Made for Each Other: Lux Radio Theatre (February 19, 1940)

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“Made for Each Other” is an episode of Lux Radio Theatre, the old-time radio show, first broadcast February 19, 1940. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Johnny Mason, a young lawyer at the firm of Doolittle, Mizz, Smith, Doolittle and Hutch, marries Jane on impulse after a chance meeting in Boston and plans a honeymoon in Bermuda. His employer, Judge Doolittle, refuses to give him more than ten days off, and Johnny's plans begin to unravel. Johnny's mother is shocked by the sudden marriage, and the young couple's wish to live independently is tested as they move through early married life. This is the Lux Radio Theatre production of Made for Each Other, broadcast on February 19, 1940, starring Carole Lombard and Fred MacMurray.

New York, and later the couple's home in New York

Characters: Johnny Mason, Jane Mason, Judge Doolittle, Mrs. Mason, Eunice Doolittle, Carter

Listen for: Johnny's mother's reaction to the marriage, and the conflict between the honeymoon and Johnny's job

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.