Jack Perkins was the host of the radio version of the popular A&E TV series, Biography. The shows were very short, averaging just over two minutes. The syndicated show was sponsored by the Salvation Army. Jimmy Stewart was the subject of the show scheduled to be broadcast on Monday, May 5, 2003. The following short…
Yearly Archives: 2016
We Hold These Truths (Cassette)
Radio spirits issued this single cassette of We Hold These Truths (#28414). Norman Corwin, the show’s writer and producer, appears on the cover of the cassette, but Stewart is mentioned on the back. The show was originally broadcast on December 15, 1942…
Dear Brigitte – Soundtrack
Dear Brigitte, a 1965 film, starred Jimmy Stewart, Fabian, Glynis Johns, Cindy Carol and Bill Mumy. Brigitte Bardot makes a cameo appearance in the film. There was no soundtrack album issued, nor were there any recordings of songs from the soundtrack released at that time. Finally, in 2012, the soundtrack songs were released on a…
The Six Shooter – Revenge at Harness Creek
Revenge at Harness Creek was broadcast on April 29, 1954. John Wald says this title as he is introducing the second act of the play. Despite this, the show is also sometimes called The Harcourt Brothers. As they had been doing for some time, the Syracuse Herald-Journal, Syracuse, NY, ran a display ad for the…
Lux Radio Theatre – No Highway in the Sky
If you listened to yesterday’s blog of the Jack Benny Show, you might remember that at the end of the program, Jack says, “Ladies and Gentlemen, I want to thank Jimmy Stewart for being on my program tonight and be sure to hear him again tomorrow night on the Lux Radio Theatre when he will…
Jimmy Stewart – Vintage Radio Collection
This digital only set was released for download and streaming in 2008 by Stardust. Thirteen complete programs starring Stewart were included: 1) Gulf Screen Guild Theater – Tailored by Toni, March 12, 1939 2) Gulf Screen Guild Theater – Single Crossing, February 11, 1940 3) Cavalcade of America – The Guy Who Had to Have…
Jack Benny Show – Bend of the River
Jimmy Stewart’s latest film, Bend of the River had just been released in February of 1952. On April 27th of that year, Jimmy was the guest on the Benny show and performed a sketch based on that film. Newspaper previewed the program this way: The cast for the skit included Jimmy Stewart as himself, Jack…
Jack Benny Volume II
This single cassette featuring two shows was issued in 1994 by GAA Corporation (7217). Side two of the cassette has the Benny show from April 27, 1952, in which he and Jimmy do a sketch called Bend of the River. …
Screen Directors’ Playhouse – Jackpot
One of Jimmy Stewart’s six appearances on the NBC program, Screen Directors’ Playhouse, came on April 26, 1951, when he starred with Margaret Truman in Jackpot. Miss Truman had the role of Amy Lawrence, the part which had been played by Barbara Hale in the film. One of the other very recognizable voices in the…
Screen Directors’ Playhouse – Jackpot (Cassette)
This is a single cassette release from Radio Spirits (#2648). To make it a little easier to read the J-card, here it is in the correct orientation: Jackpot, starring Stewart and Margaret Truman, had been broadcast on April 26, 1951…
