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Lux Radio Theatre was an American radio show that ran on the NBC Blue Network (1934–35), the CBS Radio network (Columbia Broadcasting System) (1935–54), and NBC Radio (1954–55). Every week they broadcast an hour-long adaptation of a popular film or Broadway play, often starring members of the original cast. [1]
Lux Radio Theatre, sometimes spelled Lux Radio Theater, a classic radio anthology series, was broadcast on the NBC Blue Network (1934–35) (owned by the National Broadcasting Company, later predecessor of American Broadcasting Company [ABC] in 1943–1945); CBS Radio network (Columbia Broadcasting System) (1935–54), and NBC Radio (1954–55).
Lux Radio Theatre: To Have and Have Not: October 14, 1946 [131] Jack Benny Radio Program: January 5, 1947 [132] Kraft Music Hall: November 6, 1947 [133] Lux Radio Theatre: Treasure of the Sierra Madre: April 18, 1949 [134] Bold Venture: 78-episode series March 26, 1951 [135] Stars in the Air (Screen Guild Theater) The House on 92nd Street: May ...
The creation of Ford Theater provided "a prestige hour dramatic show" for NBC after it tried to obtain Lux Radio Theatre from CBS or Theatre Guild on the Air from ABC. [3] Plans for the program called for broadcasts of "adaptations of great plays, classic motion pictures, best-selling novels, prize-winning short stories, and an occasional ...
Year Program Episode Ref. 1935 Lux Radio Theatre: Adam and Eva: 1937 Madame Butterfly: 1938 Theodora Goes Wild: 1939 Only Angels Have Wings: The Awful Truth [41] In Name Only: 1941 I Love You Again: 1942 Here Comes Mr. Jordan: 1943 The Talk of the Town: Suspense: The Black Curtain: Lux Radio Theatre: Mr. Lucky [42] 1944 Suspense: The Black ...
This summer series had a significantly smaller budget than its parent show, with each episode budgeted at $4250 [1] (by contrast, when Lux Radio Theatre aired its first show from Hollywood in 1936 that show's budget was a reported $17,000). [2] Because of the budget constraints, only a single major star headed-up each episode of the summer series.
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Colbert made numerous appearances on radio, most notably in the Lux Radio Theater, and sporadically on other radio programs. Over the decades, she appeared on several television shows, with her final appearance being The Two Mrs. Grenvilles miniseries in 1985, in which she played the wealthy mother-in-law of Ann-Margret. [5]