What happens
Lucy Warriner returns to her apartment to find her husband Jerry back from six weeks away, and their marriage quickly becomes a battle of accusations. Lucy and Jerry, played by Carol Lombard and Robert Young, bicker over an unexplained night, and Dan Leeson, played by Ralph Bellamy, a wealthy Oklahoma natural gas man, becomes Lucy's new suitor. The Gulf Theater presents this adaptation of Arthur Richmond's comedy The Awful Truth on March 17, 1940, and the program is part of the Screen Guild Theater series. The couple's divorce proceedings, a custody dispute over their dog Mr. Smith, and Jerry's apparent romance with Barbara Vance all unfold in this first part of the play.
New York City, in the Warriners' apartment and nearby social settings, during a divorce.
Characters: Lucy Warriner, Jerry Warriner, Dan Leeson, Barbara Vance, Mr. Smith
Listen for: Lucy and Jerry's sharp exchanges as they fight over the dog Mr. Smith and their divorce.
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.