This was Stewart’s second appearance on the Armed Forces Radio and Television Service program (see Bud’s Bandwagon # 423 for the earlier show). The program was broadcast sometime early in 1955. Stewart talked about his new film, The Far Country, but wasn’t actually in the studio when the program was recorded. Instead, host Bud Widom…
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Boy Scouts of America Celebrity Endorsements
This is a 7-inch, small hole, 33 1/3 RPM record (CB557A/CB557B) featuring 14 celebrity announcements for the Boy Scouts. It was produced by The Boy Scouts of America, North Brunswick, NJ. The record dates from the mid to late-70’s. Senator John Glenn was elected to that position in 1974, and actor Richard Boone died in…
The Six Shooter – Aunt Emma
Broadcast on April 1, 1954, this was the show’s first Thursday airing. This title for this program is also given as Marrying Off Aunt Em and Aunt Em from Kansas. Aunt Emma was played by Eleanor Audley. William Johnstone also appeared as Ethan Greenriver. Because of the new day and time for the broadcast, some…
Martha Deane Show #2
Mr. Stewart appeared on three documented Martha Deane shows as discussed in Jimmy Stewart on the Air. None of the shows is available. The host of the Martha Deane Show was actually Marian Young Taylor. She hosted the show for 32 years on WOR-AM, in Manhattan. Her announcer was George Hogan. Mr. Stewart was a…
Screen Directors’ Playhouse – Next Time We Love
In 1936, Jimmy Stewart had starred as Christopher Tyler along with Margaret Sullavan as Cicely Tyler in the film, Next Time We Love. Now, fifteen years later, he was starring in a radio adaptation of the film, this time with Eleanor Parker as Cicely. The March 29, 1951, broadcast was previewed this way in newspapers:…
Tony Awards Show
The second annual Antoinette Perry “Tony” Awards Show was broadcast from the Grand Ballroom of the Waldorf Astoria Hotel, New York City, March 28, 1948. On the east coast, the show was broadcast from 11:15 to 11:30 p.m. The program was broadcast over the Mutual Network, with no sponsorship. Most newspapers, including the Huntingdon Daily…
Tex and Jinx (March 28, 1948)
There is some doubt as to the actual date of this broadcast. In his book, James Stewart a Bio-Bibliography, Gerald Molyneaux lists Stewart as having appeared on “Sus and Ohrbach’s Hi Jinx” on March 28, 1948. Hi Jinx was being sponsored at the time by Schonbrunn and Ohrbach’s which may account in part for this…
Academy Awards Show – March 26, 1958
By 1958, most of the advertising for the Annual Academy Awards Show was going to the TV broadcast. But, some newspapers like the New York Times also listed the radio broadcast. The show was broadcast from the RKO Pantages Theatre, Hollywood, CA. Stewart was one of six co-hosts from the show. He appeared first and…
Dorothy Kilgallen Show
Dorothy Kilgallen had been a staple of New York City and network radio since 1941. In 1948, her show was called The Dorothy Kilgallen Show and was broadcast Thursday mornings from 10:45-11 a.m. on New York’s WJZ and the ABC Network. The show was sponsored by the Drackett Company, makers of household cleaners including Windex…
1958 Boy Scout Radio Spot
A few years ago we were lucky enough to acquire a tape from the C.P. MacGregor recording studio. This tape was to serve as the master for a record of the spots. As you can see at the bottom of the box is a note that it was sent to be mastered on January 22,…
