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Radio, the medium of the mind

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The 'Golden Age of Radio' had a golden program.  It was Lux presents Hollywood.  It ran from 1936 to 1952 with some early shows in 1934 and 1935.  Once the show moved to Hollywood it became the most popular program on the air, heard coast to coast on a number of networks world-wide. 

Lux Radio Theater strove to feature as many of the original stars of the original stage and film productions as possible, usually paying them $5,000 an appearance. In 1936, when  Lux soap  moved the show from New York City to Hollywood, the program began to emphasize adaptations of films rather than plays

A staple of Monday nights at 9 pm was the hour long show hosted early on by Cecil B. DeMille the famous director.  He had a  magic radio voice as he intoned "Lux presents HOLLYWOOOOOOOD.

We will bring you from time to time by the magic of the Internet, Lux Radio year by year.  All you have to do is click on the blue megabyte indicators on the right of the titles and you will be propelled back in time.  There is much to learn from these wonderful productions that were used to promote movies, books and plays that made Lux Radio so popular in the English speaking world of the 30's and 40's. 

Turn on your speakers, sit back and propel yourself back into the past.  Keep track of the titles you have not heard.  What will surprise you is how much you can learn --- history, personalities, secrets of movies....

Please note, we will keep this article and all later Lux Radio articles together in the radio section of our A&E page.  to go to A&E.  You can always go back to them and listen to a show you have not heard or re-listen to one you have enjoyed.

Here in the right column is the year 1937

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1937-01-11 Gilded Lily
1937-01-18 Criminal Code
1937-02-01 Mr Deeds Goes To Town
1937-02-22 Captain Blood
1937-03-01 Cappy Ricks
1937-03-08 Madame Butterfly
1937-03-15 Desire
1937-03-22 Death Takes a Holiday
1937-04-05 A Farewell To Arms
1937-04-19 Alibi Ike
1937-04-26 Magnificent Obsession
1937-05-03 Hands Across the Table
1937-05-10 Mary Of Scotland
1937-05-17 Another Language
1937-06-07 British Agent
1937-06-14 Madame X
1937-06-21 Monsieur Beaucaire
1937-06-28 Front Page
1937-07-05 Beau Brummel
1937-10-04 Dodsworth
1937-10-25 Arrowsmith
1937-11-01 A Free Soul
1937-12-20 Song Of Songs
 

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