In 1964, the Chase & Sanborn Coffee Company celebrated its 100th anniversary in business. The company had sponsored several radio shows through the years and put together this “clip” show featuring some of the greatest moments from those programs. The show was hosted by Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy and broadcast by NBC on November…
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Suspense – Mission Completed (Cassette)
Jimmy Stewart’s Suspense thriller, Mission Completed, was issued as a single cassette by Radio Spirits (#463), along with For Love of Murder, which starred Mickey Rooney. Mission Completed had originally been broadcast on December 1, 1949. Part 1: Part 2:…
Old-Time Radio’s 60 All-Time Favorites
This boxed set was issued by Radio Spirits on both cassette and CD in 2001 (4461). Only one Jimmy Stewart show is included. From The Six Shooter comes The Shooting of Wyatt King. Act 1: Act 2:…
Rose Marie – Soundtrack
Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy were the stars of this 1936 film, with Stewart playing the minor role of John Flower in only his second feature film appearance. Below is a candid photo from the set of the film which appeared in the September, 1936, edition of Hollywood: Seen eating birthday cake are (L-R): Gene…
The Best of Suspense!
This 12-cassette set was issued in 1989 by Greatapes. It featured 24 original programs from the series Suspense. Jimmy Stewart starred in one of the show included in the set, Consequence, originally broadcast on May 19, 1949. Part 1: Part 2:…
Dan Roberts – I Miss John Wayne (and Jimmy Stewart, too)
In 1998, Dan Roberts released an album titled There’s a Little Cowboy in All of Us (Old Boots Music). One of the songs on this album was I Miss John Wayne. Although the song is mainly about Wayne, near the end Roberts mentions quite a few of his cowboy heroes, including Jimmy Stewart, Gene Autry,…
Old-Time Radio The Jack Benny Program
This special set of Jack Benny Programs was issued in 2004 by Radio Spirits as a 10-cassette set (4333) and a 10-CD set (4334). Jimmy Stewart was the guest of the April 27, 1952, broadcast which is included in the set. Part 1: Part 2:…
An Evening with Bing Crosby and His Guests: 50 Rare Original Recordings
This digital set was issue for downloading and streaming in 2013 by Mach60 Music. Stewart is represented on the set by one 50 second clip of the song Mississippi Mud. Jimmy, Bing and Fran Warren had originally sung the song in the March 19, 1952, edition of The Bing Crosby Show. The clip is edited…
Arch Oboler Remembers WWII
This is a 6-cassette set issued in 1997 by Adventures in Cassettes (a division of Metacom). The Stewart show included in the set is A Letter at Midnight which was broadcast on the Plays for Americans program of March 15, 1942. If you haven’t heard the program before, you can listen to it here:…
Voices of Hollywood
This single cassette release represents volume 8 in a series issued by Radio Yesterdays in 1990. Included on the cassette is the Lux Radio Theatre version of It’s a Wonderful Life. The show was originally broadcast on Monday, March 10, 1947. Included on the cassette is the Lux Radio Theatre version of It’s a Wonderful…
