The following story appeared in the April 13, 1949, edition of Variety: The final paragraph is what caught our attention. It seems that to promote the April 16th event a series of 30-second and 1-minute spots were recorded for play on many of the local, Los Angeles area, radio stations. Heard on these spots were…
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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…
Screen Guild Show – Tailored by Toni
Tailored by Toni, a story by Connie Lee, was presented on The Gulf Screen Guild Show on March 12, 1939. It starred Jimmy Stewart as Peter Graham, Carole Lombard as Toni Warren, Spring Byington as Toni’s mother and Edward Everett Horton as Kenneth Pickles. George Murphy was the show’s master of ceremonies. This preview of…
