When Willie Comes Marching Home was broadcast on February 26, 1951, during the 16th season of Lux Radio Theatre. The show was well advertised, including these two previews from the Tucson Daily Citizen, Tucson, AZ, and the Mason City Globe-Gazette, Mason City, IA, respectively. Not all newspapers got the title correct, including the New York…
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Betty Crocker
When researching Jimmy Stewart on the Air, we found just one reference to his appearance on the Betty Crocker program. That came in the form of a listing in the Wisconsin State Journal, Madison, WI, on February 25, 1952. At that time, the role of Betty Crocker was being played by Adelaide Hawley and the…
The Murray Hill Radio Theatre Presents Bing Crosby and Friends
Murray Hill Records 894637 The Murray Hill boxed set has four albums featuring 53 songs, many sung with others, from Bing’s various radio programs. It features the same Jimmy Stewart/Fran Warren/Bing Crosby song, Mississippi Mud (James Cavanaugh/Harry Barris), which can also be found on the Reader’s Digest set, Bing Sings Again and another 4-LP set,…
That Freedom May Live
That Freedom May Live was a 30-minute NBC documentary presented on behalf of Radio Free Europe and in cooperation with the Crusade for Freedom. Stewart had also done public service announcements for both organizations. Here are two examples of newspaper listings for the program. The first is from the Long Beach Independent, Long Beach, CA,…
Keep ‘Em Rolling
The Mutual Network broadcast Keep ‘Em Rolling every Sunday from 1-:30-11 p.m. for 28 weeks. The program was the product of the Office of Emergency Management (OEM). Playwright George S. Kaufman was the host and the music was supplied by Morton Gould and His Orchestra. Jimmy Stewart appeared on the show just one time on…
The Six Shooter – Battle at Tower Rock
The Blue Ribbon and Young Gunslinger are two other titles by which this story is known. It was originally broadcast on February 21, 1954. This photo ad appeared in the Syracuse Herald-American, Syracuse, NY, on the day of the broadcast. The cast was rounded out by Les Tremayne as Rome Madden, Jess Kirkpatrick as Kermit…
Suspense – Consequence
As outlined in Jimmy Stewart on the Air, Stewart’s first appearance on the popular and long-running CBS dramatic series, Suspense, came on February 21, 1946. The play was titled Consequence. Jimmy starred as Phil Martin and his co-star was Cathy Lewis as his wife, Gwen. Joseph Kearns, later Mr. Wilson of TV’s Dennis the Menace,…
America at War: Patriotic Radio Broadcasts from World War II
This 20-cassette boxed set was issued by Radio Spirits (4561). Many of radio’s top programs are represented here with stories about the war or wartime broadcasts. Included are: Screen Guild Theater, The March of Time, Cavalcade of America (several shows), Fibber McGee and Molly, Lux Radio Theatre (several shows), NBC War Bond Parade, Columbia Presents…
Salute to the Reserves
Salute to the Reserves was broadcast over ABC on February 19, 1949, as a part of National Security Week. It seems only fitting that Stewart, a member of the Air Force Reserve, would be appearing on the program. The show was well publicized, with the following being prime examples. The first story appeared in The…
The Rare Breed – Soundtrack
No soundtrack album for the 1966 Stewart film, The Rare Breed, has ever been issued. The Theme from the film was issued in 1966 by Sammy Kaye and His Orchestra on the album Shall We Dance? (Decca DL 4754 (mono)/Decca DL 74754 (stereo). John Williams scored this and many other films and in 2006, when…
