What happens
Bill Cardell, presumed lost at sea, returns to find his widow Vicki has married his business partner Henry Lowndes. Bill and Henry must now decide how to share the situation, and Vicki struggles to choose between them. The Lady Esther Screen Guild Players present this comedy from Columbia Pictures, adapted from the story by Somerset Maugham, with Frank Sinatra as Henry, Bill Goodwin as Bill, and Donna Reed as Vicki. The episode aired on September 4, 1944. The story is comic and light, with the men competing for Vicki's affections and the household staff, led by the butler Peter, reacting to the mix-up.
A home in an unnamed city, and the candy company office where Henry and Bill work.
Characters: Bill Cardell, Vicki, Henry Lowndes, Peter
Listen for: Vicki's attempts to decide between her two husbands and the men's growing rivalry over her.
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.