You Belong to Me: Screen Guild Theater (November 1, 1943)

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“You Belong to Me” is an episode of Screen Guild Theater, the old-time radio show, first broadcast November 1, 1943. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Peter Kirk, a wealthy young skier, meets Dr. Helen Hunt on a winter holiday, and the two marry within days. Their new life at his large country house is strained by her demanding medical work and by his growing jealousy of her patient Mr. Vandermeer. Peter's restlessness leads him to take a job at a department store to prove himself, while Helen struggles with the tension in their marriage. This Screen Guild Theater radio adaptation of the 1943 Columbia picture You Belong to Me stars Don Ameche and Mary Astor. It was broadcast on November 1, 1943.

A winter resort in the hills, then Peter's large country house and a city department store.

Characters: Peter Kirk, Helen Hunt, Vandermeer, Moody, Mr. Jenkins

Listen for: Peter's jealousy of Helen's patient Vandermeer, and his decision to take a job at the department store.

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.