Cecil B. DeMille
Arthur Q. Bryan
Edgar Barrier
Ferdinand Munier
Myrna Loy
Torey Carleton
William Powell
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Prewar Nights
Before the war changed the dial (through 1941).
24 episodes
Shared stars, moods, and themes across the catalog
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
A madman threatens to kill at 8 o'clock, and Richard Diamond races against time to prevent the murder. The stakes rise as a victim is found dead at the exact hour.
Ep 143 · Sunday, June 7, 1953 · 29:26
Cavalcade of America
A young boy named Dewey Craver dreams of attending the Chautauqua, a cultural event in Belleville, with his family. His father is hesitant due to the cost and their farm responsibilities, but ultimately agrees to go.
Ep 572 · Monday, June 14, 1948 · 26:45
Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar
Johnny enters the Mackley Home For The Aged, near Kingston, New York. He's there to investigate four sudden deaths, in each case, the Mackley Home was named as insurance beneficia
Ep 699 · Sunday, August 14, 1960 · 20:59
Suspense
A man discovers a clue to a hidden treasure belonging to his pirate ancestor, Don José, but his quest for riches leads him into a deadly storm and a curse.
Ep 656 · Tuesday, June 26, 1956 · 22:51
Fort Laramie
Will Granby, a squaw man, warns Captain Quince that the Arapaho are off the reservation and desperate for food. Tensions rise as the cavalry must decide how to handle the impending conflict.
Ep 3 · Sunday, February 5, 1956 · 29:33
Gunsmoke
A young cowboy finds himself embroiled in a deadly situation when he is manipulated into killing Ephraim Hunt, a man with a dark side hidden behind his pious facade. As tensions rise, the stakes become a matter of life and death for all involved.
Ep 166 · Saturday, June 18, 1955 · 30:18
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Lux Radio Theatre
A romance/comedy about a playwright and a doctor. There's an excellent singing Lux commercial forty-five minutes into the program. Charles Boyer is congratulated on becoming an A
Ep 340 · Monday, February 23, 1942 · 59:48
The story of an urbane and witty New York detective who solves a missing-persons murder. Introduced by the director of the original film: W. S. Van Dyke (DeMille was attending a P
Ep 84 · Monday, June 8, 1936 · 59:26
A comedy case of amnesia. Is the hero a con-man or a wealthy manufacturer of pots...or both? The story was produced again on The Lux Radio Theatre on March 29, 1948 (see cat. #68
Ep 314 · Monday, June 30, 1941 · 59:40
A marital farce about a husband who has to prove himself crazy to stay married.
Ep 364 · Monday, October 5, 1942 · 59:39
A gangster classic about two boyhood friends who take different paths, one to the Governor's office, the other to the electric chair. The first show of the season.
Ep 272 · Monday, September 9, 1940 · 58:48
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
Lux Radio Theatre, Episode 324
Hired Wife
Monday, November 3, 1941 · 59:14
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Escape
An embezzler hides in French Polynesia, trying to escape his past and the relentless pursuit of his son. As he prepares to return to a life he once knew, the stakes rise when he realizes danger is still close at hand.
Ep 188 · Sunday, June 21, 1953 · 28:56
Broadway Is My Beat
Detective Danny Clover investigates the murder of dock foreman Marty Connell, whose body is found shot and submerged in concrete. As he delves deeper, Clover uncovers a web of deceit and violence tied to the waterfront's criminal underbelly.
Ep 133 · Saturday, October 4, 1952 · 28:59
Nick and Nora Charles solve their second case.
Ep 268 · Monday, June 17, 1940 · 59:34
The first show of the season. The story is based on the 1937 musical about an opera singer in love, but not with her older husband. This is the second appearance of Nelson Eddy a
Ep 447 · Monday, September 4, 1944 · 59:32