Lux Radio Theater
The Lux Radio Theater aired from 1934-55. Occasionally adapting plays, the series' focus for most of its run was in adapting feature films to radio, often with members of the original cast recreating their parts. Many of these broadcasts still exist; because Lux was a popular and influential program, I think this list is an interesting snapshot of what was considered worthy of adaptation (and by omission, what was not).
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- DirectorJosef von SternbergStarsGary CooperMarlene DietrichAdolphe MenjouA cabaret singer and a Legionnaire fall in love, but their relationship is complicated by the results of his womanizing and the appearance of a rich man who wants her for himself.Adapted by 06-01-36; earlier broadcasts were adaptations of plays, often overlapping with films, but this is evidently the first true film adaptation of the series.
- DirectorW.S. Van DykeStarsWilliam PowellMyrna LoyMaureen O'SullivanFormer detective Nick Charles and his wealthy wife Nora investigate a murder case, mostly for the fun of it.Adapted 06-08-36
- DirectorSidney FranklinStarsFredric MarchMerle OberonHerbert MarshallThe close relationship between a woman and her two male childhood friends is tested when she accepts a marriage proposal from one of them, while the burgeoning First World War threatens to change their lives forever.Adapted 06-22-36
- DirectorAlfred E. GreenStarsColleen MooreLloyd HughesGeorge K. ArthurIrene, a feisty Irish girl in Philadelphia, clashes with her family and walks out, heading to New York City to seek fame and fortune. She gets a job as a dressmaker's model and becomes involved with Donald, the scion of a wealthy family. Donald's mother doesn't approve of Irene and sets out to discredit her in Donald's eyes.Adapted 06-29-36
- DirectorRichard ThorpeStarsLionel BarrymoreMaureen O'SullivanEric LindenThe countrymen in the hills of Missouri take the hounds on night fox hunts. This goes on until Jacob Terry comes into the county and decides to raise sheep and install a woven wire fence. This upsets the neighbors since the dogs would not harm the sheep and they would be hurt running into the fence at night. Jacob vows to shoot any dogs or people that he finds on his land. Benjy Davis is in love with Camden Terry; this alone causes problems, but when the hound Bugle Ann goes missing one night, both sides are out with guns to settle the score.Adapted 07-06-36
- DirectorJohn FordStarsSally O'NeilAlan DinehartFrank AlbertsonA society novelist brings a brash young chorus girl home in order to study her for inspiration for his new novel. His family is distraught, but soon her behavior has forever altered their snobbish ways.Adapted 07-13-36
- DirectorGeorge FitzmauriceStarsMilton SillsDorothy MackaillBetty CompsonA carnival barker wants his son to become a lawyer, but his son gets side-tracked into joining the carnival too.Adapted 07-20-36
- DirectorClarence BrownStarsJoan CrawfordClark GableOtto KrugerA mistress of one man has a shipboard romance with another and is torn between both men.Adapted 07-27-36
- DirectorHarry BeaumontStarsFlorence VidorMonte BlueHarry MyersThe arrival of pretty Carol Milford in the staid Midwestern town of Gopher Prairie really shakes up the locals.Adapted 08-03-36
- DirectorAlan CroslandStarsAl JolsonMay McAvoyWarner OlandThe son of a Jewish Cantor must defy the traditions of his religious father in order to pursue his dream of becoming a jazz singer.Adapted 08-10-36; 06-02-47
- DirectorLudwig BergerErnst LubitschStarsDennis KingJeanette MacDonaldO.P. HeggieThe story takes place in medieval France. Poet-rogue Francois Villon, sentenced to hang by King Louis XI for writing derogatory verses about him, is offered a temporary reprieve. His hanging will be postponed for 24 hours, and in that time he must defeat the invading Burgundians and win the love of the beautiful Katherine.Adapted 08-17-36; 12-25-44
- DirectorStephen RobertsStarsGary CooperFay WrayFrances FullerMiddle-aged dentist Biff Grimes reminisces about his unrequited love for beautiful Virginia Brush and her husband Hugo, his ex-friend, who betrayed him.Adapted 08-24-36
- DirectorRichard ThorpeStarsFay WrayCesar RomeroMinna GombellThe Palmers, an apparently wealthy family, move into the house next door to the Lazarres. However, the Palmers are actually a gang of thieves plotting to rob the Lazarres. What the Palmers don't realize is that the Lazarres are also a criminal gang, and they are planning to rob their new wealthy neighbors, the Palmers!Adapted 08-31-36
- DirectorAlfred E. GreenStarsGeorge O'BrienEdmund LoweKatherine PerryTwo brothers , a boxer and his manager, are hired by a wealthy man to teach him how to fight. The wealthy man is dealing with a larcenous brother-in-law, who is seeking to control his and his sister's inheritance.Adapted 09-07-36
- DirectorSidney FranklinStarsMarion DaviesConrad NagelHelen Jerome EddyA fresh young beauty becomes an old maid waiting for her suitor to return from the Napoleonic wars. When he returns, clearly disappointed, she disguises herself as her own niece in order to test his loyalty.Adapted 09-14-36
- DirectorJames YoungStarsAndrée LafayetteCreighton HaleArthur Edmund CareweA wild magician with hypnotic power captures a lovely art model from the Latin Quarter and turns her into a concert singer. Her student lover has almost given up finding her when he luckily sees her on stage.Adapted 09-21-36
- DirectorMervyn LeRoyStarsJoe E. BrownPatricia EllisFrank McHughCountry bumpkin Elmer Kane joins the Chicago Cubs as the greatest hitter in baseball. His skill with a bat takes the team to the World Series, but on the way to the championship he has to deal with gamblers and crooked pitchers.Adapted 10-05-36
- DirectorHobart HenleyStarsMary BrianJohn HallidayKay StrozziAn ordinary man is confronted by gangsters who have reason to believe a treasure is buried somewhere on his property.Adapted 10-19-36
- Adapted 10-26-36
- DirectorVictor FlemingStarsGary CooperWalter HustonMary BrianA good-natured cowboy who is romancing the new schoolmarm has a crisis of conscience when he discovers that his best friend is engaged in cattle rustling.Adapted 11-02-36
- DirectorJack ConwayStarsWilliam HainesLionel BarrymoreLeila HyamsJimmy is an expert safe cracker that intends to knock over a small town's leading bank, but he stays there and gets a job instead. As a cashier, he falls in love with the president's daughter. Things go along well in his new life, until the arrival of a detective who's been on his trail, who tries to expose Jimmy as a crook, but can't get anyone to believe him.Adapted 11-09-36
- DirectorWilliam DieterleStarsPaul MuniJosephine HutchinsonAnita LouiseThe biography of the pioneering French microbiologist who helped revolutionize agriculture and medicine.Adapted 11-23-36
- DirectorAlfred SantellStarsMarion DaviesClark GableC. Aubrey SmithAfter a trapeze performer is injured during an accident, she is moved to a minister's house where they both fall in love.Adapted 11-30-36
- DirectorMalcolm St. ClairStarsAdolphe MenjouFlorence VidorLawrence GrantYoung millionaire Albert Durant poses as a waiter in order to woo an exiled Grand Duchess, who does not object since she knows who he is and he doesn't know she knows. And his money will save her from having to be the proprietress of a low-rent tea shop.Adapted 12-07-36
- DirectorLéonce PerretStarsGloria SwansonÉmile DrainCharles de RochefortA French washerwoman becomes a duchess and a friend of Napoleon.Adapted 12-14-36