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Sep 10, 2024 · The Philadelphia Story may not be the legendary actor's most famous film or even one made during the height of his acting career, but it is still regarded as one of James Stewart's best movies, as it currently holds a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
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When a doctor and his wife go on vacation in Morocco they witness a murder that gets them involved in an assassination plot that takes them to London. Though they only find heartache as their young son is kidnapped to keep the doctor's mouth shut. RELATED: 10 Best Classic Romance Movies of Hollywood's Golden Age James Stewart is paired alongside Do...
In this explosive war/Western, Stewart plays Charlie, a farmer from Virginia that doesn’t want anything to do with the Civil War. That is until his son is taken by Union soldiers, and he has to get him back. Stewart is a strong-minded Southerner that sticks to his guns in Shenandoah. The first half of the film Stewart is short to the point determin...
A classic holiday movie from Ernst Lubitschthat puts Stewart as a sales clerk in a gift shop. When a new hire is brought in they seem to be the bane of each other's existence until they unknowingly fall in love by being pen pals. RELATED: 10 Classic Directors Who Personified Hollywood's Golden Age Stewart balances on a line throughout the film as a...
As a lawyer, Stewart defends a soldier who killed an innkeeper. The soldier claims temporary insanity because his wife was raped, but it is up to his lawyer to clear his name in this Otto Premingermystery/drama. Taking a look into the many lives that encapsulate a courtroom trial, Preminger brings a character study of many different lives. Stewart,...
All heads turn when a Senator returns to a small western town. Flashbacks reveal the story of when he was a younger man who helped rid the town of a crew of outlaws lead by Liberty Valance. RELATED: 10 Most Memorable Musicals from Hollywood's Golden Age Starring John Wayne alongside Stewart, and directed by John Huston already makes the film feel l...
When a photographer becomes wheelchair bound he begins to spy on his neighbors. As he creeps into their lives, he becomes convinced that one of them has committed a murder, though he is the only one that is able to prove it. In a meta film that makes the character look through a lens into other people’s realities,Hitchcock traps us with a singular ...
This romantic comedy puts Stewart in a love triangle as he plays a reporter covering the marriage of a socialite. The socialite, played by Katherine Hepburn, discovers herself as she realizes the person she is marrying may not be the right one after all. RELATED: 10 Most Iconic Actresses From Hollywood's Golden Age (& Their Best Role) The Philadelp...
When a youth leader is appointed in the Senate he is confronted by the corruption and ploys of his idol in Washington. Through it, he has to stick to his own morals while forging ahead despite outside forces coming after him. The film that gave Stewart his first Academy Award nomination also showed his prowess in the field. Stewart’s progression in...
A retired police detective in San Francisco deals with his personal demons as he becomes obsessed with a woman he has been hired to follow. As he spends time with her, he attempts to turn her into the woman of his dreams, though there are other mysteries that lie beneath it all. Stewart’s work in Vertigois a divergence from the “nice-guy” image tha...
The Christmas classic follows George Bailey, a depressed banker in the midst of the Great Depression. During his attempt to take his own life, an angel visits, giving Bailey a chance to see what life would be like if he never existed. Stewart is talked about for his ability to convey a variety of different emotions. InIt’s a Wonderful Lifehe truly ...
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- Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) Director: Frank Capra. 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”.
- The Shop around the Corner (1940) Director: Ernst Lubitsch. It’s fascinating to compare the images of Europe presented in the two features that Stewart made with Margaret Sullavan in 1940.
- It’s a Wonderful Life (1946) Director: Frank Capra. Can you envisage a good George Bailey fighting his evil alter ego on a bridge over a raging river? That was how Clifford Odets ended his adaptation of the Philip Van Doren Stern short story that Frank Capra hoped would distance him from the sentimental screwball crowd-pleasers for which he was renowned.
- Harvey (1950) Director: Henry Koster. Such was Stewart’s determination to play Elwood P. Dowd in the screen version of Mary Chase’s Pulitzer Prize winner that he returned to Broadway for the first time in over a decade to cover for Frank Fay while he took the quirky comedy on summer tour.
- VERTIGO (1958) Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Screenplay by Alec Coppel and Samuel Taylor, based on the book ‘D’entre les morts’ by Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac.
- IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE (1946) Directed by Frank Capra. Screenplay by Frances Goodrich, Albert Hackett, and Frank Capra, based on the story ‘The Greatest Gift’ by Philip Van Doren Sten.
- MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON (1939) Directed by Frank Capra. Screenplay by Sidney Buchman, story by Lewis R. Foster. Starring Jean Arthur, James Stewart, Claude Rains, Edward Arnold, Guy Kibbee, Thomas Mitchell, Beulah Bondi, Eugene Pallette, H.B.
- REAR WINDOW (1954) Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Screenplay by John Michael Hayes, based on the short story ‘It Had to Be Murder’ by Cornell Woolrich.
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 ...
Jan 15, 2021 · But Westerns weren’t the only films Jim proved he excelled in. With the 1954 thriller, Rear Window, Jimmy Stewart began a fulfilling collaboration with the Master of Suspense, Alfred Hitchcock. The film was the first of three that Jim and Hitch would make together over the next four years.
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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.
