James Stewart
Posted: March 20th, 2008, 2:49 pm
My favourite and IMO the screens greatest ever actor. to quote one comentator, Cary Grant couldn't handle westerns and could Coop sing! (sorry Miss. G lol)
One of Jimmy's first starring roles was Born To Dance with Ellie Powell, a musical where he sang the great Cole Porter standard Easy To Love. however, though he did a credible job, singing wasn't his greatest strength, it was his easy going natural style of acting.
he did four films with Margaret Sullavan, The Next Time We Love, Shopworn Angel, That Mortal Storm and their best Shop Around The Corner. inbetween he made his greatest pre war fim Mr. Smith Goes To Washington with Jean Arthur, not to mention Destrey Rides Again with Marlene Dietrich. it's interesting that in all the films mention, his leading ladies were all bigger stars than him, so it says a lot for them than they let him steal the film from them.
Jimmy won an Oscar for The Philadelphia Story with Kate Hepburn and Cary Grant. though he was great, i felt he really one it for his performance the yr before in MSGTW, because Chaplin was better in The Great Dictator and Hank Fonda should have won for Grapes Of Wrath.
Jimmy came out of the army and made It's A Wonderful Life, though it died on release. luckilly it went on deservedly to be a cult classic and is shown regulary on tv at Christmas time.
Jimmy brilliantly played real life western hero Tom Jefford's in Broken Arrow, directed by Delmer Daves. however, it was his relationship with Anthony Mann that was the high point of his career with westerns like Winchester 73, The Naked Spur, Bend Of The River, The Far Country and The Man From Laramie. his two non-western films with Mann were Thunder Bay and The Glen Miller Story, playing the great band leader.
in the serious western Night Passage Jimmy dug out his accordian and again sang on film with Follow The River and You Can't Get Far Without A Railroad his songs
Jimmy also made 3 films for Hitchcock, Rope, The Man Who Knew To Much and Vertigo
many say Anatomy For A Murder is his last great film, but i respectfully disagree. I think Shenendoah is his last great starring role, but that still leaves The Shootist in 1976
inbetween other good Stewart films were made, How The West Was Won, Two Rode Together and The Rare Breed
he also did two tv shows, The Jimmy Stewart Show and the award winning detective series Hawkins
One of Jimmy's first starring roles was Born To Dance with Ellie Powell, a musical where he sang the great Cole Porter standard Easy To Love. however, though he did a credible job, singing wasn't his greatest strength, it was his easy going natural style of acting.
he did four films with Margaret Sullavan, The Next Time We Love, Shopworn Angel, That Mortal Storm and their best Shop Around The Corner. inbetween he made his greatest pre war fim Mr. Smith Goes To Washington with Jean Arthur, not to mention Destrey Rides Again with Marlene Dietrich. it's interesting that in all the films mention, his leading ladies were all bigger stars than him, so it says a lot for them than they let him steal the film from them.
Jimmy won an Oscar for The Philadelphia Story with Kate Hepburn and Cary Grant. though he was great, i felt he really one it for his performance the yr before in MSGTW, because Chaplin was better in The Great Dictator and Hank Fonda should have won for Grapes Of Wrath.
Jimmy came out of the army and made It's A Wonderful Life, though it died on release. luckilly it went on deservedly to be a cult classic and is shown regulary on tv at Christmas time.
Jimmy brilliantly played real life western hero Tom Jefford's in Broken Arrow, directed by Delmer Daves. however, it was his relationship with Anthony Mann that was the high point of his career with westerns like Winchester 73, The Naked Spur, Bend Of The River, The Far Country and The Man From Laramie. his two non-western films with Mann were Thunder Bay and The Glen Miller Story, playing the great band leader.
in the serious western Night Passage Jimmy dug out his accordian and again sang on film with Follow The River and You Can't Get Far Without A Railroad his songs
Jimmy also made 3 films for Hitchcock, Rope, The Man Who Knew To Much and Vertigo
many say Anatomy For A Murder is his last great film, but i respectfully disagree. I think Shenendoah is his last great starring role, but that still leaves The Shootist in 1976
inbetween other good Stewart films were made, How The West Was Won, Two Rode Together and The Rare Breed
he also did two tv shows, The Jimmy Stewart Show and the award winning detective series Hawkins