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Host

M

Melville Ruick

Cast›

Cedric Hardwicke

Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

F

Frances Dee

G

Grace Nielson

J

Josephine McLean

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Before the war changed the dial (through 1941).

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Ep 590 · Monday, December 13, 1948 · 27:15

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Groucho reflects on his time as a German comedian in vaudeville during World War One, highlighting the tension of performing amidst the war's impact.

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Our Miss Brooks

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Ep 357 · Sunday, February 24, 1957 · 28:05

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A comedy about an honest lawyer, his poor but beautiful girlfriend and Joe, the waiter. AFRS program name: "Broadway Playhouse."

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A comedy-romance about a wealthy young man and an actress.

Ep 163 · Monday, February 14, 1938 · 59:49

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Broadway Bill

A well-done romance of the race track. A young man gives up wealth, home and career to race a thoroughbred. The intermission guest is Alfred Vanderbilt, president of the Maryland

Ep 216 · Monday, April 24, 1939 · 59:54

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A newspaperman uses a dying girl to take New York by storm. Unfortunately, she's not really dying!

Ep 281 · Monday, November 11, 1940 · 59:35

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Credits

  • Audio from Internet Archive (OTRR_Lux_Radio_Theater_Singles). Curated by OTRR. Goldie does not claim ownership of this broadcast.
  • Cast and sponsor data from RadioGold Index (J. David Goldin / UMKC Libraries).
  • Historical context from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

Lux_Radio_Theatre_39-10-16_233_If_I_Were_King.mp3

Lux Radio Theatre, Episode 233

If I Were King

Monday, October 16, 1939 · 59:39

Lux Radio Theatre, Episode 233

If I Were King

Monday, October 16, 1939 · 59:39

Preston Sturges

Network›

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CBS net

Network

Francois Villon is given the chance to indeed be the King of France in 15th century Paris. Well done! The story was done on The Lux Radio Theatre previously on August 17, 1936 and subsequently on December 25, 1944 (see cat. #45470 and #89136).

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Character, craft, and living-room stage plays.

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When you want a full-length appointment.

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The newest broadcast dates in the archive.

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Happy Land

A very well-written if somewhat weepy portrait of small-town America during war. See cat. #92646 for a rehearsal recording.

Ep 434 · Monday, April 10, 1944 · 59:31

That night in history

Headlines

  • 1939 — World War II: No. 603 Squadron RAF intercepts the first Luftwaffe raid on Britain.
  • 1939 — The New York Municipal Airport (later renamed LaGuardia Airport) is dedicated.
  • 1939 — World War II: The German submarine U-47 sinks the British battleship HMS Royal Oak within her harbour at Scapa Flow, Scotland.

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