Broadcast on May 20, 1954, this show is also known by the titles The Wyoming Kid, Reluctant Hero and Wyatt King. A display ad for the program appeared in the Syracuse Herald-Journal, Syracuse, NY. These two previews appeared in the Oakland Tribune, Oakland, CA, and the Tucson Daily Citizen, Tucson, AZ. Stewart’s co-stars were Bill…
WCCS Stewart Special
WCCS (AM 1160) calls itself “The Voice of Indiana County” and it certainly is that and more. With its studio located just across the street from the Jimmy Stewart Museum, it is a natural focal point for all things “Jimmy.” When Stewart came home to Indiana in 1983 for the dedication of his statue at…
Suspense – Consequence #2
On May 19, 1949, Jimmy Stewart starred as Phil Martin in the play Consequence for the second time on the Suspense series. He had first played the role on February 21, 1946 (see previous blog). The same script was used for this appearance, but the supporting cast was different. On this show, Betty Lou Gerson…
New York Close-Up (Tex and Jinx)
Like so many of the other Tex McCrary-Jinx Falkenburg programs, Mr. Stewart’s appearance on this show would have been very difficult to confirm from newspaper listings alone. Most, like the one below from the May 19, 1953, edition of New York Times, simply listed a title: Fortunately, this particular program is a part of the…
National Defense Week
In 1951, the week of May 13-19 was declared National Defense Week and there were parades and speeches in cities around the country as a tribute to the Armed Forces. The final day of the celebrations, May 19th, was also known as Armed Forces Day. Also on that final day, Jimmy Stewart was part of…
Martha Deane Show #3
Mr. Stewart appeared on three documented Martha Deane shows as discussed in Jimmy Stewart on the Air. None of the shows is available. The host of the Martha Deane Show was actually Marian Young Taylor. She hosted the show for 32 years on WOR-AM, in Manhattan. Her announcer was George Hogan. Stewart’s final appearance on…
James Stewart Stars as…The Six Shooter 1
We Americans are not the only ones obsessed with Jimmy Stewart’s radio career. The British also issued a series of cassettes featuring shows from The Six Shooter series. The first of these was issued in 1996 by Hodder Headline Audiobooks (HH350). This was a 2-cassette set, packaged differently than most U.S. sets. The plastic case…
Hi Jinx (May 17, 1949)
Although Stewart is listed as having been a guest on this Jinx Falkenburg program by Gerard Molyneaux in his excellent book, James Stewart A Bio-Bibliography, we have thus far been unable to confirm the appearance. Newspaper listings, like the one below from the New York Times, do not mention the names of any guests for…
Twenty Questions
Children had been playing this game for years before it made the airwaves. One child would think of something, and then the other(s) would ask questions to try to narrow down and finally guess what that person was thinking about. One of the first questions usually asked was “is it animal, vegetable or mineral?” Fred…
Jimmy Stewart for the United Jewish Appeal
Jimmy Stewart recorded a 60-seond spot for the 1960 United Jewish Appeal. His, and messages by Jack Benny, Burt Lancaster, Jean Simmons, Robert Ryan and Cornel Wilde, were issued to radio stations on a 7-inch, 45 RPM record. While a copy of the original record has thus far eluded us, we do have a copy…
