In October of 2013, a routine Jimmy Stewart search of Ebay turned up the following record: The listing carried no information other than what could be seen on the label. We bid and won the recording and when it arrived, we listened and found it to be Louella Parsons interviewing Stewart on her radio program…
Project Hope
Let’s take a closer look at Jimmy’s Project Hope public service announcements which we described in the book, but included no photos or audio. The disc itself was issued in 1968 as a 7-inch, 33 1/3 RPM record (RS 1968): It was a one-sided disc prepared by Ron Stone & Company, Advertising, and had five…
A Gala Tribute to Josh Logan
The tribute was staged at the Imperial Theatre on May 2, 1975, by the Friends of the Theatre and Music Collection of the Museum of the City of New York. Many people sang songs from Logan’s shows or told anecdotes about him, including his Princeton University mate Jimmy Stewart, as well as Larry Blyden, Sheila…
Lunch with Val
A few months ago the picture below came up for sale on Ebay: The back of the photo is dated March, 1955, and carries the caption: “Valerie Long who is shown here interviewing movie actor Jimmy Stewart on her “Lunch with Val” radio show over station WEAW, will begin a new radio show “Dinner with…
Christmas Greetings from Jimmy Stewart and McDonald’s
If you’re looking for very distinctive Stewart radio related items, this one is definitely for you. It is a CD (XDIW-CD) given away for the grand opening of a new McDonald’s in Moraine, Ohio, in 2001. Here are scans of (1) the front of the insert sheet, (2) the back of the insert sheet, and…
The Shenandoah Soundtrack
One of the more popular soundtrack albums for a Stewart film was 1965’s Shenandoah. Decca DL-9125 (mono)/DL7-9125 (stereo) The soundtrack was also issued as a reel-to-reel tape: Decca ST74-9125 (stereo) Except where noted, all of the music was composed by Frank Skinner and conducted by Joseph Gershenson. Charles “Bud” Dant produced the album. The tracks…
The Man from Laramie
Many of Stewart’s films had soundtrack albums released. His voice did not appear on most of these (although his photo usually did), but they are still quite collectable and sought after by his fans. Even when there was no soundtrack album, there were releases – 78’s, 45’s and LP’s. Such is the case with The…
An Incident of War – Updated Information
When our book was published, we knew very little about the show, An Incident of War, which appears to be Stewart’s very first radio broadcast. We were first alerted to the program by this short note in Stewart’s hometown newspaper, the Indiana Evening Gazette: A quick check of the New York Times for May 28,…
The Big Sound – New Additions
When we were researching the book, we came across many Stewart appearances on radio promo discs called The Big Sound. These 12-inch, 33 1/3 RPM discs were purchase by radio stations on a subscription basis. Stations received a basic library of discs and then received additional discs monthly. Many of these discs featured movie and…
Academy Award Winners on the Air
In Jimmy Stewart on the Air, we had a listing for a 12-inch 78 RPM record titled Presenting James Stewart & Jane Wyman in “Blow-Ups” from Magic Town (HD7-MC-238). At the end of that listing, we mentioned that the recording had also been issued on the 1979 album, Academy Award Winners on the Air and…
