Podcast appearances and mentions of william keighley

Lux Radio Theatre, a hugely popular hour-long radio show, brought dramas to life with live audiences for over twenty years. It aired on various networks from 1934 to 1955 and started with Broadway plays before switching to movies. It was so successful it even got a TV version, Lux Video Theatre. Sponsored by Lux Soap, the show kicked off in 1934 with Seventh Heaven and had recurring characters like producer Douglass Garrick. A big moment came in 1936 when Cecil B. DeMille became the host, attracting big movie stars. They paid actors well, usually getting the original stars from the films they adapted. While focused on movies, they also had famous radio personalities. They even adapted a radio show, The Life of Riley, and did a show with an all-soldier cast during World War II. There's a funny story about a made-up blooper involving Sonny Tufts that people thought was real. DeMille left over a disagreement about union rules. After him, several people hosted until William Keighley took over for a while. The show had tons of famous stage and screen stars, making it a real golden age of radio.

Lux Radio Theatre, a hugely popular hour-long radio show, brought dramas to life with live audiences for over twenty years. It aired on various networks from 1934 to 1955 and started with Broadway plays before switching to movies. It was so successful it even got a TV version, Lux Video Theatre. Sponsored by Lux Soap, the show kicked off in 1934 with Seventh Heaven and had recurring characters like producer Douglass Garrick. A big moment came in 1936 when Cecil B. DeMille became the host, attracting big movie stars. They paid actors well, usually getting the original stars from the films they adapted. While focused on movies, they also had famous radio personalities. They even adapted a radio show, The Life of Riley, and did a show with an all-soldier cast during World War II. There's a funny story about a made-up blooper involving Sonny Tufts that people thought was real. DeMille left over a disagreement about union rules. After him, several people hosted until William Keighley took over for a while. The show had tons of famous stage and screen stars, making it a real golden age of radio.

Lux Radio Theatre, a hugely popular hour-long radio show, brought dramas to life with live audiences for over twenty years. It aired on various networks from 1934 to 1955 and started with Broadway plays before switching to movies. It was so successful it even got a TV version, Lux Video Theatre. Sponsored by Lux Soap, the show kicked off in 1934 with Seventh Heaven and had recurring characters like producer Douglass Garrick. A big moment came in 1936 when Cecil B. DeMille became the host, attracting big movie stars. They paid actors well, usually getting the original stars from the films they adapted. While focused on movies, they also had famous radio personalities. They even adapted a radio show, The Life of Riley, and did a show with an all-soldier cast during World War II. There's a funny story about a made-up blooper involving Sonny Tufts that people thought was real. DeMille left over a disagreement about union rules. After him, several people hosted until William Keighley took over for a while. The show had tons of famous stage and screen stars, making it a real golden age of radio.

Dalton Trumbo's career as a screenwriter blossoms just as FBI director J. Edgar Hoover makes Hollywood his focus for rooting out communism. Trumbo becomes active in the Screen Writers Guild, a harbour for radical politics. Charlie Chaplin makes influential friends on the political left. With his first talking film, The Great Dictator, Chaplin draws critical praise and unwanted attention with a rousing speech. Shifting alliances between Soviets and Nazis force an awkward political reckoning in the US. Host Oona Chaplin explores the FBI's covert operations which targeted alleged communists. We learn how Hollywood became the battleground for the soul of America. Archive:Interviews with Dalton Trumbo, UCLA Department of Communication Archive, 1972G-Men trailer, directed by William Keighley, Warner Brothers 1935Upton Sinclair interviewed by Joe Toyoshima, 1966The Great Dictator, Charlie Chaplin, United Artists, 1940 Battle of the United States, J. Edgar Hoover, Army-Navy Screen Magazine, 1940From BBC World Service and CBC Podcasts

Merry Christmas from Front Row Classics! We're celebrating the season with a classic holiday farce from Warner Bros. The Man Who Came to Dinner remains one of the greatest adaptations from stage to screen. Ben Burke, from the Hollywood Babylonians, podcast joins Brandon to discuss all of the wacky fun from this 1942 film. Discussion includes topics such as the unusually subtle performance from Bette Davis, the brisk pace set by director William Keighley and Monty Wooley's career defining performance as Sheridan Whiteside.

For our December 2023 Special Subject, we're having ourselves a Monty Woolley Christmas! We look at three Christmas-adjacent movies from the 1940s featuring the anti-Santa in roles big and small: The Man Who Came to Dinner, in which he stars as  waspish radio personality Sheridan Whiteside, who takes over the home of a bourgeois Middle American couple; Life Begins at Eight-Thirty, in which he plays a great actor who's been broken by alcoholism; and The Bishop's Wife, in which he adds some New York Bohemian intellectual colour to the holiday classic. We discuss the cultural and political implications of The Man Who Came to Dinner and the uncanniness of Cary Grant and debate the appeal of alcoholism. Then in Fear and Moviegoing in Toronto, we briefly discuss Ernst Lubitsch's Cluny Brown (fully discussed in our Jennifer Jones series) and a new release, a Christmas movie even darker than our Monty Woolleys, William Oldroyd's Eileen, starring Thomasin McKenzie and Anne Hathaway (a rare spoiler-free exchange of impressions from us). And as a bonus, we become possessed by the spirit of Monty Woolley and rant about how much we hate contemporary movie trailers. (No analysis, just invective.) Happy Holidays!  Time Codes: 0h 00m 45s:      Extremely brief Introduction to Monty Woolley 0h 04m 38s:      THE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER (1942) [William Keighley] 0h 31m 24s:      LIFE BEGINS AT EIGHT-THIRTY (1942) [Irving Pichel] 0h 42m 47s:      THE BISHOP'S WIFE (1947) [Henry Koster] 0h 54m 37s: Fear and Moviegoing in Toronto – Ernst Lubitsch's Cluny Brown (1946) and William Oldroyd's Eileen (2023)   +++ * Listen to our guest episode on The Criterion Project – a discussion of Late Spring * Marvel at our meticulously ridiculous Complete Viewing Schedule for the 2020s * Intro Song: “Sunday” by Jean Goldkette Orchestra with the Keller Sisters (courtesy of The Internet Archive) * Read Elise's piece on Gangs of New York – “Making America Strange Again” * Check out Dave's Robert Benchley blog – an attempt to annotate and reflect upon as many of the master humorist's 2000+ pieces as he can locate – Benchley Data: A Wayward Annotation Project!  Follow us on Twitter at @therebuggy Write to us at therebuggy@gmail.com We now have a Discord server - just drop us a line if you'd like to join! 

In which the Mister and I check out THE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER (1954), which we caught on the TCM app but you can catch on Max and to buy/rent on Amazon Prime Video.  From director William Keighley and from George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart's stage play, the screenplay credit for the film goes to Julius J. and Philip G. Epstein.  The film follows Sheridan Whiteside (a MAGNIFICENT Monty Woolley), a very popular and revered critic who is making a quick stop with his assistant, Maggie (Bette Davis in a comedic turn), in a Midwestern town to have dinner with the Stanleys (Billie Burke and Grant Mitchell).  While entering the Stanley home, Monty slips on some ice and hurts his hip.  In a huff, he takes over the Stanley house and proceeds to terrorize the Stanley family (although later he eases up and even befriends the Stanley children, June and Richard, played by Elizabeth Fraser and Russell Arms).  However, when Bert Jefferson (Richard Travis) enters the picture and Maggie decides she's in love with him and willing to resign her employment with Sheridan, he goes on the offensive quickly with a crazy scheme to break up the 2 lovebirds.  Will love prevail?  Will Christmas be ruined?  You'll have to watch but we don't think the film disappoints and HIGHLY RECOMMEND.  The film clocks in at 1 h 52 m and is not rated on IMDB but think it's definitely a G for general audiences.  Please note there are SPOILERS in this review. This episode of the pod is dedicated to my husband, father of my children, partner in crime and better half - happy happy on your special day my love! I love my life with you! Opening intro music: GOAT by Wayne Jones, courtesy of YouTube Audio Library  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jokagoge/support

Vintage Classic Radio presents Friday Night Noir where we bring to life timeless classic detective noir, mystery and suspense from the golden age of radio between the 1930s and the 1960s.  Episode Description: "Sorry, Wrong Number" was a popular radio play that was first broadcast on the Lux Radio Theatre on January 9th, 1950 over CBS. The episode starred Barbara Stanwyck and Burt Lancaster in the lead roles. The play was originally written by Lucille Fletcher as a one-act play in 1943. It was so popular that it was adapted into a film in 1948 and has been performed on stage and radio numerous times since then The play tells the story of Leona Stevenson, a bedridden woman who overhears a telephone conversation about a murder plot. As she tries to piece together the details of the plan, she becomes increasingly desperate to stop the crime from being carried out. However, her efforts are hindered by her own physical limitations and the uncooperative attitude of the people she contacts. Barbara Stanwyck was initially hesitant to take on the role of Leona Stevenson, as she didn't want to play a character who was so helpless and vulnerable. However, she was convinced by the strength of the script and ultimately gave a powerful performance that is still remembered today. The rest of the cast included Ann Richards, Ed Begley, Wendell Corey, and William Johnstone. The director was William Keighley, and the producer was Cecil B. DeMille. The Lux Radio Theatre was a popular radio program that aired from 1934 to 1955. It was sponsored by Lux Soap and adapted popular films and stage plays into radio dramas. The show was known for its high production values and star-studded casts, and "Sorry, Wrong Number" was one of its most successful episodes. The episode was so popular that it was released on vinyl record and sold as a standalone album, which was a relatively new format at the time.

Vintage Classic Radio presents the Sunday Night Playhouse, where we bring to life timeless classics from the golden age of radio between the 1930s and the 1960s. Episode Description:"Leave Her to Heaven" is a Lux radio play adapted from the novel of the same name by Ben Ames Williams. The play was broadcast on March 17, 1947, and starred Gene Tierney as the lead character, Ellen Berent. The story follows the beautiful and possessive Ellen, who marries a successful writer named Richard Harland (played by Cornell Wilde) after a brief courtship. However, Ellen's obsession with Richard soon turns dark, as she becomes jealous of anyone who gets close to him, including his disabled younger brother (Darryl Hickman) and Ellen's own cousin (Vincent Price). Eventually, Ellen's desire for control leads her to commit a shocking act of violence. The Lux radio play adaptation of "Leave Her to Heaven" was notable for its star-studded cast, which also included Jeanne Crain as Richard's new love interest, Mary Phillips as Ellen's mother, and Ray Collins as the district attorney. The play was directed by William Keighley and adapted for radio by Milton Geiger. "Leave Her to Heaven" was originally released as a film in 1945, with Tierney reprising her role as Ellen Berent. The film was a critical and commercial success, and Tierney's performance was particularly praised. The Lux radio play adaptation aimed to capitalize on the popularity of the film and Tierney's star power. Interestingly, "Leave Her to Heaven" was one of several Lux radio plays that Tierney starred in during the late 1940s. The Lux Radio Theatre was a popular radio show that adapted Hollywood films for radio, and Tierney was a frequent guest. Broadcast date: March 17th, 1947 Home station: CBS Cast: Gene Tierney as Ellen Berent Harland Cornell Wilde as Richard Harland Jeanne Crain as Ruth Berent Vincent Price as Russell Quinton Mary Philips as Mrs. Berent Darryl Hickman as Danny Harland Ray Collins as District Attorney Wally Maher as Detective All actors were known for their work in film, theater, and radio during the 1940s. Gene Tierney, in particular, was a popular leading lady in Hollywood at the time, known for her beauty and talent. Cornell Wilde was a rising star who would later become a successful director, while Vincent Price became famous for his work in horror films. The Lux Radio Theatre was known for its high production values and ability to attract top Hollywood talent, making it a popular destination for actors and audiences alike.

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. 

Join your Happy Hollywood History Host, Mr. Ben Burke, and The Hollywood Babylonian Players for the very first Lux Radio Theatre Drama recreation of "All About Eve". This recreation of the October 1, 1951 radio drama originally starred Bette Davis, Gary Merrill, and Anne Baxter. This Hollywood Babylonians Production stars:Maddie McQueen Monhollon as Eve HarringtonAlex Brightwell as Margo ChanningSteven Pounders as Addison DeWittGarrett McPherson as Bill SampsonJaime Lee as Karen RichardsMichael Williams as Lloyd RichardsMallory Harwell as Birdie CoonanMeredith Bennett as Miss Caswell/Libby CollinsBen Burke as William Keighley

We decided to finally spring ourselves out of hiatus jail and make a semi-triumphant return with Each Dawn I Die, an underrated 1939 gem from the hallowed Warner Brothers gangster film canon! But first...this week's full-fledged gruel of a Blue Plate Special involves discussions of a host of new releases, including The Batman, Ambulance, The Northman, and Memoria, as well as belated thoughts on the Will Smith-Chris Rock fiasco and the ongoing disaster that is the Jonathan Debt (Johnny Depp to some) and Amber Heard defamation trial. Finally, we bust out of this joint with a celebration of the classic Hollywood gangster film tradition, delight in all things Jimmy Cagney, and in general just have a blast getting back into the swing of things. Feel free to skip to 2:33:09 for the beginning of our audio commentary. As always, please like, subscribe, rate, and review us on all of our channels, which include Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube! Contact us at huffmanbrothersproductions@gmail.com with your questions, comments, and requests.

Evan and Megan start this week by reviewing Mamoru Hosoda's moving anime drama BELLE (2:06) about a shy young woman who escapes to a virtual reality world where she becomes a pop star. Next, everyone discusses Asghar Farhadi's heartbreaking drama A HERO (17:19), about a man on leave from debtor's prison trying everything he can to keep himself from going back. We wrap up with ETERNALS (33:33), Chloé Zhao's Marvel superhero epic about a group of ancient heroes, which feels both too long and too short at the same time. And in this week's Patreon exclusive audio, we talk about Michael Curtiz and William Keighley's 1938 swashbuckler THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD, starring Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland.

Do you love a good swashbuckling adventure? Do you enjoy technicolor stories about mythical folk legends battling injustice? Do you love seeing a ton of people in colorful tights and bad wigs? Then The Adventures of Robin Hood is the movie for you! This quintessential version of the Robin Hood tale was directed by Michael Curtiz (yes...another one...we like him okay!) and William Keighley and was the most expensive film Warner Brothers had ever made up until that point. Catch some exceptional action sequences, take in the visual feast of first rate scenery and costumes, and revel in the zenith of Errol Flynn's film career during this dashing blockbuster which also stars Olivia de Havilland, Basil Rathbone, Claude Rains, and Una O'Connor. Host, Sara Greenfield and her guest, Sarah Rois chat about all this and more on Talk Classic To Me. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sara-greenfield/support

Bienvenidos a una nueva edición de la Gran Evasión, esta noche tenemos una historia con el alma negra, y al tiempo, con con una presencia estilizada y colorida. Una ciudad vencida, conviviendo y adaptándose, emergiendo, junto a su invasor: La Casa de Bambú, dirigida por Samuel Fuller en 1955. Un choque cultural, un thriller, con una banda de Yakuzas americanos, dirigidos con mano firme y modales exquisitos por Robert Ryan, un villano inolvidable, Sandy Dawson. El antagonista de este elegante gánster es nuestro héroe, un tipo duro, Robert Stack, encarnando a Eddie Spannier. Un veterano del ejercito que se topa sin quererlo con una historia de amor interracial, intercultural. Esta noche nos visita un viejo artesano, el gran Samuel Fuller, que dirige con maestría y emoción la Casa de Bambú, primera película americana en el Japón post bélico. La Casa de Bambú es una versión de La Calle sin Nombre de William Keighley, cine negro y policiaco con aroma clásico. Samuel Fuller es un director todoterreno, que ha narrado y rodado como nadie la acción, aquí, mezcla tradición y modernidad, con un color extraordinario, un Cinemascope de infarto, donde despliega todo su talento, fusionando el minimalismo y la fría belleza japonesa, con la grandilocuencia y el exceso americano. El resultado es un thriller emocionante e intenso, que traspasa fronteras, tomando partido por una relación interracial, con la dulce presencia de Shirley Yamaguchi, Mariko, para que los malditos velos del odio y la intransigencia, se desprendan, también se insinúa una relación homosexual muy entrecomillada, entre tipos duros, sugerida a base de miradas, de represalias, y acciones violentas; la mítica escena del baño, forma ya parte de la historia del cine. Una película impactante visualmente, con la presencia constante del monte Fujiyama presidiendo esta historia de amor y nieve, con la ciudad siempre en primer plano, una ciudad llena de vida, y también de balazos en un baño, y de traición y vileza, los caídos se rematan en las misiones... no se dejan cabos sueltos. La guerra ha terminado y la vida se abre paso por entre la niebla de la mezquindad humana, cada cual a por su tajada, por el camino siempre hay víctimas, casi nunca inocentes….y por el camino, también, el amor es capaz de prender, y de unir a dos seres perdidos, a un hombre y a una mujer, capaz de unir a dos países, a dos culturas… Esta noche, corremos desesperados a través de los tejados del cine: Salvador Limón, Zacarias Cotán, Raúl Gallego y Gervi Navío...

Welcome to Sherwood! In this episode of Adapt or Perish, we bring you part one of our two-part look at the world’s most famous outlaw, Robin Hood! For this episode, we read and watched: The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood, Howard Pyle’s 1883 novel. Robin Hood (United Artists, 1922), directed by Allan Dwan, produced by, written by, and starring Douglas Fairbanks. The Adventures of Robin Hood (Warner Brothers, 1938), directed by Michael Curtiz and William Keighley, written by Norman Reilly Raine, Seton I. Miller, and Rowland Leigh, and starring Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Basil Rathbone, and Claude Rains. The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men (Disney, 1952), directed by Ken Annakin, written by Lawrence Edward Watkin, starring Richard Todd, Joan Rice, James Hayter, and Peter Finch. The Adventures of Robin Hood (ITV, 1955–1959), created by Hannah Weinstein, and starring Richard Greene and Alan Wheatley. Sword of Sherwood Forest (Hammer, 1960), directed by Terence Fisher, written by Alan Hackney, and starring Richard Greene, Sarah Branch, and Peter Cushing. A Challenge for Robin Hood (Hammer, 1967), directed by C.M. Pennington-Richards, written by Peter Bryan, and starring Barrie Ingham, Peter Blythe, James Hayter, and John Arnatt. Robin Hood (Disney, 1973), directed by Wolfgang Reitherman, story by Ken Anderson, and starring Brian Bedford, Peter Ustinov, Phil Harris, and Terry-Thomas. Robin and Marian (Columbia, 1976), directed by Richard Lester, written by James Goldman, and starring Sean Connery, Audrey Hepburn, Robert Shaw, and Richard Harris. Footnotes: Frock Flicks: Top 5 Wimples in Cinema History Richard Pascoe and Playing Shakespeare James Goldman and The Lion in Winter You can follow Adapt or Perish on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook, and you can find us and all of our show notes online at adaptorperishcast.com. If you want to send us a question or comment, you can email us at adaptorperishcast@gmail.com or tweet using #adaptcast.

Tasmanian Errol Flynn had already proven himself a solid action star for Warner Bros. in films like Captain Blood, so when the dealings with James Cagney to play Robin Hood fell through, Flynn seemed like a logical choice. And it's lucky for all of us that things went this way because Flynn created one of the most iconic portrayals of Robin Hood that has graced the silver screen. Join us – Pete Wright and Andy Nelson – as we continue our Robin Hood series to talk about Michael Curtiz's and William Keighley's 1938 film The Adventures of Robin Hood. We talk about the differences in the myths and portrayals of the title character between this and the Douglas Fairbanks version, and how these differences affect our opinion of the film. We look at Errol Flynn and how effective he is as the titular character. We chat about the rest of the cast that stands out to us – Olivia de Havilland, Alan Hale, Claude Rains, and Basil Rathbone. We discuss the stunt work – both archery and swordplay – and how it all came together to make for incredibly effective action sequences. And we touched on the fabulous use of technicolor. It's a wonderful and thrilling film that's well worth checking out. It holds up as a central figure in the modern Robin Hood myths. We have a great time chatting about it. Check it out then tune in! The Next Reel – when the movie ends, our conversation begins. Join the conversation with movie lovers from around the world on The Next Reel's Discord channel! Film Sundries Thank you for supporting The Next Reel Film Podcast on Patreon! Watch this film: iTunes • Amazon • Netflix • Hulu • YouTube Script Transcript Original theatrical trailer Original poster artwork Flickchart Letterboxd Sponsor: Audible — Download the book of your choice free, or search for our recommended pick this week: The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood by Howard Pyle!

Tasmanian Errol Flynn had already proven himself a solid action star for Warner Bros. in films like Captain Blood, so when the dealings with James Cagney to play Robin Hood fell through, Flynn seemed like a logical choice. And it’s lucky for all of us that things went this way because Flynn created one of the most iconic portrayals of Robin Hood that has graced the silver screen. Join us – Pete Wright and Andy Nelson – as we continue our Robin Hood series to talk about Michael Curtiz’s and William Keighley’s 1938 film The Adventures of Robin Hood. We talk about the differences in the myths and portrayals of the title character between this and the Douglas Fairbanks version, and how these differences affect our opinion of the film. We look at Errol Flynn and how effective he is as the titular character. We chat about the rest of the cast that stands out to us – Olivia de Havilland, Alan Hale, Claude Rains, and Basil Rathbone. We discuss the stunt work – both archery and swordplay – and how it all came together to make for incredibly effective action sequences. And we touched on the fabulous use of technicolor. It’s a wonderful and thrilling film that’s well worth checking out. It holds up as a central figure in the modern Robin Hood myths. We have a great time chatting about it. Check it out then tune in! The Next Reel – when the movie ends, our conversation begins. Join the conversation with movie lovers from around the world on The Next Reel’s Discord channel! Film Sundries Thank you for supporting The Next Reel Film Podcast on Patreon! Watch this film: iTunes • Amazon • Netflix • Hulu • YouTube Script Transcript Original theatrical trailer Original poster artwork Flickchart Letterboxd Sponsor: Audible — Download the book of your choice free, or search for our recommended pick this week: The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood by Howard Pyle!

And now for that image of the Sad face and the smiley face that one often sees as the cliche in theater - Italian Neo-Realism at its most striped down and masterful, and Hollywood escapism as its most ebullient. Isn't this what cinema can do, folks? Andrew goes back for more Vittorio De Sica, while Jack finally sees one of Andrew's favorite films (previously talked about in episode 1 of this show). Vittorio De Sica's UMBERTO D Michael Curtiz and William Keighley's THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD

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.