The Lux Radio Theatre, Collection 1 Audiobook (Free)

The Lux Radio Theatre was one of the most prestigious and longest running shows from Radio’s Golden Age. It featured the best superstars in Hollywood showing up in hour-long radio adaptations of their biggest motion pictures. Cecil B. DeMille was the host (from 1936-1945) for a lavish creation of that which was to become veritable checklist of many of Hollywood’s best films from the mid-1930s through the mid-1950s. The stars of the movie usually appeared within their audio counterparts, although about The Lux Radio Theatre, Collection 1 sometimes contracts or schedules intended that another professional took the component. The productions were broadcast live, with a full orchestra, before a large studio audience. Sponsored by Lever Brothers, the manufacturers of Lux Cleaning soap, The Lux Radio Theatre found radio in 1934 and lasted until 1955 for a complete of 926 hour-long broadcasts. It transitioned to Television in 30-minute every week installments in 1950 with James Mason as web host.

10/11/37 ‘Stella Dallas’ w/ Barbara Stanwyck, John Boles and Anne Shirley

10/6/47 ‘Undercurrent’ w/ Katharine Hepburn and Robert Taylor

11/22/48 ‘The Big Clock’ w/ Ray Milland and Maureen O’Sullivan

4/18/49 ‘The Treasure from the Sierra Madre’ w/ Humphrey Bogart and Walter Huston

9/10/51 ‘Nice Slacks’ w/ Bob Hope and Lucille Ball

12/3/51 ‘Strangers on a Teach’ w/ Ray Milland, Frank Lovejoy and Ruth Roman