The Six Shooter – Jenny

On Sunday, September 20, 1953, The Six Shooter, Starring Jimmy Stewart as Britt Ponset, premiered on the NBC Radio Network. The actual titles of these shows were not usually given anywhere in the program which has lead to many different titles being used for some shows. This one is normally known as Jenny (sometimes as…

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Confidential Message from NBC

With The Six Shooter about to go on the air, it was announced that Coleman Heaters would be sponsoring the program for the first four weeks of broadcasts. Actually, they would be sponsoring three new NBC programs during this time period – Barrie Craig, Confidential Investigator, The Eddie Cantor Show and the Stewart show. To…

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The Glenn Miller Story – Radio Spots

In early 1960, six years after its initial release, Universal-International reissued the Jimmy Stewart-June Allyson film, The Glenn Miller Story.The re-issue premieres took place on both the east and west coasts on March 22nd and 23rd, 1960 according to this article from the Motion Picture Daily of March 7, 1960: This full-page ad from the…

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Hollywood Profiles – Jimmy Stewart

Hollywood Profiles was covered in detail in Jimmy Stewart on the Air, but without any photos or audio, both of which will be added here. The 12-inch, 33 1/3 RPM discs were prepared and sent to more than 800 radio stations which carried the series. Stewart’s is the first program on the a-side of the…

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1972 Messages for the Red Cross

As mentioned in our book, Stewart did several messages for the American Red Cross. His 1972 contribution was issued on a 7-inch, small hole, 33 1/3 RPM disc. Whereas most Red Cross discs had a limited play time, usually about a month, this one was marked for use the year round. Stewart provided two messages,…

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Shenandoah Radio Spots

When Shenandoah was released in June of 1965, Universal Pictures also issued a special 7-inch, 45 RPM disc featuring seven radio spots of varying lengths to help advertise the film. The disc was pressed on red vinyl. Included were four 60-second spots, the third of which featured some dialogue from the film, including Stewart’s voice…

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