I like to start off the new year with these adaptations by "The Lux Radio Theater." Tonight, Leslie Howard reprises his 1934 starring role as the original secret identity hero, "The Scarlet Pimpernel." Here, Olivia de Havilland plays his wife. A year later, the two would appear as husband and wife again, in "Gone with the Wind," as Ashley Wilkes and Melanie Hamilton. Radio lends itself well to "The Scarlet Pimpernel," which began life as a 1903 play, and so, from the start, has always relied heavily on dialog.

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The Lux Radio Theater December 12, 1938 "The Scarlet Pimpernel" 2:40