Lux Radio Theatre was an American radio show that ran on the NBC Blue Network (1934–35), the CBS Radio network (Columbia Broadcasting System) (1935–54), and NBC Radio (1954–55). Every week they broadcast an hour-long adaptation of a popular film or Broadway play, often starring members of the original cast.[1]
NOTE: First broadcast dates are currently listed in year-month-day (YYYY-MM-DD) format.
Episodes: 1934–1939
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editFirst broadcast | Title | Starring | Notes |
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1934-10-14 | 7th Heaven | Miriam Hopkins, John Boles | First New York broadcast. |
1934-10-21 | What Every Woman Knows | Helen Hayes | |
1934-10-28 | The Barker | Walter Huston | Filmed in 1933 as Hoop-La |
1934-11-04 | Smilin' Through | Jane Cowl | |
1934-11-11 | The Nervous Wreck | June Walker | |
1934-11-18 | Rebound | Ruth Chatterton | |
1934-11-25 | Mrs Dane's Defence | Ethel Barrymore | |
1934-12-02 | Let Us Be Gay | Tallulah Bankhead | |
1934-12-09 | Berkeley Square | Leslie Howard | |
1934-12-16 | Turn to the Right | James Cagney | |
1934-12-23 | The Goose Hangs High | Walter Connolly | Filmed in 1932 as This Reckless Age |
1934-12-30 | Daddy Long Legs | John Boles |
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editEpisodes: 1950–1955
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edit- ^ "Lux Radio Theater .. episodic log". otrsite.com.
- ^ "TONIGHT - GALA PERFORMANCE, LUX RADIO THEATRE (advertisement)". Spokesman-Review (Oregon). 1936-06-01. p. 5. Retrieved 2024-02-02.
- ^ ""Radio Theater" Signs Amelia Earhart for Talk". Youngstown Vindicator. 1937-06-28. p. 22. Retrieved 2021-05-09.
- ^
Crosby: "Well, I'll tell you, back in the knee-britches day, when I was a wee little tyke, a mere broth of a lad as we say in Spokane, I used to totter around the streets with a gun on each hip, my favorite after school pastime was a game known as "Cops and Robbers", I didn't care which side I was on, when a cop or robber came into view, I would haul out my trusty six-shooters, made of wood, and loudly exclaim bing! bing!, as my luckless victim fell clutching his side, I would shout bing! bing!, and I would let him have it again, and then as his friends came to his rescue, shooting as they came, I would shout bing! bing! bing! bing! bing! bing! bing! bing!"
Blondell: "I'm surprised the didn't call you "Killer" Crosby! Now tell me another story, Grandpa!
Crosby: "No, so help me, its the truth, ask Mister De Mille."
De Mille: "I'll vouch for it, Bing. - ^ "Listen to and download the Lux Radio Theater Radio Program, She Loves Me Not, starring Bing Crosby and Nan Grey, Courtesy of Jimbo Berkey". free-classic-radio-shows.com.
- ^ "[NO TITLE]". Archived from the original on 2016-03-14.
- ^ Brown, Robert (29 January 2014). "Times Past Old Time Radio : Lux Radio Theater".
- ^ "Copyright 2018, J. David Goldin". radiogoldindex.com.
- ^ "Lux_FP.Log.Txt". Archived from the original on 2014-12-06.
- ^ "lux radio theatre". www.botar.us.
- ^ Kear, Lynn; Rossman, John (2006). The Complete Kay Francis Career Record: All Film, Stage, Radio and Television Appearances. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company. p. 223. ISBN 978-0-7864-3198-4. "REVIEWS: According to [Connie] Billups and [Arthur] Pierce, 'Francis gives a fine performance, as do Warren William as the man in her life and Dix Davis as her fiercely loyal son.'"
- ^ "Pittsburgh Radio Programs". The Pittsburgh Press. 1942-04-20. p. 30. Retrieved 2021-05-21.
- ^ "Features Today". The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. 1942-04-20. p. 4 (Daily Magazine). Retrieved 2021-05-21.
- ^ "Tonight's Features". The Pittsburgh Press. 1952-09-29. p. 29. Retrieved 2021-06-26.
- ^ "Competition". Los Angeles Citizen News. September 7, 1953. p. 16.