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Host

J

John Milton Kennedy

Cast›

C

Carleton Young

Charlotte Lawrence

Gerald Mohr

Joseph Kearns

Rosalind Russell

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Character, craft, and living-room stage plays.

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Suspense

Quiet Night

Three convicts escape from a Florida road gang and navigate the treacherous Everglades, hoping to find freedom. Tensions rise as their plans unravel amidst betrayal and desperation.

Ep 640 · Tuesday, March 6, 1956 · 29:55

Fibber McGee and Molly

Repairing The Vacuum

Molly declines to buy a vacuum cleaner from a door-to-door slaesman. The program was previously heard on the program.

Ep 1313 · Friday, December 16, 1955 · 14:34

Our Miss Brooks

Saving The School Newspaper

The Madison Monitor is to be closed because of Walter Denton's editorial about overworked teachers. This leads to Mrs. Davis supplying pills to the faculty.

Ep 318 · Sunday, December 4, 1955 · 19:45

The Mel Blanc Show

Trial Separation

Mel and Betty decide to try a separation, prompting Mel to seek out other women. As he navigates his new dating life, he realizes the challenges of being without Betty.

Ep 38 · Tuesday, May 20, 1947 · 25:22

Academy Award Theater

My Sister Eileen

Two sisters from Ohio, Ruth and Eileen, arrive in New York City seeking fame and fortune but find themselves in a cramped basement apartment filled with challenges.

Ep 8 · Saturday, May 18, 1946

Gunsmoke

Letter of the Law

Marshal Dillon confronts a reformed gunfighter, Brandon Teak, who faces eviction from his land due to a legal oversight. The stakes rise as Teak's past and his impending fatherhood complicate the situation.

Ep 480 · Sunday, June 18, 1961 · 23:47

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Lux Radio Theatre

And Now Tomorrow

A romance between a deaf woman and her doctor, who is trying in vain to cure her. AFRS program name: "Radio Theatre." The story was produced on The Lux Radio Theatre previously o

Ep 531 · Monday, June 10, 1946 · 56:10

Lux Radio Theatre

Our Vines Have Tender Grapes

A drama of life in rural Wisconsin.

Ep 535 · Monday, September 2, 1946 · 58:49

Lux Radio Theatre

Frenchmen's Creek

An English noblewoman must chose between an unloved husband and a romantic French pirate. The AFRS closing has been deleted.

Ep 558 · Monday, February 10, 1947 · 56:04

Lux Radio Theatre

The Seventh Veil

A romantic drama about a concert pianist with mental problems caused by a demanding uncle. The story was subsequently used on "The Lux Radio Theatre" on December 13, 1948 (see cat

Ep 581 · Monday, September 15, 1947 · 60:05

Lux Radio Theatre

Killer Cates

A funny show about a stage actor playing the role of murderer every night, who starts to live his role in real life. Fine straight acting by Jack Benny. AFRS program name: "Radio

Ep 550 · Monday, December 16, 1946 · 58:55

Lux Radio Theatre

Lady in the Lake

A two-fisted detective yarn. Philip Marlowe tries to track down the murderer of a woman found at the bottom of a lake...and of a man shot to death in the shower.

Ep 602 · Monday, February 9, 1948 · 59:18

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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).

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Lux Radio Theatre, Episode 640

The Velvet Touch

Monday, January 10, 1949 · 42:23

Lux Radio Theatre, Episode 640

The Velvet Touch

Monday, January 10, 1949 · 42:23

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Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar

The Empty Threat Matter

The program closing has been deleted after the credits. Johnny returns from Tahiti with a nervous old man, who is sure that he's going to be murdered.

Ep 714 · Sunday, November 27, 1960 · 23:39

Have Gun — Will Travel

For the Birds

Paladin undertakes to deliver an exotic pair of pea-fowl across the entire country. Easy money! See cat. #46783 for a network, sponsored version of this broadcast.

Ep 93 · Sunday, August 28, 1960 · 24:28

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The Blue Gardenia

A good murder mystery...who is the beautiful "Blue Gardenia" killer? AFRTS program name: "Hollywood Radio Theatre."

Ep 899 · Tuesday, November 30, 1954 · 55:25

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Notorious

A G-Man recruits the daughter of a traitor to get the goods on a band of Nazis hiding in Rio, and then falls in love with her.

Ep 600 · Monday, January 26, 1948 · 59:28

That night in history

Headlines

  • 1949 — The first "networked" television broadcasts took place as KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania goes on the air connecting the east coast and mid-west programming.

On the air that night›

  1. Cavalcade of AmericaExperiment at MonticelloEpisode 594
  2. ClaudiaRoger Goes SkiingEpisode 336
  3. Inner Sanctum MysteriesMurder Comes to LifeEpisode 404
  4. Let George Do ItThe Corpse on a CaperEpisode 122
  5. Lux Radio TheatreThe Velvet TouchCurrently listeningEpisode 640