EMI Comedy: Hollywood Stars

In 2002, EMI Gold released the CD EMI Comedy – Hollywood Stars (724353951221). Eight different radio shows featuring Hollywood stars, including Vincent Price, Claudette Colbert, Orson Welles, Edward G. Robinson, Charles Laughton, Elsa Lanchester, Humphrey Bogart, Peter Lorre, Shelley Winters and Jimmy Stewart. The Stewart track is from his January 9, 1949, appearance on The…

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Cheyenne Autumn – Radio Spots

When the John Ford directed film, Cheyenne Autumn, was released in 1964, a 12-inch, one-sided, 33 1/3/ RPM disc of radio spots was also issued by Warner Brothers (WB-678). A total of ten spots of varying lengths were included on the disc. Mr. Stewart’s voice is not heard on any of the spots, but he…

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United Nations Radio

The following story appeared in the November 26, 1947, edition of Variety: According to the article, a series of seven 15-minute radio shows about the United Nations and its agencies were to be recorded at the Mutual-Don Lee Studios in Los Angeles, between this date and December 31st. The programs were then to be broadcast…

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Legends of Radio: The Bob Hope Show

The 20-CD set, featuring 40 episodes of The Bob Hope Show, was issued by Radio Spirits (40042) in 2002. Jimmy Stewart was the guest on several shows, but only the one of January 28, 1953, is included on the set. Other guests appearing on the set are: Penny Singleton (Blondie), Arthur Lake (Dagwood), Judy Garland,…

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Norman Corwin Centennial

This is a 10-CD set issued by Radio Spirits (44622) in 2010. The first CD in the set features the Bill of Rights special, We Hold These Truths, starring Jimmy Stewart and many other Hollywood greats, including: Orson Welles, Rudy Vallee, Dane Clark, Edward G. Robinson, Bob Burns, Walter Brennan, Edward Arnold, Lionel Barrymore, Marjorie…

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We Hold These Truths

As detailed in Jimmy Stewart on the Air, We Hold These Truths was commissioned by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to mark the 150th anniversary of the ratification of the Bill of Rights. Famed radio man Norman Corwin was the writer, producer and director of the program and Bernard Herrmann wrote the musical score. Corporal Jimmy…

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1948 American Red Cross Fund Campaign

In support of their 1948 fund campaign, a 16-inch transcription disc (HD8-MM-4062) containing 12 spot announcements, including one by Jimmy Stewart, was issued to radio stations by the American Red Cross. Also on the disc were Lauren Bacall, Edward G. Robinson, Humphrey Bogart, Dorothy Lamour, Amos ‘N’ Andy (Charles Correll and Freeman Gosden), Eddie Cantor,…

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