We recently found the following article on the WOW News Tower (Vol. 18, No. 3), published by Radio and Television Stations WOW, Omaha, NE. Stewart is listed as one of the guests on the NBC program. The guests read famous poems and passages from literature. The show was hosted by David Ross. Normally, newspapers simply…
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John Steinbeck and Jimmy Stewart…A Collaboration that Might Have Been
The following article appearrd the in May 27, 1942, edition of Variety: According to the article, Steinbeck planned on gathering material about Army Air Corps bomber crews and using that material to write a book and produce film, radio and television materials. Working with him on the planning were Jimmy Stewart, Burgess Meredith and CBS…
On Our Merry Way – Soundtrack Music
On Our Merry Way, starring Stewart, Paulette Goddard, Henry Fonda, Dorothy Lamour, Fred MacMurray, Victor Moore and Burgess Meredith, was released in June of 1948. No soundtrack album was issued, but there were several recordings of songs from the film issued. The first single, Queen of the Hollywood Islands (Frank Loesser) by Dorothy Lamour, was…
How the West Was Won – Soundtrack Albums
The soundtrack album for the film, How the West Was Won, was issued at the same time as the movie in 1963 on the MGM label (1SE5 [stereo]/1E5 [mono]). The original U.S. soundtrack album was issued in a special, fold-out cover. Unless otherwise noted, all songs are by the MGM Studio Orchestra. Side 1: 1…
Jimmy Stewart on Behalf of Baby Harp Seals
Back in the 1970’s, Jimmy Stewart was involved in a campaign sponsored by the International Fund for Animal Welfare. It was called “Every Letter Counts.” The idea was to have people write letters to the Canadian government asking them to stop the clubbing to death of baby harp seals. We highlighted these public service announcements…
