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Academy Award Theater was a CBS radio anthology series that presented 30-minute adaptations of plays, novels, or films. The series featured Hollywood's finest actors, actresses, and films, chosen from the list of winners or nominees of the famous golden Oscar of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The series aimed to present any drama as long as the cast included at least one Oscar-nominated performer. Actors often recreated their original film roles, and some even reprised their Oscar-winning roles for the radio adaptations.</p><p>The series began on March 30, 1946, and ended on December 18, 1946, with a total of 39 episodes. The show initially aired on Saturdays at 7 pm (Eastern) through June, then moved to Wednesdays at 10 pm (Eastern). The series was produced by Dee Englebach, with music provided by Leith Stevens and script adaptations by Frank Wilson. The E.R. Squibb & Sons pharmaceutical company was the program's sponsor, but due to the high costs of production, including the weekly fees paid to both the stars and the Academy for the use of their name in the show's title, the series was eventually canceled after only 39 weeks.
<p><strong>Performers:</strong> Bette Davis, Anne Revere, Fay Bainter, Jean Hersholt, Henry Fonda, Humphrey Bogart, Cary Grant, Gregory Peck, Ronald Colman, Fay Bainter, Paul Lukas, Victor McLaglen, Paul Muni, Ginger Rogers, John Lund, Joan Fontaine, Margaret O'Brien, Jeff Chandler</p>