There seems to be some disagreement over the title of this broadcast. Although almost all online sources refer to it as Child, Save My Fireman, the newspaper previews gave a different title. Here are several newspaper listing for the program from the day of the broadcast, January 5, 1941. The first is from the Morning…
Louella Parsons (January 5, 1947)
Louella Parsons was the writer of a Hollywood gossip column for the Hearst chain, with her work appearing in more than 400 newspapers. She also hosted several different radio shows in the 1940’s and 50’s. Jimmy Stewart is known to have appeared on her program several times. The first documented occurrence came on January 5,…
Cary Cooper sings “Jimmy Stewart”
Cary Cooper, a Texas singer-songwriter, has recorded and released two songs with references to Jimmy Stewart. The first, released on her Pink Umbrella album (Ethereal Girl Music, 2011) is titled Jimmy Stewart. The first verse is the only place Stewart is mentioned; there’s even a reference to It’s a Wonderful Life. Other film stars, including…
The Six Shooter – A Friend in Need
This show is also known under the titles Step Brothers, Man on the Run and Fifty Yard Canyon. Also heard in this program are Frank Gerstle as Art Hemper, Shepard Menken as Sam Bittley, Bill Johnstone as Sheriff Vale and Howard McNear as George Crump. There are two things to listen for in this day’s…
The 6 Shooter – “Gold Strike” Collection
This six cassette set of fifteen The Six Shooter programs was issued by Metacom in 1996 (9133157/AB157). This was the second in a series of three releases from Metacom. The shows included were: J496 – A Friend in Need/Hiram’s Goldstrike J497 – The Silver Buckle/The Outlaw’s Wife J498 – Trail to Sunset/Apron-Faced Sorrel J499 –…
The Flight of the Phoenix – Radio Spots
When Flight of the Phoenix was released to theaters in December of 1965, 20th Century-Fox also issued a one-sided, 12-inch, 33 1/3 RPM featuring three radio spots for the film. Seeing the label, it would be easy to conclude that Stewart was voicing the spots, but he is nowhere to be heard on any of…
You’re the Top: Cole Porter in the 1930’s
Jimmy Stewart appears on one track on the 3-CD boxed set, You’re the Top: Cole Porter in the 1930’s (Koch International Classics KIC-CD-7136), which was released in 1992. The set was also available on three cassettes (KIC-MC-7136). The boxed set also includes a 128-page booklet. The CD’s were produced by Susan Elliot, Robert Kimball and…
James Stewart Reads Edgar Allan Poe on the BBC
When Jimmy Stewart on the Air was written, we were in possession of a cassette tape which featured Stewart reading two Poe stories. We could not uncover any information that these had been aired on the radio and the cassette was marked, “This recording is strictly copyright and use is restricted to Educational Purposes.” So,…
Good News of 1938 (December 30, 1937)
Having a film contract with M-G-M made Stewart an easy choice to appear on or host the M-G-M produced radio show, Good News. The program was known by several names including The Maxwell House M-G-M Hour, Film Stars on Parade, Good News of 1938 and Good News of 1939. Nine appearances by Mr. Stewart were…
Screen Guild Players – It’s a Wonderful Life
The Screen Guild Players presented the first of what would be three presentations of It’s a Wonderful Life on December 29, 1947. Below is a sampling of some of the newspaper ads and previews which appeared at the time. The program is not available, but a script is. Here is a scan of the first…
