Revenge at Harness Creek was broadcast on April 29, 1954. John Wald says this title as he is introducing the second act of the play. Despite this, the show is also sometimes called The Harcourt Brothers. As they had been doing for some time, the Syracuse Herald-Journal, Syracuse, NY, ran a display ad for the…
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Lux Radio Theatre – No Highway in the Sky
If you listened to yesterday’s blog of the Jack Benny Show, you might remember that at the end of the program, Jack says, “Ladies and Gentlemen, I want to thank Jimmy Stewart for being on my program tonight and be sure to hear him again tomorrow night on the Lux Radio Theatre when he will…
Jimmy Stewart – Vintage Radio Collection
This digital only set was released for download and streaming in 2008 by Stardust. Thirteen complete programs starring Stewart were included: 1) Gulf Screen Guild Theater – Tailored by Toni, March 12, 1939 2) Gulf Screen Guild Theater – Single Crossing, February 11, 1940 3) Cavalcade of America – The Guy Who Had to Have…
Jack Benny Show – Bend of the River
Jimmy Stewart’s latest film, Bend of the River had just been released in February of 1952. On April 27th of that year, Jimmy was the guest on the Benny show and performed a sketch based on that film. Newspaper previewed the program this way: The cast for the skit included Jimmy Stewart as himself, Jack…
Jack Benny Volume II
This single cassette featuring two shows was issued in 1994 by GAA Corporation (7217). Side two of the cassette has the Benny show from April 27, 1952, in which he and Jimmy do a sketch called Bend of the River. …
Screen Directors’ Playhouse – Jackpot
One of Jimmy Stewart’s six appearances on the NBC program, Screen Directors’ Playhouse, came on April 26, 1951, when he starred with Margaret Truman in Jackpot. Miss Truman had the role of Amy Lawrence, the part which had been played by Barbara Hale in the film. One of the other very recognizable voices in the…
Screen Directors’ Playhouse – Jackpot (Cassette)
This is a single cassette release from Radio Spirits (#2648). To make it a little easier to read the J-card, here it is in the correct orientation: Jackpot, starring Stewart and Margaret Truman, had been broadcast on April 26, 1951…
The Tim Sample Collection Volume Two, Live on Stage 1992-1999
This 3-CD set was issued in 2009 by The Maine Humor Company. As the jacket states, Sample is a humorist and the three CD’s are filled with his comedy routines. But, every now and again, he breaks into song. One of those is called The Jimmy Stewart Song and according to the jacket notes, it…
Salute to You
The following article appeared in the Pacific Stars and Stripes, Tokyo, Japan, on Wednesday, April 24, 1957: A check of the next day’s edition of Star and Stripes radio listing reveals that the show is listed for broadcast in the 8 p.m. time slot: Because the show is not available, we can only speculate on…
Hollywood Star Playhouse – Nor Gloom of Night
The very first broadcast of the Hollywood Star Playhouse was on April 24, 1950, when it replaced Inner Sanctum on CBS. Jimmy Stewart was the star of this premiere presentation. Jack Johnstone was the show’s director. He would later direct the Stewart series, The Six Shooter. The story, Nor Gloom of Night, was written by…
