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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]
At least once, Lux Radio Theatre offered a presentation without any known performers; its adaptation of This Is the Army during World War II featured a cast of American soldiers. A famous urban legend claimed that actor Sonny Tufts was slated to appear as a guest alongside Joan Fontaine for a production of The Major and the Minor on Lux Radio ...
The Lux Video Theatre was a spin-off from the successful Lux Radio Theater series broadcast on the NBC Blue Network (1934–1935) and CBS (1935–1955).. Lux Video Theatre began as a live 30-minute Monday evening CBS series on October 2, 1950, switching to Thursday nights during August, 1951. [1]
Lux Radio Theater: Penny Seranade [87] 1946: The Screen Guild Theater: Over 21 [90] Lux Radio Theatre: Together Again: Performed with Walter Pidgeon [b] [92] 1947: Anna and the King of Siam [c] [87] 1948: The Screen Guild Theater: Brief Encounter [90] 1948: Lux Radio Theater: I Remember Mama [87] 1949: Anna and the King of Siam: Performed with ...
Academy Award Theatre was a 1946 radio anthology series featuring adaptations of film scripts. [119] Kraft Music Hall was a radio musical variety show on NBC radio from 1933 to 1949. [ 120 ] The Bold Venture half-hour radio series ran for 78 episodes during 1951–1952, and was developed by Bogart's Santana Productions, as a starring vehicle ...
On August 3, 1936, Stanwyck made the first of her 16 appearances on LUX Radio Theatre, hosted by director-producer Cecil B. DeMille. Her final performance with the radio series was in 1943. [ 13 ] She had a decades-long social relationship with actress and comedian Mary Livingstone and her husband Jack Benny , appearing on his radio show ...
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.
Alexander's Ragtime Band was presented as a one-hour radio adaptation on two occasions on Lux Radio Theatre. The first broadcast was on June 3, 1940. This adaptation starred Faye and Robert Preston. [15] The second broadcast was on April 7, 1947, and starred Tyrone Power, Margaret Whiting, Al Jolson, Dick Haymes and Dinah Shore. [16] "A ...