Listener’s Choice was issued in 2004 on cassette and CD by Radio Spirits (30222). The set features three CDs, each with two half-hour shows. Included are Dragnet, Escape, The Lone Ranger, Gunsmoke, Richard Diamond Private Detective and Suspense. The Suspense show is Mission Completed, which starred Stewart and was originally broadcast on December 1, 1949…
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The Naked Spur – Soundtrack
The Naked Spur, starring Jimmy Stewart, Janet Leigh and Robert Ryan, was released in February of 1953. The original soundtrack music was written by Bronislau Kaper. The orchestrations were by Robert Franklin and Hans Sommer was the conductor. All music was recorded September 15 and 16, 1952. However, no soundtrack album was issued at the…
World’s Greatest Old-Time Radio Shows #287
In 2005, Radio Spirits began issuing a series of CD’s under this blanket title. Jimmy Stewart appeared on several of these discs. Disc #287 was the Lux Radio Theatre version of The Stratton Story, which had first been broadcast on February 13, 1950. Jimmy’s co-star on the show was June Allyson. It is her photo…
Myrna Loy – The Ultimate Radio Collection
Issued in 2011 by Master Classics Records, this is a digital only release. Two shows with Jimmy Stewart are part of this set. The first was the complete broadcast of Single Crossing which aired on The Gulf Screen Guild Theater on February 11, 1940. Act 1: Act 2: The second clip is an eight and…
The Six Shooter – Radio Spirits
This was a 6-cassette set containing a total of 18 programs. It was issued by Radio Spirits (52998) in 1996. The shows included were: Helen Bricker/Trail to Sunset/Apron-Faced Sorrel Quiet City/Battle at Tower Rock/Cheyenne Express Thicker Than Water/The Capture of Stacy Gault/Aunt Emma The Wolf/The Double Seven/Blood Relations Silver Threads/Rink Larkin/Ben Scofield Duel at Lockwood/Crisis…
Music Hall Matinee
The August 1954, issue of TV Radio Mirror carried a story about a young Detroit disc jockey named Marty McNeeley. McNeeley was the host of two different daily shows on WJR. The first was a morning show titled Music Hall, while the second, Music Hall Matinee, was broadcast in the late afternoon-early evening time slot…
Legends of Radio – The Best of Suspense
Radio Spirits issued this set in 2003 in both cassette (40684) and CD (40682) formats. The one Stewart show included is Mission Completed which was first broadcast on December 1, 1949. On all, a total of forty shows are included in the set, including such stars as Lucille Ball, Agnes Moorehead, Fibber McGee and Molly,…
WQQW Preview
The January 15, 1947, edition of Variety carried this review of the program which had been broadcast January 12th. Paul Martin, station manager, was the show’s producer and also its narrator. While Gregory Peck and Margo made new recordings for the show, Stewart’s contribution had been recorded in 1941. Some of Stewart’s passages from We…
United Nations Radio
The following story appeared in the November 26, 1947, edition of Variety: According to the article, a series of seven 15-minute radio shows about the United Nations and its agencies were to be recorded at the Mutual-Don Lee Studios in Los Angeles, between this date and December 31st. The programs were then to be broadcast…
The Spirit of St. Louis – Radio Spots
The Spirit of St. Louis, starring Jimmy Stewart, was released to theaters in late May of 1957. At about that same time, Warner Brothers issued a 12-inch, single-sided disc featuring two radio spots for the film (Audio-Video Recording Co. AV 1888). Neither spot featured Stewart’s voice. First, listen to the 1-minute spot: And now, the…
