What happens
Grace Talbot and her husband Tommy live in a cramped Joplin, Missouri apartment, struggling financially after Grace pushed to leave their small hometown. Tommy believes a railroad deal will bring them money, and he invites railroad agent Mr. Barstow to dinner. Their inexperienced hired helper Hattie is pressed into serving, and the evening goes badly as Grace and Tommy's tensions surface. Old friend Dick Loring appears at the door, complicating matters further. The series is Screen Guild Theater, and this episode first aired on November 11, 1946, starring Aussie Nelson and Harriet Hilliard.
Joplin, Missouri, an apartment and a small town hometown, circa the 1940s
Characters: Grace Talbot, Tommy Talbot, Mr. Barstow, Mrs. Barstow, Hattie, Dick Loring, Margaret
Listen for: Tommy's boast about his real estate deal and Grace's complaints about the Joplin apartment during the dinner scene
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.