What happens
Marjorie Gildersleeve, niece of Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve in the series The Great Gildersleeve, first aired January 30, 1944 on NBC with Harold Peary in the lead, has been cast in a local amateur play directed by Bruce Fairfield, and she is suddenly swept up in dreams of a stage career. Her household is busy with a war bond drive and preparations for Colonel White, a war hero who is staying with the family before speaking at a rally. Marjorie grows increasingly infatuated with the visiting colonel, while her uncle and the household try to keep the town's wartime duties and family life running smoothly.
Summerfield, a small town in wartime America, in the Gildersleeve household and around town during a war bond drive
Characters: Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve, Marjorie, Leroy, Bertie, Judge Hooker, Colonel White, Bruce Fairfield, PB
Listen for: Marjorie's excitement about the play and her growing attraction to Colonel White, and Gildersleeve's efforts to keep the household and bond drive on track
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.