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