Lux Radio Theatre Casts
From June, 1936 (when the format changed to hour-long Movie adaptations), through 1955, the Lux Radio Theatre was a Monday night fixure on network radio.
The top-billed original cast was the goal but various circumstances often led to other actors taking the roles for the Lux Theatre broadcast.
Which one of these radio-cast-differs-from-the-film-cast do you find most intriguing?
The top-billed original cast was the goal but various circumstances often led to other actors taking the roles for the Lux Theatre broadcast.
Which one of these radio-cast-differs-from-the-film-cast do you find most intriguing?
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- DirectorFrank LloydStarsDiana WynyardClive BrookUna O'ConnorA portrayal of the triumphs and tragedies of two English families, the upper-crust Marryots and the working-class Bridgeses, from 1899 to 1933.1933 Film Cast - Clive Brook and Diana Wynward
1936 Radio Cast - Herbert Marshall and Madeleine Carroll - DirectorJohn FordLeslie GoodwinsStarsKatharine HepburnFredric MarchFlorence EldridgeThe recently widowed Mary Stuart returns to Scotland to reclaim her throne but is opposed by her half-brother and her own Scottish lords.1936 Film Cast - Katharine Hepburn and Frederic March
1937 Radio Cast - Joan Crawford and Franchot Tone - DirectorCecil B. DeMilleStarsGary CooperJean ArthurJames EllisonWild Bill Hickok and Buffalo Bill Cody attempt to stop an Indian uprising that was started by white gun-runners.1936 Film Cast - Gary Cooper and Jean Arthur
1937 Radio Cast - Fredric March and Jean Arthur - DirectorLewis MilestoneStarsAdolphe MenjouPat O'BrienMary BrianA crusading newspaper editor tricks his retiring star reporter into covering one last case.1931 Film Cast - Adolphe Menjou and Pat O'Brien
1937 Radio Cast - Walter Winchell and James Gleason - DirectorArchie MayoStarsLeslie HowardHumphrey BogartBette DavisA waitress, a hobo and a bank robber get mixed up at a lonely diner in the desert.1936 Film Caat - Leslie Howard and Bette Davis
1937 Radio Cast - Herbert Marshall and Margaret Sullivan - DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsRobert DonatMadeleine CarrollLucie MannheimA man in London tries to help a counter-espionage agent, but when the agent is killed and the man stands accused, he must go on the run to save himself and stop a spy ring that is trying to steal top-secret information.1935 Film Cast - Robert Donat and Madeleine Carroll
1937 Radio Cast - Robert Montgomery and Ida Lupino - DirectorClarence BrownStarsGreta GarboCharles BickfordGeorge F. MarionA young woman reunites with her estranged father and falls in love with a sailor, but struggles to tell them about her dark past.1930 Film Cast - Greta Garbo and Charles Bickford
1938 Radio Cast - Joan Crawford and Spencer Tracy - DirectorJohn FordStarsWarner BaxterGloria StuartClaude GillingwaterThe story of Dr. Samuel Mudd, who was imprisoned after innocently treating President Lincoln's assassin in 1865.1936 Film Cast - Warner Baxter and Gloria Stuart
1938 Radio Cast - Gary Cooper and Fay Wray - DirectorCecil B. DeMilleStarsFredric MarchFranciska GaalAkim TamiroffSemi-fictional account of pirate Jean Lafitte's involvement in the War of 1812.1938 Film Cast - Frederic March
1938 Radio Cast - Clark Gable - DirectorHenry HathawayStarsGary CooperFranchot ToneRichard CromwellThree British soldiers on the Northwest Frontier of India struggle against the enemy - and themselves.1935 Film Cast - Gary Cooper and Franchot Tone
1939 Radio Cast - Errol Flynn and Brian Aherne - DirectorSam WoodSidney FranklinStarsRobert DonatGreer GarsonTerry KilburnAn aged teacher and former headmaster of a boarding school recalls his career and his personal life over the decades.1939 Film Cast - Robert Donat and Greer GArson
1939 Radio Cast - Laurence Olivier and Edna Best - DirectorHoward HawksStarsCary GrantRosalind RussellRalph BellamyA newspaper editor uses every trick in the book to keep his ace reporter ex-wife from remarrying.1940 Film Cast - Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell
1940 Radio Cast - Fred MacMurray and Claudette Colbert - DirectorWilliam WylerStarsMerle OberonLaurence OlivierDavid NivenA servant in the house of Wuthering Heights tells a traveler the unfortunate tale of lovers Cathy and Heathcliff.1939 Film Cast - Merle Oberon and Laurence Olivier
1940 Radio Cast - Ida Lupino and Basil Rathbone - DirectorH.C. PotterStuart HeislerWilliam WylerStarsGary CooperMerle OberonPatsy KellyA lonely socialite masquerades as a maid and meets an unpretentious, plain-spoken cowboy who is unaware of her true identity.1938 Film Casst - Gary Cooper and Merle Oberon
1940 Radio Cast - Gene Autry and Merle Oberon - DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsLaurence OlivierJoan FontaineGeorge SandersA self-conscious woman juggles adjusting to her new role as an aristocrat's wife and avoiding being intimidated by his first wife's spectral presence.1940 Film Cast - Laurence Olivier and Joan Fontaine
1941 Radio Cast - Ronald Colman and Ida Lupino - DirectorAlexander HallStarsRobert MontgomeryClaude RainsEvelyn KeyesBoxer Joe Pendleton dies 50 years too soon due to a heavenly mistake, and is given a new life as a millionaire playboy.1941 Film Cast - Robert Montgomery and Claude Rains
1942 Radio Cast - Cary Grant and Claude Rains - DirectorVictor FlemingStarsClark GableMyrna LoySpencer TracyJim is a test pilot. His wife Ann and best friend Gunner try their best to keep him sober. But the life of a test pilot is anything but safe.1938 Film Cast - Clark Gable, Myrna Loy and Spencer Tracy
1942 Radio Cast - Robert Taylor, Rita Hayworth and Robert Preston - DirectorJohn HustonStarsHumphrey BogartMary AstorGladys GeorgeSan Francisco private detective Sam Spade takes on a case that involves him with three eccentric criminals, a gorgeous liar and their quest for a priceless statuette, with the stakes rising after his partner is murdered.1941 Film Cast - Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor and Sydney Greenstreet
1943 Radio Cast - Edward G. Robinson, Gail Patrick and Laird Cregar - DirectorRichard BoleslawskiStarsClark GableMyrna LoyJean HersholtAn idealistic doctor must make some hard choices between his dedication to the profession and his personal life.1934 Film Cast - Clark Gable and Myrna Loy
1937 Radio Cast - Spencer Tracy and Virginia Bruce - DirectorMervyn LeRoyStarsGloria SwansonMelvyn DouglasAlison SkipworthA young opera singer finds her career stalled because of her cold and passionless performances, until she finds romance with a handsome admirer.1931 Film Cast - Gloria Swanson and Melvyn Douglas
1937 Radio Cast - Jeanette MacDonald and Melvyn Douglas - DirectorFrank BorzageStarsGary CooperHelen HayesAdolphe MenjouAn American ambulance driver and an English nurse fall in love in Italy during World War I.1932 Film Cast - Gary Cooper and Helen Hayes
1937 Radio Cast - Clark Gable and Josephine Hutchison - DirectorWilliam A. WellmanJack ConwayVictor FlemingStarsJanet GaynorFredric MarchAdolphe MenjouA young woman comes to Hollywood with dreams of stardom, and achieves them only with the help of an alcoholic leading man whose best days are behind him.1937 Film Cast - Janet Gaynor and Frederic March
1937 Radio Cast - Janet Gaynor and Robert Montgomery - DirectorWesley RugglesStarsRichard DixIrene DunneEstelle TaylorA newspaper editor settles in an Oklahoma boom town with his reluctant wife at the end of the nineteenth century.1931 Film Cast - Richard Dix and Irene Dunne
1937 Radio Cast - Clark Gable and Virginia Bruce - DirectorWilliam WylerStarsMiriam HopkinsMerle OberonJoel McCreaTwo schoolteachers and the man they both love face ruin when a malicious student cooks up a lie.1936 Film Cast - Miriam Hopkins, Merle Oberon and Joel McCrea
1937 Radio Cast - Barbara Stanwyck, Mary Astor and Errol Flynn - DirectorHenry HathawayStarsGeorge RaftHenry FondaDorothy LamourFriends since childhood, two men are on opposite sides in a salmon fishing conflict.1938 Film Cast - Henry Fonda, George Raft and Dorothy Lamour
1938 Radio Cast - Fred MacMurray, George Raft and Dorothy Lamour - DirectorTay GarnettStarsTyrone PowerLoretta YoungDon AmecheA financier's daughter spars with a newspaper reporter: he by writing about her, she by announcing their engagement.1937 Film Cast - Tyrone Power and Loretta Young
1940 Radio Cast - Bob Hope and Madeleine Carroll - DirectorLeo McCareyStarsIrene DunneCary GrantRalph BellamyA married couple file an amicable divorce, but find it harder to let go of each other than they initially thought.1937 Film Cast - Irene Dunne, Cary Grant and Ralph Bellamy
1941 Radio Cast - Constance Bennett, Bob Hope and Ralph Bellamy - DirectorErnst LubitschStarsMargaret SullavanJames StewartFrank MorganTwo employees at a gift shop can barely stand each other, without realizing that they are falling in love through the post as each other's anonymous pen pal.1940 Film Cast - Margaret Sullivan and James Stewart
1941 Radio Cast - Claudette Colbert and Don Ameche - DirectorAnatole LitvakJean NegulescoStarsJames CagneyAnn SheridanArthur KennedyDanny is a content truck driver, but his girl Peggy shows potential as a dancer and hopes he too can show ambition. Danny acquiesces and pursues boxing to please her, but the two begin to spend more time working than time together.1940 Film Cast - James Cagney and Ann Sheridan
1942 Radio Cast - Robert Preston and Alice Faye - DirectorGeorge StevensStarsCary GrantIrene DunneBeulah BondiA couple's big dreams give way to a life full of unexpected sadness and unexpected joy.1941 Film Cast - Irene Dunne and Cary Grant
1942 Radio Cast - Barbara Stanwyck and Robert Taylor - DirectorGeorge CukorStarsCary GrantKatharine HepburnJames StewartWhen a rich woman's ex-husband and a tabloid-type reporter turn up just before her planned remarriage, she begins to learn the truth about herself.1940 Film Cast - Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant and James Stewart
1943 Radio Cast - Loretta Young, Robert Taylor and Robert Young - DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsTeresa WrightJoseph CottenMacdonald CareyA teenage girl, overjoyed when her favorite uncle comes to visit the family in their quiet California town, slowly begins to suspect that he is in fact the "Merry Widow" killer sought by the authorities.1943 Film Cast - Teresa Wright and Joseph Cotten
1944 Radio Cast - Teresa Wright and William Powell - DirectorMichael CurtizStarsHumphrey BogartIngrid BergmanPaul HenreidA cynical expatriate American cafe owner struggles to decide whether or not to help his former lover and her fugitive husband escape the Nazis in French Morocco.1942 Film Cast - Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman and Paul Henreid
1944 Radio Cast - Alan Ladd, Hedy Lamarr and John Loder - DirectorAlbert S. RogellStarsJohn WayneMartha ScottAlbert DekkerIn 1906, on Oklahoma's Indian lands, a cowboy fights for oil lease rights against a greedy oilman while a pretty schoolteacher steals both men's hearts.1943 Film Cast - John Wayne, Martha Scott and Albert Dekker
1944 Radio Cast - Roy Rogers, Martha Scott and Albert Dekker - DirectorWalter LangStarsBetty GrableGeorge MontgomeryCesar RomeroSet at the turn of the century, smooth talking con man Eddie Johnson weasels his way into a job at friend and rival Joe Rocco's Coney Island night spot. Eddie meets the club's star attraction (and Joe's love interest), Kate Farley, a brash singer with a penchant for flashy clothes. Eddie and Kate argue as he tries to soften her image. Eventually, Kate becomes the toast of Coney Island and the two fall in love. Joe then tries to sabotage their marriage plans.1943 Film Cast - Betty Grable, George Montgomery and Cesar Romero
1944 Radio Cast - Dorothy Lamour, Alan Ladd and Chester Morris