What happens
Dr. William Hall, president of Ivy College, and his wife Victoria worry about Clarence Wellman, chairman of the Board of Governors, who has fallen ill with a swollen crimson nose after dining at their house. Hall fears Wellman will blame him, and the Charter Day ceremony is set to begin at ten o'clock the next morning. A photographer from a picture magazine visits the house to take pictures of the couple before the ceremony. Victoria later proposes a remedy involving a nail held between the thumbs. The Halls of Ivy is a radio comedy series. This episode was broadcast on NBC Radio on January 27, 1950, and stars Ronald Colman, Willard Waterman and Gale Gordon.
Ivy College, in the town of Ivy, USA, and the Halls' home on the college campus.
Characters: Dr. William Hall, Victoria Hall, Clarence Wellman, Penny, Luther Bland, Master Sculler
Listen for: Victoria's suggestion of the nail remedy for Wellman, and the Charter Day speech preparations.
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.