Lux Radio Theatre

Lux Radio Theatre was an American radio program that was broadcast from 1934 to 1955, airing for most of its run over the CBS radio network.

Sponsored by Lever Brothers, the makers of Lux soap, the Lux Radio Theatre presented live, one-hour dramatizations of recent Hollywood movies, broken into three acts. Original cast members often reprised their screen roles, while other roles were recast due to either scheduling or contractual conflicts. Famed director Cecil B. DeMille produced and hosted the program from 1934 to 1945.

Five installments of the Lux Radio Theatre presented adaptations of Disney feature films:
 * Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was broadcast on December 26, 1938. Reprising their roles were Roy Atwell as Doc, Billy Gilbert as Sneezy, Moroni Olsen as the Magic Mirror, and Stuart Buchanan as the Huntsman; the latter also replaced Pinto Colvig as Grumpy. Walt Disney was also featured as an special guest and was interviewed by DeMille during intermissions.
 * Pinocchio was broadcast on December 25, 1939, more than one month before its release. Nearly the entire voice cast reprised their roles for the show.
 * Treasure Island was broadcast on January 29, 1951. Bobby Driscoll reprised his role as Jim Hawkins; James Mason appeared as Long John Silver (replacing Robert Newton), and Nigel Bruce as Squire Trelawney (replacing Walter Fitzgerald). Kathryn Beaumont appeared as a special guest to promote her role in Disney's upcoming animated feature Alice in Wonderland.
 * Alice in Wonderland was broadcast on December 24, 1951. MOst of the main cast reprised their roles, save for the Caterpillar (played by Gale Gordon instead of Richard Haydn) and Tweedles Dee and Dum (played by Gil Stratton, Jr. instead of J. Pat O'Malley). Adriana Caselotti, the voice of Snow White, appeared as a special guest.
 * Peter Pan was broadcast on December 21, 1953. Reprisng their roles were Bobby Driscoll as Peter Pan, Kathryn Beaumont as Wendy, and Bill Thompson as Mr. Smee; John Carradine appeared as Captain Hook and Mr. Darling (replacing Hans Conried). Adriana Caselotti was again the special guest.

For the Snow White and Pinocchio adaptations, Walt Disney insisted that the program not destroy the illusion of the films' animated characters; as a result, the casts wasn't credited and there was no studio audience present (instead utilizing recorded applause). In addition, Disney appeared as an intermission guest on September 28, 1936 (where he was joined by Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck) and on December 20, 1937.