James Stewart
American
James Stewart was a notable American actor who's film career that spanned over 55 years and 80 films. - AsNotedIn
James Stewart was a notable American actor who's film career that spanned over 55 years and 80 films. - AsNotedIn
| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
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| 1908/05/20 | James Maitland Stewart is born at home in Indiana, Pennsylvania. The house, now lost, once located on Philadelphia St, about two blocks west and two blocks south of his childhood home. | Born | Indiana, PA | Pennsylvania | Jimmy Stewart's Birthday | ||
| 1915/00/00 | Elizabeth Ruth and Alexander Maitland Stewart and family move to North 7th Street on Vinegar Hill in Indiana, Pennsylvania. Alexander Stewart will live in the house until his death in 1962. | Home | James Stewart Boyhood Home | Indiana, PA | |||
| 1923/09/00 | Jimmy Stewart enters Mercersburg Academy in Mercersburg, Pennsylvania. | Education | Mercersburg Academy | Mercersburg, PA | |||
| 1928/06/00 | Jimmy Stewart graduates from Mercersburg Academy. | Education | Mercersburg Academy | Mercersburg, PA | |||
| 1928/09/00 | Jimmy Stewart enrolls at Princeton in the fall of 1928. Majoring in architecture, Stewart will become a member of the Princeton Charter Club. | Education | Princeton University | Princeton | |||
| 1939/10/17 | Sponsored by the National Press Club, "Mr Smith Goes to Washington" premieres at Constitution Hall in Washington, DC. Forty-five US senators were among the 4,000 guests. | Actor | Mr Smith Goes to Washington | Constitution Hall | Washington, DC | ||
| 1939/12/29 | "Destry Rides Again" is released. | Actor | Destry Rides Again (film) | ||||
| 1940/12/26 | "The Philadelphia Story" opens, creating "the longest line in the 8 year history of the Radio City Music Hall." - Time Magazine | Actor | The Philadelphia Story | Radio City Music Hall | New York City | ||
| 1946/12/20 | "It's a Wonderful Life" has a preview showing for to benefit the Boys Club of New York at New York City's Brandt's Globe Theater. | Actor | It's a Wonderful Life | Theatre District NYC | |||
| 1948/08/26 | Directed by Alfred Hitchcock, "Rope" is released in New York City. | Actor | Rope | ||||
| 1953/00/00 | Actor Jimmy Stewart and director Alfred Hitchcock form a production company, Patron, Inc, which obtains the motion picture rights in "It Had to Be Murder" from De Sylva's successors in interest for $10,000. | Owner | It Had to Be Murder (short story) | STEWART ET AL v ABEND, DBA AUTHORS RESEARCH CO | |||
| 1954/08/04 | United Nations officials and prominent members of the social and entertainment worlds attend the benefit world premiere for "Rear Window" at the Rivoli Theatre (razed) in New York City, with proceeds going to the American-Korean Foundation. | Actor | Rear Window (film) | ||||
| 1957/10/02 | The "Vertigo" crew films Scottie parking opposite the McKittrick Hotel (lost). St Paulus Lutheran Church (lost) at 999 Eddy St can be seen behind him. The Fortmann Mansion (lost) at 1007 Gough Street was used as the location of the McKittrick. | Actor | Vertigo | Family Service Agency | San Francisco | ||
| 1961/07/26 | "Two Rode Together" is released. | Actor | Two Rode Together | ||||
| 1962/04/13 | "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" is released. | Actor | The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance | ||||
| 1963/02/25 | "How the West Was Won" makes it's American premiere as a charity fund raiser at the Warner Cinerama. The public run here, the last of the three-strip Cinerama presentations, will play for 93 weeks. | Actor | How the West Was Won | Warner Pacific Theatre | Los Angeles | ||
| 1971/00/00 | "Rear Window" is broadcast on the ABC television. Abend notifies Hitchcock's trustees, Stewart and MCA Inc, that he owns the renewal rights and their distribution of the motion picture without his permission infringes his copyright on the original story. | Film Producer | Rear Window (film) | STEWART ET AL v ABEND, DBA AUTHORS RESEARCH CO | |||
| 1997/07/02 | James Maitland Stewart dies of a heart attack at the age of 89 surrounded by his children at his home in Beverly Hills, California. The Tudor house on the corner at 918 N Roxbury Dr was razed in July, 1998. | Died |
9 Creative Works by James Stewart »
| Title | Type | Association | Y/M/D | Moniker |
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| Title | Type | Association | Y/M/D | Moniker |
| Mr Smith Goes to Washington | Actor | Film | 1939/10/17 |
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| Destry Rides Again (film) | Actor | Film | 1939/12/29 |
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| The Philadelphia Story | Actor | Film | 1940/12/26 |
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| It's a Wonderful Life | Actor | Film | 1946/12/20 |
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| Rear Window (film) | Actor | Film | 1954/08/04 |
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| Vertigo | Actor | Film | 1957/10/02 |
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| Two Rode Together | Actor | Film | 1961/07/26 | |
| The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance | Actor | Film | 1962/04/13 |
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| How the West Was Won | Actor | Film | 1963/02/25 |
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