We can now add another Christmas Seal Campaign to the list of those on which Mr. Stewart’s message can be heard – 1959. As with the ones for 1958, 1961-1964, this was issued on a 12-inch, 33 1/3 RPM disc pressed by RCA Custom Records (KM8R-0585): Those celebrities appearing on the other side of the…
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Marie Antoinette Premiere
The new M-G-M film, Marie Antoinette, was scheduled to premiere at the Carthay Circle Theatre, Hollywood, CA, on July 8, 1938. Not wanting to miss a publicity moment, the opening was set to be broadcast on the NBC-Blue network. On the east coast, that broadcast went on the air at 11 p.m. (EST). We first…
Good News of 1939
Good News was broadcast from Studio 30 at M-G-M each Thursday evening (9-10 p.m.) by NBC. It was sponsored by Maxwell House Coffee. Mr. Stewart is known to have appeared on the program at least nine times. This time was on March 2, 1939. The host of the show this evening was Robert Young. The…
Christmas Seals Update
Christmas Seals are distributed each year by the Lung Association, formerly known as the National Tuberculosis Association. Most years, celebrities recorded public service announcements which were distributed to radio stations for airplay. As described in Jimmy Stewart on the Air, Stewart appeared on several such discs. The 1958 disc has continued to elude our collection…
A Moment for Thanksgiving
Presented this time is some updated information for the public service announcement Stewart recorded for the United Presbyterian Church disc, A Moment for Thanksgiving. The 10-inch, 33 1/3 RPM disc was issued in a special jacket: Mr. Stewart’s message was the first one on side two of the disc: The music heard on his spot…
Good News of 1938
Stewart made his first of many appearances on this NBC program seventy-eight years ago on November 18, 1937. The show was broadcast from Studio 30 on the M.G.M. lot and so was heavily loaded with M.G.M. stars. Although the show is not available, we do know much about it from the newspaper ads that appeared…
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…
Leo Is On the Air – Navy Blue and Gold
Navy Blue and Gold was a 1937 film starring Stewart, Robert Young, Tom Brown and Florence Rice. When it was re-released in 1941, MGM prepared this disc to help promote the film. The disc was covered in detail in Jimmy Stewart on the Air, but now you’ll also have the chance to hear it. All…
Public Service Announcement – 1962 Christmas Seals
At the time our book was published, we knew of four Christmas Seal campaign records on which Mr. Stewart appeared – 1958, 1961, 1963 and 1964. Now, we can add 1962 to that list. The message delivered by Stewart is the same one which appeared on the 1961 disc and would subsequently also be used…
