Lux Radio Theater – Cardinal Richelieu. 390123.

July 29, 2017Posted inDrama, Lux
Features George Arliss, and Caesar Romero. France in the early years of the 17th century, and the reign of Louie 13th is the setting for the drama. Facing civil war, the king refuses a petition to listen to Cardinal Richelieu, a political figure that the king sees as his rival. Can war be prevented? Will the Cardinal's plan diffuse political tensions?

Lux Radio Theater – Kathleen. 431227.

December 27, 2016Posted inDrama, Lux
As she tries to bloom into adulthood, shirley deals with feelings of being treated like a child. Especially when she butts heads with Mrs Farrow, played by Verna Felton. Shirley is much the typical teen, even by some of today's standards, sneaking out of the house, demanding privacy, sassing those in authority positions, testing the limits of her liberties, and desiring to push those limits farther. Doesn't anybody understand her?

Lux Radio Theater – This Gun For Hire. (Joan Blondelle, Alan Ladd). 430125

December 26, 2016Posted inDrama, Lux
Tough guy, Raven, played by Alan Ladd, pays off a blackmail debt once and for all with a few blasts from his pistol. He was just doing a job for an unknown, rich client, but has he just been set up as a payroll thief? Ellen, played by Joan Blondelle, has taken a job with a senator who is cracking down on risks to national security. Her undercover work means she can't even let her cop boyfriend know what she'll be up to.

Lux Radio Theater – Dixie (Bing Crosby, Dorothy Lamour). 431220

December 20, 2016Posted inDrama, Lux
Dan Emmet is a local crooner, and town fire marshal. He loses his job when his girlfriend's house burns down, and it's his fault. He sets out to make it big, and return with enough cash to convince his future father in law to let him marry his daughter. On the riverboat, he falls in with a con man who takes him for all the money he had to his name. The two pair up to entertain in blackface in a theater. They become a big enough hit to play for a run, but is there a new girl in Dan's future?

Lux Radio Theater – Five Graves To Cairo (Francho Tone, Ann Baxter). 431213

December 13, 2016Posted inDrama
Across the burning sands, a figure in a tattered uniform emerges. A British officer demands to be put in contact with his superiors, and report the German tanks are on the run. The immediate danger is in hiding from Germans who are outside the door. Posing as a waiter who was recently killed, the officer, actually an American Corporal, assumes the identity to hide out. Complaints from the Italian general about Field Marshal Rommel is heard, but will it be something that can be used to benefit our man when the time is right? Concern is shown that coded messages could be getting sent through laundry hanging on the lines.

Lux Radio Theater – Mrs Miniver. 431206

December 6, 2016Posted inDrama, Lux1 Comment
A story set at the out set of World War 2 as Britain is being drawn into the war. Greer Garson is Mrs Miniver, wife of an architect, and firmly placed in high society. Her lifestyle of her kids, shopping, matters at church, and tending to the gardening is about to be disrupted. The social events, and extravagances of high society are about to meet the demands of wartime blackouts and rationing.