How Jimmy Stewart was Forced to Become a Man by Louis B Mayer?
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📍 As big a star as he was, he always remained humble and simple, once saying, "sometimes I think I'm a James Stewart imitation myself." James Stewart, "Mr. Good Guy".
A major star of Hollywood's first heyday, he was known as "Mr. Good Guy" for his roles and his personal stability. He began acting as an architecture student at Princeton University, and Henry Fonda was a member of the amateur company. The two of them had been treading the boards of Broadway since 1932, Stewart playing big roles in minor films and minor roles in major ones since 1935.
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Jimmy Stewart was a Republican; Henry Fonda was a Democrat and yet they were friends back in the day.
Republicans and Democrats weren't the same back then. Remember how LBJ shmoozed both sides of the aisle to get the Civil Rights Act passed? Congressmen used to argue with respect, either side would chastise their own for being obnoxious, they considered one another "the loyal opposition" not the enemy of America.
A man and actor worth respecting. ❤
I’ve read in different books that he was more proud of his military service than any movie ha was in.
well, rightfully so.
Jimmy Stewart went to the biggest war this country ever fought. The closest Louis B. Mayer ever got to a battlefield was a movie location or studio set. Stewart was more of a man than Mayer ever could be.
Amen! Goes to show how much a slug Mayer was.
At 6:26, with that magazine spread that shows a photo of 2nd Lt. James Stewart in 1942 and Major James Stewart in 1944, we have a clear display of the mental and physical price he paid in service to his country. Honors, Mr. Stewart.
Great point
after all these years, i can still hear his voice...🕊️
I know, right.
I'm of the same Stewart family. My grandfather knew Jimmy Stewart's father and met Jimmy several times, but I never got the chance; too young. Excellent profile.
I loved Jimmy Stewart. He personified all that was decent and genuine.
I lived in the town Jimmy Stewart was born, Indiana, PA and walked past the plaque where Jimmy’s house once stood. His father was a store owner and displayed Jimmy’s Oscar in the storefront window for many years.
Jimmy. The most endearing Hollywood male actor who ever lived. I mean who doesn’t love Jimmy?
I grew up watching old movies. I have a vast collection of DVD’s that I continue to watch, all staring Hollywood’s finest. Jimmy Stewart was always my favourite. As news reports would announce the passing of these wonderful actors, I was saddened, but when Jimmy died, I cried. He was the only actor that had that affect on me.
I love the Hitchcock films Jimmy starred in. Great stuff!
James Stewart was great actor, giving so much pleasure to us all. He knew how to behave in life, loyal and true. Thank you!
Iggy Pop told one day he was supposed to go to work with Bowie but prefered to continue watching a film with Stewart before cause he was moved by his acting.
Kim Novak, who would know, said that Jimmy was the "sexiest man she ever met." I quite agree.
For years after they made Vertigo, Kim would sneak back to the mission that was the climax of that film
and sit quietly remembering her best days.
@@poetcomic1 not weird at all. Jimmy was beloved by ALL of his leading ladies...except maybe Jean Arthur.
Anthony Mann as well, he put Stewart into westerns as a dark, brooding outsider.
Getting him prepped for what Hitchcock would do with him after Rope
I loved James Stewart thought he was one of the best!
I might not like the film Jimmy was in, but I always loved Jimmy.
Wow, I always liked Jimmy Stewart, and thank you for the wonderful information on him.
It is said that Eleanor Powell turned down Stewart's proposal in 1936 after he played her leading man in 'Born to Dance'. Her onetime agent, Billy Grady, had advised Louis B Mayer to sign him. Ellie used to entertain friends with affectionate mimicry of him. When he finally took the matrimonial plunge in 1949, Grady was his best man.
After Powell, Jimmy carried a torch for Margaret Sullavan, who was with him in 'The Shop around the Corner'. Previously he had dated Ginger Rogers, who (as mentioned here) supposedly 'initiated' him. The story of Grady pushing him into a bordel owned by Mayer is highly dubious, however.
The boring truth is probably that Stewart, like Powell, was low-sexed and dedicated to work. Not everyone is an erotomaniac, even in tawdry Tinseltown. He was certainly a slow burner professionally: his best films came after WW2, and his judgement was always hopeless. Anyone who could follow 'The Philadelphia Story' with 'Pot o' Gold' should not be left to pick his own parts. He was putty in the hands of producers and directors, but molded into some beautiful shapes.
It is arguable that this lack of direction, especially before his USAAF service, would have hurt him had he married Eleanor Powell. Like Robert Taylor, Jimmy was a faithful MGM servant. Taylor unhappily wed Barbara Stanwyck, who like Powell was adored by all as a friend but bent on doing things her way professionally. Jimmy settled for a non-pro wife.
Great Actor & A Wonderful Man . Like Everything About This Actor . Married For 45 Years Unheard Of In Hollywood .
I personally preferred Harvey as his best film. Still nice to see at least one fundamentally decent Hollywood star.
Hmmm decent....serial cheater as it has been said. Gregory peck was decency.
@@lindseycarribean5113 how do you know? We're you there? Just wondering🤔
@@dougreed2257 gregory was known to be faithful. No scandal with him.
@@lindseycarribean5113 I don't doubt that, i am a big admirer of Mr peck, but I'm sure Jimmy was faithful in his marriage, but yes prior had affairs.
@@lindseycarribean5113 No he wasn't. He had his fun with many women as a young bachelor before he went to war, but when he married Gloria he became a decent family man.
This channel is interesting, and enjoyable, please keep up the good work 😊
And unlike John Wayne who played war heros, Jimmy actually was. He served his country, John never did
Jimmy Stewart was always my favorite of the old Hollywood stars, and always thought was most visually appealing and loveable actors of them all... Handsome and adorable all in one. He had beautiful features, was healthy and well- proportioned, had those melting eyes, his demeanor, irresistible charm, smart, passionate, what's not to love? Can't understand how the studios at the time could be so perplexed and question his marketability 🤔
James Stewart was not only the greatest actor who ever came out of Hollywood, but he was a genuinely great man. He is still the highest ranking officer in the US military who came out of Hollywood, but he refused to capitalize on his military service in his post-WWII career. In his personal and professional life, James Stewart embodied what it means to be a real man. No other actor had his depth and breadth. From his early career when he played criminals (including the wayward brother of Jeanette MacDonald in 'Rose Marie'), no one had the scope of Jimmy Stewart. Who else managed such a wide range of towering roles as those in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Destry Rides Again, Philadelphia Story, It's A Wonderful Life, The Shop Around the Corner, Rope, Call Northside 777, Winchester '73, Harvey, Broken Arrow, Rear Window, The Man from Laramie, The Spirit of St. Louis, Vertigo, Anatomy of a Murder, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, and so many more. In my opinion, the greatest single performance ever put on film was Jimmy as Jefferson Smith. I love James Stewart.
John Ford was a rear admiral, a tad higher in rank than Jimmy, who is my absolute favorite.
One of my favorite actors. Loved his movies.
What a lovely man! Thank you.
Hi Age of Vintage 2, how are you going? Ahhh the Beautiful, Delightful, Distinguished, Faithful, & FABULOUS ACTOR Mr JAMES STEWART. Thankyou for posting this video about one of my altime Favourite Actors. Loved him in all his films, have to say IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE with Donna Reed, is an all time special favourite. Sublime in The Glen Miller Story with June Allyson, & all his films with Alfred Hitchcock. He starred with all the Hollywood Greats, & just got better & better. Loved his snappy dress, always looked so charming & Distinguished. Thankyou again for posting this AOV 2, so sad we are losing all the Greats of Hollywood. Love Love from Australia 🇦🇺 🇦🇺🎥🎬💜💙🧡👔👞❤❤❤❤❤💋💋💋💋💋💕💕💕💕
What a Gentleman.
I think he was very handsome and he will always be my favorite actor. He had some hilarious looks he gave especially in my favorite movie , “vivacious lady”. I come from a long line of Stewart’s and have wondered if I am related.
Loved this beautiful soul 💕😇 a very fitting tribute 😊
Meyer was creepy.
I loved James Stwerad I love the way he speaks.
Love Jimmy!
A man having a romp with a woman is NOT what makes a man!!! I'm not even a man and I know that!!😒
A real man respects women.
@@lindseycarribean5113 Exactly! ❤
You... Not being a man... Have no say so on the subject...
@@rray1953 No need to be a man to know what makes a man a man. Women & men, smart mothers and fathers raise their little men to be gentlemen and to respect themselves. And when you respect yourself, you respect others.
@@lindseycarribean5113 Yes!!!! ❤ ❤
Stewart was a republican and Fonda a democrat. Both put their politics aside when it came to their art . That came first.
Only a few years back this was possible. I have many friends of different political ideas, but we were always friends. Today the hate against people of different political view is ridiculous. It’s ruining this country. It’s very sad. Woke is stupid.
@@Bevsie54 : you lament, (and rightfully so), about the fact that Americans now hate folks of a different political party/ideals. You then write ‘woke is stupid’ showing yourself to be part of the problem there!
My mom and I love this channel 🤗💞
A lovely tribute,thank you.
One of the finest actors of the 20th century, and a true American hero.
Maj Gen James Stewart retired from USAF(R) in 1968 he was promoted to rank of Maj Gen on the Air Force retired list in 1985. During the Vietnam War, he flew as a non-duty observer in a B-52 on an Arc Light bombing mission in February, 1966.
Love this man. ❤️
My uncle Bill reminded me of Jimmy Stewart, he was in the Air Force but he wasn't a movie star.
Maybe not we’ll known but one of the places he vacationed every year with his family was Camelback Inn in Paradise Valley AZ. The place was very private, at the time in the middle of the desert basically. Family now passed away so I can’t ask anymore questions, worked at the Inn their whole lives.
One of the best bios you have ever done. Jimmy Stewart was never a favorite actor for me. I found his aw shucks demeanor off putting. There were however a few roles that I greatly admired him for. "Rear Window" and "Vertigo" really stand out for me. I was also a great fan of "Harvey" as well. I admired him most for his decency and the fact that he was a genuine war hero who was willing to put his life on the line for his country. In this decaying, revisionist culture which admires panty waists. Jimmy Stewart was a man. God bless him for that.
Love Jimmy Stewart. -a proud “panty waist”
Have you never seen his westerns? He shows a hard edge that was evident even in his turn as “ Rosemarie’s"errant brother in the film. Also in Destry Rides again. But in his postwar western films this really came to the fore, as it never did in an equally nice man, Fred Macmurray
Worth mentioning that she had two children when he married her which he adopted. One of them died in Vietnam at only 24 years old.
What a great man!
Why an actor’s sexuality is any business of the public is beyond me
People like to think they can know celebrities,
He has some points in common with gary cooper.
I always thought that if Gary Cooper and James Stewart seemed so similar that they could've played brothers in a movie.
Jimmy's background certainly played a part in his "humble" persona.
Jimmy played the accordion. You will say: "What . . . ?"
He was son of a hardware store owner who really wanted his son to take over the store.
Jim's glory is his "average Joe" persona and his popularity happened because of the naturalness of his portrayals.
Jimmy was the personification of an American and he couldn't be "bad" if he tried.
Jimmy is one of a kind and I think he was the best actor of the 40's and the 50's.
He was sure something!
Physically, he is a mix of rock hudson & timothée chalamet.
don't think so. Rock Hudson was nothing like Stewart ....nothing
@@marjoriegarner5369 i just said physically on some pics that's it.
R.I.P. to James Stewart.
#1 actor, he could do it all. Respect him and hope it is warranted. Loved when he came on the Johnny Carson show, so easygoing and funny. Bless him !
I can't imagine having to be pushed to go to a brothel. I'd have to be held back.
I like Jimmy Stewart as an adult when I was little I like Cary Grant I thought he was good looking and just let him in comedies but as I got older I will learn appreciate Jimmy Stewart a lot more I just love him and I love that he had a way that he adored very much I miss him a lot I love him on the Lucy show for her last show I thought it was sweet for him to do that that’s just like you make sure you do something like that
like all his videos......the narrator says the same thing over and over and over again ......15 minutes could be cut to 4.
Only a miracle would have made Mayer a human being: I didn't know he was a p*mp on top of everything else.
My favourite James Stewart movies is one of the last: The Cheyenne Social Club with Fonda and Shirley Jones.
I have crushed on Jimmy Stewart the majority of my life. Su h a beautiful and classy man....sigh...
How many children did he have? Did I miss that part. He was/is my favorite actor.
He had four children.
he had twin girls and adopted his wife's two sons from her first marriage
I enjoy your videos immensely.
Thanks
got it. everyman
War Hero, baby !!!!! 24-Karat BAD-AZZ !!!!!! THE REAL JOHN WAYNE !!!! ( Check out Wayne Morris, & Eddie Albert, also.)
They tied the knot..........where did that even come from
probably some long dead custom, but phrase continues to this day. Maybe a couple had their hand tied to each other to symbolize their joining together as one unit - husband and wife. Just a guess. Too tired to Google.
Two lengths of cords tied together to make one.
Yep!
A real-life Mr. Clean no doubt -- as "good, clean and wholesome" as they come!
We're not to find any pink smoke arising from THIS number, no siree Bob!
Hopefully.
Probably.
Possibly.
Maybe?
He went to Princeton and was a juggler??? Why go to Princeton then?
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I`m a fan of cinema but: Jimmy served in WW2 at the front. That`s as manly as it gets. Much manlier than wearing makeup for work as an actor. Just citing the obvious.
Become a "man?" Was there any doubt about his gender? I never understood there ever was.
Anytime the narrator tells me to watch to the end I stop watching and give a thumbs down.
Mayer own r a brothel....
Thumbs down for the bad grammar.
I like Cary Grant as an adult but when I was little I like Cary Grant no no no
Forced to become a man.................haha nuts
I’ve always hoped that Nick Cage would play Jimmy in a movie
@ Honky Tonkinson Cage as Stewart? I just don’t see it.
The only actor I could see at Jimmy is a young Tom Hanks...
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Tom Hanks should play Jimmy Stewart in a Biography.
LOL I just said that in a comment. Great minds....😊
Heres another actor i don't care to watch.
Then don't. What made you think anyone here was interested? Maybe if you stated your reasons for not liking him, we might find it interesting.
He didn't have an acting range. He just recited boring lines like he did in every film he made. Hollywood must not have expected much back then. He just had to be white and average looking.