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In the second part of the ChangeMakers podcast, Frank Woodruff discusses the rebranding of his organization to the Community Opportunity Alliance, inspired by a moment of reflection during the summer of 2020. He shares the organization's goals, including doubling in size over the next three years and increasing engagement with private philanthropy to support community development. Frank emphasizes the importance of addressing inequities in the field, particularly for organizations led by people of color. He highlights recent successes, such as changes to the HOME program and increased visibility for insurance issues affecting affordable housing. He concludes by emphasizing the bipartisan nature of affordable housing issues and the opportunities for progress in the coming years.

In this episode of ChangeMakers, Katies speaks with Frank Woodruff, Executive Director of the Community Opportunity Alliance, who shares his journey from a small Wisconsin tourist town to becoming a champion for community-based development. Frank discusses the "80-20 dilemma" in community development funding, where 80% of resources go to only 20% of organizations, and highlights the rising insurance costs threatening affordable housing projects. He explores the impact of Community Development Block Grants (CDBG) on neighborhood revitalization, offering examples from Detroit's urban renewal to Youngstown's neighborhood restoration. Frank provides insights into the challenges and opportunities in federal funding for community development, emphasizing the need for program evolution to meet changing community needs. The episode showcases the transformative power of community development organizations and the pressing issues they face in shaping America's communities. Listeners will gain a deeper understanding of the vital role local initiatives play in community development and the complexities of funding and implementing these crucial projects.

Despite his success in The Petrified Forest, Bogart signed a tepid twenty-six-week contract at five-hundred-fifty dollars per week. He was immediately typecast as a gangster in a series of B movie crime dramas. He played a supporting role in Bullets or Ballots released in 1936. Bogart reprised the role of Bugs Fenner on the Monday April 17th, 1939 episode of The Lux Radio Theatre opposite Edward G. Robinson, Mary Astor, and Otto Kruger. It aired at 10PM eastern time on CBS. Lux was Monday night's highest-rated and CBS's highest-rated show of the 1938-39 season. This episode's rating was 21.1. Roughly fourteen million listeners tuned in. Cecil B. DeMille was introduced at the beginning of every episode as producer, but was actually a well-paid front man. His duties were reading the scripted introductions to each act and commercial-laden interviews with the stars at the end of each show. The real man behind the program was the J. Walter Thompson agency's Danny Danker. Each show was a five day commitment beginning with a Thursday table read. Rehearsals were Friday, run-throughs with sound effects on Saturday, and Sunday had readings with sound and orchestra. The first dress rehearsal on Monday morning was recorded for director Frank Woodruff's final critique. A final dress rehearsal was held with an audience at 4:30, and the broadcast aired live at 6:00 PM Pacific Time. But, Warner Brothers had no interest in raising Bogart's profile. Their studios were often unairconditioned. He thought the Warner's wardrobe department was cheap, and often wore his own suits. His jobs were tightly scheduled and repetitive, but he worked steadily. He played wrestling promoters, gangsters, a scientist, and a few good men dragged into bad situations they didn't deserve to be in. Bogart and his second wife Mary divorced in 1937. He married actress Mayo Methot on August 21st, 1938. It was an unhappy one filled with outbursts and mutual violence. The press called them "the Battling Bogarts." Dissatisfied with his work, Bogart rarely watched his own films and avoided premieres. He issued fake press releases about his life to satisfy public curiosity. When interviewed in person, he was too candid, later saying “All over Hollywood, they advise me, ‘Oh, you mustn't say that. That will get you in a lot of trouble', when I remark that some picture or writer or director or producer is no good. “I don't get it. If he isn't any good, why can't I say so? If more people would mention it, pretty soon it might start having some effect. The idea that anyone making a thousand dollars a week is sacred and beyond the realm of criticism never strikes me as particularly sound.” Bogart made twenty-nine films between 1936 and 1940, developing his now-famous film persona—cynical, self-mocking, vulnerable, charming, and above all, a loner with a code of honor. It was his two next roles, however, both with John Huston, that would catapult him into A-list status.

Affordable housing and quality jobs is a national imperative. But, as Frank Woodruff will tell you, it takes more than bricks and mortar to build a community. Frank leads NACEDA (National Alliance of Community Economic Development Associations) an organization whose members are local and state level nonprofits serving CDCs (Community Development Corporations) in their communities. NACEDA's members have the technical-know how, relationships with funders, community members and policymakers needed to fill the housing, jobs and public needs gaps where they live. Now, more than ever, the capacity to advocate for public policy that support these needs, matters. As Frank explains: the ideas of how we advance ourselves in changing.         

Another episode of Something So Bad It's Good, this time Wildcat Bus (RKO, 1940) directed by Frank Woodruff, starring Fay Wray, thrown under the bus, again, after Kong. Usual type of thing--Wildcat Bus Company tries to sabotage Federated Bus, a mom and pop operation between SF and LA, for some unkown reason by some unkown perp. No surprises and possibly worse highway chase and inept brawl ever on film.

TOPICBuilding Strong Neighborhoods and Communities IN THIS EPISODE[2:27] Introduction of Frank Woodruff and Beth McConnell. [3:16] Frank explains if the goals of equitable development and smart growth are at an impasse. [4:35] Beth shares if she sees the issue of smart growth and equitable development as being at odds with each other. [5:25] Beth and Frank give suggestions for how we can move past the impasse. [7:21] Beth gives an example of a place where they think smart growth and equitable development are coming together in a synergistic way. [8:50] Beth explains if her model can be imported to other communities. [9:20] Beth shares the challenge in Philadelphia that the Philadelphia Land Bank seeks to solve. [11:25] Beth shares what needs to happen to streamline the process of reacquiring properties and the role of the Philadelphia Land Bank. [13:01] Frank tells how to encourage private investment in neighborhoods while protecting the public interest. [16:53] Beth shares if she’s encountered a place where people have figured out how to live together. [18:05] Frank and Beth share one change that would lead to smarter, more sustainable, and more equitable communities. [18:54] Frank and Beth share one action that listeners can take to help build a more equitable and sustainable future. [19:12] Beth and Frank share what they think the world will look like 30 years from now. GUESTSFrank Woodruff is the Executive Director of the National Alliance of Community Economic Development Associations (NACEDA). Frank joined NACEDA in September 2010, becoming executive director in January 2012. During a time of significant political and economic challenges for community development, Frank saw this as an opportunity to take NACEDA to a new level of success and sustainability. As our country emerges from the great recession, he believes community and economic development will be a critical tool for those communities and neighborhoods that are organized, demanding, and capable of instituting change. Beth McConnell is the Policy Director for the Philadelphia Association of Community Development Corporations (PACDC). PACDC represents more than 100 member organizations, including nearly 50 community development corporations, who work to develop affordable housing, revitalize commercial corridors, and stabilize Philadelphia’s neighborhoods. Beth works to advance a policy agenda that helps them do their great work. ORGANIZATIONSThe National Alliance of Community Economic Development Associations (NACEDA) is a national alliance of community development associations. Its member organizations are champions, stewards, and thought leaders for community development at the state and local level. With 43 association members in 28 states, more than 3,500 community-based organizations are represented by their members. The Philadelphia Association of Community Development Corporations (PACDC) is dedicated to advocacy, policy development and technical assistance for community development corporations and other organizations in their efforts to rebuild communities and revitalize neighborhoods. Through their policy and advocacy work, they strive to create a more supportive environment for community development activities and to enable members to more effectively meet the needs of lower income residents and advance neighborhood revitalization. In addition, they aim to build the capacity of CDCs through resource and information delivery, a sharing of ideas and practices among CDCs, technical assistance, and promotion of the community development industry. The PACDC’s vision is to see vibrant and diverse neighborhoods across Philadelphia that equitably meet the needs of all community members, preserve and enhance community assets, and foster a stronger city and region. Today, Philadelphia has approximately 32,000 properties that are vacant and tax delinquent, 8,000 of which are publicly owned and the remainder are in private hands. Most of

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. 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. 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. 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. 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 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. 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).

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