According to this short article in the December 9, 1949, edition of the Long Beach Press-Telegram, Long Beach, CA, this was a 15-minute program to be broadcast the following Monday, December 12th. A check of the same newspaper’s Sunday edition showed that the program was set to air on KFOX at 11:45 a.m. According to…
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The Bing Crosby Christmas Collection
This CD was released in 1992 (Déjà vu 5-126-2). The CD actually has three different titles, depending on what portion of the packaging you look at. The front says “Gift Collection,” the CD itself says “Gold Collection” and the spine says “Christmas Collection.” It was also issued on cassette (Deja Vu 5-126-4): One of the…
The Glenn Miller Story Premiere
On Thursday, December 10, 1953, the world premiere of The Glenn Miller Story starring Jimmy Stewart and June Allyson took place at the Pantages Theater in Hollywood. NBC radio was there to broadcast live from the theater. Shirley Towers and Eddy King talked to various celebrities as they entered the theater. In Jimmy Stewart on…
Screen Directors’ Playhouse – Call Northside 777
Like several other radio programs, NBC’s Screen Directors’ Playhouse presented radio adaptations of films. The difference here is that the film’s director was usually a guest of the program and introduced the play and was interviewed at the end. The film Call Northside 777 had been released in February 1948. It had already been presented…
Jimmy Stewart – A Christmas Reading
At some point in the early 1990’s, Jimmy Stewart was recorded reading Luke 2: 10-14 from the Bible. This recording has been used on several CD collections of Christmas music which have been sold for the benefit of the City of Hope and the Children’s Miracle Network. Michael Lloyd is listed as the executive Producer…
Toys for Tots – #3
This Toys for Tots record was issued as a 7-inch, 45 RPM record by Warner Brothers (PRO 381). Appearing with Stewart are Efrem Zimbalist Jr., the U.S. Marine Corps Band, Edward Mulhare, Natalie Wood, Colonel Frank Borman, Leonard Nimoy, Clarence Williams, Charlton Heston, Danny Thomas, Phyllis Diller, John Wayne, Bing Crosby, Jack Webb and Jimmy…
Toys for Tots – #2
Like all the other discs in this series, this one was issued by Warner Brothers Records (PRO 269). It was a small-hole, 7-inch, 45 RPM disc. This particular record features messages from movie and TV stars, including Danny Thomas, Phyllis Diller, Jim Backus, Dale Robertson, John Wayne, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Jack Webb, Joan Crawford, Jimmy…
The Six Shooter – A Pressing Engagement
A Pressing Engagement was broadcast on December 6, 1953. The title is also sometimes listed as The Groom, Britt is Engaged or Britt Ponset Gets Married. The newspapers advertised this particular show very well, including this photo ad which ran in the Tucson Daily Citizen, Tucson, AZ, on the day before the broadcast. On the…
Jimmy Stewart and “Der Bingle”
Stewart appeared on The Bing Crosby Show a total of ten times from 1948 through 1954. All of the shows are easily available and all were detailed in Jimmy Stewart on the Air. In this blog entry we’re going to take a look at one of the programs from near the middle of that time…
Sealtest Village Store
The Sealtest Village Store was an NBC half hour program, broadcast on the east coast at 9:30 p.m. It starred Jack Carson and Eve Arden. It was also known simply as Village Store or The Jack Carson Show. The show was advertised in a variety of ways. If you look closely at this Sealtest ad…
