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Lux Radio Theater CD 1:
“Lux Presents Hollywood”
The Lux Radio Theater Program started in 1934 in New York. The original idea was to take broadway plays and dramatize them for radio. It may have been a good idea, but it didn’t work. The producers had a hard time finding good adaptable plays, and the public was not responding. The program needed to be revamped or it would be canceled. So, they packed their bags and headed for Hollywood.
Lux Radio Theater decided to do their show big and glitzy, getting the biggest names, the most glamorous stars, to become the talk of the town. The show hired Cecil B. DeMille, he of the biggest. Epics. Ever. in Hollywood. as the producer host (in reality, he was more just the host than the producer). DeMille was famous for his “the show must go on” attitude, he once showed up for a show in an ambulance, and recited his lines from a cot. The first Hollywood production by Lux Theater, The Legionnaire, starred Clark Gable and Marlene Dietrich. Other stars to appear in the next few weeks were, William Powell and Myrna Loy in the Thin Man, Al Jolson in The Jazz Singer, Lionel Barrymore (still famous thanks to Drew Barrymore starring in Charlies Angels), in the Voice o Bugle Ann, Spencer Tracy, in Men in White, Gary Cooper, in Mr. Deeds Goes to Town and more. The show started with the biggest stars in Hollywood and continued to get them throughout the run. Other stars included: Robert Taylor, Cary Grant, Humphrey Bogart, Barbara Stanwyck, Joan Crawford, and many, many more.
The showed aired on Monday nights, and each production was treated like an opening night for a movie. The show was taped at the Music Box Theater on Hollywood Boulevard, with big lights and a flashy show. It was an event to go and a sign that an actor had made it if they were on. The shows would often have 50 people working for each episode. (Simply an unheard of number.)
The show lasted until 1955. Not a bad run considering it was almost cancelled a year after it started in 1934, and all just to sell Lux brand soap.
All of our Old Time Radio Programs are in MP3 format. You can play them on your computer, you can transfer them to MP3 players (like the IPod), but, by and large, you cannot play them on stereos, walkmen, or car radios.
The sound quality of Old Time Radio Programs can vary greatly. Some episodes are excellent, others you have to turn up the volume a little and ignore the static. All of the episodes can be listened to and enjoyed. You can listen to our free samples to get a feel for how the programs sound.
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Lux Radio Theater Disk One Episode List
48 Episodes
LuxRadioTheater___SoundOfMurder_SouthAfrica.mp3
LuxRadioTheater___TheLateEdwinaBlack_SouthAfrica.m
LuxRadioTheater___TheMayerlingAffa_SouthAfrica.mp3
LuxRadioTheater___TrapForALonelyMan_SouthAfrica.mp
LuxRadioTheater___YoureNotTheWomanIMarried_SouthAf
LuxRadioTheater_1935-10-28_0052_Dulcy.mp3
LuxRadioTheater_1936-06-01_0083_TheLegionnaireAndT
LuxRadioTheater_1936-06-08_0084_TheThinMan.mp3
LuxRadioTheater_1936-06-15_0085_Burlesque.MP3
LuxRadioTheater_1936-06-22_0086_TheDarkAngel.mp3
LuxRadioTheater_1936-06-29_0087_Irene.MP3
LuxRadioTheater_1936-07-06_0088_TheVoiceOfBugleAnn
LuxRadioTheater_1936-07-20_0090_TheBarker.mp3
LuxRadioTheater_1936-07-27_0091_Chained.MP3
LuxRadioTheater_1936-08-10_0093_TheJazzSinger.mp3
LuxRadioTheater_1936-08-17_0094_TheVagabondKing.mp
LuxRadioTheater_1936-08-31_0096_CheatingCheaters.m
LuxRadioTheater_1936-09-07_0097_IsZatSo.mp3
LuxRadioTheater_1936-09-14_0098_QualityStreet.mp3
LuxRadioTheater_1936-09-28_0100_ThePlutocrat.mp3
LuxRadioTheater_1936-10-05_0101_ElmerTheGreat.mp3
LuxRadioTheater_1936-10-12_0102_TheCurtainRises.MP
LuxRadioTheater_1936-10-26_0104_SaturdaysChildren.
LuxRadioTheater_1936-11-02_0105_TheVirginian.MP3
LuxRadioTheater_1936-11-09_0106_AliasJimmyValentin
LuxRadioTheater_1936-11-16_0107_ConversationPiece.
LuxRadioTheater_1936-11-23_0108_StoryOfLuisPasteur
LuxRadioTheater_1936-11-30_0109_PollyAndTheCircus.
LuxRadioTheater_1936-12-07_0110_TheGrandDuchessAnd
LuxRadioTheater_1936-12-28_0113_Cavalcade.mp3
LuxRadioTheater_1937-01-11_0115_TheGildedLily.mp3
LuxRadioTheater_1937-01-18_0116_TheCriminalCode.mp
LuxRadioTheater_1937-01-25_0117_TonightOrNever.mp3
LuxRadioTheater_1937-02-01_0118_MisterDeedsGoesToT
LuxRadioTheater_1937-02-15_0120_BrewstersMillions.
LuxRadioTheater_1937-02-22_0121_CaptainBlood.MP3
LuxRadioTheater_1937-03-01_0122_CappyRicks.mp3
LuxRadioTheater_1937-03-08_0123_MadameButterfly.mp
LuxRadioTheater_1937-03-15_0124_Desire.mp3
LuxRadioTheater_1937-03-22_0125_DeathTakesAHoliday
LuxRadioTheater_1937-03-29_0126_Dulcy.MP3
LuxRadioTheater_1937-04-05_0127_AFarewellToArms.mp
LuxRadioTheater_1937-04-26_0130_MagnificentObsessi
LuxRadioTheater_1937-05-03_0131_HandsAcrossTheTabl
LuxRadioTheater_1937-05-10_0132_MaryOfScotland.MP3
LuxRadioTheater_1937-05-17_0133_AnotherLanguage.MP
LuxRadioTheater_1937-05-24_0134_UnderTwoFlags.mp3
LuxRadioTheater_1937-05-31_0135_ThePlainsman.MP3
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