CB Demille "directs" another Lux show "Lux presents...Hollywood!" It's said that 40 million listeners tuned into the Lux Radio Theater to hear Cecil B. DeMille (and later, William Keighley) introduce another radio adaptation of a famous Hollywood film, almost always with the film's original actors in the starring roles.
For two decades, from 1936 until 1955, Lux (the family of soap products from Lever Brothers) sponsored this highly successful program. The allure of Hollywood, the highly-paid big-name stars and films were what got the audience to tune in; behind the scenes however it was pure radio with a top collection of faceless radio players handling the lion's share of the work.
In 1945, DeMille left the hosting job over an actor's union dispute and was replaced for most of the next decade by William Keighley. The hour-long radio adaptations were generally quite well done, and many ("It's a Wonderful Life" for example) are extremely popular choices for audio theatre groups today.
Click on a script title below to view it:
| Jun 08 1936 | The Thin Man |
| May 09 1938 | My Man Godfrey |
| Feb 20 1939 | Stage Door |
| Mar 20 1939 | It Happened One Night |
| Jun 26 1939 | Mrs. Moonlight |
| Sep 18 1939 | Wuthering Heights |
| Oct 02 1939 | You Can't Take It With You |
| Mar 09 1942 | The Lady Eve |
| Feb 08 1943 | The Maltese Falcon |
| Jun 26 1944 | Christmas In July |
| Jun 18 1945 | The Canterville Ghost |
| Jan 28 1946 | The Clock |
| Mar 10 1947 | It's a Wonderful Life |
| Apr 28 1947 | My Darling Clementine |
| Jan 26 1948 | Notorious |
| Dec 20 1948 | Miracle on 34th Street |
| Apr 09 1951 | The Third Man |
| Oct 01 1951 | All About Eve |
| Dec 15 1952 | The African Queen |
