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All American Old Time Radio Show Classic

Lux Radio Theater

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Lux Radio Theater was one of the genuine classic radio anthology series. Lux Radio Theater was on the NBC Blue Network from 1934-1935; then CBS from 1935-1954; back to NBC from 1954-1955, it adapted first Broadway stage works, and then (especially) films to hour-long live radio presentations. It quickly became the most popular dramatic anthology series on radio, running more than twenty years. The program always began with an announcer proclaiming, "Ladies and gentlemen, Lux presents Hollywood!" Cecil B. DeMille was the host of the series each Monday evening from June 1, 1936, until January 22, 1945. On one occasion, however, he was replaced by Leslie Howard. Lux Theater ran from October 14, 1934 through June 7, 1955. The hosts were: John Anthony, Albert Hayes, Cecil B. DeMille, William Keighley, Irving Cummings, with numerous Broadway and Hollywood stars the guests. The writers were George Wells and Sanford Barnett

The Lux Video Theater began as a live 30-minute Monday evening CBS series October 2, 1950, switching to Thursday nights during August, 1951. In September 1953, the show relocated from New York to Hollywood. In August, 1954, it jumped to NBC as an hour-long show on Thursday nights, telecast until September 12, 1957. James Mason was the host in the 1954-55 season.

Many of the greatest names in film appeared in the series, most in the roles they made famous on the screen, including Abbott and Costello, Lauren Bacall, Lucille Ball, Ingrid Bergman, Humphrey Bogart, Charles Boyer, Claudette Colbert, Gary Cooper, Joseph Cotton, Bing Crosby, Dan Duryea, Ava Gardner, Cary Grant, Bob Hope, Vivien Leigh, Agnes Moorehead, Vincent Price, Donna Reed, Frank Sinatra, Ann Sothern, Barbara Stanwyck, James Stewart, Gene Tierney, John Wayne, Jane Wyman, Orson Welles and Loretta Young.

So why did DeMille leave? It was a clash over closed shop union rulings favored by the old American Federation of Radio Artists that ended DeMille's term as Lux Radio Theater's host. Lux Radio Theater auditioned, on the air, several hosts over the next year, until they settled on William Keighley as the new permanent host, a post he held from late 1945 through mid-1955.

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Lux Radio Theater strove to feature as many of the original stars of the original stage and film productions as possible, usually paying them $5,000 an appearance to do the show. It was when sponsor Lever Brothers (who made Lux soap and detergent) moved the show from New York City to Hollywood in 1936 that it eased back from adapting stage shows and toward adaptations of films. The first Lux film adaptation was The Legionnaire and the Lady, with Marlene Dietrich and Clark Gable, based on the film Morocco. That was followed by a Lux adaptation of The Thin Man, featuring the movie's stars, Myrna Loy and William Powell.

As to the number of appearances, among the men, Don Ameche appeared most often, with 18 appearances. He was just ahead of Fred MacMurray's 17. Among the women, the honor went to Barbara Stanwyck with 15 appearances, including her re-creation of her hit film Sorry, Wrong Number. Loretta Young's 14 appearances were the second most among the women.

There were also some classic radio regulars who made occasional appearances on Lux Radio Theater. Jim and Marian Jordan, better known as Fibber McGee and Molly, appeared on the show twice and also built an episode of their own radio comedy series around one of those appearances. Bandleader Phil Harris and his singing actress wife, Alice Faye, who had become radio comedy stars with their own show beginning in 1948, appeared in a Lux presentation. Fred Allen, Jack Benny (with and without his wife, Mary Livingstone), and George Burns and Gracie Allen were among the other radio stars who were invited to do Lux presentations as well. Lux Radio Theater even presented an adaptation of the film version of The Life of Riley, featuring William Bendix as the Brooklyn-born, California-transplanted aircraft worker he already made famous in the long-running radio series (and eventual television hit) of the same name.

Mercury Theater on the Air, which eventually made Orson Welles a force to be reckoned with; especially with the commotion his broadcast of The War of the Worlds on October 30th, 1938 provoked, was initially a summer replacement series for Lux Radio Theater.

So sit back and relive over 422+ episodes, of one of the greatest dramatic anthology series on radio, with all your “friends of the “big” screen.

There are 422+ episodes and better then 422 hours of extraordinary dramatic anthology  contained on the CDs and DVDs.

The following are the episodes contained on the CDs/DVDs.

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Please note, this is a one hour episode and 13 MB, so it will take a while to download. But well worth the wait, since our feature is It Happened One Night with Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert

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