What happens
Bill Chandler, a former newspaper reporter, is persuaded by Warren Haggerty to return to the paper to handle a libel suit brought by socialite Connie Allenbury, who is suing for two million dollars. Chandler agrees to a scheme to stage a false marriage with Gladys, a club singer, in order to pose as a husband who has been stolen by Connie. Haggerty's plan is for Chandler to travel to Mexico, where he will meet Connie and her father and try to win their trust. The episode is a Lux Radio Theatre production starring Van Johnson and Esther Williams, with Virginia Gray as Gladys.
Hollywood newspaper offices, a New York hotel cocktail lounge, and a fashionable hotel in Mexico City
Characters: Bill Chandler, Connie Allenbury, Warren Haggerty, Gladys, Mr. Allenbury, Mr. Bartlett
Listen for: Chandler's plan to win the trust of Connie and her father in Mexico, and his growing interest in Connie
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.