A few months ago the picture below came up for sale on Ebay: The back of the photo is dated March, 1955, and carries the caption: “Valerie Long who is shown here interviewing movie actor Jimmy Stewart on her “Lunch with Val” radio show over station WEAW, will begin a new radio show “Dinner with…
Monthly Archives: July 2015
Christmas Greetings from Jimmy Stewart and McDonald’s
If you’re looking for very distinctive Stewart radio related items, this one is definitely for you. It is a CD (XDIW-CD) given away for the grand opening of a new McDonald’s in Moraine, Ohio, in 2001. Here are scans of (1) the front of the insert sheet, (2) the back of the insert sheet, and…
The Shenandoah Soundtrack
One of the more popular soundtrack albums for a Stewart film was 1965’s Shenandoah. Decca DL-9125 (mono)/DL7-9125 (stereo) The soundtrack was also issued as a reel-to-reel tape: Decca ST74-9125 (stereo) Except where noted, all of the music was composed by Frank Skinner and conducted by Joseph Gershenson. Charles “Bud” Dant produced the album. The tracks…
The Man from Laramie
Many of Stewart’s films had soundtrack albums released. His voice did not appear on most of these (although his photo usually did), but they are still quite collectable and sought after by his fans. Even when there was no soundtrack album, there were releases – 78’s, 45’s and LP’s. Such is the case with The…
An Incident of War – Updated Information
When our book was published, we knew very little about the show, An Incident of War, which appears to be Stewart’s very first radio broadcast. We were first alerted to the program by this short note in Stewart’s hometown newspaper, the Indiana Evening Gazette: A quick check of the New York Times for May 28,…
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