When Strategic Air Command, starring Jimmy Stewart and June Allyson, was released in 1955, there was no accompanying Victor Young soundtrack issued. There were, however, several versions of The World is Mine (Love Theme from Strategic Air Command) released, including one by the Victor Young. Although snippets of this song are heard throughout the film,…
Yearly Archives: 2016
Chase and Sanborn 100th Anniversary Radio Show
The Chase and Sanborn 100th Anniversary show had been broadcast by NBC on November 15, 1964. The one hour special was hosted by Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy. The show was later released as an album (RR-4H-5305). The record included the Jimmy “Zeke” Stewart sketch with Mortimer Snerd, which had originally been broadcast on the…
Ben Morris & The Great American Boxcar Chorus
In November of 2015, Ben Morris & GABC released the digital album A Great American Boxcar Christmas. One of the songs on the album was titled Jimmy Stewart. The recurring line in the song is “Just like Jimmy Stewart in It’s a Wonderful Life you’re trying hard to shoulder the weight of the world.” The…
Radio Theater (AFRTS)
The Armed Forces Radio and Television Service issued the Lux Radio Theatre version of It’s a Wonderful Life in 1970 (RU 7-1). The Lux version had been broadcast March 10, 1947. The show was spread over the A-sides of two 12-inch, 33 1/3/ RPM discs (66A and 67A). That way, using two turntables, the show…
Presenting James Stewart & Jane Wyman in “Blow-Ups” from Magic Town
This special limited edition disc was marked “Compliments of Robert Riskin” and was sent to radio stations to help promote the 1947 film. The 12-inch, one-sided, 78 RPM disc ran just under five minutes. Riskin, who had produced Magic Town, saved some of the flubs and mistakes made by the actors and presented them on…
James Stewart – The Ultimate Collections of His Radio Work (#1)
This is one of four identically titled sets of Mr. Stewart’s radio shows issued by Radiorevisited.com. As seen by the listing, there are nine discs in this set and a total of 13 different shows, including Good News of 1939, two Lux Radio Theatre shows, Screen Guild Theater, Plays for Americans, two , Bing Crosby…
The Singing Film Critic – Vertigo
The Singing Film Critic is singer-songwriter Matt Farley. In 2011, he released the digital only album, 64 Movie Review Songs on his own Motern Media label. The sixth song is Vertigo, in which he reviews the Alfred Hitchcock film starring Stewart and Kim Novak. His singing review is a good one, but he does have…
The Best of Old Time Radio Starring Jimmy Stewart
This set was issued by Radio Spirits in 2002 in both 4-cassette (5034) and 6-CD (5035) formats. Ten complete and original radio programs were included: 1) Screen Directors’ Assignment – It’s a Wonderful Life, May 8, 1949 2) Hollywood Star Playhouse – The Six Shooter, April 13, 1952 3) Lady Esther Screen Guild Players –…
Jimmy, Bing Crosby and Fran Warren Sing Mississippi Mud
When Jimmy Stewart guested on Bing Crosby’s radio show on March 19, 1952, he, Bing and Fran Warren sang a short rendition of Mississippi Mud (Harry Barris/James Cavanaugh). This was edited from the show and released on several Bing Crosby compilation albums. The entire segment lasts only 51-seconds and begins with Jimmy saying, “Hey Bing…Bing…What……
Call Northside 777 (Digital)
In 2008, Saland Publishing issued a digital only copy of the Screen Directors’ Playhouse production of Call Northside 777, which had originally been broadcast on December 9, 1949. It is available for download and streaming on most of the usually online sites…
