June Bride had been a 1948 film starring Bette Davis and Robert Montgomery. When it was produced by the Radio Theatre on August 29, 1949, Miss Davis reprised her film role as Linda Gilman, but the Montgomery role of Carey Jackson was filled by Jimmy Stewart. Co-starring with these two were Betty Lynn as “Boo”…
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Screen Directors’ Playhouse – Broken Arrow
Jimmy Stewart as Tom Jeffords, Jeff Chandler as Cochise and Debra Paget as Sonseeahry, the stars of the 1950 film, also starred in this Richard Allen Simmons radio adaptation. Others appearing with them were Jerry Farber, Ralph Moody, Byron Kane, Rye Billsbury, Jan Arvan, Paul Dubov, Herbert Butterfield, Tom Holland and John Stevenson. With this…
Lux Radio Theatre – No Highway in the Sky
If you listened to yesterday’s blog of the Jack Benny Show, you might remember that at the end of the program, Jack says, “Ladies and Gentlemen, I want to thank Jimmy Stewart for being on my program tonight and be sure to hear him again tomorrow night on the Lux Radio Theatre when he will…
Lux Radio Theatre – Magic Town
Jimmy Stewart and Jane Wyman had starred in the 1947 film, Magic Town, as Rip Smith and Mary Peterman. On December 15, 1947, they reprised those roles for the Sanford H. Barnett radio adaptation for the Lux Radio Theatre. The show was produced and hosted by William Keighley and directed by Fredric MacKaye. John Milton…
Lux Radio Theatre – Winchester ‘73
The Lux Radio Theatre version of Winchester ’73 was aired on Monday, November 12, 1951. The story was adapted for radio by Sanford H. Barnett. This was the 17th season for the program which was hosted and produced by William Keighley and directed by Earl Ebi. John Milton Kennedy was the announcer, Rudy Schrager the…
