Leo Is on the Air was a series of 15-minute radio shows prepared by M-G-M to promote their films on the radio. This one is a 16-inch, one-sided disc, playing at 33 1/3 RPM. It was pressed for M-G-M by RCA (21432). This record played in reverse of most discs in that the needle moved…
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Good News of 1938
Stewart made his first of many appearances on this NBC program seventy-eight years ago on November 18, 1937. The show was broadcast from Studio 30 on the M.G.M. lot and so was heavily loaded with M.G.M. stars. Although the show is not available, we do know much about it from the newspaper ads that appeared…
Hollywood Hotel
On November 13, 1936, seventy-nine years ago, Jimmy Stewart made one of his first radio appearances on the very popular show, Hollywood Hotel. The CBS program was hosted by Dick Powell and sponsored by Campbell Soup. The one hour show was broadcast from Hollywood and featured Louella Parsons talking with the stars. Because the shows…
