Lux Radio Theater | Old Time Radio brings Hollywood’s greatest stories and stars to classic radio, with lavish adaptations of popular films, novels, and stage productions from the golden age of broadcasting. Each episode is an Old Time Retro Radio production, presenting the original broadcast with gently cleaned and mastered audio, a newly produced introduction and closing, and custom episode artwork. Lux Radio Theater became one of radio’s most prestigious dramatic showcases, featuring major Hollywood actors recreating celebrated stories for millions of listeners. Rediscover classic old time radio drama, Hollywood stars, movie adaptations, vintage entertainment, classic theater, and golden age radio.
Lux Radio Theatre - "The Gay Sisters" (Old Time Radio, 1942)
Lux Radio Theatre presents “The Gay Sisters,” episode 371, originally broadcast November 23, 1942. Hosted and produced by Cecil B. DeMille, this CBS Radio Network presentation adapts the 1942 Warner Bros. drama based on Stephen Longstreet’s novel.
Barbara Stanwyck reprises her role as Fiona Gaylord, with Robert Young co-starring in a story of three sisters fighting to preserve their family home and inheritance. A disputed will and developer Charles Barclay’s plans for the property intensify the conflict surrounding the proud but financially strained Gaylord household in New York City.
Lux Radio Theater presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.
Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:48 Original Broadcast
56:59 Closing
Support Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio (https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio)
28 Oct 2026
Lux Radio Theatre - "So Big" (Old Time Radio, 1939)
Lux Radio Theatre presents “So Big,” episode 210, originally broadcast on CBS on March 13, 1939. Adapted from Edna Ferber’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel and identified with the 1932 Warner Bros. film version, the drama stars Barbara Stanwyck, reprising her screen role, with Preston Foster, Fay Wray, and Otto Kruger.
Selina Peake is forced to build an independent life after hardship carries her from Chicago to a rural Dutch truck-farming community nearby. Against the changing worlds of turn-of-the-century farm country and Chicago, she faces the pressures of work, family, and the hopes she holds for her son, “So Big.”
Lux Radio Theater presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.
Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:52 Original Broadcast
01:00:35 Closing
Support Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio (https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio)
27 Oct 2026
Lux Radio Theatre - "Captain Horatio Hornblower" (Old Time Radio, 1952)
Lux Radio Theatre presents “Captain Horatio Hornblower,” episode 774, originally broadcast on January 21, 1952. This CBS presentation, sponsored by Lux, adapts the 1951 Warner Bros. sea adventure drawn from C. S. Forester’s Hornblower novels.
Gregory Peck reprises his role as the disciplined Royal Navy captain, with Virginia Mayo as Lady Barbara Wellesley. During the Napoleonic Wars, Hornblower and HMS Lydia undertake a secret mission marked by naval danger, diplomatic uncertainty, and an unpredictable revolutionary ally.
Lux Radio Theater presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.
Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:54 Original Broadcast
02:00:26 Closing
Support Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio (https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio)
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