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Host

M

Melville Ruick

Cast›

C

Cecil B. DeMille

D

Doris Lloyd

F

Frederick Shields

F

Fred MacKaye

Loretta Young

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Prewar Nights

Before the war changed the dial (through 1941).

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The Twelfth Rose

In 'The Twelfth Rose,' a young woman's murder is discovered alongside eleven roses, raising questions about her final moments and the identity of her killer.

Ep 653 · Tuesday, June 5, 1956 · 29:19

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Our Miss Brooks

Stretch Has A Problem (repeat of #30)

The story of Stretch Snodgrass' secret love and Miss Brooks' bath. The script was previously used on "Our Miss Brooks" on February 27, 1949 (see cat. #46328) and on February 14, 1

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

Lux Radio Theatre

Old Acquaintance

Childhood friends become personal and professional rivals. A portrait in bitchiness, with a happy-bittersweet ending. The story was produced on The Lux Video Theatre on November

Ep 441 · Monday, May 29, 1944 · 59:36

Lux Radio Theatre

China

This is a rehearsal recording. Fighting the Japs in China before their attack on Pearl Harbor, a civil engineer finds romance in the hinterland. The program closing after the cas

Ep 415 · Monday, November 22, 1943 · 54:53

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Same series — shared cast and standout nights

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She Married Her Boss

A romantic comedy about a department store magnate who thinks of nothing but business, and his new wife with nothing but romance on her mind.

Ep 230 · Monday, September 25, 1939 · 59:38

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Jezebel

Love, hatred, and disease in ante-bellum New Orleans. Two commercials have been deleted.

Ep 283 · Monday, November 25, 1940 · 59:52

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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 St

Ep 263 · Monday, May 13, 1940 · 59:54

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A Man's Castle

An excellent Depression-era drama about a couple living in the dumps. The intermission interview is with Father Edward Flanagan, the founder of, "Boy's Town." Spencer Tracy had r

Ep 212 · Monday, March 27, 1939 · 59:29

Lux Radio Theatre

A Farewell to Arms

A well-done dramatization of the story of love and death in Italy during the first war.

Ep 127 · Monday, April 5, 1937 · 60:55

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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.

Ep 264 · Monday, May 20, 1940 · 59:45

Lux Radio Theatre

Tovarich

A comedy about two starving Russian emigres who become servants in the home of a wealthy Parisian, and much more. The intermission guest is Grand Duchess Marie, a cousin of the Cz

Ep 219 · Monday, May 15, 1939 · 59:35

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  • 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).

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Lux Radio Theatre, Episode 235

The Old Maid

Monday, October 30, 1939 · 59:33

Lux Radio Theatre, Episode 235

The Old Maid

Monday, October 30, 1939 · 59:33

Miriam Hopkins

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A melodrama of mother love and sacrifice through the years. A girls' trio sings a Lux commercial to the tune of "In An Eighteenth Century Drawing Room." Elegant! Playwright Zoe Akins is interviewed after the story.

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How Green Was My Valley

Life and death in the coal mines of Wales. The story was produced again on The Lux Radio Theatre on March 31, 1947 and also on September 28, 1954 (see cat. #10532).

Ep 362 · Monday, September 21, 1942 · 58:55

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