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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.
We suggest you start with Burlesque ( Burlesque 13.3 MB ) starring Al Jolson and Ruby Keeler. Scrolling stops when you move your mouse inside the scroll area. You can click on the ads for more
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Radio shows in MP3 format Dulcy 13.2 MB The Show-Off 11.5 MB The Legionnaire And The Lady 13.6 MB The Thin Man 13.3 MB Burlesque 13.3 MB The Dark Angel 13.6 MB Irene 14.0 MB The Voice of Bugle Ann 12.3 MB The Barker 14.2 MB Chained 14.0 MB The Vagabond King 14.0 MB Cheating Cheaters 14.0 MB Is Zat So 12.4 MB Quality Street 14.0 MB The Plutocrat 13.4 MB Elmer The Great 13.4 MB The Curtin Rises 12.6 MB Saturday's Children 12.7 MB Alias Jimmy Valentine 13.0 MB Conversation Piece 13.3 MB Story Of Louis Pasteur 13.1 MB Polly Of The Circus 13.3 MB Grand Dutchess And The Waiter 13.6 MB Cavalcade 13.4 MB Alias The Deacon 13.0 MB The Last Of Mrs. Cheyney 13.2 MB The Brat 10.0 MB The Jazz Singer 10.0 MB The Virginian 13.7 MB Madame Sans-Gene 13.6 MB The Gold Diggers (missing last 15 minutes) 10.1 MB |
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