Lux Radio Theatre

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.

Episode notes written with AI from the recording itself; the audio is the original broadcast.

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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 July 20, 1936.

Every recording is remastered for the stream: cleaned of rumble, hiss and mains hum (and the old TV whine where we found it), then levelled in two passes to steady broadcast loudness, so one show is never quieter than the next.

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First aired March 27, 1944.

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First aired September 13, 1943.

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First aired July 13, 1936.

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First aired July 6, 1936.

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First aired June 29, 1936.

Every recording is remastered for the stream: cleaned of rumble, hiss and mains hum (and the old TV whine where we found it), then levelled in two passes to steady broadcast loudness, so one show is never quieter than the next.

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First aired June 22, 1936.

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First aired June 15, 1936.

Every recording is remastered for the stream: cleaned of rumble, hiss and mains hum (and the old TV whine where we found it), then levelled in two passes to steady broadcast loudness, so one show is never quieter than the next.

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First aired June 8, 1936.

Every recording is remastered for the stream: cleaned of rumble, hiss and mains hum (and the old TV whine where we found it), then levelled in two passes to steady broadcast loudness, so one show is never quieter than the next.

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First aired June 1, 1936.

Every recording is remastered for the stream: cleaned of rumble, hiss and mains hum (and the old TV whine where we found it), then levelled in two passes to steady broadcast loudness, so one show is never quieter than the next.

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First aired October 28, 1935.

Every recording is remastered for the stream: cleaned of rumble, hiss and mains hum (and the old TV whine where we found it), then levelled in two passes to steady broadcast loudness, so one show is never quieter than the next.

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