When the Silver Theater premiered on radio on October 3, 1937, it was with the first of a four part show starring Jimmy Stewart and Rosalind Russell. The sponsor, 1847 Rogers Brothers Silverware, opened the show with much publicity in the newspapers, including ads like the one below from the Sunday Journal and Star, Lincoln,…
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Jimmy and Gloria Stewart for the American Gas Association
At Christmas time 1959, Jimmy and his wife Gloria appeared in both print and radio ads for the American Gas Association advertising both Gold Star ranges and gas refrigerators. A second print ad featured the entire Stewart family: The print ads also showed dryers, water heaters and dish washers, but no radio spots for these…
I Speak for Democracy
The “I Speak for Democracy” contest was open to high school students. A student would write and read an essay on democracy which would be judged on the local, state and national level. A special 16-inch transcription disc was prepared to both inform students of the contest and encourage them to participate. The disc featured…
Jimmy Stewart on NBC Monitor #1
Mr. Stewart appeared on the NBC weekend program, Monitor, many times. Several of these have been preserved and detailed in our book. The first surviving segment is from the broadcast of May 22, 1965. Like most Monitor segments, it received very little notice in the newspaper: Stewart was interviewed by Hobart Lewis in Yuma, Arizona,…
National Cooperative Forest Fire Prevention Program
This 1969 public service record was included in our book, but photos and audio will be added here to make that information more complete. U.S. Forest Service Platter 26 Mr. Stewart appears on tracks 3-4-5 on side two of the 7-inch, 33 1/3 RPM record. He says the same thing on each track – “All…
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