What happens
Sam Dodsworth, a retired automobile company president, and his wife Fran set out on a long-awaited trip to Europe after selling his company. The couple's expectations for their journey begin to diverge as they travel through London and Paris. Sam hopes to see the sights and return home, while Fran seeks a new, freer life and grows drawn to the cosmopolitan social set around them. This Lux Radio Theatre production, from the Sinclair Lewis novel, stars Walter Houston and Nan Sunderland, with Barbara O'Neill, Pedro de Cordoba, and Barbara Kent in supporting roles. The broadcast was originally aired on October 4, 1937, and is adapted from the story Dodsworth.
Zenith, Middle-Western America; transatlantic liner; London; Paris
Characters: Sam Dodsworth, Fran Dodsworth, Mary, Tubby, Major Lockers, Clyde Cordrey, Arnold Israel, Renee de Penaab
Listen for: Sam's growing unease about Fran's changing ambitions during their European trip
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.