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…
Jimmy Stewart – The Ultimate Radio Collection Vol. 1
This digital only set was released for download and streaming by Master Classics Records in 2011. Eighteen different radio shows are included, one divided into two parts, on the set: 1) Screen Directors’ Assignment – It’s a Wonderful Life (Part 1), May 8, 1949 2) Screen Directors’ Assignment – It’s a Wonderful Life (Part 2),…
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…
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…
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 –…
Hollywood Stars on the Radio
Radio Spirits released this 10-Cassette/CD set in both formats (cassette: 40024/CD: 40022) in 2003. Three different programs starring Jimmy Stewart were included in the set: 1) Victory Theatre (Lux Radio Theatre summer replacement) – The Philadelphia Story (July 20, 1942) 2) Lux Radio Theatre – It’s a Wonderful Life (March 10, 1947) 3) Lux Radio…
New York Close-Up (Tex and Jinx)
Like so many of the other Tex McCrary-Jinx Falkenburg programs, Mr. Stewart’s appearance on this show would have been very difficult to confirm from newspaper listings alone. Most, like the one below from the May 19, 1953, edition of New York Times, simply listed a title: Fortunately, this particular program is a part of 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,…
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…
