Bell, Book and Candle – Soundtrack

Bell, Book and Candle was a 1958 film starring Stewart, Kim Novak, Jack Lemmon and Ernie Kovacs. The soundtrack music was written and conducted by George Dunning. The music has been released several times through the years, beginning with an album in 1958 (Colpix CP-502). The tracks were: Main Title Pyewacket-Queenie-Gil Send Me Nicky Way…

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Jimmy Takes Over the Bing Crosby Show

On November 1, 1952, Bing Crosby’s wife, Dixie, died. Unable to do the show scheduled for November 6th, Jimmy Stewart was called upon to fill in for him. Most newspapers simply listed “Bing Crosby” in their radio listings for the day. At least one paper, the Oakland Tribune, Oakland, CA, did print a short preview…

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Lux Radio Theater – Destry Rides Again

Jimmy Stewart had starred as Tom Destry in the 1939 film, along with Marlene Dietrich as Frenchy. Miss Dietrich’s role was taken by Joan Blondell in the Lux production. Others appearing in the radio play include Frances Robinson as Janice Tindall, Leo Cleary as “Wash” Dinsdale, Ken Christy as Mayor Slade, Noreen Gammill as Lily…

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Jimmy Stewart on NBC Monitor #2

The second of Stewart’s appearances on NBC Monitor is from November 4, 1967. Stewart was in Utah filming Bandolero where he was interviewed by Jay Miller.  As with most Monitor features, the newspaper notices were very small: The main topic of conversation is Stewart’s recent retirement from the Air Force Reserve…

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The Big Sound – Vote

This blog is being posted on the first Tuesday after the first Monday of November which makes it Election Day in the United States. That’s the perfect day to take a closer look at another The Big Sound disc on which Mr. Stewart appeared. The record is titled “Vote” Public Service (PS-2 R). Each of…

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Airport ’77 – Soundtrack Music

No soundtrack has been released for this film. Original music for Airport ’77 was written by John Cacavas. One song, Theme from Airport ’77, has been released in the U.S.; the song was arranged and conducted by John Cacavas. In Japan, two singles were released, both with picture inserts. Theme from Airport ’77 was released…

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The Six Shooter – Ben Scofield

Since most of The Six Shooter scripts carried no official title, many shows are known by several. Ben Scofield is also called Horseshoe Clue, The Sherriff’s Son and Holdup at Clay City. This is the third time this particular script had been used by Stewart. It first appeared on the Hollywood Star Playhouse series on…

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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Air View – Carbine Williams

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Air View was the title used for film publicity interviews released to radio stations by M-G-M studios. This particular one was a 12-inch, 33 1/3 RPM disc. Actually, there were two different discs issued. One was pressed on black vinyl: the other on red vinyl. You’ll also notice that the labels themselves are different…

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Silver Theater – Up From Darkness

One year after their first appearance together on Silver Theater in First Love, Jimmy Stewart and Rosalind Russell were back again as the stars of Up From Darkness. This two-part story was broadcast on October 23 and 30, 1938. Here are a few newspaper previews which appeared on the first broadcast date. The first is…

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