This is a 12-CD set issued by RadioRevisited.com. The earliest show included is the December 18, 1936, Hollywood Hotel on which Jimmy Stewart was a guest. Stewart’s appearance was very short, lasting just about five-seconds as he answers a question posed by Louella Parsons. Click on the link below to go to the original blog…
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Crusade for Freedom PSA
This 16-inch, 33 1/3 RPM disc was issued to radio stations in 1956 by the Crusade for Freedom (F60146), in support of Radio Free Europe. Besides Stewart, Walter Brennan, Bing Crosby, Alan Ladd, Art Linkletter, Pat O’Brien, Dick Powell, Robert Stack, Dinah Shore, Jack Webb and Barbara Stanwyck also provide messages on the disc. We…
Hollywood Hotel – December 18, 1936
Hollywood Hotel was broadcast by CBS on Fridays from 10-11 p.m. Dick Powell was the master of ceremonies and Louella Parsons was the hostess. George MacGarret was the show’s director, Ken Murray the announcer and Raymond Paige the orchestra leader. It was sponsored by Campbell Soups. On this show, Sonja Henie was the main guest,…
Bing Crosby and His Hollywood Friends (Guys and Dolls)
This 2-CD set was issued in the U.K. in 1997 (AVC 626). The CDs feature a wide variety of Hollywood stars who appeared on the Bing Crosby radio show and sang with Bing. Stewart’s song, Mississippi Mud sung with Bing and Fran Warren, is from the broadcast of March 19, 1952. About two minutes of…
The 22nd Annual Academy Awards Show
As outlined in Jimmy Stewart on the Air, the 22nd Annual Academy Awards Show was broadcast over ABC on March 23, 1950, from the RKO Pantages Theatre, Hollywood. Paul Douglas was the master of ceremonies and he was assisted by Eve Arden and Ronald Reagan. The previews and ads which appeared in the newspapers were…
Hollywood Hotel – January 17, 1936
This program remains unavailable, but we can add a few details which were not included in Jimmy Stewart on the Air. Most of the newspaper ads for the program mentioned only Dick Powell, the show’s host, and Margaret Sullavan, the main guest for the evening. However, a few did offer some additional information, including the…
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…
