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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). 

"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

GreenLight 1-31-38 Olivia De Havilland, C. Aubrey Smith, Polly Ann Young, Melville Ruick, Louis Silvers (music director), Frank Nelson, Janet Young, Roy Gordon, John Lake, Lee Millar, Lou Merrill (doubles), Ethel Wales, Ross Forrester, Henry Anthony (doubles), Coral Colebrook, Ingeborg Tillisch (doubles), James Eagles (doubles), Margaret Brayton (commercial spokeswoman), Emily Williams (commercial spokeswoman) If you like this show own Old Time Radio Hard Drive at the lowest price on the internet go to oldtimeradiodvd.com

Clarence 1-24-38 Cecil B. DeMille (host), Bob Burns, Gail Patrick, Thomas Mitchell, Jane Bryan, Melville Ruick (announcer), Louis Silvers (music director), Johnny Downs, Aileen Pringle, Sarah Selby, Wally Maher, Perry Ivins, Lou Merrill, Frank Nelson, Paula Winslowe (commercial spokeswoman). If you like this show own Old Time Radio Hard Drive at the lowest price on the internet go to oldtimeradiodvd.com

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 Jell-O Program Starring Jack Benny. January 16, 1938. Red net. Sponsored by: Jell-O. Jack and Mary are driving in the Maxwell. The cast looks into the future to see what the show will sound like in forty years. Andy Devine, Don Wilson, Jack Benny, Kenny Baker, Mary Livingstone, Phil Harris and His Orchestra, Eddie Anderson, Harry Baldwin, Ed Beloin (writer, performer: doubles), Bill Morrow (writer, performer), Melville Ruick (doubles), Blanche Stewart, Ward Wilson. oldtimeradiodvd.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. 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 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. October 26, 1936.  A drama about a couple in love who don't live happily ever after...or do they? A good story.  Robert Taylor, Olivia De Havilland, Cecil B. DeMille, Fred Perry, Lou Merrill (doubles), Louis Silvers (music director), Maxwell Anderson (author), Melville Ruick (announcer), Mona Barrie, Frank Richardson (intermission guest: wardrobe director for Paramount), William Koenig (intermission guest: general manager of Universal Pictures), Chester Clute, Leora Thatcher (doubles), Frank Nelson (doubles, program opening announcer),audiblepodcast.com/rnn 1 Free Audiobook  oldtimeradionetwork.com   oldtimeradiodvd.com Great Deals on DVDs

The Lux Radio Theatre. September 28, 1936. The one hundredth broadcast of the show. Victor Young is interviewed and plays one of his compositions. Walt Disney, Mickey Mouse, and Donald Duck are also interviewed (Donald does his imitation of Bing Crosby!). A comedy about a wealthy businessman from Omaha and his adventures on the high seas and in Algeria. Wallace Beery, Clara Kimball Young, Walt Disney, Marjorie Rambeau, Cecil B. DeMille, Booth Tarkington (author), Cecilia Parker, Eric Linden, Melville Ruick (announcer), Victor Young (intermission guest: composer), Arthur Goodrich (stage adaptor), Bret Morrison, Frank Nelson (performer, program opening announcer),audiblepodcast.com/rnn 1 Free Audiobook  oldtimeradionetwork.com   oldtimeradiodvd.com Great Deals on DVDs

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. 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 Jell-O Program Starring Jack Benny. January 16, 1938. Red net. Sponsored by: Jell-O. Jack and Mary are driving in the Maxwell. The cast looks into the future to see what the show will sound like in forty years. Andy Devine, Don Wilson, Jack Benny, Kenny Baker, Mary Livingstone, Phil Harris and His Orchestra, Eddie Anderson, Harry Baldwin, Ed Beloin (writer, performer: doubles), Bill Morrow (writer, performer), Melville Ruick (doubles), Blanche Stewart, Ward Wilson.

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.

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).