What happens
Chester Riley, a blustering father, clashes with his daughter Babs over money and her friend Simon Vanderhopper, a would-be photographer who wants to make her a model. Riley catches the two in a darkroom, and a tense confrontation follows. Riley's own photograph later becomes the subject of a plan to promote him as a man of distinction, and he eagerly agrees to pose for an advertising firm. The episode is from The Life of Riley, first broadcast on May 15, 1948 on the Blue Network and NBC, starring William Bendix as Riley.
The Riley household and a Los Angeles-area photography studio and advertising agency.
Characters: Chester A. Riley, Babs, Junior, Peg, Simon Vanderhopper, Digger O'Dell, Mr. Smith, Mr. Wilcox
Listen for: Riley's blustering demands for money, and his excitement when he is told he is a man of distinction.
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.