What happens
Lily, a young peasant girl, comes to Vienna to live with her aunt, who runs a bookshop. There she meets Richard Waldo, a sculptor, who asks her to pose for a statue based on the Song of Songs. Their attraction grows, but Richard's bohemian life clashes with her hopes, and a wealthy Baron von Mertzbach takes an interest in her. This is an episode of the Lux Radio Theatre, first broadcast on December 20, 1937, starring Marlene Dietrich and Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., with Lionel Atwill. The story is adapted from the film The Song of Songs.
Vienna, Austria, in the 1930s
Characters: Lily, Richard Waldo, Baron von Mertzbach, Aunt Vogelsang
Listen for: Lily's first meeting with Richard in the bookshop and the sculptor's proposal that she model for him.
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.