Jimmy Stewart - Radio Collection

By: Jimmy Stewart

Narrated by: Jimmy Stewart

This collection features 13 of the best radio performances by one of America's most beloved stars.

Contents:

• Lux Radio Theater - Destry Rides Again
• Lux Radio Theater - Madame X
• Lux Radio Theater - Magic Town
• Lux Radio Theater - No Highway In the Sky
• Lux Radio Theater - the Moon's Our Home
• Lux Radio Theater - the Stratton Story
• Screen Directors Playhouse - Call Northside 777
• Single CrossingSuspense - Consequence
• Suspense - Mission Accomplished
• Tailored By Toni/Theater Guild On the Air - the Silver Whistle

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Review of Jimmy Stewart - Radio Collection

About thirty years ago I watched “Harvey” Jimmy Stewart’s six foot Invisible Rabbit. I was most delighted to find “Harvey’s” reflection on this Radio Collection Classic of Jimmy Stewart.
Unfortunately, the cover is totally misleading because “Harvey” was not on this classic audiobook. Although, I did enjoy listening to the audiobook with Jimmy Stewart and for that, I gave five stars.

great stories

Would you consider the audio edition of Jimmy Stewart - Radio Collection to be better than the print version?

im not really old im a 90s gen xer but I really liked this they are well acted and have good moral stories

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

yes

Great fun

The stories are fun and it's great to hear Jimmy Stewart and other actors and actresses from Hollywoods golden era. My only complaint about this audiobook is that some of the stories are hard to hear because of them being old recordings. Other than that it's super fun.

Great Stories and Performance

The stories get better and better as they go on. The first two are cowboy stories but after that they are not and are wonderful, especially if you like old movies and old movie stars. You hear Cecil B DeMille, Carol Lombard, Jane Wyman and others. And the Lux commercials are great.

Jimmy Stewart Delivers on the Air

This collection is great for fans of Jimmy Stewart and OTR. I especially like the Suspense episodes.

A few gems in here.

1. Gotta get me a horse
This first story was a war comedy about a cowboy getting in the Navy and taking his saddle with him, hoping for a horse somehow. He finally gets his wish when a sickly colt is found on a South Seas Island. He raises the colt and sends it home with a circus that was visiting them. Charming Jimmy Stewart.


2. Destry Rides again
The radio show of the Western movie with Jimmy playing the new Sheriff and Joan Blondell playing the Marlene Dietrich part of Frenchie, the bar maid with a heart of gold. Well done.


3. Madame X
The movie version I know is with Lana Turner. This one is with Jimmy as the son and Ann Rutherford his mother. This story is about a woman who abandons her husband and son. The husband refuses to give her a divorce because he wants to be a judge some day. He also refuses to let her see her son, even when he almost dies as a child. She becomes a singer and is blackmailed by a man who discovers her true identity. She kills him in order to protect her son. Jimmy is assigned her as his first case as a lawyer.



4. Magic Town
This was a lame Jane Wyman and Jimmy Stewart story about a town with the exact demographics for a polling service.



5. Moon’s our home
Carole Lombard and Jimmy Stewart make a wonderful couple who pretend to be someone else. Jimmy is an author and Carole a movie star. Once they realize who they really are will their marriage last?




6. No Highway in the Sky
A story of a scientist who figures out the life of an airplane which no one will accept his analysis as he tries to prevent a crash. Not much fun.





7. The Stratton Story


Like the movie version. June Allyson plays his wife. This is the story of a farm boy who becomes a baseball pitcher until he loses his leg in a hunting accident. His return to baseball is inspirational. Based on a true story.


8. Single Crossing
Myrna Loy plays Jimmy’s foil in this comedy. William Powell was supposed to do the part but was ill and Jimmy filled in. This is the story of mistaken identity on a ship to Hawaii. Very cute and clever.



9. Calling Northside 777
Like the movie, Jimmy plays a reporter who tries to prove an inmate’s innocence. Based on a true story.


10. Suspense: Consequence
Unusual story of a Doctor in a loveless marriage who when a fire gives him an opportunity to escape his life, he takes it. His wife happens upon him and refuses to let him be so he plans to kill her. What happens next is great.


11. Suspense: Mission Completed
This story was on the Pearl Harbor Anniversary and is about a man who survived a prisoner of war camp but can no longer move anything but his eyes. When he sees the guard who tortured him in the hospital flower shop, he begins to get his strength back in an attempt to kill his tormentor. Great twist at the end.


12. Tailored by Toni
Another story with Carole Lombard as the designer wife and Jimmy as a playwright. This one is cute but dated as Jimmy goes astray with an actress and Carole fixes things by staying home and keeping house.


13. The Silver Whistle
The story of a man who is not who he seems that helps the old folks into feeling better and younger about their lives. Not the greatest.


This collection is worth the small cost if you enjoy radio plays. Nostalgia at it’s best.
There were some stutters on the tape, but for the most part I had no trouble hearing it.

Jimmy Stewart is Amazing

Old time radio, with the scratchy sounds, is so charming to me. This is an excellent compilation of Jimmy Stewart classics, performed by the masters.

Love It

If you could sum up Jimmy Stewart - Radio Collection in three words, what would they be?

It's Very Enjoyable

What did you like best about this story?

The fact that I was able to visualize the story as I listened. It captured my imagination, which is quite a feat!

Which character – as performed by Jimmy Stewart – was your favorite?

I've only listened to two of the stories so far so it's too early to pick a favorite.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

No, because there are several stories on it so it's quite lengthy.

Any additional comments?

I'm a huge fan of Jimmy Stewart. I think anyone who loves Jimmy Stewart will enjoy listening to this radio collection.

Could not understand it.

Unfortunately, I could not hear the recording very well. I love Jimmy Stewart and missed most of his droll sense of humor. I could hear the audience laughing and I was sad not to be able to join them.

Poor recording

I Can’t really hear the voices here. Need to be remastered to be worth purchasing.