James Stewart Stars as…The Six Shooter 1

We Americans are not the only ones obsessed with Jimmy Stewart’s radio career. The British also issued a series of cassettes featuring shows from The Six Shooter series. The first of these was issued in 1996 by Hodder Headline Audiobooks (HH350). This was a 2-cassette set, packaged differently than most U.S. sets. The plastic case…

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Hi Jinx (May 17, 1949)

Although Stewart is listed as having been a guest on this Jinx Falkenburg program by Gerard Molyneaux in his excellent book, James Stewart A Bio-Bibliography, we have thus far been unable to confirm the appearance. Newspaper listings, like the one below from the New York Times, do not mention the names of any guests for…

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Twenty Questions

Children had been playing this game for years before it made the airwaves. One child would think of something, and then the other(s) would ask questions to try to narrow down and finally guess what that person was thinking about. One of the first questions usually asked was “is it animal, vegetable or mineral?” Fred…

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Time Capsule

This is a new radio show that we discovered after the publication of Jimmy Stewart on the Air. The show is not available and little is known about it. What we do know comes from two short articles in the February 14, 1953, edition of Billboard magazine. The second article is actually much longer, but…

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The Six Shooter – The Double Seven

The Double Seven, also known as Ranchers vs. Sodbusters and Half-Way Creek, was broadcast on May 13, 1954. A short preview of the show was published in the Oakland Tribute, Oakland, CA, on the day of the broadcast. Joining Stewart in the cast were Lamont Johnson as Clint Sutton, Gerald Mohr as Gid Babscomb, Bob…

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Nancy Craig Program

The Nancy Craig Program was broadcast by ABC from New York City weekdays at 1:45 p.m. eastern time. Mr. Stewart appeared on the show on May 11, 1949. The program is not available. This listing appeared in the New York Times on the day of the broadcast. Stewart’s latest film, The Stratton Story, was set…

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Tusher in Hollywood

This program is not available and is known from a single listing which appeared in the May 11, 1952, edition of the Long Beach Press-Telegram, Long Beach, CA. The show was 15-minutes in length and was hosted by William Tusher, who also was a writer for the Daily Variety and the Hollywood Reporter. Tusher also…

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