Opening Night

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.

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Theatre Royal: “04The Happy Hypocrite”, first broadcast on October 25, 1953. Old-time radio drama anthology.

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On Stage: “A Poetic Tragedy”, first broadcast on January 15, 1953. Old-time radio drama anthology.

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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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Ports of Call: “Alaska”, first broadcast in 1950. Old-time radio drama anthology.

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Bright Star: “04Miss America Visits”, first broadcast in 1950. Old-time radio drama anthology.

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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 on July 20, 1936.

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Dawn Travers waits at a railway station near Santa Maria, California, for her fiance Henry Hume, who never arrives. A stranger named Larry Michael, holding a gun and claiming to be a fugitive, forces her to help him hide from policemen. Dawn agrees to pose as his companion and later to take him to her aunt's house as Henry. The episode is from the Love Story Magazine series, first broadcast on April 16, 1937, and is a romance drama with a light comic edge.

With Dawn Travers, Larry Michael, Aunt Rosa, Henry Hume, Jim Travers.

Listen for: Dawn's first meeting with Larry at the station, when he holds her at gunpoint under her red cape

First aired on April 16, 1937.

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Patience, a member of a local singing group, hears a prowler in her bedroom while she talks on the phone with Jenny Jenkins. Her husband, Deputy Sheriff Eli Jenkins, takes charge of the investigation and questions the group, who gather in his parlor. The group rehearses between interruptions, and Eli insists on running the inquiry by the book. The episode follows the gathering as the members try to sing while the intruder is traced and questioned.

With Patience, Jenny Jenkins, Eli Jenkins, Ben, Alice Wilson, Cliff, Bob Agnew.

Listen for: Eli's formal questioning of the group, the group's singing practice interrupted by the investigation, and the arrival of the young intruder at the parlor.

First aired in 1950.

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In spring Paris, American composer Shirley Sheridan meets the composer Victor Florescu on the banks of the Seine, and the two feel an immediate attraction. Victor declines to dine with her and asks for her address, but she only gives an address at American Express. Later, Shirley's songs are heard by Michi Yudhode, a theatrical producer who is working on a new operetta with Victor's score. Victor dismisses Shirley's songs as trash, and Shirley, hurt by his reaction, decides to leave for America. Pompano, a street vendor of songs, watches over the two and tries to bring them together.

With Shirley Sheridan, Victor Florescu, Pompano, Michi Yudhode, Jules Dode, Odette.

Listen for: Shirley's songs 'She Didn't Say Yes' and 'The Love Parade', and Victor's response to them

First aired on October 18, 1948.

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