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Host

M

Melville Ruick

Cast›

A

Alan Marshal

B

Barbara Jean Wong

C

Cecil B. DeMille

E

Edna May Oliver

Joseph Cotten

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Prewar Nights

Before the war changed the dial (through 1941).

24 episodes

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Suspense

The Thing in the Window

An actor becomes obsessed with a figure he believes is a dead body in an apartment window across the street. As he investigates, the stakes rise as he grapples with his own sanity and the truth behind what he sees.

Ep 224 · Thursday, December 19, 1946 · 30:06

The Mercury Theatre on the Air

The Man Who Was Thursday

Announced as the ninth and last show of the series. A most confusing and wonderful show and story. Exciting, dramatic, puzzling, a second hearing is wanted immediately. This ser

Ep 9 · Monday, September 5, 1938 · 57:25

Fibber McGee and Molly

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Ep 19820529 · Saturday, May 29, 1982 · 26:08

An Evening With Groucho

Palace Theatre - Fanny Brice-Swayne's Rats and Cats

Groucho recounts a humorous incident involving Fanny Brice and a unique act featuring rats and cats at the Palace Theatre. The story highlights the chaos that ensues when a sewer rat invades the performance.

Ep 19 · Saturday, May 6, 1972 · 1:44

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

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

Lux Radio Theatre

My Bill

A strange drama about a scatterbrained widow whose young son Bill stays with her (and calls her "Sweetheart") and with his three brothers and sisters. He finally leaves to live wi

Ep 297 · Monday, March 3, 1941 · 59:53

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

Lux Radio Theatre

The Sidewalks of London

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

Ep 250 · Monday, February 12, 1940 · 59:39

Lux Radio Theatre

Show Boat

The favorite story of love on the river. The story was used again on The Lux Radio Theatre on February 11, 1952 (see cat. #48652 and #87007).

Ep 269 · Monday, June 24, 1940 · 59:16

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

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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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 318

Lydia

Monday, September 22, 1941 · 59:41

Lux Radio Theatre, Episode 318

Lydia

Monday, September 22, 1941 · 59:41

Merle Oberon

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

Drama Desk

Character, craft, and living-room stage plays.

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Early Forties

1940–1942: the hinge years.

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The Forties

A whole decade on the dial.

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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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Lux Radio Theatre

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

That night in history

Headlines

  • 1941 — The Holocaust in Ukraine: On the Jewish New Year Day, the German SS murders 6,000 Jews in Vinnytsia, Ukraine. Those are the survivors of the previous killings that took place a few days earlier in which about 24,000 Jews were executed.

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