In late March and early April of 1957, Stewart was on the road promoting his new film, The Spirit of St. Louis. One of his stops was in Chicago where he was interviewed by Howard Miller. Miller had gained popularity while working for WIND Chicago and was offered a nation-wide show by CBS. The 15-minute…
Monthly Archives: July 2016
“The Man from Laramie” Texas Promotional Tour
With The Man from Laramie set to premiere in San Antonio, Texas, Stewart and other cast members from the film embarked on a tour of the state to promote the opening. Besides San Antonio, he also made stops in Houston, Dallas and Fort Worth. The following full-page ad appeared in the July 13, 1955, edition…
“The Man from Laramie” Phone Campaign
Jimmy Stewart’s latest film, The Man from Laramie, was set to premiere in San Antonio, Texas, on July 13, 1955. To help promote the film, Columbia Pictures initiated a “Call Jimmy Stewart” telephone campaign. Small ads like the two below began to appear in newspapers in select cities around the country: The June 22, 1955,…
Tex and Jinx (July 9, 1947)
Stewart’s appearance on this day’s Tex and Jinx Show has been confirmed by several previews. The first appeared the day before the broadcast in Radio Daily: The second appeared in the New York Times on the day of the broadcast. There were actually two listings on the same page of the paper. The second adds…
Coffee Break
Coffee Break was the title of a 15-minute program broadcast on the military’s Far East Network (FEN). The following article is from the Pacific Stars and Stripes, Tokyo, Japan, on July 7, 1962. According to this information, the Stewart interview was to be broadcast on Monday, July 9, 1962. A check of the Stars and…
Marie Antoinette Premiere
The new M-G-M film, Marie Antoinette, was scheduled to premiere at the Carthay Circle Theatre, Hollywood, CA, on July 8, 1938. Not wanting to miss a publicity moment, the opening was set to be broadcast on the NBC-Blue network. On the east coast, that broadcast went on the air at 11 p.m. (EST). We first…
Screen Directors’ Playhouse – Broken Arrow
Jimmy Stewart as Tom Jeffords, Jeff Chandler as Cochise and Debra Paget as Sonseeahry, the stars of the 1950 film, also starred in this Richard Allen Simmons radio adaptation. Others appearing with them were Jerry Farber, Ralph Moody, Byron Kane, Rye Billsbury, Jan Arvan, Paul Dubov, Herbert Butterfield, Tom Holland and John Stevenson. With this…
Veteran Wants to Know
Following World War II, the Veterans Administration produced this weekly, 15-minute radio series from 1946 until 1950. Broadcast days and times varied from station to station. The purpose of the program was to help veterans to readjust to civilian life and make good use of their benefits. Here is a generic newspaper listing for the…
We Hold These Truths (Rebroadcast)
On July 5, 1948, six and a half years after its original broadcast (December 15, 1941), radio station WNYC in New York City rebroadcast We Hold These Truths. No reason for the rebroadcast was given, but since the show was in the highlighted section of the radio listings for the day, it must have been…
Let’s Talk Hollywood
Let’s Talk Hollywood was covered in Jimmy Stewart on the Air based on listening to the program at the Library of Congress. The show is not in general circulation, but since the book was published, an online copy of the script has been located, so anyone can read it and enjoy what happened on the…
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