[2] A 1938 article in Radio Guide magazine commented, "The story of Dan Harding's Wife is one that will strike a warmly responsive note in the hearts of all wives and mothers who are, because of economic necessity, separated from their husbands.

:[2] The broadcast was set 19 years after Dan and Rhoda Harding were married in South America.

Dan felt that a mining camp would not be a good place to raise the twins, so he sent Rhoda and the babies to the United States.

The reunions ended, however, when Rhoda received word that Dan had been killed in a mining disaster in Iraq.

"[2] Buxton and Owen's The Big Broadcast lists the cast of Dan Harding's Wife as follows:[3] Other sources list additional cast members as follows: Norman Berry (announcer)[4] and Mercedes McCambridge (role not specified).