Announcer Truman Bradley's opening monologue states: ''Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. Tonight, Lady Esther presents the Screen Guild Players in one of the most gripping screen stories of the past year, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's sensational drama, "The Postman Always Rings Twice," based on the famous novel by James M. Cain. It stars Lana Turner as Cora Smith and John Garfield as Frank Chambers. The Lady Esther Screen Guild Players in "The Postman Always Rings Twice.".''