Jimmy Stewart appeared on the Bing Crosby radio show many time between 1948 and 1953. and each time was a special treat as the pair worked together very well. Stewart’s ten appearances are well documented in Jimmy Stewart on the Air, but some materials not in the book are included here. His first appearance came…
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Lux Radio Theatre – It’s a Wonderful Life (CD/Cassette)
In 2000, Radio Spirits issued the Lux Radio Theatre version of It’s a Wonderful Life starring Stewart and Donna Reed in both cassette and CD formats. The CD release number was 7012: The CD version seems to be a little easier to find than the cassette. Although marketed these days as a Christmas story, it…
Anatomy of a Murder – Soundtrack Part 2 – Spin Offs and Re-Issues
Peggy Lee was given the Main Title track and asked to write lyrics for it. The result was a song titled I’m Gonna Go Fishin’. Two versions of this were issued in 1960. One was an instrumental by Gerry Mulligan (Verve 10216), while the other was a vocal by Peggy Lee (Capitol 4449). While Mulligan’s…
Anatomy of a Murder – Soundtrack Part 1
The Anatomy of a Murder soundtrack album was released in 1959 at the same time as the film starring Stewart, Lee Remick, Ben Gazzara, Arthur O’Connell, Eve Arden, Kathryn Grant, George C. Scott and Orson Bean. Columbia CL-1360 (mono)/CS-8166 (stereo) The original album was released on May 29, 1959. All music is composed and conducted…
The Six Shooter – Cheyenne Express
The Six Shooter had been pre-empted the previous week by a political program featuring Vice President Richard Nixon at a meeting of the American Association for the United Nations. It returned this week, March 7, 1954, with Cheyenne Express (also known as Wilbur English, The Gang Falls Out and Back Shooter). This photo ad for…
Academy Awards Ceremony – March 7, 1946
The 18th annual Academy Awards ceremony was held March 7, 1946, at Grauman’s Chinese Theater, Hollywood, CA. It was the first awards ceremony to be held after the end of World War II, a fact not overlooked by the newspapers. Here is an article which appeared in the Bakersfield Californian, Bakersfield, CA. The next appeared…
Mary Margaret McBride
McBride hosted a talk/interview show broadcast from WABC in New York City. For most of its run, the show aired weekdays at 1 p.m. An ancillary show, Saturday Digest, aired on Saturdays. The shows were produced by Stella Karn and Vincent Connolly served as announcer. Her show was one of the most popular of its…
WRR-AM Interview
WRR radio began broadcasting in Dallas, Texas, in 1920, and in 1921 became the first licensed radio station in Texas and the second in the U.S. In 1947, when Jimmy Stewart and Frank Capra were in Dallas promoting their new film, It’s a Wonderful Life, they were interviewed at WRR. The 15-minute interview was broadcast…
This is New York
Stewart made an appearance on this WCBS radio show on March 4, 1957. It received this listing in the New York Times: Although the show is not available, it can be assumed that Stewart chatted with host Bill Leonard about his soon to be released film, The Spirit of St. Louis. The other guest of…
Sealtest Village Store – March 4, 1948
Sealtest Village Store was also sometimes known as The Jack Carson Show. Eve Arden was his co-host. Stewart made his second appearance as a guest star on March 4, 1948. The show is not available. The newspaper ads for the show were varied. Some, like this one from the Wisconsin State Journal, Madison, WI, were…
