The Princeton Alumni Weekly (Vol. XXXI, No. 11), dated December 5, 1930, had a story about its upcoming production of The Tiger Smiles. Both the article and the play were written by Joshua Logan. Notice that Logan did not spell Stewart’s name correctly, spelling it “Stuart.” A few days later, on December 10, 1930 (Vol…
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It’s a Wonderful Life (Cassette)
This single cassette was issued in 1997 by the J.C. Entertainment Company (JCC-112). This is yet another release of the Lux Radio Theatre version of It’s a Wonderful Life starring Stewart and Donna Reed. It had originally been broadcast on March 10, 1947. …
The Six Shooter – Complete .mp3 Sets
A quick search of eBay shows no shortage of .mp3 discs featuring all of The Six Shooter episodes. Most also include the April 13, 1953 episode of the Hollywood Star Playhouse on which the series was based and the NBC audition version of the show. Seven of the discs are available from U.S. dealers. The…
The Golden Treasury
We recently found the following article on the WOW News Tower (Vol. 18, No. 3), published by Radio and Television Stations WOW, Omaha, NE. Stewart is listed as one of the guests on the NBC program. The guests read famous poems and passages from literature. The show was hosted by David Ross. Normally, newspapers simply…
American Icons – Playaway Version
Our blog of April 26, 2017, we told of finding a previously unknow (to us) commercial version of a Jimmy Stewart show on Radio Spirits’ Playaway system. After finding that release, we went searching for others and located a copy of American Icons. If you’ve read the previous blog, you know that the Playaway device…
Theatre Guild on the Air – An Unproduced Show?
We recently found the following Theatre Guild contract dated May 18, 1949. It has been signed by Stewart and one of the executive producers of the show, Armina Marshall. According to the contract, Stewart was to appear on the program sometime between September 1, 1949, and June 4, 1950. The programs broadcast on Theatre Guild…
Special Recording for NBC
This special promotional disc is part of the NBC Collection at the Library of Congress. The label is marked #71276 and dated June 29, 1953. The Library of Congress labels the disc simply “Commercials.” It features three tracks, one for each of three new shows which NBC was thinking of adding to its schedule –…
Weekend: Cover Story
On January 30, 1955, NBC’s Weekend Cover Story was an analysis of the Strategic Air Command. Jimmy Stewart, a World War II pilot, was one of the guests. This listing is from The Indianapolis Star, Indianapolis, IN. The show aired from 2-4 p.m. The program is not available, so Stewart’s contribution is not known…
United We Stand
The main purpose of this special program was to promote and raise money for the USO and the work it would be doing. The special program was broadcast by NBC-Blue, CBS and MBS from 9:30-10 p.m., Eastern time. Bob Trout was the show’s announcer. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Pittsburgh, PA, printed a story about the show…
Destry Rides Again – The Playaway Version
Radio Spirits has been producing old-time radio shows and sets for many years. Beginning with cassettes, they kept pace with the technology into the age of CD’s and .mp3’s. Along the way, in the early 2000’s, they introduced their own format which they called “Playaway.” The Playaway device was 3.25 x 2 inches in size…
