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''Lux Radio Theatre'', sometimes spelled ''Lux Radio Theater'', a long-run classic radio anthology series, was broadcast on the NBC Blue Network (1934-35); CBS Radio (1935-54), and NBC Radio (1954-55). Initially, the series adapted Broadway plays 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. The primary sponsor of the show was Unilever through their Lux Soap brand. Broadcasting from New York, the series premiered at 2:30pm, October 14, 1934, on the NBC Blue Network with a production of ''Seventh Heaven'' starring Miriam Hopkins and John Boles in a full-hour adaptation of the 1922–24 Broadway production by Austin Strong. The host was the show's fictional producer, Douglass Garrick (portrayed by John Anthony). Doris Dagmar played another fictional character, Peggy Winthrop, who delivered the Lux commercials. Each show featured a scripted session with Garrick talking to the lead actors. Anthony appeared as Garrick from the premiere 1934 episode until June 30, 1935. Garrick was portrayed by Albert Hayes from July 29, 1935 to May 25, 1936, when the show moved to the West Coast.〔(Audio Classics Archive Radio Logs: ''Lux Radio Theater'' )〕 Cecil B. DeMille took over as the host on June 1, 1936, continuing until January 22, 1945. On several occasions, usually when he was out of town, he was temporarily replaced by various celebrities, including Leslie Howard and Edward Arnold. ''Lux Radio Theatre'' strove to feature as many of the original stars of the original stage and film productions as possible, usually paying them $5,000 an appearance. In 1936, when sponsor Lever Brothers (who made Lux soap and detergent) moved the show from New York City to Hollywood, the program began to emphasize adaptations of films rather than plays. The first ''Lux'' film adaptation was ''The Legionnaire and the Lady'', with Marlene Dietrich and Clark Gable, based on the film ''Morocco''. That was followed by a ''Lux'' adaptation of ''The Thin Man'', featuring the movie's stars, Myrna Loy and William Powell. ==Radio regulars== Though the show focused on film and its performers, several classic radio regulars appeared in ''Lux Radio Theatre'' productions. Jim and Marian Jordan, better known as Fibber McGee and Molly, appeared on the show twice and also built an episode of their own radio comedy series around one of those appearances. Their longtime costar, Arthur Q. Bryan (wisecracking Doc Gamble on ''Fibber McGee and Molly''), made a few ''Lux'' appearances as well. Bandleader Phil Harris, a longtime regular on Jack Benny's radio program and his wife Alice Faye, who became radio stars with their own comedy show in 1948, appeared in a ''Lux'' presentation. Fred Allen, Jack Benny (with and without his wife, Mary Livingstone), George Burns and Gracie Allen were among the other radio stars who were invited to do ''Lux'' presentations as well.〔(Dunning, John. ''On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio''. New York: Oxford University Press, 1998. ISBN 0-19-507678-8. )〕 ''Lux Radio Theatre'' once presented an adaptation of the film version of a radio series, ''The Life of Riley'', featuring William Bendix as the Brooklyn-born, California-transplanted, stumbling but bighearted aircraft worker he already made famous in the long-running radio series (and eventual television hit) of the same name. At least once ''Lux Radio Theatre'' offered a presentation without any known performers; its adaptation of ''This Is the Army'' during World War II featured a cast of American soldiers. ''The Mercury Theatre on the Air''—which eventually made Orson Welles a force to be reckoned with, especially with his broadcast of ''The War of the Worlds'' (30 October 1938) provoked—was initially a summer replacement series for ''Lux Radio Theatre'' in 1938. A famous urban legend claimed that actor Sonny Tufts was slated to appear as a guest alongside Joan Fontaine for a production of ''The Major and the Minor'' on ''Lux Radio Theatre''. When Joseph Cotten read the names of the next week's cast, he supposedly said, with a mixture of shock and astonishment, that listeners would hear "that new, talented personality... ''Sonny Tufts''?!" However, this never happened. The legend began as a fake segment on one of Kermit Schafer's popular "Bloopers" albums, which have been criticized for their re-creations, fabrications and lack of accuracy. In actuality, Tufts was introduced by Cotten on the radio series ''Suspense'', but Cotten's introduction was perfectly normal.〔(Snopes )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lux Radio Theatre」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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