June Bride: Lux Radio Theatre (December 28, 1953)

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“June Bride” is an episode of Lux Radio Theatre, the old-time radio show, first broadcast December 28, 1953. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Kerry Jackson, a former foreign correspondent, is assigned by Home Life magazine editor Linda Gilman to cover the June wedding of Jean Brinker in Crestville, Indiana. Linda and Kerry, who once had a romance, clash over the assignment while working to prepare the Brinker household for a feature article. Kerry learns that Jean is engaged to Bud while her previous romantic interest was Bud's brother Jim, and he suggests a plan that involves calling for Jim to return home. The episode is from the Lux Radio Theatre, broadcast on December 28, 1953, with Linda Gilman and Fred MacMurray playing the leads.

New York City magazine offices and the Brinker home in Crestville, Indiana, in winter

Characters: Linda Gilman, Carrie Jackson, Jean Brinker, Boo Brinker, Mr. Brinker, Mrs. Brinker, Bud Mitchell, Jim Mitchell

Listen for: Kerry's plan to bring Jim Mitchell home before the wedding, and the tension between Linda and Kerry over their past romance

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.