The Best Years of Our Lives 1940

Here we have a relatively new item from England. The CD was released in 2012 and is widely available on the internet. Sounds of Yesteryear DSOY909 The final track on the CD is the one that would be of interest to Stewart Fans. It is a copy of his appearance in The Philadelphia Story as…

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Silver Theater – First Love

When the Silver Theater premiered on radio on October 3, 1937, it was with the first of a four part show starring Jimmy Stewart and Rosalind Russell. The sponsor, 1847 Rogers Brothers Silverware, opened the show with much publicity in the newspapers, including ads like the one below from the Sunday Journal and Star, Lincoln,…

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I Speak for Democracy

The “I Speak for Democracy” contest was open to high school students. A student would write and read an essay on democracy which would be judged on the local, state and national level. A special 16-inch transcription disc was prepared to both inform students of the contest and encourage them to participate. The disc featured…

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25th Anniversary of the Air Force Song

As covered in our book, in September of 1964, to mark the 25th anniversary of the Air Force Song by Robert Crawford, a special 25-minute radio show was prepared and distributed to radio stations. The 12-inch, 33 1/3 RPM disc was housed in a special sleeve. An insert showed the running order for the program:…

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Jimmy Stewart on NBC Monitor #1

Mr. Stewart appeared on the NBC weekend program, Monitor, many times. Several of these have been preserved and detailed in our book. The first surviving segment is from the broadcast of May 22, 1965. Like most Monitor segments, it received very little notice in the newspaper: Stewart was interviewed by Hobart Lewis in Yuma, Arizona,…

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The Rare Breed Interview

In 1966, when The Rare Breed was released, a 10-inch, 33 1/3 RPM record featuring interviews with the film’s stars, Jimmy Stewart and Maureen O’Hara, was also issued to help promote the film. Universal Pictures 555 This record was included in our book, but the label scan and the audio are new here. The same…

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