Lux Radio Theatre Casts
by horn-5 | created - 31 Mar 2014 | updated - 31 Mar 2014 | PublicFrom June, 1936 (when the format changed to hour-long Movie adaptations), through 1955, the Lux Radio Theatre was a Monday night fixure on network radio.
The top-billed original cast was the goal but various circumstances often led to other actors taking the roles for the Lux Theatre broadcast.
Which one of these radio-cast-differs-from-the-film-cast do you find most intriguing?
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1. Cavalcade (1933)
Passed | 112 min | Drama, Romance, War
A portrayal of the triumphs and tragedies of two English families, the upper-crust Marryots and the working-class Bridgeses, from 1899 to 1933.
Director: Frank Lloyd | Stars: Diana Wynyard, Clive Brook, Una O'Connor, Herbert Mundin
Votes: 5,991 | Gross: $7.63M
1933 Film Cast - Clive Brook and Diana Wynward 1936 Radio Cast - Herbert Marshall and Madeleine Carroll
2. Mary of Scotland (1936)
Approved | 123 min | Biography, Drama, History
The recently widowed Mary Stuart returns to Scotland to reclaim her throne but is opposed by her half-brother and her own Scottish lords.
Directors: John Ford, Leslie Goodwins | Stars: Katharine Hepburn, Fredric March, Florence Eldridge, Douglas Walton
Votes: 2,796
1936 Film Cast - Katharine Hepburn and Frederic March 1937 Radio Cast - Joan Crawford and Franchot Tone
3. The Plainsman (1936)
Passed | 113 min | Drama, Western
Wild Bill Hickok and Buffalo Bill Cody attempt to stop an Indian uprising that was started by white gun-runners.
Director: Cecil B. DeMille | Stars: Gary Cooper, Jean Arthur, James Ellison, Charles Bickford
Votes: 2,430
1936 Film Cast - Gary Cooper and Jean Arthur 1937 Radio Cast - Fredric March and Jean Arthur
4. The Front Page (1931)
Approved | 101 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A crusading newspaper editor tricks his retiring star reporter into covering one last case.
Director: Lewis Milestone | Stars: Adolphe Menjou, Pat O'Brien, Mary Brian, Edward Everett Horton
Votes: 3,451
1931 Film Cast - Adolphe Menjou and Pat O'Brien 1937 Radio Cast - Walter Winchell and James Gleason
5. The Petrified Forest (1936)
Passed | 82 min | Drama, Thriller
A waitress, a hobo and a bank robber get mixed up at a lonely diner in the desert.
Director: Archie Mayo | Stars: Leslie Howard, Humphrey Bogart, Bette Davis, Genevieve Tobin
Votes: 14,943
1936 Film Caat - Leslie Howard and Bette Davis 1937 Radio Cast - Herbert Marshall and Margaret Sullivan
6. The 39 Steps (1935)
Approved | 86 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
A man in London tries to help a counter-espionage agent, but when the agent is killed and the man stands accused, he must go on the run to save himself and stop a spy ring that is trying to steal top-secret information.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Robert Donat, Madeleine Carroll, Lucie Mannheim, Godfrey Tearle
Votes: 61,569
1935 Film Cast - Robert Donat and Madeleine Carroll 1937 Radio Cast - Robert Montgomery and Ida Lupino
7. Anna Christie (I) (1930)
Passed | 89 min | Drama, Romance
A young woman reunites with her estranged father and falls in love with a sailor, but struggles to tell them about her dark past.
Director: Clarence Brown | Stars: Greta Garbo, Charles Bickford, George F. Marion, Marie Dressler
Votes: 3,503 | Gross: $1.01M
1930 Film Cast - Greta Garbo and Charles Bickford 1938 Radio Cast - Joan Crawford and Spencer Tracy
8. The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936)
Approved | 96 min | Biography, Drama, History
The story of Dr. Samuel Mudd, who was imprisoned after innocently treating President Lincoln's assassin in 1865.
Director: John Ford | Stars: Warner Baxter, Gloria Stuart, Claude Gillingwater, Arthur Byron
Votes: 2,575
1936 Film Cast - Warner Baxter and Gloria Stuart 1938 Radio Cast - Gary Cooper and Fay Wray
9. The Buccaneer (1938)
Approved | 126 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
Semi-fictional account of pirate Jean Lafitte's involvement in the War of 1812.
Director: Cecil B. DeMille | Stars: Fredric March, Franciska Gaal, Akim Tamiroff, Margot Grahame
Votes: 781
1938 Film Cast - Frederic March 1938 Radio Cast - Clark Gable
10. The Lives of a Bengal Lancer (1935)
Passed | 109 min | Adventure, Drama, War
Three British soldiers on the Northwest Frontier of India struggle against the enemy - and themselves.
Director: Henry Hathaway | Stars: Gary Cooper, Franchot Tone, Richard Cromwell, Guy Standing
Votes: 3,239
1935 Film Cast - Gary Cooper and Franchot Tone 1939 Radio Cast - Errol Flynn and Brian Aherne
11. Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939)
Unrated | 114 min | Drama, Romance
An aged teacher and former headmaster of a boarding school recalls his career and his personal life over the decades.
Directors: Sam Wood, Sidney Franklin | Stars: Robert Donat, Greer Garson, Terry Kilburn, John Mills
Votes: 11,594
1939 Film Cast - Robert Donat and Greer GArson 1939 Radio Cast - Laurence Olivier and Edna Best
12. His Girl Friday (1940)
Passed | 92 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A newspaper editor uses every trick in the book to keep his ace reporter ex-wife from remarrying.
Director: Howard Hawks | Stars: Cary Grant, Rosalind Russell, Ralph Bellamy, Gene Lockhart
Votes: 63,195 | Gross: $0.30M
1940 Film Cast - Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell 1940 Radio Cast - Fred MacMurray and Claudette Colbert
13. Wuthering Heights (1939)
Passed | 104 min | Drama, Romance
A servant in the house of Wuthering Heights tells a traveler the unfortunate tale of lovers Cathy and Heathcliff.
Director: William Wyler | Stars: Merle Oberon, Laurence Olivier, David Niven, Flora Robson
Votes: 19,775 | Gross: $0.76M
1939 Film Cast - Merle Oberon and Laurence Olivier 1940 Radio Cast - Ida Lupino and Basil Rathbone
14. The Cowboy and the Lady (1938)
Approved | 91 min | Western
A lonely socialite masquerades as a maid and meets an unpretentious, plain-spoken cowboy who is unaware of her true identity.
Directors: H.C. Potter, Stuart Heisler, William Wyler | Stars: Gary Cooper, Merle Oberon, Patsy Kelly, Walter Brennan
Votes: 1,820
1938 Film Casst - Gary Cooper and Merle Oberon 1940 Radio Cast - Gene Autry and Merle Oberon
15. Rebecca (1940)
Approved | 130 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
A self-conscious woman juggles adjusting to her new role as an aristocrat's wife and avoiding being intimidated by his first wife's spectral presence.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Laurence Olivier, Joan Fontaine, George Sanders, Judith Anderson
Votes: 146,821 | Gross: $4.36M
1940 Film Cast - Laurence Olivier and Joan Fontaine 1941 Radio Cast - Ronald Colman and Ida Lupino
16. Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941)
Passed | 94 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Boxer Joe Pendleton dies 50 years too soon due to a heavenly mistake, and is given a new life as a millionaire playboy.
Director: Alexander Hall | Stars: Robert Montgomery, Claude Rains, Evelyn Keyes, Rita Johnson
Votes: 7,390
1941 Film Cast - Robert Montgomery and Claude Rains 1942 Radio Cast - Cary Grant and Claude Rains
17. Test Pilot (1938)
Passed | 119 min | Drama, Romance
Jim is a test pilot. His wife Ann and best friend Gunner try their best to keep him sober. But the life of a test pilot is anything but safe.
Director: Victor Fleming | Stars: Clark Gable, Myrna Loy, Spencer Tracy, Lionel Barrymore
Votes: 2,745
1938 Film Cast - Clark Gable, Myrna Loy and Spencer Tracy 1942 Radio Cast - Robert Taylor, Rita Hayworth and Robert Preston
18. The Maltese Falcon (1941)
Passed | 100 min | Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery
San Francisco private detective Sam Spade takes on a case that involves him with three eccentric criminals, a gorgeous liar and their quest for a priceless statuette, with the stakes rising after his partner is murdered.
Director: John Huston | Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Gladys George, Peter Lorre
Votes: 166,633 | Gross: $2.11M
1941 Film Cast - Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor and Sydney Greenstreet 1943 Radio Cast - Edward G. Robinson, Gail Patrick and Laird Cregar
19. Men in White (1934)
Passed | 74 min | Drama, Romance
An idealistic doctor must make some hard choices between his dedication to the profession and his personal life.
Director: Richard Boleslawski | Stars: Clark Gable, Myrna Loy, Jean Hersholt, Elizabeth Allan
Votes: 788
1934 Film Cast - Clark Gable and Myrna Loy 1937 Radio Cast - Spencer Tracy and Virginia Bruce
20. Tonight or Never (1931)
80 min | Comedy, Romance
A young opera singer finds her career stalled because of her cold and passionless performances, until she finds romance with a handsome admirer.
Director: Mervyn LeRoy | Stars: Gloria Swanson, Melvyn Douglas, Alison Skipworth, Ferdinand Gottschalk
Votes: 1,612
1931 Film Cast - Gloria Swanson and Melvyn Douglas 1937 Radio Cast - Jeanette MacDonald and Melvyn Douglas
21. A Farewell to Arms (1932)
Unrated | 80 min | Drama, Romance, War
An American ambulance driver and an English nurse fall in love in Italy during World War I.
Director: Frank Borzage | Stars: Gary Cooper, Helen Hayes, Adolphe Menjou, Mary Philips
Votes: 6,824
1932 Film Cast - Gary Cooper and Helen Hayes 1937 Radio Cast - Clark Gable and Josephine Hutchison
22. A Star Is Born (1937)
Passed | 111 min | Drama, Romance
A young woman comes to Hollywood with dreams of stardom, and achieves them only with the help of an alcoholic leading man whose best days are behind him.
Directors: William A. Wellman, Jack Conway, Victor Fleming | Stars: Janet Gaynor, Fredric March, Adolphe Menjou, May Robson
Votes: 10,898 | Gross: $4.36M
1937 Film Cast - Janet Gaynor and Frederic March 1937 Radio Cast - Janet Gaynor and Robert Montgomery
23. Cimarron (1931)
Passed | 123 min | Drama, Western
A newspaper editor settles in an Oklahoma boom town with his reluctant wife at the end of the nineteenth century.
Director: Wesley Ruggles | Stars: Richard Dix, Irene Dunne, Estelle Taylor, Nance O'Neil
Votes: 6,937
1931 Film Cast - Richard Dix and Irene Dunne 1937 Radio Cast - Clark Gable and Virginia Bruce
24. These Three (1936)
Passed | 93 min | Drama, Romance
Two schoolteachers and the man they both love face ruin when a malicious student cooks up a lie.
Director: William Wyler | Stars: Miriam Hopkins, Merle Oberon, Joel McCrea, Catherine Doucet
Votes: 3,034
1936 Film Cast - Miriam Hopkins, Merle Oberon and Joel McCrea 1937 Radio Cast - Barbara Stanwyck, Mary Astor and Errol Flynn
25. Spawn of the North (1938)
Approved | 110 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
Friends since childhood, two men are on opposite sides in a salmon fishing conflict.
Director: Henry Hathaway | Stars: George Raft, Henry Fonda, Dorothy Lamour, Akim Tamiroff
Votes: 589
1938 Film Cast - Henry Fonda, George Raft and Dorothy Lamour 1938 Radio Cast - Fred MacMurray, George Raft and Dorothy Lamour
26. Love Is News (1937)
Approved | 77 min | Comedy, Romance
A financier's daughter spars with a newspaper reporter: he by writing about her, she by announcing their engagement.
Director: Tay Garnett | Stars: Tyrone Power, Loretta Young, Don Ameche, Slim Summerville
Votes: 937
1937 Film Cast - Tyrone Power and Loretta Young 1940 Radio Cast - Bob Hope and Madeleine Carroll
27. The Awful Truth (1937)
Passed | 90 min | Comedy, Romance
A married couple file an amicable divorce, but find it harder to let go of each other than they initially thought.
Director: Leo McCarey | Stars: Irene Dunne, Cary Grant, Ralph Bellamy, Alexander D'Arcy
Votes: 21,383
1937 Film Cast - Irene Dunne, Cary Grant and Ralph Bellamy 1941 Radio Cast - Constance Bennett, Bob Hope and Ralph Bellamy
28. The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
Not Rated | 99 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Two employees at a gift shop can barely stand each other, without realizing that they are falling in love through the post as each other's anonymous pen pal.
Director: Ernst Lubitsch | Stars: Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart, Frank Morgan, Joseph Schildkraut
Votes: 38,511 | Gross: $0.20M
1940 Film Cast - Margaret Sullivan and James Stewart 1941 Radio Cast - Claudette Colbert and Don Ameche
29. City for Conquest (1940)
Passed | 104 min | Drama, Sport
Danny is a content truck driver, but his girl Peggy shows potential as a dancer and hopes he too can show ambition. Danny acquiesces and pursues boxing to please her, but the two begin to spend more time working than time together.
Directors: Anatole Litvak, Jean Negulesco | Stars: James Cagney, Ann Sheridan, Arthur Kennedy, Donald Crisp
Votes: 2,710
1940 Film Cast - James Cagney and Ann Sheridan 1942 Radio Cast - Robert Preston and Alice Faye
30. Penny Serenade (1941)
Not Rated | 119 min | Drama, Romance
A couple's big dreams give way to a life full of unexpected sadness and unexpected joy.
Director: George Stevens | Stars: Cary Grant, Irene Dunne, Beulah Bondi, Edgar Buchanan
Votes: 8,073
1941 Film Cast - Irene Dunne and Cary Grant 1942 Radio Cast - Barbara Stanwyck and Robert Taylor
31. The Philadelphia Story (1940)
Not Rated | 112 min | Comedy, Romance
When a rich woman's ex-husband and a tabloid-type reporter turn up just before her planned remarriage, she begins to learn the truth about herself.
Director: George Cukor | Stars: Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, James Stewart, Ruth Hussey
Votes: 73,879
1940 Film Cast - Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant and James Stewart 1943 Radio Cast - Loretta Young, Robert Taylor and Robert Young
32. Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
Passed | 108 min | Film-Noir, Thriller
A teenage girl, overjoyed when her favorite uncle comes to visit the family in their quiet California town, slowly begins to suspect that he is in fact the "Merry Widow" killer sought by the authorities.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Teresa Wright, Joseph Cotten, Macdonald Carey, Henry Travers
Votes: 70,527
1943 Film Cast - Teresa Wright and Joseph Cotten 1944 Radio Cast - Teresa Wright and William Powell
33. Casablanca (1942)
PG | 102 min | Drama, Romance, War
A cynical expatriate American cafe owner struggles to decide whether or not to help his former lover and her fugitive husband escape the Nazis in French Morocco.
Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains
Votes: 606,276 | Gross: $1.02M
1942 Film Cast - Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman and Paul Henreid 1944 Radio Cast - Alan Ladd, Hedy Lamarr and John Loder
34. In Old Oklahoma (1943)
Passed | 102 min | Drama, Western
In 1906, on Oklahoma's Indian lands, a cowboy fights for oil lease rights against a greedy oilman while a pretty schoolteacher steals both men's hearts.
Director: Albert S. Rogell | Stars: John Wayne, Martha Scott, Albert Dekker, George 'Gabby' Hayes
Votes: 1,476
1943 Film Cast - John Wayne, Martha Scott and Albert Dekker 1944 Radio Cast - Roy Rogers, Martha Scott and Albert Dekker
35. Coney Island (1943)
Passed | 96 min | Comedy
Set at the turn of the century, smooth talking con man Eddie Johnson weasels his way into a job at friend and rival Joe Rocco's Coney Island night spot. Eddie meets the club's star ... See full summary »
Director: Walter Lang | Stars: Betty Grable, George Montgomery, Cesar Romero, Charles Winninger
Votes: 537 | Gross: $3.50M
1943 Film Cast - Betty Grable, George Montgomery and Cesar Romero 1944 Radio Cast - Dorothy Lamour, Alan Ladd and Chester Morris
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