We recently found the following Theatre Guild contract dated May 18, 1949. It has been signed by Stewart and one of the executive producers of the show, Armina Marshall. According to the contract, Stewart was to appear on the program sometime between September 1, 1949, and June 4, 1950. The programs broadcast on Theatre Guild…
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Year of the Elephant
We just recently discovered this short story which appeared on the September 12, 1988, edition of Broadcasting magazine: Having never seen any other references to these public service announcements, we began to search. A second piece of information confirmed that the spots had, indeed, been recorded. This proof came from the Fall 2000 issue of…
Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation – Radio Spots
The film, Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation, starring Jimmy Stewart, Maureen O’Hara, Lori Peters and Fabian, was released in the U.S. on June 15, 1962. At the same time, 20th Century-Fox issued a 12-inch, 33 1/3 RPM disc to radio stations (SP-1923). Three radio spot announcements of varying lengths were on the record. Cut 1:…
U.S. Treasury Bond Independence Drive Show
This is a public service program to kick off the annual campaign to sell U.S. Treasury Savings Bonds. The show was carried by most major networks from 10:30-11 p.m. Eastern time. It was produced by William Wilkes and written by Charles Isaacs. Ken Carpenter was the announcer and Robert Armbruster and His Orchestra provided the…
American Cancer Society – “This is…” Announcements
Mr. Stewart and many others, including Janet Leigh, Spencer Tracy, Fredric March, Jane Wyman, Claudette Colbert, Kirk Douglas, Jackie Gleason, Burt Lancaster, Esther Williams and others, appear on this 1958 disc (108156B). The disc was issued to radio stations on a 16-inch, 33 1/3 RPM record. Stewart also appeared in “This is…” announcements in 1957…
It’s a Wonderful Life – Original Radio Materials
A few months ago two 16-inch discs issued to radio stations at the time of the release of It’s a Wonderful Life (January, 1947) were placed in a auction on Ebay. The starting bid for the two records was $1950. We would have loved to add the discs to our collections, but decided that the…
Cheyenne Autumn – Radio Spots
When the John Ford directed film, Cheyenne Autumn, was released in 1964, a 12-inch, one-sided, 33 1/3/ RPM disc of radio spots was also issued by Warner Brothers (WB-678). A total of ten spots of varying lengths were included on the disc. Mr. Stewart’s voice is not heard on any of the spots, but he…
That’s Entertainment Part 1 – Radio Spots (Record #2)
Like the first record in this set which was posted yesterday, this one is a 7-inch, small hole, 33 1/3 RPM record (United Artists UAC 192). The a-side of the single has three more 60-second spots. Stewart is mentioned in all three spots. Four 30-second spots can be found on the B-side of the record…
That’s Entertainment Part 1 – Radio Spots
The film, That’s Entertainment, was released in 1974. Jimmy Stewart, along with Fred Astaire, Bing Crosby, Gene Kelly, Peter Lawford, Liza Minnelli, Donald O’Connor, Debbie Reynolds, Mickey Rooney, Frank Sinatra and Elizabeth Taylor, acted as one of the film’s many co-hosts. Stewart was also shown in a scene from the 1936 film, Born to Dance…
The Jimmy Stewart Show – NBC Spot Announcement
The Jimmy Stewart Show, his first TV series, was set to premiere on NBC on September 19, 1971. In the days leading up to the first show, the newspapers were full of photos and announcements about the series. Here is just a small sampling. This one appeared in the Daily Independent Journal, San Rafael, Ca…
