Big John & Steve celebrate our nation's 231st birthday &
go for broke as they present you with the De"Lux"e package
in
EPISODE NET 60
(first run between July 1, 2007 and August 4, 2007)
of
The Glowing Dial
in which we present our first tribute to "The Lux Radio Theatre"
with a couple of Uncle Josh classics thrown in for good measure.

Famed film director Cecil B. DeMille was host of "The Lux Radio Theatre".	"So Proudly We Hail" stars (l to r) Veronica Lake, Paulette Goddard, Claudette Colbert.	Paulette Goddard does her thing for Lux.	Cal Stewart as Uncle Josh Weathersby.	Wallace Beery stars in "Salute To The Marines".	Fay Bainter co-starred in "Salute To The Marines".

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Lux Radio Theatre - "So Proudly We Hail"
originally aired November 1, 1943 on CBS
Starring: Claudette Colbert, Paulette Goddard, Veronica Lake, Sonny Tufts, Les Tremayne, Regina Wallace, Catherine Craig, Trudy Morrison, Dorothy Scott, Marjorie Davies, Fred MacKaye, Leo Cleary, Boyd Davis, Charles Seel, Norman Field, Howard McNear, Ed Emerson.  John Milton Kennedy announcing.  Cecil B. DeMille hosting.
Based on the Paramount film directed by Mark Sandrich.
Sponsor: Lux Soap

Cal Stewart as Uncle Josh Weathersby in "The Fourth Of July At Pun'kin Center"
originally released July, 1911
on Edison Amberol Cylinder 4M-734

Cal Stewart as Uncle Josh Weathersby in "Uncle Josh At The Statue Of Liberty"
originally released in 1898
probably on a Berliner 7" Disc

Lux Radio Theatre - "Salute To The Marines"
originally aired November 8, 1943 on CBS
Starring: Wallace Beery, Fay Bainter, Noah Beery, Keye Luke, Louise Arthur, Alex Havier, Charlie Lung, Robert Harris, Paula Winslowe, Tommy Cook, Dix Davis, Fred MacKaye, Charles Seel, Stanley Farrar, Jack Mather, Ed Emerson, Howard McNear, Cliff Arnett, Tyler McVey, Eddie Marr.  John Milton Kennedy announcing.  Cecil B. DeMille hosting.
Based on the MGM film directed by S. Sylvan Simon.
Sponsor: Lux Soap

running time: 2 hours, 38 minutes, 51 seconds

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