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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Voice of the Army – The Flying Dutchman

The Flying Dutchman was part of the Voice of the Army series and was broadcast in 1949. Only one newspaper reference to the show has been uncovered. It appeared in the Times-Herald, Olean, NY, on June 1, 1949. The 15-minute program, #448 in the series, was issued to radio stations on a 16-inch transcription disc…

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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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Lux Radio Theatre – Magic Town

Jimmy Stewart and Jane Wyman had starred in the 1947 film, Magic Town, as Rip Smith and Mary Peterman. On December 15, 1947, they reprised those roles for the Sanford H. Barnett radio adaptation for the Lux Radio Theatre. The show was produced and hosted by William Keighley and directed by Fredric MacKaye. John Milton…

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The Glenn Miller Story Premiere

On Thursday, December 10, 1953, the world premiere of The Glenn Miller Story starring Jimmy Stewart and June Allyson took place at the Pantages Theater in Hollywood. NBC radio was there to broadcast live from the theater. Shirley Towers and Eddy King talked to various celebrities as they entered the theater. In Jimmy Stewart on…

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Did You Know These Stars Also Sang?

This 2-CD set was issued in the U.K. in 2007 (Jasmine JASCD 147). Jimmy Stewart appears three times on this release. On the first CD, he’s heard singing When Johnny Toots His Horn, from the film Pot O’ Gold. Immediately before his track, Paulette Goddard is heard singing Pete the Piper, from the same film…

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The Big Sound – New Additions

When we were researching the book, we came across many Stewart appearances on radio promo discs called The Big Sound. These 12-inch, 33 1/3 RPM discs were purchase by radio stations on a subscription basis. Stations received a basic library of discs and then received additional discs monthly. Many of these discs featured movie and…

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