Radio review - Ford Theatre - "The Man Who Played God" (1947) **1/2

A 1930s George Arliss movie this story would be remembered today - if at all - for providing the story for the Movie Going Hall of Shame Contender, Sincerely Yours (1954), which unsuccessfully attempted to launch Liberace as a movie star. I guess they liked the fact it's about a concert pianist - act one establishes him as rich, middle aged and successful. His secretary has a yen for him but he's keen on a hot young socialite who he teaches - until he becomes deaf in a bomb explosion while playing for a European king. (Said king is the target of assassination attempts). He becomes bitter until he uses his skill at lip reading to perve on people in Central Park and help them out. Eventually he perves on his hot socialite who is in love with someone else. It's junky and silly but you find yourself listening - such is the power of cheesy melodrama.