The Glenn Miller Story was issued by 18 Hits (40187) as a part of their “Big Band Era” series. Except for the fact that several photos of Stewart and June Allyson, from The Glenn Miller Story film, the cassette has no connection to Stewart. All of the music was performed by the original Glenn Miller…
This Is War!!!
This wartime series of 13 shows was the creation of Norman Corwin. As outlined in Jimmy Stewart on the Air, all programs were aired on the four major networks (NBC, CBS, ABC, MBS) on Saturdays from 7-7:30 pm. Stewart appeared on one show, Your Air Force, which was broadcast on April 4, 1942. This preview…
Hollywood Sings
This CD was issued by K-tel Entertainment in the U.K. in 2003 (ECD 3843). Jimmy Stewart is featured on Easy to Love, a duet with Eleanor Powell (actually with Marjorie Lane, who dubbed Miss Powell’s vocals) from the film Born to Dance. Another song on the CD has ties to Stewart. Joan Crawford’s It’s All…
That’s Entertainment
That’s Entertainment (MCA 2-11002), a 2-LP set issued in 1974, features one song by Jimmy Stewart and Eleanor Powell (as mentioned in other blogs, although Powell usually receives credit, the voice is actually that of Marjorie Lane, who dubbed Miss Powell’s vocals in the film). The song is Easy to Love and on the album…
It’s a Wonderful Life Starring Jimmy Stewart (Cassette)
This single cassette was issued by Metacom (RR639) in 1991. It contains the Screen Directors’ Playhouse version which was first broadcast on May 8, 1949…
Chase & Sanborn 100th Anniversary Show (Cassette)
Radio Spirits issued this program as a single cassette (#1737). The one-hour special was originally broadcast on November 15, 1964…
Marlene Dietrich The Vintage Radio Shows
This streaming and downloadable set features four of Miss Dietrich’s most famous radio appearances. It became available on April 1, 2009 from Cleopatra Records. One of the shows included is the Lux Radio Theatre version of No Highway in the Sky which also starred Jimmy Stewart. It was originally broadcast on April 28, 1952. For…
Old-Time Radio Famous Westerns
This boxed set of 10 cassettes (4472) or 10 CD’s (4473) was issued by Radio Spirits in 2001. The Six Shooter is represented in the set by two shows – Red Lawson’s Revenge, originally broadcast on October 25, 1953, and Gabriel Starbuck, originally broadcast on November 22, 1953. Part 1: Part 2: Part 1:…
Film Stars on Parade
Audio Archives 0026 The release date of this 10-inch album is not known, but it most likely dates from the late 1940s or early 1950s. The disc is subtitled Treasured Memories, and claims to have the voices of 80 American and British stars in scenes from their pictures. Stewart appears near the beginning of side…
Lux Classics Presents the Best of Lux Radio Theatre
This 10-CD set was issued by Radio Spirits (40162) in 2006. Madame X, starring Jimmy Stewart and Ann Harding and originally broadcast on June 14, 1937, is one of the ten Lux presentations on the set. Others include Joan Crawford in Chained, Saturday’s Children starring Olivia de Havilland, Madame Butterfly with Cary Grant, Bette Davis…
