This is a new radio show that we only became aware of a few weeks ago. At the same time, in another form, it is a show of which we have been aware since our research began. This Is the Story is an Armed Forces Radio Service (AFRS) program which was a part of their…
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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…
Bill of Rights Program
A special set of six 12-inch, 78 RPM records of the December 15, 1941, broadcast of We Hold These Truths was prepared for each of the participants in the program. The sets were made by Studio & Artists Recorders of Hollywood, CA. The records were housed in a six sleeve album stamped with the name…
Jimmy Stewart – The Ultimate Radio Collection Vol. 2
This digital only set was issued for download and streaming by Master Classics Records in 2011. Sixteen shows were included in the set: 1) Lux Radio Theatre – Magic Town, December 15, 1947 2) Philco Radio Time (Bing Crosby Show), April 6, 1949 3) Colgate Sports Newsreel (subbing for Bill Stern), July 23, 1948 4)…
WQQW Preview
The January 15, 1947, edition of Variety carried this review of the program which had been broadcast January 12th. Paul Martin, station manager, was the show’s producer and also its narrator. While Gregory Peck and Margo made new recordings for the show, Stewart’s contribution had been recorded in 1941. Some of Stewart’s passages from We…
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…
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…
We Hold These Truths (Rebroadcast)
On July 5, 1948, six and a half years after its original broadcast (December 15, 1941), radio station WNYC in New York City rebroadcast We Hold These Truths. No reason for the rebroadcast was given, but since the show was in the highlighted section of the radio listings for the day, it must have been…
We Hold These Truths (Cassette)
Radio spirits issued this single cassette of We Hold These Truths (#28414). Norman Corwin, the show’s writer and producer, appears on the cover of the cassette, but Stewart is mentioned on the back. The show was originally broadcast on December 15, 1942…
America at War: Patriotic Radio Broadcasts from World War II
This 20-cassette boxed set was issued by Radio Spirits (4561). Many of radio’s top programs are represented here with stories about the war or wartime broadcasts. Included are: Screen Guild Theater, The March of Time, Cavalcade of America (several shows), Fibber McGee and Molly, Lux Radio Theatre (several shows), NBC War Bond Parade, Columbia Presents…
