Verification for Stewart’s appearance comes from two different listings. The first is from the New York Times and the second is from the St. Petersburg Times, St. Petersburg. FL. The Stewart segment is not available. The Sunday evening hosts for Monitor during this time period were Dave Garroway and Don Russell…
Yearly Archives: 2016
Desert Island Discs – May 25, 1974
Desert Island Discs has been airing on the BBC in England since January 29, 1942 (it was off the air from 1946 until 1951). Today it airs on BBC Radio 4. Jimmy Stewart made two appearances on the show, the first coming on May 25, 1974. He was interviewed by the show’s host, Roy Plomley…
A Tribute to Glenn Miller
As discussed in Jimmy Stewart on the Air, Jack Cullen had a show on CKNW, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, called Sunday Special. The show was 90-minutes in length. On one Sunday in 1971, he dedicated the entire program to Glenn Miller. He played lots of Miller music and talked with people who had been involved…
Bing Sings Again
This set was pressed by RCA for The Reader’s Digest Association. It was issued both as a three tape 8-track cassette (RD5-138) set and an eight LP boxed set (RD4-138). The set also includes a 16-page booklet with many photos and stories about each song included. Many duets by Crosby and his radio guests are…
Six Shooter – Audio File
This 2-cassette, four show set was issued by Audio File of Glenview, IL. The four shows included are: Jenny (as Jenny Garver) Sheriff Billy (as The New Sheriff) Duel at Lockwood (as The Young Gunslinger) The Shooting of Wyatt King (as The Wyoming Kid)…
Rope – Soundtrack
Rope, a 1948 film starring Jimmy Stewart had very little music in its soundtrack. No soundtrack album was issued at the time and only one piece of music – Rope – Main Titles (Francis Poulenc/David Buttolph) – has been recorded by the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra and released twice through the years. It was…
The Six Shooter – The Shooting of Wyatt King
Broadcast on May 20, 1954, this show is also known by the titles The Wyoming Kid, Reluctant Hero and Wyatt King. A display ad for the program appeared in the Syracuse Herald-Journal, Syracuse, NY. These two previews appeared in the Oakland Tribune, Oakland, CA, and the Tucson Daily Citizen, Tucson, AZ. Stewart’s co-stars were Bill…
WCCS Stewart Special
WCCS (AM 1160) calls itself “The Voice of Indiana County” and it certainly is that and more. With its studio located just across the street from the Jimmy Stewart Museum, it is a natural focal point for all things “Jimmy.” When Stewart came home to Indiana in 1983 for the dedication of his statue at…
Suspense – Consequence #2
On May 19, 1949, Jimmy Stewart starred as Phil Martin in the play Consequence for the second time on the Suspense series. He had first played the role on February 21, 1946 (see previous blog). The same script was used for this appearance, but the supporting cast was different. On this show, Betty Lou Gerson…
New York Close-Up (Tex and Jinx)
Like so many of the other Tex McCrary-Jinx Falkenburg programs, Mr. Stewart’s appearance on this show would have been very difficult to confirm from newspaper listings alone. Most, like the one below from the May 19, 1953, edition of New York Times, simply listed a title: Fortunately, this particular program is a part of the…
