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Cast & host · 1936–1962

Melville Ruick

177 episodes · 4 shows

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Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar

The Doninger Doninger Matter

A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H,I? Johnny uses an atlas to find the missing beneficiary.

Ep 805 · Sunday, September 2, 1962 · 23:48

Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar

The Skimpy Matter

Once a crook, always a crook? An ex-con's brother doesn't think so.

Ep 799 · Sunday, July 22, 1962 · 24:35

Suspense

Heads You Lose

A private detective is hired to find Joshua Franklin, a financier who vanished years ago. As he investigates, he uncovers a shocking connection that challenges everything he knows about life and death.

Ep 916 · Sunday, March 11, 1962 · 23:29

Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar

The Top Secret Matter

A good story about a series of explosions at a top secret rocket fuel research laboratory.

Ep 779 · Sunday, March 4, 1962 · 24:48

Suspense

The Imposters

A butler and maid plot to murder their wealthy employers and assume their identities, aiming for a life of luxury. As their plan unfolds, they face unexpected complications that threaten their scheme.

Ep 900 · Sunday, November 12, 1961 · 23:48

Quiet, Please

One for the Book

An Air Force major hits Mach 12 in an experimental rocket plane in 1957, and finds himself as a Sergeant in the past...1937! An excellent story of time travel

Ep 75 · Sunday, November 21, 1948 · 29:31

Lux Radio Theatre

Do You Love Me

The prim headmistress of a music school comes out of her cocoon in New York to romance a band leader and crooner. The body of the show only.

Ep 551 · Monday, December 23, 1946 · 53:17

Lux Radio Theatre

My Favorite Blonde

Bob and Virginia dodge Nazi spies to protect "The Scorpion."

Ep 366 · Monday, October 19, 1942 · 59:06

Shows featuring this actor

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Lux Radio Theatre

171 episodes

Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar

3 episodes

Suspense

2 episodes

Quiet, Please

1 episode

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  • Sep21962

    Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar

    The Doninger Doninger Matter

    Sep 2 · Ep 805

  • Jul221962

    Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar

    The Skimpy Matter

    Jul 22 · Ep 799

  • Mar111962

    Suspense

    Heads You Lose

    Mar 11 · Ep 916

  • Mar41962

    Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar

    The Top Secret Matter

    Mar 4 · Ep 779

  • Nov121961

Episodes featuring this actor

177 episodes on Goldie · page 6 of 12

1937193819391940194119421946194819611962All years

  1. Ep 267

    Jun 10, 1940 · Till We Meet Again

    A well-done romance about a doomed love affair at sea between a convict heading toward "the chair," and a woman with a fatal heart disease. Good radio!

    59:45

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Suspense

The Imposters

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  • Nov211948

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    One for the Book

    Nov 21 · Ep 75

  • Dec231946

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    Do You Love Me

    Dec 23 · Ep 551

  • Oct191942

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    My Favorite Blonde

    Oct 19 · Ep 366

  • Jul131942

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    Ball of Fire

    Jun 1 · Ep 354

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    • Ep 264

    May 20, 1940 · Midnight

    An amusing romance about a down-and-out American in Paris and a Parisian taxi driver, who find themselves considered Hungarian nobility by French Society.

    59:45

  • Ep 263

    May 13, 1940 · True Confessions

    A lawyer's wife just cannot tell the truth, even when she has to deny committing murder! This is the first broadcast of The Lux Radio Theatre to originate from Hollywood's Vine Street Theatre.

    59:54

  • Ep 262

    May 6, 1940 · Our Town

    A classic American play about life in a small town. This broadcast took place two years after the play opened, but only seventeen days before the premier of the film. This was the last program that The Lux Radio Theatre broadcast from Hollywood's "Music Box Theatre."

    59:32

  • Ep 259

    Apr 15, 1940 · The Underpup

    59:55

  • Ep 258

    Apr 8, 1940 · Mama Loves Papa

    A simple chap becomes Parks Commissioner, and then his trouble begins! A story featuring Fibber McGee and Molly.

    62:13

  • Ep 257

    Apr 1, 1940 · Love Affair

    A witty and civilized romance, danced around the Empire State building and a traffic accident. The story was done again on the Lux Radio Theatre on July 6, 1942 (see cat. #42811).

    59:50

  • Ep 256

    Mar 25, 1940 · Remember the Night

    A good romance story about a prosecutor who winds up taking a beautiful thief with him on a Christmas visit to his mother. Good radio. The story was used again on The Lux Radio Theatre on December 22, 1941 (see cat. #43191) and also on May 5, 1955.

    59:47

  • Ep 252

    Feb 26, 1940 · Swing High, Swing Low

    A romance set in Panama asout the ride up and the slide down to obscurity once again. An announcement is made that Rudy Vallee will be starting a new series on March 7th ("Vallee Varieties"). The story was produced on The Lux Radio Theatre previously on June 15, 1936 (as "Burlesq…

    54:29

  • Ep 251

    Feb 19, 1940 · Made for Each Other

    A melodrama about a young lawyer, his wife, his sickly baby, and his disappearing mother. The story was produced subsequently on The Lux Radio Theatre on December 17, 1945 (see cat. #23474).

    59:43

  • Ep 250

    Feb 12, 1940 · The Sidewalks of London

    A drama of the buskers...sidewalk performers of London. Charles Laughton reads "The Gettysburgh Address" after the story, in honor of Lincoln's birthday.

    59:39

  • Ep 247

    Jan 22, 1940 · Bachelor Mother

    A well-done comedy about a shop girl who finds herself in possession of a baby, no matter how hard she denies her motherhood! Joel McCrae was supposed to be featured on this broadcast, but was replaced at the last minute (due to a sudden illness) by Fredric March.

    59:39

  • Ep 246

    Jan 15, 1940 · Sing You Sinners

    An odd-ball family bets all it has on "Uncle Gus," a second-hand race horse. Will it be a life of steady work, or fun and adventure? The story was produced subsequently on The Lux Radio Theatre on May 7, 1945 (see cat. #23470).

    59:41

  • Ep 243

    Dec 25, 1939 · Pinocchio

    The famous Italian story, as interpreted by the Disney movie. The adventures of the little puppet who wanted to be a real boy. The Disney film had not yet been released at the time of this broadcast. No cast credits were announced during the broadcast, and no studio audience was…

    59:30

  • Ep 241

    Dec 11, 1939 · In Name Only

    The marriage-go-round among Connecticut society folk. One of the commercials is set in "The Brown Derby."

    59:42
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