Lux Radio Theatre
Drama anthology adapts major films with Hollywood stars, with Cecil B. DeMille as host.
Lux Radio Theatre, sometimes spelled Lux Radio Theater, a classic radio anthology series, was broadcast on the NBC Blue Network (1934–35) ; CBS Radio network (1935–54), and NBC Radio (1954–55). Initially, the series adapted Broadway plays during its first two seasons before it began adapting films. These hour-long radio programs were performed live before studio audiences. The series became the most popular dramatic anthology series on radio, broadcast for more than 20 years and continued on television as the Lux Video Theatre through most of the 1950s. The primary sponsor of the show was Unilever through its Lux Soap brand.
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Lux Radio Theatre. Radio program.
Original schedule
- 1934–19352:30 PM ETNBC Blue Network · afternoonSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1935–19549:00 PM ETCBS Radio Network · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 19439:00 PM ETWABC New York / CBS Radio Network · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1954–19559:00 PM ETNBC Radio Network · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
A
Art Millet
Announcer
FFrank Goss
Announcer
JJohn Milton Kennedy
Announcer
Ken Carpenter
Announcer (1936-1955)
M
MMel Ruick
Announcer
Melville Ruick
Announcer
A
A.I. Bezzerides
Cast
Alan Ladd
Cast
AAlbert Dekker
Cast
Ann Sothern
Cast
AAnne Sargent
Cast
AArt Gilmore
Cast
Ava Gardner
Cast
BBarbara Fuller
Cast
Barney Phillips
Cast
Basil Rathbone
Cast
Ben Wright
Cast
B
Benny Baker
Cast
Bette Davis
Cast
B
Billy De Wolf
Cast
B
Bobby Winkler
Cast
B
Bradford Browne
Cast
C
Carol Thurston
Cast
C
Catherine McCune
Cast
Cathy Lewis
Cast
CCharlotte Lawrence
Cast
C
Charlton Heston
Cast
Chester Stratton
Cast
CClifton Webb
Cast
DDennis Morgan
Cast
DDick Ryan
Cast
Donna Reed
Cast
D
Douglass Dumbrille
Cast
E
Earle Larimore
Cast
Ed Wynn
Cast
E
Eddie Marr
Cast
E
Edmond 'Eddie' O'Brien
Cast
Edwin Max
Cast
Elissa Landi
Cast
EEllen Drew
Cast
Elliott Lewis
Cast
E
EEmory Parnell
Cast
Eustace Wyatt
Cast
E
Evelyn Keyes
Cast
F
Fernando Lamas
Cast
Florence Lake
Cast
FFrances Gifford
Cast
Frank Albertson
Cast
F
FFrank Coghlan Jr.
Cast
Frank Lovejoy
Cast
Frank Nelson
Cast
Fred Shields
Cast
Gale Gordon
Cast
G
GGarson Kanin
Cast
Gary Merrill
Cast
Gene Lockhart
Cast
G
Gene O'Donnell
Cast
G
George Reeves
Cast
G
George Sidney
Cast
Gerald Mohr
Cast
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