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Host

M

Melville Ruick

Cast›

A

Alan Marshal

C

Cecil B. DeMille

Charles Laughton

C

Claude Allister

C

Clemence Dane

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Before the war changed the dial (through 1941).

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The ABC Murders

A meek man named Alexander Bonaparte Cust becomes embroiled in a series of alphabetically arranged murders. As the investigation unfolds, his own past and peculiarities come under scrutiny.

Ep 42 · Tuesday, May 18, 1943 · 28:43

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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

This Land Is Mine

An excellent performance by Charles Laughton, portraying a meek schoolteacher in Nazi-occupied Europe. Cecil B. DeMille introduces the program from Little Rock, Arkansas. See cat

Ep 436 · Monday, April 24, 1944 · 59:23

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Lydia

An old woman has a reunion with the four lovers of her youth.

Ep 318 · Monday, September 22, 1941 · 59:41

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Ruggles of Red Gap

This program is announced as Charles Laughton's first dramatic radio appearance in America. That's not quite accurate. Three times previously Mr. Laughton appeared on NBC program

Ep 227 · Monday, July 10, 1939 · 59:58

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Tom, Dick, and Harry

A telephone operator is engaged to three men, a go-getter, a kook, and a millionaire. She must choose one. AFRS program name: "Your Radio Theatre." See cat. #45664 for a network

Ep 316 · Monday, September 8, 1941 · 60:36

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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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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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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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  • 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).

Lux_Radio_Theatre_40-02-12_250_The_Sidewalks_of_London.mp3

Lux Radio Theatre, Episode 250

The Sidewalks of London

Monday, February 12, 1940 · 59:39

Lux Radio Theatre, Episode 250

The Sidewalks of London

Monday, February 12, 1940 · 59:39

Elsa Lanchester

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

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