What happens
Evan Adams, a struggling young painter in New York during the Depression, meets a mysterious girl named Jenny in Central Park. She claims to be the daughter of circus acrobats and seems to know things she could not know. Evan becomes obsessed with her, painting her portrait and searching for the truth about her family. This episode of Lux Radio Theatre, first broadcast on October 31, 1949, is an adaptation of the film Portrait of Jenny, with Joseph Cotton as Evan and Anne Baxter as Jenny. The transcript covers only the first two acts of the play.
New York City, during the Depression, including Central Park, an art gallery, and a saloon
Characters: Evan Adams, Jenny Appleton, Miss Finney, Gus Moore, Mr. Matthews, Danny
Listen for: Evan's first meeting with Jenny in Central Park and her unusual remarks about the past
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.