What happens
In New Orleans in 1850, Julie Marsden defies the social customs of her time when she wears a red dress to the Olympus Ball instead of white, a choice that angers her fiancé Preston Dillard. The episode follows the strained relationship between Julie and Preston as their quarrels, pride and jealousy push them apart. Julie's aunt, Belle, watches the couple's conflicts with growing concern. The story is presented as part of the Academy Award Theater series, with the broadcast first airing on March 30, 1946, and starring Betty Davis and Anne Revere.
New Orleans, 1850, during a period of fever and plague in the city.
Characters: Julie Marsden, Preston Dillard, Aunt Belle, Buck Cantrell, Amy, General Bogardus
Listen for: The quarrel over Julie's red dress at the Olympus Ball, and the public confrontation at the ball that follows.
Written from the episode itself; it never gives away the ending. Every recording is remastered for the stream: cleaned of rumble, hiss and mains hum (and the old TV whine where we found it), then levelled in two passes to steady broadcast loudness, so one show is never quieter than the next.