Newly added to our collection is this 2-cassette set from England (Hodder Headline Audiobooks HH 328). This was number 3 in a series of releases. Packaged in a 4 x 5 ½ inch case, it features four Screen Directors’ Playhouse programs from the 1940’s. The Stewart show, It’s a Wonderful Life, was originally broadcast on…
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It’s a Wonderful Life (Mr. Punch)
We just located another British cassette version of the Lux Radio Theatre production of It’s a Wonderful Life. It was issued by Mr. Punch (98034). Like most UK cassettes, it was released in a 4 x 5 ½ inch case. Starring with Stewart were Donna Reed as Mary, Victor Moore as Clarence the Angel, John…
Christmastime is Here Again…Can It’s a Wonderful Life Be Far Behind?
Let’s spend some time on Christmas day with two newly found versions of the classic It’s a Wonderful Life. When it was first issued, It’s a Wonderful life was not associated with any particular time of the year. Today, of course it has become very much a part of the Christmas season. On May…
Radio’s Golden Age Christmas
This 5-CD set was released by The Audio File in 2012 (DGA 1224). The first CD in the set (“A”) is the March 10, 1947, Lux Radio Theatre production of It’s a Wonderful Life. It starred Jimmy Stewart, Donna Reed and Victor Moore. …
It’s a Wonderful Life (Another Cassette Version)
It’s a Wonderful Life was first broadcast on Lux Radio Theatre on March 10, 1947. It starred Jimmy Stewart ad George Bailey, Donna Reed as Mary Hatch and Victor Moore as Clarence. Through the years, it has been issued in many different formats. This single cassette was issued in 1984 by the AVC Corporation/The Mind’s…
Christmas Classics
Christmas Classics is an eight-CD collection being sold online during the 2017 holiday season. The set includes four shows originally broadcast on the Lux Radio Theatre, and one each from This Is My Best, Radio City Playhouse, Screen Directors’ Playhouse and Grand Central Station. One of the Lux shows is the March 10, 1947, broadcast…
Christmas Collection
This 10-CD set of Old Time Radio Christmas shows features mainly half hour programs. The Screen Directors’ Playhouse version of It’s a Wonderful Life, starring Stewart, Hans Conried (Mr. Potter) Arthur Q. Bryan (Clarence Oddbody) and Barbara Eiler (Mary) is one of the shows included. The program was originally broadcast on May 8, 1949. Other…
Dancing with the Stars with Jimmy Stewart – The 40’s (Now with Audio)
During the summer of 1988, Stewart hosted three separate Dancing with the Stars programs for Westwood One Radio. The first, The 30’s, was broadcast the last weekend of June, this one during the second weekend of August and the third, The 50’s – was heard during the final weekend of August. The 30’s and The…
Starring Donna Reed
This is a new 11-CD set of radio shows starring Donna Reed. Miss Reed is featured in dramatic, comedy, adventure, western and, of course holiday programs. What else could the holiday show be but It’s a Wonderful Life as broadcast on the Lux Radio Theatre on March 10, 1947. Yes, even though it’s become a…
Richard Cummins
For his 2013 Christmas EP, Re Gift, Cummins wrote a song which tells the story of It’s a Wonderful Life. And it shares the film’s title. The song can also be purchased alone and has a special sleeve designed for those who do. The song’s lyrics contain many references to the Stewart film. Listen closely…
