Victor Jory stars in a William N. Robson script that was first broadcast on Romance 1956-01-21. Jory plays a super-egotistical foreign correspondent, supposedly the idol of middle-aged ladies. He is shocked when his wife wants to divorce him. How can it be that his own wife does not revere him when he is adored by everyone else? She wants divorce because he is in love with someone else… himself!
He shares her divorce request with a fellow reporter, his old Army buddy. It’s clear that he has no clue about how his actions have destroyed their marriage. He believes she is disturbed and has arranged for her to see a psychiatrist. She fesses up that she’s interested in another man, and he demands that she have that man visit them at 6:00pm the next evening. The meeting occurs, and he’s not the kind of man he expected to steal his wife… he’s a loud Southern man, and not a tall, handsome man of high social stature that her husband might have expected. It seems that even that is an insult that her heart could be drawn to a man like this! The story takes a surprising turn when it is revealed whom she is really interested in.
For many years, the only available recording of this episode was a poor-sounding heavily edited aircheck with a clipped closing. Now, a complete Armed Forces Radio Service recording (AFRS#647) is available. It is in much better sound than the prior recordings were, but does have a narrow range compared to recordings of other episodes.
The program was recorded on Thursday, September 5, 1957. Rehearsal began at 2:00pm and concluded at 5:00pm. Recording began at that time, and with studio editing, finished at 7:00pm.
William N. Robson authored the script from an idea of William Kenneally. He was a news reporter in Los Angeles and was working at KNX, where the CBS Radio studios were. Kenneally had an idea and Robson developed it into this story. This Romance script, now used on Suspense, is their first known collaboration. Kenneally also worked with Robson on the CBS Radio Workshop broadcast of 1956-12-09. That episode, I Was the Duke, with the subtitle of “A Portrait of a Juvenile Delinquent” had Kenneally as its narrator. Kenneally worked for many radio and television stations in his career, mostly in the Los Angeles area. He had many different assignments over the years as a reporter, commentator and as a news director. He passed away at age 56 in September 1976.
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THE CAST
Victor Jory (Fred Haskell), Ellen Morgan (Ann), Paul Frees (Slye / Harry, alias Jeb Tolliver), Larry Thor (Jerry Davis, the narrator), George Walsh (Suspense Narrator)
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