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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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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