It took many years after the film’s 1947 release for any type of soundtrack recordings to be issued. The first came in 1988 on the Sundance Film Music Series, Vol. 1 (Telarc DG-18801 [LP]/CD 88801 [CD]). The album features 10 tracks from It’s a Wonderful Life, as well as songs from the soundtracks of A…
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Christmas Radio Shows from the 1930’s, 1940’s, 1950’s
This 8-CD set was issued by Radiorevisited.com (22CD8). Stewart’s Lux Radio Theatre version of It’s a Wonderful Life, also starring Donna Reed, is included. The show was originally broadcast on March 10, 1947…
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…
Command Performance
Command Performance was produced by the Armed Forces Radio Service (AFRS) as entertainment for our troops, especially those stationed outside the U.S. Both the host and the guests on each program were chosen from requests received from servicemen. Jimmy Stewart is known to have appeared on just one show. The show was number 260 in…
Screen Guild Theater (March 15, 1951)
For the third and final time, Stewart recreated his role of George Bailey in a Screen Guild production of It’s a Wonderful Life. The first two times had come on December 29, 1947 and December 29, 1949. The following display ad for the program is from the Detroit Free Press, Detroit, MI, on the day…
Lux Radio Theatre – It’s a Wonderful Life (CD/Cassette)
In 2000, Radio Spirits issued the Lux Radio Theatre version of It’s a Wonderful Life starring Stewart and Donna Reed in both cassette and CD formats. The CD release number was 7012: The CD version seems to be a little easier to find than the cassette. Although marketed these days as a Christmas story, it…
It’s a Wonderful Life (Original Cast Recording)
This is another digital version of the Lux Radio Theatre classic starring Jimmy Stewart and Donna Reed. It was issued by Orange Leisure in 2010 and is available on many of the popular download/streaming services. This is an unedited version, which includes the original commercials…
Screen Guild Players – It’s a Wonderful Life
The Screen Guild Players presented the first of what would be three presentations of It’s a Wonderful Life on December 29, 1947. Below is a sampling of some of the newspaper ads and previews which appeared at the time. The program is not available, but a script is. Here is a scan of the first…
Lux Radio Theater – It’s a Wonderful Life
When It’s a Wonderful Life was first released in 1947, it was not considered a Christmas film. In fact, it went into general circulation two weeks after Christmas on January 7th. Likewise, its radio broadcasts were not limited to the Christmas season. The first radio broadcast of the story came on Lux Radio Theater, just…
Christmas in the 40’s
This 6-CD set was issued in 1995 (GSC Music 19222; the individual discs had separate numbers, with the Stewart-Reed disc being #18200). The material found on the CDs is very varied as can be seen from the listings below: The version of It’s a Wonderful Life included here is from the Lux Radio Theatre broadcast…
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