Tag: Lux Radio Theatre
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THEY DRIVE BY NIGHT
June 2, 1941 Lux Radio Theatre (1935-55) was a radio anthology series that adapted Broadway plays during its first two seasons before it began adapting films (”Lux Presents Hollywood”). These hour-long radio programs were performed live before studio audiences in Los Angeles. The series became the most popular dramatic anthology series on radio, broadcast for…
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LOUIS D. MERRILL
April 1, 1912 Louis Dilman Merrill was born on April 1, 1912 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. He performed in “Lux Radio Theater” as a utility supporting player in nearly every broadcast from 1937 to 1939 . He made his screen debut with an uncredited role in 1935′s The Black Room starring Boris Karloff. He made his…
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THE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER
March 27, 1950 “The Man Who Came To Dinner” was a presentation of Lux Radio Theatre, broadcast on CBS Radio on March 27, 1950. The Man Who Came to Dinner is a comedy in three by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart. It debuted on October 16, 1939, at the Music Box Theatre in New…
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THE DARK CORNER
November 10, 1947 Synopsis ~ A former San Francisco private eye, just in back New York after two years in prison (the victim of a frame-up), finds himself a target for another send-up and murder. Directed by Fred MacKaye with musical direction by Louis Silvers and sound effects by Charlie Forsyth Adapted for radio by…
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LUCKY PARTNERS
September 25, 1944 “Lucky Partners” was a presentation of Lux Radio Theatre, broadcast on CBS Radio on September 25, 1944. It is based on a 1940 RKO film of the same name directed by Lewis Milestone which in turn was based on the 1935 French film Good Luck. Lucky Partners the movie starred Ronald Colman and Ginger Rogers in their…
Papermoon Loves Lucy 