Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Air View was the title used for film publicity interviews released to radio stations by M-G-M studios. This particular one was a 12-inch, 33 1/3 RPM disc. Actually, there were two different discs issued. One was pressed on black vinyl: the other on red vinyl. You’ll also notice that the labels themselves are different…
Monthly Archives: October 2015
Silver Theater – Up From Darkness
One year after their first appearance together on Silver Theater in First Love, Jimmy Stewart and Rosalind Russell were back again as the stars of Up From Darkness. This two-part story was broadcast on October 23 and 30, 1938. Here are a few newspaper previews which appeared on the first broadcast date. The first is…
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…
Winnie the Pooh – The Albums
It took until 1958, but finally all four Stewart stories were released on one album, along with a fifth story, The Little Engine That Could, as told by Paul Wing, which filled out the disc. The Little Engine That Could leads off side one, followed by Winnie the Pooh and the Heffalump. Kanga and Baby…
Winnie the Pooh – The Singles
Only two of the Pooh stories read by Stewart were issued as singles. Like the Upside-Down books, both were issued as 78 RPM and 45 RPM discs. The first record was of Winnie the Pooh and the Heffalump Parts 1 & 2 (RCA Victor BY-48 (78 RPM)/WBY- 48 (45 RPM). Both were issued in a…
Winnie the Pooh – Upside-Down Books
Jimmy Stewart recorded four different Winnie the Pooh stories for RCA Victor – Kanga and Baby Roo, Winnie the Pooh and Eeyore, Winnie the Pooh and the Heffalump and Winnie the Pooh and Tigger. Through the years, these have been released in several formats – Upside-Down books, singles and albums. We will look at each…
The Six Shooter – Red Lawson’s Revenge
There is a bit of trivia involved with Red Lawson’s Revenge. This is the only story in The Six Shooter series which was not written by Frank Burt. This one was written by Les Crutchfield, who also wrote scripts for other radio shows including Gunsmoke, Dr. Kildare, Escape, Fort Laramie and Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar…
An American Tail: Fievel Goes West – Soundtrack
The music for the sound track was composed and conducted by James Horner. Stewart voiced the role of Wylie Burp, the lawdog of Green River (pictured in the upper left hand corner of the jacket) and the idol of Fievel in the animated film. Others in the film were Phillip Glasser (as Fievel), Cathy Cavadini…
Bing Crosby Show (October 23, 1952)
Jimmy makes his eighth appearance on Crosby’s show. As usual, Jimmy has a problem that he wants Bing to help him solve. This time he needs to buy an electric blanket and since Bing is now sponsored by General Electric, he thinks he’ll be able to help him. Before the whole thing is over, one…
1948 American Red Cross Fund Campaign
In support of their 1948 fund campaign, a 16-inch transcription disc (HD8-MM-4062) containing 12 spot announcements, including one by Jimmy Stewart, was issued to radio stations by the American Red Cross. Also on the disc were Lauren Bacall, Edward G. Robinson, Humphrey Bogart, Dorothy Lamour, Amos ‘N’ Andy (Charles Correll and Freeman Gosden), Eddie Cantor,…
