Title:

Lux Radio Theatre, The

AKA Lux Presents Hollywood

Type:

Drama based on popular films

Broadcast History

Oct 14, 1934-Jun 30, 1935 Blue Network 60m, Sundays at 2:30 from New York. Lever Brothers for Lux Soap

Jul 29, 1935-Jun 28, 1954 CBS 60m, Mondays at 9:00 from New York through May 25, 1936; from Hollywood beginning June 1. Lux Soap.

Sep 14, 1954-Jun 7, 1955 NBC 60m, Tuesdays at 9:00 from Hollywood. Lux Soap

Announcer:

Mel Ruick, John Milton Kennedy, Ken Carpenter

Host:

Mark Hellinger, Cecil B DeMille, William Keighley, William Keeley, Hal Wallace, Irving Cummings

Radio adaptations of well known Broadway plays and Hollywood movies. Basis for 'The Lux Video Theatre' television series.

Source: Radio's Golden Years by Vincent Terrace

Source: On the Air - John Dunning