ep02 Little Miss Marker: The Damon Runyon Theatre

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“ep02 Little Miss Marker” is an episode of The Damon Runyon Theatre, the old-time radio show that aired in 1950. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Broadway tells the story of Sarafful Jones, a bookie who is usually grim-faced until a small girl is left with him as collateral for a bet. Broadway and his friends at Mindy's hear how Sarafful, who has no interest in children, reluctantly takes her in and comes to care for her. Sarafful brings the girl to a new apartment and hires help to look after her. Trouble follows him from the club as Milky Willie confronts him over a disputed wager. Sarafful stands up for the child and changes the way his friends see him.

Mindy's nightclub and the streets of New York, including a Fifty-ninth Street apartment overlooking Central Park and a city hospital

Characters: Broadway, Sarafful Jones, Regret, Little Miss Marker, Harry, Mitzi, Big Sam, Milky Willie

Listen for: Sarafful's gruff reluctance softening as he cares for the girl, and the confrontation with Milky Willie at the club

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.