PROBLEMS WITH LUX PRESENTS HOLLYWOOD
by Vic Evans
Lux "The Jazz Singer" was done twice but 1936-08-10, #93 is supposed to be unavailable. It stars Al Jolson but likely NOT Gail Patrick. Often you find #575, 1947-06-02 which stars Al Jolson & Gail Patrick wrongly labeled as #93. If the producer is William Keighly it is just a wrongly labeled copy of #575. It must have as producer Cecil B. Demille to be #93.
#575 also has an announced next week show of "One More Tommorow" with Jane Wyman & Dennis Morgan but that show never happened. Instead the same announce stars did #576, 1947-06-09 "THE ANIMAL KINGDOM" which is unavailable.
Lux Radio Theater 1936-02-24, #69, Peter Pan with Freddy Bartholomew is supposed to be unavailable. If you find one and it stars Bobby Driscol, it a wrongly labeled copy of "PETER PAN" #861, 1953-12-21.
LUX 1936-03-02, #70, "Alias The Deacon" is supposed to be unavailable. It must have Victor Moore to be right. Often you find one labeled as #70 but it stars Bob Burns which means it actually is #270 400701
DARK VICTORY #170 380404 is available but MUST star Barbara Stanwyck, Melvyn Douglas. GUEST PRODUCER: Edward Arnold Announcer Melvile Ruic mistakenly names the network "NBC" at the end, then corrects himself.
DARK VICTORY #245 400108 is available but MUST star Bette Davis, Spencer Tracy. I often find copies of #245 mislabeled as #170.
LUX 511203, #768 "STRANGERS ON A TRAIN" is available and stars Frank Lovejoy, Ray Milland and Ruth Roman.
Lux 540412, #877 "STRANGERS ON A TRAIN" is also available but I have yet to find it. It MUST star Dana Andrews, Robert Cummings and Virginia Mayo. I often find copies of #768 mislabeled as #877.
Lux "A STAR IS BORN" was done twice and both programs are available but I often find them mislabeled.
Lux #141, 370913 must have Robert Montgomery, Janet Gaynor, Lional Stander, Mae Robson and Lou Merrill. #377, 421228 must have Judy Garland and Walter Pidgeon.
Lux "All About Eve" was done twice and both these programs are available. However, collections often have them mislabeled.
Lux #759 (1951-10-01) "All About Eve" must have stars Bette Davis, Gary Merrill and
the next weeks program announced must be "Borderline".
Lux #899 All About Eve (1954-11-23) stars Anne Baxter, Claire Trevor Don Randolph and William Conrad.
"Dodsworth" was done twice in 1937 and both of them star Walter Huston.
Lux #128, 1937-04-12, "Dodsworth" is supposed to be unavailable but I often find
copies of #144 labeled as #128.
Lux #144, 1937-10-04 "Dodsworth" is available. It stars Walter Huston, Nan Sunderland, Barbara O'Neil, Pedro De Cordoba. The trick to check your program is to listen near the end when they announce the program for the next week --- if it is "STELLA DALLAS" you have a copy of #144, 1937-10-04 "Dodsworth".
Lux "Merton of the Movies" was done twice, and both of them star Mickey Rooney, but #664, the June 20, 1949 version is supposed to be unavailable. Available: "MERTON OF THE MOVIES" #326, 1941-11-17 with Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland. Unavailable: "MERTON OF THE MOVIES" #664, 06-20-49 with Mickey Rooney, and Arlene Dahl. If your copy has Judy Garland, it is #326.
Lux "JANE EYRE" #182 06-27-1938 is supposedly unavailable. It must star Helen Hayes, Robert Montgomery to be right. Often #443 06/05/1944 or #621 14/06/1948 are mislabeled as this one.
Lux "THE LAST OF MRS. CHEYNEY" #72, 1936-03-16, with Miriam Hopkins is also supposed to be unavailable. If it has Norma Shearer or next weeks program is not "Th Song and Dance Man", it is wrong and just a mislabeled copy of Lux #351 "THE LAST OF MRS. CHEYNEY", 1942-05-11, with Norma Shearer, Walter Pidgeon, and Adolphe Menjou.
Lux "Jane Eyre" was done three times but only two versions are supposed to be available.
Lux "JANE EYRE" #182 06-27-38 is supposed to be unavailable. It must star Helen Hayes, Robert Montgomery to be right. Often Lux #443 06/05/1944 or #621 14/06/1948 are mislabeled as this one.
Watch for Lux #564, 1947-03-17, "Leave Her To Heaven". My copy only has the start of the program and the end is another distorted program.
I have seen a Lux program dated August, 8, 1941, "The Tell Tale Heart" with Borris Karlof. That is not a valid Lux program or date of a Lux program.
Lux "HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY" was done three times. Not available: "HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY" #566 03-31-47 with Donald Crisp, David Niven and Maureen O'Sullivan. Available: "HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY" #363 09-21-42 with Walter Pidgeon, Donald Crisp, Maureen O'Hara, Roddy McDowall, Sara Allgood and Gale Gordon. Available but I have yet to find it: Lux "HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY", #891, 09-28-54 with Michael Rennie, Donna Reed, and Donald Crisp.
Available: Lux "A MAN TO REMEMBER" #240 12-04-39 with Bob Burns . Available: Lux "A MAN TO REMEMBER" #352 05-18-42 with Lional Barrymore, Anita Louise and Glenn Ford.
"A MAN'S CASTLE" was done twice. Available: Lux #212, 27/03/1939 "A Man's Castle" with Lorette Young, Spencer Tracy and Arthur Hole. Poor Sound/Rehersal. Available: Lux #328 12/01/1941 "A MAN'S CASTLE" with Spencer Tracy, Ingrid Bergman.
Lux "A Tale of Two Cities" was done three times and sometimes the programs are mislabeled. I have all three of them although Jerry Haendiges shows the last one as unavailable on his log. Available: Lux #334, 01/12/1942 "A Tale of Two Cities" with Ronald Colman, Edna Best and Verna Felton. Available: Lux #477, 26/03/1945 "A Tale of Two Cities" with Orson Welles, Rosemary DeCamp and Denis Green. Host: Frank Craven. Available: Lux #520, 18/03/1946 "A Tale of Two Cities" Ronald Colman and Hearther Angel.
Available but from my edited copy I can't tell if #567 or #266: "ALEXANDER'S RAGTIME BAND" #266, 06-03-40 with Alice Faye, Ray Milland, Herbert Marshall. Available but I don't have: "ALEXANDER'S RAGTIME BAND" #567, 04-07-47 with Al Jolson, Dinah Shore, Tyrone Power.
Available: "APPOINTMENT FOR LOVE" 340 02-23-42 with Charles Boyer, Myrna Loy and Edgar Barrier. Available: "APPOINTMENT FOR LOVE" #438, 05-01-44 with Paul Lukas, Olivia de Havilland, Denis Green.
Available but I don't have: "BATTLEGROUND" #734 02-12-51 Van Johnson and John Hodiak. *na* "BATTLEGROUND" #901 12-07-54 with Van Johnson and George Murphy.
*na* "BEDTIME STORY" 357 06-22-42 with Loretta Young, Don Ameche. Available: "BEDTIME STORY" #473 02-26-45 Cary Grant, Greer Garson, Carlton KaDell Host: Donald Crisp.
Available: "BERKELEY SQUARE" 463 12-18-44 :60:00 Ronald Colman, Maureen O'Sullivan, Dorothy Lovett. *na* "BERKELEY SQUARE" #9 12-09-34 Leslie Howard
*na* "BRIEF ENCOUNTER" 35 11-29-48 :60:00* Greer Garson, Van Heflin.
*na* "BRIEF ENCOUNTER" 747 05-14-51 :60:00* Olivia de Havilland, Richard Basehart.
Available: "CAPTAIN JANUARY" 292 01-27-41 :60:00* Shirley Temple, Gene Lockhart, Charles Winninger. Available but I don't have: "CAPTAIN JANUARY" 516 02-18-46 :60:00* Margaret O'Brien, Lionel Barrymore.
Available: "RANDOM HARVEST" 425 01-31-44 :60:00 Ronald Colman, Greer Garson, Ray Lawrence. Available but I don't have: "RANDOM HARVEST" 613 04-19-48 Ronald Colman, Greer Garson. Next week DEAR RUTH
NOT "ONE FOOT IN HEAVEN" 840 07-27-53 w. Dana Andrews, Steve Forrest
HOST: Don Wilson which is available but I don't have. Have found labeled as above a poor (echo) copy of "ONE FOOT IN HEAVEN" 348 04-20-42 Fredric March, Martha Scott, Verna Felton Program only runs 45 minutes due to a special government broadcast.
WHAT A WOMAN #650 490314 Rosalind Russell, Robert Cummings
WHAT A WOMAN #884 540531 Rosalind Russell, Robert Cummings. Both of the above are supposed to be available. However, I have only been able to find versions that are incomplete that so I can't tell which of the two it is.
BEDTIME STORY #357 420622 is not supposed to be available. MUST star Loretta Young, Don Ameche MUST NOT STAR GRANT AND GARSON. BEDTIME STORY #473 45022645 is available Cary Grant, Greer Garson, Carlton KaDell Host: Donald Crisp
"LOVE LETTERS" 525 04-22-46 :60:00* Loretta Young, Joseph Cotton. Is available and I have it. 748 05-21-51 :60:00* Loretta Young, William Holden is supposed to be unavailable.