When Fool’s Parade, starring Stewart, George Kennedy and Anne Baxter, was released in August of 1971, Columbia Pictures provided a special disc with four spot announcements for the film. As we mentioned in Jimmy Stewart on the Air, none of the spots featured Mr. Stewart’s voice. However, they are still of interest to Stewart fans…
Monthly Archives: August 2015
Jimmy Stewart for Radio Free Europe
Here is a recent find that was not listed in our book. Broadcasters for Radio Free Europe XB-212/XB-213 This is a 7-inch, 33 1/3 RPM record featuring 18 public service messages from 12 different celebrities and was issued to radio stations in 1968. Stewart’s 60-second message appears on side two of the disc along with…
“Rear Window” Soundtrack music
No complete soundtrack has been issued for this Stewart movie. However, at the time the film was released, at least three singles of The “Rear Window” Theme (aka Lisa) were issued. When reviewed in Billboard magazine, all three versions were treated as b-sides. The first to be reviewed was by LeRoy Holmes and his Orchestra…
Boy Scouts of America – Strengthen the Arm of Liberty
As outlined in our book, Stewart appeared on at least five different Boy Scout Jamboree programs, only two of which are available. Our aim here is to update the first of these broadcast by adding clippings, photos and audio. The program was broadcast by NBC as a public service on Saturday, February 12, 1949. This…
The Barbara Welles Show
Here is some additional information about Stewart’s appearance on The Barbara Welles Show which was documented in our book. As mentioned in the book, there was not really a “Barbara Welles,” instead the host of the show was Florence Pritchett. What we didn’t know at the time was that she had only been on the…
Saturday Evening Post – Jimmy Stewart Sales Promotion
When I saw this record come up for sale on Ebay, I was very excited. We knew that a five part story on Stewart had appeared in the Saturday Evening Post beginning on February 11, 1961 (Vol. 234, No. 6) through March 11 (Vol. 234, No. 10). Stewart’s name appeared prominently on the record label…
Jimmy Stewart Speaks for the Community Chest Volunteers
One of the radio shows outlined in our book was the Community Chest – A Salute to Volunteers program broadcast on September 26, 1947. At first, all we could find on the program were several newspaper ads and articles like the ones below: Despite all the press for the program, it looked like the show…
Ten High – 10th Anniversary Radio Salute to Continental Air Command 1948-1958
December 1958 marked the tenth anniversary of ConAC, the Continental Air Command. To commemorate the event, a special 59-minute radio program was prepared and distributed to radio stations. The show was recorded on three of the sides of two 12-inch, 33 1/3 RPM discs and housed in a gatefold jacket. The jacket was rather plain,…
The Glenn Miller Story – Part 2
Besides the actual soundtrack recordings discussed in the first blog, there were also a number of related releases which we will discuss here. First, Decca issued an EP featuring Louis Armstrong’s two songs from the film. The sleeve even carried the now familiar photo of Jimmy Stewart and June Allyson. Decca ED 2126 (1954) –…
The Glenn Miller Story – Soundtrack
Tracing the recording history of The Glenn Miller Story is a very big project, one which will be spread over two blogs. In the first part, presented here, we will take a look at the actual soundtrack materials. Here is another soundtrack on which Stewart doesn’t appear vocally, but his photo does appear on all…
