Originally recorded in 1997 as Release, Rise and Run’s album was re-issued in 2010 as Re-Released. The Re-Released album also featured a live version of Jimmy Stewart which had been recorded at Yahmoz in 1992. Although there are five people pictured on the album cover, only three are credited – Tim Bryant on keyboards and…
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Dancing with the Stars with Jimmy Stewart – The 30’s
This was a two hour radio special put together by the Mutual Broadcasting System and Westwood One. Jimmy Stewart was the host and took the listeners on an imaginary tour of Hollywood’s top night spots of the 1930’s. It was delivered to stations on four 12-inch, 33 1/3 RPM discs. Except for the side numbers,…
Fun for All (June 27, 1953)
Fun for All was a game-variety show hosted by Bill Cullen and Arlene Francis. It aired on CBS Saturdays at 1 p.m. from September 27, 1952, until December 26, 1953. It was sponsored by Gillette products, including Prom, Toni and White Rain. The best ad for the show appeared in Mauri Desourdy’s column, The Week…
Cole Porter – You’re the Top: A Testimonial
On February 12, 1967, the “Cole Porter Library Celebration Dinner” was held at the University of Southern California. The main guests, speakers and performers at the testimonial were Frank Sinatra, Ethel Merman, Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly and Jimmy Stewart. Garson Kanin was the discussion moderator and Roger Edens played the piano for the performers. In…
The Six Shooter Becomes The Restless Gun
Less than three years after The Six Shooter left the radio, actor John Payne was looking for a western show in which he could star on TV. He came across the Jimmy Stewart series and liked what he heard. He purchased the rights to the series and set about to have many of the Frank…
The Six Shooter – Myra Barker
The final show of the series was broadcast on June 24, 1954. The title is given by John Wald at the beginning of the second act as Myra Barker. It is sometimes called Unpredictable Horse. This brief preview appeared in the Long Beach Press-Telegraph, Long Beach, CA, on the day of the broadcast. The cast…
A Pressing Engagement/Myra Barker
Before Radio Spirits began issuing sets of old time radio shows, they were putting out individual cassettes of various programs. One release was of two The Six Shooter programs (1435). Brit is Engaged is better known as A Pressing Engagement and was originally broadcast on December 6, 1953. Unpredictable Horse is also known as Myra…
Good News of 1938 (June 23, 1938)
This show is not available, but we have been able to determine a few facts about it based on newspaper previews. The most helpful is this one from the San Antonio Express, San Antonio, TX, on the day of the broadcast. Jimmy Stewart would act as the master of ceremonies for the show and take…
Jimmy Stewart for Campbell’s Soups
In 1988, Stewart did spots for Campbell’s Home Cookin’ soups for both radio and television. The fact that Stewart was not seen in the TV commercials, led to some doubt that it was actually his voice the listeners were hearing. But that was all cleared up by newspaper reporters and articles like the one below…
Broken Arrow – Soundtrack
The music for Broken Arrow, the 1950 film starring Jimmy Stewart, Jeff Chandler and Debra Paget, was written by Hugo Friedhofer, orchestrated by William Powell and conducted by Alfred Newman. No soundtrack album was issued at the time and the official release had to wait until 1999, when a CD was finally issued (Brigham Young…
