What happens
Tanya Premier, a glamorous Russian ballerina, is mobbed by fans outside her New York hotel while her manager struggles to get her to the theater. Her lost dog, Prince Igor, adds to the chaos. When wealthy American Philip Sinclair meets her, he pays to hire the ballet troupe for a party so he can get close to her. Series: Screen Guild Theater, broadcast 10 March 1940, starring William Powell and Betty Davis.
New York City, outside the Romanov Arms Hotel on Central Park West, then Philip Sinclair's mansion and Central Park.
Characters: Tanya, Philip Sinclair, Androvsky, Igor, Marie
Listen for: Tanya's Russian accent and the gap between her act and her real background.
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.