Screen Directors’ Playhouse – Broken Arrow

Jimmy Stewart as Tom Jeffords, Jeff Chandler as Cochise and Debra Paget as Sonseeahry, the stars of the 1950 film, also starred in this Richard Allen Simmons radio adaptation. Others appearing with them were Jerry Farber, Ralph Moody, Byron Kane, Rye Billsbury, Jan Arvan, Paul Dubov, Herbert Butterfield, Tom Holland and John Stevenson. With this…

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Broken Arrow – Soundtrack

The music for Broken Arrow, the 1950 film starring Jimmy Stewart, Jeff Chandler and Debra Paget, was written by Hugo Friedhofer, orchestrated by William Powell and conducted by Alfred Newman. No soundtrack album was issued at the time and the official release had to wait until 1999, when a CD was finally issued (Brigham Young…

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Lux Radio Theatre – Broken Arrow

Broken Arrow was presented on the Lux Radio Theatre on January 22, 1951. Jimmy Stewart, Jeff Chandler and Debra Paget had starred in the 1950 film, so it was only natural that they would also star in the radio adaptation; and, that’s the way things were planned. However, at the last minute, Jimmy became ill…

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