What happens
Doris Ball, a former singer, is married to Leonard Ball, who wants her to give up her career. After a night at the opera, Doris begins to plan a recital, and Leonard refuses to support it. Leonard's friend Hugo Kurtfeld encourages her, and tensions in the marriage grow as the recital approaches. Lux Radio Theatre presents this 1941 adaptation of the 20th Century Fox picture, with George Brent as Leonard, Priscilla Lane as Doris and Gail Patrick as Cecile Carver. The episode aired on April 28, 1941.
New York City, in the Ball household and around the city's opera and concert world.
Characters: Leonard Ball, Doris Ball, Major Blair, Mrs. Blair, Hugo Kurtfeld, Cecile Carver, Mr. Borland, Fisher
Listen for: Doris's ambition to sing against Leonard's objections, and Cecile Carver's surprising discovery of Leonard's voice.
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.