Lux Radio Theater | Old Time Radio
Lux Radio Theater | Old Time Radio brings Hollywood’s greatest stories and stars to classic radio, with lavish adaptations of popular films, novels, and stage productions from the golden age of broadcasting. Each episode is an Old Time Retro Radio production, presenting the original broadcast with gently cleaned and mastered audio, a newly produced introduction and closing, and custom episode artwork. Lux Radio Theater became one of radio’s most prestigious dramatic showcases, featuring major Hollywood actors recreating celebrated stories for millions of listeners. Rediscover classic old time radio drama, Hollywood stars, movie adaptations, vintage entertainment, classic theater, and golden age radio.
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September 22, 2026 • 62 mins
Lux Radio Theatre presents “King Solomon’s Mines,” originally broadcast December 1, 1952, as episode 805. This CBS adaptation was sponsored by Lever Brothers’ Lux Toilet Soap.
Stewart Granger and Deborah Kerr reprise their film roles as Allan Quatermain and Elizabeth Curtis in this compact adaptation of MGM’s 1950 adventure film, based on H. Rider Haggard’s novel. A seasoned guide leads a ...
Stewart Granger and Deborah Kerr reprise their film roles as Allan Quatermain and Elizabeth Curtis in this compact adaptation of MGM’s 1950 adventure film, based on H. Rider Haggard’s novel. A seasoned guide leads a ...
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September 21, 2026 • 60 mins
Lux Radio Theatre presents “Suspicion,” originally broadcast on September 18, 1944, as episode 449. This CBS adaptation stars Olivia de Havilland and William Powell.
In this suspenseful romantic drama, sheltered Lina McLaidlaw marries the charming but reckless Johnnie Aysgarth despite concerns about his reputation. As his evasions and financial dishonesty mount, Lina must confront the frightening possibility that...
In this suspenseful romantic drama, sheltered Lina McLaidlaw marries the charming but reckless Johnnie Aysgarth despite concerns about his reputation. As his evasions and financial dishonesty mount, Lina must confront the frightening possibility that...
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September 20, 2026 • 60 mins
Lux Radio Theater presents “A Man’s Castle,” episode 212 of Lux Radio Theatre, originally broadcast on March 27, 1939. Produced by Cecil B. DeMille for CBS and sponsored by Lux Toilet Soap, this adaptation of the 1933 Columbia Pictures motion picture stars Spencer Tracy and Loretta Young, reprising their screen roles.
In Depression-era New York, a flamboyantly dressed but penniless drifter meets a hungry yo...
In Depression-era New York, a flamboyantly dressed but penniless drifter meets a hungry yo...
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September 19, 2026 • 60 mins
Lux Radio Theatre presents “The Awful Truth,” episode 228, originally broadcast September 11, 1939. In this season-opening comedy adaptation of the 1937 Columbia Pictures film, Cary Grant reprises his screen role as Jerry Warriner opposite Claudette Colbert as Lucy; Cecil B. DeMille hosts.
As their marriage heads toward divorce, Manhattan socialites Jerry and Lucy Warriner find that shared custody of their dog, M...
As their marriage heads toward divorce, Manhattan socialites Jerry and Lucy Warriner find that shared custody of their dog, M...
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September 18, 2026 • 59 mins
Lux Radio Theatre presents “Our Vines Have Tender Grapes,” episode 535, originally broadcast on September 2, 1946. This CBS adaptation of the 1945 MGM film stars Margaret O’Brien, Frances Gifford, and James Craig.
In rural Fuller Junction, Wisconsin, young Selma Jacobson discovers the everyday joys, worries, and neighborly connections of life in a close-knit Norwegian-American farming community. As a new sc...
In rural Fuller Junction, Wisconsin, young Selma Jacobson discovers the everyday joys, worries, and neighborly connections of life in a close-knit Norwegian-American farming community. As a new sc...
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September 17, 2026 • 62 mins
Lux Radio Theatre presents “Swing High Swing Low,” episode 252, originally broadcast on February 26, 1940. This adaptation of the Paramount screen success stars Rudy Vallée as Skid Johnson and Virginia Bruce as Maggie King.
In Panama, a former Army private and aspiring singer meets a traveler as her ship passes through the Canal. Drawn into a nightclub and show-business world alongside Skid’s pianist friend...
In Panama, a former Army private and aspiring singer meets a traveler as her ship passes through the Canal. Drawn into a nightclub and show-business world alongside Skid’s pianist friend...
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September 16, 2026 • 59 mins
Lux Radio Theater presents “The Phantom of the Opera,” episode 405 of Lux Radio Theatre, originally broadcast on September 13, 1943. Produced and hosted by Cecil B. DeMille, this CBS presentation opened the series’ tenth season.
At the Paris Opera in 1880, aspiring soprano Christine DuBois finds music and backstage life increasingly shadowed by unsettling events. Nelson Eddy, Susanna Foster, Basil Rathbone,...
At the Paris Opera in 1880, aspiring soprano Christine DuBois finds music and backstage life increasingly shadowed by unsettling events. Nelson Eddy, Susanna Foster, Basil Rathbone,...
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September 15, 2026 • 60 mins
Lux Radio Theatre presents “The Vagabond King,” originally broadcast on December 25, 1944. This is episode 463 of the long-running CBS dramatic anthology.
Set in 15th-century France, this musical romance follows poet and vagabond François Villon after he encounters King Louis XI, traveling incognito, in a Paris tavern. As tavern life, royal intrigue, and a nation under threat begin to intersect, Villon is drawn i...
Set in 15th-century France, this musical romance follows poet and vagabond François Villon after he encounters King Louis XI, traveling incognito, in a Paris tavern. As tavern life, royal intrigue, and a nation under threat begin to intersect, Villon is drawn i...
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September 14, 2026 • 60 mins
Lux Radio Theatre presents “Movietime USA,” originally broadcast September 24, 1951, as episode 757. Hosted by William Keighley, this CBS special was sponsored by Lux and directed by Earl Ebi.
Marking motion pictures’ fiftieth anniversary, this all-star program offers preview scenes from eight forthcoming films rather than a single adaptation. Hear stars including John Wayne, Gene Kelly, Gary Cooper, Bing C...
Marking motion pictures’ fiftieth anniversary, this all-star program offers preview scenes from eight forthcoming films rather than a single adaptation. Hear stars including John Wayne, Gene Kelly, Gary Cooper, Bing C...
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September 13, 2026 • 60 mins
Lux Radio Theatre presents “Mr. Skeffington,” originally broadcast October 1, 1945, as episode 495. This CBS adaptation stars Bette Davis, reprising her screen role, with Paul Henreid as Job Skeffington.
New York socialite Fanny Trellis faces a family financial crisis and an unexpected marriage to wealthy stockbroker Job Skeffington. Adapted from the 1944 Warner Bros. film, itself based on Elizabeth von Arnim&rsq...
New York socialite Fanny Trellis faces a family financial crisis and an unexpected marriage to wealthy stockbroker Job Skeffington. Adapted from the 1944 Warner Bros. film, itself based on Elizabeth von Arnim&rsq...
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September 12, 2026 • 60 mins
Lux Radio Theatre presents “In Old Chicago,” episode 452, originally broadcast on October 9, 1944. Cecil B. DeMille hosts and produces this CBS adaptation of the 1938 Twentieth Century-Fox film, starring Robert Young, Dorothy Lamour, and John Hodiak.
The O’Leary family arrives in a fast-growing nineteenth-century Chicago, where ambition, romance, business rivalries, and city politics test family loyalties. ...
The O’Leary family arrives in a fast-growing nineteenth-century Chicago, where ambition, romance, business rivalries, and city politics test family loyalties. ...
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September 11, 2026 • 60 mins
Lux Radio Theatre presents “Jane Eyre,” episode 620, originally broadcast on CBS on June 14, 1948. Adapted from Charlotte Brontë’s classic novel, this production stars Ingrid Bergman as Jane Eyre and Robert Montgomery as the enigmatic Edward Rochester.
In nineteenth-century England, a young governess finds herself drawn to the troubled master of a brooding country estate. As affection grows amid the moors a...
In nineteenth-century England, a young governess finds herself drawn to the troubled master of a brooding country estate. As affection grows amid the moors a...
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September 10, 2026 • 60 mins
Lux Radio Theatre presents “Elmer the Great,” episode 101, originally broadcast October 5, 1936. Hosted and produced by Cecil B. DeMille, this CBS presentation stars Joe E. Brown as gifted small-town ballplayer Elmer Kane, with June Travis as Nellie Poole.
In snowy Gentryville, Indiana, Elmer’s chance to join New York’s major-league club tests his attachment to the grocery-delivery job and the people ...
In snowy Gentryville, Indiana, Elmer’s chance to join New York’s major-league club tests his attachment to the grocery-delivery job and the people ...
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September 9, 2026 • 56 mins
Lux Radio Theatre presents “Carbine Williams,” originally broadcast on March 22, 1954, as episode 873. Adapted from the 1952 MGM film, this CBS presentation was sponsored by Lux.
Ronald Reagan stars as David Marshall “Marsh” Williams, a fiercely independent North Carolinian whose path leads from illegal distilling to prison. There, his mechanical talent and the attention of Capt. H. T. Peoples open th...
Ronald Reagan stars as David Marshall “Marsh” Williams, a fiercely independent North Carolinian whose path leads from illegal distilling to prison. There, his mechanical talent and the attention of Capt. H. T. Peoples open th...
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September 8, 2026 • 61 mins
Lux Radio Theatre presents “The 39 Steps,” originally broadcast on December 13, 1937, as episode 154. Hosted and produced by Cecil B. DeMille, this CBS adaptation stars Robert Montgomery as Richard Hannay and Ida Lupino as Pamela.
After a mysterious woman is murdered in his London flat, Hannay is swept into a dangerous espionage pursuit that carries him from a crowded music hall toward the Scottish moors. Adapted...
After a mysterious woman is murdered in his London flat, Hannay is swept into a dangerous espionage pursuit that carries him from a crowded music hall toward the Scottish moors. Adapted...
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September 7, 2026 • 60 mins
Lux Radio Theatre presents “Destry Rides Again,” episode 500, originally broadcast November 5, 1945. Adapted from the 1939 Universal Pictures film based on a story by Max Brand, this CBS production stars James Stewart reprising his role as Tom Destry Jr., with Joan Blondell as Frenchy.
In the frontier boomtown of Bottleneck, the town’s unlikely sheriff sends for the son of an honest lawman to serve as his d...
In the frontier boomtown of Bottleneck, the town’s unlikely sheriff sends for the son of an honest lawman to serve as his d...
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September 5, 2026 • 60 mins
Lux Radio Theatre presents “So Proudly We Hail,” originally broadcast November 1, 1943, as episode 412. Hosted by Cecil B. DeMille, this CBS presentation adapts Paramount’s 1943 wartime drama.
Claudette Colbert, Paulette Goddard, Veronica Lake, and Sonny Tufts reprise their film roles in the story of U.S. Army nurses returning from Australia after service in the Philippines. Through their memories, the nurs...
Claudette Colbert, Paulette Goddard, Veronica Lake, and Sonny Tufts reprise their film roles in the story of U.S. Army nurses returning from Australia after service in the Philippines. Through their memories, the nurs...
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September 4, 2026 • 60 mins
Lux Radio Theatre presents “The Life of Emile Zola,” episode 218, originally broadcast May 8, 1939.
Paul Muni reprises his celebrated role as French novelist Émile Zola in this dramatized biography, with Josephine Hutchinson as Alexandrine Zola. Set in late-19th-century France, the story follows Zola’s rise from struggling writer to a powerful public voice confronting injustice amid the Dreyfus Affair. Lesl...
Paul Muni reprises his celebrated role as French novelist Émile Zola in this dramatized biography, with Josephine Hutchinson as Alexandrine Zola. Set in late-19th-century France, the story follows Zola’s rise from struggling writer to a powerful public voice confronting injustice amid the Dreyfus Affair. Lesl...
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September 3, 2026 • 59 mins
Lux Radio Theater presents “My Gal Sal AFRS,” originally broadcast January 18, 1943, as episode 379. Hosted by Cecil B. DeMille, this CBS adaptation stars Mary Martin and Dick Powell.
Adapted from the 1942 Twentieth Century-Fox musical inspired by the life of songwriter Paul Dresser, the drama follows an ambitious Indiana performer into the traveling medicine shows and theatrical world of the Gay Nineties. As Pau...
Adapted from the 1942 Twentieth Century-Fox musical inspired by the life of songwriter Paul Dresser, the drama follows an ambitious Indiana performer into the traveling medicine shows and theatrical world of the Gay Nineties. As Pau...
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September 2, 2026 • 60 mins
Lux Radio Theatre presents “Anchors Aweigh,” originally broadcast December 29, 1947, as episode 596. Adapted from the 1945 MGM musical, this CBS presentation stars Frank Sinatra, Kathryn Grayson, and Gene Kelly reprising their film roles.
Near the end of World War II, sailors Joe Brady and Clarence Doolittle take four days’ leave from San Pedro and head for Hollywood, where romance-minded misadventures brin...
Near the end of World War II, sailors Joe Brady and Clarence Doolittle take four days’ leave from San Pedro and head for Hollywood, where romance-minded misadventures brin...
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