What happens
Chris and Mary Price of Kintsun, Ohio, are about to leave on a second honeymoon when a telegram arrives announcing that Chris's old friend Joe Parker, a foreign correspondent, is returning home. Joe appears unexpectedly at their house before they depart. Lux Radio Theatre presents Guest Wife, a comedy starring Olivia de Havilland, Don Ameche and Dick Foran, with Sam Wood's film as the source. Joe reveals a deception involving a fictitious wife he invented to win time off from his employer, Mr. Worth, and Mary agrees to impersonate that wife in New York. Mix-ups with the bank, the newspapers and the trains follow as the couple's plans unravel.
Kintsun, Ohio, and New York City
Characters: Chris Price, Mary Price, Joe Parker, Mr. Worth
Listen for: Joe's explanation of the fictitious wife and Mary's agreement to pose as her
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.