The Birds (Aired July 20, 1953)
Hollywood Radio Theater (AKA The 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 to do the show. It was when sponsor Lever Brothers (who made Lux soap and detergent) moved the show from New York to Hollywood in 1936 that it eased back from adapting stage shows and toward adaptations of films. The first Lux film adaptation was The Legionnaire and the Lady, with Marlene Dietrich and Clark Gable, based on the film Morocco. That was followed by a Lux adaptation of The Thin Man, featuring the movie's stars, Myrna Loy and William Powell.
THIS EPISODE:
July 20, 1953. Program #83. CBS network origination, AFRS rebroadcast. "The Birds". A classic tale of terror, every bit as good as the Hitchcock movie. AFRS program name: "Lux Radio Theater." Herbert Marshall, Don Wilson (announcer, host), Earl Towner (music director), Betty Lou Gerson, Gloria Gordon, Betty Harford, Herb Butterfield, William Johnstone, Tudor Owen, Ben Wright, Alastair Duncan, Daphne du Maurier (author), James Cole (adaptor), Fred MacKaye (producer, director), Frank Paris (assistant producer/director), Ray Kemper (sound effetcs), Bill James (sound effects). 55 minutes.
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