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Lux Radio Theater 1934-1955 Part 1/
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"Greetings from Hollywood, ladies and gentlemen."
Regarded as the most important dramatic show on American radio, Lux Radio Theater had everything, stars, money, and last but not least Cecil B. DeMille.
Shooting schedules in Hollywood were put aside in order to accommodate stars that rushed off to rehearsals And why not, a top star could earn up to $5,000 a performance in an era were you could buy a house for $3,000. C.B. himself got $2,000 a week for basically just showing up. The film studios also gained monetarily from the prestige of having a movie dramatised on LRT. It meant big box office.
The following list is divided in two. If you don't fine the show you are looking for please look below '541228 903 The Iron Mistress,' you may find it there.
Files available for download
35028 52 Dulcy ZaSu Pitts, Gene Lockhart
ZaSu Pitts
This is the prototypical role for ZaSu as a well meaning but scatterbrained wife, determined to "help" her husband put through a big merger.
The first Lux Radio Theater broadcast from Hollywood.
360601 83 The Legionnaire and the Lady Marlene Dietrich, Clark Gable
Marlene Dietrcich
A love story between a Legionnaire in the desert and a night club singer. (C. B. interviews Jesse Lasky about the good old days in Hollywood when they filmed "The Squaw Man" together. Clark Gable and Marlene Dietrich are interviewed. Marlene sings "Falling In Love Again," accompanied by the composer.)
360608 84 The Thin Man William Powell, Myrna Loy
William Powell, Astor, Myrna Loy
The story of an urbane and witty New York detective who solves a missing-persons murder. (Introduced by the director of the original film: W. S. Van Dyke, DeMille was attending a Paramount convention is Chicago. Theda Bara appears after the story and discusses her planned "comeback.")
360615 85 Burlesque Al Jolson, Ruby Keeler
Al Jolson and Ruby Keeler
A well-done story of backstage love and heartbreak. (Eighty-five year old Daniel Frohman, a famous theatrical producer, is interviewed. Al Jolson and Ruby Keeler are interviewed after the story. Jolson sings "A Pretty Girl Is Like A Melody," "Is It True What They Say About Dixie?" and "Toot, Toot Tootsie.")
360622 86 The Dark Angel Merle Oberon, Herbert Marshall
Merle Oberon
A melodrama of a love affair interrupted by the war and only slowed down by blindness. (The program runs 62:30 and sounds on-speed. Perhaps it's a rehearsal.)
360629 87 Irene Jeanette MacDonald, Regis Toomey
Jeannette MacDonald
A shop girl from the upholstery department of a large department store is changed into Irene O'Dare, the famous Irish singer. (D. W. Griffith is interviewed; it makes fascinating listening. Jeanette MacDonald is also interviewed after the story and sings, "Would You?")
360706 88 The Voice of Bugle Ann Lionel Barrymoore, Anne Shirley
Lionel Barrymore
A melodrama about an old farmer who loves to hunt foxes, and his favorite hunting dog. (The program includes a fine tribute to dogs by Lionel Barrymore.)
360713 89 The Brat (Last quarter missing) Marion Davies, Joel McCrea
Marion Davies
A girl of the slums is taken into a wealthy home by an author who is using her as a type model for his book. Romance soon follows.
360720 90 The Barker Claudette Colbert, Walter Huston
Claudette Colbert
A well-done melodrama of the Midway. Great radio!
360727 91 Chained Joan Crawford, Franchot Tone
Franchot Tone and Joan Crawford
The story is based on the 1934 MGM film. (Helen Burgess, the intermission guest; an actress for Paramount pictures, would die the following year)
360817 94 The Vagabond King John Boles, Evelyn Venable
John Boles
The musical biography of French poet Francois Villon.
360824 95 One Sunday Afternoon
360831 96 Cheating Cheaters George Raft, June Lang
George Raft
(During the intermission interview, Gloria Swanson and Cecil B. DeMille recall the silent films they made together.)
360907 97 Is Zat So James Cagney; Robert Armstrong
James Cagney
A screwball comedy about a Brooklyn fight manager and his stumble bum pugilist who become servants of the upper class. (Columnist Sheila Graham is interviewed, as is A. H. Giannini (president/chairman of United Artists).
360928 100 The Plutocrat Wallace Beery, Cecelia Parker
Wallace Berry
A comedy about a wealthy businessman from Omaha and his adventures on the high seas and in Algeria. (The 100th broadcast of the show. Victor Young is interviewed and plays one of his compositions. Walt Disney, Mickey Mouse, and Donald Duck are also interviewed. Donald does his imitation of Bing Crosby!).
361005 101 Elmer the Great Joe E. Brown, June Travis
Joe E. Brown
(During an intermission interview, Lou Gehrig predicts that the Yankees will win the World Series, he was correct).
361012 102 The Curtain Rises Ginger Rogers, Warren William
Ginger Rogers
A shy woman decides to take acting lessons in order to play love scenes with her instructor.
361026 104 Saturday's Children Robert Taylor, Olivia de Havilland
Robert Taylor
A drama about a couple in love who don't live happily ever after...or do they? A good story.
361102 105 The Virginian Gary Cooper, Charles Bickford
Gary Cooper
The classic western about a strong, silent type, who's fast on the draw when he has to be. (Guest Sidney Skolsky does a funny "cowboy column.")
361109 106 Alias Jimmy Valentine Pat O'Brien, Madge Evans
Pat O'Brien
A good story about a safe-cracker trying to go straight.(Pat O'Brien sings "The Charlady's Ball." Guest Melvyn Purvis ("The Greatest G-Man In History") recalls a real safe cracker he met while tracking down John Dillinger.)
361116 107 Conversation Piece Lily Pons, Adolphe Menjou
Lily Pons
A Frenchman tries to pass off a nightclub singer as nobility.
361123 108 Story of Luis Pasteur Paul Muni, Fritz Lieber
Paul Muni
The famous scientist fights overwhelming opposition to his germ theory of disease. (Director William K. Howard is interviewed. Dress designer "Adrian" is interviewed.)
361130 109 Poly of the Circus Loretta Young, James Gleason
Loretta Young
Romance under the Big Top as a circus performer and a small town doctor fall in love. (Cecil B. DeMille speaks from New York. The intermission guest is the world's only lady tiger trainer. Guest Robert Ripley tells how Hollywood was named after a horse and how a horse was responsible for the first motion picture! Other "Believe It Or Nots.")
361207 110 The Grand Duchess and the Waiter Robert Montgomery, Elissa Landi
Robert Montgomery
A comedy-romance about an impoverished Duchess and a bumbling waiter.
361214 111 Madame Sans-Gene Jean Harlow, Robert Taylor
Jean Harlow
Romance and intrigue in post-revolutionary France. (One of the intermission guests is with the pretender to the throne of the French Empire, Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte.)
361221 112 The Gold Diggers (Last Quarter Missing) Joan Blondell, Richard Powell
Joan Blondell and Dick Powell
The story of "Gold Diggers Of 1933," the music of "Gold Diggers Of 1937." A show business story of the Depression.
361228 113 Cavalcade Herbert Marshall, Madalaine Carrol
Herbert Marshall
An excellent drama of an English couple from 1900 to 1936, from the Boer War to the "present" day. Well done! (Noel Coward speaks from his dressing room at the National Theatre in New York.)
370104 114 Men in White Spencer Tracy, Virginia Bruce
Spencer Tracy
A young doctor learns the hard way what a life dedicated to medicine really means.
370111 115 The Gilded Lily Claudette Colbert, Fred MacMurray
Fred MacMurray
370118 116 The Criminal Code Edward G. Robinson, Beverly Roberts
Edward G. Robinson
370125 117 Tonight or Never Janette MacDonald, Melvyn Douglas
Melvyn Douglas
370201 118 Mister Deeds Goes to Town Gary Cooper, Jean Arthur
Jean Arthur
370208 119 Graustark Gene Raymond, Anna Sten
Gene Raymond
370215 120 Brewster's Millions Jack Benny, Mary Livingstone
Jack Benny
370222 121 Captain Blood Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland
Olivia de Havilland and Errol Flynn
370301 122 Cappy Ricks Charles Winninger, Richard Arlen
Charles Winninger
370308 123 Madame Butterfly Grace Moore, Cary Grant
Grace Moore
370315 124 Desire Marlene Dietrich, Herbert Marshall
Marlene Dietrich
PLEASE REMEMBER TO LEAVE A COMMENT. THANK YOU
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"Greetings from Hollywood, ladies and gentlemen."
Regarded as the most important dramatic show on American radio, Lux Radio Theater had everything, stars, money, and last but not least Cecil B. DeMille.
Shooting schedules in Hollywood were put aside in order to accommodate stars that rushed off to rehearsals And why not, a top star could earn up to $5,000 a performance in an era were you could buy a house for $3,000. C.B. himself got $2,000 a week for basically just showing up. The film studios also gained monetarily from the prestige of having a movie dramatised on LRT. It meant big box office.
The following list is divided in two. If you don't fine the show you are looking for please look below '541228 903 The Iron Mistress,' you may find it there.
Files available for download
35028 52 Dulcy ZaSu Pitts, Gene Lockhart
ZaSu Pitts
This is the prototypical role for ZaSu as a well meaning but scatterbrained wife, determined to "help" her husband put through a big merger.
The first Lux Radio Theater broadcast from Hollywood.
360601 83 The Legionnaire and the Lady Marlene Dietrich, Clark Gable
Marlene Dietrcich
A love story between a Legionnaire in the desert and a night club singer. (C. B. interviews Jesse Lasky about the good old days in Hollywood when they filmed "The Squaw Man" together. Clark Gable and Marlene Dietrich are interviewed. Marlene sings "Falling In Love Again," accompanied by the composer.)
360608 84 The Thin Man William Powell, Myrna Loy
William Powell, Astor, Myrna Loy
The story of an urbane and witty New York detective who solves a missing-persons murder. (Introduced by the director of the original film: W. S. Van Dyke, DeMille was attending a Paramount convention is Chicago. Theda Bara appears after the story and discusses her planned "comeback.")
360615 85 Burlesque Al Jolson, Ruby Keeler
Al Jolson and Ruby Keeler
A well-done story of backstage love and heartbreak. (Eighty-five year old Daniel Frohman, a famous theatrical producer, is interviewed. Al Jolson and Ruby Keeler are interviewed after the story. Jolson sings "A Pretty Girl Is Like A Melody," "Is It True What They Say About Dixie?" and "Toot, Toot Tootsie.")
360622 86 The Dark Angel Merle Oberon, Herbert Marshall
Merle Oberon
A melodrama of a love affair interrupted by the war and only slowed down by blindness. (The program runs 62:30 and sounds on-speed. Perhaps it's a rehearsal.)
360629 87 Irene Jeanette MacDonald, Regis Toomey
Jeannette MacDonald
A shop girl from the upholstery department of a large department store is changed into Irene O'Dare, the famous Irish singer. (D. W. Griffith is interviewed; it makes fascinating listening. Jeanette MacDonald is also interviewed after the story and sings, "Would You?")
360706 88 The Voice of Bugle Ann Lionel Barrymoore, Anne Shirley
Lionel Barrymore
A melodrama about an old farmer who loves to hunt foxes, and his favorite hunting dog. (The program includes a fine tribute to dogs by Lionel Barrymore.)
360713 89 The Brat (Last quarter missing) Marion Davies, Joel McCrea
Marion Davies
A girl of the slums is taken into a wealthy home by an author who is using her as a type model for his book. Romance soon follows.
360720 90 The Barker Claudette Colbert, Walter Huston
Claudette Colbert
A well-done melodrama of the Midway. Great radio!
360727 91 Chained Joan Crawford, Franchot Tone
Franchot Tone and Joan Crawford
The story is based on the 1934 MGM film. (Helen Burgess, the intermission guest; an actress for Paramount pictures, would die the following year)
360817 94 The Vagabond King John Boles, Evelyn Venable
John Boles
The musical biography of French poet Francois Villon.
360824 95 One Sunday Afternoon
360831 96 Cheating Cheaters George Raft, June Lang
George Raft
(During the intermission interview, Gloria Swanson and Cecil B. DeMille recall the silent films they made together.)
360907 97 Is Zat So James Cagney; Robert Armstrong
James Cagney
A screwball comedy about a Brooklyn fight manager and his stumble bum pugilist who become servants of the upper class. (Columnist Sheila Graham is interviewed, as is A. H. Giannini (president/chairman of United Artists).
360928 100 The Plutocrat Wallace Beery, Cecelia Parker
Wallace Berry
A comedy about a wealthy businessman from Omaha and his adventures on the high seas and in Algeria. (The 100th broadcast of the show. Victor Young is interviewed and plays one of his compositions. Walt Disney, Mickey Mouse, and Donald Duck are also interviewed. Donald does his imitation of Bing Crosby!).
361005 101 Elmer the Great Joe E. Brown, June Travis
Joe E. Brown
(During an intermission interview, Lou Gehrig predicts that the Yankees will win the World Series, he was correct).
361012 102 The Curtain Rises Ginger Rogers, Warren William
Ginger Rogers
A shy woman decides to take acting lessons in order to play love scenes with her instructor.
361026 104 Saturday's Children Robert Taylor, Olivia de Havilland
Robert Taylor
A drama about a couple in love who don't live happily ever after...or do they? A good story.
361102 105 The Virginian Gary Cooper, Charles Bickford
Gary Cooper
The classic western about a strong, silent type, who's fast on the draw when he has to be. (Guest Sidney Skolsky does a funny "cowboy column.")
361109 106 Alias Jimmy Valentine Pat O'Brien, Madge Evans
Pat O'Brien
A good story about a safe-cracker trying to go straight.(Pat O'Brien sings "The Charlady's Ball." Guest Melvyn Purvis ("The Greatest G-Man In History") recalls a real safe cracker he met while tracking down John Dillinger.)
361116 107 Conversation Piece Lily Pons, Adolphe Menjou
Lily Pons
A Frenchman tries to pass off a nightclub singer as nobility.
361123 108 Story of Luis Pasteur Paul Muni, Fritz Lieber
Paul Muni
The famous scientist fights overwhelming opposition to his germ theory of disease. (Director William K. Howard is interviewed. Dress designer "Adrian" is interviewed.)
361130 109 Poly of the Circus Loretta Young, James Gleason
Loretta Young
Romance under the Big Top as a circus performer and a small town doctor fall in love. (Cecil B. DeMille speaks from New York. The intermission guest is the world's only lady tiger trainer. Guest Robert Ripley tells how Hollywood was named after a horse and how a horse was responsible for the first motion picture! Other "Believe It Or Nots.")
361207 110 The Grand Duchess and the Waiter Robert Montgomery, Elissa Landi
Robert Montgomery
A comedy-romance about an impoverished Duchess and a bumbling waiter.
361214 111 Madame Sans-Gene Jean Harlow, Robert Taylor
Jean Harlow
Romance and intrigue in post-revolutionary France. (One of the intermission guests is with the pretender to the throne of the French Empire, Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte.)
361221 112 The Gold Diggers (Last Quarter Missing) Joan Blondell, Richard Powell
Joan Blondell and Dick Powell
The story of "Gold Diggers Of 1933," the music of "Gold Diggers Of 1937." A show business story of the Depression.
361228 113 Cavalcade Herbert Marshall, Madalaine Carrol
Herbert Marshall
An excellent drama of an English couple from 1900 to 1936, from the Boer War to the "present" day. Well done! (Noel Coward speaks from his dressing room at the National Theatre in New York.)
370104 114 Men in White Spencer Tracy, Virginia Bruce
Spencer Tracy
A young doctor learns the hard way what a life dedicated to medicine really means.
370111 115 The Gilded Lily Claudette Colbert, Fred MacMurray
Fred MacMurray
370118 116 The Criminal Code Edward G. Robinson, Beverly Roberts
Edward G. Robinson
370125 117 Tonight or Never Janette MacDonald, Melvyn Douglas
Melvyn Douglas
370201 118 Mister Deeds Goes to Town Gary Cooper, Jean Arthur
Jean Arthur
370208 119 Graustark Gene Raymond, Anna Sten
Gene Raymond
370215 120 Brewster's Millions Jack Benny, Mary Livingstone
Jack Benny
370222 121 Captain Blood Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland
Olivia de Havilland and Errol Flynn
370301 122 Cappy Ricks Charles Winninger, Richard Arlen
Charles Winninger
370308 123 Madame Butterfly Grace Moore, Cary Grant
Grace Moore
370315 124 Desire Marlene Dietrich, Herbert Marshall
Marlene Dietrich
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