Lux Radio Theatre - Single Episodes - Season 04

(5 stars; 2 reviews)

Lux Radio Theatre was indisputably the biggest, most important, and most expensive drama anthology program on radio. It ran from October 14, 1934, until June 7, 1955, and then continued on television as Lux Video Theatre until 1957. In all, some 926 episodes were broadcast, providing a record of the most important entertainment events in American theatre and later, film.

The show featured adaptations of successful Broadway plays and was first broadcast on the NBC Blue Network on Sundays at 2:30 PM. It moved to CBS on July 29, 1935, where it would stay until June 29, 1954. Lux Radio Theatre was always broadcast live, with a studio audience and a full orchestra accompanying the performance.

Regular players included Jim and Marian Jordan, and hosts included Cecil B. DeMille, William Keighley, and Irving Cummings. The plays were assembled and rehearsed for a week, in sharp contrast to many other shows, which required minimal time from actors.

This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.

License

Chapters

A Star Is Born	59:42
The Outsider	59:47
Dodsworth	59:32
Stella Dallas	58:58
Up Pops the Devil	59:57
Arrowsmith	59:42
A Free Soul	59:52
She Loves Me Not	59:45
Come and Get It	59:52
The Petrified Forest	59:44
Peg O' My Heart	59:52
These Three	59:46
The 39 Steps	59:56
The Song of Songs	59:56
Beloved Enemy	59:48
Alice Adams	59:37
Enter Madame	59:34
Disraeli	59:34
Clarence	59:07
Green Light	59:09
Anna Christie	54:44
Brief Moment	59:48
Romance	59:41
Forsaking All Others	59:40
Poppy	59:53
The Boss	58:59
The Man Who Played God	59:49
Naughty Marietta	59:57
Dark Victory	59:48
Mary Burns, Fugitive	59:41
Mad About Music	59:53
Dangerous	59:41
The Prisoner of Shark Island	59:29
My Man Godfrey	59:44
The Girl from Tenth Avenue	59:42
The Letter	59:53
I Met My Love Again	59:42
A Doll's House	59:35
Theodora Goes Wild	59:42

Reviews

Astonishing

(5 stars)

at78rpm

How could this not be a favorite of millions? It may be decades since this show was on the radio, but millions watch TCM for the old movies. Some of these shows are among the finest radio drama (and comedy, and romance) done in any country at any time. My thanks to those who made it possible for us to listen to!