List of Lux Radio Theatre episodes
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.
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Episodes: 1934–1939
1934
First 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 |
1935
First broadcast | Title | Starring | Notes |
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1935-01-06 | The Green Goddess | Claude Rains | |
1935-01-13 | Counsellor at Law | Paul Muni | |
1935-01-20 | The Late Christopher Bean | Walter Connolly | Filmed in 1933 as Christopher Bean |
1935-01-27 | The Bad Man | Walter Huston | |
1935-02-03 | Peg o' My Heart | Margaret Sullavan | |
1935-02-10 | The First Year | Lila Lee | |
1935-02-17 | The Old Soak | Wallace Beery | |
1935-02-24 | Nothing But the Truth | Frank Morgan | |
1935-03-03 | Lilac Time | Jane Cowl | |
1935-03-10 | Holiday | Claudette Colbert | |
1935-03-17 | Her Master's Voice | Roland Young | |
1935-03-24 | Secrets | Irene Dunne | |
1935-03-31 | The Romantic Age | Leslie Howard | |
1935-04-07 | The Prince Chap | Gary Cooper | |
1935-04-14 | The Broken Wing | Lupe Vélez | |
1935-04-21 | Little Women | Lillian Gish | |
1935-04-28 | Ada Beats the Drum | Mary Boland | |
1935-05-05 | Adam and Eva | Cary Grant | |
1935-05-12 | The Bishop Misbehaves | Walter Connolly | |
1935-05-19 | The Lion and the Mouse | Ruth Chatterton | |
1935-05-26 | Michael and Mary | Elissa Landi, Kenneth MacKenna | |
1935-06-02 | The Vinegar Tree | Billie Burke | |
1935-06-09 | Candle Light | Robert Montgomery, Irene Purcell | |
1935-06-16 | The Patsy | Loretta Young | |
1935-06-23 | Polly With a Past | Ina Claire | |
1935-06-30 | Elmer, the Great | Joe E. Brown | |
1935-07-29 | Bunty Pulls the Strings | Helen Hayes | |
1935-08-05 | Lightnin' | Wallace Beery | |
1935-08-12 | The Man in Possession | Robert Montgomery | |
1935-08-19 | Ladies of the Jury | Mary Boland | |
1935-08-26 | The Church Mouse | Otto Kruger | |
1935-09-02 | Whistling in the Dark | Charles Ruggles | |
1935-09-09 | Petticoat Influence | Ruth Chatterton | |
1935-09-16 | Leah Kleschna | Conrad Nagel | |
1935-09-23 | Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary | Ethel Barrymore | |
1935-09-30 | Alias Jimmy Valentine | Richard Barthelmess | |
1935-10-07 | The Wren | Helen Chandler | |
1935-10-14 | Within the Law | Joan Crawford | |
1935-10-21 | Merely Mary Ann | Joan Bennett | |
1935-10-28 | Dulcy | ZaSu Pitts, Gene Lockhart | Only extant episode broadcast from New York City. |
1935-11-04 | The Milky Way | Charles Butterworth | |
1935-11-11 | His Misleading Lady | Clark Gable | |
1935-11-18 | Sherlock Holmes | William Gillette | |
1935-11-25 | Way Down East | Lillian Gish | |
1935-12-02 | The Swan | Elissa Landi | |
1935-12-09 | The Show-Off | Joe E. Brown | |
1935-12-16 | The Truth | Grace George | |
1935-12-23 | Applesauce | Jack Oakie | |
1935-12-30 | The Queen's Husband | Frank Morgan |
1936
First broadcast | Title | Starring | Notes |
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1936-01-06 | The Third Degree | Sylvia Sidney | |
1936-01-13 | The Boss | Edward G. Robinson | |
1936-01-20 | A Prince There Was | Ricardo Cortez | |
1936-01-27 | Grumpy | Lionel Barrymore | |
1936-02-03 | Green Grow the Lilacs | John Boles | |
1936-02-10 | The Bride the Sun Shines On | Douglas Fairbanks Jr. | |
1936-02-17 | The Old Soak | Wallace Beery | |
1936-02-24 | Peter Pan | Freddie Bartholomew | |
1936-03-02 | Alias the Deacon | Victor Moore | |
1936-03-09 | The Girl of the Golden West | Eva Le Gallienne | |
1936-03-16 | The Last of Mrs. Cheyney | Miriam Hopkins | |
1936-03-23 | The Song and Dance Man | George M. Cohan | |
1936-03-30 | Bought and Paid For | Bette Davis | |
1936-04-06 | Kick In | Edmund Lowe, Ann Sothern | |
1936-04-13 | Shore Leave | Lee Tracy | |
1936-04-20 | Harmony Lane | Lawrence Tibbett | |
1936-04-27 | Under Cover | Richard Barthelmess, Sally Eilers | |
1936-05-04 | The Music Master | Jean Hersholt | |
1936-05-11 | Bittersweet | Irene Dunne | |
1936-05-18 | Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford | George M. Cohan | |
1936-05-25 | East Is West | Fay Bainter | Last New York broadcast. |
1936-06-01 | The Legionnaire and the Lady | Marlene Dietrich, Clark Gable | First Hollywood broadcast.[2] Filmed in 1930 as Morocco. |
1936-06-08 | The Thin Man | William Powell, Myrna Loy | |
1936-06-15 | Burlesque | Al Jolson, Ruby Keeler | Filmed in 1929 as The Dance of Life |
1936-06-22 | The Dark Angel | Merle Oberon, Herbert Marshall | |
1936-06-29 | Irene | Jeanette MacDonald, Regis Toomey | |
1936-07-06 | The Voice of Bugle Ann | Lionel Barrymore, Anne Shirley | |
1936-07-13 | The Brat | Marion Davies, Joel McCrea | |
1936-07-20 | The Barker | Claudette Colbert, Walter Huston | |
1936-07-27 | Chained | Joan Crawford, Franchot Tone | |
1936-08-03 | Main Street | Barbara Stanwyck, Fred MacMurray | |
1936-08-10 | The Jazz Singer | Al Jolson | |
1936-08-17 | The Vagabond King | John Boles, Evelyn Venable | |
1936-08-24 | One Sunday Afternoon | Jack Oakie, Helen Twelvetrees | |
1936-08-31 | Cheating Cheaters | George Raft, June Lang | |
1936-09-07 | Is Zat So? | James Cagney, Robert Armstrong | |
1936-09-14 | Quality Street | Brian Aherne, Ruth Chatterton | |
1936-09-21 | Trilby | Grace Moore, Peter Lorre | |
1936-09-28 | The Plutocrat | Wallace Beery | |
1936-10-05 | Elmer, the Great | Joe E. Brown | |
1936-10-12 | The Curtain Rises | Ginger Rogers, Warren William | |
1936-10-19 | Captain Applejack | Frank Morgan | |
1936-10-26 | Saturday's Children | Robert Taylor, Olivia de Havilland | |
1936-11-02 | The Virginian | Gary Cooper, Charles Bickford | |
1936-11-09 | Alias Jimmy Valentine | Pat O'Brien, Madge Evans | |
1936-11-16 | Conversation Piece | Lily Pons, Adolphe Menjou | |
1936-11-23 | The Story of Louis Pasteur | Paul Muni, Fritz Leiber | |
1936-11-30 | Polly of the Circus | Loretta Young, James Gleason | |
1936-12-07 | The Grand Duchess and the Waiter | Robert Montgomery, Elissa Landi | |
1936-12-14 | Madame Sans-Gêne | Jean Harlow, Robert Taylor | |
1936-12-21 | Gold Diggers | Joan Blondell, Dick Powell | During the introduction host Cecil B. DeMille explained that this adaptation combined the plot of Gold Diggers of 1933 with the music of Gold Diggers of 1937. |
1936-12-28 | Cavalcade | Herbert Marshall, Madeleine Carroll |
1937
First broadcast | Title | Starring | Notes |
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1937-01-04 | Men in White | Spencer Tracy, Frances Farmer | |
1937-01-11 | The Gilded Lily | Claudette Colbert, Fred MacMurray | |
1937-01-18 | The Criminal Code | Edward G. Robinson, Beverly Roberts | |
1937-01-25 | Tonight or Never | Jeanette MacDonald, Melvyn Douglas | |
1937-02-01 | Mr. Deeds Goes to Town | Gary Cooper, Jean Arthur | |
1937-02-08 | Graustark | Gene Raymond, Anna Sten | |
1937-02-15 | Brewster's Millions | Jack Benny, Mary Livingstone | |
1937-02-22 | Captain Blood | Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland | |
1937-03-01 | Cappy Ricks | Charles Winninger, Richard Arlen | |
1937-03-08 | Madame Butterfly | Cary Grant, Grace Moore | |
1937-03-15 | Desire | Marlene Dietrich, Herbert Marshall | |
1937-03-22 | Death Takes a Holiday | Fredric March, Florence Eldridge | |
1937-03-29 | Dulcy | George Burns, Gracie Allen | |
1937-04-05 | A Farewell to Arms | Clark Gable, Josephine Hutchinson | |
1937-04-12 | Dodsworth | Walter Huston | |
1937-04-19 | Alibi Ike | Joe E. Brown, Helen Chandler | |
1937-04-26 | Magnificent Obsession | Robert Taylor, Irene Dunne | |
1937-05-03 | Hands Across the Table | Claudette Colbert, Joel McCrea | |
1937-05-10 | Mary of Scotland | Joan Crawford, Franchot Tone | |
1937-05-17 | Another Language | Bette Davis, Fred MacMurray | |
1937-05-24 | Under Two Flags | Herbert Marshall, Olivia de Havilland | |
1937-05-31 | The Plainsman | Fredric March, Joan Fontaine | |
1937-06-07 | British Agent | Errol Flynn, Frances Farmer | There is an announcement of Jean Harlow's death at the end of the show, who died only hours before it was broadcast. Intelligence agent and MGM film researcher Nathalie Bucknall was interviewed during the broadcast. |
1937-06-14 | Madame X | James Stewart, Ann Harding | |
1937-06-21 | Monsieur Beaucaire | Leslie Howard, Elissa Landi | |
1937-06-28 | The Front Page | Walter Winchell, James Gleason | A planned interview with Amelia Earhart was postponed to the next week due to a delay in her soon-to-be doomed attempt of an around-the-world flight.[3] |
1937-07-05 | Beau Brummel | Robert Montgomery, Madge Evans | Amelia Earhart was originally planned to be a guest in this show, but she disappeared on July 2 of that year. Cecil B. DeMille mentions this at the beginning of the program. |
1937-09-13 | A Star Is Born | Janet Gaynor, Robert Montgomery | |
1937-09-20 | The Outsider | Fredric March, Florence Eldridge | |
1937-09-27 | Cimarron | Clark Gable, Virginia Bruce | |
1937-10-04 | Dodsworth | Walter Huston, Nan Sunderland | |
1937-10-11 | Stella Dallas | Barbara Stanwyck, John Boles | |
1937-10-18 | Up Pops the Devil | Fred MacMurray, Madge Evans | |
1937-10-25 | Arrowsmith | Spencer Tracy, Fay Wray | |
1937-11-01 | A Free Soul | Ginger Rogers, Don Ameche | |
1937-11-08 | She Loves Me Not | Bing Crosby, Joan Blondell, Nan Grey, Sterling Holloway, William Frawley | Crosby says that "Bing" came from the sound he made, holding his wooden guns, playing "Cops and Robbers" as a child. (51:45)[4][5][6][7][8][9][10] |
1937-11-15 | Come and Get It | Edward Arnold, Anne Shirley | |
1937-11-22 | The Petrified Forest | Herbert Marshall, Margaret Sullavan | |
1937-11-29 | Peg o' My Heart | Marion Davies, Brian Aherne | |
1937-12-06 | These Three | Errol Flynn, Mary Astor | |
1937-12-13 | The 39 Steps | Robert Montgomery, Ida Lupino | |
1937-12-20 | The Song of Songs | Marlene Dietrich, Douglas Fairbanks Jr. | |
1937-12-27 | Beloved Enemy | Madeleine Carroll |
1938
First broadcast | Title | Starring | Notes |
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1938-01-03 | Alice Adams | Claudette Colbert, Fred MacMurray | |
1938-01-10 | Enter Madame | Grace Moore, Basil Rathbone | |
1938-01-17 | Disraeli | George Arliss, Florence Arliss | |
1938-01-24 | Clarence | Bob Burns, Gail Patrick | |
1938-01-31 | Green Light | Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland | |
1938-02-07 | Anna Christie | Joan Crawford, Spencer Tracy | |
1938-02-14 | Brief Moment | Ginger Rogers, Douglas Fairbanks Jr. | |
1938-02-21 | Romance | Madeleine Carroll, Herbert Marshall | |
1938-02-28 | Forsaking All Others | Bette Davis, Joel McCrea | |
1938-03-07 | Poppy | W. C. Fields, John Payne | |
1938-03-14 | The Boss | Fay Wray, Edward Arnold | |
1938-03-21 | The Man Who Played God | George Arliss, Florence Arliss | |
1938-03-28 | Naughty Marietta | Lawrence Tibbett, Helen Jepson | |
1938-04-04 | Dark Victory | Barbara Stanwyck, Melvyn Douglas | Cecil B. DeMille was taken ill before broadcast, and he was stood in for by Edward Arnold. |
1938-04-11 | Mary Burns, Fugitive | Miriam Hopkins, Mary Astor | Cecil B. DeMille was still unwell, and Edward Arnold hosted the program again. |
1938-04-18 | Mad About Music | Deanna Durbin, Herbert Marshall | Walter Huston hosted the show as C.B. was still unwell. It was announced he was recovering, and would return to the stage the next week. |
1938-04-25 | Dangerous | Madeleine Carroll, Don Ameche | |
1938-05-02 | The Prisoner of Shark Island | Gary Cooper, Fay Wray | |
1938-05-09 | My Man Godfrey | William Powell, Carole Lombard | |
1938-05-16 | The Girl from 10th Avenue | Loretta Young, George Brent | |
1938-05-23 | The Letter | Merle Oberon, Walter Huston | |
1938-05-30 | I Met My Love Again | Joan Bennett, Henry Fonda | |
1938-06-06 | A Doll's House | Joan Crawford, Basil Rathbone | |
1938-06-13 | Theodora Goes Wild | Cary Grant, Irene Dunne | |
1938-06-20 | Manslaughter | Fredric March | |
1938-06-27 | Jane Eyre | Helen Hayes, Robert Montgomery | |
1938-07-04 | I Found Stella Parish | Herbert Marshall | |
1938-09-12 | Spawn of the North | Dorothy Lamour, George Raft | |
1938-09-19 | Morning Glory | Barbara Stanwyck, Ralph Bellamy | |
1938-09-26 | Seven Keys to Baldpate | Jack Benny, Mary Livingstone | This episode was only loosely based on the film. All the actors play caricatures of themselves. |
1938-10-03 | Another Dawn | Madeleine Carroll, Franchot Tone | |
1938-10-10 | Viva Villa! | Wallace Beery, Noah Beery Sr. | |
1938-10-17 | Seventh Heaven | Jean Arthur, Don Ameche | |
1938-10-24 | Babbitt | Edward Arnold | |
1938-10-31 | That Certain Woman | Carole Lombard, Basil Rathbone | |
1938-11-07 | Next Time We Love | Margaret Sullavan | |
1938-11-14 | The Buccaneer | Clark Gable | |
1938-11-21 | Confession | Miriam Hopkins | |
1938-11-28 | Interference | Herbert Marshall, Leslie Howard | |
1938-12-05 | The Princess Comes Across | Fred MacMurray | |
1938-12-12 | The Scarlet Pimpernel | Leslie Howard, Olivia de Havilland | |
1938-12-19 | Kid Galahad | Joan Bennett, Edward G. Robinson | |
1938-12-26 | Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs | Walt Disney Productions |
1939
Episodes: 1940–1949
1940
1941
1942
1943
1944
1945
1946
1947
1948
1949
Episodes: 1950–1955
1950
1951
1952
1953
1954
1955
See also
References
- ^ "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.
External links
Listen to episodes at the Internet Archive