In 2002, EMI Gold released the CD EMI Comedy – Hollywood Stars (724353951221). Eight different radio shows featuring Hollywood stars, including Vincent Price, Claudette Colbert, Orson Welles, Edward G. Robinson, Charles Laughton, Elsa Lanchester, Humphrey Bogart, Peter Lorre, Shelley Winters and Jimmy Stewart. The Stewart track is from his January 9, 1949, appearance on The…
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Hollywood Byline
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…
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…
