Jimmy Stewart Collection

This is a 2-disc set issued by www.goldengooseradio.com. There are more than 80 programs featuring Stewart on the discs, making it well worth the $4.99 asking price. If you’re looking to fill out your private Stewart collection, this one should help. On the first disc you’ll get: Cavalcade of America (11-12-45) A Guy Who had…

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Rosalind Russell on the Air

Volume Five of this 9-CD set features both parts 1 and 2 of Up from Darkness, originally broadcast as a two-part story on Silver Theater on October 23rd and 30th of 1938. Miss Russell starred as Micki Gargon and Jimmy Stewart plays Tim Barlow. Conrad Nagel was the master-of-ceremonies and John Conte was the announcer…

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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…

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Family Theatre – Suzi’s Prayer Ball

Jimmy Stewart starred in the Family Theatre‘s Suzi’s Prayer Ball on April 4, 1951. Starring with him were Jean Bates and Ann Whitfield. Gene Kelly was the host for the program. Information on this show was included in Jimmy Stewart on the Air. We’re presenting the information left out of the book here. First, the…

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Silver Theater – Misty Mountain Part 2

As mentioned in yesterday’s blog, part two of Misty Mountain was broadcast on January 29, 1939. As it had done for part one, the Wisconsin State Journal again previewed the show, but notice that they got the title wrong this time. In part two, as Rusty is flying through the Misty Mountain region again, he…

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Silver Theater – Child, Save My Fireman

There seems to be some disagreement over the title of this broadcast. Although almost all online sources refer to it as Child, Save My Fireman, the newspaper previews gave a different title. Here are several newspaper listing for the program from the day of the broadcast, January 5, 1941. The first is from the Morning…

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