Just came into possession of the 7-inch, 45 RPM record containing four radio spots for The Magic of Lassie, the 1978 film starring Jimmy Stewart, Mickey Rooney, Pernell Roberts, Stephanie Zimbalist, Michael Sharrett, Alice Faye and many others. The three 30-second spots all mention Stewart by name, but his voice is not heard on any…
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America Calling
A few months ago, while researching another old-time radio star, we came across the following display ad in February 8, 1941, edition of The Bakersfield Californian, Bakersfield, CA: Prominently displayed among the celebrity names is James Stewart. A search quickly turned up several other ads and articles from that same day. The first is from…
Dancing with the Stars with Jimmy Stewart – The 30’s
This was a two hour radio special put together by the Mutual Broadcasting System and Westwood One. Jimmy Stewart was the host and took the listeners on an imaginary tour of Hollywood’s top night spots of the 1930’s. It was delivered to stations on four 12-inch, 33 1/3 RPM discs. Except for the side numbers,…
The Magic of Lassie – Soundtrack
This 1978 film starred Mickey Rooney, Pernell Roberts, Stephanie Zimbalist, Michael Sharrett, Alice Faye and Jimmy Stewart. The soundtrack album was issued in the U.S. Peter Pan (Orange Blossom Series) 155. Several of the film’s stars, including Stewart, Alice Faye, Mickey Rooney, and Maureen Smith (of the Mike Curb Congregation) also appear on the soundtrack…
Day After Day – Still Need a Copy?
One of the first blogs we published was about the 10-inch, 78 RPM recording of Day After Day sung by Jimmy Stewart and recorded during his days at Princeton University. This record is extremely rare and difficult to find. However, if you want to add the song to your music library, there are other sources…
