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Host

M

Melville Ruick

Cast›

A

Alan Napier

B

Bill Martin

B

Bob Stevens

C

Cecil B. DeMille

E

Edna Best

L

Laurence Olivier

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Before the war changed the dial (through 1941).

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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

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In Which We Serve

A portrait of the British people, told through flashbacks of the men on a sinking destroyer. As great on radio as it was on the screen!

Ep 401 · Monday, June 21, 1943 · 58:50

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A Tale of Two Cities

The classic narrative of the French Revolution. The story was produced on The Lux Radio Theatre again on March 18, 1946 (see cat. #44898).

Ep 334 · Monday, January 12, 1942 · 59:01

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A comedy about a man's wife, just back from seven years on a desert island, arriving on the day of the husband's re-marriage!

Ep 285 · Monday, December 9, 1940 · 59:39

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The Grand Duchess and the Waiter

A comedy-romance about an impoverished Duchess and a bumbling waiter. Vince Barnett is interviewed (a character actor who bills himself as "Public Pest #1")

Ep 110 · Monday, December 7, 1936 · 61:23

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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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Another Language

A turbulent family drama about an overbearing mother and a son trying to find himself. Sarah Delano Roosevelt (mother of the president) is interviewed after the story.

Ep 133 · Monday, May 17, 1937 · 59:43

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Desire

A beautiful pearl thief takes advantage of a British auto engineer on holiday....and then falls in love with him.

Ep 124 · Monday, March 15, 1937 · 59:59

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Stella Dallas

The third anniversary show of the series. A tearful story of mother love and sacrifice, "soon to be made into a radio serial."

Ep 145 · Monday, October 11, 1937 · 58:59

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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).

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Lux Radio Theatre, Episode 238

Goodbye, Mister Chips

Monday, November 20, 1939 · 59:49

Lux Radio Theatre, Episode 238

Goodbye, Mister Chips

Monday, November 20, 1939 · 59:49

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An excellent version of the moving story about an old professor at a Boy's "public" school in Britain. James Hilton, the author of the story, is interviewed. "Libby Collins," the Lux commercial spokesman for some time to come (and actually played by Margaret Brayton), makes her first appearance on the show.

Drama Desk

Character, craft, and living-room stage plays.

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1939

One year on the air — the world on edge.

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Thirties Echo

1930s nights — earlier golden age glow.

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Hour-Long Nights

When you want a full-length appointment.

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Latest Air Dates

The newest broadcast dates in the archive.

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That night in history

Headlines

  • 1939 — Nine Czech students are executed as a response to anti-Nazi demonstrations prompted by the death of Jan Opletal. All Czech universities are shut down and more than 1,200 students sent to concentration camps. Since this event, International Students' Day is celebrated in many countries, especially in the Czech Republic.
  • 1939 — World War II: HMS Rawalpindi is sunk by the German battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau.

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