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Host

M

Melville Ruick

Cast›

Charles Boyer

E

Edgar Barrier

F

Fred MacKaye

P

Paulette Goddard

Susan Hayward

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Ep 699 · Sunday, August 14, 1960 · 20:59

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Hey Boy has disappeared from the Barbary Coast. Bubonic plague and a shanghai ensue. See cat. #62984 for a network, sponsored version of this broadcast.

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A romance between an impoverished British lady and the dashing ghost of a sea captain.

Ep 592 · Monday, December 1, 1947 · 59:50

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The Navy Comes Through

An adventure in the Atlantic aboard a merchant ship, fighting Nazi submarines! Ruth Hussey is a last-minute substitute for Joan Bennett, who couldn't appear because her house burn

Ep 394 · Monday, May 3, 1943 · 59:44

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Ep 391 · Monday, April 12, 1943 · 59:46

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Ep 837 · Monday, July 13, 1953 · 59:25

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A strange but most interesting comedy set in rural Ohio many years ago. The adventures of a strong man and his boy. AFRS program name: "Hollywood Radio Theatre."

Ep 833 · Monday, June 15, 1953 · 55:31

Lux Radio Theatre

Viva Zapata

The story of the great Mexican patriot and fighter for justice. AFRS program name: "Hollywood Radio Theatre." See cat. #66234 for a network, sponsored version of this broadcast.

Ep 801 · Monday, November 3, 1952 · 58:03

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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).
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Lux Radio Theatre, Episode 325

Hold Back the Dawn

Monday, November 10, 1941 · 59:45

Lux Radio Theatre, Episode 325

Hold Back the Dawn

Monday, November 10, 1941 · 59:45

Tony Martelli

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A well-done romance about a Romanian who marries a lonely school teacher from Azusa, so as to be able to enter the United States. Cecil B. DeMille performs in the story for only the second time (the first time was in "Seven Keys To Baldpate" on September 26, 1938, see cat. #40238). This story was produced on The Lux Video Theatre on September 16, 1954.

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Fort Laramie

Squaw Man

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

The Reed Survives

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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All This and Heaven Too

The program is five minutes shorter than usual to allow a special "Bill Of Rights" broadcast. A governess falls in love with the man of the house and is forced to contend with an

Ep 330 · Monday, December 15, 1941 · 55:37

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Pickup on South Street

A good story about a pickpocket who lifts stolen microfilm from a Communist spy in the subway. AFRTS program name: "Hollywood Radio Theatre."

Ep 886 · Monday, June 21, 1954 · 52:20

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A Blueprint for Murder

A good whodunit with a smashing conclusion. A little girl has been poisoned and her stepmother is suspect. AFRTS program name: "Hollywood Radio Theatre."

Ep 874 · Monday, March 29, 1954 · 58:44

That night in history

Headlines

  • 1941 — World War II: Temperatures around Moscow drop to −12 °C (10 °F) as the Soviet Union launches ski troops for the first time against the freezing German forces near the city.
  • 1941 — World War II: The Soviet cruiser Chervona Ukraina is destroyed during the Battle of Sevastopol.
  • 1941 — World War II: Soviet hospital ship Armenia is sunk by German planes while evacuating refugees and wounded military and staff of several Crimean hospitals. It is estimated that over 5,000 people died in the sinking.

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