Eve Arden makes her only Suspense appearance in a role that is so darkly opposite to the happy but often befuddled high school teacher “Connie Brooks” of the hit radio series Our Miss Brooks. The script is another collaboration of radio scripter E. Jack Neuman and future Hitchcock movie screenwriter John Michael Hayes.
Arden’s character is a moody, narcissistic, business executive. She’s into all the trappings of success (a $40,000 salary is one of them, almost $500,000 in US$2024 value), and the clothes, and every best amenity of daily life. She falls in love with a successful businessman and writer she meets at a luncheon. She is celebrated as one of the nation’s “ten best dressed” women there. He’s handsome and also considered “best dressed” among his peers. . .
The cast:
EVE ARDEN (Ruth Franklin), Joe Kearns (Signature Voice / Percy Hamilton), Jack Kruschen (Tony the bartender), Charles Calvert (Sergeant Collins), Howard McNear (Apartment neighbor / Policeman at end), Clayton Post (Eddie / Yates), Larry Thor (Lt. Rourke), Lamont Johnson (Roy Mason), Mary Jane Croft (“Petey” Wright), Irene Tedrow (Woman in Alley / Elsie), Peter Virgo (Joe, the cop)
COMMERCIAL: Jerry Hausner (Sam the Autolite dealer), Harlow Wilcox (Announcer), Sylvia Simms (Operator)
Another post for fans of "golden age" radio drama. I first listened to it because I've always been a big fan of Eve Arden. I'm pretty stunned to see Sylvia Simms was in the commercial.
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