The Lux Radio Theater - "Spellbound" (03-08-48)

Spellbound (Aired March 8, 1948)

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

 

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March 8, 1948. CBS network. "Spellbound". Sponsored by: Lux, Pepsodent. A fine adaptation of the classic film. A woman psychiatrist who is in love with her schizophrenic patient tries to solve the murder he's been accused of. The radio version features the haunting theme music from the film. Charlie Forsyth (sound effects), Francis Beeding (author: pseudonym of Hilary St. John and Leslie Palmer), Fred MacKaye (director), Sanford Barnett (adaptor), William Keighley (host), John Milton Kennedy (announcer), Louis Silvers (music director), Herb Butterfield, William Johnstone, Gerald Mohr, Cliff Clark, Howard McNear, Regina Wallace, Miklos Roza (composer), Dorothy Blair (intermission guest), Ben Hecht (screenwriter), Angus MacPhail (screen adaptor), Alida Valli (billed as "Valli"), Joseph Cotten. 58:45. Episode Notes From The Radio Gold Index.