What happens
Martin, a young clerk at Matuschek's leather goods shop in Budapest, has been corresponding with an anonymous woman through a newspaper personal ad, and he is eager to meet her. Clara Novak arrives seeking work and clashes with Martin constantly, while the older clerk Pirovitch offers him advice. Martin arranges to meet his correspondent at a cafe, and the story follows the tension between him and Clara at the shop. Van Johnson, Phyllis Thaxter and Felix Bressart star in this Lady Esther Screen Guild Players adaptation of the Samson Raphaelson comedy, broadcast on February 26, 1945.
Matuschek and Company, a novelty and leather goods shop in Budapest, before the war
Characters: Martin, Clara Novak, Pirovitch, Mr. Matuschek, Mrs. Matuschek
Listen for: The exchange of letters between Martin and his anonymous correspondent, and the first encounters between Martin and Clara at the shop
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.