As the second act begins, John Wald announces that the show’s title is When the Shoe Doesn’t Fit. The show is also sometimes listed under the names Shades of Cinderella or Western Cinderella. A short preview of the show was printed in the Tucson Daily Citizen, Tucson, AZ, on the day of the broadcast. Also…
Bing Crosby and Friends
HRB Music Co. Inc. 8CP 1001 This 4-record boxed set is of dubious legality. It appears to be a pirate copy of the Murray Hill set, The Murray Hill Radio Theatre Presents Bing Crosby and Friends. The plain white box has the title on the front. The back is blank. There are no liner notes…
Dinah Shore Show – An Update
As outlined in Jimmy Stewart on the Air, Stewart appeared on the Dinah Shore Show on June 15, 1953. At that point in time, this was a 15-minute daily show heard at 7 p.m. on the west coast. Unfortunately, no copy of the show seems to have survived. However, here are a few items not…
Madame X – Lux Radio Theatre
Lux Radio Theatre had already been a top CBS radio program for two years when Jimmy Stewart made the first of his thirteen appearances on June 14, 1937. What follows is an update of that first appearance in the play, Madame X. Jimmy’s co-stars were Ann Harding and Conrad Tearle. During this time period, Cecil…
The Big Sound – Baseball Coverage Promo
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…
Bend of the River – Open-Ended Interview
Bend of the River, starring Stewart, Julie Adams, Rock Hudson and Arthur Kennedy, was released in the United States in February of 1952. As outlined in Jimmy Stewart on the Air, Universal-International issued a special 12-inch, one-sided, 33 1/3 RPM record on red vinyl to help promote the film. It was pressed on red vinyl…
Radio Favorites – Volume Two
Radio Favorites – Volume Two was issued as a six-cassette set in 1991 by Radio Spirits. The one Jimmy Stewart show which was included in the set was found on the A-side of cassette 6: Titled Sheriff Ponset, but more commonly known as The New Sheriff, it had been originally broadcast on June 10, 1954…
The Six Shooter – The New Sheriff
The New Sheriff was broadcast on June 10, 1954. This episode is also known as Write-In Candidate, Virtue City Election, The Election and Sheriff Ponset. This very brief preview appeared in the Tucson Daily Citizen, Tucson, AZ. Stewart’s co-stars for this episode were Carleton Young as the hotel clerk, Dal McKennon as Doc Cross, Paul…
Monitor (June 10, 1956)
Evidence for this appearance comes from a listing in the Sunday Journal and Star, Lincoln, NE: Although this segment is not available, it is known that the Sunday evening hosts for Monitor at this time were Dave Garroway and Don Russell…
Professional Baseball – The First 100 Years
This disc, narrated by James Stewart and Curt Gowdy was first released as an album (Fleetwood Records FCLP 3036) in 1969, in cooperation with Major League Baseball. Stewart begins the album and covers baseball’s first fifty years, from 1869 through the end of the 1920’s. His section takes about 16:25 of the album’s total time…
