sorry, Professor.
20:22If my wine bottle wasn't empty, we could say goodbye with another drink.
20:26Empty?
20:26Yes, I had barely enough to...
20:28with the bottle.
20:31It's half full.
20:32Oh, save it for next time, Professor.
20:34I'm really getting old when I can't see what's inside a wine bottle.
20:39Dudley.
20:40Yes, my friend?
20:41There's one thing that troubles me greatly.
20:44Well?
20:44To write a history is a tremendous task.
20:47I wonder, will I have time to finish it?
20:50You'll finish it.
20:52You'll have time.
20:53I don't know why I'd ask you that question.
20:55How would you know?
20:56Yet somehow I believe you.
20:58You see, for quite a while now, every time I passed a cemetery,
21:01I felt as if I were apartment hunting.
21:05Goodbye, Professor.
21:06Come and see us, please.
21:07I will, I will.
21:08Goodbye, and God bless you both.
21:11I'll pass that recommendation along.
21:13Thank you, Professor.
21:21They're coming up the walk now, Bishop.
21:23Mrs. Brom and Mr. Dudley.
21:24Oh, they are.
21:25Well, I hope dinner isn't spoiled, Matilda.
21:27Oh, no, sir.
21:28I have sort of a feeling they might be late.
21:31Very considerate of you.
21:33Henry?
21:34Good evening, Julia.
21:35I'm sorry I'm so late, dear.
21:36Hello, Henry.
21:37Good evening, Dudley.
21:38We had the most marvelous time.
21:39Oh, I wish you'd been with us.
21:41Yes, I wish I had.
21:42Is Debbie asleep yet?
21:43She's waiting to see you.
21:44Oh, good.
21:44I'll go right up.
21:46I trust you spent a profitable afternoon, Dudley?
21:49Oh, yes.
21:50Yes, did you have a profitable afternoon, Henry?
21:52Not very.
21:54Dudley, I'd like to see you for a moment.
21:56I mean, here, in my study.
21:57Certainly.
21:58Now, this won't take long, but I'd rather not be interrupted.
22:00You'll excuse me if I launch the door.
22:03Dudley, I simply cannot go on like this.
22:05Can you prove to me that you are an angel?
22:08Proof?
22:09You mean a document?
22:11Oh, surely you of all people should know that angels need no passports.
22:14I'd be a lot happier if I could see you perform a miracle.
22:17Well, what kind?
22:18Well, make this desk rise up and fly around the room.
22:22Oh, Henry.
22:22Henry, please.
22:23I didn't come here to do tricks.
22:25I'm surprised at you.
22:26I don't believe you are an angel at all.
22:28I think you're a demon right out of...
22:29Henry, no.
22:31No, don't say that word.
22:33Well, anyway, now you know how I feel.
22:35Yes.
22:36Now, wait a minute, Dudley.
22:36I'm not sure yet.
22:37There's another matter.
22:38I...
22:38The door.
22:39I locked that door.
22:41He just opened it and walked out.
22:42Dudley!
22:43Wait a minute.
22:44Dudley!
22:46Now, it's locked again.
22:50Dudley!
22:50I just went upstairs, dear, to say goodnight to Debbie.
22:54Oh.
22:55Oh.
22:55Anything wrong?
22:56Oh, no.
22:57No, no.
22:57Oh, nothing.
22:58Oh, you...
22:59You look very well, Julia.
23:01You're very bright and gay.
23:02I feel gay, Henry.
23:03I think...
23:04I think you're an excellent wife, Julia.
23:06Why...
23:06Why, thank you.
23:07I'm proud of you.
23:09I'm proud of the well-ordered life we lead,
23:10and I want you to know that I think the credit for that is due to you much more than to me.
23:15Thank you again, dear.
23:17Do you think I'm an excellent husband?
23:18Of course, dear.
23:20Henry, I'm...
23:20I hope you're going to take things easier now.
23:22I mean, with Dudley here.
23:23I think he's very able.
23:25You do?
23:26Yes.
23:26He knows so many things.
23:28What, for instance?
23:29Well, you should have seen him this afternoon.
23:31We met Professor Weatheridge.
23:32Why, Dudley knows more about history than he does.
23:35He should.
23:36He's been at it longer.
23:37What?
23:37Oh, nothing.
23:38I'll go up and see Debbie not yet.
23:40Don't you know any stories, Mr. Dudley?
23:42Oh, I know hundreds of stories, Debbie.
23:44I think it would be very nice of you to tell me one.
23:48Well, I know a story that happened...
23:50It happened many, many years ago about a boy who lived in a little town.
23:54Oh, what was his name?
23:56His name was David.
23:57He was a shepherd, and the town where he lived was called Bethlehem.
24:00Oh, I knew Bethlehem.
24:02That's where the star was.
24:03That's right.
24:04Only David lived long before the star.
24:07Well, one night David was out in the hills tending his sheep.
24:11He was playing the harp and singing.
24:13And then all of a sudden, an angel came down and spoke to him.
24:15How did David know he was an angel?
24:17Oh, he didn't know.
24:19And that's the way it always is.
24:21Angels come down and put ideas into people's heads,
24:23and then people feel very proud of themselves because they think it was all their own idea.
24:28Well, anyway, this angel spoke to David.
24:31One of your lambs has strayed, he said.
24:33So David put aside his harp and went out into the darkness to find the lamb.
24:37Of course, the angel guided him.
24:39And when David found the lamb, he saw a great ferocious lion there.
24:43Oh, dear.
24:44So David said to the lion, you get away from that lamb.
24:48And the lion said, you get away from me or I lead you too.
24:51Did David run away?
24:52Oh, no.
24:53No, the angel put another idea into his head.
24:56And David took out his sling and hurled a stone right between the lion's eyes.
25:00Served him good and right.
25:01Yes, I think it did.
25:03And David picked up the lamb and carried it back to the fold.
25:07And then he felt so happy that he took his harp and he made up a new song.
25:12It started like this.
25:14The Lord is my shepherd.
25:16I shall not want.
25:19He maketh me to lie down in green pastures.
25:22He leadeth me beside the still waters.
25:26Oh, come in, Henry.
25:29I think you can tell the rest of this some other time.
25:33Well, good night, Daddy.
25:35Good night, darling.
25:37Now, if you're ready, Dudley, so is dinner.
25:40Thank you, Henry.
25:44So, right after dinner, Henry, we'll get a taxi and go down to St. Timothy's.
25:55St. Timothy's?
25:56Tonight?
25:56Of course, dear.
25:57It requires rehearsing for the benefit.
25:58They...
25:59Henry, we promised Mr. Miller we'd...
26:01Oh, Julia, I telephoned Mrs. Hamilton this afternoon.
26:04Henry.
26:04I apologized to her for some of the things I'd said.
26:07I had to, and she said I might call on her tonight.
26:09But the rehearsal's just for you.
26:11A million dollars for Mrs. Hamilton, dear, is far more important.
26:14Besides, Mr. Miller would be delighted to see you.
26:16You're his bishop, Henry.
26:18Besides, I just don't like going alone.
26:20Oh, my, uh...
26:21My evening seems quite free, Henry.
26:23Oh, no, no, no, definitely not.
26:24You've done enough already.
26:25Well, I was about to suggest that I see Mrs. Hamilton and you take Julia to St. Timothy's.
26:30You and Mrs. Hamilton?
26:31Oh, no.
26:32Oh, well, it's just a suggestion.
26:34Dudley, would you mind very much going with me?
26:36Julia!
26:37Yes, Henry?
26:38Well?
26:39I think that might be a very good solution.
26:41Thank you, Dudley.
26:42You're welcome, Henry.
26:49Mrs. Grove.
26:50Oh, I'm delighted to see you.
26:51Hello, Mr. Miller.
26:52Oh, this is Mr. Dudley, the bishop's new assistant.
26:54Oh, Mr. Dudley, a pleasure.
26:56The bishop will try to get here later, Mr. Miller.
26:58Something important came up.
26:59Of course, he's such a busy man.
27:01He didn't want a delay rehearsal.
27:03And Mrs. Brom, I'm terribly embarrassed.
27:06Look over there.
27:07Only two of the boys have come.
27:09Oh, it's just too difficult, I suppose, trying to compete with basketball and Christmas.
27:13I wouldn't worry, Mr. Miller.
27:14They'll all show up.
27:16Hiya, boys.
27:17Hi.
27:18What do you sing?
27:19Me?
27:19A first soprano.
27:20Any good?
27:21I doubt it.
27:22Well, how about giving out?
27:24You mean alone?
27:25Well, you've got Rupert with you.
27:27Hiya, Rupert.
27:27Hi.
27:28Well, what do you say?
27:29It's okay by me.
27:31Fine.
27:31I'll start you off at the piano.
27:41Mrs. Brom, look.
27:46Here comes some of the other boys.
27:48Why, yes.
27:49Maybe basketball isn't so important after all.
27:52The stars in the sky looking down.
27:58You can be proud of them, Mr. Miller.
28:00They sing beautifully.
28:02They've never sung so.
28:04Never.
28:05And look.
28:07They're all here now.
28:09I don't understand.
28:10Oh, if Henry could hear this.
28:12Like, like angels.
28:14Oh, I'm so relieved, Bishop Rome.
28:27You needn't make any further apologies.
28:29Oh, thank you, Mrs. Hamilton.
28:31And in view of your generosity, the George B. Hamilton Memorial Chapel shall be located wherever you specify in the new cathedral.
28:38Well, now we're getting somewhere, aren't we?
28:40Oh, there's another matter.
28:41That window depicting St. George and the dragon.
28:44Yes.
28:44I should very much like the countenance of St. George to resemble my late husband.
28:49Oh.
28:49Uh, who do you see as the dragon?
28:53Oh.
28:55Oh, any dragon.
28:57Well, now that we're in such complete accord, would you mind very much if we postpone the details?
29:02Julia's waiting for me at St. Timothy's.
29:03Very well.
29:04We can go over the plans when I transfer the funds.
29:06Thank you so much.
29:07Well, that's strange.
29:09Is anything the matter?
29:10Well, this chair, I can't get up.
29:12It's stuck to my...
29:12I mean, I'm stuck to it.
29:15Stuck to the chair?
29:16Yes, it doesn't seem quite right, does it?
29:17Stevens!
29:18Stevens, come here, please.
29:20Yes, madam.
29:21There is something wrong with the bishop's chair.
29:23Oh, madam, it must be the new varnish.
29:26The furniture people should have warned us.
29:28I do hope I'm not harming the chair.
29:30Oh, this is preposterous.
29:31Awkward situation, isn't it?
29:33Perhaps you'll give a little pull at the back, Stevens.
29:35Yes, sir.
29:37Again, please.
29:39Your trousers, sir.
29:40I'm afraid if we pull any more...
29:42Mrs. Hamilton, might I use the telephone?
29:43Yes, of course.
29:44It's right over there.
29:45Can you walk?
29:46After a fashion.
29:48That chair, madam, it clings to him like your brother.
29:51Well, do something, Stevens.
29:53Call the shop.
29:54Get a plumber.
29:56Hello?
29:58Matilda.
29:58This is Bishop Ruhm.
30:00I'm at Mrs. Hamilton's.
30:01I want you to come here at once with another pair of trousers.
30:04Hmm?
30:05Well, what difference does it make?
30:07Just bring me another pair of trousers.
30:09Oh, I'm so sorry this has happened.
30:11Oh, if I could only get in touch with Julia or Dudley.
30:14Dudley!
30:15This is all his doing.
30:16Dudley!
30:17No, no, no, Bishop.
30:17Don't be nervous, sir.
30:19Have a chair, Bishop.
30:20I have a chair.
30:21I can't imagine what happened to Henry.
30:31He was so sure he'd meet us there.
30:33Well, I...
30:33Uh, well, I suppose he's detained at Mrs. Hamilton's.
30:37Oh, of course.
30:38You know, Dudley, it's a strange thing.
30:40You seem to be able to make me feel as if everything's going to be all right.
30:43Everything could be all right for everyone, Julia.
30:46If people would only learn to behave like human beings.
30:48It's a lovely night, isn't it?
30:50Oh, driver, could you take us through the park, please?
30:52But that's out of your way, lady.
30:54You getting bored with us, driver?
30:55Say, I'll drive it by way of Mexico City if you want me to.
30:59That's the trouble with this country.
31:00Too many people who don't know where they're going, they want to get there too fast.
31:03I'd call you two very unusual people.
31:06Oh, thank you.
31:07You're very perceptive.
31:08You know your destination, but you're in no hurry to get there.
31:10And you're not reluctant to invest an extra four bits for a detour with Mother Nick.
31:15Get crazy yourself as much as you're going.
31:18Oh, that was really a close one.
31:20Holy smoke.
31:22Did you see the way I missed that truck?
31:24Like, like a miracle.
31:26Yes, I know, but just don't overplay your hand.
31:30Hey, hey, look, they're ice skating over there.
31:33Oh, so they are.
31:35Julia, we're going ice skating.
31:36Oh, no.
31:37No, we mustn't.
31:37It's too late.
31:39We couldn't.
31:40Do you really think we could?
31:41You can stop here, driver.
31:42We're going ice skating.
31:44Oh, and you too.
31:45Well, this is it, Sylvester.
31:58What do I owe you?
31:59Not a cent, my friend.
32:00Want to know why?
32:01Because you and the little lady here have restored my faith in human nature.
32:05Well, good night, Dudley.
32:07Good night, Julia.
32:08Good night, Sylvester.
32:10Sylvester is a noble soul.
32:12His children and his children's children will rise up and call him blessed.
32:16Oh, this has been the most wonderful evening I've had in years.
32:19It's the most wonderful evening I've had in centuries.
32:23You're a beautiful skater, Julia.
32:26In fact, you're beautiful.
32:29Well, well, you've come home.
32:31Oh, hello, Henry.
32:33Henry, what happened to you?
32:34I thought you were going to meet us at St. Timothy's.
32:36What happened to you?
32:37It's almost ten o'clock.
32:38You'll never guess, Henry.
32:39We've been ice skating.
32:41Ice skating?
32:41Yes.
32:42You should have seen Dudley.
32:43He's marvelous, Henry.
32:44Oh, and those boys at St. Timothy's.
32:46The way they sang.
32:48It was simply heavenly.
32:50I'm sure it was.
32:51Did you have a successful meeting with Mrs. Hamilton?
32:53Quite satisfactory, thank you.
32:55Good.
32:55I'll be right down, Henry.
32:57Dudley?
32:58Yes, Henry?
32:59Whatever went on in these last few hours, there's one thing I'm sure of.
33:03Julia is absolutely blameless.
33:05Of course she is.
33:06But you, you deliberately stopped me from joining you by the seat of my pants.
33:09Henry, if you had sent me to represent you with Mrs. Hamilton, I would have gone.
33:14But you didn't, so I represented you with your wife.
33:16Oh.
33:17Is that part of the normal duties of an angel?
33:20Well, sometimes, Henry, angels must rush in where fools fear to tread.
33:24I haven't the faintest idea what that means, and I don't want it explained to me.
33:30In any event, you can go now, Dudley.
33:32I have solved my problem.
33:34Mrs. Hamilton is giving the money for the cathedral.
33:36But that was a foregone conclusion, providing you were willing to make a slight sacrifice of your principles.
33:41Now, don't you think it's worth it for this glorious edifice?
33:44I'm not so sure of its glory at a time like this.
33:47Oh, you're not?
33:48Now, these are rather lean years for the world, Henry.
33:50So many people need food, so many need shelter.
33:54That big roof could make so many little roofs.
33:56I'm dealing with a materialistic, selfish woman.
33:58She wouldn't listen to talk like that.
34:00Did you try?
34:00You came here so that I could have a cathedral.
34:03Well, I've got a cathedral.
34:05And I want you to get out of my house and out of my life and away from Julia.
34:09Suppose you pray for that, Henry.
34:11After all, it was prayer that brought me here.
34:13Very well.
34:15I'll pray.
34:18Henry!
34:19I'm afraid that's no prayer.
34:22It was right from my heart.
34:23I want you to go.
34:24Julia doesn't.
34:25Julia!
34:26Get out!
34:27Get out!
34:27Julia is about to come down those stairs.
34:30Don't let her see you like this, Henry.
34:32Try to calm yourself.
34:35Dudley!
34:36He's gone.
34:36Oh.
34:37Debbie's awake.
34:38She wants to say goodnight to him.
34:39I just told you Dudley is gone.
34:41But where?
34:42How should I know?
34:43But why did he leave so suddenly?
34:45Because I got rid of him.
34:46I told him to go away.
34:47I fired him.
34:48Why?
34:48Because he's incompetent.
34:49He's no good at his job.
34:50And I cannot stand the sight of him.
34:52Henry!
34:52Believe me, Julia.
34:53I know what I am doing.
34:54I know what I am doing.
35:07We pause now for station identification.
35:10This is CBS, the Columbia Broadcasting System.
35:13After a brief intermission, our stars will return with Act III of The Bishop's Wife.
35:39Here's our producer, Mr. William Keeley.
35:41The curtain rises on the third act of The Bishop's Wife, starring Tyrone Power as Dudley, David Niven as the Bishop, and Jane Greer as Julia.
35:51Two days have passed since Dudley disappeared, much to the relief of Bishop Henry Broad.
36:04And now it's early evening on Christmas Eve.
36:09Here's the list of your calls, Bishop, ending at Mrs. Hamilton.
36:12Oh, and there's a taxi waiting for you outside.
36:14Thank you, Miss Cassoway.
36:15If you're through typing my sermon before I'm back, just leave the copies on my desk.
36:18Yes, sir.
36:19I'm sorry to keep you so late on Christmas Eve.
36:21Oh, it's all right, sir.
36:23Bishop Brown?
36:24Yes?
36:26There's still no word from Mr. Dudley.
36:29Miss Cassoway, I discharged Mr. Dudley.
36:32There's no reason at all to hear from him.
36:34Yes, sir.
36:35Now, if you don't mind, please tell Mrs. Brougham that the taxi is waiting.
36:41We can go to the Trotters first, Henry, then the van door.
36:43Julia!
36:44Hiya, Julia!
36:45Sylvester!
36:46Well, what are you doing here?
36:47Well, when the call came in for a cab, I sure hightailed it over here.
36:51I was hoping there'd be another skating party.
36:53Hey, where's Dudley?
36:54I don't know.
36:56Look, you've got a preacher with you.
36:57Yes, this is...
36:58Don't tell me.
37:00A wedding.
37:00You and Dudley.
37:02Sylvester, this is my husband.
37:04And Bishop Brougham.
37:05How do you do?
37:06Oh.
37:08And now, if you don't mind, we'd like to go to North Maple Street.
37:11By taxi cab, Sylvester, not ice skates.
37:23Good evening, Miss Cassoway.
37:25Mr. Dudley.
37:27Did I startle you?
37:28Oh, yes.
37:29I didn't hear you come in.
37:31But where have you been?
37:32Oh, here and there, Miss Cassoway.
37:34Why, we've been so worried about you.
37:36And poor Mrs. Brougham, she's been popping in and out of here all day.
37:39Have I seen you?
37:40Have I heard from you?
37:41Oh, where is she?
37:42She and the Bishop are making Christmas calls.
37:44Oh, they'll be home?
37:44Oh, yes, sir.
37:45After Mrs. Hamilton's.
37:47Then they go to St. Timothy's for the midnight service.
37:49You should be home too, Miss Cassoway.
37:51I'll type that sermon for you.
37:52Oh, no, no.
37:53The Bishop told me...
37:54It's Christmas Eve.
37:55You should be with your family.
37:57Well, if you really...
37:59Oh, thank you, Mr. Dudley.
38:01Merry Christmas, Mildred.
38:03Oh, Merry Christmas, Dudley.
38:09Henry's Christmas sermon.
38:12The new cathedral.
38:14Mrs. Hamilton's magnificent gesture.
38:17Money.
38:18Pledges needed.
38:19Sorry, Henry, but that's no sermon for Christmas.
38:25Suppose you tell them...
38:27Suppose you tell them the story of an empty stocking.
38:33Once upon a midnight clear, there was a child's cry.
38:38A blazing star hung over a stable, and wise men came with birthday gifts.
38:45We have forgotten many things during the centuries, but not that night.
38:49Who did you say is calling, sir?
38:56Oh, I'm Dudley Stevens, Bishop Brougham's new assistant.
38:59Would you mind telling Mrs. Hamilton I'm here?
39:01I don't believe she's expecting you, sir.
39:03Oh, I'm sure she isn't.
39:05Yes, sir.
39:06I'll wait in the music room.
39:07The music room, sir.
39:08Yes, there's a harp in there.
39:10I wonder if she'd mind...
39:11Oh, I'm afraid she would, sir.
39:12Oh.
39:13Well, in that event, you'd better hurry off and tell her.
39:15Yes, sir, I shall.
39:19Who are you?
39:28Oh, good evening, Mrs. Hamilton.
39:30This is a beautiful harp you have.
39:33My buckler said you told him you're Bishop Brougham's assistant.
39:37Oh, yes, Mrs. Hamilton.
39:38The bishop will be along a little later.
39:40That music you're playing.
39:43I thought you'd recognize it.
39:45There's no one living who knows that composition.
39:48Except me.
39:50What a shame that Alan Cartwright died.
39:53That only you and I would know his music.
39:56Alan Cartwright died nearly 40 years ago.
39:59You couldn't have known him.
40:00I'm much older than you think.
40:04Mrs. Hamilton, tell me about him.
40:06About Alan Cartwright.
40:07What is there to tell?
40:10He was the only man I ever loved.
40:13But I was afraid of poverty, so he went away and I never saw him again.
40:18Why am I telling you this?
40:20And so you married the rich George Hamilton.
40:22I made George happy, I think.
40:25And since he died, I've spent a fortune honoring his memory.
40:29In empty monuments.
40:33How did you know about Alan Cartwright?
40:36It doesn't matter.
40:38Mrs. Hamilton, they're at the front door now.
40:40Henry and Julia.
40:41I can't see them now.
40:43Yes, yes, you'll see them.
40:45You'll go to the hall and you'll greet them in your usual warm-hearted manner.
40:48You'll come with me and you'll stay, won't you, darling?
40:50No, no, I'm afraid I can't.
40:52I have a great deal of work to do.
40:53Bishop and Mrs. Brom are here, madam.
40:55Now, don't keep them waiting.
40:57How do you do, Mrs. Hamilton?
40:58Oh, Julia, how nice of you to come and see me.
41:01And Henry, Merry Christmas.
41:04Henry, I said, Merry Christmas.
41:07Oh, yes, Merry Christmas, Mrs. Hamilton.
41:09Oh, and no more of this Mrs. Hamilton business.
41:12My name is Agnes.
41:14And now we can all...
41:16Oh, he's gone.
41:18Oh, he's gone already.
41:19Gone?
41:20Who?
41:20Dudley.
41:21He was here.
41:22I might have known it.
41:23But where did he go?
41:24Oh, no.
41:25Oh, that poor man.
41:27He said he had so much work to do.
41:29Really, Henry, you must make him take some rest.
41:31You're trying to make him do just that?
41:33Oh, I can't thank you enough for sending him to me.
41:36Meeting Dudley?
41:38Oh, I know it sounds ridiculous,
41:40but meeting him has been the greatest spiritual experience of my life.
41:45How did you ever find him, Henry?
41:47More or less of an accident, I suppose.
41:49Or more or less of a miracle.
41:51Oh, it was.
41:52It was.
41:52As talking with this wonderful, understanding man has...
41:57Henry, I've suddenly changed my mind about the cathedral.
42:02You have?
42:02Yes.
42:03I'm going to give my money to those who need it.
42:05To the poor, the homeless, the unappreciated.
42:08And I want you to direct the spending of it.
42:11Now you see what Dudley's done, Henry.
42:13Yes, I...
42:14I see.
42:15And you understand.
42:17Mrs. Hamilton, Julia, forgive me, but I have to leave.
42:20There's someone I must see immediately.
42:22Henry.
42:22Henry, my dear fellow, sit down.
42:32Sit down.
42:33Professor Wothers, I just had to see you.
42:35I'm delighted.
42:36Here, here, Henry, here.
42:37A glass of sherry.
42:38No, no, thank you.
42:39Oh, but I insist.
42:41Henry, you see this bottle?
42:43Now watch.
42:44I fill two glasses.
42:46Behold, the bottle is still half full.
42:50And what's more, the sherry itself, it stimulates, it warms, it inspires.
42:53But no matter how much you drink, it never inebriates, and the contents never diminish.
42:59Always half full.
43:01Dudley's been here?
43:02Yes.
43:03Yes.
43:05And that bottle isn't all.
43:08He told me to look up some ancient texts in the library, which no living scholar has
43:12ever been able to decipher.
43:13I read them as if they were English.
43:16Oh, let's face it, Henry.
43:17This Dudley fellow is not like the rest of us.
43:21He says he's an angel.
43:22An angel?
43:23That's funny.
43:24Nothing stopped me from saying it that time.
43:26Angel.
43:27He says he's an angel.
43:28From, from heaven?
43:30That I'm not so sure about.
43:35An angel.
43:37It's too bad he's such a nice fellow.
43:40Oh, he's brought nothing but disaster to me.
43:43Oh, that's absurd.
43:44He and Julia were here the other day.
43:46She seemed happier than she'd been in years.
43:48He's made her despise me.
43:49Are you sure?
43:50That's why I've come to see you.
43:52Do you think it's all my own fault, Professor?
43:53Oh, you don't have to answer.
43:55I asked for this in more ways than one.
43:57I suppose that Dudley came to me just to confirm that I had already lost Julia's love.
44:02Well, if there's anything I can do, Henry.
44:04There's nothing anyone can do.
44:05But there must be.
44:06You and Julia love each other.
44:08You always have.
44:08It's only partly true.
44:09I love Julia.
44:10Well, then why don't you fight for her?
44:12Fight?
44:12How can I fight against her?
44:13But you have a tremendous advantage over him.
44:15Advantage over an angel?
44:17Precisely.
44:17He is an angel.
44:18Julia's a creature of earth.
44:19She's a woman, Henry, and you're a man.
44:23Yes.
44:24Yes, I am.
44:25Yeah, him.
44:26If I were you, I'd get myself home.
44:29Home?
44:29That's where he'll be, waiting for Julia.
44:31Excuse me.
44:32Happy Christmas.
44:40Henry?
44:41Is that you, dear?
44:42Hello, Julia.
44:44Dudley.
44:44I came to say goodbye.
44:46I have to be moving along.
44:48Oh.
44:49Well, where will you be going?
44:51Wherever they send me.
44:53They?
44:53My superior officers.
44:55Will we ever see you again?
44:57Well, they seldom send us twice to the same place, Julia.
44:59We might form attachments.
45:01I don't know what you're talking about.
45:04No, of course not.
45:05Julia.
45:07Julia, I don't want to leave.
45:08Why?
45:09Well, there are a few people who know the secret of making heaven here on earth.
45:13And you were one of those rare people.
45:15You...
45:15You frightened me.
45:18Dudley, I think you ought to go.
45:20Julia, please.
45:21Don't send me away.
45:23What are you saying?
45:24That I'm...
45:25I'm tired of being a wanderer.
45:27I'm tired of an existence which is neither hot nor cold, hungry nor full.
45:32No.
45:33No, you must go away.
45:35And never come back.
45:37Don't look at me like that.
45:40Dudley.
45:41No.
45:42Henry.
45:43Henry.
45:44All right, Julia.
45:45It's all right, my darling.
45:46Go upstairs, dear.
45:46I'll handle this alone.
45:48As for you, Dudley, I have never before had to fight an angel.
45:52But I suggest you take up your coat and put up your dukes.
45:56Now, why do you want to fight me, Henry?
45:58Because you're a thief trying to steal the love that belongs to me.
46:01Henry, do you realize that as an angel, I could quite possibly destroy you with a bolt of lightning?
46:06I don't care.
46:07Julia means more to me than my life.
46:08I'm not going to lose her.
46:09Ah.
46:10Ah.
46:11Then I have news for you.
46:13I'm going.
46:14I'll accept that as a fact when I see it happen.
46:17Oh, no, you won't.
46:18Because when I'm gone, you will never know that an angel visited this house.
46:23And Julia?
46:24What about her?
46:25There will be no memory with her either.
46:27Or with Debbie or the professor or anyone else.
46:31Oh, I don't trust you.
46:33You may, Henry.
46:34Because your prayer has been answered.
46:36That's not true.
46:36I prayed for a cathedral.
46:38No, no, Henry.
46:39You prayed for guidance.
46:41And that's been given to you.
46:44I'm being paged.
46:45Uh, just a minute, please.
46:47Goodbye, Henry.
46:52If, if we should need you again, will you come back?
46:57No, not I.
46:58I'm requesting an assignment at the other end of the universe.
47:01Is that because I was so difficult?
47:04Oh, no.
47:04No, no.
47:05This difficulty was in me.
47:07When an immortal finds himself envying the mortal trusted to his care, it's a definite signal of danger.
47:15Yes, yes, I heard you the first time.
47:20Now, now go upstairs.
47:23Take her in your arms, Henry.
47:26And kiss her for me.
47:28You lucky Henry.
47:29Henry.
47:31Julia, Julia.
47:37Quiet, darling.
47:38You'll wake Debbie.
47:39Are you all right?
47:40Oh, yes.
47:40Of course I am.
47:42Henry, did you get that for Debbie?
47:43Get what for Debbie?
47:44That little angel there on a bed.
47:46Why, no.
47:47I can't imagine where I came from.
47:50Henry.
47:51Henry, what is it?
47:52I don't know.
47:52I, I have the most inexplicable feeling of happiness.
47:56Why, so do I.
47:58Oh, Julia.
47:58I love you, Julia.
48:00I love you, Henry.
48:02Listen.
48:03The bells from St. Timothy.
48:05It's almost midnight.
48:06You'll have to hurry.
48:07Oh, my sermon.
48:08It was all about the cathedral.
48:09It will never do now.
48:10Don't worry, dear.
48:11You'll think of something.
48:13Something even better.
48:15Merry Christmas, Henry.
48:17Merry Christmas, darling.
48:18Tonight, I want to tell you the story of an empty stock.
48:41Once upon a midnight clear, there was a child's cry.
48:46A blazing star hung over a stable, and wise men came with birthday gifts.
48:51We have forgotten many things through the centuries, but not that night.
48:55We celebrate it with stars on Christmas trees, with the sound of bells, and with gifts.
49:02But especially with gifts.
49:03You give me a book.
49:04I give you a tarp.
49:07Aunt Martha has always wanted an orange squeezer, and Uncle Harry could do with a new pipe.
49:12Oh, we forget nobody.
49:14Adult or child, all the stockings are filled.
49:17All that is, except one, and we have even forgotten to hang it up, the stocking for the child born in a manger.
49:27It is his birthday we are celebrating.
49:29Don't let us ever forget that.
49:32Let us ask ourselves what he would wish for most, and then let each put in his share.
49:39Loving kindness, warm hearts, and a stretched out man of tolerance.
49:45All the shining gifts to make a peace on earth.
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