We the People (December 22, 1946)

We have already documented Mr. Stewart’s appearance on the June 24, 1947, edition of We the People. Now, we have discovered that he also appeared on the show about six months previous to this date, on December 22, 1946. Here are several listings which confirm this fact. The first is from The Cincinnati Enquirer, Cincinnati,…

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Radio’s Golden Age Christmas

This 5-CD set was released by The Audio File in 2012 (DGA 1224). The first CD in the set (“A”) is the March 10, 1947, Lux Radio Theatre production of It’s a Wonderful Life. It starred Jimmy Stewart, Donna Reed and Victor Moore.  …

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Christmas Classics

Christmas Classics is an eight-CD collection being sold online during the 2017 holiday season. The set includes four shows originally broadcast on the Lux Radio Theatre, and one each from This Is My Best, Radio City Playhouse, Screen Directors’ Playhouse and Grand Central Station. One of the Lux shows is the March 10, 1947, broadcast…

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Starring Donna Reed

This is a new 11-CD set of radio shows starring Donna Reed. Miss Reed is featured in dramatic, comedy, adventure, western and, of course holiday programs. What else could the holiday show be but It’s a Wonderful Life as broadcast on the Lux Radio Theatre on March 10, 1947. Yes, even though it’s become a…

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Starring: Jimmy Stewart

This 8-CD set is often seen for sale on Ebay. Six of the eight discs feature a show from the Lux Radio Theatre series, while the remaining two are from Cavalcade of American and Suspense. The programs give us a look at Stewart’s radio career from 1937 through 1951. Here’s what you get in order…

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Screen Guild Theater (December 29, 1949)

For the second time, the first being December 29, 1947, Jimmy Stewart and Donna Reed recreated their film roles from It’s a Wonderful Life on the Screen Guild Theater. The show was highly publicized in the newspapers. Here are three listings from the day of the broadcast. The first is from the Democrat and Chronicle,…

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On Our Merry Way – Soundtrack Music

On Our Merry Way, starring Stewart, Paulette Goddard, Henry Fonda, Dorothy Lamour, Fred MacMurray, Victor Moore and Burgess Meredith, was released in June of 1948. No soundtrack album was issued, but there were several recordings of songs from the film issued. The first single, Queen of the Hollywood Islands (Frank Loesser) by Dorothy Lamour, was…

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