The Lux Radio Theatre was perhaps one of the most prestigious and longest running shows from Radio’s Golden Age. It featured the best celebrities in Hollywood appearing in hour-long radio adaptations of their biggest movies. Cecil B. DeMille was the sponsor (from 1936-1945) for any lavish creation of that which was to become a veritable checklist of many of Hollywood’s best films from the mid-1930s through the middle-1950s. The celebrities of the movie usually appeared in their audio counterparts, although about The Lux Radio Theatre, Collection 1 occasionally agreements or schedules meant that another professional took the part. The productions were broadcast live, with a complete orchestra, before a large studio room target 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 total of 926 hour-long broadcasts. It transitioned to TV in 30-minute weekly installments in 1950 with Adam 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 of the Sierra Madre’ w/ Humphrey Bogart and Walter Huston

9/10/51 ‘Fancy Pants’ w/ Bob Wish and Lucille Ball

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