Lady in Distress: Let George Do It (April 25, 1949)

“Lady in Distress” is an episode of Let George Do It, the old-time radio show, first broadcast April 25, 1949. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Mitzi Raymond, a young woman desperate to help her imprisoned brother, arrives at the Peacock Lounge in an unnamed city to take a job she suspects is part of a criminal scheme. When George Valentine is away, Mitzi meets a stranger at the train station who offers to impersonate her and investigate the situation first. Mitzi then goes to the Peacock Lounge where she encounters another showgirl and meets the club's operators, Philip Gary and Glenn Cooley.

A train station and the Peacock Lounge nightclub

Characters: Mitzi Raymond, George Valentine, Philip Gary, Glenn Cooley, A stranger at the train station, A showgirl named Chicky Larson

Listen for: The mystery of why the Peacock Lounge's owners have suddenly taken interest in Mitzi and what job they have planned for her; whether the stranger's investigation will expose the scheme.

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.