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Host High Aberbach introduces 'Command Performance,' a show entertaining U.S. armed forces. Vincent Price takes the stage, humorously discussing his film roles and sharing a fictional romantic story about Rita Hayworth.

Host High Aberbach presents 'Command Performance,' a program that entertains American military troops. Vincent Price comes on stage and talks in a funny way about the movies he's been in, then tells a made-up love story involving Rita Hayworth.

Command Performance was a radio program which originally aired between 1942 and 1949. The program was broadcast on the Armed Forces Radio Network (AFRS) and transmitted by shortwave to overseas troops — but with few exceptions, it was not broadcast over domestic U.S. radio stations.

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