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…
New York Close-Up (Tex and Jinx)
Like so many of the other Tex McCrary-Jinx Falkenburg programs, Mr. Stewart’s appearance on this show would have been very difficult to confirm from newspaper listings alone. Most, like the one below from the May 19, 1953, edition of New York Times, simply listed a title: Fortunately, this particular program is a part of the…
A&E Biography for Radio
Jack Perkins was the host of the radio version of the popular A&E TV series, Biography. The shows were very short, averaging just over two minutes. The syndicated show was sponsored by the Salvation Army. Jimmy Stewart was the subject of the show scheduled to be broadcast on Monday, May 5, 2003. The following short…
Jimmy Stewart on NBC Monitor #4
The final surviving tape of Jimmy Stewart on the NBC Monitor program is from April 11, 1970. Gene Rayburn and Stewart talk about several films, including After the Thin Man, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, It’s a Wonderful Life and Anatomy of a Murder…
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…
WRR-AM Interview
WRR radio began broadcasting in Dallas, Texas, in 1920, and in 1921 became the first licensed radio station in Texas and the second in the U.S. In 1947, when Jimmy Stewart and Frank Capra were in Dallas promoting their new film, It’s a Wonderful Life, they were interviewed at WRR. The 15-minute interview was broadcast…
KGKO Interview
Here is another radio appearance discovered after the publication of Jimmy Stewart on the Air. On March 4, 1947, Jimmy Stewart and Frank Capra were in Beaumont, TX, for the Texas premiere of It’s a Wonderful Life. As a part of their visit, they were interviewed by R.J. O’Donnell of the Interstate Circuit. That interview…
Promotional Radio Appearance
On January 28, 1947, Stewart made a previously unknown radio appearance in Philadelphia, PA, in connection with the opening of It’s a Wonderful Life. To date, the only mention of this appearance comes from The Film Daily of that date: This is one of many stops by Stewart and Capra on their promotional tour, but…
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