Jimmy Stewart recorded a 60-seond spot for the 1960 United Jewish Appeal. His, and messages by Jack Benny, Burt Lancaster, Jean Simmons, Robert Ryan and Cornel Wilde, were issued to radio stations on a 7-inch, 45 RPM record. While a copy of the original record has thus far eluded us, we do have a copy…
Monthly Archives: May 2016
Time Capsule
This is a new radio show that we discovered after the publication of Jimmy Stewart on the Air. The show is not available and little is known about it. What we do know comes from two short articles in the February 14, 1953, edition of Billboard magazine. The second article is actually much longer, but…
The Six Shooter – The Double Seven
The Double Seven, also known as Ranchers vs. Sodbusters and Half-Way Creek, was broadcast on May 13, 1954. A short preview of the show was published in the Oakland Tribute, Oakland, CA, on the day of the broadcast. Joining Stewart in the cast were Lamont Johnson as Clint Sutton, Gerald Mohr as Gid Babscomb, Bob…
Radio’s Greatest Comedies
At least two different Radio’s Greatest Comedies sets were issued by Great American Audio. One was an 8-cassette set housed in a cardboard box open on one side. Below are scans of the bottom and sides of the box. The other was a 4-cassette set which came in a small wooden crate: Stewart was a…
Nancy Craig Program
The Nancy Craig Program was broadcast by ABC from New York City weekdays at 1:45 p.m. eastern time. Mr. Stewart appeared on the show on May 11, 1949. The program is not available. This listing appeared in the New York Times on the day of the broadcast. Stewart’s latest film, The Stratton Story, was set…
Tusher in Hollywood
This program is not available and is known from a single listing which appeared in the May 11, 1952, edition of the Long Beach Press-Telegram, Long Beach, CA. The show was 15-minutes in length and was hosted by William Tusher, who also was a writer for the Daily Variety and the Hollywood Reporter. Tusher also…
Edgar Bergen-Charlie McCarthy Show – May 10, 1953
The newspaper listings took very little notice of Stewart’s guest appearance on this show, with most listings similar to the one below from the Independent Press-Telegram, Long Beach, CA: This show is not available, but since all of Stewart’s other appearances have been documented, this is most likely the program in which Jimmy and Mortimer…
The American National Red Cross 1970 March Campaign Radio Spots
This 7-inch, small hole, 33 1/3 RPM record was issued to radio stations to be played during the month of March, 1970. The same four Jimmy Stewart spots appeared on both sides of the record. The first spot served as the basis for the second and third. It contained a few sound effects and others…
NBC Theater – It’s a Wonderful Life
The NBC Theater was also known as Screen Directors’ Assignment and Screen Directors’ Playhouse. It was different from other dramatic series in that the director of the film, from which the story was adapted, was also a guest on the program. In this case, Frank Capra introduced the show and was part of the interview,…
Favorite Story
Favorite Story, hosted by Ronald Colman, was a program which was syndicated nationally by Frederic W. Ziv Syndication. Each week the favorite story of a celebrity was performed. The celebrity did not appear on the program. In Mr. Stewart’s case, we are told that his favorite story is The Little Minister, which had been a…
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