Jimmy Stewart was featured on Guest Star #23, a public service program presented by the U.S. Treasury Department. A new .mp3 CD has his show, as well as 104 others in the series. For just $4.95 all these shows are yours. To see more information on this show and listen to it, see the blog…
Tag Archives: Jimmy Stewart
Starring Myrna Loy
A set of 14 CD’s featuring radio shows which starred Myrna Loy is often for sale on the internet. One of these CD’s has Miss Loy appearing with Jimmy Stewart. Miss Loy guested on the December 30, 1937, broadcast of Good News of 1937. Stewart was the host that evening and also acted in a…
The Forgotten Old Time Radio
This 12-CD (.mp3) set was issued by Onesmedia. Although there are over 1140 shows on these discs, only one of them features Jimmy Stewart. Stewart is interviewed on the Barbara Welles show from July 21, 1947. If you haven’t heard this interview before, it is a very interesting, and sometimes confusing, one. Do yourself a…
Pennsylvania Association of Broadcasters’ Gold Medal of Honor
According to this article from the May 4, 1987, edition of Broadcasting magazine, Stewart was that year’s winner of this award. He was given the award for his contributions to the entertainment arts. This would include films, radio, TV and recording. Notice that Stewart mentions listening to KDKA, Pittsburgh, as a youth…
Radio Theatre
The following article appeared in the December 28, 1987, edition of Broadcasting magazine. From the way the article is written, it seems that Starmagic was lifting the actual film soundtrack from the movie and turning it into a radio show. This procedure is still being used today by an organization known as “Movies for the…
Six Shooter Volume 2
Like volume one of this Onesmedia offering, this set includes 12 CD’s. Unlike volume one, this set includes more than just Six Shooter shows. The first eight CD’s conclude the Six Shooter series. We’re including The Shooting of Wyatt King which was originally broadcast on May 20, 1954. Act 1: Act 2:…
Six Shooter Volume 1
This 12-CD set was one of two CD’s of Six Shooter shows issued by Onesmedia. There are two shows per CD. These are normal CD’s, not .mp3’s, and can be played on any player. We’ll include Battle at Tower Rock here for your listening pleasure. All shows can be found on other blogs on this…
Golden Age of Radio
Many radio stations continued, and still continue to this day, to air classic radio shows from the golden era of radio well past the time when networks had stopped broadcasting new shows. The following preview appeared in The Indianapolis Star on January 21, 1988. This version of It’s a Wonderful Life, stared Stewart, Arthur Q…
Moonlight Serenade/In the Mood in Stereo for the First Time
In May of 1985, as part of a special tribute to actor James Stewart, the Cannes Film Festival presented the world premiere of the Dolby stereo version of The Glenn Miller Story. The film soundtrack was originally recorded in stereo, but was released initially on mono. The soundtrack album was re-issued in stereo around the…
It’s a Wonderful Life (George H. Rothacker)
This is a single CD featuring the March 10, 1947 version of It’s a Wonderful Life, broadcast on Lux Radio Theatre. This show has, of course, been issued many times and in many formats through the years. What may be of more interest here is the artwork used for the cover and CD. Both are…
