Jimmy Stewart and Jane Wyman had starred in the 1947 film, Magic Town, as Rip Smith and Mary Peterman. On December 15, 1947, they reprised those roles for the Sanford H. Barnett radio adaptation for the Lux Radio Theatre. The show was produced and hosted by William Keighley and directed by Fredric MacKaye. John Milton…
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Old Time Radio Christmas Collection
Released in the early 1990’s by Metacam, this was a very interesting set. Not so much for the radio shows it included, but for its packaging. There were four cassettes included in this set and they were issued in a special wooden case made to look like an antique shop decorated for the holidays. The…
Christmas Seals Update
Christmas Seals are distributed each year by the Lung Association, formerly known as the National Tuberculosis Association. Most years, celebrities recorded public service announcements which were distributed to radio stations for airplay. As described in Jimmy Stewart on the Air, Stewart appeared on several such discs. The 1958 disc has continued to elude our collection…
The Frank Sinatra Christmas Collection
Released on CD in 1998, The Frank Sinatra Christmas Collection (Déjà vu 5079-2) looks like a good source for a rare Jimmy Stewart song. Unfortunately, in this case, looks can be and are very deceiving. Not only isn’t the Stewart track included on the CD, but there are only eleven tracks, not the fourteen listed…
The Six Shooter – More Than Kin
Broadcast on December 13, 1953, this show is also known under the titles of The Actors and Barnum and the Thespians. The program received this small notice in The Times Recorder, Zanesville, OH. It was also mentioned, along with other NBC Sunday night shows, in this display ad from The Fresno Bee, Fresno, CA. The…
Desert Island Discs – December 17, 1983
Desert Island Discs is a staple of the BBC Radio in England. It has been on the air since January 29, 1942, except for 1946-1951, when it was off the air. The show was created and hosted by Roy Plomley, seen below at a BBC microphone. Plomley hosted a total of 1,791 shows over the…
Bill of Rights
According to this short article in the December 9, 1949, edition of the Long Beach Press-Telegram, Long Beach, CA, this was a 15-minute program to be broadcast the following Monday, December 12th. A check of the same newspaper’s Sunday edition showed that the program was set to air on KFOX at 11:45 a.m. According to…
The Bing Crosby Christmas Collection
This CD was released in 1992 (Déjà vu 5-126-2). The CD actually has three different titles, depending on what portion of the packaging you look at. The front says “Gift Collection,” the CD itself says “Gold Collection” and the spine says “Christmas Collection.” It was also issued on cassette (Deja Vu 5-126-4): One of the…
The Glenn Miller Story Premiere
On Thursday, December 10, 1953, the world premiere of The Glenn Miller Story starring Jimmy Stewart and June Allyson took place at the Pantages Theater in Hollywood. NBC radio was there to broadcast live from the theater. Shirley Towers and Eddy King talked to various celebrities as they entered the theater. In Jimmy Stewart on…
Screen Directors’ Playhouse – Call Northside 777
Like several other radio programs, NBC’s Screen Directors’ Playhouse presented radio adaptations of films. The difference here is that the film’s director was usually a guest of the program and introduced the play and was interviewed at the end. The film Call Northside 777 had been released in February 1948. It had already been presented…
