Suspense - Philomel Cottage (part 2 only) (#7)
Channel: Old Time Radio Researchers
Date: 04/02/2023

Suspense - 07/29/42, episode 7
Brought to you by the Old Time Radio Researchers, courtesy of The Suspense Project

The full performance of this episode is missing, but the second half has survived.

Philomel Cottage is based on Agatha Christie’s Love from a Stranger about a newlywed who suspects her husband is planning to have her killed. It was adapted by Harold Medford.

The script was performed again on 1943-10-07 and yet again on 1946-12-26.

This is the first surviving recording of a Suspense episode produced by William Spier. Charles Vanda had left CBS for military service. Under Spier, Suspense would deviate and evolve from Vanda’s original vision for the series.

The cast: Eric Dressler (Gerald Martin), Alice Frost (Alix Martin), Alfred Shirley (George), Dick Widmark (Dick), Berry Kroeger (Narrator).

For more information, visit https://suspenseproject.blogspot.com/2023/01/1942-07-29-philomel-cottage.html