The following listing from the Wisconsin State Journal, Madison, WI, serves as proof of Stewart’s appearance on the NBC program on this date. This show is not available. The Sunday afternoon hosts at this time were Frank Gallup and Gordon Fraser…
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Hedda Hopper’s Diary
We weren’t quite sure what we were going to get when we bought this 16-inch disc issued by the Treasury Department’s War Finance Division (ND5-MM-11376); the show is not dated, but most likely in from 1945. This article appeared in the October 3, 1945, edition of Variety. This is most likely one of the discs…
Arthur Godfrey Time #2
As first outlined in Jimmy Stewart on the Air, Jimmy made a second appearance on Arthur Godfrey Time on August 24, 1962. This was more than fifteen years after his first appearance on July 30, 1947. The information for this show comes from an article in the Pacific Stars and Stripes, Tokyo, Japan, on August…
Buy Bonds From Jimmy Stewart
As outlined in Jimmy Stewart on the Air, Mr. Stewart appeared on program #23 of the U.S. Treasury Department’s public service program, Guest Star. Win Elliot was the show’s host; Mary Small is vocalist and Denes Agay the orchestra leader. At the time the book was published, the date of the program was in question…
The Greatest Show on Earth – Soundtrack
The eight songs featured in the soundtrack of the film are released by RCA in 1952 in four different formats. This partial RCA ad from the March 1, 1952, issue of Billboard magazine mentions several of the different formats: RCA LPM 3018 (10-inch, 33 1/3 RPM album) Stewart’s clown character, Buttons, appears on the cover…
The Phoenix Love Theme (Senza Fine)
The actual soundtrack from The Flight of the Phoenix was discussed in a previous blog entry. This time we’ll be looking at the single versions of The Phoenix Love Theme (Senza Fine) released in 1966 and carrying the statement – “From the film ‘The Flight of the Phoenix’.” We’ll begin with the hit version of…
The Flight of the Phoenix – Soundtrack
A complete soundtrack for this Jimmy Stewart film wasn’t issued until 1966, more than 30 years after the film’s release. When it was issued, it was part of a two soundtrack set along with Patton. Film Score Monthly FSMCD Vol. 2 No. 2 The Patton cover was the side of the booklet facing the front…
Pot O’ Gold – Soundtrack
Although there was officially no soundtrack album for this 1941 Jimmy Stewart-Paulette Goddard-Horace Heidt film, all of the songs were recorded and released as four separate 10-inch 78 RPM records by Horace Heidt and his Musical Knights. The songs appearing in the film were: Hi, Cy, What’s a Cookin’ (Henry Russell/Louis Forbes) performed by various…
Kraft Music Hall
Jimmy Stewart was the guest on the August 18, 1938, episode of the Kraft Music Hall. As was usually the case during the summer months, Bob Burns was acting as the show’s host while Bing Crosby was on vacation. This show is not available. The best information source is from a short preview from The…
America Calling
A few months ago, while researching another old-time radio star, we came across the following display ad in February 8, 1941, edition of The Bakersfield Californian, Bakersfield, CA: Prominently displayed among the celebrity names is James Stewart. A search quickly turned up several other ads and articles from that same day. The first is from…
