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  1. Stewart's first successes in Hollywood were a result of his collaboration with Frank Capra; together they made You Can't Take it With You (1938) and Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (for which Stewart received his first of 5 Academy Award Nominations for Best Actor). He won his first and only Oscar in 1941 for The Philadelphia Story. A little while ...

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  2. May 20, 2016 · Replacing Gary Cooper as Frank Capra’s man of principle, Stewart confirmed the impression the director had drawn while shooting the Oscar-winning You Can’t Take It with You (1938) that he was “probably the best actor who’s ever hit the screen”.

  3. James Maitland Stewart (May 20, 1908 – July 2, 1997) was an American actor, military aviator, and poet. Known for his distinctive drawl and everyman screen persona, Stewart's film career spanned 80 films from 1935 to 1991. With the strong morality he portrayed both on and off the screen, he epitomized the "American ideal" in the mid-twentieth ...

  4. Sep 10, 2024 · The Philadelphia Story Was James Stewart's Only Oscar Win. James Stewart Beat Out Henry Fonda At The Academy Awards. Over the years, Stewart accumulated multiple Oscar nominations, with his first coming in 1939 when he played the titular character in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.

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  5. Olive Films has just released the 1955 Air Force epic STRATEGIC AIR COMMAND on Blu-ray. The movie is one of the many collaborations between actor James Stewart and director Anthony Mann. Jimmy Stewart was a life-long aviation buff, and he had a distinguished record serving as a pilot in World War I... Read full article.

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  6. No Highway marks both the reunion film of James Stewart and Marlene Dietrich and Stewart's second film with Henry Koster as director. Stewart never played an intellectual before, but he's quite convincing here as the absent minded aeronautical scientist.

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  8. May 18, 2024 · This was the first western Stewart made with director Anthony Mann, and it’s one of their best, with stunning black-and-white cinematography and a famous final shootout on a mountain...