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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).
Ford Theater is an American dramatic anthology radio program that was broadcast on NBC October 5, 1947 - June 27, 1948, and on CBS October 8, 1948 - July 1, 1949. [1] The name was sometimes written as Ford Theatre .
From June 1, 1936, until January 22, 1945, Cecil DeMille hosted and directed Lux Radio Theatre, a weekly digest of current feature films. [131] Broadcast on the Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) from 1935 to 1954, [132] the Lux Radio show was one of the most popular weekly shows in the history of radio. [131]
Cheers for Miss Bishop was adapted as a radio play on the March 17, 1941 broadcast of Lux Radio Theater with Martha Scott and William Gargan reprising their film roles, and on the November 6, 1946 broadcast of Academy Award Theater starring Olivia de Havilland. [4] Scott also reprised the role in a radio adaptation for Hallmark Playhouse in 1949.
Since 1999, R-ACT’s annual holiday radio show has been a cherished tradition in the Beaver County arts community. This one-weekend-only event transports audiences back to the Golden Age of radio ...
The 1931 film was presented as a one-hour radio adaption on June 28, 1937, by Lux Radio Theatre, starring Walter Winchell and James Gleason. [ 19 ] His Girl Friday (1940), directed by Howard Hawks , starring Cary Grant as Walter and Rosalind Russell as Hildy, who in this version is a woman and Walter's ex-wife.
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 ...