What happens
Bill Cummings, a newly discharged soldier, and his wife Susan are newly married and living in New York City after the war. Bill searches for work at the employment service while Susan tries to keep their household running. Their families and friends offer advice and gossip as the couple faces the uncertainty of postwar life. Lux Radio Theatre presents this 1946 adaptation of the RKO film From This Day Forward, starring Joan Fontaine and Mark Stevens, broadcast on October 28, 1946.
New York City, shortly after World War II
Characters: Bill Cummings, Susan, Martha, Hank, Mr. Higgler, Timmy, Lieutenant
Listen for: Bill's struggle to find work after his discharge and the strain it puts on his marriage with Susan
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.