Lux Radio Theater presents “The Phantom of the Opera,” episode 405 of Lux Radio Theatre, originally broadcast on September 13, 1943. Produced and hosted by Cecil B. DeMille, this CBS presentation opened the series’ tenth season.

At the Paris Opera in 1880, aspiring soprano Christine DuBois finds music and backstage life increasingly shadowed by unsettling events. Nelson Eddy, Susanna Foster, Basil Rathbone, and Edgar Barrier star in this adaptation of Universal’s 1943 film, itself based on Gaston Leroux’s classic novel.

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
59:32 Closing

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Lux Radio Theatre presents “The Vagabond King,” originally broadcast on December 25, 1944. This is episode 463 of the long-running CBS dramatic anthology.

Set in 15th-century France, this musical romance follows poet and vagabond François Villon after he encounters King Louis XI, traveling incognito, in a Paris tavern. As tavern life, royal intrigue, and a nation under threat begin to intersect, Villon is drawn into a larger world. The adaptation stars Dennis Morgan, Kathryn Grayson, and J. Carrol Naish, and is based on the 1925 Rudolf Friml operetta inspired by Justin Huntly McCarthy’s If I Were King.

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
01:00:35 Closing

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Lux Radio Theatre presents “Movietime USA,” originally broadcast September 24, 1951, as episode 757. Hosted by William Keighley, this CBS special was sponsored by Lux and directed by Earl Ebi.

Marking motion pictures’ fiftieth anniversary, this all-star program offers preview scenes from eight forthcoming films rather than a single adaptation. Hear stars including John Wayne, Gene Kelly, Gary Cooper, Bing Crosby, Claudette Colbert, and Ann Blyth in glimpses of Pride of St. Louis, An American in Paris, Flying Leathernecks, Distant Drums, and more.

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
01:00:33 Closing

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Lux Radio Theatre presents “Mr. Skeffington,” originally broadcast October 1, 1945, as episode 495. This CBS adaptation stars Bette Davis, reprising her screen role, with Paul Henreid as Job Skeffington.

New York socialite Fanny Trellis faces a family financial crisis and an unexpected marriage to wealthy stockbroker Job Skeffington. Adapted from the 1944 Warner Bros. film, itself based on Elizabeth von Arnim’s novel, the character-driven drama follows Fanny through changing social worlds, fashions, and loyalties across the years between the world wars.

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
01:00:42 Closing

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Lux Radio Theatre presents “In Old Chicago,” episode 452, originally broadcast on October 9, 1944. Cecil B. DeMille hosts and produces this CBS adaptation of the 1938 Twentieth Century-Fox film, starring Robert Young, Dorothy Lamour, and John Hodiak.

The O’Leary family arrives in a fast-growing nineteenth-century Chicago, where ambition, romance, business rivalries, and city politics test family loyalties. Adapted from the story “We, the O’Learys” by Niven Busch, the drama follows the family’s fortunes amid the turbulent rise of Chicago.

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
01:00:25 Closing

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Lux Radio Theatre presents “Jane Eyre,” episode 620, originally broadcast on CBS on June 14, 1948. Adapted from Charlotte Brontë’s classic novel, this production stars Ingrid Bergman as Jane Eyre and Robert Montgomery as the enigmatic Edward Rochester.

In nineteenth-century England, a young governess finds herself drawn to the troubled master of a brooding country estate. As affection grows amid the moors and shadowed halls, Jane must confront the mysteries surrounding Rochester’s household.

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
00:38 Original Broadcast
01:00:29 Closing

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Lux Radio Theatre presents “Elmer the Great,” episode 101, originally broadcast October 5, 1936. Hosted and produced by Cecil B. DeMille, this CBS presentation stars Joe E. Brown as gifted small-town ballplayer Elmer Kane, with June Travis as Nellie Poole.

In snowy Gentryville, Indiana, Elmer’s chance to join New York’s major-league club tests his attachment to the grocery-delivery job and the people he cares about. Adapted from the 1928 Broadway play by Ring Lardner and George M. Cohan, this baseball comedy also features an intermission appearance by Yankees legend Lou Gehrig and Giants pitcher Carl Hubbell during the 1936 World Series.

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
01:00:11 Closing

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Lux Radio Theatre presents “Carbine Williams,” originally broadcast on March 22, 1954, as episode 873. Adapted from the 1952 MGM film, this CBS presentation was sponsored by Lux.

Ronald Reagan stars as David Marshall “Marsh” Williams, a fiercely independent North Carolinian whose path leads from illegal distilling to prison. There, his mechanical talent and the attention of Capt. H. T. Peoples open the way for him to pursue an ambitious lightweight-rifle design. Jean Hagen and Wendell Corey co-star, reprising their film roles.

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
56:07 Closing

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Lux Radio Theatre presents “The 39 Steps,” originally broadcast on December 13, 1937, as episode 154. Hosted and produced by Cecil B. DeMille, this CBS adaptation stars Robert Montgomery as Richard Hannay and Ida Lupino as Pamela.

After a mysterious woman is murdered in his London flat, Hannay is swept into a dangerous espionage pursuit that carries him from a crowded music hall toward the Scottish moors. Adapted by George Wells from Alfred Hitchcock’s 1935 film, itself based on John Buchan’s novel, the drama follows a man on the run as he searches for the meaning of the elusive Thirty-Nine Steps.

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
01:01 Original Broadcast
01:00:57 Closing

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Lux Radio Theatre presents “Destry Rides Again,” episode 500, originally broadcast November 5, 1945. Adapted from the 1939 Universal Pictures film based on a story by Max Brand, this CBS production stars James Stewart reprising his role as Tom Destry Jr., with Joan Blondell as Frenchy.

In the frontier boomtown of Bottleneck, the town’s unlikely sheriff sends for the son of an honest lawman to serve as his deputy. Arriving without a gun and armed with an unassuming manner, Destry finds himself up against the entrenched forces shaping the town. Gertrude Purcell and Henry Myers wrote the adaptation, 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
00:51 Original Broadcast
01:00:29 Closing

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