As first outlined in Jimmy Stewart on the Air, Jimmy made a second appearance on Arthur Godfrey Time on August 24, 1962. This was more than fifteen years after his first appearance on July 30, 1947. The information for this show comes from an article in the Pacific Stars and Stripes, Tokyo, Japan, on August…
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Friars Frolic Promo
The following story appeared in the April 13, 1949, edition of Variety: The final paragraph is what caught our attention. It seems that to promote the April 16th event a series of 30-second and 1-minute spots were recorded for play on many of the local, Los Angeles area, radio stations. Heard on these spots were…
Photoplay 11th Annual Gold Metal Awards Dinner
The Photoplay magazine awards ceremony was broadcast by ABC on February 10, 1955, from 9:30-9:55 p.m. It was hosted by Dick Powell and Sheila Graham. The Indiana Gazette, Stewart’s hometown newspaper, ran this story about the awards and the upcoming radio show in its January 29, 1955, edition. On the day of the broadcast,…
Did You Know These Stars Also Sang?
This 2-CD set was issued in the U.K. in 2007 (Jasmine JASCD 147). Jimmy Stewart appears three times on this release. On the first CD, he’s heard singing When Johnny Toots His Horn, from the film Pot O’ Gold. Immediately before his track, Paulette Goddard is heard singing Pete the Piper, from the same film…
