The husband and wife team of Eugenia Lincoln “Jinx” Falkenberg and John Reagan “Tex” McCrary were the host of this popular one hour weekday morning show broadcast from WNBC in New York City. Stewart was a guest on their program several times. Stewart’s appearance on this program received his notice in the New York Times’…
Yearly Archives: 2016
Photoplay 11th Annual Gold Metal Awards Dinner
The Photoplay magazine awards ceremony was broadcast by ABC on February 10, 1955, from 9:30-9:55 p.m. It was hosted by Dick Powell and Sheila Graham. The Indiana Gazette, Stewart’s hometown newspaper, ran this story about the awards and the upcoming radio show in its January 29, 1955, edition. On the day of the broadcast,…
Lux Radio Theatre – The Moon’s Our Home
Stewart’s second appearance on the Lux Radio Theatre took place on Monday, February 10, 1941. He and Carole Lombard starred in The Moon’s Our Home. Verna Felton, as Boyce, and Hans Conried, as Horace, are other voices you will hear. As Stewart was under contract to MGM at the time, a special contract was needed…
Good News of 1938 – February 10, 1938
Here we present some updated information on one of many Stewart appearances on this popular NBC program. Although he had been the host of the some of the previous shows, this time that task fell to Robert Taylor and Jimmy was simply a guest. The newspapers highlighted the show as seen in the following excerpts…
Boy Scout Jamboree – February 10, 1951
Those in attendance at the 1951, Boy Scout Jamboree were in the Shrine Auditorium in Hollywood, CA, for a special radio broadcast on the afternoon of February 10th. Here are several newspaper clippings of the event. The first is from The Post-Standard, Syracuse, NY: The second is from The Brooklyn Eagle, Brooklyn, NY: The third…
Boy Scout Jamboree – February 9, 1952
Stewart made his fourth appearance on this Scouting program this year. The first newspaper preview is from the Wisconsin State Journal, Madison, WI, on the day of the broadcast: This second clipping is from the New York Times: Notice that the Wisconsin State Journal lists it as a one-hour program, while the New York Times…
Legends of Radio: Famous Premiers
This 10-CD set was issued by Radio Spirits (48172) in 2005. Just one Jimmy Stewart show is included on the set, Jenny, the first broadcast of The Six Shooter, aired September 20, 1953…
The Six Shooter – Apron-Faced Sorrel
City Boy and City Boy at the Ranch are two other titles by which this February 7, 1954, broadcast is known. This photo ad for the show appeared in The Amarillo Sunday News-Globe, Amarillo, TX, on the day of the broadcast. The show’s cast included Bill Johnstone as Saul Poindexter, Bert Holland as Jeff Poindexter…
Louella Parsons (February 6, 1949)
Louella Parsons was the writer of a Hollywood gossip column for the Hearst chain, with her work appearing in more than 400 newspapers. She also hosted several different radio shows in the 1940’s and 50’s. Jimmy Stewart is known to have appeared on her program several times. One of those times was February 6, 1949…
Monitor (February 6, 1960)
Stewart’s appearance on this day’s show is confirmed by this listing from the Wisconsin State Journal, Madison, WI: The show is not available. The Saturday evening hosts for Monitor in 1960 were Monty Hall and Morgan Beatty…
