No soundtrack album has been officially released for this 1940 film, but selections can be heard on releases. The first release was on the 1974 album, Sunset Boulevard – The Classic Film Scores of Franz Waxman. There also was a 4-page booklet inserted into each album jacket. This booklet included a photo from The Philadelphia…
Yearly Archives: 2016
It’s a Wonderful Life – BB Cooper & Drey Shepperd
This four-song digital release was issued in 2010 by Artfield. Cooper had been commissioned by Dan Brambilla of Canada’s Stage By Stage to write four songs for a musical based on the film, It’s a Wonderful Life. She in turn invited Drey Shepperd to add the lyrics to her music. The show had its premier…
The Best of Classical Christmas Radio Shows
The Lux Radio Theatre version of It’s a Wonderful Life, made the transition into the digital age with ease. In 2008, it was part of a set titled The Best of Classical Christmas Radio Shows put together by Stardust Records and was made available on most of the popular download sites. This particular release included…
Norman Corwin Centennial
This is a 10-CD set issued by Radio Spirits (44622) in 2010. The first CD in the set features the Bill of Rights special, We Hold These Truths, starring Jimmy Stewart and many other Hollywood greats, including: Orson Welles, Rudy Vallee, Dane Clark, Edward G. Robinson, Bob Burns, Walter Brennan, Edward Arnold, Lionel Barrymore, Marjorie…
AMC Movies to Go – It’s a Wonderful Life
In 1999, AMC Movies to Go issued the 2-cassette set It’s a Wonderful Life/The Miracle of the Bells (AMC 60144). It’s a Wonderful Life was the Lux Radio Theatre production starring Stewart and Donna Reed and first broadcast on March 10, 1947. In addition to the radio show, AMC’s Jeffrey Lyons adds historical information about…
Lux Radio Theatre – It’s a Wonderful Life (Cassette)
Radio Spirits released the Lux Radio Theatre version of It’s a Wonderful Life as a single cassette (4159) in 1997. Although marketed these days as a Christmas story, it wasn’t considered so when the film was first released. In fact, this Lux production was broadcast on March 10, 1947…
The World’s Greatest Old-Time Radio Shows – The Six Shooter
Released by MediaBay Inc. in 2004, this single cassette featured two shows. The insert card has several different numbers – 28384, 80934, #151 – to help identify it. The shows included are Red Lawson’s Revenge, broadcast on October 25, 1953, and Gabriel Starbuck, broadcast November 22, 1953…
Screen Directors’ Playhouse (10-CD)
This set was issued in 2011 by Radio Spirits (44812). Just one Stewart show, Call Northside 777, is included on the set. It was broadcast on December 9, 1949. Other stars included on the set are: Fred Allen, Lucille Ball, Bette Davis, Kirk Douglas, Betty Grable, Cary Grant, Olivia de Havilland, Bob Hope and Barbara…
Monitor (October 16, 1955)
Mr. Stewart’s appearance on this date is established by this listing from the New York Times: This show did not appear in our listings for Monitor in Jimmy Stewart on the Air and is a recent find. Unfortunately, it is not available…
Mystery Superstars Vol. 2
This six cassettes set, issued in a replica of an old time radio, was released in 1997 by Metacom (BB 429). Call Northside 777 was originally broadcast by Screen Directors’ Playhouse on December 9, 1949. It is the only Stewart show included on the set. …
