Crusade for Freedom PSA

This 16-inch, 33 1/3 RPM disc was issued to radio stations in 1956 by the Crusade for Freedom (F60146), in support of Radio Free Europe. Besides Stewart, Walter Brennan, Bing Crosby, Alan Ladd, Art Linkletter, Pat O’Brien, Dick Powell, Robert Stack, Dinah Shore, Jack Webb and Barbara Stanwyck also provide messages on the disc. We…

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V.I.P. Radio – V.I.P. Promos

V.I.P. Radio was a 1950’s radio subscription service whereby Stars International Inc. would provide various celebrity announcements to local radio stations to help them promote their stations. Mr. Stewart appeared on many of these recordings. On this particular disc, V.I.P. Promos (32-AX), the stars simply identify themselves and remind the listener that they are listening…

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Norman Corwin Centennial

This is a 10-CD set issued by Radio Spirits (44622) in 2010. The first CD in the set features the Bill of Rights special, We Hold These Truths, starring Jimmy Stewart and many other Hollywood greats, including: Orson Welles, Rudy Vallee, Dane Clark, Edward G. Robinson, Bob Burns, Walter Brennan, Edward Arnold, Lionel Barrymore, Marjorie…

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1941 – As It Was: World War II on American Radio

This is an 8-CD set released by Radiorevisited.com. Disc 7 in the set features We Hold These Truths, which was originally broadcast December 14, 1941, to mark the 150th anniversary of the ratification of the Bill of Rights. Jimmy Stewart starred in the production along with Lionel Barrymore, Edward Arnold, Walter Brennan, Bob Burns, Walter…

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Bud’s Bandwagon #542

This was Stewart’s second appearance on the Armed Forces Radio and Television Service program (see Bud’s Bandwagon # 423 for the earlier show). The program was broadcast sometime early in 1955. Stewart talked about his new film, The Far Country, but wasn’t actually in the studio when the program was recorded. Instead, host Bud Widom…

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We Hold These Truths

As detailed in Jimmy Stewart on the Air, We Hold These Truths was commissioned by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to mark the 150th anniversary of the ratification of the Bill of Rights. Famed radio man Norman Corwin was the writer, producer and director of the program and Bernard Herrmann wrote the musical score. Corporal Jimmy…

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