When you listen to Fight 101, it will sound like a normal radio show, complete with music and sound effects. You’ll hear the crackle and pops as the record player’s needle moves through the grooves of the record. But, this was not recorded to be used on the radio. Instead, Jimmy Stewart recorded this program…
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Academy Awards Show – March 13, 1947
The 19th Academy Awards were presented at the Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, Ca, on March 13, 1947. Jimmy Stewart was nominated in the “Best Actor” category for his performance in It’s a Wonderful Life, losing to Fredric March. We cannot say with 100% accuracy that Stewart appeared on the radio broadcast. Most newspapers carried this…
Screen Guild Show – Tailored by Toni
Tailored by Toni, a story by Connie Lee, was presented on The Gulf Screen Guild Show on March 12, 1939. It starred Jimmy Stewart as Peter Graham, Carole Lombard as Toni Warren, Spring Byington as Toni’s mother and Edward Everett Horton as Kenneth Pickles. George Murphy was the show’s master of ceremonies. This preview of…
The Bing Crosby Show – Jimmy Buys a Washing Machine
Stewart made his tenth and final appearance on the Crosby show on March 12, 1953. A publicity photo for the show was taken showing Crosby and Stewart with their scripts: At least one newspaper, the Portsmouth Times, Portsmouth, OH, used this photo in an ad for the program. Other newspapers ran previews of the show…
Jimmy and Bing – Show #1
Jimmy Stewart appeared on the Bing Crosby radio show many time between 1948 and 1953. and each time was a special treat as the pair worked together very well. Stewart’s ten appearances are well documented in Jimmy Stewart on the Air, but some materials not in the book are included here. His first appearance came…
The Six Shooter – Cheyenne Express
The Six Shooter had been pre-empted the previous week by a political program featuring Vice President Richard Nixon at a meeting of the American Association for the United Nations. It returned this week, March 7, 1954, with Cheyenne Express (also known as Wilbur English, The Gang Falls Out and Back Shooter). This photo ad for…
Academy Awards Ceremony – March 7, 1946
The 18th annual Academy Awards ceremony was held March 7, 1946, at Grauman’s Chinese Theater, Hollywood, CA. It was the first awards ceremony to be held after the end of World War II, a fact not overlooked by the newspapers. Here is an article which appeared in the Bakersfield Californian, Bakersfield, CA. The next appeared…
Mary Margaret McBride
McBride hosted a talk/interview show broadcast from WABC in New York City. For most of its run, the show aired weekdays at 1 p.m. An ancillary show, Saturday Digest, aired on Saturdays. The shows were produced by Stella Karn and Vincent Connolly served as announcer. Her show was one of the most popular of its…
This is New York
Stewart made an appearance on this WCBS radio show on March 4, 1957. It received this listing in the New York Times: Although the show is not available, it can be assumed that Stewart chatted with host Bill Leonard about his soon to be released film, The Spirit of St. Louis. The other guest of…
Sealtest Village Store – March 4, 1948
Sealtest Village Store was also sometimes known as The Jack Carson Show. Eve Arden was his co-host. Stewart made his second appearance as a guest star on March 4, 1948. The show is not available. The newspaper ads for the show were varied. Some, like this one from the Wisconsin State Journal, Madison, WI, were…
