Lux Classics Presents the Best of Lux Radio Theatre

This 10-CD set was issued by Radio Spirits (40162) in 2006. Madame X, starring Jimmy Stewart and Ann Harding and originally broadcast on June 14, 1937, is one of the ten Lux presentations on the set. Others include Joan Crawford in Chained, Saturday’s Children starring Olivia de Havilland, Madame Butterfly with Cary Grant, Bette Davis…

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Radio Theatre Collection

The United States does not have a monopoly on the love of old time radio. This 7-CD set was issued by The Daily Telegraph and The Sunday Telegraph in England. A different CD was issued in a newspaper each day. A special tri-fold cardboard jacket was also provided to house the entire collection. The CD’s…

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AMC Movies to Go – The Stratton Story

This single cassette version of the Lux Radio Theatre’s production of The Stratton Story, starring Jimmy Stewart and June Allyson, was issued in 1999 (AMC 6030). The show was originally broadcast on February 13, 1950. Besides the entire show, the tape also includes commentary from AMC’s Jeffrey Lyons, who talks about both Stewart and Allyson’s…

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Photoplay Awards Dinner

The Photoplay Awards Dinner honoring the 1949 Gold Medal Award winners was broadcast by ABC on February 13, 1950. Jimmy Stewart was named favorite actor for his work in The Stratton Story, while Jane Wyman was the favorite actress for Johnny Belinda. They are seen in the photo below from the Pottstown Mercury, Pottstown, PA,…

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Favorite Holiday Stories

This 3-CD set was released by Radio Spirits (48212) and features two Lux Radio Theatre productions – It’s a Wonderful Life (March 10, 1947) with Jimmy Stewart and Donna Reed, Miracle on 34th Street (December 22, 1947) starring Maureen O’Hara and Edmund Gwenn and The Campbell Playhouse of A Christmas Carol (December 23, 1938) starring…

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The Western Radio Collection Vol. 1

This 6-CD set was issued in 2016 by YourRadioShows.com. It features six western programs presented on the Lux Radio Theatre. The Stewart show included is Destry Rides Again, which first aired on November 5, 1945. Others on the set are: My Darling Clementine (April 28, 1947), starring Henry Fonda; Rawhide (March 22, 1955), starring Donna…

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