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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. 

A true feast for the ears, the heart and the funny bone, episode 38 of our almost-monthly celebration of the history, happenings and colorful characters that comprise the more than 95 year story of the one and only Democracy of Ham an' Eggs is an unusual one. Even by 2020's unusual standards! There are mid-pandemic new member initiations, birthday wishes, time travel audio featuring legendary announcer John Milton Kennedy, a preview of forthcoming Breakfast Club events, and Reverend Barbara Adams takes us down the path that leads to our continuing "Adventures in Friendship". Most of the episode, however, serves as a seasonal variety show! Join host Phil Leirness, announcer Marc Hershon, the Don Snyder Orchestra, the Scrambled Egg Sisters, The Roosters, Richard Gilson, Carole Nese, and Konrad Monti as they celebrate the season, friendship and Thanksgiving. Featuring special contributions by Doug Spice and the "Cheerful Philosopher" Burr McIntosh, this month's serving of audio "Ham an' Eggs" in the age of Covid-19 is full of music and laughs. So, dig in, everybody!

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. 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. 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 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. 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. 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.

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.