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Lux Radio Theatre presents “Dodsworth,” episode 128, originally broadcast on April 12, 1937. Cecil B. DeMille directs this radio adaptation of Sinclair Lewis’s acclaimed story.

Walter Huston stars as successful automobile manufacturer Sam Dodsworth, who journeys to Europe with his wife Fran, played by Nan Sunderland. Their long-awaited trip becomes a thoughtful drama of marriage, changing ambitions, and identity, with Fay Bainter featured as Edith Cortright.

Lux Radio Theater presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:46 Original Broadcast
46:14 Closing

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Lux Radio Theatre presents “Bordertown,” episode 226, originally broadcast July 3, 1939. Hosted and produced by Cecil B. DeMille, this CBS adaptation of the 1935 Warner Bros. drama stars Don Ameche, Joan Bennett, and Claire Trevor.

Johnny Ramirez, a Mexican-American law-school graduate whose career has collapsed, heads for a Mexican border town in search of a new start. At a casino run by Charlie Roark, ambition, class divisions, and complicated romantic loyalties draw him into a world far removed from his Los Angeles hopes.

Lux Radio Theater presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:51 Original Broadcast
01:00:48 Closing

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Lux Radio Theatre presents “Poppy,” episode 166, originally broadcast March 7, 1938. Cecil B. DeMille hosts this CBS production, sponsored by Lux Soap.

Set in 1883, the story follows flamboyant carnival performer and patent-medicine salesman Professor Eustace P. McGargle and his daughter, Poppy, as they arrive in the small town of Green Meadows. W. C. Fields reprises his comic role as McGargle, with Anne Shirley as Poppy and John Payne as Billy Farnsworth, in an adaptation of the 1936 Paramount film based on Dorothy Donnelly’s stage musical.

Lux Radio Theater presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:55 Original Broadcast
01:00:48 Closing

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Lux Radio Theatre presents “The Show-Off,” originally broadcast February 1, 1943, as episode 381. This CBS adaptation of George Kelly’s comedy stars Harold Peary, Una Merkel, Beulah Bondi, and Eve Arden, under the direction of Sanford Barnett.

In North Philadelphia, irrepressible braggart Aubrey Piper tests the patience and affection of the Fisher family with his grand promises, relentless confidence, and impulsive schemes. Adapted from the 1934 MGM film and Kelly’s 1924 Broadway play, this character-driven domestic comedy finds humor in family ties, ambition, and the uneasy distance between big talk and real accomplishment.

Lux Radio Theater presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:43 Original Broadcast
53:42 Closing

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Lux Radio Theatre presents “State Fair,” episode 533, originally broadcast on CBS on June 24, 1946. Produced by William Keighley and sponsored by Lux Soap, this adaptation is based on the 1945 Twentieth Century-Fox musical film, itself drawn from Phil Stong’s story.

The Frake family heads from its Iowa farm to the annual state fair, where prize livestock, homemade mincemeat, bustling midway attractions, and unexpected romances make for a lively musical-comedy outing. Jeanne Crain, Dick Haymes, and Vivian Blaine reprise their film roles, with songs by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II.

Lux Radio Theater presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:53 Original Broadcast
54:56 Closing

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Lux Radio Theatre presents “The Gay Sisters,” episode 371, originally broadcast November 23, 1942. Hosted and produced by Cecil B. DeMille, this CBS Radio Network presentation adapts the 1942 Warner Bros. drama based on Stephen Longstreet’s novel.

Barbara Stanwyck reprises her role as Fiona Gaylord, with Robert Young co-starring in a story of three sisters fighting to preserve their family home and inheritance. A disputed will and developer Charles Barclay’s plans for the property intensify the conflict surrounding the proud but financially strained Gaylord household in New York City.

Lux Radio Theater presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:48 Original Broadcast
56:59 Closing

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Lux Radio Theatre presents “So Big,” episode 210, originally broadcast on CBS on March 13, 1939. Adapted from Edna Ferber’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel and identified with the 1932 Warner Bros. film version, the drama stars Barbara Stanwyck, reprising her screen role, with Preston Foster, Fay Wray, and Otto Kruger.

Selina Peake is forced to build an independent life after hardship carries her from Chicago to a rural Dutch truck-farming community nearby. Against the changing worlds of turn-of-the-century farm country and Chicago, she faces the pressures of work, family, and the hopes she holds for her son, “So Big.”

Lux Radio Theater presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:52 Original Broadcast
01:00:35 Closing

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Lux Radio Theatre presents “Captain Horatio Hornblower,” episode 774, originally broadcast on January 21, 1952. This CBS presentation, sponsored by Lux, adapts the 1951 Warner Bros. sea adventure drawn from C. S. Forester’s Hornblower novels.

Gregory Peck reprises his role as the disciplined Royal Navy captain, with Virginia Mayo as Lady Barbara Wellesley. During the Napoleonic Wars, Hornblower and HMS Lydia undertake a secret mission marked by naval danger, diplomatic uncertainty, and an unpredictable revolutionary ally.

Lux Radio Theater presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:54 Original Broadcast
02:00:26 Closing

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Lux Radio Theatre presents “The Stratton Story,” episode 689, originally broadcast February 13, 1950. This CBS presentation, sponsored by Lux, adapts the 1949 MGM biographical drama.

James Stewart and June Allyson reprise their film roles as Monty and Ethel Stratton. A gifted Texas farm boy is discovered by former catcher Barney Wile and gets his chance at professional baseball with the Chicago White Sox, while Ethel’s steadfast support helps anchor his rise and the challenges that follow. The radio adaptation was written by Sanford H. Barnett and produced by William Keighley.

Lux Radio Theater presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:56 Original Broadcast
01:00:52 Closing

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Lux Radio Theatre presents “What a Woman,” episode 649, originally broadcast on March 14, 1949. Adapted from the 1943 Columbia Pictures romantic comedy, this CBS presentation stars Rosalind Russell reprising her role as literary agent Carol Ainsley, with Robert Cummings and Leif Erickson.

Carol’s efforts to bring a bestselling romance novel to the screen lead her into the orbit of a persistent magazine writer and the book’s elusive author. Set between New York’s publishing and movie worlds and a college campus, the story blends professional ambition, publicity, and romantic-comedy complications.

Lux Radio Theater presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:47 Original Broadcast
58:55 Closing

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Lux Radio Theatre presents “Lillian Russell,” episode 278, originally broadcast on October 21, 1940. Hosted and produced by Cecil B. DeMille for CBS and sponsored by Lux Toilet Soap, this adaptation is based on the 1940 Twentieth Century-Fox musical-biographical film.

Alice Faye reprises her screen role as Helen Leonard, the young Iowa singer who becomes celebrated stage star Lillian Russell. Edward Arnold returns as devoted admirer Diamond Jim Brady, with Victor Mature as newspaperman Alexander Moore, in a story spanning the theatrical worlds of late-19th-century New York and London.

Lux Radio Theater presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:54 Original Broadcast
01:00:48 Closing

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Lux Radio Theatre presents “Fifth Avenue Girl,” episode 286, originally broadcast on December 16, 1940. This CBS Radio Network adaptation was sponsored by Lux Toilet Soap.

On his birthday, pressured pump-company executive Timothy Borden escapes his business and family troubles in a New York City park, where he meets the candid, unemployed Mary Grey. Their unexpected connection brings Mary into Borden’s affluent household in a light, sophisticated romantic comedy starring Ginger Rogers and Edward Arnold. Adapted by George Wells from the 1939 RKO film, the production was directed by Sanford Barnett.

Lux Radio Theater presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:51 Original Broadcast
01:00:30 Closing

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Lux Radio Theatre presents “Peter Pan,” episode 860, originally broadcast December 21, 1953. This CBS production adapts Walt Disney’s 1953 animated film, based on J. M. Barrie’s beloved story.

In a London nursery, Wendy, John, and Michael Darling meet Peter Pan and set off for Never-Never Land, where Captain Hook, Mr. Smee, the Lost Boys, and the possibilities of childhood adventure await. Bobby Driscoll and Kathryn Beaumont reprise their Disney roles as Peter and Wendy, with John Carradine as Captain Hook and Mr. Darling.

Lux Radio Theater presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:40 Original Broadcast
51:08 Closing

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Lux Radio Theatre presents “Alias the Deacon,” episode 270, originally broadcast on CBS on July 1, 1940. Hosted and produced by Cecil B. DeMille, this adaptation of the 1940 Universal Pictures comedy stars Bob Burns as Deke Caswell, a.k.a. “the Deacon,” with Helen Wood as Phyllis.

At a Middle Western county fair, a charming card sharp finds that his respectable new identity draws him into small-town troubles, romance, and a prizefight. Burns reprises his screen role in this lighthearted tale of a gambler whose conscience may be as quick as his hands.

Lux Radio Theater presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:52 Original Broadcast
01:00:41 Closing

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Lux Radio Theater presents “The Old Maid,” episode 235 of Lux Radio Theatre, originally broadcast on October 30, 1939. Produced by Cecil B. DeMille, this CBS presentation adapts Zoë Akins’s play, itself based on Edith Wharton’s 1924 novella.

Beginning in New York City in 1833, the drama follows cousins Charlotte Lovell and Delia Ralston as love, family duty, and social respectability place increasing strain on their relationship over the years. Loretta Young stars as Charlotte, with Miriam Hopkins as Delia; Akins appeared as the broadcast’s special guest.

Lux Radio Theater presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:53 Original Broadcast
01:00:26 Closing

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Lux Radio Theater presents “Welcome Stranger,” originally broadcast April 5, 1954, as episode 875. Adapted from Paramount Pictures’ 1947 comedy-drama, the CBS broadcast was sponsored by Lux Soap and stars Cary Grant, Barry Fitzgerald, and Pat Crowley.

A young physician arrives in Fallbridge, Maine, to fill in for the town’s longtime doctor, only to find himself at odds with the older man’s traditional ways. As he meets the wary townspeople and schoolteacher Trudy Mason, this warm small-town story balances professional rivalry, romance, and a newcomer’s search for acceptance. Fitzgerald reprises his film role as Dr. Joseph McRory.

Lux Radio Theater presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned and mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:46 Original Broadcast
47:33 Closing

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Lux Radio Theatre presents “Roughly Speaking,” episode 496, originally broadcast on CBS on October 8, 1945. Sponsored by Lux, this adaptation stars Rosalind Russell and Jack Carson, reprising their film roles as Louise Randall Pierson and Harold C. Pierson.

Based on Louise Randall Pierson’s autobiography and the 1945 Warner Bros. film, this warm comic-drama follows a strong-willed woman confronting financial hardship, pursuing business training, and striving to build a secure family life through changing fortunes in early twentieth-century America.

Lux Radio Theater presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:49 Original Broadcast
55:45 Closing

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Lux Radio Theatre presents “Show Boat,” episode 777, originally broadcast on February 11, 1952. This CBS adaptation draws on MGM’s 1951 film of the Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II musical, itself based on Edna Ferber’s novel.

Aboard the Mississippi River show boat Cotton Blossom, Cap’n Andy Hawks must find new stars for his traveling company, bringing his daughter Magnolia together with the dashing gambler Gaylord Ravenal. Kathryn Grayson, Ava Gardner, Howard Keel, and William Warfield reprise their film roles in this musical riverboat drama.

Lux Radio Theater presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:51 Original Broadcast
51:40 Closing

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Lux Radio Theatre presents “The Doctor Takes a Wife,” episode 329, originally broadcast December 8, 1941. Hosted by Cecil B. DeMille, this CBS production adapts the 1940 Columbia Pictures comedy and stars Melvyn Douglas and Virginia Bruce.

Independence-minded bestselling author June Cameron and old-fashioned medical instructor Dr. Timothy Sterling clash on a ride from a Massachusetts resort to New York. When a “Just Married” sign sparks a wave of public attention, the two find themselves navigating reporters, professional pressures, and a marriage neither planned.

Lux Radio Theater presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:47 Original Broadcast
01:00:26 Closing

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Lux Radio Theatre presents “The Constant Nymph,” originally broadcast January 10, 1944. Episode 422 adapts the 1943 Warner Bros. film, itself based on Margaret Kennedy’s novel and stage play.

Charles Boyer stars as gifted composer Lewis Dodd, with Maureen O’Sullivan as Tessa Sanger and Alexis Smith as Florence Creighton. Set between the Austrian Tyrol and London, this romantic drama follows music, ambition, family obligations, and a complicated triangle of unspoken feeling.

Lux Radio Theater presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:48 Original Broadcast
58:56 Closing

Support Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio