Lux Radio Theatre

Jimmy Valentine, a safecracker, is released from Sing Sing prison and tries to start honest work, but each job he seeks is lost once his prison record comes out. Detective Doyle keeps a close watch on him, and Valentine's old partner Red shows up. In Glendale, Valentine takes a job as a teller at the Farmers Bank under the name Lee Randall, after meeting Mary Lane, the daughter of the bank's president. The series is Lux Radio Theatre, and this production, starring Pat O'Brien and Madge Evans, was broadcast on November 9, 1936.

With Jimmy Valentine, Doyle, Red, Mary Lane, Mr. Lane, Mr. Nolan, Mr. Sharp, Mrs. Lane.

Listen for: Doyle's suspicions about Valentine's past, and Red's reaction when Valentine says he wants to go straight

First aired on November 9, 1936.

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In early 1900s Wyoming, the Virginian, a quiet cowboy, meets his old friend Steve in the town of Medicine Bow, where the two swap stories and trade barbs. Steve is drawn into the orbit of Trampus, a hard-edged cowhand whose rivalry with the Virginian simmers beneath the surface. The Virginian takes an interest in Molly Wood, the new schoolteacher from Vermont, and their courtship grows through a series of rides and conversations about books and manners. Meanwhile Steve is pulled deeper into Trampus's schemes. This Lux Radio Theatre production of Owen Wister's story, from November 2, 1936, stars Gary Cooper, Charles Bickford, Helen Mack and John Howard.

With The Virginian, Steve, Trampus, Molly Wood, Nina, Judge, Shorty, Nebraska.

Listen for: The Virginian's easy banter with Steve and his unsettled courtship of Molly Wood, along with the growing tension between Trampus and the Virginian.

First aired on November 2, 1936.

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Bobby Harrington, a secretary at the Mangel Importing Company in New York, is torn between two suitors when her boss must choose one of them for a two-year posting to Buenos Aires. Her sister Flurry helps Bobby devise a scheme to win over Rims O'Neill, the man Mangel selects, and their evening together on a bus and at a restaurant follows. The story is part of the Lux Radio Theatre, broadcast on October 26, 1936. Robert Taylor plays Rims O'Neill and Olivia de Havilland plays Bobby, with Mona Barry as Flurry and Fred Perry as Mr. Harrington.

With Bobby Harrington, Rims O'Neill, Flurry, Mr. Mangel, Mr. Harrington, Fred, Will.

Listen for: Flurry's coaching of Bobby on what to say to Rims, and the bus ride where Rims shares his news about Buenos Aires.

First aired on October 26, 1936.

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Elsa Carling, a shy young woman, attends a noisy party at Carol Stewart's New York penthouse and feels ignored. Afterward she confides in Carol that she wants to learn acting, and she asks Carol to arrange lessons with the stage actor Gregory Matthews. Matthews refuses, but he recommends his understudy, Ronald Phillips, who agrees to teach her. The Lux Radio Theatre presents this 1936 drama starring Ginger Rogers and Warren William, with Alan Mowbray and Verree Teasdale, broadcast on October 12, 1936. As the lessons begin, Elsa's feelings toward her teacher start to change.

With Elsa Carling, Carol Stewart, Arnie Sanders, Gregory Matthews, Ronald Phillips, Steven.

Listen for: Elsa's first lesson with Ronald Phillips, when she is told to walk and speak with poise

First aired on October 12, 1936.

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Elmer Kane, a small-town delivery boy in Gentryville, Indiana, is offered a contract to pitch for the New York Giants and at first turns it down. His mother and the grocery store owner Nellie Poole urge him to reconsider. The Lux Radio Theatre production stars Joey Brown as Elmer and June Travis as Nellie. Elmer's reluctance leads to a private conversation with Nellie, and the story then moves to the Giants' spring training in Florida, where Elmer's teammates prepare to deal with him.

With Elmer Kane, Nellie Poole, Mrs. Kane, Nick, Mr. Wade, Walker, Doyle, Dave.

Listen for: Elmer's changing decision about the Giants contract and the conversation with Nellie that shapes it

First aired on October 5, 1936.

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Earl Tinker, a wealthy packing-company president from Omaha, travels with his wife Mrs. Tinker and daughter Olivia on a steamship bound for Europe. Aboard, he gets acquainted with Lawrence Ogle, a struggling New York playwright, and with the elegant Madame Momero, whose attentions to the Omaha millionaire cause friction at home. The voyage and a later stay at a desert hotel at Binda bring further entanglements. This Lux Radio Theatre production of 1936, broadcast on September 28, 1936, stars Wallace Beery in the title role, with Clara Kimball Young, Marjorie Rambeau, Cecilia Parker and Eric Linden. Mr. Ogle's frustrations are described as the story goes on.

With Earl Tinker, Mrs. Tinker, Olivia Tinker, Lawrence Ogle, Madame Momero, Jean Momero, George.

Listen for: Earl Tinker's bluntly folksy talk with the sophisticated Madame Momero and the playwright Lawrence Ogle

First aired on September 28, 1936.

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Captain Brown, a young village doctor, and the Frostall sisters, Phoebe and Susan, share a gentle friendship on Quality Street in an English town during the Napoleonic wars. Phoebe hopes Brown will propose, but he sets off for the army, and the sisters are left to manage their lessened fortune. Years later Brown returns, and Phoebe, now a schoolmistress, must confront how time has changed her. Lux Radio Theatre presented this adaptation of Sir James Barry's play on September 14, 1936, starring Ruth Chatterton and Brian Aherne, with Kathleen Lockhart as Susan.

With Phoebe Throssel, Susan Throssel, Valentine Brown, Libby Throssel.

Listen for: Phoebe's hopes for Valentine Brown's proposal, and the sisters' reaction when he announces his enlistment and later returns.

First aired on September 14, 1936.

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Hap Hurley, a prize fight manager, and his fighter Eddie Chick Cowan, a lightweight from Brooklyn, are left broke after a bad night at the Bronxdale Fight Club. Wandering the streets, they meet C. Clinton Blackpoint, who takes them home to his Park Avenue house for a meal. There they meet Robert Parker, the fiancé of Blackpoint's sister Sue, who is tense and suspicious. Blackpoint, who has been trying to clear his late brother Jerry's name, hires the two men as butler and footman after the household servants walk out. Hap and Chick begin their work in the house, which Parker regards with open contempt. This is the 1936 Lux Radio Theatre production, starring James Cagney, with Robert Armstrong and Boots Mallory, and is broadcast on September 7, 1936.

With Hap Hurley, Eddie Chick Cowan, C. Clinton Blackpoint, Sue Blackpoint, Robert Parker, Penny Blackpoint, Jerry Blackpoint.

Listen for: Hap and Chick's clumsy attempts at being servants, and Blackpoint's scheme to keep the two men in the house

First aired on September 7, 1936.

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Tom Palmer, played by George Raft, and Ruth Brockton, played by June Lang, meet aboard the liner Argyle and grow close during the crossing. When a collision leaves the ship in danger, Tom, who is secretly tied to a gang of jewel thieves, helps the passengers into the lifeboats. The episode is a 1936 broadcast of the Lux Radio Theatre, first aired on August 31, 1936. Afterwards, Ruth's father is called away and asks Tom's family to hold the Brockton jewels in their safe, leaving the two gangs of thieves each scheming to rob the other. Tom and Ruth's romance is complicated by their hidden loyalties as the story unfolds.

With Tom Palmer, Ruth Brockton, Rosie, Mr. Brockton, Mrs. Palmer, Ferris, Mike, Phil.

Listen for: The Argyle's collision in the fog and the lifeboat rescue, then the Palmer house scenes where the two thieving gangs plot against each other over the Brockton jewels.

First aired on August 31, 1936.

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On a stifling Sunday afternoon in a small town, dentist Biff Grimes and his old friend Snappy Downer reminisce about their youth and a girl named Virginia they both once courted. Biff learns that Hugo Barnes, the man who took Virginia from him, is in town and is due to come to his office for a tooth extraction. Old resentments resurface as Biff recalls the rivalry of their school days. This Lux Radio Theatre production, from the series of the same name, stars Jack Oakie and Helen Twelvetrees, with Cecil B. DeMille introducing the play. The broadcast was originally aired on August 24, 1936.

With Biff Grimes, Snappy Downer, Hugo Barnes, Virginia, Amy, Beth, Andy Mullen.

Listen for: Biff's growing resentment toward Hugo Barnes as he recalls the rivalry over Virginia, and the moment Hugo arrives at the office.

First aired on August 24, 1936.

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Francois Villon, a poet and vagabond in fifteenth-century Paris, falls in love with Lady Catherine, a lady of the court of King Louis XI, after she comes to a tavern to meet him. Villon is drawn into a plot involving the grand marshal Tibault and a rebellious Burgundian agent, and he is imprisoned after a brawl. The king, uneasy about his own rule, makes an odd bargain with him. This episode of Lux Radio Theatre was broadcast on August 17, 1936, and stars John Boles and Evelyn Venable, adapted from the play The Vagabond King.

With Francois Villon, Lady Catherine, Tristan, King Louis XI, Tibault Dussault, Renee, Margot, Mrs. Havener.

Listen for: Villon's verses to Lady Catherine and the king's bargain with the poet

First aired on August 17, 1936.

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Diane Lovering, the devoted secretary of shipping magnate Richard Field, is sent on a rest voyage to South America after their affair is discovered by his wife. Aboard the ship she meets Mike Bradley, an Argentine ranch owner who pursues her with persistent good humor. Their shipboard romance deepens as she keeps his attentions at a distance and hides her true destination. The Lux Radio Theatre presents this adaptation of the film Chained, first broadcast on July 27, 1936, starring Joan Crawford and Franchot Tone.

With Diane Lovering, Richard Field, Mike Bradley, Mrs. Field, Mr. Fartos.

Listen for: Mike's teasing banter with Diane aboard ship, and the scene at the hotel where Mike's knowledge of her movements is revealed

First aired on July 27, 1936.

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Nifty Miller, the barker for Colonel Gaudy's traveling carnival, learns that his son Chris has come to join the show for the summer. Nifty wants the boy to finish school and become a lawyer, and he has tension with Carrie, a dancer he has been seeing, who resents the boy's arrival. Lou, the snake charmer, is also bitter toward Nifty after their own break-up, and the carnival crowds and rivalries shape daily life on the midway. Claudette Colbert plays Lou, Walter Houston plays Nifty, and Norman Foster plays Chris in this 1936 Lux Radio Theatre production, broadcast on July 20, 1936, starring the leads named in the program. The account stops partway through the story, as the performance does.

With Nifty Miller, Chris Miller, Lou, Carrie, Colonel Gaudy, Hap, Princess Calima.

Listen for: Nifty's attempts to keep Chris on the path to law school, and Lou's scheme to turn Chris against his father.

First aired on July 20, 1936.

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Scott Henderson, an engineer in New York, spends a sultry August evening with a stranger he meets at a bar after his friend Jack Marlow leaves for Brazil. The woman wears an unusual hat and accompanies him to a theater. When he returns home, he finds his wife Marcella murdered, and the police arrest him. He insists he was with a woman all evening, but no bartender, cab driver or theater employee remembers her. His secretary Carol Richmond, who believes in his innocence, begins searching for the woman. Radio drama starring Brian Aherne, Ella Raines and Alan Curtis, from the Lux Radio Theatre, broadcast March 27, 1944.

With Scott Henderson, Jack Marlow, Carol Richmond, Marcella, Inspector Burgess, Miss Montero, Mike Falano, Mack.

Listen for: The witnesses' blank memories of the mysterious woman in the funny hat, and Carol's first steps in the search for her.

First aired on March 27, 1944.

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Lux Radio Theatre presents The Phantom of the Opera, a 1943 adaptation starring Nelson Eddy, Susanna Foster and Basil Rathbone. In 1880 Paris, the Opera house is haunted by strange events. Soprano Christine Dubois begins a secret relationship with the Inspector Dubeau, while the violinist Eric Clodin, dismissed from the orchestra, struggles to have his concerto published. After a dispute at the publisher's office, Clodin is left in a state of growing desperation. The episode's opening act sets up the mood of the Opera, with its gaiety and hidden shadows, and the first troubles that begin to unsettle the company.

With Christine Dubois, Eric Clodin, Anatole Garron, Inspector Dubeau, Bianca Roli, Madame Giry, Raoul, Maria.

Listen for: The gradual unease of the Opera company as Clodin's grievances grow and the shadows in the building begin to stir.

First aired on September 13, 1943.

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Peggy McLaren, a young woman with no home or job, is brought before the night court in Manhattan and charged with vagrancy. Novelist Mac McMillan, struck by her character, takes her into his mother's household to study her for his book. Peggy settles into the comfortable house, while Mac's younger brother Steve, a restless and troubled man, begins to form a bond with her. The episode is part of the Lux Radio Theatre series, originally broadcast on July 13, 1936, and stars Marion Davies as Peggy and Joel McCrea as Steve. The story follows the household's tensions and the growing relationship between Peggy and the McMillan family.

With Peggy McLaren, Mac McMillan, Steve McMillan, Judge Henry, Mrs. McMillan, Timson, Rosa Petretti.

Listen for: The night court scene in which Peggy is sentenced, and Mac's conversation with his mother about taking Peggy home

First aired on July 13, 1936.

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Missouri farmers Spring Davis and his son Benji hunt foxes with their hounds, and the prized hound Bugle Anne has a voice unlike any other. Their neighbor Jake Terry, who dislikes the hunting, plans to fence his land for sheep, and a dispute grows between the families. Benji is in love with Camden Terry, which further strains relations. This is the Lux Radio Theatre production of The Voice of Bugle Anne, broadcast on July 6, 1936, starring Lionel Barrymore with Porter Hall and Ann Shirley.

With Spring Davis, Benji Davis, Jake Terry, Camden Terry, Calhoun Royster, Mr. Tanner.

Listen for: The distinctive baying voice of the hound Bugle Anne as the hunt begins, and the tense confrontation over Terry's new fence.

First aired on July 6, 1936.

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Irene O'Dare, a red-haired shop girl at a New York department store, is reprimanded by her manager, Mr. Sweeney, for reading a fashion magazine on the job. Later, Irene is sent to the home of wealthy customer Mrs. Marshall, where she meets Donald Marshall, who has been scolding her for her forward manner. Donald, who is charmed by her, proposes that she pose as a famous Irish singer and model gowns for a dressmaker, Madame Lucy, to help her escape her hard life. The episode is part of the Lux Radio Theatre series, broadcast on June 29, 1936, and stars Jeanette McDonald as Irene and Regis Toomey as Donald.

With Irene O'Dare, Mr. Sweeney, Jane, Miss Hector, Mrs. Marshall, Donald Marshall, Eleanor, Larry Bradley.

Listen for: Irene's transformation from shop girl to pretend singer, and Donald's growing interest in her.

First aired on June 29, 1936.

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In the summer of 1915, Kitty Vane waits in an English country village for two childhood friends, Alan Trent and Gerald Shannon, who are home on leave from the First World War. Kitty loves Alan, but she is unsure of his feelings, while Gerald, who has long been fond of her, hopes to win her. Their brief reunion brings joy and urgency, as the young lovers try to make the most of the few days they have together. This is a Lux Radio Theatre presentation from Hollywood, first broadcast on June 22, 1936, starring Merle Oberon and Herbert Marshall.

With Kitty Vane, Alan Trent, Gerald Shannon, Granny, Aunt Sheila, Father Charles.

Listen for: Kitty's uncertainty about Alan's love, and the sudden hope and urgency when the friends return home on leave.

First aired on June 22, 1936.

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Skid Brown and Bonnie Smith are a burlesque team in a small Midwestern town, and their stage life is strained by Skid's restlessness and his flirtation with a rival performer, Marco. Skid is offered a chance on Broadway, and Bonnie's loyalty and ambitions are tested as the two drift apart. This is the Lux Radio Theatre's 1936 broadcast of Burlesque, a dramatization starring Al Jolson and Ruby Keeler, and it aired on June 15, 1936. The episode follows the pair through a backstage quarrel, a surprise telegram and Skid's departure for New York.

With Skid Brown, Bonnie Smith, Lefty, Marco, Maisie, Barney, Max Levy, Harvey Howell.

Listen for: Skid's telegram from Manhattan and Bonnie's quarrel with him over his future.

First aired on June 15, 1936.

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Nick Charles, a retired private detective, is approached at a Christmas Eve gathering in New York by Dorothy Winant, whose inventor father Clyde Winant has vanished without a word. Her worry draws Nick into a search, and the trail quickly grows darker when Julia Wolf, Winant's secretary, is found dead. This Lux Radio Theatre presentation adapts the story of The Thin Man, a film version directed by W. S. Van Dyke, and stars William Powell as Nick and Myrna Loy as his wife Nora. The episode was broadcast from Hollywood on June 8, 1936, and the cast includes Minna Gombell and Porter Hall. Nick and Nora move between the nightclub, the Winant household and Julia Wolf's apartment as the evidence grows more tangled.

With Nick Charles, Nora Charles, Dorothy Winant, Clyde Winant, Julia Wolf, Herbert McCauley, Joe Morelli, Mimi Wyman.

Listen for: Nick's wry banter with Nora and the growing questions about Julia Wolf's death

First aired on June 8, 1936.

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Legionnaire Tom Brown is a private in the foreign legion stationed at Algiers, where a cabaret singer named Amy Jolie has arrived from Europe. Amy takes a job at the Cafe Marigot, and Tom becomes drawn to her, drawing the anger of his superior, Adjutant Caesar, who has his own interest in her. Lux Radio Theatre presents the romantic melodrama The Legionnaire and the Lady, broadcast on June 1, 1936, from Hollywood, starring Marlene Dietrich and Clark Gable. Caesar presses charges against Tom for insubordination, and Tom is placed under arrest. Tom suspects that Caesar is planning to have him killed in the desert.

With Tom Brown, Amy Jolie, Adjutant Caesar, Stuart, Monsieur Lebessier, Blimey, Manuel, Sergeant.

Listen for: Tom's warning from Caesar's threat and his suspicion that he will be shot in the desert

First aired on June 1, 1936.

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Dulcy Smith, a well-meaning but scatterbrained wife, invites a houseful of weekend guests to help her husband Gordon's business career. Her plan is to win over the powerful businessman Charles Forbes, whose share in a jewelry combine Gordon needs. Dulcy also invites a moving picture writer, Vincent Leach, hoping he will romance Forbes's daughter Angela, while a wealthy stranger, Schuyler Van Dyke, arrives unexpectedly. Dulcy's eager matchmaking and schemes begin to tangle as the weekend unfolds. This Lux Radio Theatre production stars Zasu Pitts and Jean Lockhart, and the play is adapted from George S. Kaufman and Marc Connelly's Broadway comedy. The broadcast aired on October 28, 1935.

With Dulcy Smith, Gordon Smith, Willie, Charles Forbes, Mrs. Forbes, Angela Forbes, Schuyler Van Dyke, Vincent Leach.

Listen for: Dulcy's increasingly disastrous attempts to help Gordon's business and to match Angela with Vincent Leach

First aired on October 28, 1935.

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