Jimmy Stewart was an icon in my eyes because he, along with Cary Grant, was a four-time Alfred Hitchcock leading man – working in four of his color classics: Rope, The Man Who Knew Too Much, Rear Window, and Vertigo (as seen above). Of course this doesn’t even account for his other mega-hit films like The Philadelphia Story, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Harvey, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence, The Shootist, and the Christmas classic It’s a Wonderful Life to just touch on a handful of his more than 100 films.
My tent Grand Sheik Carl Ahlm had secured a beautiful color 8″ x 10″ glossy of Stewart in his younger days for me and I wasted no time in getting this mailed to him on February 28. Along with the photo, I enclosed a fan letter and my two usual index cards. I received a very quick response and on March 12, I had a beautifully signed photo to add to my collection. He didn’t sign the notecards – but gosh, who cares?
Autographs of 1986 will continue…
Jimmy Stewart’s awesome. Every time I see a movie where an actor tries to act drunk (like Tom Cruise in A Few Good Men, terrible), I think that they should have studied Jimmy Stewart in The Philadelphia Story. He is hilarious in the scenes where he is supposed to be drunk. I wonder if he actually was.
Chris Tangeman
December 22nd, 2007