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unusual facts about Jimmy Stewart



Do You Like Hitchcock?

A distraught woman is held from falling by the arm of the person above her as in North by Northwest (a similar scene with Jimmy Stewart is also featured at the beginning of Vertigo).

Ed Armbrister

Originally in the Houston Astros system, he was traded to the Reds in the deal that also sent Joe Morgan, César Gerónimo, Denis Menke and Jack Billingham to Cincinnati for Lee May, Tommy Helms and Jimmy Stewart.

Harold B. Lee Library

In 1983, after the commercial flop of The Magic of Lassie, Jimmy Stewart went into semi-retirement and donated his papers, films, and other records to the Harold B. Lee Library

John V. Kelly

As president of Nutley Savings Bank, Kelly was known for going out of his way to find a justification to fund a mortgage for a prospective customer and was likened to Jimmy Stewart's character George Bailey in the holiday classic It's a Wonderful Life.

Lee May

The Astros, badly in need of power after finishing last in the NL in home runs in 1971, completed a trade with the Reds on November 29, 1971 that sent second baseman Morgan, pitcher Jack Billingham, infielder Denis Menke, outfielder César Gerónimo and minor leaguer Ed Armbrister for May, second baseman Tommy Helms and utility man Jimmy Stewart.

Marilyn Horowitz

But it was Jimmy Stewart’s Mr. Smith Goes To Washington that would pique Horowitz’s interest in understanding how to develop good characters and make a difference through storytelling.

Monty Stratton

His comeback attempt was the subject of the 1949 film The Stratton Story which starred Jimmy Stewart and June Allyson, with big-leaguers Gene Bearden, Bill Dickey and Jimmy Dykes in cameo appearances.

National Register of Historic Places listings in Marquette County, Michigan

The courtroom drama Anatomy of a Murder, starring Jimmy Stewart, was filmed on location here and throughout the Marquette area.

The Shootist

Arriving in Carson City, Nevada on January 22, 1901, reading reports of the death of Great Britain's Queen Victoria in the newspaper, Books seeks a medical opinion from someone he trusts, E. W. "Doc" Hostetler (Jimmy Stewart).

The Stratton Story

This is the first of three movies that paired stars Jimmy Stewart and June Allyson, the others being The Glenn Miller Story and Strategic Air Command.

Tom Slick

Tom Slick was a friend of many celebrities, including Hughes and fellow flier Jimmy Stewart.


see also

Art Shay

Shay's 2000 autobiography is titled Album for an Age: Unconventional Words and Pictures from the 20th Century. In 2002, the American Theater Company in Chicago staged Shay's autobiographical play, Where Have You Gone, Jimmy Stewart?, directed by Mike Nussbaum.

Mike Nussbaum

As a director, his work has included Where Have You Gone, Jimmy Stewart? (2002) by Art Shay.

Pawpaw Festival

Finally, in 2009, big name officials like Ohio Representative Debbie Phillips and Ohio Senator Jimmy Stewart attended in order to present Chris Chmiel with an award designating the pawpaw as the official state native fruit of Ohio.