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LUX RADIO THEATRE
The individual episodes have been broken down into several different pages:
Lux Radio Theatre - Single Episodes
or by season:
(There are no known surviving First Season episodes)
Lux Radio Theatre - Single Episodes - Second Season: 07/29/35 to 06/25/36
Lux Radio Theatre - Single Episodes - Third Season: 07/01/36 to 07/05/37
Lux Radio Theatre - Single Episodes - Fourth Season: 09/13/37 to 07/04/38
Lux Radio Theatre - Single Episodes - Fifth Season: 09/12/38 to 07/10/39
Lux Radio Theatre - Single Episodes - Sixth Season: 09/11/39 to 07/08/40
Lux Radio Theatre - Single Episodes - Seventh Season: 09/09/40 to 07/07/41
Lux Radio Theatre - Single Episodes - Eighth Season: 09/08/41 to 07/13/42
Lux Radio Theatre - Single Episodes - Ninth Season: 09/14/42 to 07/12/43
Lux Radio Theatre - Single Episodes - Tenth Season: 09/13/43 to 07/03/44
Lux Radio Theatre - Single Episodes - Eleventh Season: 09/04/44 to 06/25/45
Lux Radio Theatre - Single Episodes - Twelfth Season: 08/27/45 to 06/24/46
Lux Radio Theatre - Single Episodes - Thirteenth Season: 08/26/46 to 06/23/47
Lux Radio Theatre - Single Episodes - Fourteenth Season: 08/25/47 to 06/28/48
Lux Radio Theatre - Single Episodes - Fifteenth Season: 08/30/48 to 06/27/49
Lux Radio Theatre - Single Episodes - Sixteenth Season: 08/29/49 to 06/26/50
Lux Radio Theatre - Single Episodes - Seventeenth Season: 08/28/50 to 06/25/51
Lux Radio Theatre - Single Episodes - Eighteenth Season: 08/27/51 to 05/26/52
Lux Radio Theatre - Single Episodes - Nineteenth Season: 09/08/52 to 08/31/53
Lux Radio Theatre - Single Episodes - Twentieth Season: 09/07/53 to 06/28/54
Lux Radio Theatre - Single Episodes - Twenty First Season: 09/14/54 to 06/07/55
This is one of these pages. Click on one of the above for a different OTRR Lux Radio Theatre - Single Episodes page.
Lux Radio Theatre was indisputably the biggest, most important, most expensive drama anthology program on radio. It ran from October 14, 1934 until June 7, 1955, then continued on television as Lux Video Theatre until 1957. In all, some 926 episodes were broadcast, providing a record of the most important entertainment events in American theatre and, later, film.
The show was first broadcast on the NBC Blue Network on Sundays at 2:30 PM. The show featured adaptations of successful Broadway plays when it was produced out of New York, such as Seventh Heaven, the first production starring Miriam Hopkins, Smilin' Through, Berkeley Square, Daddy Long Legs, Peg O' My Heart and Way Down East. On July 29, 1935, the show moved to Monday night at 9:00 PM on CBS, where it would stay until June 29, 1954. The show moved to Hollywood on May 25, 1936 with the production of The Legionnaire and the Lady, based on the film Morocco, starring Marlene Dietrich and Clark Gable. The audience for this production was estimated as high as 40 million. The show featured many of the most important films of the period, adapted to fit the 60 minute time slot. Some of the titles for 1939 should indicate the caliber and range of shows: Stage Door, Ceiling Zero, So Big, It Happened One Night, The Lives of a Bengal Lancer, Lady for a Day, The Life of Emile Zola, Tovarich, Only Angels Have Wings, The Prisoner of Zenda, The Awful Truth, Wuthering Heights, You Can't Take It With You, The Old Maid and Goodbye, Mr Chips. For its last season, (1954-1955), the show moved to Tuesday nights at 9 on NBC.
Lux Radio Theatre was always broadcast live, with a studio audience and a full orchestra accompanying the performance and providing musical transitions between scenes. As many film actors were used to numerous takes and not live performance, they sometimes suffered acute stage fright before the show. However, since most received $5,000 for their performance -- in addition to free publicity for upcoming pictures -- actors appeared in their original screen roles if they were available. Indeed, production would halt if necessary on a film if performers were called to appear on Lux. When the actors were not available, others stepped in. The plays were assembled and rehearsed for a week, in sharp contrast to many other shows, which required a minimal of an actor's time. Regular players for the series included Jim and Marian Jordan, otherwise known as Fibber McGee and Molly. Hosts included Cecil B. DeMille (1936-1945), William Keighley (1945-1952) and Irving Cummings (1952-1955). Directors included Tony Stanford, Frank Woodruff, Fred MacKaye and Earl Ebi.
When broadcast on the Arms Forces Radio Services in the early 1950s, the show was re-titled Hollywood Radio Theatre and hosted by Don Wilson. Similar shows include Academy Award Theater (OTRR Academy Award Theater), The Campbell Playhouse, Screen Directors Playhouse (OTRR Screen Directors' Playhouse), and The Screen Guild Theater.
From the Old Time Radio Researchers Group. See "Notes" Section below for more information on the OTRR.
Notes
OLD TIME RADIO RESEARCHER'S GROUP
This is a production of the Old Time Radio Researchers Group located at Old Time Radio Researchers Website and the Old Time Radio Researchers Group.
It contains the most complete and accurate version of this series in the best sound possible at the time of creation. An updated version will be issued if more episodes or better sounding ones become available.
If you are interested in preserving old time radio, you may wish to join the Old Time Radio Researchers Group at Yahoo.
This is the Single Episode Page. The Certified Set includes extras not found here. It is located at OTRR Certified Set. This page is provided in case you want to sample the shows.
Note that in many cases, file names have been modified from the original OTRR names to conform to archive.org naming requirements.
Relax, listen, and enjoy!
OTRR Definitions:
OTRR Certified Accurate -- A series that is Certified Accurate indicates that all the episodes are properly identified and labeled but that the series does not contain all known extant episodes.
OTRR Certified Complete -- A series that is Certified Complete is the highest level of certification available under the OTRR Certified Standards. This certification level implies that all the files in the series are Certified Accurate but also indicates that the series is as complete as possible – it includes all extant episodes.
Reviews
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ionatalia
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May 12, 2020
Subject: Lux Radio Theatre
Subject: Lux Radio Theatre
Thank! Lux Radio Theater - perfect for learning English!
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magnoliasouth
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February 20, 2020
Subject: Excellent fun!
Subject: Excellent fun!
Granted, these are condensed versions of famous films, but who cares? They're great for commutes.
@Federal Archivist: You actually can download them one at a time, if you prefer. It sounds a bit tedious but you can download a few each time, listen to those and come back and download a few more, and so on. You'll eventually get through them all. I'd hate for you to miss out on some great shows.
@Federal Archivist: You actually can download them one at a time, if you prefer. It sounds a bit tedious but you can download a few each time, listen to those and come back and download a few more, and so on. You'll eventually get through them all. I'd hate for you to miss out on some great shows.
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Federal Archivist
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January 4, 2020
Subject: Dumb Idea
Subject: Dumb Idea
This was a dumb idea - posting a 32 GB file. This should have been broken up into smaller file sizes. Ridiculous
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CarlosWest
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December 14, 2018
Subject: Disney on Radio!
Subject: Disney on Radio!
The Alice in Wonderland episode broadcast on December 24, 1951 is a special Christmas presentation. Heard are the cast members from the Walt Disney film production. As a Disney bonus, one of the commercials features Snow White herself. And at the end of the show the cast members re-unite with a few words. Can this audio version rival the animated one? You bet it can!
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Old Time Radio Digitally Restored
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December 5, 2018
Subject: New Digitally Restored Collection Offer
Subject: New Digitally Restored Collection Offer
Hi there Lum Edwards :)
I'll keep it short...i have spent the last 5 years and over 3000 hours Digitally Remastering a total of 747 episodes of Lux Radio Theatre and would like to offer the collection to you so that you can replace your episodes here with the new episodes. I gave the set to www.otrcat.com and you can see my name listed on the product listing page under the image of Vincent Price, credited for Digital Remastering but they are now selling it for 165 USD. They have not received any new updates since 2017 and since then there have been about a dozen new restorations. I also do not know if their set is still the same quality or whether they have re-encoded the files to a lower audio bitrate quality in order to save space and lower file size. Hence, this set here on archive.org will always be the best quality version available anywhere worldwide!!!!
I am currently in the process of uploading the entire Digitally Restored Collection to my own page here on Archive.org along with Screen Director's Playhouse, which I also spent over 500 hours on and it came out nearly flawless.
I am presently working on complete Digital Restoration of SUSPENSE and ESCAPE! but it will be about 6 months before final completion. So far more than 4000 hours of labor have been invested in those 2 series.
If anyone appreciates the thousands of hours of work that i have put into these restorations, please feel free to send a donation via paypal using the link below. Any amount at all is greatly appreciated.
paypal.me/NGary
Nicholas Hans Gary
I'll keep it short...i have spent the last 5 years and over 3000 hours Digitally Remastering a total of 747 episodes of Lux Radio Theatre and would like to offer the collection to you so that you can replace your episodes here with the new episodes. I gave the set to www.otrcat.com and you can see my name listed on the product listing page under the image of Vincent Price, credited for Digital Remastering but they are now selling it for 165 USD. They have not received any new updates since 2017 and since then there have been about a dozen new restorations. I also do not know if their set is still the same quality or whether they have re-encoded the files to a lower audio bitrate quality in order to save space and lower file size. Hence, this set here on archive.org will always be the best quality version available anywhere worldwide!!!!
I am currently in the process of uploading the entire Digitally Restored Collection to my own page here on Archive.org along with Screen Director's Playhouse, which I also spent over 500 hours on and it came out nearly flawless.
I am presently working on complete Digital Restoration of SUSPENSE and ESCAPE! but it will be about 6 months before final completion. So far more than 4000 hours of labor have been invested in those 2 series.
If anyone appreciates the thousands of hours of work that i have put into these restorations, please feel free to send a donation via paypal using the link below. Any amount at all is greatly appreciated.
paypal.me/NGary
Nicholas Hans Gary
Reviewer:
lonie
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November 23, 2016
Subject: Lux Radio Theater
Subject: Lux Radio Theater
Just Love This Radio Program ! Thank You ! After Downloading I Found Out I Must Have Gotten Every Episode ! A Year Has Gone By And I Don't Think I Have Heard Everyone Yet ! A Must Have Download For Any Real Fan Of Old Time Radio ! And Even The Years It Must Have Taken To Compile This Many Episodes ! I Just Can't Thank You Enough !
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