Starring Cornell Wild in When Cupid Was a Pup on the Cavalcade of America, sponsored by the DuPont Company, maker of better things for better living through chemistry. But first, here is Gain Whitman. Have you been fooled by the uncertain weather of these spring days? Well, here is something you can do to help protect your family in April showers. You can make sure that rainwear, sportswear, and children's clothes you buy carry the Z-Lan tag. The tag that means your garment is treated with DuPont Z-Lan durable water repellent. Z-Lan is different from ordinary water repellents because its protection won't come out when your garments are washed or cleaned. Z-Lan is one of the DuPont Company's better things for better living through chemistry. The DuPont Company presents When Cupid Was a Pup, starring Cornell Wild as Dick Pearson on the Cavalcade of America. My name is Dick Pearson. When the war ended, like a lot of other fellows, I craved two things, peace and quiet. I guess everybody can understand that. What might take a little explaining was the fact that I decided to stay in the Coast Guard to get it. Well, after a little maneuvering, I found myself heading for a job at a lighthouse, 26 miles out from San Francisco on the Farland Islands. I figured a place like that would be a big and welcome change after the South Pacific business. Then, too, there was one other thing that made me want to take a job in a lighthouse. But well, anyway, when I met Pup Larsen that first day, it sounded like just what the doctor ordered. Well, here we are. How high is the lighthouse, Mr. Larsen? 360 feet above water, highest on the Pacific coast. Get used to it, though. As long as it doesn't rock, it's okay. Most powerful light on the coast. I had no idea it was so large. Uh-huh. The lighthouse is mechanically operated, throw this here switch and you turn on the juice. The clock mechanism controls the flash. Lights on for two and seven tenths seconds, off 17 and three tenths. Well, why two and seven tenths and 17 and three tenths? What sets those times? Well, every house has its own time. A skipper of a ship knows. Or he can look up the flash and know who you see in this light. Visibility is better, too. I see. Well, so far, Mr. Larsen, it sounds good. You might as well call me Pop, son. Everybody else does. Okay, Pop. Anything else you want to know? What'll my job be? Mostly maintenance. Hiya, Pop. Oh, taking a look at the old girl? Yeah, Eddie. Oh, this here is Dick Pearson. Oh, sure. Gonna take my place, huh, Dick? I think so. At least it's a job with a view. Well, that it is. Lots of sky, lots of water, and plenty of ships. Take a look. Say, that's all right. Look at those seals down there on the rocks. Why, there must be hundreds of them. Thousands would be more like it. Every spring they come down here to the Fair Lawns and the Arctic, a great herd of them. Stay for a while and one day they disappear, just like they came. Back to the Arctic they go. Yeah, they're getting restless now. Due to shove off any day. You want to see that, Pearson. One minute they're sunning themselves on the rocks and the next, like that, they're gone. You know, I think I'm gonna like it out here. What'll my job be, Pop? It'll break in, Dick. Then he's gonna leave. Leave? I can't understand anyone wanting to get away from this peace and quiet. Sometimes it's so quiet you gotta talk to yourself to be sure you're still alive. That's exactly what I want. I won't get lonesome. It's quiet and I like it quiet. Sure, but you'll get tired of it. A guy like you ought to go for bright lights and excitement and people. That depends on what you mean by excitement. That's for people. I'm a little tired of them. Sure. Well, I'll be seeing you down below. I think Eddie's right. It seems to me that a fellow just back from what you've been through would want to take himself some fun. San Francisco's only 26 miles away. You can get off, time off to run over and have a date with a gal or something. No thanks. I don't like cities and I don't want any gals. Oh. Well, I was just trying... I hope you understand. Well, there was a girl. She couldn't wait for the water to end. Is that good enough? Oh, one of those things, huh? Well, forget it, son. No business of mine. Ah, there they go. Shoving off, I guess. Listen, son, you run on down to the rocks and watch. It's a sight you don't want to miss. Okay, thanks. I'll see you later. I'll be late for supper. Bobby won't stand for it. Bobby, who's that? Cooks for us. Oh, don't worry. Tell him I'll be on time. Hey, you! Better not stand too close to rock the slippery there. What? What are you saying? I said you... Oh, never mind. I'll come down there. Can't hear a word you're saying. See you some other time. I'll see you later. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Oh, what are you saying? Seals are making too much noise. Well, don't get too close to the edge. Oh. Hey, what are you doing here? Oh, just watching the seals. You ever see them before? Yeah, I wouldn't. Not like this. You stay here? Stay? If I didn't, you'd starve to death. Didn't Pop tell you about me? No, he didn't say anything about a girl being out here. What's the matter with that? It would take too long to tell you. You're not very friendly, are you, Mr. Fils? Being friendly isn't part of my job here. How'd you know my name? Carl told me. He's the skipper of the boat that brought you out here. Oh, I see. I'm Bobby, Roberta Larson. Don't you dare call me Roberta. I cook. You like chowder? Not particularly. Scallops? Not at all. And you don't like girls? Look, we went over all that a minute ago. Let's skip it. All right. If you want it that way. And what's that? Oh, it sounded like a seal. That's close in. Well, sometimes they come all the way into the cove. Hey, that sounds awfully close. Well, it's coming from right below us. Well, I'll climb down and see what it is. All right, then. Oh, but hurry. The poor thing sounds as if it's in pain. These rocks are slippery. Well, hold tight. See anything? Well, I'll be doggone. Hey, look. Oh, it's a seal, a cup. I guess the herd left it behind. Yeah, I guess so. Gee, that poor little thing. Tend to swim? I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. Tend to swim? Oh, look. It's eyes. Yeah, blind. They must have climbed up here thinking it was going toward the herd. Well, what are you going to do with it? Gee, I don't know. Let me look at its eyes. Now, I don't think it's really blind. There's just something wrong. I wonder. You wonder what? I'm going to take care of it and try to bring it around. Oh, but you don't know anything about seals, do you? I don't have to. I used to be a pharmacist's mate. There were a lot of men who... Well, I'm going to take him back to the lighthouse, see what I can do. He may not be much of a seal, but I want to give him a break. Oh, he doesn't like it. Maybe not, but Boric asked it ought to help his eyes. Now, hold still, baby. Now, what do you feed him? I don't know. A seal eats fish, doesn't it? Well, I suppose so. But this one can't. He's too little. Look, is there plenty of milk around here? Here. Then that's it. I'll feed him warm milk until he's able to eat solid food. Now, just a minute, just a minute. Say, is there a baby bottle around here? A baby bottle? Well, what do you want to... He can't drink milk like a dog or a cat. He needs a nursing bottle. Oh. I don't think it's so funny. Is there one around here? Well, no, of course not. Any idea where I can get one? Well, San Francisco. Oh, only there, huh? Well, what's the matter with that? I don't want to go into San Francisco. Oh, I don't know. 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He's well again. He knows how to swim. Yep, he'll leave just like that. OK, Oscar, I'm going to tell her. Tell me? Tell me what? Well, Bobby, I don't know whether I can pick just the right words. They may even sound a little stiff and awkward. Maybe because I swore once I'd never put myself in a spot where I'd say them again. And now? Why, I told you before that I needed Oscar, that he made me see something. Oh? That's right. Well, Bobby, nobody had to bathe my eyes in boric acid so I could see again. I didn't need that kind of help. But there was something I didn't need, and I didn't know it. What are you trying to say, Dick? I'm trying to say that I needed you. I thought I wanted peace and quiet, that I wanted to be alone. Well, didn't Oscar help? Well, in a way, yes. He was the one who brought us together, made me realize that I needed someone as much as he did. Do I make sense, Bobby? Well. You're not supposed to answer. Oscar, she is. Well, do you really think I can take Oscar's place? Well, if you try real hard. I'll do my best. Well, you're not supposed to laugh after you kiss a girl. But look, we had a seal pup playing cupid for us. Oh. Oh, Dick, he's jumped in. Oscar, Oscar. Why, he's going away. Or to join the herd. You know, it seems Oscar knows what he wants, too. Mission accomplished, says Oscar. He'll be back next year. You want to wait for him? Uh-huh. With you. You want me to tell you I love you? Oh, it might be nice. All right. Bobby, I love you. I know Oscar wouldn't be jealous if he heard me say it. ["Pomp and Circumstance March"] On our wild we'll return to our cavalcade microphone in a moment. Now here is Gain Whitman. Just how good were the good old days? Not everything about them was good. If you had to buy food for your family in the old time cluttered general store, for instance, you'd be horrified. Almost no food products were wrapped or packaged. In the daytime, the village lopers parked their muddy boots on the flower barrel, which the rats and mice used at night as a playground. The proprietor's cat slept in the open sugar barrel. If Mrs. Jones decided she didn't want soda crackers after handling them, they went right back into the box. Flies swarmed everywhere. The store was a gathering place for every germ in the neighborhood. People didn't know much about germs then. Today, all of us know that unwrapped, unprotected foodstuffs are dangerous. More and more products in more and more stores come to you in modern, protected packages. And now that the war is over, more and more are wrapped in DuPont cellophane. Sparkling, transparent cellophane lets you see food products, and because it keeps them better, it saves money for you and for your grocer. But it should not be forgotten that DuPont cellophane as a package for the foods you buy is doing another vitally important job. It is protecting your bread, your cake, your cheese. It is safeguarding your candy, your toothbrush, your baby's underwear against contamination. DuPont cellophane is a wall in the path of disease germs. It keeps germs out. As a matter of fact, doctors, surgeons sometimes use it for that purpose, adding a layer of cellophane to the surgical dressing over a wound. Yes, indeed. Our good new days are better than the good old days. We're healthier. We live longer. We use individual paper towels instead of one towel for all comers. We use paper drinking cups instead of one tin cup or dipper for the whole family. The same increasing knowledge of the importance of hygiene is one of the reasons for the ever-growing number of products wrapped in cellophane. Cellophane that shows what it protects, one of the DuPont company's better things for better living through chemistry. And now, once again, our star, Cornell Wilde. Thank you. And thank you, game. Oh, by the way, doing anything next Monday night? Next Monday night, I don't think so. Why? Then here's an invitation for you to listen to Circus Day on Cavalcade. Circus Day? With the seals? And all the trimmings. Pink lemonade, popcorn, cotton candy, hot dogs, and the greatest array of talent ever assembled. Oh, that's a big order. Well, yes. But we fill it with Academy Award winner Ann Revere and the fine young actor Ted Donaldson. Well, that's good enough for anybody. I'll take a ticket for the big top right here. You're in. And thanks for your fine performance tonight. Well, this was my first appearance on Cavalcade, and it was a pleasure. Thanks and good night. Cornell Wilde appeared for the courtesy of 20th Century Fox and will be seen in their production, Centennial Summer. Music for tonight's DuPont Cavalcade was composed and conducted by Robert Armbruster. The Cavalcade play was written by Bernard Fiennes and Harold Franklin. It was based on an original story by Richard English published in the Saturday Evening Post. In tonight's cast with Cornell Wilde were Sammy Hill as Bobby, Griff Barnett as Pop, Elliot Lewis as Carl, and Jerry Hausner as Ed. This is Tom Collins inviting you to listen next week to Circus Day starring Ann Revere and Ted Donaldson on the Cavalcade of America. Brought to you by the DuPont Company of Wilmington, Delaware. This is NBC, the national broadcasting company.
