Films adapted on Screen Directors Playhouse
A radio program which ran from 1949-1951, Screen Directors Playhouse adapted many popular films into audio drams, usually reuniting cast members from the original and even bringing back the original director for commentary. Virtually every broadcast is still available in the public domain.
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- DirectorJohn FordStarsJohn WayneClaire TrevorAndy DevineA group of people traveling on a stagecoach find their journey complicated by the threat of Geronimo and learn something about each other in the process.1949-01-09: reunites John Wayne & Claire Trevor.
- DirectorRichard WallaceStarsHedy LamarrRobert CummingsAnna StenA harried, overworked advertising executive is being pursued romantically by one of his clients, a successful perfume magnate ... and his former fiancée. The latest client of the agency is a psychiatrist and author of a new book. When the executive goes over to discuss the ad campaign, the psychiatrist turns out to be a woman. But what does he really need? Romance? Or analysis?1949-01-16: reunites Robert Cummings & Richard Wallace.
- DirectorMax OphülsStarsDouglas Fairbanks Jr.Maria MontezPaula CordayCharles II, the King of England, finds himself in exile in Holland, where he falls in love with a beautiful farm-girl.1949-01-23: reunites Douglas Fairbanks Jr. & Max Ophuls.
- DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsCarole LombardRobert MontgomeryGene RaymondA couple who have been married for three years are shocked to learn that their marriage is not legally valid.1949-01-30: reunites Robert Montgomery & Alfred Hitchcock.
- DirectorWilliam A. SeiterStarsRosalind RussellBrian AherneVirginia BruceCEO Stephen marries his secretary Kendal in name only, an arrangement made to protect his finances from an attempt at a hostile business takeover. Once the threat is neutralized, he asks Kendal for a divorce but she refuses.1949-02-06: reunites Rosalind Russell & William A. Seiter.
- DirectorJohn M. StahlStarsIrene DunneRobert TaylorCharles ButterworthThe life of spoiled rich Robert Merrick is saved through the use of a hospital's sole resuscitator, but because the medical device cannot be in two places at once, it results in the death of Dr. Hudson, a selfless, brilliant surgeon and generous philanthropist. Merrick falls for Hudson's widow Helen, although she holds him responsible for her husband's demise. One day, he insists on driving her home and makes a pass at her. She gets out of the car and is struck by another car, then goes blind. Merrick talks to a friend of Dr. Hudson who tells him that her husband had a philosophy: to help people, but never let it be known that you are the one helping them. Only then, he believed, could there be true reward in life. Merrick watches over Helen and visits her during her recuperation, concealing his identity and calling himself Dr. Robert. When he finds out that she is nearly penniless, he secretly pays for specialists to try to restore her vision. Finally, she travels to Paris and is told that her eyesight is gone forever. Robert follows her, confesses his true identity, and proposes marriage. She forgives him but leaves, not wanting to be a burden to him. Years later, Robert puts himself through school and becomes a brain surgeon. He learns that Helen urgently needs an operation, which he performs. When she awakens, her sight has miraculously returned.1949-02-13: reunites Irene Dunne.
- DirectorJohn CromwellW.S. Van DykeStarsRonald ColmanMadeleine CarrollC. Aubrey SmithAn Englishman on a Ruritarian holiday must impersonate the king when the rightful monarch, a distant cousin, is drugged and kidnapped.1949-02-20: reunites Ronald Colman.
- DirectorJohn FarrowStarsEdward G. RobinsonGail RussellJohn LundAfter phony stage mentalist Triton mysteriously acquires supernatural powers of precognition, he becomes frightened and abandons his act to live in anonymity.1949-02-27: reunites Edward G. Robinson & William Demarest.
- DirectorBilly WilderStarsJean ArthurMarlene DietrichJohn LundIn occupied Berlin, an army captain is torn between an ex-Nazi café singer and the U.S. congresswoman investigating her.1949-03-06: reunites Marlene Dietrich, John Lund & Billy Wilder.
- DirectorLloyd BaconStarsJeanne CrainDan DaileyOscar Levant1920's bandleader Chuck Arnold meets hometown girl Peggy at one of the band's dances and next day weds her. Though she loves him, life on the road becomes increasingly difficult for her, but it is the 1929 Crash that makes things really tough for the both of them.1949-03-13: reunites Dan Dailey & Lloyd Bacon.
- DirectorLewis AllenStarsLoretta YoungDavid NivenEddie AlbertMaggie and Dale Williams have been married ten years have a 9-year-old daughter, Cookie. They live well, have separate careers, are surrounded by sophisticated friends, and are afflicted with overattentive in-laws on each side. Upon the occasion of their 10th anniversary, they tell each other that they want to divorce. They talk about it. They talk to their friends about it. The friends and in-laws talk to them, each other, and anyone else who will listen.1949-03-20: reunites Loretta Young & Lewis Allen.
- DirectorMitchell LeisenStarsPaulette GoddardFred MacMurrayMacdonald CareyAfter serving overseas for four years, "Captain Lonelyhearts" is ready to give marriage a second chance, but her estranged husband has a new girlfriend who is eager to see the divorce papers signed.1949-03-27: reunites Fred MacMurray & Mitchell Leisen.
- DirectorGeorge MarshallStarsBob HopePaulette GoddardRichard CarlsonA radio broadcaster, his quaking manservant and an heiress investigate the mystery of a haunted castle in Cuba.1949-04-03: reunites Bob Hope & George Marshall.
- DirectorHenry KosterStarsMargaret O'BrienJosé IturbiJune AllysonSix year old "Mike" joins her sister Barbara Ainsworth who plays in a classical orchestra during WW II.1949-04-10: reunites June Allyson & Henry Koster.
- DirectorWilliam WylerStarsMyrna LoyDana AndrewsFredric MarchThree World War II veterans, two of them traumatized or disabled, return home to the American midwest to discover that they and their families have been irreparably changed.1949-04-17: reunites Dana Andrews & William Wyler.
- DirectorEdward H. GriffithStarsFred AstaireJoan LeslieRobert BenchleyFred Atwell sneaks away from his famous squadron's personal appearance tour and goes incognito for several days off.1949-04-24: reunites Fred Astaire & Edward H. Griffith.
- DirectorSidney LanfieldStarsRay MillandTeresa WrightBrian DonlevyA psychology professor comes up with a theory that women have a desire to be subjugated. A newswoman, using a pseudonym, accuses him of advocating wife-beating. There is trouble after he falls in love with her, unaware of who she is.1949-05-01: reunites Ray Milland & Sidney Lanfield.
- DirectorFrank CapraStarsJames StewartDonna ReedLionel BarrymoreAn angel is sent from Heaven to help a desperately frustrated businessman by showing him what life would have been like if he had never existed.1949-05-08: reunites James Stewart & Frank Capra.
- DirectorMitchell LeisenStarsCharles BoyerOlivia de HavillandPaulette GoddardStopped in Mexico by U.S. Immigration, Georges Iscovescu hopes to get into the country by marrying a citizen.1949-05-15: reunites Charles Boyer & Mitchell Leisen.
- DirectorS. Sylvan SimonStarsLucille BallFranchot ToneEdward Everett HortonA scientist invents a formula that removes old, thinning hair and replaces it with thick, new hair. Complications ensue.1949-05-22: reunites Lucille Ball & S. Sylvan Simon.
- DirectorTay GarnettStarsFredric MarchJoan BennettRalph BellamyKay Kerrigan commits a murder and then changes her hair color, assumes a new identity and flees the country by ship. She's unaware that she's being followed by Sam Wye, a skirt chasing detective. The two soon develop a shipboard romance.1949-05-29: reunites Fredric March & Tay Garnett.
- DirectorRobert SiodmakStarsBurt LancasterAva GardnerEdmond O'BrienHit men kill an unresisting victim, and investigator Reardon uncovers his past involvement with beautiful, deadly Kitty Collins.1949-06-05: reunites Burt Lancaster, William Conrad & Robert Siodmak.
- DirectorH.C. PotterStarsCary GrantMyrna LoyMelvyn DouglasA man and his wife decide they can afford to have a house in the country built to their specifications. It's a lot more trouble than they think.1949-07-01: reunites Cary Grant & H.C. Potter.
- DirectorJohn FarrowStarsRay MillandMaureen O'SullivanCharles LaughtonA magazine tycoon commits a murder and pins it on an innocent man, who then tries to solve the murder himself.1949-07-08: reunites Ray Milland, Maureen O'Sullivan & John Farrow.
- DirectorWilliam A. WellmanStarsGregory PeckAnne BaxterRichard WidmarkA pistol-packing tomboy and her grandfather discover a band of bank robbing bandits taking refuge in the neighboring ghost town.1949-07-15: reunites Gregory Peck & William A. Wellman.