In Jimmy Stewart on the Air, we listed two appearances on radio station WMAL-AM (630) by Mr. Stewart. Both of these shows remain unavailable, but we can add a little information to what is known about them, including that fact that one was incorrect. The first appearance came on August 24, 1951. A closer examination…
Tag Archives: Bend of the River
Bend of the River – Premiere
Jimmy Stewart’s latest film, Bend of the River, was set to have its world premiere in Portland, Oregon, on July 23, 1952. The Motion Picture Daily first announced that Stewart and other stars of the film would be on hand for the premiere in its January 11th edition: On the day of the premiere several…
Bend of the River – Open-Ended Interview
Bend of the River, starring Stewart, Julie Adams, Rock Hudson and Arthur Kennedy, was released in the United States in February of 1952. As outlined in Jimmy Stewart on the Air, Universal-International issued a special 12-inch, one-sided, 33 1/3 RPM record on red vinyl to help promote the film. It was pressed on red vinyl…
Radio’s Greatest Comedies
At least two different Radio’s Greatest Comedies sets were issued by Great American Audio. One was an 8-cassette set housed in a cardboard box open on one side. Below are scans of the bottom and sides of the box. The other was a 4-cassette set which came in a small wooden crate: Stewart was a…
Jack Benny Show – Bend of the River
Jimmy Stewart’s latest film, Bend of the River had just been released in February of 1952. On April 27th of that year, Jimmy was the guest on the Benny show and performed a sketch based on that film. Newspaper previewed the program this way: The cast for the skit included Jimmy Stewart as himself, Jack…
Jack Benny Volume II
This single cassette featuring two shows was issued in 1994 by GAA Corporation (7217). Side two of the cassette has the Benny show from April 27, 1952, in which he and Jimmy do a sketch called Bend of the River. …
Tex and Jinx – February 11, 1952
The husband and wife team of Eugenia Lincoln “Jinx” Falkenberg and John Reagan “Tex” McCrary were the host of this popular one hour weekday morning show broadcast from WNBC in New York City. Stewart was a guest on their program several times. Stewart’s appearance on this program received his notice in the New York Times’…
