What happens
Sergeant John Lawrence returns home from the war to his sweetheart Mary McKendley, but he has a secret: he is already married to an English girl, Lily, whom his friend Fred Taylor has been searching for. Mary is eager to marry John and the McKinley family prepares a wedding, while John and Fred try to find a way out of the situation. The broadcast is Lux Radio Theatre's production of John Loves Mary, starring Ronald Reagan and Patricia Neal, first broadcast on June 19, 1950. The story is set in New York and Washington in the period after the war.
New York City and Washington, D.C., shortly after the end of the Second World War
Characters: John Lawrence, Mary McKendley, Fred Taylor, Senator McKinley, Mrs. McKinley, Lily, Lieutenant Harris
Listen for: John's confession to Mary and Fred's reaction when he learns that Lily is alive and in America
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.