On November 5, 1939, Stewart appeared on the Gulf Screen Guild Theater in the play Going My Way, which had no relationship at all to the 1944 Bing Crosby film of the same title. Stewart played the role of Lewis Conway. His wife, Nancy, was portrayed by Loretta Young. Edward Arnold played J.P. Hampton, Fuzzy…
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Theatre Guild on the Air – That’s Gratitude
Jimmy Stewart made his third of six appearances on U.S. Steel’s Theatre Guild on the Air on September 26, 1948, in the play That’s Gratitude. According to the contract, Stewart was to be paid $2500 for his appearance: Many of the newspaper previews for the program featured Stewart’s photo. The first one is from the…
Theatre Guild on the Air – The Philadelphia Story
Although this show remains unavailable, we know quite a bit about it due to heavy newspaper coverage and a program printed by U.S. Steel and handed out to audience members. First, let’s look at the newspaper coverage from the day of the broadcast, April 4, 1948. The first preview is from the Abilene Reporter-News, Abilene,…
