Lux Summer Theatre

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Lux Summer Theatre
Genre Radio programs
Running time1 hour
Country of originUnited States
Home station CBS Radio
Announcer Ken Carpenter, Don Wilson
Directed by Norman Macdonnell
Produced byNorman Macdonnell
Original releaseJune 1 (1953-06-01) –
August 31, 1953 (1953-08-31)
No. of series1
No. of episodes14
Audio formatmono

Lux Summer Theatre is a CBS Radio (Columbia Broadcasting System) anthology series which ran during the summer of 1953 in the Lux Radio Theatre's regular one-hour timeslot. Fourteen episodes aired from June through August of that year.

This weekly series differed from its parent show in several ways, starting with it being the first version of Lux Radio Theatre since 1936 to air during the summer. [1] Norman Macdonnell was brought in from the Gunsmoke radio series to take on the job of director-producer. [1] Ken Carpenter continued as the show's announcer, with Don Wilson filling in for him when on vacation. This summer series had a significantly smaller budget than its parent show, with each episode budgeted at $4250 [1] (by contrast, when Lux Radio Theatre aired its first show from Hollywood in 1936 that show's budget was a reported $17,000). [2] Because of the budget constraints, only a single major star headed-up each episode of the summer series.

Another difference involved the source materials which were used for the series. While about half of the shows were still the traditional movie adaptations, the series also presented several original scripts, with three of them written by Kathleen Hite. [3] In addition, one program was an adaptation of Daphne du Maurier's horror story "The Birds". [4]

As with its parent show, the series was broadcast live, but this series was a CBS studio broadcast, as opposed to its having previously been performed in the CBS Radio Playhouse theater on Vine Street in Hollywood. [1]

List of summer 1953 episodes

First broadcastTitleStarringCitations and notes
1953-06-01 High Tor William Holden [5]
1953-06-08China Run Virginia Mayo [6]
1953-06-15The Lady and the Tumblers Fred MacMurray [7]
1953-06-22The Fall of Maggie Phillips Dorothy McGuire [8] Scripted by Kathleen Hite [3]
1953-06-29 One More Spring Jeanne Crain [9]
1953-07-06 Cynara Joseph Cotten [10]
1953-07-13 Physician in Spite of Himself Robert Young [11]
1953-07-20 The Birds Herbert Marshall [4]
1953-07-27 One Foot in Heaven Dana Andrews [12]
1953-08-03Romance, to a Degree Joseph Cotten [13] Scripted by Kathleen Hite [3]
1953-08-10 Leave Her to Heaven Joan Fontaine [14]
1953-08-17 Edward, My Son Walter Pidgeon [15]
1953-08-24 The Affairs of Susan Anne Baxter [16]
1953-08-31One Last September Claire Trevor [17] Scripted by Kathleen Hite [3]

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  3. 1 2 3 4 "Television and Radio Scripts of Kathleen Hite". Wichita State University Libraries. p. Box 8. Retrieved March 17, 2023.
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