What happens
Irene Vail, the wife of shipowner Bruce Vail, is brought to trial for murder, and the story returns to the night before. In a New York hotel bedroom, Irene is confronted by her husband and a blackmailer, and a stranger named Paul Denay intervenes. Paul takes her away, and their night together turns into a romance that soon draws in danger. The Gulf Screen Guild Theater presents this episode with Greer Garson and Lionel Atwill in the leading roles, first broadcast on November 10, 1940, with Roger Pryor as host.
New York and a hotel bedroom, a nightclub in New York, and a courtroom
Characters: Irene Vail, Paul Denay, Bruce Vail, Max, Harry
Listen for: The courtroom testimony in which Bruce Vail confesses that his story was a lie
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.