Volume Four of this 5-CD set features Miss Hepburn (as Tracy Lord), Jimmy Stewart (as McCauley Connor) and Cary Grant (as C.K. Dexter Haven) starring in The Philadelphia Story, which was presented on The Lady Esther Screen Guild Theater March 17, 1947. The show was directed and produced by Bill Lawrence and Truman Bradley was…
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Katharine Hepburn on the Air Volume Two
Volume Two of this 5-CD set features the July 20, 1942, broadcast of The Philadelphia Story on Victory Theatre. The production starred Miss Hepburn, Jimmy Stewart and Cary Grant. Click on the link below to see the original blog and listen to the program…
Starring Cary Grant
Released as part of a 10-CD set, this one features the July 20, 1942, premiere of Victory Theatre, the summer replacement for the Lux Radio Theatre. Presented was The Philadelphia Story, starring Grant, Stewart, Katharine Hepburn and Ruth Hussey. Click below to go to the original post to listen to the show and read more…
I’m An Ant
In 2008, the artist known as I’m An Ant released an album titled What Have I Done? The fifth song on that album was called Jimmy Stewart. Keith Hopkin played drums on the track. The song mentions Audrey Hepburn, Kathy (Katharine Hepburn) and Cary Grant, as well as Jimmy Stewart…
The Philadelphia Story – Soundtrack
No soundtrack album has been officially released for this 1940 film, but selections can be heard on releases. The first release was on the 1974 album, Sunset Boulevard – The Classic Film Scores of Franz Waxman. There also was a 4-page booklet inserted into each album jacket. This booklet included a photo from The Philadelphia…
Victory Theatre – The Philadelphia Story
In 1942, The Office of War Information’s Office of Facts and Figures went to the broadcast networks to pitch the idea of their supplying blocks of airtime for getting war messages out the their listeners. The CBS answer to this plea was Victory Theatre. It aired just eight episodes, each one an extra performance of…
Favorite Story
Favorite Story, hosted by Ronald Colman, was a program which was syndicated nationally by Frederic W. Ziv Syndication. Each week the favorite story of a celebrity was performed. The celebrity did not appear on the program. In Mr. Stewart’s case, we are told that his favorite story is The Little Minister, which had been a…
The Screen Guild Players (Cassette)
This single cassette was a very early release from Radio Spirits (#1366). The Philadelphia Story appears on the B-side of the cassette. You’ll notice that Jimmy and Katharine Hepburn don’t receive any credit on the cassette label. The show was originally broadcast on March 17, 1947…
Screen Guild Theater – The Philadelphia Story
The Lady Esther Screen Guild Theater presented Harry Kronman’s radio adaptation of the Philip Barry play, The Philadelphia Story, on March 17, 1947. The show would feature the three actors who had starred in the film, Jimmy Stewart as Mike Connor, Katharine Hepburn as Tracy Lord and Cary Grant as C.K. Dexter Haven. Also appearing…
