Radio review – Lux – “Barrets of Wimpole Street” (1946) **

The famous true life forbidden romance brought to life in gushy style by Loretta Young and Brian Ahern, both of whom sound too old for their roles – Ahern especially (he could have played the father). Lester Matthews is the father with possibly incestuous designs on his own daughter, the most interesting thing about the production. It’s a decent story but it just feels old fashioned the way its done here – as the makers of the 1957 version found out.