Classic Radio Mysteries and Famous Plays

The Lux Radio Theatre. December 1, 1947. "The Ghost and Mrs. Muir". Sponsored by: Lux, Pepsodent. A romance between an impoverished British lady and the dashing ghost of a sea captain. + Some 50 years ago in London a young widow, Lucy Muir left the home of her mother and sister of her departed husband and boarded a train. With her went her small daughter Anna and her servant Martha. They were running away to a small village called Whitecliff and Mrs Muir set her mind on Gull Cottage. The agent Mr Coombes tried to discourage her as the previous owner a Mariner who had committed suicide haunted it. But this news made Mrs. Muir more interested in the cottage... + In this unusual, delightful comedy Mrs. Muir takes on the old cottage of Captain Gregg by the seaside in England. The house has been empty for four years and Mr. Coombs is reluctant to rent it because the ghost of Captain Gregg who supposedly committed suicide there haunts it. However, Mrs. Muir is fascinated and decides to take the cottage. Mrs. Muir meets the ghost of Captain Gregg and after their initial disagreeable encounter Captain Gregg decides to let her stay in the house on a trial basis. Lux Radio Theatre, sometimes spelled Lux Radio Theater, a classic radio anthology series, was broadcast on the NBC Blue Network (1934–35) (owned by the National Broadcasting Company, later predecessor of American Broadcasting Company [ABC] in 1943–1945); CBS Radio network (Columbia Broadcasting System) (1935–54), and NBC Radio (1954–55). Initially, the series adapted Broadway plays[1] during its first two seasons before it began adapting films. These hour-long radio programs were performed live before studio audiences. The series became the most popular dramatic anthology series on radio, broadcast for more than 20 years and continued on television as the Lux Video Theatre through most of the 1950s.

Lux Radio Theater, a classic radio anthology series, was broadcast on the NBC Blue Network (1934–35) The theater adapted Broadway plays during its first two seasons before it began adapting films. These hour-long radio programs were performed live before studio audiences. On October 2, 1950, Lux Video Theatre began as a live 30-minute Monday evening CBS Television series, switching to Thursday nights during August 1951. In September 1953, the show relocated from New York to Hollywood. The Wizard of Oz is a 1939 American musical fantasy film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM). An adaptation of L. Frank Baum's 1900 children's fantasy novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, it was primarily directed by Victor Fleming, who left production to take over the troubled Gone with the Wind. Teenager Dorothy Gale lives on a farm in Kansas owned by her Uncle Henry and Aunt Em. When Dorothy's Cairn Terrier Toto bites the wealthy Almira Gulch, Miss Gulch obtains a sheriff's order authorizing her to seize the dog to be euthanized. Toto escapes and returns to Dorothy, who runs away to protect him. Professor Marvel, a charlatan fortune-teller, tells Dorothy to go home because Aunt Em is heartbroken, and she returns just as a tornado approaches the farm. Unable to get into the locked storm shelter, Dorothy takes cover in the farmhouse and is knocked unconscious as the tornado lifts the house and drops it into an unknown land. With her dog Toto in tow, Dorthy encounters some very odd and dangerous things on her journey to the Emerald City, the home of the Wizard of Oz, as he might know how to help her return home. Along the way, Dorothy meets the Scarecrow, who wants a brain; the Tin Man, who wants a heart; the Cowardly Lion, who wants courage, a good witch, a bad witch, and a dead witch! Miracle on 34th Street is an 1947 American Christmas comedy-drama film released by 20th Century-Fox, written and directed by George Seaton and based on a story by Valentine Davies. It stars Maureen O'Hara, John Payne, Natalie Wood, and Edmund Gwenn. The story takes place between Thanksgiving and Christmas in New York City and focuses on the effect of a department store Santa Claus who claims to be the real Santa. Kris Kringle is indignant to find that the man assigned to play Santa in the annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is intoxicated. When he complains to event director Doris Walker, she persuades Kris to take his place. He does so well that he is hired to play Santa at Macy's New York City store on 34th Street.

Poirot is asked by a Mr Jesmond, who is acting as an intermediary to an eastern prince, to help that unfortunate young man with a problem he is having. The prince is due soon to be married to a cousin. On his way to be married, he met an attractive but obviously dubious young woman, and rashly decided to have a last fling with her. The prince brought several expensive jewels with him to London for resetting by Cartier and one of them, a fabulous ruby, was stolen by the young woman. If it cannot be retrieved, a scandal will ensue and because of this, the police cannot be involved. The mystery can be solved at an old English country house called Kings Lacey where it will be arranged for Poirot to join a family there for their Christmas celebrations, supposedly to experience a typical English Christmas.

The Holidays are nostalgic for many of us. Here are three Ghosts of Christmas past from classic radio! Johnny Dollar A Modern Christmas Carol CBS Radio Theater Ghostly Tales for Christmas.

The Ghost with a Knife and The Forgetful Ghost! Both released in 1970s! The first is based on an actual case in Long Island New York, the second story has some great life n death lessons in a fun story line! Listen Live come join the chat!

Christmas in Connecticut is a 1945 American Christmas romantic comedy film about an unmarried city magazine writer who pretends to be a farm wife and mother and then falls in love with a returning war hero. The film was directed by English director Peter Godfrey and stars Barbara Stanwyck, Dennis Morgan and Sydney Greenstreet.

A Double blast from the past! Two great stories from the Classic Radio plat days! Enjoy! Time and Again Plot A clockmaker comes across a mysterious clock that can give him an additional hour every day. All it needs is a little blood in return. Episode 0022 First Run - January 27, 1974 Price of Fear Vincent Price hosts Goodie Two Shoes.

Listen to a radio play and see if you can solve it along the way. This murder is a hard one to unravel! Come, Fill My Cup Plot A train conductor recounts how a regular poker game on commuter train turned into murder by poison. Episode 0672

A nostalgic look at life through the eyes of a very rare Mercury Dime! Follow this coin through all the little life connections and a bit of fickle fate! A wonderful trip back to the 1970s and a truly fun story!

Join our Live Chat! 'Criss cross, I'll do yours, and you mine.' Lux Theater Presents A 1950 Radio Play live of the 1950 Movie version Directed by Alfred Hitchcock Strange thing about this trip. So much occurs in pairs. Tennis star Guy (Farley Granger) hates his unfaithful wife. Mysterious Bruno (Robert Walker) hates his father. How perfect for a playful proposal: I'll kill yours; you kill mine. Now look at how Alfred Hitchcock reinforces the duality of human nature. The more you watch, the more you'll see. "Isn't it a fascinating design?" the Master of Suspense often asked. The laying bare of Bruno's hidden nature, along with the great set pieces (head-turning tennis match, disintegrating carousel) and suspense as only Hitchcock can deliver, makes Strangers on a Train a first-class trip.