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Jimmy Stewart : a biography / Marc Eliot.
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- ISBN: 1400052211 (hc)
- ISBN: 9781400052219 (hc)
- Physical Description: 463 p. : ill.
- Publisher: New York : Harmony Books, c2006.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Filmography: p. [433]-444. Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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| Subject: | Stewart, James, 1908-1997 Motion picture actors and actresses > United States > Biography |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Lakeshore Branch | 791.43028092 Stewa -E | 31681001731264 | NONFIC | Checked out | 06/26/2025 |
- Baker & Taylor
Offers a portrait of the private life of the beloved American film star, following Stewart from his small-town Pennsylvania youth, to the heights of Hollywood stardom, to his distinguished military service, and his family life. - Baker & Taylor
The author ofCary Grant: A Biography goes behind the celluloid image to reveal the real Jimmy Stewart, in a compelling portrait of the private life of the beloved American film star, following Stewart from his small-town Pennsylvania youth, to the heights of Hollywood stardom, to his distinguished military service, and his family life. 80,000 first printing. - Blackwell North Amer
Jimmy Stewart's all-American good looks, boyish charm, and deceptively easygoing style of acting made him one of Hollywood's greatest and most enduring stars. Despite the indelible image he projected of innocence and quiet self-assurance, Stewart's life was more complex and sophisticated than most of the characters he played. With fresh insight and unprecedented access, biographer Marc Eliot finally tells the previously untold story of one of our greatest screen and real-life heroes.
Born into a family of high military honor and economic success dominated by a powerful father, Stewart developed an interest in theater while attending Princeton University. Upon graduation, he roomed with the then-unknown Henry Fonda, and the two began a friendship that lasted a lifetime. While he harbored a secret unrequited love for Margaret Sullavan, Stewart was paired with many of Hollywood's most famous, most beautiful, and most alluring leading ladies during his extended bachelorhood, among them Ginger Rogers, Olivia de Havilland, Loretta Young, and the notorious Marlene Dietrich.
After becoming a star playing a hero in Frank Capra's Mr. Smith Goes to Washington in 1939 and winning an Academy Award the following year for his performance in George Cukor's The Philadelphia Story, Stewart was drafted into the Armed Forces and became a hero in real life. When he returned to Hollywood, he discovered that not only the town had changed, but so had he. Stewart's combat experiences left him emotionally scarred, and his deepening darkness perfectly positioned him for the '50s, in which he made his greatest films, for Anthony Mann (Winchester '73 and Bend of the River) and, most spectacularly, Alfred Hitchcock, in his triple meditation on marriage, Rear Window, The Man Who Knew Too Much, and Vertigo, which many film critics regard as the best American movie ever made.
While Stewart's career thrived, so did his personal life. A marriage in his forties, the adoption of his wife's two sons from a previous marriage, and the birth of his twin daughters laid the foundation for a happy life, until an unexpected tragedy had a shocking effect on his final years. - Random House, Inc.
Jimmy Stewartâs all-American good looks, boyish charm, and deceptively easygoing style of acting made him one of Hollywoodâs greatest and most enduring stars. Despite the indelible image he projected of innocence and quiet self-assurance, Stewartâs life was more complex and sophisticated than most of the characters he played. With fresh insight and unprecedented access, bestselling biographer Marc Eliot finally tells the previously untold story of one of our greatest screen and real-life heroes.
Born into a family of high military honor and economic success dominated by a powerful father, Stewart developed an interest in theater while attending Princeton University. Upon graduation, he roomed with the then-unknown Henry Fonda, and the two began a friendship that lasted a lifetime. While he harbored a secret unrequited love for Margaret Sullavan, Stewart was paired with many of Hollywoodâs most famous, most beautiful, and most alluring leading ladies during his extended bachelorhood, among them Ginger Rogers, Olivia de Havilland, Loretta Young, and the notorious Marlene Dietrich.
After becoming a star playing a hero in Frank Capraâs Mr. Smith Goes to Washington in 1939 and winning an Academy Award the following year for his performance in George Cukorâs The Philadelphia Story, Stewart was drafted into the Armed Forces and became a hero in real life. When he returned to Hollywood, he discovered that not only the town had changed, but so had he. Stewartâs combat experiences left him emotionally scarred, and his deepening darkness perfectly positioned him for the â50s, in which he made his greatest films, for Anthony Mann (Winchester â73 and Bend of the River) and, most spectacularly, Alfred Hitchcock, in his triple meditation on marriage, Rear Window, The Man Who Knew Too Much, and Vertigo, which many film critics regard as the best American movie ever made.
While Stewart's career thrived, so did his personal life. A marriage in his forties, the adoption of his wifeâs two sons from a previous marriage, and the birth of his twin daughters laid the foundation for a happy life, until an unexpected tragedy had a shocking effect on his final years.
Intimate and richly detailed, Jimmy Stewart is a fascinating portrait of a multi-faceted and much-admired actor as well as an extraordinary slice of Hollywood history.
âProbably the best actor whoâs ever hit the screen.â âFrank Capra
âHe taught me that it was possible to remain who you are and not be tainted by your environment. He was not an actor . . . he was the real thing.â âKim Novak
âHe was uniquely talented and a good friend.â âFrank Sinatra
âHe was a shy, modest man who belonged to cinema nobility.â âJack Valenti
âThere is nobody like him today.â âJune Allyson
âHe was one of the nicest, most unassuming persons I have known in my life. His career speaks for itself.â âJohnny Carson
