Jack Benny, George Murphy, Joan Crawford and Reginald Gardiner on the premiere of The Screen Guild Theater (January 8, 1939)[1]
Other names
The Gulf Screen Guild Show
The Gulf Screen Guild Theater
The Lady Esther Screen Guild Theater
The Camel Screen Guild Players
Stars in the Air
Hollywood Sound Stage
Hollywood On Stage
Genre
Anthology drama
Running time
30 minutes
60 minutes (1950–51)
Country of origin
United States
Language(s)
English
Home station
CBS (1939–48)
NBC (1948–50)
ABC (1950–51)
CBS (1951–52)
Hosted by
George Murphy (1939)
Roger Pryor (1940–52)
Announcer
John Conte (Gulf Oil, 1939–42)
Truman Bradley (Lady Esther Cosmetics, 1942–47)
Michael Roy (Camel, 1947–50)
Written by
Bill Hampton
Harry Kronman
Directed by
Bill Lawrence
Produced by
Bill Lawrence
Original release
January 8, 1939 – June 29, 1952
No. of series
14
No. of episodes
527
Audio format
Monaural sound
The Screen Guild Theater is a radio anthology series broadcast from 1939 until 1952 during the Golden Age of Radio. Leading Hollywood stars performed adaptations of popular motion pictures. Originating on CBS Radio, it aired under several different titles including The Gulf Screen Guild Show, The Gulf Screen Guild Theater, The Lady Esther Screen Guild Theater and The Camel Screen Guild Players. Fees that would ordinarily have been paid to the stars and studios were instead donated to the Motion Picture Relief Fund, and were used for the construction and maintenance of the Motion Picture Country House.[2][3]
Dinah Shore and Gail Patrick in the CBS Radio studio at a rehearsal for "Belle of the Yukon" (February 12, 1945)[4]
^"Gulf Screen Guild Show 1939-01-08 episode 1". archive.org. 2007-08-13. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
^"Hollywood's Heart". Movie-Radio Guide. December 21, 1940. Retrieved August 2, 2023.
^Elliott, Jordan (Summer 2015). "Hooray for Hollywood!". Nostalgia Digest. 41 (3): 24–30.
^Cite error: The named reference Goldin Lady Esther was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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