This program was broadcast by NBC on September 1, 1947, which was Labor Day. The day following the broadcast was the second anniversary of Japan’s surrender to end WWII. The program was very much in support of the Marshall Plan in trying to aid much of Europe affected by the war. The show was advertised…
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Fresh Air
On March 21, 2016, this popular NPR program spotlighted the book, Hollywood Hoofbeats The Fascinating Story of Horses in Movies and Television, by Petrine Day Mitchum (Perseus Distribution). The show was hosted by Terry Gross, with Dave Davies conducting the interview of Mitchum. One of the last horses talked about in the interview was Pie,…
Dancing with the Stars with Jimmy Stewart – The 50’s
This was the third and final installment of three shows broadcast in the summer of 1988. “The 30’s” was broadcast during the week of June 27th and the second, “The 40’s,” aired during the first week of August. “The 50’s” was set to be broadcast during the week of August 29th. Like the other shows…
Lux Radio Theatre – June Bride
June Bride had been a 1948 film starring Bette Davis and Robert Montgomery. When it was produced by the Radio Theatre on August 29, 1949, Miss Davis reprised her film role as Linda Gilman, but the Montgomery role of Carey Jackson was filled by Jimmy Stewart. Co-starring with these two were Betty Lynn as “Boo”…
One Sunday Afternoon – Academy Award
The full story of Jimmy’s appearance on the August 28, 1946, edition of Academy Award in the play One Sunday Afternoon is told in Jimmy Stewart on the Air. But, here are a few items that could not be included in the book. First, everyone, including many newspapers, seemed to have a hard time getting…
Hollywood Guys & Dolls Volume Two
The 23-track CD was issued in 1994 (Parrot Records PARCD006). Track #13 is from Jimmy Stewart’s appearance on the Bing Crosby radio show of March 10, 1948. Besides Jimmy’s song, a bit of dialogue between he and Bing is also included. This CD and volume one from the same series were later combined into a…
Hedda Hopper’s Diary
We weren’t quite sure what we were going to get when we bought this 16-inch disc issued by the Treasury Department’s War Finance Division (ND5-MM-11376); the show is not dated, but most likely in from 1945. This article appeared in the October 3, 1945, edition of Variety. This is most likely one of the discs…
Arthur Godfrey Time #2
As first outlined in Jimmy Stewart on the Air, Jimmy made a second appearance on Arthur Godfrey Time on August 24, 1962. This was more than fifteen years after his first appearance on July 30, 1947. The information for this show comes from an article in the Pacific Stars and Stripes, Tokyo, Japan, on August…
Buy Bonds From Jimmy Stewart
As outlined in Jimmy Stewart on the Air, Mr. Stewart appeared on program #23 of the U.S. Treasury Department’s public service program, Guest Star. Win Elliot was the show’s host; Mary Small is vocalist and Denes Agay the orchestra leader. At the time the book was published, the date of the program was in question…
The Greatest Show on Earth – Soundtrack
The eight songs featured in the soundtrack of the film are released by RCA in 1952 in four different formats. This partial RCA ad from the March 1, 1952, issue of Billboard magazine mentions several of the different formats: RCA LPM 3018 (10-inch, 33 1/3 RPM album) Stewart’s clown character, Buttons, appears on the cover…
