Jimmy Stewart had starred in the 1947 film, Magic Town, as Rip Smith and now he was back to play the role again on Screen Directors’ Playhouse. The show was broadcast by NBC on January 6, 1950. The show was advertised heavily in the newspapers. Jimmy’s hometown paper, The Indiana Gazette, even ran this short…
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Silver Theater – Child, Save My Fireman
There seems to be some disagreement over the title of this broadcast. Although almost all online sources refer to it as Child, Save My Fireman, the newspaper previews gave a different title. Here are several newspaper listing for the program from the day of the broadcast, January 5, 1941. The first is from the Morning…
Louella Parsons (January 5, 1947)
Louella Parsons was the writer of a Hollywood gossip column for the Hearst chain, with her work appearing in more than 400 newspapers. She also hosted several different radio shows in the 1940’s and 50’s. Jimmy Stewart is known to have appeared on her program several times. The first documented occurrence came on January 5,…
The Six Shooter – A Friend in Need
This show is also known under the titles Step Brothers, Man on the Run and Fifty Yard Canyon. Also heard in this program are Frank Gerstle as Art Hemper, Shepard Menken as Sam Bittley, Bill Johnstone as Sheriff Vale and Howard McNear as George Crump. There are two things to listen for in this day’s…
The Flight of the Phoenix – Radio Spots
When Flight of the Phoenix was released to theaters in December of 1965, 20th Century-Fox also issued a one-sided, 12-inch, 33 1/3 RPM featuring three radio spots for the film. Seeing the label, it would be easy to conclude that Stewart was voicing the spots, but he is nowhere to be heard on any of…
Good News of 1938 (December 30, 1937)
Having a film contract with M-G-M made Stewart an easy choice to appear on or host the M-G-M produced radio show, Good News. The program was known by several names including The Maxwell House M-G-M Hour, Film Stars on Parade, Good News of 1938 and Good News of 1939. Nine appearances by Mr. Stewart were…
Screen Guild Players – It’s a Wonderful Life
The Screen Guild Players presented the first of what would be three presentations of It’s a Wonderful Life on December 29, 1947. Below is a sampling of some of the newspaper ads and previews which appeared at the time. The program is not available, but a script is. Here is a scan of the first…
The Greatest Show on Earth – Radio Spots
When The Greatest Show on Earth was released in 1952, Paramount also issued a 12-inch, 33 1/3 RPM disc with nine radio spots to help promote the film. None of the stars’ voices were heard on the disc, but three were voiced by the film’s director, Cecil B. DeMille. Although Jimmy is not heard on…
Tex and Jinx – December 28, 1950
This 60-minute show was broadcast from the WNBC studios in Manhasset, New York, between 8:30-9:30 a.m. The program is not generally available. A copy of the program is held at the Miller Nichols Library, University of Missouri – Kansas City. As of this date, we have not been able to listen to the show, but…
The Six Shooter – Cora Plummer Quincy
Sometimes called Ned Plummer’s Widow, this show was broadcast on December 27, 1953. Except for simple listings like the one below from the Brooklyn Eagle, not much seems to have appeared in print about this week’s program. Filling out the cast were Virginia Gregg as Cora Plummer Quincy, Jean Tatum as a waitress, Robert Griffin…
