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Afternoon Reading: Three for My Baby

Afternoon Reading: Three for My Baby: Episode 3: Harold Lloyd Is Not the Man of My Dreams

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Three for My Baby

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Episode 3: Harold Lloyd Is Not the Man of My Dreams

Harold Lloyd Is Not the Man of My Dreams

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By Morven Crumlish. A woman meets Walter on the day she was meant to fall in love.

By Morven Crumlish. She met Walter on the day she was meant to fall in love, but he was unaware of her conflicting emotions. Read by Morven Christie.

These stories take their cue from the Johnny Mercer classic 'One For My Baby' - made famous by Fred Astaire, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday and especially Frank Sinatra. Each of these specially-commissioned pieces tell of a 'brief episode' of the kind the song alludes to but doesn't describe. In other words, these are stories about doomed love: affairs that turned sour, were thwarted by circumstance or were never, ever, going to work.

Harold Lloyd Is Not The Man Of My Dreams by Morven Crumlish

She met Walter on the day she was supposed to fall in love. But Walter had no inkling of the conflicting emotions that could be aroused by silent comedians ...

Morven Crumlish's stories have been published and broadcast widely, and she also contributes to the Guardian. Her work has featured in three previous Sweet Talk productions for BBC Radio 4. 'Loulou and Barbie and the Seven Deadly Sins' appeared in Curly Tales 2 (2005); Dilemmas of Modern Martyrs - five of her stories - in 2008; and most recently 'A Good Impression' (Platform 3, 2010). Morven lives in Edinburgh.

Reader: Morven Christie

Producer: Jeremy Osborne
A Sweet talk production for BBC Radio 4.

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Stories about doomed love taking their cue from the Johnny Mercer classic One For My Baby

Stories about doomed love that take their cue from the Johnny Mercer classic One For My Baby

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