To mark the one year anniversary of Hollywood Byline, a special show consisting of clips from the first year’s shows was pieced today and broadcast on September 21, 1950. This date also marked the half-hour show’s switch to a new day and time – Thursday at 10 p.m. on the east coast. The show was…
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ABC Network Promos
The following article is from the February 15, 1947, issue of Variety: As you can read, ABC is using film stars to help promote its own radio shows. In return for the stars helping them, each of the promos will also mention the current film of the actor. The names of only three stars are…
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…
The Greatest Show on Earth – Radio Spots
When The Greatest Show on Earth was released in 1952, Paramount also issued a 12-inch, 33 1/3 RPM disc with nine radio spots to help promote the film. None of the stars’ voices were heard on the disc, but three were voiced by the film’s director, Cecil B. DeMille. Although Jimmy is not heard on…
