My favorite!
Posted on 05/18/2008 2:58:00 PM PDT by Kid Shelleen
When he returned home from World War II, Hollywood icon James Stewart was featured on the cover of Life magazine in front of the Indiana County courthouse. "In New York, Stewart refused a hero's welcome," the text read. "Instead, he drove to Indiana, Pa., 50 miles from Pittsburgh. There, in his parents' comfortable red-brick home overlooking the town, he slept late, played the piano and joked with his family about the old days."
Just plain folks. That was the Jimmy Stewart legend. It also appears to have been much of the reality
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One of my all time favorites. Time to put “Harvey” in the DVD player, followed by “The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance.”
Jimmy Stewart was one of the last great Americans out of Hollywood. A man that obviously loved America and wasn’t ashamed to show it. Now all you get are Marxist asswipes like Richard Gere, Ben Affleck and Sean Penn. Everytime I see a movie, it has at least one star that’s come out against America in some way, shape or form.
My favorite!
1930s - 21 movies
1940s - 15 movies
1950s - 22 movies
1960s - 13 movies
1970s - 7 movies
1980s- 1 movie
Can you imagine one of the modern-day Hollywood elites making 22 movies in 1 year?
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That’s because Jimmy Stewart (unlike the three mediocre people you mentioned) didn’t have to make themselves known through outrageous and assinine comments. He was the star. Everyone knew it. He behaved like a dignified gentleman while being a star. Those days of well mannered behaviors and dignity in hollywood are long gone.
Gee, what was he doing from 1942 until 1946? Imagine these pussies acting today serving their Country.
Not only that, he served in the reserves for 28 years.
That should be one decade.
And without question, Mr. Smith Goes To Washington the greatest film about politics ever made. I choke up at his desperate filibuster speech every time I see it. I love Jimmy Stewart.
It’s a Wonderful Life is my favorite but I loved them all. Jimmy Stewart was one of the truly elite actors.
It used to be great watching him and other stars appear on Johnny Carson. They showed such class and a love for life. Something sorely missing on the talkshow scene today.
When my daughter was a teen-ager,she was so fond of Jimmy Stewart that she wrote to him. He actually wrote to her in return. Nice man.
Let’s not leave out his career in the Air Force either (Brig. General, IIRC)
A great one.
I’ll celebrate by watching “Winchester 73” tonight.
Mine too....that movie made me fall in love with big band music.....
Jimmy Stewart was a class act. Not only a great actor but was a role model. Not too many of those today. I love Harvey, Wonderful Life and many more.
His stepson was killed in Vietnam. He must have pulled every string he had but Stewart did go on a combat mission against North Vietnam. I think it was in a B52, for some pay back.
I am sure some Freeper knows all the details and will fill it in.
Broke the mold with Jimmy
That Kate Hepburn had a nice set of pins!
Anyway, I was a kid when I saw Jimmy Stewart as Charles Lindbergh in “Spirit of Saint Louis” in 1957.
Not bad for a fiftysomething, portraying Lucky Lindy who was 25 at the time in 1927.
James Stewart was a great patriot, a fine officer, a combat veteran, and oh by the way, he could act pretty good as well!
;^)
Yes, what was that funny story he told to Johnny Carson?
I love him in that role! I’m a big rock and roller, but my music collection includes some Glenn Miller just because of that movie.
Hand Salute...............two
No.
I can’t remember. Went to look on UTube and found this one. It is a poem about his dog named Bo. It will stir your emotions.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61X67vE6SOo&feature=related
My Father in Law was an Armorer and Gunner on a B-24, did a nose dive at Swinefurt(SP). It was told that he would not take a promotion with out his entire crew being promoted also, hearsay.
6:00am [Drama] Stratton Story, The (1949) True story of Monty Stratton, the baseball star who fought to continue his career after losing a leg. Cast: James Stewart, June Allyson, Frank Morgan. Dir: Sam Wood. BW-107 mins, TV-G
8:00am [Drama] Mortal Storm, The (1940) The Third Reich's rise tears apart a German family. Cast: Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart, Robert Young. Dir: Frank Borzage. BW-100 mins, TV-PG
9:45am [Romance] Shop Around The Corner, The (1940) Feuding co-workers don't realize they're secret romantic pen pals. Cast: Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart, Frank Morgan. Dir: Ernst Lubitsch. BW-99 mins, TV-G
11:30am [Comedy] Philadelphia Story, The (1940) Tabloid reporters crash a society marriage. Cast: Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, James Stewart. Dir: George Cukor. BW-112 mins, TV-G
1:30pm [Musical] Glenn Miller Story, The (1954) The famed bandleader fights to establish himself and keep his family going. Cast: James Stewart, June Allyson, Harry Morgan. Dir: Anthony Mann. C-116 mins, TV-G [Letterbox]
3:30pm [Suspense/Mystery] Man Who Knew Too Much, The (1956) International spies kidnap a doctor's son when he stumbles on their assassination plot. Cast: James Stewart, Doris Day, Brenda De Banzie. Dir: Alfred Hitchcock. C-120 mins, TV-PG [Letterbox]
5:45pm [Suspense/Mystery] Vertigo (1958) A detective falls for the mysterious woman he's been hired to tail. Cast: James Stewart, Kim Novak, Barbara Bel Geddes. Dir: Alfred Hitchcock. C-130 mins, TV-PG [Letterbox]
What's On Tonight: TCM PRIME TIME FEATURE: JAMES STEWART'S 100TH BIRTHDAY 8:00pm [Suspense/Mystery] Rear Window (1954) A photographer with a broken leg uncovers a murder while spying on the neighbors in a nearby apartment building. Cast: James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Raymond Burr. Dir: Alfred Hitchcock. C-114 mins, TV-PG [Letterbox]
10:00pm [Western] Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, The (1962) An experienced gunman and a peace-loving tenderfoot clash with a Western bully. Cast: John Wayne, James Stewart, Lee Marvin. Dir: John Ford. BW-123 mins, TV-14 [Letterbox]
12:15am [Drama] Anatomy Of A Murder (1959) A small-town lawyer gets the case of a lifetime when a military man avenges an attack on his wife. Cast: James Stewart, Ben Gazzara, Lee Remick. Dir: Otto Preminger. BW-161 mins, TV-PG [Letterbox]
3:00am [Drama] Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) An idealistic Senate replacement takes on political corruption. Cast: James Stewart, Jean Arthur, Claude Rains. Dir: Frank Capra. BW-130 mins, TV-G
Ron Jeremy :-)
I have no idea who that is.
Oh, my goodness. He’s rather, um, infamous. Like John Holmes.
Great piece on one of my alltime favorite Hollywood actors-—but why did they have to sully it with the entirely out-of-place reference to Barack Obama?
Great piece on one of my alltime favorite Hollywood actors-—but why did they have to sully it with the entirely out-of-place reference to Barack Obama?
Music by Bernard Herrmann.
One of the most unusual friendships was between Jimmy and Hank Fonda. We all know about Jane's and Peter's anti-war activities.
In an interview just after best friend Hank's death, Jimmy was asked how the two men got along so well for so many years.
He stated simply, "Well, there are some things we just don't talk about."
Who'd have thunk it ?
He went on the mission in 1966, before his stepson was killed in 1969.
From Wikipedia:
In 1966, Brigadier General James Stewart flew as a non duty observer in a B-52 on a bombing mission during the Vietnam conflict. At the time of his B-52 flight, he refused the release of any publicity regarding his participation as he did not want it treated as a stunt, but as part of his job as an officer in the Air Force Reserve. After 27 years of service, Stewart retired from the Air Force on 31 May 1968.[34]
Ronald McLean was killed in action on 8 June 1969, at the age of 24, while serving as a Marine Corps Lieutenant in Vietnam.[47][48]
Thanks for the correction.
Got to “meet” him (shake his hand at a theatre) in Ft. Worth. He joked about the hair dye on his hands. A college friend lived down the street from where his Air Froce friend lives and where Stewart came to visit. Was at a party at the house. and said that he was very unpretentious although edgier than she appeared on screen. He was, after all, then a 50 year old man who had been around the barn a few times.
Did Harvey on Broadway. Sell-out crowds, Wore him out, though. Not successful on TV, though.
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