When Jimmy Stewart on the Air was written, we were in possession of a cassette tape which featured Stewart reading two Poe stories. We could not uncover any information that these had been aired on the radio and the cassette was marked, “This recording is strictly copyright and use is restricted to Educational Purposes.” So,…
Monthly Archives: December 2015
Good News of 1938 (December 30, 1937)
Having a film contract with M-G-M made Stewart an easy choice to appear on or host the M-G-M produced radio show, Good News. The program was known by several names including The Maxwell House M-G-M Hour, Film Stars on Parade, Good News of 1938 and Good News of 1939. Nine appearances by Mr. Stewart were…
Screen Guild Players – It’s a Wonderful Life
The Screen Guild Players presented the first of what would be three presentations of It’s a Wonderful Life on December 29, 1947. Below is a sampling of some of the newspaper ads and previews which appeared at the time. The program is not available, but a script is. Here is a scan of the first…
Yeti’s Finger – A Bizarre Jimmy Stewart Tale
This may be the oddest Jimmy Stewart related radio show ever. BBC Radio 4 broadcast this show on December 29, 2011. Stewart’s voice appears nowhere in the show, but he and Gloria are an intricate part of the story and their daughter, Kelly, is heard. The show was produced by Mary Colwell, edited by Julian…
The Greatest Show on Earth – Radio Spots
When The Greatest Show on Earth was released in 1952, Paramount also issued a 12-inch, 33 1/3 RPM disc with nine radio spots to help promote the film. None of the stars’ voices were heard on the disc, but three were voiced by the film’s director, Cecil B. DeMille. Although Jimmy is not heard on…
Tex and Jinx – December 28, 1950
This 60-minute show was broadcast from the WNBC studios in Manhasset, New York, between 8:30-9:30 a.m. The program is not generally available. A copy of the program is held at the Miller Nichols Library, University of Missouri – Kansas City. As of this date, we have not been able to listen to the show, but…
The Six Shooter – Cora Plummer Quincy
Sometimes called Ned Plummer’s Widow, this show was broadcast on December 27, 1953. Except for simple listings like the one below from the Brooklyn Eagle, not much seems to have appeared in print about this week’s program. Filling out the cast were Virginia Gregg as Cora Plummer Quincy, Jean Tatum as a waitress, Robert Griffin…
Old-Time Radio’s Greatest Westerns
This set was issued by Radio Spirits as on both CDs (4217) and cassettes (4216). Forty old time radio Westerns, including Red Ryder, The Lone Ranger, Have Gun – Will Travel, Gunsmoke, The Cisco Kid, Fort Laramie, Frontier Gentleman, Hopalong Cassidy, Tales of the Texas Rangers, and The Six Shooter. A total of four Six…
Sports Award Banquet of the Los Angeles Times
The 4th annual Sports Award Show of the Los Angeles Times was held on Monday, December 27, 1948, at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles. The show was broadcast by the Mutual Broadcasting System from 10:30 to 11 p.m. The show is not available and all that is known about it has been gathered from…
Bob Hope and His Friends
The album, Bob Hope and His Friends (King of Comedy Associates KOC-1226), was released in 1979. This was a special 3-record boxed set with a 47-page booklet of photos and information. Many of the celebrities who had appeared with Hope through the years were heard on the album. Stewart, of course, appeared, as well as…
