This is a 20-CD set, featuring 18 baseball related shows. It was issued by Radio Spirits (40092) in 2004. The Lux Radio Theatre production of The Stratton Story, starring Jimmy Stewart was included. The program had originally been broadcast on February 13, 1950. Stewart’s photo, as well as a listing of all the shows included…
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James Stewart – The Ultimate Collections of His Radio Work (#2)
This is one of four identically titled sets of Mr. Stewart’s radio shows issued by Radiorevisited.com. There are nine discs in this set, featuring 16 different programs. Included are a Good News of 1938, a four-part Silver Theater program, two different Lux Radio Theatre broadcasts, a Sealtest Variety Theater program, a Screen Directors’ Playhouse, a…
Screen Directors’ Playhouse (10-CD)
This set was issued in 2011 by Radio Spirits (44812). Just one Stewart show, Call Northside 777, is included on the set. It was broadcast on December 9, 1949. Other stars included on the set are: Fred Allen, Lucille Ball, Bette Davis, Kirk Douglas, Betty Grable, Cary Grant, Olivia de Havilland, Bob Hope and Barbara…
Air Force Convention Reunion
On September 25, 1948, the Air Force Association’s “Operation Wing-Ding” was held at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Jimmy Stewart, Bob Hope and Ed Sullivan took turns acting as the master of ceremonies. The September 29th edition of Variety had a full run down on the activities: In their radio listings for September…
Dancing with the Stars with Jimmy Stewart – The 50’s
This was the third and final installment of three shows broadcast in the summer of 1988. “The 30’s” was broadcast during the week of June 27th and the second, “The 40’s,” aired during the first week of August. “The 50’s” was set to be broadcast during the week of August 29th. Like the other shows…
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…
1957 Heart Fund Drive
This public service disc was covered in Jimmy Stewart on the Air, but is updated here with a photo and audio. The 16-inch transcription disc was prepared for the American Heart Association and was to be used during the month of February. It was prepared by the Gotham Recording Corporation (GRC-4289). Mr. Stewart delivered the…
National Defense Week
In 1951, the week of May 13-19 was declared National Defense Week and there were parades and speeches in cities around the country as a tribute to the Armed Forces. The final day of the celebrations, May 19th, was also known as Armed Forces Day. Also on that final day, Jimmy Stewart was part of…
Salute to You
The following article appeared in the Pacific Stars and Stripes, Tokyo, Japan, on Wednesday, April 24, 1957: A check of the next day’s edition of Star and Stripes radio listing reveals that the show is listed for broadcast in the 8 p.m. time slot: Because the show is not available, we can only speculate on…
Bob Hope Show – April 22, 1953
This was one of several appearances by Stewart on the Bob Hope Show. At this point in time the program was sponsored by Jell-O and was broadcast by NBC Wednesday nights from 10-10:30 p.m. Although Stewart’s photo didn’t appear in any ads for the show, Hope’s did. This one appeared in the Herald-Journal, Syracuse, NY:…
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