Less than three years after The Six Shooter left the radio, actor John Payne was looking for a western show in which he could star on TV. He came across the Jimmy Stewart series and liked what he heard. He purchased the rights to the series and set about to have many of the Frank…
The Six Shooter – Myra Barker
The final show of the series was broadcast on June 24, 1954. The title is given by John Wald at the beginning of the second act as Myra Barker. It is sometimes called Unpredictable Horse. This brief preview appeared in the Long Beach Press-Telegraph, Long Beach, CA, on the day of the broadcast. The cast…
A Pressing Engagement/Myra Barker
Before Radio Spirits began issuing sets of old time radio shows, they were putting out individual cassettes of various programs. One release was of two The Six Shooter programs (1435). Brit is Engaged is better known as A Pressing Engagement and was originally broadcast on December 6, 1953. Unpredictable Horse is also known as Myra…
Good News of 1938 (June 23, 1938)
This show is not available, but we have been able to determine a few facts about it based on newspaper previews. The most helpful is this one from the San Antonio Express, San Antonio, TX, on the day of the broadcast. Jimmy Stewart would act as the master of ceremonies for the show and take…
Jimmy Stewart for Campbell’s Soups
In 1988, Stewart did spots for Campbell’s Home Cookin’ soups for both radio and television. The fact that Stewart was not seen in the TV commercials, led to some doubt that it was actually his voice the listeners were hearing. But that was all cleared up by newspaper reporters and articles like the one below…
Broken Arrow – Soundtrack
The music for Broken Arrow, the 1950 film starring Jimmy Stewart, Jeff Chandler and Debra Paget, was written by Hugo Friedhofer, orchestrated by William Powell and conducted by Alfred Newman. No soundtrack album was issued at the time and the official release had to wait until 1999, when a CD was finally issued (Brigham Young…
The Edgar Bergen Show with Charlie McCarthy
For the final program of the 1953-1954 radio season, broadcast on June 20, 1954, Edgar Bergen, Charlie McCarthy and their special guest Nelson Eddy, provided listeners with a “clip show.” Recorded sections from many past programs were used to piece together the show. This preview from the Lincoln Sunday Journal and Star, Lincoln, NE, outlines…
Great Comedy Radio Hits
The History of Radio – Great Comedy Radio Hits, is an eight cassette boxed set issued in 2001 by Topics Entertainment (CA-046). Only one Stewart show was included in the set that being the final show of the 16th season of The Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy Show, broadcast on June 20, 1954. This was…
Born to Dance – Other Contemporary Artists
Although no soundtrack album was issued at the time of the film’s release, there were many 10-inch, 78 rpm, singles issued. Five of the film’s songs were released, including Easy to Love, Hey Babe Hey, I’ve Got You Under My Skin, Rap Tap on Wood and Swingin’ the Jinx Away.Most of the music included here…
Born to Dance – The Soundtrack
Although no soundtrack album was issued at the time of the movie (1936), several 78 RPM singles were issued by the stars who sang the songs in the film. The most successful of the three singles released was Frances Langford’s Easy to Love/Swinin’ the Jinx Away (Decca 940). Both sides were recorded with the Jimmy…
