The main purpose of this special program was to promote and raise money for the USO and the work it would be doing. The special program was broadcast by NBC-Blue, CBS and MBS from 9:30-10 p.m., Eastern time. Bob Trout was the show’s announcer. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Pittsburgh, PA, printed a story about the show…
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The Henry Morgan Show
The Henry Morgan Show, also known as Here’s Morgan, was heard on ABC on Thursday evenings at 7:30 pm. It was sponsored by Rayve Shampoo. Jimmy Stewart made an appearance on the show on March 25, 1948. Here are two newspaper listings from that day. The first is from The Winona Republican-Herald, Winona, MN, and…
Marsha Hunt Ultimate Radio Shows
Released by Master Classics Records in April, 2011, this set is available for downloading and streaming. Thirteen of Miss Hunt’s radio appearances are included. One of the shows has Jimmy Stewart as her co-star. It is the Lux Radio Theatre version of Made for Each Other, which was originally broadcast on December 17, 1945. Part…
Leo Is on the Air – After the Thin Man
Leo Is on the Air was a series of 15-minute radio shows prepared by M-G-M to promote their films on the radio. This one is a 16-inch, one-sided disc, playing at 33 1/3 RPM. It was pressed for M-G-M by RCA (21432). This record played in reverse of most discs in that the needle moved…
It’s a Wonderful Life – Promotional Tour
The January 12, 1947, edition of Variety, had this story about Stewart and Frank Capra going to New York City to help promote It’s a Wonderful Life. Stewart is known to have appeared on Hi Jinx, Maggie’s Private Wire and the Martha Deane Show in January of that year. It is possible that he talked…
The Glenn Miller Story – Radio Spot Announcements
The Glenn Miller Story, starring Jimmy Stewart as Miller and June Allyson as his wife, Helen, was released in the U.S. in February, 1954. At the same time, Universal-International issued a 16-inch, 33 1/3 RPM disc to radio stations. The record was pressed on red vinyl and featured 17 different spot announcements for the film…
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:…
We the People
We the People began its radio life as a sketch on a 1936 Rudy Vallee Hour program. It was so popular that CBS made it a series in its own right beginning on October 4, 1936. It remained on the air until January 25, 1951. It is considered a “human interest” show, with ordinary people…
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…
Report to the Nation
This CBS program was a mixture of news remotes and re-creations of news events via dramatized skits. Jimmy Stewart appeared on the program on March 20, 1943. Since, at this time, Stewart was serving in the Air Corps, it is likely that his contribution was pre-recorded. Douglas Edwards was the show’s host and Woody Guthrie…
