Stewart was cited twice as Best Actor by the New York Film Critics Circle, for his roles in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington in 1939, and for Anatomy of a Murder in 1959.
Oscar Actors: Stewart, Jimmy: Screen Image–Social Background, Acting Talent, Charm, Sex Appeal
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Oscar Actors: Stewart, Jimmy–Wonderful Life, Just like His Favorite Film, Capra’s It’s a Wonderful Life
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Research in Progress: Jimmy Stewart was one of the most beloved and trusted of American actors, a screen folk hero who stirred great public affection, chiefly because of his two seminal Capra movies: Mr. Smith Goes to Washington and It’s a Wonderful Life, which was Stewart’s personal favorite picture. Integral to Stewart’s charisma was his […]
Oscar Actors: Stewart, Jimmy: Screen Career–Long and Spectacular from Start to Finish
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In a spectacular Hollywood career spanning almost six decades, Jimmy Stewart made about 80 films, half of which classics.
Oscar Actors: Stewart, Jimmy–Director Anthony Mann Changed his Screen Image
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Anthony Mann directed the largest number of Stewart’s films, nine (out of 80 pictures or so), turning Stewart into the third major star of the Western genre, next to Wayne and Gary Cooper, in the 1950s.
Movie Stars: Western Heroes and Stars–John Wayne, Gary Cooper, Jimmy Stewart, and Henry Fonda
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The contribution of Wayne’s contemporaries (and often competitors) to the Western genre was pale. Against Wayne’s 83 Westerns, Jimmy Stewart made 19.
