This is a 12-CD set released by Radiorevisited.com (21CD12). The Screen Directors’ Playhouse version of It’s a Wonderful Life, starring Jimmy Stewart, is included. Frank Capra, the film’s director, also makes an appearance on the program. The show was originally broadcast on May 8, 1949. …
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Umphrey’s McGee
At each of their concerts, Umphrey’s McGee plays an improvisation song or two which they have named Jimmy Stewart. They took the name from a meeting room at the Renaissance Pittsburgh Hotel which was named after the Indiana, PA actor. Many different versions of this improvisation are available. None really has anything, other than its…
James Stewart – The Ultimate Collections of His Radio Work (#2)
This is one of four identically titled sets of Mr. Stewart’s radio shows issued by Radiorevisited.com. There are nine discs in this set, featuring 16 different programs. Included are a Good News of 1938, a four-part Silver Theater program, two different Lux Radio Theatre broadcasts, a Sealtest Variety Theater program, a Screen Directors’ Playhouse, a…
Screen Directors’ Playhouse (10-CD)
This set was issued in 2011 by Radio Spirits (44812). Just one Stewart show, Call Northside 777, is included on the set. It was broadcast on December 9, 1949. Other stars included on the set are: Fred Allen, Lucille Ball, Bette Davis, Kirk Douglas, Betty Grable, Cary Grant, Olivia de Havilland, Bob Hope and Barbara…
Mystery Superstars Vol. 2
This six cassettes set, issued in a replica of an old time radio, was released in 1997 by Metacom (BB 429). Call Northside 777 was originally broadcast by Screen Directors’ Playhouse on December 9, 1949. It is the only Stewart show included on the set. …
The Best of Old Time Radio Starring Jimmy Stewart
This set was issued by Radio Spirits in 2002 in both 4-cassette (5034) and 6-CD (5035) formats. Ten complete and original radio programs were included: 1) Screen Directors’ Assignment – It’s a Wonderful Life, May 8, 1949 2) Hollywood Star Playhouse – The Six Shooter, April 13, 1952 3) Lady Esther Screen Guild Players –…
Call Northside 777 (Digital)
In 2008, Saland Publishing issued a digital only copy of the Screen Directors’ Playhouse production of Call Northside 777, which had originally been broadcast on December 9, 1949. It is available for download and streaming on most of the usually online sites…
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…
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…
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