Radio Theater (AFRTS)

The Armed Forces Radio and Television Service issued the Lux Radio Theatre version of It’s a Wonderful Life in 1970 (RU 7-1). The Lux version had been broadcast March 10, 1947. The show was spread over the A-sides of two 12-inch, 33 1/3/ RPM discs (66A and 67A). That way, using two turntables, the show…

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Screen Guild Theater (March 15, 1951)

For the third and final time, Stewart recreated his role of George Bailey in a Screen Guild production of It’s a Wonderful Life. The first two times had come on December 29, 1947 and December 29, 1949. The following display ad for the program is from the Detroit Free Press, Detroit, MI, on the day…

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Lux Radio Theater – It’s a Wonderful Life

When It’s a Wonderful Life was first released in 1947, it was not considered a Christmas film. In fact, it went into general circulation two weeks after Christmas on January 7th. Likewise, its radio broadcasts were not limited to the Christmas season. The first radio broadcast of the story came on Lux Radio Theater, just…

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