What happens
Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve, a pompous small-town man, faces a breach of promise lawsuit from Dolores Delray, who claims he proposed marriage to her. His lawyer, Judge Hooker, suggests a defense: proving Gildersleeve was already engaged to another woman at the time. Gildersleeve insists he is still engaged to Eve Goodwin, but she refuses to play along. He then turns to Leila Ransom, his former fiancée, asking her to pretend their engagement was never broken. The Great Gildersleeve is a radio comedy series, and this episode first aired on NBC on January 14, 1945, starring Harold Peary, Willard Waterman, Lillian Randolph and Lurene Tuttle.
Summerfield, a small American town; Gildersleeve's home and nearby streets during the winter of the 1940s.
Characters: Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve, Leroy, Marjorie, Birdie, Judge Hooker, Eve Goodwin, Leila Ransom, Mr. Peavey
Listen for: Gildersleeve's increasingly desperate attempts to find a fiancée to fit the lawsuit defense, and his blustering reasoning about the engagement.
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.