Portrait by Priscilla: Let George Do It (April 10, 1950)

“Portrait by Priscilla” is an episode of Let George Do It, the old-time radio show, first broadcast April 10, 1950. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

George Valentine is hired by a department store owner named Simpson to impersonate him at a dinner meeting with Ben Graftus, an art supply shop owner. When George arrives at Graftus's shop beforehand, he's knocked unconscious and a portrait by an artist named Priscilla goes missing. Now George must figure out who attacked him, why the painting was stolen, and what Graftus's connection to the mysterious portrait really is.

A city art supply shop and the Romany restaurant, present day.

Characters: George Valentine, Mr. Simpson, Ben Graftus, Priscilla

Listen for: The mystery of the stolen portrait and the identity of who attacked George and why the painting was so valuable.

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.