This program was broadcast by NBC on September 1, 1947, which was Labor Day. The day following the broadcast was the second anniversary of Japan’s surrender to end WWII. The program was very much in support of the Marshall Plan in trying to aid much of Europe affected by the war. The show was advertised…
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Lux Radio Theatre – June Bride
June Bride had been a 1948 film starring Bette Davis and Robert Montgomery. When it was produced by the Radio Theatre on August 29, 1949, Miss Davis reprised her film role as Linda Gilman, but the Montgomery role of Carey Jackson was filled by Jimmy Stewart. Co-starring with these two were Betty Lynn as “Boo”…
One Sunday Afternoon – Academy Award
The full story of Jimmy’s appearance on the August 28, 1946, edition of Academy Award in the play One Sunday Afternoon is told in Jimmy Stewart on the Air. But, here are a few items that could not be included in the book. First, everyone, including many newspapers, seemed to have a hard time getting…
Monitor (August 26, 1956)
The following listing from the Wisconsin State Journal, Madison, WI, serves as proof of Stewart’s appearance on the NBC program on this date. This show is not available. The Sunday afternoon hosts at this time were Frank Gallup and Gordon Fraser…
Hedda Hopper’s Diary
We weren’t quite sure what we were going to get when we bought this 16-inch disc issued by the Treasury Department’s War Finance Division (ND5-MM-11376); the show is not dated, but most likely in from 1945. This article appeared in the October 3, 1945, edition of Variety. This is most likely one of the discs…
Arthur Godfrey Time #2
As first outlined in Jimmy Stewart on the Air, Jimmy made a second appearance on Arthur Godfrey Time on August 24, 1962. This was more than fifteen years after his first appearance on July 30, 1947. The information for this show comes from an article in the Pacific Stars and Stripes, Tokyo, Japan, on August…
Buy Bonds From Jimmy Stewart
As outlined in Jimmy Stewart on the Air, Mr. Stewart appeared on program #23 of the U.S. Treasury Department’s public service program, Guest Star. Win Elliot was the show’s host; Mary Small is vocalist and Denes Agay the orchestra leader. At the time the book was published, the date of the program was in question…
Kraft Music Hall
Jimmy Stewart was the guest on the August 18, 1938, episode of the Kraft Music Hall. As was usually the case during the summer months, Bob Burns was acting as the show’s host while Bing Crosby was on vacation. This show is not available. The best information source is from a short preview from The…
The Big Sound – Thought for the Day
As outlined in Jimmy Stewart on the Air, The Big Sound included a series of 12-inch, 33 1/3 RPM records which radio stations could use to help promote their programs and specialties. By using this service, a station would have access to top movie and TV actors and sports figures that they normally would not…
Block Party/First Call for the Block Party
Newspaper listings used both names for the program, sometimes in the same listing like this one from the August 14, 1947, edition of the Circleville Herald, Circleville, OH. The preview mentions that Stewart was currently starring on Broadway in Harvey. The show is not available, but it is possible that Jimmy was interviewed about that…
