Podcast appearances and mentions of charlie forsyth

The OTRNow Radio Program 2024-001Fibber McGee and Molly. May 19, 1942. NBC net, WMAQ Chicago aircheck. Sponsored by: Johnson's Wax. Fibber has great news! The McGees are going to be rich (again)!. Jim Jordan, Marian Jordan, Harlow Wilcox, Billy Mills and His Orchestra, The King's Men, Bill Thompson, Isabel Randolph, Gale Gordon, Don Quinn (writer).The Lone Ranger. September 19, 1938. Program #881/106. Syndicated. "Dan Latham". Sponsored by: Music fill for local commercial insert. Dan Latham is threatening to "make trouble" for Mary Frisbie. Tonto is shot in Eagle Pass while trying to protect her!. Earle Graser, John Todd, Fran Striker (writer), George W. Trendle (creator, producer). The Lux Radio Theatre. September 18, 1939. CBS net. "Wuthering Heights". Sponsored by: Lux. The classic story of love on the moors of England. The story was heard again on The Lux Radio Theatre on November 4, 1940 (see cat. #8352) and September 14, 1954 (see cat. #10530). Charlie Forsyth (sound effects), Sanford Barnett (director), George Wells (adaptor), Grace Nielson (The Modernettes Trio: commercial spokesman), Charles MacArthur (screenwriter), Ben Hecht (screenwriter), Emily Bronte (author), Sarita Wooten, Douglas Scott, Rex Downing, Clarence Derwent, Reginald Sheffield, Eric Snowdon, Lou Merrill, Lee Millar (doubles, one part is a dog), Barbara Stanwyck, Brian Aherne, Ida Lupino, Cecil B. DeMille, Vivian Edwards (The Modernettes Trio: commercial spokesman), Catherine Carleton (commercial spokesman), Jo Campbell (The Modernettes Trio: commercial spokesman), Kemball Cooper, Marga Ann Deighton, Melville Ruick (announcer), Thomas Freebairn-Smith, Louis Silvers (music director). The Line-Up. October 04, 1951. CBS net. "The Wild, Wild Woman Case". Sustaining. Jewelry stores have been held up around the country by a man and women. John Tynan seems to have been the robber, but the victim fails to identify him. Irene Oldham is the name of Tynan's accomplice. William Johnstone, Wally Maher, Eddie Dunstedter (composer, conductor), Jaime del Valle (producer, director), Dan Cubberly (announcer), Howard McNear, Peter Leeds, Hy Averback, E. Jack Neuman (writer), Ray Hartman, Herb Butterfield, Dan Cubberly (announcer), Jeanette Nolan, Gil StrattonThe Shadow. October 24, 1937. Mutual net. "The Temple Bells Of Neban". Sponsored by: Blue Coal. The Shadow battles a most formidable enemy, the niece of the yogi who taught Cranston the secret of invisibility! She knows the Shadow's secret identity and all of his tricks. A good story!. Orson Welles, Arthur Whiteside (announcer), Agnes Moorehead, Elsie Thompson (organist), Ray Collins, Carl Frank, Jeanette Nolan, Everett Sloane (quadruples), Stefan Schnabel, Mark Smith (doubles), Thomas Coffin Cooke (commercial spokesman). 

The OTR Now Radio Christmas #005 Blondie. December 25, 1939. CBS net. Sponsored by: Camels. "A Christmas Carol," by Charles Dickens, as through the eyes of Dag Cratchit. Mr. Dithers is Ebenezer Scrooge, of course. Bill Goodwin (announcer), Leone LeDoux, Hanley Stafford, Billy Artz (conductor), Arthur Lake, Penny Singleton, Chic Young (creator).  Doctor Christian. December 20, 1939. CBS net. "No Crib For His Bed". Sponsored by: Vaseline. There's going to be a Christmas play at the River's End High School. The program originates from New York City. Jean Hersholt, Andre Baruch (announcer), Rosemary De Camp, Helen Claire, Carl Frank, Gloria Holden, Gloria Mann, Janice Gilbert, Kingsley Colton, Frank Bartlett, The Children's Opera Company Of New York. The Lux Radio Theatre. December 20, 1948. CBS net. "Miracle On 34th Street". Sponsored by: Lux. The script was used again on "The Lux Radio Theatre" previously on December 22, 1947 (see cat. #45155) and subsequently on December 21, 1954 . William Keighley (host), Edmund Gwenn, Joseph Kearns, Willard Waterman, Marlene Ames, William Johnstone, Herb Butterfield, Norman Field, Gil Stratton, Cliff Clark, Lawrence Dobkin, Louise Fitch, John McGovern, Sara Berner, Edward Marr, Herb Vigran, June Whitley, Jeanine Roos, George Seaton (screenwriter), Valentine Davies (author), Helena Sorrell (20th Century Fox diction coach: Intermission guest), Charlie Forsyth (sound effects), Fred MacKaye (director), Sanford Barnett (adaptor), Maureen O'Hara, John Payne, John Milton Kennedy (announcer).The Judy Canova Show. December 21, 1946. NBC net. Sponsored by: Palmolive Soap, Halo Shampoo. Judy Canova, Mel Blanc, Ruby Dandridge, Joseph Kearns, Ruth Perrott, The Sportsmen, Charles Dant and His Orchestra, Verne Smith (announcer), Joe Rines (producer, director), Fred Fox (writer), Henry Hoople (writer), Don Ward (writer), Hank Ladd (writer).  Inner Sanctum. December 20, 1948. CBS net origination, AFRS rebroadcast. "Between Two Worlds". A throughly rotten gangster about to be killed by "the mob" is given one last chance to do a decent act by the strange "Mr. Whiskers." Mason Adams, Ann Shephard, Paul McGrath (host), John Roeburt (writer), Lawson Zerbe, Alan Devitt, Santos Ortega. 

"Mr. and Mrs. Smith" - Lux Radio Theatre - June 9, 1941 Credits Cecil B. DeMille — producer Louis Silvers — music director Melville Ruick — announcer Charlie Forsyth — sound effects Cast Bob Hope — David Smith Carole Lombard — Ann Krausheimer Smith Bill Goodwin — Chuck Benson Jack Arnold — Jeff --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/waldina/message

Enter Madame 1-10-38  The story of a stormy romance and marriage of an opera star and her adoring husband. Cecil B. DeMille (from New Orleans) interviews Lyle Saxon, author of the book on which DeMille's latest film, "The Buccaneer" was based. Eleven-year-old Jean Ellis (Grace Moore's protege) sings after the story. Grace Moore, Basil Rathbone, Cecil B. DeMille, Edward Arnold (guest host), Eric Wilton (doubles), Francesca Rotoli, Frank Nelson (performer, program opening announcer), Gil Patric, James Eagles (doubles), Jean Ellis (intermission guest), Lou Merrill, Louis Silvers (music director), Lyle Saxon (intermission guest), Melville Ruick (announcer), Michael Fitzmaurice, Perry Ivins (triples), Sharon Lynne, Sidney Newman, Tony Martelli (doubles), William Frawley, Gilda Varesi (author), Dolly Byrne (author), Frank Nelson (triples), Zaruhi Elmassion (chorus), Lois Miller (chorus), Lorraine Bridges (chorus), Rosalie Frye (chorus), Bernice Alstock (chorus), Mildred Carroll (chorus), Thad Harvey (chorus), Russell Horton (chorus), Robert Bradford (chorus), Enrico Ricardi (chorus), Earl Kovert (chorus), Hubert Head (chorus), Gordon Weatherill (chorus), Tudor Williams (chorus), Emily Williams (commercial spokesman), Barbara Cox (commercial spokesman), Margaret Brayton (commercials spokesman), Frank Woodruff (director), George Wells (adaptor), Charlie Forsyth (sound effects). If you like this show own Old Time Radio Hard Drive at the lowest price on the internet go to oldtimeradiodvd.com

Alice Adams 1-3-38 A middle-class girl tries to land the town's most eligible bachelor. Cecil B. DeMille (host), Claudette Colbert, Fred MacMurray, Walter Connolly, Ann Shoemaker, Benny Baker, Marsha Hunt (her first appearance on network radio, billed as, "Georgette Spelvin"), Winifred Harris, Lou Merrill, Grace Kern (doubles), Verna Felton, Frank Nelson (announcer, performer), Charles Emerson, Jean Lennox, David Kerman, Doris Louray, Lauretta Puck (commercial spokesman), Mary Lansing (commercial spokesman), Lurene Tuttle (commercial spokesman), Nancy Leach (commercial spokesman), George Hurrell (intermission guest: famous photographer), Melville Ruick (announcer), Frank Nelson (announcer), Frank Woodruff (director), Louis Silvers (music director), George Wells (adaptor), Charlie Forsyth (sound effects), Dorothy Yost (screenwriter), Mortimer Offner (screenwriter), Jane Murfin (screen adaptor), Booth Tarkington (author). oldtimeradiodvd.com

The Lux Radio Theatre. December 2, 1940. CBS net. "Knute Rockne, All American". Sponsored by: Lux. Win one for the Gipper! Both the Warner Brothers film and this broadcast were based on a story originally broadcast in December, 1938 on "The Cavalcade Of America." Donald Crisp, Fay Wray, Cecil B. DeMille, Arthur Q. Bryan (doubles), Bob Burleson (doubles), Celeste Rush, Charles Seel (doubles), Earle Ross (doubles), Edwin Max (doubles), Forrest Taylor (doubles), Frederick Shields (doubles), Griff Barnett (doubles), Harold Daniels (doubles), James Eagles (doubles), Joe Pennario (doubles), Lou Merrill (doubles), Louis Silvers (music director), Melville Ruick (announcer), Ted Bliss (doubles), Julie Bannon (commercial spokesman), Duane Thompson (commercial spokesman), Verna Felton (commercial spokesman), Jane Morgan (commercial spokesman), Martha Wentworth (commercial spokesman), Robert Buckner (screenwriter), Sanford Barnett (director), George Wells (adaptor), Pat O'Brien, Ronald Reagan, Charlie Forsyth (sound effects). oldtimeradiodvd.com   iheartradio.com/talk

The Lux Radio Theatre. November 13, 1938. CBS net. "The Buccaneer". Sponsored by: Lux. The story of Jean Lafitte, the buccaneer who came to the aid of Andrew Jackson at the Battle of New Orleans.  Jack Carr (doubles), Libby Taylor, Lois Collier (triples), Geraldine Peck, Cracker Henderson, Ross Forrester, Lee Millar (as a dog), Tony Paton (doubles), Edmond Elton, Eddie Waller (doubles), Montague Shaw (doubles), Reginald Sheffield (doubles), Harry Humphrey, Akim Tamiroff, Charlie Forsyth (sound effects), Clara Blandick, Frank Nelson (doubles, program opening announcer), Gertrude Michael, Lou Merrill, Jane Morgan (commercial spokesman), Marilyn Stuart (commercial spokesman), Betty Jean Hainey (commercial spokesman), John Fee (performer, commercial spokesman), Perry Ivins, Earl Gunn (quadruples), Vic DeMourell (triples), Jeanie Macpherson (adaptor), Cecil B. DeMille, Frank Woodruff (director), George Wells (adaptor), Clark Gable, Edwin Mayer (screenwriter), Louis Silvers (music director), Harold Lamb (screenwriter), C. Gardner Sullivan (screenwriter), Olympe Bradna, Rupert Hughes (intermission guest: author), Lyle Saxon (author), George Pembroke (triples, one role is that of a mouse!), Earle Ross (doubles).oldtimeradiodvd.com  iheartradio.com

The Lux Radio Theatre. June 22, 1936 "The Dark Angel". . A melodrama of a love affair interrupted by the war and only slowed down by blindness.  James Montgomery Flagg is interviewed. Cecil B. DeMille, James Montgomery Flagg, Louis Silvers (music director), Melville Ruick (announcer), Rod LaRocque, Lillian Hellman (screenplay), Mordaunt Shairp (screenplay), H. B. Trevelyan (author), Zeffie Tilbury, Edward Cooper, Lillian Kemble-Cooper, Crauford Kent, Wauna Lidwell, Gwen Mannering, Lionel Pape, Edward Reamers, Charles Romano, Margaret Brayton (performer, commercial spokesman), Anne Stone (performer, commercial spokesman), James Eagles, Leroy Prinz (intermission guest: dance director for Paramount), Frank Nelson (program opening announcer), Frank Woodruff (director), George Wells (adaptor), Charlie Forsyth (sound effects), Herbert Marshall, Merle Oberon.oldtimeradiodvd.com

The Lux Radio Theatre. June 8, 1936.  "The Thin Man".  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 Paramount convention is Chicago). Theda Bara appears after the story and discusses her planned "comeback." William Powell, Myrna Loy, Porter Hall, Barbara Luddy, Bret Morrison, Wally Maher, Theda Bara, Dashiell Hammett (author), W. S. Van Dyke (guest host), James Seymour (intermission guest: screenwriter, producer), Melville Ruick (announcer), Louis Silvers (music director), Minna Gombell, William Henry, Margaret Brayton, Thomas Jackson, Ernie Adams, Frank Nelson (doubles), Michael Fitzmaurice, Glenn Boles, Charles Emerson, Victor Rodman, Rolfe Sedan, Aline Sholes (commercial spokesman), Lauretta Puck (commercial spokesman), Mary Jane Higby (commercial spokesman), Frank Nelson (program opening announcer), Frank Woodruff (director), George Wells (adaptor), Charlie Forsyth (sound effects).oldtimeradiodvd.com

The Lux Radio Theatre. September 18, 1944. "Suspicion". Sponsored by: Lux, Spry. A woman suspects that her husband is a liar, a cheat, and a murderer! She already knows he's a thief! William Powell, Olivia De Havilland, Cecil B. DeMille, Charles Irving, Charles Seel, Claire Verdera, Duane Thompson (doubles), Eric Snowden, Gloria Gordon, John Milton Kennedy (announcer), Lois Corbett, Louis Silvers (music director), Vernon Steele (doubles), Doris Singleton (commercial spokesman: as "Libby"), Helen Andrews (commercial spokesman), Samson Raphaelson (screenwriter), Joan Harrison (screenwriter), Alma Reville (screenwriter), Anthony Berkeley (author, as "Francis Iles"), Fred MacKaye (director), George Wells (adaptor), Charlie Forsyth (sound effects).oldtimeradiodvd.com

The Lux Radio Theatre. September 25, 1944.  "Lucky Partners". Sponsored by: Lux, Spry. A boy and a girl go partners on a winning sweepstakes ticket. Romance is sure to follow. The boy turns out to be a famous painter. An interview with the president of the National Safety Council (in New York) is not recorded on this line feed recording, only DeMille's voice is heard. The program is given an award by the council.  Cecil B. DeMille, Arthur Q. Bryan, Don Ameche, Lucille Ball, Carlton KaDell, Charles Seel, Edward Marr (doubles), Harry Tyler, John Milton Kennedy (announcer), Leo Cleary, Louis Silvers (music director), Noreen Gammill, Leone LeDoux (commercial spokesman), Allen Scott (screenwriter), Sacha Guitry (author), Fred MacKaye (director), Sanford Barnett (adaptor), John Van Druten (screenwriter), Verna Felton, Janet Russell (commercial spokesman), Doris Singleton (commercial spokesman: as "Libby"), Duane Thompson (commercial spokesman), Norman Field, Charlie Forsyth (sound effects). oldtimeradiodvd.com

The Lux Radio Theatre. October 9, 1944. . "In Old Chicago". Sponsored by: Lux, Spry. Good brother vs. bad brother in old Chicago...and their last name is O'Leary! See cat. #93183 for a rehearsal recording of this program. John Hodiak, Cecil B. DeMille, Cy Kendall, Janet Scott, John Milton Kennedy (announcer), Louis Silvers (music director), Ruby Dandridge, Tom Holland, Griff Barnett (doubles), Edward Marr (doubles), Charles Seel (doubles), Norman Field, Truda Marson (doubles), Leo Cleary (doubles), Ed Begley (doubles), Tommy Cook, Dickie Meyers (doubles), Bob Martell (doubles), Herb Lytton (doubles), Homer Hall (chorus), Sidney Pepple (chorus), Jan Williams (chorus), Stewart Bair (chorus), Enrico Ricardi (chorus, choral director), Julie Bannon (commercial spokesman: doubles), Doris Singleton (commercial spokesman: as "Libby"), Ann Tobin (commercial spokesman), Thomas Hanlon (commercial spokesman: doubles), Lamar Trotti (screenwriter), Sonya Levien (screenwriter), Niven Bush (author), Fred MacKaye (director), Sanford Barnett (adaptor), Charlie Forsyth (sound effects), Dorothy Lamour, Robert Young. oldtimeradiodvd.com

The Lux Radio Theatre. October 2, 1944.  "Home In Indiana".  A boy, a girl, a horse, and the big race. See cat. #93162 for a rehearsal recording of this program. Walter Brennan, Charlotte Greenwood, Edward Ryan, Jeanne Crain, June Haver, Cecil B. DeMille, Clarence Muse, John Milton Kennedy (announcer), Louis Silvers (music director), Edward Marr, Carlton KaDell, Horace Willard, Charles Seel, Norman Field, Robert Clarke, Robert Cole, Herb Lytton, June Ford, Fred Seward, Bernice Barrett, George Dacos, Virginia Agnello (performer, commercial spokesman), Robert Denham (commercial spokesman), Stanley Farrar (commercial spokesman), Ann Tobin (commercial spokesman), Janet Russell (commercial spokesman), Doris Singleton (commercial spokesman: as "Libby"), Jim Ford (commercial spokesman: singer), Winston Miller (screenwriter), George Andrew Chamberlain (author), Fred MacKaye (director), Sanford Barnett (adaptor), Charlie Forsyth (sound effects).oldtimeradiodvd.com

The Lux Radio Theatre. June 8, 1936. CBS net. "The Thin Man". Sponsored by: Lux. 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 Paramount convention is Chicago). Theda Bara appears after the story and discusses her planned "comeback." William Powell, Myrna Loy, Porter Hall, Barbara Luddy, Bret Morrison, Wally Maher, Theda Bara, Dashiell Hammett (author), W. S. Van Dyke (guest host), James Seymour (intermission guest: screenwriter, producer), Melville Ruick (announcer), Louis Silvers (music director), Minna Gombell, William Henry, Margaret Brayton, Thomas Jackson, Ernie Adams, Frank Nelson (doubles), Michael Fitzmaurice, Glenn Boles, Charles Emerson, Victor Rodman, Rolfe Sedan, Aline Sholes (commercial spokesman), Lauretta Puck (commercial spokesman), Mary Jane Higby (commercial spokesman), Frank Nelson (program opening announcer), Frank Woodruff (director), George Wells (adaptor), Charlie Forsyth (sound effects). oldtimeradiodvd.com

The Lux Radio Theatre. July 27, 1936. "Chained". Sponsored by: Lux. The story is based on the 1934 MGM film. Cecil B. DeMille (host), Joan Crawford, Franchot Tone, Gilbert Emery, Wally Maher, Lou Merrill (doubles), Frank Nelson (quadruples), Margaret Seddon, Leora Thatcher, Walter Soderling (doubles), Rosemary De Camp (performer, commercial spokesman), Helen Burgess (intermission guest; actress for Paramount pictures, who would die the following year), Lauretta Puck (performer, commercial spokesman), Henry Hanna, Oliver Hinsdell (intermission guest, MGM dramatic coach), John Lee Mahin (screen writer), Edgar Selwyn (author), Louis Silvers (music director), Melville Ruick (announcer), Frank Woodruff (director), Charlie Forsyth (sound effects). oldtimeradiodvd.com

The Lux Radio Theatre. July 20, 1936.  "The Barker". Sponsored by: Lux. T A well-done melodrama of the Midway. Great radio! Kenyon Nicholson (author), Walter Huston, Norman Foster, Harlan Briggs, Isabel Withers, William Royal, John Gibson, Ross Forrester (performer, commercial spokesman), Margaret Brayton (performer, commercial spokesman), Vicki Vola (performer, commercial spokesman), Charles Emerson, Frank Nelson (announcer, performer), Claudette Colbert, Cecil B. DeMille (host), Emyle Barrie (intermission guest: DeMille's script girl), King Vidor (intermission guest, Paramount director), Melville Ruick (announcer), Frank Woodruff (director), Louis Silvers (musical director), George Wells (adaptor), Charlie Forsyth (sound effects). oldtimeradiodvd.com

The Lux Radio Theatre. May 15, 1944. CBS net. "Action In The North Atlantic". Sponsored by: Lux. A rehearsal recording. A good war story about a Victory ship fighting off Nazi subs and planes while trying to bring its cargo through to Murmansk. Julie Bishop, Cecil B. DeMille, Bill Martel, Bob Young, Charles Seel (doubles), Cliff Clark, Ed Emerson, Edward Marr, Griff Barnett, Herb Lytton, John Milton Kennedy (announcer), Leo Cleary, Louis Silvers (music director), Norman Field, Ralph Lewis, Regina Wallace, Stanley Farrar, Tyler McVey, John McIntire, Janet Russell (commercial spokesman), Doris Singleton (commercial spokesman: as "Libby"), John Howard Lawson (screenwriter), W. R. Burnett (additional dialogue), A. I. Bezzarides (additional dialogue), Fred MacKaye (director), Sanford Barnett (adaptor), George Raft, Raymond Massey, Charlie Forsyth (sound effects). oldtimeradiodvd.com

The Lux Radio Theatre. June 12, 1944. CBS net. "Naughty Marietta". Sponsored by: Lux.  Nelson Eddy, Jeanette MacDonald, Cecil B. DeMille, Howard McNear, Jack Mather (doubles), Jay Novello (doubles), Verna Felton, Virginia Gregg (doubles), Charles Seel (doubles), Joseph Du Val (doubles), Ferdinand Munier, Norman Field, Cliff Clark, Betty Moran, Ann Tobin (doubles), Janet Scott, Dellie Ellis, Regina Wallace (doubles), Enrico Ricardi (choral master), Betty Stevens (chorus soloist), Clarence Badger (chorus), Henry Iblings (chorus), Earl Hunmaker (chorus), Louis Yaekel (chorus), George Gramlich (chorus), Tom Clarke (chorus), Dudley Kunnell (chorus), John Knobler (chorus), Devona Doxie (chorus), Georgia Stark (chorus), John Lee Mahin (screenwriter), Frances Goodrich (screenwriter), Albert Hackett (screenwriter), Victor Herbert (composer), Rida Johnson Young (book, lyrics), Janet Russell (commercial spokesman), Helen Andrews (commercial spokesman), Duane Thompson (commercial spokesman), Doris Singleton (commercial spokesman), John McIntire (commercial spokesman), Fred MacKaye (director), Sanford Barnett (adaptor), Charlie Forsyth (sound effects), John Milton Kennedy (announcer), Louis Silvers (music director).oldtimeradiodvd.com

The Lux Radio Theatre. December 21, 1936. CBS net. "Gold Diggers". Sponsored by: Lux Soap. The story of "Gold Diggers Of 1933," the music of "Gold Diggers Of 1937." The program features an intermission interview with a real "sourdough," who has a great deal of trouble with his script. A show business story of the Depression. The first 46:55 of the program only. Dick Powell, Joan Blondell, Cecil B. DeMille, Louis Silvers and His Orchestra, Erwin Gelsey (adaptor), James Seymour (adaptor), David Boehm (dialogue), Ben Markson (dialogue), Avery Hopwood (author), Ted Atmore (intermission guest), Ynez Seabury, Harriet Russell, Chester Clute, John Davidson, Frank Nelson (performer, program opening announcer), Claudia Hyams, Betty Stewart, Ross Forrester (doubles), Charles Emerson, Justina Wayne (commercial spokesman), Verna Felton (commercial spokesman), Frank Woodruff (director), George Wells (adaptor), Charlie Forsyth (sound effects).oldtimeradiodvd.com

The Lux Radio Theatre. November 2, 1936. CBS net. "The Virginian". Sponsored by: Lux. The classic western about a strong, silent type, who's fast on the draw when he has to be. Guest Sidney Skolsky does a funny "cowboy column." Charles Bickford, Gary Cooper, Cecil B. DeMille, Helen Mack (producer, director, performer), John Howard, Louis Silvers (music director), Sidney Skolsky, Owen Wister (author), Kirke LaShelle (stage adaptor), Richard Cline (physical culture director at Paramount), Chester Clute, Hal K. Dawson, Earle Ross, Norman Field, Ynez Seabury, Frank Nelson (performer, program opening announcer), Lou Merrill, Priscilla Lyon, James Eagles, William Brandt, Ross Forrester (doubles), Elvia Allman (commercial spokesman), Sylvia Farnese (commercial spokesman), Frank Woodruff (director), George Wells (adaptor), Charlie Forsyth (sound effects).

The Lux Radio Theatre. August 24, 1936. CBS net. "One Sunday Afternoon". Sponsored by: Lux. A small town dentist has the opportunity to kill his old rival as he sits in his dental chair. Jack Oakie sings "I Can't Play The Banjo With Susannah On My Knee." Jack Oakie's mother is interviewed, as is actress Agnes Ayres (Rudolph Valentino's leading lady). Agnes Ayres, Alan Hale, Cecil B. DeMille, Frank Nelson (doubles, program opening announcer), Louis Silvers (music director), Melville Ruick (announcer), James Hagen (author), Evelyn Oldfield (Jack Oakie's mother), Hal K. Dawson, Ynez Seabury, Greta Myers, Justina Wayne, James Eagles (doubles), William Royal (doubles), Mary Lou Fisher (doubles), Ross Forrester, Margaret Brayton, Florence Hastings (commercial spokesman), Betty Stewart (commercial spokesman), Frank Woodruff (director), George Wells (adaptor), Charlie Forsyth (sound effects), Jack Oakie, Helen Twelvetrees.oldtimeradiodvd.com

The Lux Radio Theatre. December 14, 1936. CBS net. "Madame Sans-Gene". Sponsored by: Lux. Romance and intrigue in post-revolutionary France. One of the intermission interviews is with the pretender to the throne of the French Empire, Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte (who speaks from New York). Charles Emerson (doubles), Ross Forrester (doubles), George Finnie (doubles), Sarah Selby, Phyllis Coghlan, Gretchen Thomas, Ken Chavelle (triples), David Kerman (triples), James Eagles (triples), George Wells (adaptor), Charlie Forsyth (sound effects), Frank Woodruff (director), Lauretta Puck (performer, commercial spokesman), Noreen Gammill (performer, commercial spokesman), Viola Moore (performer, commercial spokesman), Jean Harlow, Robert Taylor, Claude Rains, C. Henry Gordon, Cecil B. DeMille, Frank Nelson (doubles, program opening announcer), Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte (intermission interview), Lou Merrill, Louis Silvers (music director), Melville Ruick (announcer), Victorien Sardou (author), Emile Moreau (author), William Councelman (intermission guest: cartoonist, scenario writer for Twentieth Century Fox), William Royal (triples), Corinne Ross.

The Lux Radio Theatre. May 14, 1945. CBS net. "Alexander Graham Bell". Sponsored by: Lux. A rehearsal recording. The story of the invention of the telephone. There is lots of kidding around in the studio after the show.  Don Ameche, June Duprez, Mitchell Leisen (host), Boyd Davis, Charles Seel, Dickie Meyers, Edwin Rand, Ferdinand Munier, Francis X. Bushman, Griff Barnett, Gwen Delano, Herb Lytton (doubles), John Milton Kennedy (announcer), Louis Silvers (music director), Myra Dell, Norman Field, Paul McVey (doubles), Regina Wallace (doubles), Stanley Farrar (doubles), Tommy Cook, Truda Marson, Doris Singleton (commercial spokesman: as "Libby"), Julie Bannon (commercial spokesman), Betty Jean Hainey (commercial spokesman), Lamar Trotti (screenwriter), Ray Harris (author), Fred MacKaye (director), Sanford Barnett (adaptor), Charlie Forsyth (sound effects).oldtimeradiodvd.com on sale

The Lux Radio Theatre. July 13, 1936. CBS net. "The Brat". Sponsored by: Lux. A girl of the slums is taken into a wealthy home by an author who is using her as a type model for his book. Romance soon follows. Orry-Kelly (intermission guest: hair stylist for Warner Brothers), Frank Woodruff (director), George Wells (adaptor), Rose Pedretti (intermission guest: Westmore's Beauty Salon), Charlie Forsyth (sound effects), Neil Fitzgerald, Myra Marsh, Corinne Ross, William Royal (doubles), Norman Field, Frank Nelson (performer, program opening announcer), Harold Wilson (doubles), Martha Norton, Duane Thompson, Charles Carroll, Cecil B. DeMille, Melville Ruick (announcer), Louis Silvers (music director), Maude Fulton (author), Joel McCrea, Marion Davies, Gavin Gordon.

The Lux Radio Theatre. December 7, 1936. CBS net. "The Grand Duchess and The Waiter". Sponsored by: Lux. A comedy-romance about an impoverished Duchess and a bumbling waiter. Vince Barnett is interviewed (a character actor who bills himself as "Public Pest #1") Robert Montgomery, Elissa Landi, Alma Kruger, Cecil B. DeMille, Frank Nelson (performer, program opening announcer), Gene Lockhart, Lou Merrill, Louis Silvers (music director), Melville Ruick (announcer), Vince Barnett (intermission interview), Alfred Savoir (author), Nathalie Bucknall (intermission guest: head of the research department at MGM), Lionel Pape, Byron Foulger, Margaret Brayton, Edwin Max, Ross Forrester, David Kerman, Charles Emerson, Betty Stewart, Doris Louray, Ynez Seabury (performer, commercial spokesman), Marjorie Winfield (performer, commercial spokesman), Frank Woodruff (director), George Wells (adaptor), Charlie Forsyth (sound effects). oldtimeradiodvd.com

The Lux Radio Theatre. December 28, 1936. CBS net. "Cavalcade". Sponsored by: Lux. An excellent drama of an English couple from 1900 to 1936, from the Boer War to the "present" day. Well done! Noel Coward speaks from his dressing room at the National Theatre in New York. Herbert Marshall, Madeleine Carroll, Cecil B. DeMille, Douglas Scott, Elsa Buchanan, Melville Ruick (announcer), Noel Coward (author, intermission guest), Una O'Connor, Leonard Mudie, Helena Grant, George Kirby, Martin Field, Ra Hould, June Lockhart, Jennifer Bruce, Wauna Lidwell, Ben Guy Phillips (doubles), Frederick Sewell (triples), Josephine Brown (doubles), David Niven, Vernon Steele (narrator), Frank Nelson (doubles, program opening announcer), Lou Merrill (doubles), David Kerman, Lauretta Puck, Ross Forrester, Charles Emerson, Rudy Schrager (performer), Margaret Brayton (commercial spokesman), George Wells (adaptor), Frank Woodruff (director), Charlie Forsyth (sound effects) oldtimeradiodvd.com

The Lux Radio Theatre. November 9, 1936. CBS net. "Alias Jimmy Valentine". Sponsored by: Lux. A good story about a safe-cracker trying to go straight. Pat O'Brien sings "The Charlady's Ball." Guest Melvyn Purvis ("The Greatest G-Man In History") recalls a real safe cracker he met while tracking down John Dillinger.  George Wells (adaptor), Frank Woodruff (director), Charlie Forsyth (sound effects), Allen Jenkins, Cecil B. DeMille, Joan Field (four years old), Melville Ruick (announcer), Pat O'Brien, Melvyn Purvis (intermission guest), O. Henry (author), Paul Armstrong (adaptor), William Frawley, Paul Armstrong (stage adaptor), Carolyn Newell (intermission guest: chorus girl), Crauford Kent, Myra Marsh, Joan Field, Tommy Bupp, Madge Evans, Sam Flint, Rolfe Sedan (doubles), Victor Rodman (doubles), Ken Chavelle (doubles), Virginia Stone (doubles), Jean Colbert (doubles), Frank Nelson (doubles, program opening announcer), Charles Emerson, David Kerman, Ross Forrester, Priscilla Lyon (commercial spokesman), Leora Thatcher (commercial spokesman).oldtimeradiodvd.com

The Lux Radio Theatre. November 16, 1936. CBS net. "Conversation Piece". Sponsored by: Lux. A Frenchman tries to pass off a nightclub singer as nobility. Adolphe Menjou (doubles), George Sanders, Lily Pons, Cecil B. DeMille, Louis Silvers (music director), Marjorie Gateson, Melville Ruick (announcer), Noel Coward (author), Cotton Warburton (intermission guest: film editor for MGM), Feg Murray (intermission guest: Hollywood columnist), Elsa Buchanan, Ben Guy Phillips (doubles), Phyllis Coghlan, Margaret Brayton (performer, commercial spokesman), Grayce Hampton, Lou Merrill (doubles), Evelyn Beresford, Colin Campbell, Frank Nelson (performer, program opening announcer), Ross Forrester (doubles), Charles Emerson, David Kerman, Frank Woodruff (director), George Wells (adaptor), Charlie Forsyth (sound effects). oldtimeradiodvd.com

The Lux Radio Theatre. November 23, 1936. CBS net. "The Story Of Louis Pasteur". Sponsored by: Lux. The famous scientist fights overwhelming opposition to his germ theory of disease. Director William K. Howard is interviewed. Dress designer "Adrian" is interviewed. Pierre Collings (screenwriter), Barbara Luddy, Chester Clute, Priscilla Lyon, Harriet Russell, Leo McCabe, Corinne Ross, Sheridan Gibney (screenwriter), Ross Forrester (doubles), Frank Woodruff (director), George Wells (adaptor), Charlie Forsyth (sound effects), Barbara Luddy, Cecil B. DeMille, Crauford Kent, Fritz Leiber Jr., Louis Silvers (music director), William K. Howard (intermission guest: director for United Artists), Lee Millar (triples...two of the roles are a sheep and a dog), John Lake, James Eagles, Cy Kendall, Charles Emerson (doubles), Victor Rodman, Vicki Vola (doubles), Lionel Belmore, Frank Nelson (performer, program opening announcer), Lou Merrill (triples), Edward Woods, Adrian (intermission guest: costume designer for MGM), Henry Hanna, Justina Wayne, Paul Muni, Emily Williams (commercial spokesman), Sarah Selby (commercial spokesman) oldtimeraidodvd.com

The Lux Radio Theatre. November 30, 1936. CBS net. "Polly Of The Circus". Sponsored by: Lux. Romance under the Big Top as a circus performer and a small town doctor fall in love. Cecil B. DeMille speaks from New York. The intermission guest is the world's only lady tiger trainer. Guest Robert Ripley tells how Hollywood was named after a horse and how a horse was responsible for the first motion picture! Other "Believe It Or Nots" about Lux soap! Lou Merrill, James Eagles (performer, commercial spokesman), Ross Forrester (doubles), Charles Emerson (doubles), Margaret Mayo (author), Frank Woodruff (director), Charlie Forsyth (sound effects), George Wells (adaptor), Gavin Gordon, James Gleason, Lionel Barrymore (guest host), Mabel Starke (intermission guest), Louis Silvers (music director), Margaret Mayo (author), Melville Ruick (announcer), Robert Ripley (intermission guest), John Prince, Loretta Young, Cecil B. DeMille, David Kerman, William Royal, Robert Payton, Georgia Simmons, Frank Nelson (performer, program opening announcer), Leora Thatcher, Elvia Allman (performer, commercial spokesman), John Gibson (triples), Cy Kendall, Chester Clute. oldtimeraidodvd.com

The Lux Radio Theatre. July 20, 1936.. A well-done melodrama of the Midway. Great radio! Kenyon Nicholson (author), Walter Huston, Norman Foster, Harlan Briggs, Isabel Withers, William Royal, John Gibson, Ross Forrester (performer, commercial spokesman), Margaret Brayton (performer, commercial spokesman), Vicki Vola (performer, commercial spokesman), Charles Emerson, Frank Nelson (announcer, performer), Claudette Colbert, Cecil B. DeMille (host), Emyle Barrie (intermission guest: DeMille's script girl), King Vidor (intermission guest, Paramount director), Melville Ruick (announcer), Frank Woodruff (director), Louis Silvers (musical director), George Wells (adaptor), Charlie Forsyth (sound effects) audiblepodcast.com/rnn 1 Free Audiobook  oldtimeradionetwork.com   oldtimeradiodvd.com Great Deals on DVDs

The Lux Radio Theatre. July 6, 1936. A melodrama about an old farmer who loves to hunt foxes, and his favorite hunting dog.  Ross Forrester, William Royal, Lou Merrill (doubles), Frank Woodruff (director), George Wells (adaptor), Charlie Forsyth (sound effects), Frank Nelson (performer, program opening announcer), Lionel Barrymore, Anne Shirley, Cecil B. DeMille, Hal Roach (intermission guest), Louis Silvers (music director), Porter Hall, Melville Ruick (announcer), Harvey Gates (screenplay), Samuel Hoffenstein (screenplay), McKinley Cantor (author), Ruth Waterbury (intermission guest: editor of Photoplay magazine), Kathleen Lockhart, Matt Moore, James Eagles, Louis Mason, Lee Millar, Michael Fitzmaurice. audiblepodcast.com/rnn 1 Free Audiobook  oldtimeradionetwork.com   oldtimeradiodvd.com Great Deals on DVDs

The Lux Radio Theatre. June 22, 1936.  A melodrama of a love affair interrupted by the war and only slowed down by blindness.  James Montgomery Flagg is interviewed. Cecil B. DeMille, James Montgomery Flagg, Louis Silvers (music director), Melville Ruick (announcer), Rod LaRocque, Lillian Hellman (screenplay), Mordaunt Shairp (screenplay), H. B. Trevelyan (author), Zeffie Tilbury, Edward Cooper, Lillian Kemble-Cooper, Crauford Kent, Wauna Lidwell, Gwen Mannering, Lionel Pape, Edward Reamers, Charles Romano, Margaret Brayton (performer, commercial spokesman), Anne Stone (performer, commercial spokesman), James Eagles, Leroy Prinz (intermission guest: dance director for Paramount), Frank Nelson (program opening announcer), Frank Woodruff (director), George Wells (adaptor), Charlie Forsyth (sound effects), Herbert Marshall, Merle Oberon. audiblepodcast.com/rnn 1 Free Audiobook  oldtimeradionetwork.com   oldtimeradiodvd.com Great Deals on DVDs

The Lux Radio Theatre. June 15, 1936. A well-done story of backstage love and heartbreak. Eighty-five year old Daniel Frohman (a famous theatrical producer) is interviewed. Al Jolson and Ruby Keeler are interviewed after the story. Jolson sings "A Pretty Girl Is Like A Melody," "Is It True What They Say About Dixie?" and "Toot, Toot Tootsie." T Louis Silvers (music director), Melville Ruick (announcer), Wally Maher, Al Jolson, Ruby Keeler, Cecil B. DeMille, Daniel Frohman (intermission guest), Lou Merrill, Arthur Hopkins (author), Cora Sue Collins (intermission guest: child actress), George Barnes (intermission guest: Warner Brothers cameraman), Victor Rodman, Eddie Kane, Rita LaRoy, Ynez Seabury, Vicki Vola, Lauretta Puck, Grace Mead, Helen Webster, Mildred Rogers, Winnie Parker, Frank Nelson (performer, program opening announcer), Frank Woodruff (director), George Wells (adaptor), Charlie Forsyth (sound effects), George Manker Watters (author).audiblepodcast.com/rnn 1 Free Audiobook  oldtimeradionetwork.com   oldtimeradiodvd.com Great Deals on DVDs

The Lux Radio Theatre. June 8, 1936.  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  William Powell, Myrna Loy, Porter Hall, Barbara Luddy, Bret Morrison, Wally Maher, Theda Bara, Dashiell Hammett (author), W. S. Van Dyke (guest host), James Seymour (intermission guest: screenwriter, producer), Melville Ruick (announcer), Louis Silvers (music director), Minna Gombell, William Henry, Margaret Brayton, Thomas Jackson, Ernie Adams, Frank Nelson (doubles), Michael Fitzmaurice, Glenn Boles, Charles Emerson, Victor Rodman, Rolfe Sedan, Aline Sholes (commercial spokesman), Lauretta Puck (commercial spokesman), Mary Jane Higby (commercial spokesman), Frank Nelson (program opening announcer), Frank Woodruff (director), George Wells (adaptor), Charlie Forsyth (sound effects). audiblepodcast.com/rnn 1 Free Audiobook  oldtimeradionetwork.com   oldtimeradiodvd.com Great Deals on DVDs

The Lux Radio Theatre. June 1, 1936.  A love story between a Legionnaire in the desert and a night club singer.  Cecil B. DeMille, Jesse Lasky (intermission guest), Lou Merrill, Louis Silvers (music director), Melville Ruick (announcer), Wally Maher, Benno Vigny (author), Fred Datig (Paramount casting director: intermission guest), Frank Reicher, Walter Kingsford, Crauford Kent, James Eagles, Ynez Seabury, Karan Faris, Georges Renavent, Kenneth Hansen, Anne Stone, Margaret Brayton, Frederick Bell (commercial spokesman), Fred MacKaye (commercial spokesman), Billie Bellporte (commercial spokesman), Frederick Hollander (composer of "Falling In Love Again," accompanist for Marlene Dietrich), Frank Nelson (performer, program opening announcer), Frank Woodruff (director), George Wells (adaptor), Charlie Forsyth (sound effects), Clark Gable, Marlene Dietrich. audiblepodcast.com/rnn 1 Free Audiobook  oldtimeradionetwork.com   oldtimeradiodvd.com Great Deals on DVDs

The Lux Radio Theater strove to feature as many of the original stars of the original stage and film productions as possible, usually paying them $5,000 an appearance to do the show. It was when sponsor Lever Brothers (who made Lux soap and detergent) moved the show from New York to Hollywood in 1936 that it eased back from adapting stage shows and toward adaptations of films. The first Lux film adaptation was The Legionnaire and the Lady, with Marlene Dietrich and Clark Gable, based on the film Morocco. That was followed by a Lux adaptation of The Thin Man, featuring the movie's stars, Myrna Loy and William Powell.THIS EPISODE:March 27, 1950. CBS network. "The Man Who Came To Dinner". Sponsored by: Lux. Not auditioned. Clifton Webb, Lucille Ball, Betty Lou Gerson, Steve Dunne, William Johnstone, Nelson Welch, Jay Novello, Eleanor Audley, Arthur Q. Bryan, Margaret Brayton, Lois Corbett, Ruth Perrott, Walter Craig, Rhoda Williams, George Neise, Herb Butterfield, Edward Marr, Julius Epstein (screenwriter), Philip Epstein (screenwriter), George Kaufman (playwright), Moss Hart (playwright), William Keighley (host), John Milton Kennedy (announcer), Dorothy Lovett (commercial spokesman, as "Libby"), Earl Ebi (director), Charlie Forsyth (sound effects), Rudy Schrager (music director), Sanford Barnett (adaptor), Joan Miller (intermission guest). 59:51.

The Lux Radio Theatre. April 16, 1939. CBS net. "Bullets Or Ballots". Sponsored by: Lux. A tough cop pretends to leave the force to break up a gang. Edward G. Robinson, Mary Astor, Humphrey Bogart, Cecil B. DeMille, Chester Clute, Edward Marr, Galan Galt (doubles), Lindsay MacHarrie, Melville Ruick (announcer), Otto Kruger, Wallis Clark, Wally Maher, Seton Miller (author, screenwriter), Martin Mooney (author), Frank Gomphert (intermission guest: criminologist and motion picture technical advisor), Lou Merrill (doubles), Earle Ross, Ross Forrester (doubles), Frank Nelson (program opening announcer), Frank Woodruff (director), George Wells (adaptor), Charlie Forsyth (sound effects).Click Here to Listen Today's Old Time Radio Station NOW ON AIR!!SUPPORT US BY SUPPORTING OUR SPONSORS HempUSA Store       

The Lux Radio Theatre. April 9, 1939. CBS net. "Lives Of A Bengal Lancer". Sponsored by: Lux. Rehearsal. A good story about Her Majesty's Lancers in northwest India battling rebellious tribesmen. A story about their traditions and sense of honor. See cat. #50672 for the broadcast version of this rehearsal. Lal Chand Mehra (doubles), C. Montague Shaw, Grover Jones (screenwriter), Douglass Dumbrille, Eric Snowden (doubles), Lou Merrill, Louis Silvers (music director), Melville Ruick (announcer), Nancy Leach, William Slavens McNutt (screenwriter), C. Aubrey Smith, Cecil B. DeMille, Achmed Abdullah (screenwriter), Waldemar Young (screenwriter), Brian Aherne, Errol Flynn, Frank Woodruff (director), George Wells (adaptor), John Balderston (screenwriter), Charlie Forsyth (sound effects), Francis Yeats-Brown (author), Ross Forrester, Jane Morgan (commercial spokesman), Betty Jean Hainey (commercial spokesman), Marilyn Stuart (commercial spokesman), Ian MacLaren, Ian Purvis (doubles), Jackie Cooper, Katherine Carlton (commercial spokesman), Frank Nelson (performer, program opening announcer).Click Here to Listen Today's Old Time Radio Station NOW ON AIR!!SUPPORT US BY SUPPORTING OUR SPONSORS HempUSA Store       

The Lux Radio Theatre. April 3, 1939. CBS net. "Silver Dollar". Sponsored by: Lux. The true story of Horace Tabor, who became fabulously wealthy from the silver mines of Colorado. The intermission guest is the former United States Minister to Denmark, who also is the daughter of William Jennings Bryan (the orator remembered for his "Cross Of Gold" speech). An excellent, well-done drama! Harvey Thew (screenwriter), Frank Woodruff (director), George Wells (adaptor), Charlie Forsyth (sound effects), Edward Arnold, Anita Louise, Marjorie Rambeau, Cecil B. DeMille, Sally Creighton (commercial spokesman), Forrest Taylor (doubles), Frank Nelson (doubles, program opening announcer), Ynez Seabury, Joseph Du Val (doubles), David Kerman (doubles), Eric Burtis, Marilyn Stuart (commercial spokesman), Lois Collier (commercial spokesman), Ruth Bryan Owen Rhoday (intermission guest), Ross Forrester, Betty Jean Hainey (commercial spokesman), David Karsner (author), Lou Merrill (doubles), Mary Lansing (doubles), Perry Ivins (doubles), Lee Millar, Walter White, Carl Erickson (screenwriter).Click Here to Listen Today's Old Time Radio Station NOW ON AIR!!SUPPORT US BY SUPPORTING OUR SPONSORS HempUSA Store       

The Lux Radio Theatre. March 19, 1939. CBS net. "It Happened One Night". Sponsored by: Lux Soap. A rehearsal recording. The famous Depression-era comedy about the reporter and the heiress on a cross country bus. There are no audience or sound effects, but the music cues and commercials are heard. The recording ends during a discussion between DeMille and Gable about who has the next line. See cat. #16461 for a recording of the actual broadcast. Claudette Colbert, Clark Gable, Cecil B. DeMille, Chester Clute (doubles), Eddie Waller, Frank Nelson (performer, program opening announcer), John Gibson, Lou Merrill, Louis Silvers (music director), Marion Aye, Roscoe Karns, Walter Connolly, Walter Tetley, Robert Riskin (screenwriter), Samuel Hopkins Adams (author), Harold Burnham (intermission guest), Betty Jean Hainey (commercial spokesman), Marilyn Stuart (commercial spokesman), Elia Braca (commercial spokesman), Miami Campbell (commercial spokesman), George Wells (adaptor), Frank Woodruff (director), Charlie Forsyth (sound effects).

The Lux Radio Theatre. March 6, 1939. CBS net. "One Way Passage". Sponsored by: Lux. The delightfully doomed ocean cruise romance about a convicted killer being returned to the United States to be hanged. He falls in love with a woman with a fatal heart disease. The intermission guest is Carl Allen, Commander of the S. S. President Coolidge. Kay Francis appears in place of Norma Shearer, who could not appear due to illness. Charlie Forsyth (sound effects), George Wells (adaptor), Frank Woodruff (director), Frank Nelson (doubles, program opening announcer), William Gargan, Cecil B. DeMille, Louis Silvers (music director), Marjorie Rambeau, Melville Ruick (announcer), Wilson Mizner (screenwriter), Joseph Jackson (screenwriter), Robert Lord (author), Carl Allen (intermission guest), John Fee, Ross Forrester, Lee Millar (doubles), David Kerman (doubles), Bobby Larson, Myron Gary (doubles), Raymond Lawrence (doubles), Charles Emerson (doubles), Gaughan Burke (doubles), Geraldine Peck (doubles), William Powell, Kay Francis.

The Lux Radio Theatre. February 27, 1939. CBS net. "Ceiling Zero". Sponsored by: Lux. A good drama about the early days of commercial aviation, the poor weather and good women the pilots faced. This program is the radio debut of Jeanne Cagney. The intermission guest is Major Carl Cover, vice president of Douglas Aviation, who is interviewed while flying over Hollywood in a DC-3! This is the broadcast recording. See cat. #40235 for a previous day's rehearsal recording. James Cagney, Ralph Bellamy, Stu Erwin, Boots Mallory, Carl Cover, Cecil B. DeMille, Martha Wentworth, Mary Lansing, Melville Ruick (announcer), Ross Forrester, James Bush, Jeanne Cagney, John Gibson, Joseph Du Val, Lou Merrill, Louis Silvers (music director), Frank Nelson (performer, program opening announcer), Edward Marr, Jane Morgan (commercial spokesman), Betty Jean Hainey (commercial spokesman), Marilyn Stuart (commercial spokesman), Frank Woodruff (director), George Wells (adaptor), Charlie Forsyth (sound effects).

The Lux Radio Theatre. February 20, 1939. CBS net. "Stage Door". Sponsored by: Lux. Rehearsal. Backstage story of Broadway as several actresses try for a career in the theatre. See cat. #50861 for the broadcast recording of this rehearsal. Charlie Forsyth (sound effects), Ross Forrester, Mary Lansing (commercial spokesman), George Pierce (intermission guest: stage doorman at New York's Empire Theatre), Frank Woodruff (director), George Wells (adaptor), Sarah Selby (doubles), Tyler McVey, Morrie Ryskind (screenwriter), Anthony Veiller (screenwriter), Edna Ferber (author), George S. Kaufman (author), Ginger Rogers, Rosalind Russell, Eve Arden, Adolphe Menjou, Cecil B. DeMille, Colleen Ward, Crauford Kent, David Kerman (doubles), Edward Marr (doubles), Florence Lake, Frank Nelson (doubles, program opening announcer), Gerald Cornell (doubles), Gloria Gordon, Ynez Seabury, James Eagles (doubles), Jeanette McLeay, Leona Roberts, Lou Merrill (doubles), Louis Silvers (music director), Lurene Tuttle, Margaret Brayton, Martha Wentworth, Melville Ruick (announcer).

The Lux Radio Theatre. February 13, 1939. CBS net. "The Return Of Peter Grimm". Sponsored by: Lux. An old-fashioned melodrama about "Old Peter" who returns from the grave to clear up the family conflicts he left behind. The program includes a preview of the new Lux show, "The Life and Loves Of Dr. Susan." Cecil B. DeMille is his own intermission guest and recalls how he wrote the screen play for this evening's story. Lionel Barrymore, Maureen O'Sullivan, Edward Arnold, Alan Ladd, Cecil B. DeMille (host, author), David Belasco (author), Gavin Muir, Louis Silvers (music director), Melville Ruick (announcer), Peter Holden, Greta Meyer, Lou Merrill, Martha Wentworth (doubles), Lee Millar (doubles, one part of which is a dog), Frank Nelson (performer, program opening announcer), Ross Forrester, Ethel Sykes, Maryon Aye, Frank Woodruff (director), George Wells (adaptor), Charlie Forsyth (sound effects).

The Lux Radio Theatre. May 3, 1948. CBS net. "Cloak and Dagger". Sponsored by: Lux, Pepsodent (Lana Turner Ball Point Pocket Perfumer premium). An action spy adventure about an American physicist who tries to rescue an Italian scientist and his daughter and finds romance among the Nazis. Ronald Reagan, Lilli Palmer, William Keighley (host), John Milton Kennedy (announcer), Louis Silvers (music director), Jeff Chandler, Herb Butterfield, William Johnstone (doubles), Norman Field, Regina Wallace, Robert Griffin (doubles), Marjorie Haskelle, Ben Wright (doubles), June Whitley (doubles), Jay Novello, Jack Petruzzi (doubles), Edward Marr, Charles La Torre, Margaret Fields (intermission guest), Albert Maltz (screenwriter), Ring Lardner Jr. (screenwriter), Boris Ingster (author), John Larkin (author), Corey Ford (author), Alistair MacBain (author), Fred MacKaye (director), Sanford Barnett (adaptor), Charlie Forsyth (sound effects)RONALD (WILSON) REAGAN. Born in Tampico, Illinois, U.S.A., 6 February 1911. Eureka College, Illinois, B.A. in economics and sociology 1932. Married: 1) Jane Wyman, 1940 (divorced, 1948); children: Maureen and Michael; 2) Nancy Davis, 1952; children: Patti and Ron. Served in U.S. Army Air Force, 1942-45. Wrote sports column for Des Moines, Iowa newspaper; sports announcer, radio station WOC, Davenport, Iowa, 1932-37; in films, 1937-1964; contract with Warner Brothers, 1937; first lead role in big-budget film was in King's Row, 1941; president, Screen Actors Guild, 1947-52 and 1959; in television, 1953-66, starting as host of The Orchid Awards, 1953-54; governor of California, 1966-74; U.S. president, 1980-88.

The Lux Radio Theatre. February 5, 1939. CBS net. "The Count Of Monte Cristo". Sponsored by: Lux. Rehearsal. The story of the prisoner in the dungeon and his eventual revenge. There is network originated cross-talk for the first seventy-five seconds of the recording. See cat. #52399 for a broadcast recording of this rehearsal. Robert Montgomery, Paul Lukas, Lewis Stone, Lloyd Nolan, Cecil B. DeMille, Josephine Hutchinson, Alexandre Dumas (author), Barry Drew, Louis Silvers (music director), Sidney Blackmer, Victor Rodman, Walter Byron, Charles Fletcher (stage adaptor), Frank Nelson (triples, program opening announcer), Wright Kramer, Joe Franz (doubles), Perry Ivins (doubles), John Fee, Rolfe Sedan (doubles), Lou Merrill (triples), Raoul DeLeon, Stanley Schewd, Paul Bryer, Gaughan Burke, Ross Forrester, Maryon Aye, Caroline Frasher (commercial spokesman), Jane Morgan (commercial spokesman), Marilyn Stuart (commercial spokesman), Lorraine Edwards (commercial spokesman), Frank Woodruff (director), George Wells (adaptor), Charlie Forsyth (sound effects).

Hollywood Radio Theater (Lux Radio Theater) strove to feature as many of the original stars of the original stage and film productions as possible, usually paying them $5,000 an appearance to do the show. It was when sponsor Lever Brothers (who made Lux soap and detergent) moved the show from New York to Hollywood in 1936 that it eased back from adapting stage shows and toward adaptations of films. The first Lux film adaptation was The Legionnaire and the Lady, with Marlene Dietrich and Clark Gable, based on the film Morocco. That was followed by a Lux adaptation of The Thin Man, featuring the movie's stars, Myrna Loy and William Powell. THIS EPISODE: September 21, 1953. Program #92. CBS network origination, AFRS rebroadcast. "I Confess". A priest hears the confession of a murderer. Because he cannot reveal the killer's identity, the priest finds himself accused of the crime. AFRS program name: "Hollywood Radio Theatre." Cary Grant, Phyllis Thaxter, Irving Cummings (host), Ken Carpenter (announcer), Rudy Schrager (music director), Jack Kruschen, Leonard Penn, Edgar Barrier, Shepard Menken, George Baxter, Anne Morrison, Charlie Lung, Jill Oppenheim, William Johnstone, Herb Butterfield, Tony Michaels, Edward Marr, George Tabori (screenwriter), William Archibald (screenwriter), Paul Anthelme (author), Earl Ebi (director), Sanford Barnett (adaptor), Charlie Forsyth (sound effects). 55 minutes.

The Lux Radio Theatre. November 17, 1947. CBS net. "Nobody Lives Forever". Sponsored by: Lux, Pepsodent. A con-man returns from the war, but falls for the perfect victim. Ronald Reagan recalls his radio days as a sportscaster and recreates a play-by-play. Jane Wyman, Ronald Reagan, William Keighley (host), John Milton Kennedy (announcer), Louis Silvers (music director), William Conrad, William Johnstone, Jeff Chandler (billed as "Ira Grossel"), Herb Butterfield, Frances Robinson, Edward Marr, Edwin Cooper, Edwin Max, Tyler McVey, Herbert Rawlinson, Dorothy Lovett (commercial spokesman: as "Libby"), Dorothy Malone (intermission guest), W. R. Burnett (screenwriter), Fred MacKaye (director), Sanford Barnett (adaptor), Charlie Forsyth (sound effects).

Lux Radio Theater, one of the genuine classic radio anthology series (NBC Blue Network (1934-1935); CBS (1935-1954); NBC (1954-1955)) adapted first Broadway stage works, and then (especially) films to hour-long live radio presentations. It quickly became the most popular dramatic anthology series on radio, running more than twenty years. The program always began with an announcer proclaiming, "Ladies and gentlemen, Lux presents Hollywood!" Cecil B. DeMille was the host of the series each Monday evening from June 1, 1936, until January 22, 1945. On one occasion, however, he was replaced by Leslie Howard.THIS EPISODE:September 17, 1951. CBS network. "Sunset Boulevard". Sponsored by: Lux. The famous story about the faded Hollywood star and the young screen writer. Nancy Gates, John Wengraf, Gloria Swanson, William Holden, William Conrad, William Keighley (host), John Milton Kennedy (announcer), Rudy Schrager (music director), William Johnstone, George Neise, Herb Butterfield, Dan Riss, Irene Martin (intermission guest), Charles Brackett (author, screenwriter), Billy Wilder (author, screenwriter), D. M. Marshman Jr. (screenwriter), Earl Ebi (director), Sanford Barnett (adaptor), Charlie Forsyth (sound effects). 59:29.

Lux Radio Theater, one of the genuine classic radio anthology series (NBC Blue Network (1934-1935); CBS (1935-1954); NBC (1954-1955)) adapted first Broadway stage works, and then (especially) films to hour-long live radio presentations. It quickly became the most popular dramatic anthology series on radio, running more than twenty years. The program always began with an announcer proclaiming, "Ladies and gentlemen, Lux presents Hollywood!" Cecil B. DeMille was the host of the series each Monday evening from June 1, 1936, until January 22, 1945. On one occasion, however, he was replaced by Leslie Howard.THIS EPISODE:January 18, 1937. CBS network. "Criminal Code". Sponsored by: Lux. A nice kid with all the breaks going against him gets ten years in the Big House, and finds love! Edward G. Robinson, Beverly Roberts, Cecil B. DeMille, Frank Nelson (performer, program opening announcer), Lou Merrill (doubles), Earle Ross, Louis Silvers (music director), Melville Ruick (announcer), Noel Madison, Paul Guilfoyle, Martin Flavin (author), Gladys Lloyd (intermission guest: wife of Edward G. Robinson), James B. Holohan (intermission quest: former warden of San Quentin), Walter Kingsford, William Williams (triples), Richard Abbott (triples), Ernie Adams (doubles), Justina Wayne (doubles), Joe Franz (doubles), Hilda Haywood (doubles), Margaret Brayton (doubles, commercial spokesman), Ross Forrester (triples), David Kerman (triples), Charles Emerson (commercial spokesman), Frank Woodruff (director), George Wells (adaptor), Charlie Forsyth (sound effects). 59:17

In October of 1934, "Lux Radio Theater" debuted in New York on NBC's Blue radio network. Presenting audio versions of popular Broadway plays, the show failed to garner an audience and soon ran out of material. After switching networks to CBS and moving to Hollywood, Lux found its true market. The show began featuring adaptations of popular films, performed by as many of the original stars as possible. With an endless supply of hit films scripts and an audience of more than 40 million, Lux enjoyed a prosperous run until the curtain fell in 1956.THIS EPISODE:October 20, 1941. CBS net. "Blood and Sand". Sponsored by: Lux. The rise and fall of a great bull fighter, the role made famous by Rudolph Valentino. Kathleen Fitz, Lester Schott, Lou Merrill, Louis Silvers (music director), Elsa Brand, Erik Rolf, Gale Gordon, Howard McNear, Jeff Corey, Bruce Payne (doubles), Cecil B. DeMille, Anne Stone, Tyrone Power, Annabella, Bea Benaderet, Sanford Barnett (director), George Wells (adaptor), Charlie Forsyth (sound effects), Vicente Blasco Ibanez (author), Lois Collier (commercial spokesman), Nancy Bickell (commercial spokesman), Jo Swerling (screenwriter), Nick Toms (doubles), Paul Dubov, Walter Tetley, Ben Alexander (commercial spokesman), Julie Bannon (commercial spokesman), Melville Ruick (announcer). 59:45.

MERRY CHRISTMASIn October of 1934, "Lux Radio Theater" debuted in New York on NBC's Blue radio network. Presenting audio versions of popular Broadway plays, the show failed to garner an audience and soon ran out of material. After switching networks to CBS and moving to Hollywood, Lux found its true market. The show began featuring adaptations of popular films, performed by as many of the original stars as possible. With an endless supply of hit films scripts and an audience of more than 40 million, Lux enjoyed a prosperous run until the curtain fell in 1956.THIS EPISODE:March 10, 1947. CBS network. "It's A Wonderful Life". Sponsored by: Lux Soap, Spry. Tired of his life on Earth, a man finds out what it's like never to have been born. Jimmy Stewart, Donna Reed, Victor Moore, William Keighley (host), John Milton Kennedy (announcer), Louis Silvers (music director), William Johnstone, John McIntire, Leo Cleary, Edwin Maxwell, Janet Scott, Noreen Gammill, Cliff Clark, Norma Jean Nilsson, Edward Marr, Norman Field, Franklyn Parker, Ann Carter, Charles Seel, Doris Singleton (commercial spokesman: as "Libby"), Susan Blanchard (intermission guest), Frances Goodrich (screenwriter), Albert Hackett (screenwriter), Jo Swerling (screenwriter), Frank Capra (screenwriter), Philip Van Doren (author), Fred MacKaye (director), Sanford Barnett (adaptor), Charlie Forsyth (sound effects). 1 hour.

The Lux Radio Theater. November 28, 1949. CBS network. "Key Largo". Sponsored by: Lux Soap, Spry. An excellent Edward G. Robinson vehicle as a typical gangster. Johnny Rocco is returning to the United States to start his rackets once again. The intermission guest is nineteen year old Debbie Reynolds. Edward G. Robinson, Claire Trevor, Dan Seymour, Debbie Reynolds (intermission guest), Edmond O'Brien, William Keighley (host), John Milton Kennedy (announcer), Louis Silvers (music director), Maxwell Anderson (author), Sanford Barnett (adaptor), Frances Robinson, Herb Butterfield, William Johnstone, Howard McNear, Edward Marr, Harry Lewis, Paul Dubov, Frank Richards, Jay Novello, Lou Krugman, Don Diamond, Dorothy Lovett (commercial spokesman: as "Libby"), Richard Brooks (screenwriter), John Huston (screenwriter), Fred MacKaye (director), Charlie Forsyth (sound effects). 60:19.

Baseball Historian presents The Lux Radio Theatre. April 19, 1937.  "Alibi Ike" A baseball comedy about the pitcher whose talent on the mound was equalled only by his ability with his mouth. A natural role for Joe E. Brown! Babe Ruth and his wife Claire, speak from their apartment in New York. Illustrator Russell Patterson is interviewed. Joe E. Brown, Helen Chandler, Babe Ruth (intermission guest), Cecil B. DeMille, Charles Emerson (doubles), Claire Ruth (intermission guest), Cy Kendall, Ingebord Tillisch (performer, commercial spokesman), Joe Franz, Leora Thatcher (performer, commercial spokesman), Lou Merrill (doubles), Louis Silvers (music director), Marion Dennis (performer, commercial spokesman), Melville Ruick (announcer), Roscoe Karns, Ross Forrester, Russell Patterson (intermission guest: commercial illustrator), Wally Maher, William Frawley, William Wister Haines (screenwriter), Ring Lardner (author), Frank Nelson (doubles, program opening announcer), Frank Woodruff (director), George Wells (adaptor), Charlie Forsyth (sound effects).

Baseball Historian presents The Lux Radio Theatre. April 6, 1953.  "Angels In The Outfield". The manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates calls on heavenly messengers to get his slumping team out of the cellar. Janet Leigh, George Murphy, Donna Corcoran, Irving Cummings (host), Ken Carpenter (announcer), Rudy Schrager (music director), Joseph Kearns, Dan Riss, Shepard Menken, Helen Kleeb, Lawrence Dobkin, Herb Ellis, Steve Dunne, Yvonne Peattie, Fred MacKaye, William Johnstone, Herb Butterfield, Edward Marr, Tony Barrett, Robert Griffin, Eddie Firestone, Herbert Rawlinson, Ralph Montgomery, George Wells (screenwriter), Dorothy Kingsley (screenwriter), Earl Ebi (director), Sanford Barnett (adaptor), Charlie Forsyth (sound effects).

The Baseball Historian presents The Dizzy Dean Show. September 18, 1948 Diz sings his version of, "The Wasbash Cannonball", gives advice to pitchers, his all-time all-star team. The last show of the season. Dizzy Dean The Lux Radio Theatre. October 4, 1943 "The Pride Of The Yankees"Story about the baseball career of Lou Gehrig. Gary Cooper, Virginia Bruce, Edgar Buchanan, Cecil B. DeMille, Boyd Davis, Charles Seel (doubles), Edward Marr (doubles), Edna Johnson, Elsa Janssen, Eugene Forsythe (doubles), Griff Barnett, Joe Pennario, Ken Christy (doubles), Leo Cleary (doubles), Norman Field (doubles), Robert Harris (doubles), Stanley Farrar (doubles, commercial spokesman), Verna Felton (doubles), Hugh Kloss (doubles), Bobby Larson, Florence Shirley (doubles), Fred MacKaye (doubles, commercial spokesman), Charlotte Treadway, Dick Ryan (doubles), Bob Haynes (commercial spokesman), Ann Tobin (commercial spokesman), Doris Singleton (commercial spokesman: as "Libby"), Jo Swerling (screenwriter), Herman J. Mankiewicz (screenwriter), Paul Gallico (author), Sanford Barnett (director), George Wells (adaptor), Charlie Forsyth (sound effects)