This digital only set was released for download and streaming by Master Classics Records in 2011. Eighteen different radio shows are included, one divided into two parts, on the set: 1) Screen Directors’ Assignment – It’s a Wonderful Life (Part 1), May 8, 1949 2) Screen Directors’ Assignment – It’s a Wonderful Life (Part 2),…
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Great Western Radio Shows (CD)
The History of Radio – Great Western Radio Shows was released in 2004 by Topics Entertainment (CA-217). The 3-CD boxed set had two shows of each of the following programs – Gunsmoke, Hopalong Cassidy and The Six Shooter. There were no photos of the stars of the first two shows, but a Jimmy Stewart photo…
The World’s Greatest Old-Time Radio Shows – The Six Shooter
Released by MediaBay Inc. in 2004, this single cassette featured two shows. The insert card has several different numbers – 28384, 80934, #151 – to help identify it. The shows included are Red Lawson’s Revenge, broadcast on October 25, 1953, and Gabriel Starbuck, broadcast November 22, 1953…
The Best of Old Time Radio Starring Jimmy Stewart
This set was issued by Radio Spirits in 2002 in both 4-cassette (5034) and 6-CD (5035) formats. Ten complete and original radio programs were included: 1) Screen Directors’ Assignment – It’s a Wonderful Life, May 8, 1949 2) Hollywood Star Playhouse – The Six Shooter, April 13, 1952 3) Lady Esther Screen Guild Players –…
The World’s Greatest Old-Time Radio Shows – The Six Shooter
In 2002, Radio Spirits began issuing a series of single CD’s, each featuring two of old-time radio’s greatest shows. The CD’s were housed in a special cardboard sleeve with the opening at the top. The sleeve also had two holes punched on its left side. Radio Spirits also produce a special 4-ring binder in which…
Old Time Radio Westerns
This 4-cassette boxed set was issued in 2002 by the HighBridge Company (HBP 89049). One of the cassettes has two The Six Shooter programs, but the titles aren’t mentioned on the insert card. There are titles in the cassette itself. Gabriel Starbuck, originally broadcast on November 22, 1953, is on the A-side. On the B-side…
The Six Shooter Becomes The Restless Gun
Less than three years after The Six Shooter left the radio, actor John Payne was looking for a western show in which he could star on TV. He came across the Jimmy Stewart series and liked what he heard. He purchased the rights to the series and set about to have many of the Frank…
The Six Shooter – Myra Barker
The final show of the series was broadcast on June 24, 1954. The title is given by John Wald at the beginning of the second act as Myra Barker. It is sometimes called Unpredictable Horse. This brief preview appeared in the Long Beach Press-Telegraph, Long Beach, CA, on the day of the broadcast. The cast…
A Pressing Engagement/Myra Barker
Before Radio Spirits began issuing sets of old time radio shows, they were putting out individual cassettes of various programs. One release was of two The Six Shooter programs (1435). Brit is Engaged is better known as A Pressing Engagement and was originally broadcast on December 6, 1953. Unpredictable Horse is also known as Myra…
The Six Shooter – When the Shoe Doesn’t Fit
As the second act begins, John Wald announces that the show’s title is When the Shoe Doesn’t Fit. The show is also sometimes listed under the names Shades of Cinderella or Western Cinderella. A short preview of the show was printed in the Tucson Daily Citizen, Tucson, AZ, on the day of the broadcast. Also…
