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Host

M

Melville Ruick

Cast›

Arthur Q. Bryan

B

Bernice Pilot

C

Cecil B. DeMille

C

Celeste Rush

Fred MacMurray

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Prewar Nights

Before the war changed the dial (through 1941).

24 episodes

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Fibber McGee and Molly

Fibber The Efficentlly Expert

The last show of the series. McGee tries to get Molly to be more efficient. The program was replaced the following week with "A Visit With Josie" which expanded from a 15 minute

Ep 1382 · Friday, March 23, 1956 · 13:40

Lux Radio Theatre

Young Tom Edison

Hollywood's version of Edison's youth in Port Huron, Ohio.

Ep 287 · Monday, December 23, 1940 · 59:32

Lux Radio Theatre

Knute Rockne

Win one for the Gipper! Both the Warner Brothers film and this broadcast were based on a story originally broadcast in December, 1938 on "The Cavalcade Of America."

Ep 284 · Monday, December 2, 1940 · 59:30

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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 T

Ep 256 · Monday, March 25, 1940 · 59:47

Lux Radio Theatre

His Girl Friday

A story based on "The Front Page," by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur. Hildy Johnson becomes a woman in this version of a mile-a-minute comedy about the newspaper game, complicate

Ep 275 · Monday, September 30, 1940 · 59:30

Lux Radio Theatre

Nothing Sacred

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

Lux Radio Theatre

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

Lux Radio Theatre

Dust Be My Destiny

A Depression romance about a young couple who stay one jump ahead of the law, running from a wrongful murder rap.

Ep 303 · Monday, April 14, 1941 · 58:15

Lux Radio Theatre

The Lady from Cheyenne

A determined female gets the vote in old Wyoming and convicts a badman with an all-female jury!

Ep 312 · Monday, June 16, 1941 · 59:47

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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).
  • Historical context from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

Lux_Radio_Theatre_40-05-13_263_True_Confession.mp3

Lux Radio Theatre, Episode 263

True Confessions

Monday, May 13, 1940 · 59:54

Lux Radio Theatre, Episode 263

True Confessions

Monday, May 13, 1940 · 59:54

Loretta Young

Network›

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CBS net

Network

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.

Drama Desk

Character, craft, and living-room stage plays.

24 episodes

Early Forties

1940–1942: the hinge years.

24 episodes

The Forties

A whole decade on the dial.

24 episodes

Hour-Long Nights

When you want a full-length appointment.

24 episodes

Latest Air Dates

The newest broadcast dates in the archive.

24 episodes

That night in history

Headlines

  • 1940 — World War II: Germany's conquest of France begins, as the German army crosses the Meuse. Winston Churchill makes his "blood, toil, tears, and sweat" speech to the House of Commons.

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