The Front Page (Aired June 28, 1937)
In October of 1934, "Lux Radio Theater" debuted in New York on NBC's Blue radio network. Presenting audio versions of popular Broadway plays, the show failed to garner an audience and soon ran out of material. After switching networks to CBS and moving to Hollywood, Lux found its true market. The show began featuring adaptations of popular films, performed by as many of the original stars as possible. With an endless supply of hit films scripts and an audience of more than 40 million, Lux enjoyed a prosperous run until the curtain fell in 1956.
THIS EPISODE:
June 28, 1937. CBS network. "The Front Page". Sponsored by: Lux. The well known comedy about the newspaper game and the escaped killer hiding in the roll-top desk. Amelia Earhart's appearance is announced as being postponed. The final half minute has been deleted from the closing, the story is unaffected. The female lead was scheduled to be Joan Bennett, but she could not appear due to illness and Josephine Hutchinson was substituted. Walter Winchell, Josephine Hutchinson, James Gleason, Ben Hecht (author), Bud McTaggart, Cecil B. DeMille, Charles MacArthur (author), Eddie Waller, Edward Marr, Frank Nelson (doubles, program opening announcer), Frank Sheridan, Georgia Kane, John Butler, Lou Merrill, Louis Silvers (music director), Matt Mohr, Melville Ruick (announcer), Rolfe Sedan, Ross Forrester, Sidney Lewis, Sidney Newman (doubles), Victor Rodman, John MacSoud (intermission guest: fabric expert for films), Kathleen Howard (intermission guest: fashion editor for Photoplay magazine), Bud McTaggert, Grace Kerns (commercial spokesman), Emily Williams (commercial spokesman), James Eagles (commercial spokesman), Frank Woodruff (director), George Wells (adaptor), Charlie Forsyth (sound effects). 58:59.
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