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The Copper Tea Strainer
Originally Aired: April 21, 1949
Suspense #337, "The Copper Tea Strainer," stars Betty Grable as Jeannie Dunn, a thirty-year-old model working at photographer James Irwin's studio when a detective arrives asking pointed questions. The detective produces a gleaming copper tea strainer, and at the sight of it, Jeannie's carefully suppressed memories come flooding back. She lives with her invalid mother, preparing her breakfast each morning before leaving for work, always leaving a teacup with tea measured out and a strainer ready. As the detective spins the strainer between his fingers, asking…
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