That’s Entertainment (MCA 2-11002), a 2-LP set issued in 1974, features one song by Jimmy Stewart and Eleanor Powell (as mentioned in other blogs, although Powell usually receives credit, the voice is actually that of Marjorie Lane, who dubbed Miss Powell’s vocals in the film). The song is Easy to Love and on the album…
Yearly Archives: 2017
It’s a Wonderful Life Starring Jimmy Stewart (Cassette)
This single cassette was issued by Metacom (RR639) in 1991. It contains the Screen Directors’ Playhouse version which was first broadcast on May 8, 1949…
Chase & Sanborn 100th Anniversary Show (Cassette)
Radio Spirits issued this program as a single cassette (#1737). The one-hour special was originally broadcast on November 15, 1964…
Marlene Dietrich The Vintage Radio Shows
This streaming and downloadable set features four of Miss Dietrich’s most famous radio appearances. It became available on April 1, 2009 from Cleopatra Records. One of the shows included is the Lux Radio Theatre version of No Highway in the Sky which also starred Jimmy Stewart. It was originally broadcast on April 28, 1952. For…
Old-Time Radio Famous Westerns
This boxed set of 10 cassettes (4472) or 10 CD’s (4473) was issued by Radio Spirits in 2001. The Six Shooter is represented in the set by two shows – Red Lawson’s Revenge, originally broadcast on October 25, 1953, and Gabriel Starbuck, originally broadcast on November 22, 1953. Part 1: Part 2: Part 1:…
Film Stars on Parade
Audio Archives 0026 The release date of this 10-inch album is not known, but it most likely dates from the late 1940s or early 1950s. The disc is subtitled Treasured Memories, and claims to have the voices of 80 American and British stars in scenes from their pictures. Stewart appears near the beginning of side…
Lux Classics Presents the Best of Lux Radio Theatre
This 10-CD set was issued by Radio Spirits (40162) in 2006. Madame X, starring Jimmy Stewart and Ann Harding and originally broadcast on June 14, 1937, is one of the ten Lux presentations on the set. Others include Joan Crawford in Chained, Saturday’s Children starring Olivia de Havilland, Madame Butterfly with Cary Grant, Bette Davis…
Proudly They Came…to Honor America
This 1970 recording was released in at least four different formats by Landmark Records: DQBO 93503 (2-LP) PRR 101 (Reel-to-reel tape) PRA 101 (8-track tape) X 5101 (Cassette) The special 2-record set has highlights of “Honor America Day,” held July 4, 1970, in Washington, DC .Despite the fact that Stewart is listed as the narrator,…
Shirley Thomas Hollywood #2
Thomas was a Hollywood reporter for NBC Radio and had her own weekly radio show for many years. In Jimmy Stewart on the Air, we reported that Jimmy made an appearance on this show on February 13, 1954. Further research has shown us that this date was incorrect. The actual date was February 14, 1954…
Radio Theatre Collection
The United States does not have a monopoly on the love of old time radio. This 7-CD set was issued by The Daily Telegraph and The Sunday Telegraph in England. A different CD was issued in a newspaper each day. A special tri-fold cardboard jacket was also provided to house the entire collection. The CD’s…
