What happens
Stella Hadley, a wealthy Washington widow, prepares for her birthday luncheon in December 1941 while her family and friends gather around her. Her son Ted works in the War Department under Elliot Fulton, and Ted's relationship with his mother is strained. When the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor on the day of the party, the household is thrown into turmoil. Edward Arnold and Faye Bainter star in this Lux Radio Theatre production, based on the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film, which first aired on December 7, 1942, with Gene Rogers and Van Johnson also appearing.
Washington, D.C., in December 1941 and afterward, at the Hadley home and the War Department.
Characters: Stella Hadley, Elliot Fulton, Patricia Hadley, Ted Hadley, Michael, Dr. Meacher, Bennett, Peters
Listen for: The news of the Pearl Harbor attack breaking into Stella's birthday party.
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.