The film, The Stratton Story starring Stewart and June Allyson, had gone into general circulation in June of 1949. On February 13, 1950, the only radio adaptation of the film was presented on the CBS radio series, Lux Radio Theatre. The script was adapted for radio by Sanford H. Barnett. William Keighley was the show’s…
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The FBI Story – Soundtrack Recordings
No soundtrack album has been released of the Max Steiner score for the film. The film’s theme, Theme From The FBI Story (What Do I Care) was recorded by at least two different artists at the time of the film’s release. The first of these was a mainly instrumental version by Richard Maltby (Columbia 4-41452)…
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When we posted our first blog on June 5, 2015, we had no idea what to expect. We knew that there were people out there, like you, who loved Jimmy Stewart. But would you have any interest in his radio career? Would you continue to come back day after day to check for new blogs…
Screen Guild Theater – Single Crossing
Jimmy Stewart was not scheduled to appear on The Gulf Screen Guild Theater broadcast of February 11, 1940. Instead William Powell was to be the male lead opposite Myrna Loy in Single Crossing. But, when Powell came down with a case of the flu, Jimmy Stewart volunteered to step in for him. Apparently Clark Gable…
Boy Scout Jamboree – February 11, 1950
Jimmy Stewart was one of several guests appearing on the Boy Scout Jamboree broadcast of 1950. On the East coast, the program was aired from 1:30-2 p.m. The program is not available and all we know about it has been gleaned from newspaper clippings. The first of these is from The Brooklyn Eagle, Brooklyn, NY:…
Tex and Jinx – February 11, 1952
The husband and wife team of Eugenia Lincoln “Jinx” Falkenberg and John Reagan “Tex” McCrary were the host of this popular one hour weekday morning show broadcast from WNBC in New York City. Stewart was a guest on their program several times. Stewart’s appearance on this program received his notice in the New York Times’…
Photoplay 11th Annual Gold Metal Awards Dinner
The Photoplay magazine awards ceremony was broadcast by ABC on February 10, 1955, from 9:30-9:55 p.m. It was hosted by Dick Powell and Sheila Graham. The Indiana Gazette, Stewart’s hometown newspaper, ran this story about the awards and the upcoming radio show in its January 29, 1955, edition. On the day of the broadcast,…
Lux Radio Theatre – The Moon’s Our Home
Stewart’s second appearance on the Lux Radio Theatre took place on Monday, February 10, 1941. He and Carole Lombard starred in The Moon’s Our Home. Verna Felton, as Boyce, and Hans Conried, as Horace, are other voices you will hear. As Stewart was under contract to MGM at the time, a special contract was needed…
Good News of 1938 – February 10, 1938
Here we present some updated information on one of many Stewart appearances on this popular NBC program. Although he had been the host of the some of the previous shows, this time that task fell to Robert Taylor and Jimmy was simply a guest. The newspapers highlighted the show as seen in the following excerpts…
Boy Scout Jamboree – February 10, 1951
Those in attendance at the 1951, Boy Scout Jamboree were in the Shrine Auditorium in Hollywood, CA, for a special radio broadcast on the afternoon of February 10th. Here are several newspaper clippings of the event. The first is from The Post-Standard, Syracuse, NY: The second is from The Brooklyn Eagle, Brooklyn, NY: The third…
