Peter Shaffer, the acclaimed British playwright and screenwriter, who won a Writing Oscar for Amadeus, died. He was 90.
Oscar Artists: Shaffer, Peter–Oscar-Winning British Scribe (Amadeus) and Acclaimed Playwright (Equus) Dies at 90
June 6, 2016 by
Movie Stars: Stewart, Jimmy, Benevolent Screen Father in Old-Fashioned Family Comedies
June 6, 2016 by
In 1960s, Jimmy Stewart matured into playing a series benevolent screen fathers, not the rigid patriarch, in several comedies, many directed by Henry Koster, which were extremely popular at the box-office. His early 1960s comedy fare represents the last era in Hollywood, just before the Vietnam War and anti-War and other protest movements, that the American […]
Oscar Actors: Stewart, Jimmy: Screen Image–Social Background, Acting Talent, Charm, Sex Appeal
June 4, 2016 by
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.
Movie Stars: Stewart, Jimmy–What Hitchcock Saw in the All-American Boy Scout
June 4, 2016 by
There is a direct, even linear relationship between Jimmy Stewart, his directors in the various decades of his career, and his resulting screen persona, which kept evolving and changing. Stewart’s career was molded by Frank Capra in the 1930s and 1940s, Anthony Mann and Hitchcock in 1950s (the best decade of the actor’s career), John […]
Stewart, Jimmy: Filmography By Year and Title
June 4, 2016 by
In 1936, his second year in Hollywood, Jimmy Stewart appeared in no less than six films.
