The 1953 Heart Fund Drive for the American Heart Association took place during the month of February. A special disc to help publicize the event was prepared by the Gotham Recording Corporation (GRC-2324) and distributed to radio stations. Stewart delivered the following message: This same message would be used again on the 1957 Heart Fund…
Yearly Archives: 2015
Screen Guild Theater – The Shop Around the Corner
Seventy-five years ago today, on September 29, 1940, the third season of The Gulf Screen Guild Theater began with Jimmy Stewart, Margaret Sullavan and Frank Morgan starring in The Shop Around the Corner. The same three actors had starred in the film which had been released in January of 1940. The radio adaptation was written…
The Six Shooter – The Coward
In the second show of the series, Britt finds himself in Temple City helping an escaped convict who has cleaned up his life. At this time, the show was being sponsored by Coleman and that company was advertising the program as shown by this partial Coleman ad from The Pantagraph, Bloomington, IL, on the day…
The Six Shooter – Jenny
On Sunday, September 20, 1953, The Six Shooter, Starring Jimmy Stewart as Britt Ponset, premiered on the NBC Radio Network. The actual titles of these shows were not usually given anywhere in the program which has lead to many different titles being used for some shows. This one is normally known as Jenny (sometimes as…
Confidential Message from NBC
With The Six Shooter about to go on the air, it was announced that Coleman Heaters would be sponsoring the program for the first four weeks of broadcasts. Actually, they would be sponsoring three new NBC programs during this time period – Barrie Craig, Confidential Investigator, The Eddie Cantor Show and the Stewart show. To…
The Six Shooter – NBC Audition Program
NBC produced an audition show for The Six Shooter sometime in June or July of 1953, after the Hollywood Star Playhouse broadcast of April 13th. The Hollywood Star Playhouse program was edited and used as the audition. A new opening announcer narration was added to reflect the new series title: By the time the series…
Hollywood Star Playhouse – The Six Shooter: The Beginnings of a Series
As described in Jimmy Stewart on the Air, Stewart starred in the April 13, 1952, edition of NBC’s Hollywood Star Playhouse. He played the role of Britt Proset, a traveling cowboy with the nickname of “The Six Shooter.” Others appearing in the program were William Conrad as Ed Scofield, Parley Baer as Fred Wilmer, Herb…
The Glenn Miller Story – Radio Spots
In early 1960, six years after its initial release, Universal-International reissued the Jimmy Stewart-June Allyson film, The Glenn Miller Story.The re-issue premieres took place on both the east and west coasts on March 22nd and 23rd, 1960 according to this article from the Motion Picture Daily of March 7, 1960: This full-page ad from the…
Hollywood Profiles – Jimmy Stewart
Hollywood Profiles was covered in detail in Jimmy Stewart on the Air, but without any photos or audio, both of which will be added here. The 12-inch, 33 1/3 RPM discs were prepared and sent to more than 800 radio stations which carried the series. Stewart’s is the first program on the a-side of the…
1972 Messages for the Red Cross
As mentioned in our book, Stewart did several messages for the American Red Cross. His 1972 contribution was issued on a 7-inch, small hole, 33 1/3 RPM disc. Whereas most Red Cross discs had a limited play time, usually about a month, this one was marked for use the year round. Stewart provided two messages,…
