Cary Cooper, a Texas singer-songwriter, has recorded and released two songs with references to Jimmy Stewart. The first, released on her Pink Umbrella album (Ethereal Girl Music, 2011) is titled Jimmy Stewart. The first verse is the only place Stewart is mentioned; there’s even a reference to It’s a Wonderful Life. Other film stars, including…
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The Six Shooter – A Friend in Need
This show is also known under the titles Step Brothers, Man on the Run and Fifty Yard Canyon. Also heard in this program are Frank Gerstle as Art Hemper, Shepard Menken as Sam Bittley, Bill Johnstone as Sheriff Vale and Howard McNear as George Crump. There are two things to listen for in this day’s…
The 6 Shooter – “Gold Strike” Collection
This six cassette set of fifteen The Six Shooter programs was issued by Metacom in 1996 (9133157/AB157). This was the second in a series of three releases from Metacom. The shows included were: J496 – A Friend in Need/Hiram’s Goldstrike J497 – The Silver Buckle/The Outlaw’s Wife J498 – Trail to Sunset/Apron-Faced Sorrel J499 –…
The Flight of the Phoenix – Radio Spots
When Flight of the Phoenix was released to theaters in December of 1965, 20th Century-Fox also issued a one-sided, 12-inch, 33 1/3 RPM featuring three radio spots for the film. Seeing the label, it would be easy to conclude that Stewart was voicing the spots, but he is nowhere to be heard on any of…
James Stewart Reads Edgar Allan Poe on the BBC
When Jimmy Stewart on the Air was written, we were in possession of a cassette tape which featured Stewart reading two Poe stories. We could not uncover any information that these had been aired on the radio and the cassette was marked, “This recording is strictly copyright and use is restricted to Educational Purposes.” So,…
Good News of 1938 (December 30, 1937)
Having a film contract with M-G-M made Stewart an easy choice to appear on or host the M-G-M produced radio show, Good News. The program was known by several names including The Maxwell House M-G-M Hour, Film Stars on Parade, Good News of 1938 and Good News of 1939. Nine appearances by Mr. Stewart were…
Screen Guild Players – It’s a Wonderful Life
The Screen Guild Players presented the first of what would be three presentations of It’s a Wonderful Life on December 29, 1947. Below is a sampling of some of the newspaper ads and previews which appeared at the time. The program is not available, but a script is. Here is a scan of the first…
Yeti’s Finger – A Bizarre Jimmy Stewart Tale
This may be the oddest Jimmy Stewart related radio show ever. BBC Radio 4 broadcast this show on December 29, 2011. Stewart’s voice appears nowhere in the show, but he and Gloria are an intricate part of the story and their daughter, Kelly, is heard. The show was produced by Mary Colwell, edited by Julian…
The Greatest Show on Earth – Radio Spots
When The Greatest Show on Earth was released in 1952, Paramount also issued a 12-inch, 33 1/3 RPM disc with nine radio spots to help promote the film. None of the stars’ voices were heard on the disc, but three were voiced by the film’s director, Cecil B. DeMille. Although Jimmy is not heard on…
Tex and Jinx – December 28, 1950
This 60-minute show was broadcast from the WNBC studios in Manhasset, New York, between 8:30-9:30 a.m. The program is not generally available. A copy of the program is held at the Miller Nichols Library, University of Missouri – Kansas City. As of this date, we have not been able to listen to the show, but…
