What happens
Vince Dohm, an advertising executive, comes home at dawn in evening clothes and arouses his wife Paula's suspicion about his late nights with a mysterious client, Mr. Frazier. Paula's sister-in-law Eve encourages her to make Vince jealous, and Ted Burke, a talent agent, supplies an actor to flirt with Paula at the Spartan Room. The original Screen Directors Playhouse broadcast aired on September 23, 1949, and stars Fred MacMurray in his film role as Vince Dohm, with the film directed by Lloyd Bacon.
Present-day Hollywood-era America, in the Dohms' home, an advertising office, and the Spartan Room nightclub.
Characters: Vince Dohm, Paula Dohm, Eve, Ted Burke, Mr. Hendricks, Margot Frazier, Claude Kimball
Listen for: Vince's excuses about Mr. Frazier and the jealousy plot set up by Paula's sister-in-law Eve and talent agent Ted Burke at the Spartan Room.
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.