What happens
Steve Layton, a reporter for the Daily Express, feuds with his managing editor Marty Canavan until a scoop about heiress Tony Gateson's arrival in town lands him in trouble. Steve poses as an airline employee to reach Tony, and a newspaper later falsely reports their engagement. The Screen Guild Theater presented this comedy on June 14, 1943, with Jack Benny, Anne Sheridan and James Gleason in the leading roles. The transcript covers the first part of the story, which follows Steve and Tony as their rivalry and romance develop, including a jail scene and a bet over a stolen car.
A newspaper office and a small town in the United States, around 1943
Characters: Steve Layton, Tony Gateson, Marty Canavan, Judge
Listen for: The comic exchanges between Steve Layton and Tony Gateson as their rivalry turns into romance
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.