Lux Radio Theater, one of the genuine classic radio anthology series (NBC Blue Network, 1934-1935; CBS 1935-1955, adapted first Broadway stage and then (and especially) films to hourlong live radio presentations.
Produced and hosted by film legend Cecil B. DeMille, 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. Many of the greatest names in film appeared in the series, most in the roles they made famous on the screen, including Abbott and Costello, Lauren Bacall, Lucille Ball, Humphrey Bogart, Charles Boyer, Claudette Colbert, Gary Cooper, Bing Crosby, Dan Duryea, Ava Gardner, Clark Gable, Cary Grant, Bob Hope, Vivien Leigh, Myrna Loy, Agnes Moorehead, Vincent Price, Donna Reed, Frank Sinatra, Barbara Stanwyck, James Stewart, Gene Tierney, John Wayne, and Orson Welles, to name just a few of the film legends who appeared on the show.
To listen to any of the 108 episodes of Lux Radio Theater click any of the links below.
1936-06-01 Legionnaire And The Lady
1936-06-15 Burlesque
1936-06-22 Dark Angel
1936-06-29 Irene
1936-07-20 Barker The
1936-07-27 Chained
1936-08-31 Cheating Cheaters
1936-09-07 Is Zat So
1936-10-05 Elmer The Great
1936-10-12 Curtin Rises The
1936-11-09 Alias Jimmy Valentine
1936-11-16 Conversation Piece
1936-12-07 Grand Dutchess And The Waiter
1936-12-28 Cavalcade
1937-01-11 Gilded Lily
1937-01-18 Criminal Code
1937-02-01 Mr Deeds Goes To Town
1937-02-15 Brewster's Millions
1937-02-22 Captain Blood
1937-03-01 Cappy Ricks
1937-03-08 Madame Butterfly
1937-03-15 Desire
1937-03-22 Death Takes a Holiday
1937-04-05 A Farewell To Arms
1937-04-19 Alibi Ike
1937-04-26 Magnificent Obsession
1937-05-03 Hands Across the Table
1937-05-10 Mary Of Scotland
1937-05-17 Another Language
1937-06-07 British Agent
1937-06-14 Madame X
1937-06-21 Monsieur Beaucaire
1937-06-28 Front Page
1937-07-05 Beau Brummel
1937-10-04 Dodsworth
1937-10-25 Arrowsmith
1937-11-01 A Free Soul
1937-12-20 Song Of Songs
1937-12-27 Beloved Enemy
1938-01-03 Alice Adams
1938-01-10 Enter Madam
1938-04-04 Dark Victory
1938-04-11 Mary Burns Fugitive
1938-04-18 Mad About Music
1938-05-09 My Man Godfrey
1938-11-14 The Buccaneer
1939-01-09 Mayerling
1939-01-16 Front Page Woman
1939-01-23 Cardinal Richelieu
1939-02-13 Return Of Peter Grimm
1939-02-27 Ceiling Zero
1939-03-06 One Way Passage
1939-04-16 Bullets Or Ballots (rehearsal)
1939-04-24 Broadway Bill
1939-05-01 Lady For A Day
1939-05-08 Life Of Emile Zola
1939-05-22 Angels With Dirty Faces
1939-06-19 The Ex Mrs Bradford
1939-06-26 Mrs Moonlight
1939-07-03 Bordertown
1939-09-18 Wuthering Heights
1939-12-25 Pinocchio
1940-03-11 My Son My Son
1940-05-20 Midnight
1940-06-03 Alexander's Ragtime Band
1940-06-17 After the Thin Man
1940-07-01 Alias The Deacon
1940-09-09 Manhattan Melodrama
1940-09-30 His Girl Friday
1940-10-14 The Littlest Rebel
1940-10-21 Lillian Russell
1940-11-25 Jezebel
1940-12-02 Knute Rockne All American
1940-12-09 My Favorite Wife
1940-12-16 Fifth Avenue Girl
1941-01-13 Libel
1941-05-12 Craig's Wife
1941-09-15 Lost Horizon
1941-10-13 Buck Privates
1941-12-01 A Man's Castle
1941-12-22 Remember the Night
1942-04-06 Fighting 69th
1943-02-08 The Maltese Falcon
1943-04-26 The Lady Has Plans
1943-05-24 Hitler's Children
1943-05-31 The Major and The Minor
1943-07-12 Air Force
1943-09-20 Flight For Freedom
1943-09-27 Ladies In Retirement
1943-10-18 Mr Lucky
1943-12-06 Mrs Miniver
1943-12-27 Kathleen
1944-01-24 Casablanca
1944-04-17 Coney Island
1944-05-01 Appointment For Love
1944-05-08 Penny Serenade
1944-05-15 Action In The North Atlantic
1944-12-25 Vagabond King
1945-01-01 Bride By Mistake
1945-05-21 And Now Tomorrow
1945-06-18 The Canterville Ghost
1947-03-10 It's A Wonderful Life
1947-12-01 The Ghost and Mrs Muir
1948-02-09 Lady In The Lake
1948-05-03 Cloak and Dagger
1948-12-20 Miracle On 34th Street
1951-10-01 All About Eve
1954-04-01 The Day The Earth Stood Still
