Like several other radio programs, NBC’s Screen Directors’ Playhouse presented radio adaptations of films. The difference here is that the film’s director was usually a guest of the program and introduced the play and was interviewed at the end. The film Call Northside 777 had been released in February 1948. It had already been presented…
Jimmy Stewart – A Christmas Reading
At some point in the early 1990’s, Jimmy Stewart was recorded reading Luke 2: 10-14 from the Bible. This recording has been used on several CD collections of Christmas music which have been sold for the benefit of the City of Hope and the Children’s Miracle Network. Michael Lloyd is listed as the executive Producer…
Toys for Tots – #3
This Toys for Tots record was issued as a 7-inch, 45 RPM record by Warner Brothers (PRO 381). Appearing with Stewart are Efrem Zimbalist Jr., the U.S. Marine Corps Band, Edward Mulhare, Natalie Wood, Colonel Frank Borman, Leonard Nimoy, Clarence Williams, Charlton Heston, Danny Thomas, Phyllis Diller, John Wayne, Bing Crosby, Jack Webb and Jimmy…
Toys for Tots – #2
Like all the other discs in this series, this one was issued by Warner Brothers Records (PRO 269). It was a small-hole, 7-inch, 45 RPM disc. This particular record features messages from movie and TV stars, including Danny Thomas, Phyllis Diller, Jim Backus, Dale Robertson, John Wayne, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Jack Webb, Joan Crawford, Jimmy…
The Six Shooter – A Pressing Engagement
A Pressing Engagement was broadcast on December 6, 1953. The title is also sometimes listed as The Groom, Britt is Engaged or Britt Ponset Gets Married. The newspapers advertised this particular show very well, including this photo ad which ran in the Tucson Daily Citizen, Tucson, AZ, on the day before the broadcast. On the…
Jimmy Stewart and “Der Bingle”
Stewart appeared on The Bing Crosby Show a total of ten times from 1948 through 1954. All of the shows are easily available and all were detailed in Jimmy Stewart on the Air. In this blog entry we’re going to take a look at one of the programs from near the middle of that time…
Sealtest Village Store
The Sealtest Village Store was an NBC half hour program, broadcast on the east coast at 9:30 p.m. It starred Jack Carson and Eve Arden. It was also known simply as Village Store or The Jack Carson Show. The show was advertised in a variety of ways. If you look closely at this Sealtest ad…
Salvation Army Radio Spots
We reported in Jimmy Stewart on the Air that Stewart was chairman of the 1983 Salvation Army Christmas Campaign. The announcement of his appointment to this position was reported in many newspapers, including the Spokane Chronicle, Spokane, WA (November 26, 1983) and the Steinbach Carillon, Steinbach, Manitoba, Canada (December 14, 1983). According to both of…
Vivacious Lady – Screen Guild Theater
All of Stewart’s appearances on the Screen Guild Theater are well documented in Jimmy Stewart on the Air. In this blog, we’ll be updating his December 3, 1945, starring role in Vivacious Lady. In the 1938 film, Jimmy’s leading lady was Ginger Rogers. According to many newspaper listings for the program, including the one below…
Toys for Tots #1
Marine Major William Hendrick and a group of Los Angeles Marine reservists began the Toys for Tots program in 1947. In civilian life, Hendrick was the Director of Public Relations for Warner Brothers Studio, so it wasn’t hard for him to get celebrities to record messages for the program, or to have Warner Brothers records…
