When you listen to Fight 101, it will sound like a normal radio show, complete with music and sound effects. You’ll hear the crackle and pops as the record player’s needle moves through the grooves of the record. But, this was not recorded to be used on the radio. Instead, Jimmy Stewart recorded this program…
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The Six Shooter – Cheyenne Express
The Six Shooter had been pre-empted the previous week by a political program featuring Vice President Richard Nixon at a meeting of the American Association for the United Nations. It returned this week, March 7, 1954, with Cheyenne Express (also known as Wilbur English, The Gang Falls Out and Back Shooter). This photo ad for…
The Six Shooter Volume 1
This 10-CD set was issued by The Nostalgia Merchant in 2003. Two shows are included on each disc for a total of 20, including: The Audition Show (July 15, 1953) Jenny (September 20, 1953) The Coward (September 27, 1953) The Stampede (October 4, 1953) Silver Annie ((October 11, 1953) Rink Larkin (October 18, 1953) Red…
The Six Shooter – Quiet City
Broadcast on February 14, 1954, this program is also known as A Town Grows Up, Sheriff’s Son and Sheriff’s Son to Study Law. Except for simple listings, no newspaper clippings for this show could be located. Stewart is joined in the cast by Virginia Gregg as Mabel Norton, Robert Griffin as Doc Anderson, Lamont Johnson…
Legends of Radio: Famous Premiers
This 10-CD set was issued by Radio Spirits (48172) in 2005. Just one Jimmy Stewart show is included on the set, Jenny, the first broadcast of The Six Shooter, aired September 20, 1953…
The Six Shooter – Apron-Faced Sorrel
City Boy and City Boy at the Ranch are two other titles by which this February 7, 1954, broadcast is known. This photo ad for the show appeared in The Amarillo Sunday News-Globe, Amarillo, TX, on the day of the broadcast. The show’s cast included Bill Johnstone as Saul Poindexter, Bert Holland as Jeff Poindexter…
The Six Shooter – Trail to Sunset
Like most of The Six Shooter shows, this one is also known by others titles, including The Lynching and Wrong Man Lynched. The show was broadcast on January 31, 1954. This short preview appeared in the San Antonio Express and News, San Antonio, TX, on the day of the broadcast. As had been the case…
The Six Shooter – Helen Bricker
This is the first show for new announcer, John Wald. The title is sometimes listed as Mrs. Billy Stark or Outlaw’s Wife. Stewart’s supporting cast included Lillian Buyeff as Helen Bricker (Mrs. Billy Stark), Ken Christy as Jim Pincher, Herb Vigran as Buck Thompson, Parley Baer as Seth and Will Wright as Tim Slater and…
Great Western Radio Shows
This was an 8-cassette, 16 show set released in 2001 by Topics Entertainment (CA-058). The Six Shooter was represented on the set by two shows: The Outlaw’s Wife, usually known as Helen Bricker, was originally broadcast on January 24, 1954. The Silver Buckle had first aired on January 17, 1954. Some of the other shows…
The Six Shooter – The Silver Buckle
William Conrad is the narrator for this story, also sometimes called The Silver Belt Buckle. Others in the play are Eleanor Audley as Mrs. Davis, Forrest Lewis as the sheriff, Joel Cranston (father of current popular actor, Bryan Cranston) as Lex Springer and Frank Gerstle as Kit Springer. This program was advertised in the January…
