An actor remembered for portraying relatively sympathetic and unassuming characters, James Stewart, in many ways, revolutionized the art form. The actor's seemingly easy charm belied great depth and complexity. Donald Dewey's study reveals both the man and the screen legend. With the co-operation of Stewart's family, this book provides an insight into the turmoil of the actor's private life and behind the earnest and endearing Capraesque image so often accepted as the Stewart identity. Dewey draws upon new and private insights into Stewart's personal life and professional career gathered from nearly 200 interviews with childhood neighbours, fellow workers, stage designers, old loves from Hollywood, airmen who flew with him during World War II, as well as close and estranged family members and friends. Donald Dewey is the author of "Reasonable Doubts", which won the Nelson Agren Prize for Fiction, and also a biography of Marcello Mastroianni.
- ISBN10 1570362270
- ISBN13 9781570362279
- Publish Date 21 July 1997 (first published 16 January 1997)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Turner Publishing Inc.,U.S.
- Format Hardcover
- Language English