Pat Crowley, star of Lux Radio Theatre War Of The Worlds
The version of The War Of The Worlds broadcast by the Lux Radio
Theatre on February 8th 1955 turned out to be one of the last shows
ever made in its long and illustrious history. First heard on October
14th 1934, it had started life as an NBC show intended to reproduce
Broadway hits, a fine idea at the time, but one with a fatal
inbuilt flaw; there were only so many Broadway shows to choose
from. With the show floundering for material, Danny Danker, an
advertising executive on the Lux account was
drafted in to .... read more.
See also in the Radio Gallery
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See also
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1944
The War Of The Worlds. Santiago in Chile suffers a major panic when the Welles broadcast is remade to terrifying effect.
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1949
The War Of The Worlds. A third radio inspired panic was triggered in Quito, Ecuador, but this one was deadly.
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