What happens
Reporter John Matthews and Rosie, a young immigrant singer, meet in New York in the 1870s, soon after her father Timothy Moore arrives and is given a job as superintendent of Central Park by Boss Tweed. The story is a musical drama set in old New York and is part of the Screen Guild Theater series, broadcast on June 28, 1948, with Deanna Durbin, Dick Haymes and Charles Winninger in the leading roles. Rosie is drawn to the powerful Tweed, and John grows jealous and resentful. Matthews and Timothy Moore then try to expose the corrupt political machine. This guide covers only the first part of the broadcast.
New York City, 1870s, including Central Park and the city's political machine
Characters: John Matthews, Rosie Moore, Timothy Moore, Boss Tweed, Dr. Day
Listen for: Rosie singing along the carousel in the park, and Timothy Moore's comic account of voting 26 times for dead party men
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.