Hello I'm Kirstie Young and this is a podcast from the Desert Island Discs archive.

For Wright's reasons, we've had to shorten the music.

The program was originally broadcast in 1983 and the presenter was Roy Plumley.

Our Castaway this week is a great name in films.

A star for getting on for 50 years.

It's James Stewart.

Jimmy, how do you feel about putting your feet up for a bit on a desert island?

Well, it's certainly, I remember the last time I put my feet up with you,

nearly 10 years ago.

Nearly 10 years ago. You have a meager allowance of music. Is music

important in your life? Yes, it meant a great deal to me. Did you have music lessons? Well I started out my mother was

determined that I learned to play the piano and I started out quite young with a woman

music teacher by the name of Mrs B Buehite. Oh yes. Now Mrs. Buehite was a good

music teacher very strict but a little too strict for me. As you came home you practiced the scales and so on and when you

came back for your lesson as you were showing off with the scales she got in the habit of when I missed a note or hit a sower

when she hit me on the knuckles with a pencil. And I've never quite forgiven Mrs. Buhide for that.

And my mother understood it.

So I stopped my music lessons, once and for all.

And my mother taught me a few notes in the key of C and that's lasted me.

What was your policy in choosing?

Is it great music you've chosen or nostalgic music?

I think nostalgic. I think all of these remind me of some

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