American actor and military aviator James Maitland Steward was also known as Jimmy Stewart. He had a distinctive drawl and appeared in 80 films from 1935 to 1991. The American Film Institute listed him as the greatest American male actor. In 1980 he received the AFI Life Achievement Award, in 1983 the Kennedy Center Honor, and in 1985 both the Academy Honorary Award and Presidential Medal of Freedom. He died in 1997 at the age of 89.
Director Otto Preminger directed the 1959 American legal drama “Anatomy of a Murder." The film was based on the 1958 novel of the same name by Michigan Supreme Court Justice John D. Voelker under the pen name Robert Traver. The film starred James Stewart, Lee Remick, Ben Gazzara, Eve Arden, George C. Scott, and others.
The storyline revolves around Paul Biegler (James Stewart), a lawyer who 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.
Director Henry Koster directed the 1950 American fantasy comedy drama "Harvey." It was based on the 1944 play of the same name by Mary Chase. The film starred James Stewart, Josephine Hull, Charles Drake, Cecil Kellaway, and others.
The storyline revolves around a man, Elwood P. Dowd (James Stewart), whose best friend is a puca named Harvey, a 6 ft 31⁄2 in (1.92 m) tall white invisible rabbit, and the ensuing debacle when the man's sister, Veta Louise Simmons (Josephine Hull), tries to have him committed to a sanatorium.
Director Frank Capra directed the 1946 American Christmas fantasy drama “It’s a Wonderful Life." It was based on the short story and booklet “The Greatest Gift” by Philip Van Doren Stern. It starred James Steward and Donna Reed.
The storyline of this Christmas classic revolves around George Bailey (James Stewart), who has given up his personal dreams to help others in his community and whose intended suicide on Christmas Eve brings about the intervention of this guardian angel, Clarence Odbody (Henry Travers), who shows George all the lives he touched and what the world would be like if he had not existed.
Director Alfred Hitchcock directed the 1956 American mystery thriller “The Man Who Knew Too Much." The film starred James Stewart and Doris Day. It was based on a remake of a Hitchcock film from 1934 of the same name but with an altered plot. The film won the Academy Award for Best Original Song, “Que Sera Sera," sung by Doris Day.
The storyline revolves around an American family who go on vacation in Morocco: Dr. Benjamin "Ben" McKenna (James Stewart), Josephine "Jo" Conway McKenna (Doris Day), and their son Henry "Hank" McKenna (Christopher Olsen). They witness a murder that involves them in an assassination plot that takes them to London.
Director George Cukor directed the 1940 American romantic comedy “The Philadelphia Story." The film starred Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, James Stewart, and Ruth Hussey. It was based on the 1939 Broadway play of the same name by Philip Barry.
The storyline revolves around a socialite, Tracy Samantha Lord (Katharine Hepburn), whose wedding plans are complicated by the simultaneous arrival of her ex-husband C.K. Dexter Haven (Cary Grant) and reporter Macaulay "Mike" Connor (James Stewart).
Director Alfred Hitchcock directed the 1954 American mystery thriller “Rear Window." It was based on the 1942 short story “It Had to Be Murder” by Cornell Woolrich. The film starred James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Wendell Corey, Thelma Ritter, and Raymond Burr. The film was shot almost entirely from within one room and from the point of view outside the window.
The storyline revolves around a wheelchair bound photographer L. B. "Jeff" Jefferies (James Stewart) who keeps from being bored by spying on his neighbors. His Greenwich Village apartment in NYC looks out onto a courtyard with small garden plots, surrounded on four sides by apartments in adjoining buildings. He becomes convinced that one of them committed a murder but is the only one that can prove it. His two regular visitors are Stella, a nurse ((Thelma Ritter) and his girlfriend, a model Lisa Fremont (Grace Kelly).
Director Andrew V. McLaglen directed the 1965 American film "Shenandoah." The film starred James Stewart, Doug McClure, Glenn Corbett, Patrick Wayne, and in film debuts, Katharine Ross and Rosemary Forsyth. The American folk song “Oh Shenandoah” features prominently in the soundtrack.
The storyline is set during the Civil War. Charlie Anderson (James Stewart), a farmer from Virginia, wants nothing to do with the Civil War. Then one of his sons, Boy Anderson (Phillip Alford), is taken by Union soldiers, and he has to get him back.
Director Alfred Hitchcock directed the 1958 psychological thriller "Vertigo." The story was based on the 1954 novel “D’entre les morts” by Boileau-Narcejac. The film starred James Stewart and Kim Novak. It was shot on location in San Francisco, Mission San Juan Bautista, Big Basin Redwoods State Park, Cypress Point on 17-Mile Drive, and at Paramount Studios in Hollywood.
The storyline revolves around a former San Francisco police detective, John "Scottie" Ferguson (James Stewart), who has retired after an incident in the line of duty caused him to develop an extreme fear of heights, accompanied by vertigo. He is hired as a private investigator to report on the strange behavior of the wife of an acquaintance, Judy Barton/ Madeleine Elster (Kim Novak).
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