Radio review – SGP – “The Lost Weekend” (1946) ***

Because a lot of this was told in the first person it adapts well to radio and it helps that Ray Milland, Jane Wyman (in a tricky role – the supportive girlfriend) and Frank Faylen are back from the film. It’s also got that great Wilder-Brackett dialogue, and the story still works reduced to half an hour. Wilder and Brackett speak at the end to accept an award for the play; while Brackett thanks cast, crew, studio, etc Wilder thanks WC Fields for showing them an x ray of his kidneys. Good old Billy.