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The series became the most popular dramatic anthology series on radio, broadcast for more than 20 years and continued on television as the <i><b>Lux Video Theatre</b></i> through most of the 1950s.<br /><br />The primary sponsor of the show was Unilever through its Lux Soap brand.Broadcasting from New York, the series premiered at 2:30 pm, October 14, 1934, on the NBC Blue Network with a production of <i>Seventh Heaven</i> starring Miriam Hopkins and John Boles in a full-hour adaptation of the 1922–24 Broadway production by Austin Strong. The host was the show's fictional producer, Douglass Garrick (portrayed by John Anthony). Doris Dagmar played another fictional character, Peggy Winthrop, who delivered the Lux commercials. Each show featured a scripted session with Garrick talking to the lead actors. Anthony appeared as Garrick from the premiere 1934 episode until June 30, 1935. Garrick was portrayed by Albert Hayes from July 29, 1935, to May 25, 1936, when the show moved to the West Coast.[2]Famed studio executive and film producer and director Cecil B. DeMille took over as the host on June 1, 1936, continuing until January 22, 1945.<br /><br />That initial episode with DeMille featured stars Marlene Dietrich and Clark Gable in <i>The Legionnaire and the Lady</i>. On several occasions, usually when he was out of town, he was temporarily replaced by various celebrities, including Leslie Howard and Edward Arnold.]]></description><atom:link href="https://www.spreaker.com/show/6161875/episodes/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><language>en</language><category>TV &amp; Film</category><copyright>Copyright Radio Shows of the Past!</copyright><image><url>https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/f772651e6ae94b1665fc2f5e6a8464bb.jpg</url><title>The Lux Radio Theater!</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-lux-radio-theater--6161875</link></image><lastBuildDate>Tue, 07 May 2024 15:02:03 +0000</lastBuildDate><itunes:author>Radio Shows of the Past!</itunes:author><itunes:owner><itunes:name>Radio Shows of the Past!</itunes:name><itunes:email>feeds@spreaker.com</itunes:email></itunes:owner><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/f772651e6ae94b1665fc2f5e6a8464bb.jpg"/><itunes:subtitle>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...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[<i><b>Lux Radio Theatre</b></i>, sometimes spelled <i><b>Lux Radio Theater</b></i>, 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). Initially, the series adapted Broadway plays[1] 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 <i><b>Lux Video Theatre</b></i> through most of the 1950s.<br /><br />The primary sponsor of the show was Unilever through its Lux Soap brand.Broadcasting from New York, the series premiered at 2:30 pm, October 14, 1934, on the NBC Blue Network with a production of <i>Seventh Heaven</i> starring Miriam Hopkins and John Boles in a full-hour adaptation of the 1922–24 Broadway production by Austin Strong. The host was the show's fictional producer, Douglass Garrick (portrayed by John Anthony). Doris Dagmar played another fictional character, Peggy Winthrop, who delivered the Lux commercials. Each show featured a scripted session with Garrick talking to the lead actors. Anthony appeared as Garrick from the premiere 1934 episode until June 30, 1935. Garrick was portrayed by Albert Hayes from July 29, 1935, to May 25, 1936, when the show moved to the West Coast.[2]Famed studio executive and film producer and director Cecil B. DeMille took over as the host on June 1, 1936, continuing until January 22, 1945.<br /><br />That initial episode with DeMille featured stars Marlene Dietrich and Clark Gable in <i>The Legionnaire and the Lady</i>. On several occasions, usually when he was out of town, he was temporarily replaced by various celebrities, including Leslie Howard and Edward Arnold.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:category text="TV &amp; Film"/><itunes:category text="TV &amp; Film"><itunes:category text="Film History"/></itunes:category><itunes:category text="History"/><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><podcast:guid>ac1cdff3-615b-5a5f-9280-120534604738</podcast:guid><itunes:type>episodic</itunes:type><item><title>The_Doctor_Takes_a_Wife</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-doctor-takes-a-wife--59678216</link><description><![CDATA[<i><b>Lux Radio Theatre</b></i>, sometimes spelled <i><b>Lux Radio Theater</b></i>, 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). Initially, the series adapted Broadway plays[1] 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 <i><b>Lux Video Theatre</b></i> through most of the 1950s.<br /><br />The primary sponsor of the show was Unilever through its Lux Soap brand.Broadcasting from New York, the series premiered at 2:30 pm, October 14, 1934, on the NBC Blue Network with a production of <i>Seventh Heaven</i> starring Miriam Hopkins and John Boles in a full-hour adaptation of the 1922–24 Broadway production by Austin Strong. The host was the show's fictional producer, Douglass Garrick (portrayed by John Anthony). Doris Dagmar played another fictional character, Peggy Winthrop, who delivered the Lux commercials. Each show featured a scripted session with Garrick talking to the lead actors. Anthony appeared as Garrick from the premiere 1934 episode until June 30, 1935. Garrick was portrayed by Albert Hayes from July 29, 1935, to May 25, 1936, when the show moved to the West Coast.[2]Famed studio executive and film producer and director Cecil B. DeMille took over as the host on June 1, 1936, continuing until January 22, 1945.<br /><br />That initial episode with DeMille featured stars Marlene Dietrich and Clark Gable in <i>The Legionnaire and the Lady</i>. On several occasions, usually when he was out of town, he was temporarily replaced by various celebrities, including Leslie Howard and Edward Arnol]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/59678216</guid><pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2024 20:35:54 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/59678216/lux_radio_theatre_41_12_08_329_the_doctor_takes_a_wife.mp3" length="42948367" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/sounder/b30f8e08-6437-4190-a08c-740fe3a2bc4d/b30f8e08-6437-4190-a08c-740fe3a2bc4d.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/sounder/b30f8e08-6437-4190-a08c-740fe3a2bc4d/b30f8e08-6437-4190-a08c-740fe3a2bc4d.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/sounder/b30f8e08-6437-4190-a08c-740fe3a2bc4d/b30f8e08-6437-4190-a08c-740fe3a2bc4d.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>Radio Shows of the Past!</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>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...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[<i><b>Lux Radio Theatre</b></i>, sometimes spelled <i><b>Lux Radio Theater</b></i>, 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). Initially, the series adapted Broadway plays[1] 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 <i><b>Lux Video Theatre</b></i> through most of the 1950s.<br /><br />The primary sponsor of the show was Unilever through its Lux Soap brand.Broadcasting from New York, the series premiered at 2:30 pm, October 14, 1934, on the NBC Blue Network with a production of <i>Seventh Heaven</i> starring Miriam Hopkins and John Boles in a full-hour adaptation of the 1922–24 Broadway production by Austin Strong. The host was the show's fictional producer, Douglass Garrick (portrayed by John Anthony). Doris Dagmar played another fictional character, Peggy Winthrop, who delivered the Lux commercials. Each show featured a scripted session with Garrick talking to the lead actors. Anthony appeared as Garrick from the premiere 1934 episode until June 30, 1935. Garrick was portrayed by Albert Hayes from July 29, 1935, to May 25, 1936, when the show moved to the West Coast.[2]Famed studio executive and film producer and director Cecil B. DeMille took over as the host on June 1, 1936, continuing until January 22, 1945.<br /><br />That initial episode with DeMille featured stars Marlene Dietrich and Clark Gable in <i>The Legionnaire and the Lady</i>. 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Initially, the series adapted Broadway plays[1] 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 <i><b>Lux Video Theatre</b></i> through most of the 1950s.<br /><br />The primary sponsor of the show was Unilever through its Lux Soap brand.Broadcasting from New York, the series premiered at 2:30 pm, October 14, 1934, on the NBC Blue Network with a production of <i>Seventh Heaven</i> starring Miriam Hopkins and John Boles in a full-hour adaptation of the 1922–24 Broadway production by Austin Strong. The host was the show's fictional producer, Douglass Garrick (portrayed by John Anthony). Doris Dagmar played another fictional character, Peggy Winthrop, who delivered the Lux commercials. Each show featured a scripted session with Garrick talking to the lead actors. Anthony appeared as Garrick from the premiere 1934 episode until June 30, 1935. Garrick was portrayed by Albert Hayes from July 29, 1935, to May 25, 1936, when the show moved to the West Coast.[2]Famed studio executive and film producer and director Cecil B. DeMille took over as the host on June 1, 1936, continuing until January 22, 1945.<br /><br />That initial episode with DeMille featured stars Marlene Dietrich and Clark Gable in <i>The Legionnaire and the Lady</i>. On several occasions, usually when he was out of town, he was temporarily replaced by various celebrities, including Leslie Howard and Edward Arnold.<br />]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/59678215</guid><pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2024 19:13:37 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/59678215/lux_radio_theatre_41_12_01_328_a_mans_castle.mp3" length="42958712" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/sounder/e396307e-dedc-4b77-bd24-102e82645327/e396307e-dedc-4b77-bd24-102e82645327.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/sounder/e396307e-dedc-4b77-bd24-102e82645327/e396307e-dedc-4b77-bd24-102e82645327.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/sounder/e396307e-dedc-4b77-bd24-102e82645327/e396307e-dedc-4b77-bd24-102e82645327.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>Radio Shows of the Past!</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>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...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[<i><b>Lux Radio Theatre</b></i>, sometimes spelled <i><b>Lux Radio Theater</b></i>, 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). Initially, the series adapted Broadway plays[1] 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 <i><b>Lux Video Theatre</b></i> through most of the 1950s.<br /><br />The primary sponsor of the show was Unilever through its Lux Soap brand.Broadcasting from New York, the series premiered at 2:30 pm, October 14, 1934, on the NBC Blue Network with a production of <i>Seventh Heaven</i> starring Miriam Hopkins and John Boles in a full-hour adaptation of the 1922–24 Broadway production by Austin Strong. The host was the show's fictional producer, Douglass Garrick (portrayed by John Anthony). Doris Dagmar played another fictional character, Peggy Winthrop, who delivered the Lux commercials. Each show featured a scripted session with Garrick talking to the lead actors. Anthony appeared as Garrick from the premiere 1934 episode until June 30, 1935. Garrick was portrayed by Albert Hayes from July 29, 1935, to May 25, 1936, when the show moved to the West Coast.[2]Famed studio executive and film producer and director Cecil B. DeMille took over as the host on June 1, 1936, continuing until January 22, 1945.<br /><br />That initial episode with DeMille featured stars Marlene Dietrich and Clark Gable in <i>The Legionnaire and the Lady</i>. 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Initially, the series adapted Broadway plays[1] 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 <i><b>Lux Video Theatre</b></i> through most of the 1950s.<br /><br />The primary sponsor of the show was Unilever through its Lux Soap brand.Broadcasting from New York, the series premiered at 2:30 pm, October 14, 1934, on the NBC Blue Network with a production of <i>Seventh Heaven</i> starring Miriam Hopkins and John Boles in a full-hour adaptation of the 1922–24 Broadway production by Austin Strong. The host was the show's fictional producer, Douglass Garrick (portrayed by John Anthony). Doris Dagmar played another fictional character, Peggy Winthrop, who delivered the Lux commercials. Each show featured a scripted session with Garrick talking to the lead actors. Anthony appeared as Garrick from the premiere 1934 episode until June 30, 1935. Garrick was portrayed by Albert Hayes from July 29, 1935, to May 25, 1936, when the show moved to the West Coast.[2]Famed studio executive and film producer and director Cecil B. DeMille took over as the host on June 1, 1936, continuing until January 22, 1945.<br /><br />That initial episode with DeMille featured stars Marlene Dietrich and Clark Gable in <i>The Legionnaire and the Lady</i>. On several occasions, usually when he was out of town, he was temporarily replaced by various celebrities, including Leslie Howard and Edward Arnold.<br />]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/59678214</guid><pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2024 19:13:16 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/59678214/lux_radio_theatre_41_11_24_327_maisie_was_a_lady.mp3" length="43091309" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/sounder/0d85e745-7c39-4c06-8e7b-d3eb429dbf14/0d85e745-7c39-4c06-8e7b-d3eb429dbf14.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/sounder/0d85e745-7c39-4c06-8e7b-d3eb429dbf14/0d85e745-7c39-4c06-8e7b-d3eb429dbf14.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/sounder/0d85e745-7c39-4c06-8e7b-d3eb429dbf14/0d85e745-7c39-4c06-8e7b-d3eb429dbf14.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>Radio Shows of the Past!</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>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...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[<i><b>Lux Radio Theatre</b></i>, sometimes spelled <i><b>Lux Radio Theater</b></i>, 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). Initially, the series adapted Broadway plays[1] 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 <i><b>Lux Video Theatre</b></i> through most of the 1950s.<br /><br />The primary sponsor of the show was Unilever through its Lux Soap brand.Broadcasting from New York, the series premiered at 2:30 pm, October 14, 1934, on the NBC Blue Network with a production of <i>Seventh Heaven</i> starring Miriam Hopkins and John Boles in a full-hour adaptation of the 1922–24 Broadway production by Austin Strong. The host was the show's fictional producer, Douglass Garrick (portrayed by John Anthony). Doris Dagmar played another fictional character, Peggy Winthrop, who delivered the Lux commercials. Each show featured a scripted session with Garrick talking to the lead actors. Anthony appeared as Garrick from the premiere 1934 episode until June 30, 1935. Garrick was portrayed by Albert Hayes from July 29, 1935, to May 25, 1936, when the show moved to the West Coast.[2]Famed studio executive and film producer and director Cecil B. DeMille took over as the host on June 1, 1936, continuing until January 22, 1945.<br /><br />That initial episode with DeMille featured stars Marlene Dietrich and Clark Gable in <i>The Legionnaire and the Lady</i>. 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Initially, the series adapted Broadway plays[1] 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 <i><b>Lux Video Theatre</b></i> through most of the 1950s.<br /><br />The primary sponsor of the show was Unilever through its Lux Soap brand.Broadcasting from New York, the series premiered at 2:30 pm, October 14, 1934, on the NBC Blue Network with a production of <i>Seventh Heaven</i> starring Miriam Hopkins and John Boles in a full-hour adaptation of the 1922–24 Broadway production by Austin Strong. The host was the show's fictional producer, Douglass Garrick (portrayed by John Anthony). Doris Dagmar played another fictional character, Peggy Winthrop, who delivered the Lux commercials. Each show featured a scripted session with Garrick talking to the lead actors. Anthony appeared as Garrick from the premiere 1934 episode until June 30, 1935. Garrick was portrayed by Albert Hayes from July 29, 1935, to May 25, 1936, when the show moved to the West Coast.[2]Famed studio executive and film producer and director Cecil B. DeMille took over as the host on June 1, 1936, continuing until January 22, 1945.<br /><br />That initial episode with DeMille featured stars Marlene Dietrich and Clark Gable in <i>The Legionnaire and the Lady</i>. On several occasions, usually when he was out of town, he was temporarily replaced by various celebrities, including Leslie Howard and Edward Arnold.<br />]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/59678213</guid><pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2024 19:12:45 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/59678213/lux_radio_theatre_41_11_17_326_merton_of_the_movies.mp3" length="57494719" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/sounder/d6224bba-6625-423f-9bc4-99ccdee0d50c/d6224bba-6625-423f-9bc4-99ccdee0d50c.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/sounder/d6224bba-6625-423f-9bc4-99ccdee0d50c/d6224bba-6625-423f-9bc4-99ccdee0d50c.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/sounder/d6224bba-6625-423f-9bc4-99ccdee0d50c/d6224bba-6625-423f-9bc4-99ccdee0d50c.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>Radio Shows of the Past!</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>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...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[<i><b>Lux Radio Theatre</b></i>, sometimes spelled <i><b>Lux Radio Theater</b></i>, 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). Initially, the series adapted Broadway plays[1] 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 <i><b>Lux Video Theatre</b></i> through most of the 1950s.<br /><br />The primary sponsor of the show was Unilever through its Lux Soap brand.Broadcasting from New York, the series premiered at 2:30 pm, October 14, 1934, on the NBC Blue Network with a production of <i>Seventh Heaven</i> starring Miriam Hopkins and John Boles in a full-hour adaptation of the 1922–24 Broadway production by Austin Strong. The host was the show's fictional producer, Douglass Garrick (portrayed by John Anthony). Doris Dagmar played another fictional character, Peggy Winthrop, who delivered the Lux commercials. Each show featured a scripted session with Garrick talking to the lead actors. Anthony appeared as Garrick from the premiere 1934 episode until June 30, 1935. Garrick was portrayed by Albert Hayes from July 29, 1935, to May 25, 1936, when the show moved to the West Coast.[2]Famed studio executive and film producer and director Cecil B. DeMille took over as the host on June 1, 1936, continuing until January 22, 1945.<br /><br />That initial episode with DeMille featured stars Marlene Dietrich and Clark Gable in <i>The Legionnaire and the Lady</i>. On several occasions, usually when he was out of town, he was temporarily replaced by various celebrities, including Leslie Howard and Edward Arnold.<br />]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>3594</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/f772651e6ae94b1665fc2f5e6a8464bb.jpg"/><itunes:season>1</itunes:season><itunes:episode>13</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Hold_Back_the_Dawn</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/hold-back-the-dawn--59678212</link><description><![CDATA[<i><b>Lux Radio Theatre</b></i>, sometimes spelled <i><b>Lux Radio Theater</b></i>, 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). Initially, the series adapted Broadway plays[1] 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 <i><b>Lux Video Theatre</b></i> through most of the 1950s.<br /><br />The primary sponsor of the show was Unilever through its Lux Soap brand.Broadcasting from New York, the series premiered at 2:30 pm, October 14, 1934, on the NBC Blue Network with a production of <i>Seventh Heaven</i> starring Miriam Hopkins and John Boles in a full-hour adaptation of the 1922–24 Broadway production by Austin Strong. The host was the show's fictional producer, Douglass Garrick (portrayed by John Anthony). Doris Dagmar played another fictional character, Peggy Winthrop, who delivered the Lux commercials. Each show featured a scripted session with Garrick talking to the lead actors. Anthony appeared as Garrick from the premiere 1934 episode until June 30, 1935. Garrick was portrayed by Albert Hayes from July 29, 1935, to May 25, 1936, when the show moved to the West Coast.[2]Famed studio executive and film producer and director Cecil B. DeMille took over as the host on June 1, 1936, continuing until January 22, 1945.<br /><br />That initial episode with DeMille featured stars Marlene Dietrich and Clark Gable in <i>The Legionnaire and the Lady</i>. On several occasions, usually when he was out of town, he was temporarily replaced by various celebrities, including Leslie Howard and Edward Arnold.<br />]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/59678212</guid><pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2024 19:12:19 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/59678212/lux_radio_theatre_41_11_10_325_hold_back_the_dawn.mp3" length="43020778" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/sounder/14bbc322-1924-4908-a40b-b6edaefab738/14bbc322-1924-4908-a40b-b6edaefab738.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/sounder/14bbc322-1924-4908-a40b-b6edaefab738/14bbc322-1924-4908-a40b-b6edaefab738.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/sounder/14bbc322-1924-4908-a40b-b6edaefab738/14bbc322-1924-4908-a40b-b6edaefab738.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>Radio Shows of the Past!</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>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...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[<i><b>Lux Radio Theatre</b></i>, sometimes spelled <i><b>Lux Radio Theater</b></i>, 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). Initially, the series adapted Broadway plays[1] 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 <i><b>Lux Video Theatre</b></i> through most of the 1950s.<br /><br />The primary sponsor of the show was Unilever through its Lux Soap brand.Broadcasting from New York, the series premiered at 2:30 pm, October 14, 1934, on the NBC Blue Network with a production of <i>Seventh Heaven</i> starring Miriam Hopkins and John Boles in a full-hour adaptation of the 1922–24 Broadway production by Austin Strong. The host was the show's fictional producer, Douglass Garrick (portrayed by John Anthony). Doris Dagmar played another fictional character, Peggy Winthrop, who delivered the Lux commercials. Each show featured a scripted session with Garrick talking to the lead actors. Anthony appeared as Garrick from the premiere 1934 episode until June 30, 1935. Garrick was portrayed by Albert Hayes from July 29, 1935, to May 25, 1936, when the show moved to the West Coast.[2]Famed studio executive and film producer and director Cecil B. DeMille took over as the host on June 1, 1936, continuing until January 22, 1945.<br /><br />That initial episode with DeMille featured stars Marlene Dietrich and Clark Gable in <i>The Legionnaire and the Lady</i>. On several occasions, usually when he was out of town, he was temporarily replaced by various celebrities, including Leslie Howard and Edward Arnold.<br />]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>3585</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/f772651e6ae94b1665fc2f5e6a8464bb.jpg"/><itunes:season>1</itunes:season><itunes:episode>12</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Hired_Wife</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/hired-wife--59678211</link><description><![CDATA[<i><b>Lux Radio Theatre</b></i>, sometimes spelled <i><b>Lux Radio Theater</b></i>, 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). Initially, the series adapted Broadway plays[1] 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 <i><b>Lux Video Theatre</b></i> through most of the 1950s.<br /><br />The primary sponsor of the show was Unilever through its Lux Soap brand.Broadcasting from New York, the series premiered at 2:30 pm, October 14, 1934, on the NBC Blue Network with a production of <i>Seventh Heaven</i> starring Miriam Hopkins and John Boles in a full-hour adaptation of the 1922–24 Broadway production by Austin Strong. The host was the show's fictional producer, Douglass Garrick (portrayed by John Anthony). Doris Dagmar played another fictional character, Peggy Winthrop, who delivered the Lux commercials. Each show featured a scripted session with Garrick talking to the lead actors. Anthony appeared as Garrick from the premiere 1934 episode until June 30, 1935. Garrick was portrayed by Albert Hayes from July 29, 1935, to May 25, 1936, when the show moved to the West Coast.[2]Famed studio executive and film producer and director Cecil B. DeMille took over as the host on June 1, 1936, continuing until January 22, 1945.<br /><br />That initial episode with DeMille featured stars Marlene Dietrich and Clark Gable in <i>The Legionnaire and the Lady</i>. On several occasions, usually when he was out of town, he was temporarily replaced by various celebrities, including Leslie Howard and Edward Arnold.<br />]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/59678211</guid><pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2024 19:12:00 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/59678211/lux_radio_theatre_41_11_03_324_hired_wife.mp3" length="28430655" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/sounder/66e6a60e-d751-4fcb-b151-a1df3623448b/66e6a60e-d751-4fcb-b151-a1df3623448b.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/sounder/66e6a60e-d751-4fcb-b151-a1df3623448b/66e6a60e-d751-4fcb-b151-a1df3623448b.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/sounder/66e6a60e-d751-4fcb-b151-a1df3623448b/66e6a60e-d751-4fcb-b151-a1df3623448b.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>Radio Shows of the Past!</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>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...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[<i><b>Lux Radio Theatre</b></i>, sometimes spelled <i><b>Lux Radio Theater</b></i>, 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). Initially, the series adapted Broadway plays[1] 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 <i><b>Lux Video Theatre</b></i> through most of the 1950s.<br /><br />The primary sponsor of the show was Unilever through its Lux Soap brand.Broadcasting from New York, the series premiered at 2:30 pm, October 14, 1934, on the NBC Blue Network with a production of <i>Seventh Heaven</i> starring Miriam Hopkins and John Boles in a full-hour adaptation of the 1922–24 Broadway production by Austin Strong. The host was the show's fictional producer, Douglass Garrick (portrayed by John Anthony). Doris Dagmar played another fictional character, Peggy Winthrop, who delivered the Lux commercials. Each show featured a scripted session with Garrick talking to the lead actors. Anthony appeared as Garrick from the premiere 1934 episode until June 30, 1935. Garrick was portrayed by Albert Hayes from July 29, 1935, to May 25, 1936, when the show moved to the West Coast.[2]Famed studio executive and film producer and director Cecil B. DeMille took over as the host on June 1, 1936, continuing until January 22, 1945.<br /><br />That initial episode with DeMille featured stars Marlene Dietrich and Clark Gable in <i>The Legionnaire and the Lady</i>. On several occasions, usually when he was out of town, he was temporarily replaced by various celebrities, including Leslie Howard and Edward Arnold.<br />]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>3554</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/f772651e6ae94b1665fc2f5e6a8464bb.jpg"/><itunes:season>1</itunes:season><itunes:episode>11</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Her_First_Beau</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/her-first-beau--59678210</link><description><![CDATA[<i><b>Lux Radio Theatre</b></i>, sometimes spelled <i><b>Lux Radio Theater</b></i>, 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). Initially, the series adapted Broadway plays[1] 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 <i><b>Lux Video Theatre</b></i> through most of the 1950s.<br /><br />The primary sponsor of the show was Unilever through its Lux Soap brand.Broadcasting from New York, the series premiered at 2:30 pm, October 14, 1934, on the NBC Blue Network with a production of <i>Seventh Heaven</i> starring Miriam Hopkins and John Boles in a full-hour adaptation of the 1922–24 Broadway production by Austin Strong. The host was the show's fictional producer, Douglass Garrick (portrayed by John Anthony). Doris Dagmar played another fictional character, Peggy Winthrop, who delivered the Lux commercials. Each show featured a scripted session with Garrick talking to the lead actors. Anthony appeared as Garrick from the premiere 1934 episode until June 30, 1935. Garrick was portrayed by Albert Hayes from July 29, 1935, to May 25, 1936, when the show moved to the West Coast.[2]Famed studio executive and film producer and director Cecil B. DeMille took over as the host on June 1, 1936, continuing until January 22, 1945.<br /><br />That initial episode with DeMille featured stars Marlene Dietrich and Clark Gable in <i>The Legionnaire and the Lady</i>. On several occasions, usually when he was out of town, he was temporarily replaced by various celebrities, including Leslie Howard and Edward Arnold.<br />]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/59678210</guid><pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2024 19:11:31 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/59678210/lux_radio_theatre_41_10_27_323_her_first_beau.mp3" length="28452606" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/sounder/d9193f02-44ec-4b71-b04d-59581111ef00/d9193f02-44ec-4b71-b04d-59581111ef00.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/sounder/d9193f02-44ec-4b71-b04d-59581111ef00/d9193f02-44ec-4b71-b04d-59581111ef00.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/sounder/d9193f02-44ec-4b71-b04d-59581111ef00/d9193f02-44ec-4b71-b04d-59581111ef00.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>Radio Shows of the Past!</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>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...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[<i><b>Lux Radio Theatre</b></i>, sometimes spelled <i><b>Lux Radio Theater</b></i>, 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). Initially, the series adapted Broadway plays[1] 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 <i><b>Lux Video Theatre</b></i> through most of the 1950s.<br /><br />The primary sponsor of the show was Unilever through its Lux Soap brand.Broadcasting from New York, the series premiered at 2:30 pm, October 14, 1934, on the NBC Blue Network with a production of <i>Seventh Heaven</i> starring Miriam Hopkins and John Boles in a full-hour adaptation of the 1922–24 Broadway production by Austin Strong. The host was the show's fictional producer, Douglass Garrick (portrayed by John Anthony). Doris Dagmar played another fictional character, Peggy Winthrop, who delivered the Lux commercials. Each show featured a scripted session with Garrick talking to the lead actors. Anthony appeared as Garrick from the premiere 1934 episode until June 30, 1935. Garrick was portrayed by Albert Hayes from July 29, 1935, to May 25, 1936, when the show moved to the West Coast.[2]Famed studio executive and film producer and director Cecil B. DeMille took over as the host on June 1, 1936, continuing until January 22, 1945.<br /><br />That initial episode with DeMille featured stars Marlene Dietrich and Clark Gable in <i>The Legionnaire and the Lady</i>. On several occasions, usually when he was out of town, he was temporarily replaced by various celebrities, including Leslie Howard and Edward Arnold.<br />]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>3557</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/f772651e6ae94b1665fc2f5e6a8464bb.jpg"/><itunes:season>1</itunes:season><itunes:episode>10</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Blood_and_Sand</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/blood-and-sand--59678209</link><description><![CDATA[<i><b>Lux Radio Theatre</b></i>, sometimes spelled <i><b>Lux Radio Theater</b></i>, 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). Initially, the series adapted Broadway plays[1] 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 <i><b>Lux Video Theatre</b></i> through most of the 1950s.<br /><br />The primary sponsor of the show was Unilever through its Lux Soap brand.Broadcasting from New York, the series premiered at 2:30 pm, October 14, 1934, on the NBC Blue Network with a production of <i>Seventh Heaven</i> starring Miriam Hopkins and John Boles in a full-hour adaptation of the 1922–24 Broadway production by Austin Strong. The host was the show's fictional producer, Douglass Garrick (portrayed by John Anthony). Doris Dagmar played another fictional character, Peggy Winthrop, who delivered the Lux commercials. Each show featured a scripted session with Garrick talking to the lead actors. Anthony appeared as Garrick from the premiere 1934 episode until June 30, 1935. Garrick was portrayed by Albert Hayes from July 29, 1935, to May 25, 1936, when the show moved to the West Coast.[2]Famed studio executive and film producer and director Cecil B. DeMille took over as the host on June 1, 1936, continuing until January 22, 1945.<br /><br />That initial episode with DeMille featured stars Marlene Dietrich and Clark Gable in <i>The Legionnaire and the Lady</i>. On several occasions, usually when he was out of town, he was temporarily replaced by various celebrities, including Leslie Howard and Edward Arnold.<br />]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/59678209</guid><pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2024 19:10:49 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/59678209/lux_radio_theatre_41_10_20_322_blood_and_sand.mp3" length="43093503" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/sounder/bc87a5ff-8e8e-4aae-baf5-3deb27f50840/bc87a5ff-8e8e-4aae-baf5-3deb27f50840.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/sounder/bc87a5ff-8e8e-4aae-baf5-3deb27f50840/bc87a5ff-8e8e-4aae-baf5-3deb27f50840.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/sounder/bc87a5ff-8e8e-4aae-baf5-3deb27f50840/bc87a5ff-8e8e-4aae-baf5-3deb27f50840.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>Radio Shows of the Past!</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>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...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[<i><b>Lux Radio Theatre</b></i>, sometimes spelled <i><b>Lux Radio Theater</b></i>, 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). Initially, the series adapted Broadway plays[1] 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 <i><b>Lux Video Theatre</b></i> through most of the 1950s.<br /><br />The primary sponsor of the show was Unilever through its Lux Soap brand.Broadcasting from New York, the series premiered at 2:30 pm, October 14, 1934, on the NBC Blue Network with a production of <i>Seventh Heaven</i> starring Miriam Hopkins and John Boles in a full-hour adaptation of the 1922–24 Broadway production by Austin Strong. The host was the show's fictional producer, Douglass Garrick (portrayed by John Anthony). Doris Dagmar played another fictional character, Peggy Winthrop, who delivered the Lux commercials. Each show featured a scripted session with Garrick talking to the lead actors. Anthony appeared as Garrick from the premiere 1934 episode until June 30, 1935. Garrick was portrayed by Albert Hayes from July 29, 1935, to May 25, 1936, when the show moved to the West Coast.[2]Famed studio executive and film producer and director Cecil B. DeMille took over as the host on June 1, 1936, continuing until January 22, 1945.<br /><br />That initial episode with DeMille featured stars Marlene Dietrich and Clark Gable in <i>The Legionnaire and the Lady</i>. On several occasions, usually when he was out of town, he was temporarily replaced by various celebrities, including Leslie Howard and Edward Arnold.<br />]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>3591</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/f772651e6ae94b1665fc2f5e6a8464bb.jpg"/><itunes:season>1</itunes:season><itunes:episode>9</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Buck_Privates</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/buck-privates--59678208</link><description><![CDATA[<i><b>Lux Radio Theatre</b></i>, sometimes spelled <i><b>Lux Radio Theater</b></i>, 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). Initially, the series adapted Broadway plays[1] 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 <i><b>Lux Video Theatre</b></i> through most of the 1950s.<br /><br />The primary sponsor of the show was Unilever through its Lux Soap brand.Broadcasting from New York, the series premiered at 2:30 pm, October 14, 1934, on the NBC Blue Network with a production of <i>Seventh Heaven</i> starring Miriam Hopkins and John Boles in a full-hour adaptation of the 1922–24 Broadway production by Austin Strong. The host was the show's fictional producer, Douglass Garrick (portrayed by John Anthony). Doris Dagmar played another fictional character, Peggy Winthrop, who delivered the Lux commercials. Each show featured a scripted session with Garrick talking to the lead actors. Anthony appeared as Garrick from the premiere 1934 episode until June 30, 1935. Garrick was portrayed by Albert Hayes from July 29, 1935, to May 25, 1936, when the show moved to the West Coast.[2]Famed studio executive and film producer and director Cecil B. DeMille took over as the host on June 1, 1936, continuing until January 22, 1945.<br /><br />That initial episode with DeMille featured stars Marlene Dietrich and Clark Gable in <i>The Legionnaire and the Lady</i>. On several occasions, usually when he was out of town, he was temporarily replaced by various celebrities, including Leslie Howard and Edward Arnold.<br />]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/59678208</guid><pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2024 19:10:24 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/59678208/lux_radio_theatre_41_10_13_321_buck_privates.mp3" length="57182072" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/sounder/ecc3e820-ee91-4315-9241-6dbe50c8d0a3/ecc3e820-ee91-4315-9241-6dbe50c8d0a3.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/sounder/ecc3e820-ee91-4315-9241-6dbe50c8d0a3/ecc3e820-ee91-4315-9241-6dbe50c8d0a3.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/sounder/ecc3e820-ee91-4315-9241-6dbe50c8d0a3/ecc3e820-ee91-4315-9241-6dbe50c8d0a3.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>Radio Shows of the Past!</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>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...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[<i><b>Lux Radio Theatre</b></i>, sometimes spelled <i><b>Lux Radio Theater</b></i>, 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). Initially, the series adapted Broadway plays[1] 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 <i><b>Lux Video Theatre</b></i> through most of the 1950s.<br /><br />The primary sponsor of the show was Unilever through its Lux Soap brand.Broadcasting from New York, the series premiered at 2:30 pm, October 14, 1934, on the NBC Blue Network with a production of <i>Seventh Heaven</i> starring Miriam Hopkins and John Boles in a full-hour adaptation of the 1922–24 Broadway production by Austin Strong. The host was the show's fictional producer, Douglass Garrick (portrayed by John Anthony). Doris Dagmar played another fictional character, Peggy Winthrop, who delivered the Lux commercials. Each show featured a scripted session with Garrick talking to the lead actors. Anthony appeared as Garrick from the premiere 1934 episode until June 30, 1935. Garrick was portrayed by Albert Hayes from July 29, 1935, to May 25, 1936, when the show moved to the West Coast.[2]Famed studio executive and film producer and director Cecil B. DeMille took over as the host on June 1, 1936, continuing until January 22, 1945.<br /><br />That initial episode with DeMille featured stars Marlene Dietrich and Clark Gable in <i>The Legionnaire and the Lady</i>. On several occasions, usually when he was out of town, he was temporarily replaced by various celebrities, including Leslie Howard and Edward Arnold.<br />]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>3574</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/f772651e6ae94b1665fc2f5e6a8464bb.jpg"/><itunes:season>1</itunes:season><itunes:episode>8</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Third_Finger_Left_Hand</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/third-finger-left-hand--59678207</link><description><![CDATA[<i><b>Lux Radio Theatre</b></i>, sometimes spelled <i><b>Lux Radio Theater</b></i>, 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). Initially, the series adapted Broadway plays[1] 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 <i><b>Lux Video Theatre</b></i> through most of the 1950s.<br /><br />The primary sponsor of the show was Unilever through its Lux Soap brand.Broadcasting from New York, the series premiered at 2:30 pm, October 14, 1934, on the NBC Blue Network with a production of <i>Seventh Heaven</i> starring Miriam Hopkins and John Boles in a full-hour adaptation of the 1922–24 Broadway production by Austin Strong. The host was the show's fictional producer, Douglass Garrick (portrayed by John Anthony). Doris Dagmar played another fictional character, Peggy Winthrop, who delivered the Lux commercials. Each show featured a scripted session with Garrick talking to the lead actors. Anthony appeared as Garrick from the premiere 1934 episode until June 30, 1935. Garrick was portrayed by Albert Hayes from July 29, 1935, to May 25, 1936, when the show moved to the West Coast.[2]Famed studio executive and film producer and director Cecil B. DeMille took over as the host on June 1, 1936, continuing until January 22, 1945.<br /><br />That initial episode with DeMille featured stars Marlene Dietrich and Clark Gable in <i>The Legionnaire and the Lady</i>. On several occasions, usually when he was out of town, he was temporarily replaced by various celebrities, including Leslie Howard and Edward Arnold.<br />]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/59678207</guid><pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2024 19:10:01 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/59678207/lux_radio_theatre_41_09_29_319_third_finger_left_hand.mp3" length="43085327" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/sounder/7ce86699-a3fb-4a3f-9c2b-4aef09c66f3d/7ce86699-a3fb-4a3f-9c2b-4aef09c66f3d.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/sounder/7ce86699-a3fb-4a3f-9c2b-4aef09c66f3d/7ce86699-a3fb-4a3f-9c2b-4aef09c66f3d.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/sounder/7ce86699-a3fb-4a3f-9c2b-4aef09c66f3d/7ce86699-a3fb-4a3f-9c2b-4aef09c66f3d.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>Radio Shows of the Past!</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>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...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[<i><b>Lux Radio Theatre</b></i>, sometimes spelled <i><b>Lux Radio Theater</b></i>, 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). Initially, the series adapted Broadway plays[1] 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 <i><b>Lux Video Theatre</b></i> through most of the 1950s.<br /><br />The primary sponsor of the show was Unilever through its Lux Soap brand.Broadcasting from New York, the series premiered at 2:30 pm, October 14, 1934, on the NBC Blue Network with a production of <i>Seventh Heaven</i> starring Miriam Hopkins and John Boles in a full-hour adaptation of the 1922–24 Broadway production by Austin Strong. The host was the show's fictional producer, Douglass Garrick (portrayed by John Anthony). Doris Dagmar played another fictional character, Peggy Winthrop, who delivered the Lux commercials. Each show featured a scripted session with Garrick talking to the lead actors. Anthony appeared as Garrick from the premiere 1934 episode until June 30, 1935. Garrick was portrayed by Albert Hayes from July 29, 1935, to May 25, 1936, when the show moved to the West Coast.[2]Famed studio executive and film producer and director Cecil B. DeMille took over as the host on June 1, 1936, continuing until January 22, 1945.<br /><br />That initial episode with DeMille featured stars Marlene Dietrich and Clark Gable in <i>The Legionnaire and the Lady</i>. On several occasions, usually when he was out of town, he was temporarily replaced by various celebrities, including Leslie Howard and Edward Arnold.<br />]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>3591</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/f772651e6ae94b1665fc2f5e6a8464bb.jpg"/><itunes:season>1</itunes:season><itunes:episode>6</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Lost_Horizon</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/lost-horizon--59678206</link><description><![CDATA[<i><b>Lux Radio Theatre</b></i>, sometimes spelled <i><b>Lux Radio Theater</b></i>, 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). Initially, the series adapted Broadway plays[1] 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 <i><b>Lux Video Theatre</b></i> through most of the 1950s.<br /><br />The primary sponsor of the show was Unilever through its Lux Soap brand.Broadcasting from New York, the series premiered at 2:30 pm, October 14, 1934, on the NBC Blue Network with a production of <i>Seventh Heaven</i> starring Miriam Hopkins and John Boles in a full-hour adaptation of the 1922–24 Broadway production by Austin Strong. The host was the show's fictional producer, Douglass Garrick (portrayed by John Anthony). Doris Dagmar played another fictional character, Peggy Winthrop, who delivered the Lux commercials. Each show featured a scripted session with Garrick talking to the lead actors. Anthony appeared as Garrick from the premiere 1934 episode until June 30, 1935. Garrick was portrayed by Albert Hayes from July 29, 1935, to May 25, 1936, when the show moved to the West Coast.[2]Famed studio executive and film producer and director Cecil B. DeMille took over as the host on June 1, 1936, continuing until January 22, 1945.<br /><br />That initial episode with DeMille featured stars Marlene Dietrich and Clark Gable in <i>The Legionnaire and the Lady</i>. On several occasions, usually when he was out of town, he was temporarily replaced by various celebrities, including Leslie Howard and Edward Arnold.<br />]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/59678206</guid><pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2024 19:09:36 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/59678206/lux_radio_theatre_41_09_15_317_lost_horizon.mp3" length="43076591" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Radio Shows of the Past!</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>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...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[<i><b>Lux Radio Theatre</b></i>, sometimes spelled <i><b>Lux Radio Theater</b></i>, 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). Initially, the series adapted Broadway plays[1] 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 <i><b>Lux Video Theatre</b></i> through most of the 1950s.<br /><br />The primary sponsor of the show was Unilever through its Lux Soap brand.Broadcasting from New York, the series premiered at 2:30 pm, October 14, 1934, on the NBC Blue Network with a production of <i>Seventh Heaven</i> starring Miriam Hopkins and John Boles in a full-hour adaptation of the 1922–24 Broadway production by Austin Strong. The host was the show's fictional producer, Douglass Garrick (portrayed by John Anthony). Doris Dagmar played another fictional character, Peggy Winthrop, who delivered the Lux commercials. Each show featured a scripted session with Garrick talking to the lead actors. Anthony appeared as Garrick from the premiere 1934 episode until June 30, 1935. Garrick was portrayed by Albert Hayes from July 29, 1935, to May 25, 1936, when the show moved to the West Coast.[2]Famed studio executive and film producer and director Cecil B. DeMille took over as the host on June 1, 1936, continuing until January 22, 1945.<br /><br />That initial episode with DeMille featured stars Marlene Dietrich and Clark Gable in <i>The Legionnaire and the Lady</i>. On several occasions, usually when he was out of town, he was temporarily replaced by various celebrities, including Leslie Howard and Edward Arnold.<br />]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>3590</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/f772651e6ae94b1665fc2f5e6a8464bb.jpg"/><itunes:season>1</itunes:season><itunes:episode>5</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Tom_Dick_and_Harry</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/tom-dick-and-harry--59678205</link><description><![CDATA[<i><b>Lux Radio Theatre</b></i>, sometimes spelled <i><b>Lux Radio Theater</b></i>, 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). Initially, the series adapted Broadway plays[1] 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 <i><b>Lux Video Theatre</b></i> through most of the 1950s.<br /><br />The primary sponsor of the show was Unilever through its Lux Soap brand.Broadcasting from New York, the series premiered at 2:30 pm, October 14, 1934, on the NBC Blue Network with a production of <i>Seventh Heaven</i> starring Miriam Hopkins and John Boles in a full-hour adaptation of the 1922–24 Broadway production by Austin Strong. The host was the show's fictional producer, Douglass Garrick (portrayed by John Anthony). Doris Dagmar played another fictional character, Peggy Winthrop, who delivered the Lux commercials. Each show featured a scripted session with Garrick talking to the lead actors. Anthony appeared as Garrick from the premiere 1934 episode until June 30, 1935. Garrick was portrayed by Albert Hayes from July 29, 1935, to May 25, 1936, when the show moved to the West Coast.[2]Famed studio executive and film producer and director Cecil B. DeMille took over as the host on June 1, 1936, continuing until January 22, 1945.<br /><br />That initial episode with DeMille featured stars Marlene Dietrich and Clark Gable in <i>The Legionnaire and the Lady</i>. On several occasions, usually when he was out of town, he was temporarily replaced by various celebrities, including Leslie Howard and Edward Arnold.<br />]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/59678205</guid><pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2024 19:08:32 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/59678205/lux_radio_theatre_41_09_08_316_tom_dick_and_harry_afrs.mp3" length="49455708" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Radio Shows of the Past!</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>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...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[<i><b>Lux Radio Theatre</b></i>, sometimes spelled <i><b>Lux Radio Theater</b></i>, 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). Initially, the series adapted Broadway plays[1] 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 <i><b>Lux Video Theatre</b></i> through most of the 1950s.<br /><br />The primary sponsor of the show was Unilever through its Lux Soap brand.Broadcasting from New York, the series premiered at 2:30 pm, October 14, 1934, on the NBC Blue Network with a production of <i>Seventh Heaven</i> starring Miriam Hopkins and John Boles in a full-hour adaptation of the 1922–24 Broadway production by Austin Strong. The host was the show's fictional producer, Douglass Garrick (portrayed by John Anthony). Doris Dagmar played another fictional character, Peggy Winthrop, who delivered the Lux commercials. Each show featured a scripted session with Garrick talking to the lead actors. Anthony appeared as Garrick from the premiere 1934 episode until June 30, 1935. Garrick was portrayed by Albert Hayes from July 29, 1935, to May 25, 1936, when the show moved to the West Coast.[2]Famed studio executive and film producer and director Cecil B. DeMille took over as the host on June 1, 1936, continuing until January 22, 1945.<br /><br />That initial episode with DeMille featured stars Marlene Dietrich and Clark Gable in <i>The Legionnaire and the Lady</i>. On several occasions, usually when he was out of town, he was temporarily replaced by various celebrities, including Leslie Howard and Edward Arnold.<br />]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>3092</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/f772651e6ae94b1665fc2f5e6a8464bb.jpg"/><itunes:season>1</itunes:season><itunes:episode>4</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Unfinished_Business</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/unfinished-business--59678204</link><description><![CDATA[<i><b>Lux Radio Theatre</b></i>, sometimes spelled <i><b>Lux Radio Theater</b></i>, 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). Initially, the series adapted Broadway plays[1] 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 <i><b>Lux Video Theatre</b></i> through most of the 1950s.<br /><br />The primary sponsor of the show was Unilever through its Lux Soap brand.Broadcasting from New York, the series premiered at 2:30 pm, October 14, 1934, on the NBC Blue Network with a production of <i>Seventh Heaven</i> starring Miriam Hopkins and John Boles in a full-hour adaptation of the 1922–24 Broadway production by Austin Strong. The host was the show's fictional producer, Douglass Garrick (portrayed by John Anthony). Doris Dagmar played another fictional character, Peggy Winthrop, who delivered the Lux commercials. Each show featured a scripted session with Garrick talking to the lead actors. Anthony appeared as Garrick from the premiere 1934 episode until June 30, 1935. Garrick was portrayed by Albert Hayes from July 29, 1935, to May 25, 1936, when the show moved to the West Coast.[2]Famed studio executive and film producer and director Cecil B. DeMille took over as the host on June 1, 1936, continuing until January 22, 1945.<br /><br />That initial episode with DeMille featured stars Marlene Dietrich and Clark Gable in <i>The Legionnaire and the Lady</i>. On several occasions, usually when he was out of town, he was temporarily replaced by various celebrities, including Leslie Howard and Edward Arnold.<br />]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/59678204</guid><pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2024 19:06:15 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/59678204/lux_radio_theatre_41_10_06_320_unfinished_business.mp3" length="43093832" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Radio Shows of the Past!</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>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...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[<i><b>Lux Radio Theatre</b></i>, sometimes spelled <i><b>Lux Radio Theater</b></i>, 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). Initially, the series adapted Broadway plays[1] 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 <i><b>Lux Video Theatre</b></i> through most of the 1950s.<br /><br />The primary sponsor of the show was Unilever through its Lux Soap brand.Broadcasting from New York, the series premiered at 2:30 pm, October 14, 1934, on the NBC Blue Network with a production of <i>Seventh Heaven</i> starring Miriam Hopkins and John Boles in a full-hour adaptation of the 1922–24 Broadway production by Austin Strong. The host was the show's fictional producer, Douglass Garrick (portrayed by John Anthony). Doris Dagmar played another fictional character, Peggy Winthrop, who delivered the Lux commercials. Each show featured a scripted session with Garrick talking to the lead actors. Anthony appeared as Garrick from the premiere 1934 episode until June 30, 1935. Garrick was portrayed by Albert Hayes from July 29, 1935, to May 25, 1936, when the show moved to the West Coast.[2]Famed studio executive and film producer and director Cecil B. DeMille took over as the host on June 1, 1936, continuing until January 22, 1945.<br /><br />That initial episode with DeMille featured stars Marlene Dietrich and Clark Gable in <i>The Legionnaire and the Lady</i>. On several occasions, usually when he was out of town, he was temporarily replaced by various celebrities, including Leslie Howard and Edward Arnold.<br />]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>3591</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/f772651e6ae94b1665fc2f5e6a8464bb.jpg"/><itunes:season>1</itunes:season><itunes:episode>3</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Lydia</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/lydia--59678203</link><description><![CDATA[<i><b>Lux Radio Theatre</b></i>, sometimes spelled <i><b>Lux Radio Theater</b></i>, 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). Initially, the series adapted Broadway plays[1] 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 <i><b>Lux Video Theatre</b></i> through most of the 1950s.<br /><br />The primary sponsor of the show was Unilever through its Lux Soap brand.Broadcasting from New York, the series premiered at 2:30 pm, October 14, 1934, on the NBC Blue Network with a production of <i>Seventh Heaven</i> starring Miriam Hopkins and John Boles in a full-hour adaptation of the 1922–24 Broadway production by Austin Strong. The host was the show's fictional producer, Douglass Garrick (portrayed by John Anthony). Doris Dagmar played another fictional character, Peggy Winthrop, who delivered the Lux commercials. Each show featured a scripted session with Garrick talking to the lead actors. Anthony appeared as Garrick from the premiere 1934 episode until June 30, 1935. Garrick was portrayed by Albert Hayes from July 29, 1935, to May 25, 1936, when the show moved to the West Coast.[2]Famed studio executive and film producer and director Cecil B. DeMille took over as the host on June 1, 1936, continuing until January 22, 1945.<br /><br />That initial episode with DeMille featured stars Marlene Dietrich and Clark Gable in <i>The Legionnaire and the Lady</i>. On several occasions, usually when he was out of town, he was temporarily replaced by various celebrities, including Leslie Howard and Edward Arnold.<br />]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/59678203</guid><pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2024 19:05:30 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/59678203/lux_radio_theatre_41_09_22_318_lydia.mp3" length="42973105" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Radio Shows of the Past!</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>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...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[<i><b>Lux Radio Theatre</b></i>, sometimes spelled <i><b>Lux Radio Theater</b></i>, 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). Initially, the series adapted Broadway plays[1] 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 <i><b>Lux Video Theatre</b></i> through most of the 1950s.<br /><br />The primary sponsor of the show was Unilever through its Lux Soap brand.Broadcasting from New York, the series premiered at 2:30 pm, October 14, 1934, on the NBC Blue Network with a production of <i>Seventh Heaven</i> starring Miriam Hopkins and John Boles in a full-hour adaptation of the 1922–24 Broadway production by Austin Strong. The host was the show's fictional producer, Douglass Garrick (portrayed by John Anthony). Doris Dagmar played another fictional character, Peggy Winthrop, who delivered the Lux commercials. Each show featured a scripted session with Garrick talking to the lead actors. Anthony appeared as Garrick from the premiere 1934 episode until June 30, 1935. Garrick was portrayed by Albert Hayes from July 29, 1935, to May 25, 1936, when the show moved to the West Coast.[2]Famed studio executive and film producer and director Cecil B. DeMille took over as the host on June 1, 1936, continuing until January 22, 1945.<br /><br />That initial episode with DeMille featured stars Marlene Dietrich and Clark Gable in <i>The Legionnaire and the Lady</i>. On several occasions, usually when he was out of town, he was temporarily replaced by various celebrities, including Leslie Howard and Edward Arnold.<br />]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>3581</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/f772651e6ae94b1665fc2f5e6a8464bb.jpg"/><itunes:season>1</itunes:season><itunes:episode>2</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Tom_Dick_and_Harry</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/tom-dick-and-harry--59678202</link><description><![CDATA[<i><b>Lux Radio Theatre</b></i>, sometimes spelled <i><b>Lux Radio Theater</b></i>, 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). Initially, the series adapted Broadway plays[1] 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 <i><b>Lux Video Theatre</b></i> through most of the 1950s.<br /><br />The primary sponsor of the show was Unilever through its Lux Soap brand.Broadcasting from New York, the series premiered at 2:30 pm, October 14, 1934, on the NBC Blue Network with a production of <i>Seventh Heaven</i> starring Miriam Hopkins and John Boles in a full-hour adaptation of the 1922–24 Broadway production by Austin Strong. The host was the show's fictional producer, Douglass Garrick (portrayed by John Anthony). Doris Dagmar played another fictional character, Peggy Winthrop, who delivered the Lux commercials. Each show featured a scripted session with Garrick talking to the lead actors. Anthony appeared as Garrick from the premiere 1934 episode until June 30, 1935. Garrick was portrayed by Albert Hayes from July 29, 1935, to May 25, 1936, when the show moved to the West Coast.[2]Famed studio executive and film producer and director Cecil B. DeMille took over as the host on June 1, 1936, continuing until January 22, 1945.<br /><br />That initial episode with DeMille featured stars Marlene Dietrich and Clark Gable in <i>The Legionnaire and the Lady</i>. On several occasions, usually when he was out of town, he was temporarily replaced by various celebrities, including Leslie Howard and Edward Arnold.<br />]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/59678202</guid><pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2024 19:05:02 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/59678202/lux_radio_theatre_41_09_08_316_tom_dick_and_harry.mp3" length="58179754" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Radio Shows of the Past!</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>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...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[<i><b>Lux Radio Theatre</b></i>, sometimes spelled <i><b>Lux Radio Theater</b></i>, 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). Initially, the series adapted Broadway plays[1] 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 <i><b>Lux Video Theatre</b></i> through most of the 1950s.<br /><br />The primary sponsor of the show was Unilever through its Lux Soap brand.Broadcasting from New York, the series premiered at 2:30 pm, October 14, 1934, on the NBC Blue Network with a production of <i>Seventh Heaven</i> starring Miriam Hopkins and John Boles in a full-hour adaptation of the 1922–24 Broadway production by Austin Strong. The host was the show's fictional producer, Douglass Garrick (portrayed by John Anthony). Doris Dagmar played another fictional character, Peggy Winthrop, who delivered the Lux commercials. Each show featured a scripted session with Garrick talking to the lead actors. Anthony appeared as Garrick from the premiere 1934 episode until June 30, 1935. Garrick was portrayed by Albert Hayes from July 29, 1935, to May 25, 1936, when the show moved to the West Coast.[2]Famed studio executive and film producer and director Cecil B. DeMille took over as the host on June 1, 1936, continuing until January 22, 1945.<br /><br />That initial episode with DeMille featured stars Marlene Dietrich and Clark Gable in <i>The Legionnaire and the Lady</i>. On several occasions, usually when he was out of town, he was temporarily replaced by various celebrities, including Leslie Howard and Edward Arnold.<br />]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>3637</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/f772651e6ae94b1665fc2f5e6a8464bb.jpg"/><itunes:season>1</itunes:season><itunes:episode>1</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item></channel></rss>
