Melville Ruick
Alan Marshal
Barbara Jean Wong
Cecil B. DeMille
Edna May Oliver
Joseph Cotten
Goldie Originals that include this night
Prewar Nights
Before the war changed the dial (through 1941).
24 episodes
Shared stars, moods, and themes across the catalog
Suspense
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
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
Ep 19820529 · Saturday, May 29, 1982 · 26:08
An Evening With Groucho
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
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 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
Same series — shared cast and standout nights
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
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
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
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
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
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
Lux Radio Theatre, Episode 318
Lydia
Monday, September 22, 1941 · 59:41
Merle Oberon
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Network
An old woman has a reunion with the four lovers of her youth.
Drama Desk
Character, craft, and living-room stage plays.
Early Forties
1940–1942: the hinge years.
The Forties
A whole decade on the dial.
Hour-Long Nights
When you want a full-length appointment.
Latest Air Dates
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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