Category: Amazing World of Radio

Feed for the Amazing World of Radio podcast.

AWR0053: Lux Radio Theater: Maltese Falcon

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Sam Spade (Edward G. Robinson) has to solve the murder of his partner, Miles Archer but finds himself embroiled in a tussle between desperate people over the mysterious maltese falcon.

Original Air Date: February 8, 1943

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AWR0052: Lux Radio Theater: It Happened One Night

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An heiress (Claudette Colbert) is running away from home on a cross-country bus. A reporter (Clark Gable) tries to help her in exchange for a story.

Original Air Date: March 19, 1939

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AWR0051: Lux Radio Theater: Shane

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A gunslinger tries to live a peaceful life on a homestead in a Wyoming but a greedy cattle baron and his men harass the family he’s been hired to work for.

Original Air Date: February 22, 1955

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AWR0050: Lux Radio Theater: All About Eve

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An aging Broadway Star (Bette Davis) fears she’ll be a supplanted by a young actress (Anne Baxter) who first comes to her as a fan but then begins to undermine her personal and business relationships.

Rehearsal Recording: October 1, 1951
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AWR0049: Lux Radio Theater: Casablanca

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A cafe owner (Alan Ladd) meets the woman (Hedy Lamar) who left him on the day the Nazis entered Paris in wartime Casablanca.

Original Air Date: January 24, 1944

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AWR0048: Lux Radio Theater: The Jazz Singer

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A comedian/singer (Al Jolson) returns to New York for the first time since leaving home and runs into conflict with his father, the cantor at the synagogue who doesn’t approve of his career.

Original Air Date: June 2, 1947

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AWR0047: Victory Theater: The Philadelphia Story

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A socialite (Katherine Hepburn) plans her second marriage but has to deal with interference from her first husband (Cary Grant) and the appearance of a clever reporter. (Jimmy Stewart)

Original Air Date: July 20, 1942

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AWR0046: Lux Radio Theater: Double Indemnity

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An insurance agent plots to murder an insured and split the money with the widow.

Original Air Date: October 30, 1950

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AWR0045: Lux Radio Theater: Snow White

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The Lux Radio Theater adaptation of the classic Disney Animated feature Snow White and the Seven Dwarves. The beautiful Snow White flees from the wrath of the jealous queen and takes refuge in the house of the Seven Dwarves.

Original Air Date: December 26, 1938

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AWR0044: Les Miserables: The Final Episode

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Val Jean goes into hiding for the rest of his days after Cosette and Marius are married.

Original Air Date: September 3, 1937

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AWR0043: Les Miserables: The Barricade

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Valjean goes to the barricade to save Cossette’s beloved Marius who has joined with student revolutionaries. There Valjean has his final reckoning with Javert.

Original Air Date: August 27, 1937

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AWR0042: Les Miserables: The Grave

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Val Jean has gotten away from Javert, but has to find a place to raise Cossette and avoid being recaptured.

Original Air Date: August 20, 1937

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AWR0041: Les Miserables: Cossette

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Val Jean has been assumed dead after being sent back to the galley and apparently drowning, but Javert doesn’t believe it. Meanwhile, eight year Cossette lives in misery with the inn keeping couple her month left her with.

Original Air Date: August 13, 1937

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AWR0040: Les Miserables: The Trial

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Javert offers his resignation after a man is caught and identified as Val Jean. Val Jean has to decide whether to reveal his true identity and risk everything.

Original Air Date: August 6, 1937

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AWR0039: Les Miserables: Javert

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Val Jean starts a new life and becomes a leading citizen, but Inspector Javert is sure he recognizes him from somewhere. Meanwhile a young single mother named Fantine struggles to survive in early 19th Century France.

Original Air Date: July 30, 1937

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