What happens
In 1920s New York, opera singer Augustino Carafa is the target of a press agent's scheme to ruin him. Isabel Perry, a young southern girl, is hired as bait and sent to his apartment, where he is caught in a compromising position. The episode, part of the Lux Radio Theatre series, aired on December 8, 1952, and stars Janet Lee and Fernando Lamas. Carafa's reputation with women is central to the comedy, as the plot unfolds through a series of tricks, misunderstandings and romantic complications.
New York City in the late 1920s, including an opera house, a speakeasy and Carafa's apartment.
Characters: Augustino Carafa, Isabel Perry, Bill, Henry Green, Mrs. Donnelly, Mr. Donnelly, Lily, Tomaso
Listen for: Carafa's reputation as a romantic opera singer and the press agent's plan to trap him with a staged scandal.
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.