What happens
Georges Iturbi, a dancer stranded at the Mexican border town of Tijuana while waiting for a United States visa, meets Emmy Brown, a schoolteacher from Azusa, California, whose school bus has broken down in town. Georges is drawn to her, and their meeting leads him to a plan to marry her so he can enter America. This Lux Radio Theatre production, adapted from the Paramount film Hold Back the Dawn, stars Charles Boyer, Paulette Goddard and Susan Hayward and was broadcast on November 10, 1941. The dramatization presents the characters' early encounters, including Georges's reunion with his former partner Anita, and their growing involvement.
Tijuana, a Mexican border town near the United States, and the nearby American town of Azusa, California
Characters: Georges Iturbi, Emmy Brown, Anita, Mr. McAdams, Tony, Flores
Listen for: The early exchanges between Georges and Emmy at the border town hotel and the telephone office
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.