Here is another radio appearance discovered after the publication of Jimmy Stewart on the Air. On March 4, 1947, Jimmy Stewart and Frank Capra were in Beaumont, TX, for the Texas premiere of It’s a Wonderful Life. As a part of their visit, they were interviewed by R.J. O’Donnell of the Interstate Circuit. That interview…
Yearly Archives: 2016
The Six Shooter Volume 1
This 10-CD set was issued by The Nostalgia Merchant in 2003. Two shows are included on each disc for a total of 20, including: The Audition Show (July 15, 1953) Jenny (September 20, 1953) The Coward (September 27, 1953) The Stampede (October 4, 1953) Silver Annie ((October 11, 1953) Rink Larkin (October 18, 1953) Red…
Good News of 1939
Good News was broadcast from Studio 30 at M-G-M each Thursday evening (9-10 p.m.) by NBC. It was sponsored by Maxwell House Coffee. Mr. Stewart is known to have appeared on the program at least nine times. This time was on March 2, 1939. The host of the show this evening was Robert Young. The…
Personal Angle with Kathy Godfrey
Kathy is the sister of another radio (and TV) great, Arthur Godfrey. Her show was broadcast on CBS from 1:05 to 1:30 p.m. The show’s announcer was Bob Hite and the music was supplied by Norman Leyden and His Orchestra. Jimmy Stewart, along with Eartha Kitt, appeared on the program on Saturday, March 2, 1957…
Jimmy Stewart on NBC Monitor #3
Several of Stewart’s appearances on NBC Monitor have survived. This one is from March 1, 1970. As with previous appearances, this one received little notice in the newspapers: Jimmy was interviewed by Gene Rayburn about the Broadway play Harvey and the Stewart family’s newest pet, a bushbaby…
Papa Razzi – Jimmy Stewart All Time Famous Hollywood Guy
Papa Razzi is actually a gentleman named Matt Farley, who claims to write as many as twenty songs a day and has distributed more than 16,000 of them digitally. These are very basic songs – just Matt’s voice and some piano. In 2014, he issued an album titled I Can’t Get Over How Great These…
American Red Cross – 1954 Fund Campaign
This public service announcement from Stewart was covered in Jimmy Stewart on the Air, but a photo and the actual audio are being presented here. Jimmy was one of fourteen persons on the special 16-inch transcription disc issued by the American Red Cross (F-21390X). Most of the other names on the label will be familiar…
American Red Cross – February 28, 1949
Because this program is not available, all of the information known about it has been gleaned from the following newspaper clippings. The first appeared in The Star-Democrat, Easton, MD, on February 25, 1949: The second appeared in The Chillicothe Constitution-Tribune, Chillicothe, MO, on February 28, 1949: The final story appeared in Stewart’s hometown paper, The…
13th Academy Awards Show
The 13th Academy Awards were presented at the Biltmore Bowl, Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles, CA, on February 27, 1941. Bob Hope was the host. As seen in the listing below from the San Bernardino Daily Sun, San Bernardino, CA, at least a part of the program was broadcast on the west coast from 9:30 to…
The Bob Hope Show – February 27, 1951
At the time Jimmy Stewart on the Air was published, this show was not available and we had little information about it in the book. Since then, a copy of the script has been found and we can add much information about the show. The Bob Hope Show was well established and very popular with…
