This is the first show for new announcer, John Wald. The title is sometimes listed as Mrs. Billy Stark or Outlaw’s Wife. Stewart’s supporting cast included Lillian Buyeff as Helen Bricker (Mrs. Billy Stark), Ken Christy as Jim Pincher, Herb Vigran as Buck Thompson, Parley Baer as Seth and Will Wright as Tim Slater and…
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It Pays to Be Ignorant
Jimmy Stewart’s one appearance on this CBS program was covered in Jimmy Stewart on the Air, but newspaper articles and audio are going to be included here to make the experience more complete. The show was hosted by Tom Howard. The panelists for the January 24, 1947, program on which Stewart appeared were George Shelton,…
Bing Crosby Show – January 24, 1951
This was Jimmy’s second appearance on Bing’s new Chesterfield Show for CBS Radio. Bing’s musical guest for the evening was Toni Arden. Stewart signed contracts for each individual show he did with Bing. Here are the three pages of the contract for this show. You can see for yourself just how involved the contracts were…
Martha Deane Show #1
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. Stewart’s first appearance came…
Maggi’s Private Wire
Maggi McNellis was the host of this 15-minute daily NBC program. It was broadcast from 12:30 to 12:45 p.m. from Radio City Music Hall in New York City. Stewart was on the show on January 23, 1947. The listing below is from the New York Times: This show is not available, so the exact nature…
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Stewart, along with Frank Capra, appeared on this CBS program on January 22, 1947, sixty-nine years ago. In the east, the show was broadcast between 10:30 and 11 p.m. A preview of the program was published in the Mason City Globe-Gazette, Mason City, IA: Another preview in The Decatur Daily Review, Decatur, IL, added that…
Lux Radio Theatre – Broken Arrow
Broken Arrow was presented on the Lux Radio Theatre on January 22, 1951. Jimmy Stewart, Jeff Chandler and Debra Paget had starred in the 1950 film, so it was only natural that they would also star in the radio adaptation; and, that’s the way things were planned. However, at the last minute, Jimmy became ill…
Art Baker’s Notebook
Art Baker’s Notebook was on the air from 1938 until 1958. The 15-minute syndicated show was heard weekdays. Jimmy Stewart appeared on the program just once, on Monday, January 20, 1947. The show was heavily advertised in various newspapers on the day of the broadcast. Here are just a few examples. Regrettably, this show is…
Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy Show – Jimmy Defends Charlie
The first documented Bergen-McCarthy show on which Stewart appeared was broadcast on January 18, 1942. At this point the program was being broadcast by NBC on Sunday between 8 and 8:30 p.m. It was sponsored by Chase and Sanborn Coffee. The show’s announcer was Buddy Twiss and Ray Noble and His Orchestra supplied the music…
The Six Shooter – The Silver Buckle
William Conrad is the narrator for this story, also sometimes called The Silver Belt Buckle. Others in the play are Eleanor Audley as Mrs. Davis, Forrest Lewis as the sheriff, Joel Cranston (father of current popular actor, Bryan Cranston) as Lex Springer and Frank Gerstle as Kit Springer. This program was advertised in the January…
