Along with Witness for the Prosecution (1957) and And Justice for All.. (1979), Anatomy of a Murder is a masterpiece in the notoriously difficult genre of the courtroom drama. Based on a real murder case, much has already been written on the detail with which it describes the the American legal system and its shortcomings, [...]
Hitchcock fans such as myself, know of Bell, Book and Candle as an odd little footnote in the history of Hitchcock’s film. Columbia Pictures agreed to lend Kim Novak to Paramont for Vertigo, if Paramont would agree to lend Stewart to Columbia for another Stewart-Novak pairing. While Hitchcock took advantage of the deal to create [...]
Every now and then, it is such a pleasure and comfort to go back and watch some of the Hitchcock classics that I have seen so many times before. Rear Window is a film I have seen so many times it feels like I have every camera angle and line of dialogue committed to memory, [...]
I was surprised that I had never heard of this movie before I stumbled across it at archive.org today. Unlike many of the public domain films at archive.org that have a cast of unknowns, this stars the lovely Paulette Goddard, and is also one of the last films that Jimmy Stewart made before he went [...]
The Philadelphia Story is a film that I have seen countless times, and enjoy it more every time. Why is it the prospect of watching a Sandra Bullock rom-com sends shivers up my spine, but I can watch this film over and over again and enjoy it just as much, even more, with each new [...]
I never thought I would see a Frank Capra film that I didn’t love. It is not that I hated You Can’t Take It with You or even disliked it, but with a cast including James Stewart, Lionel Barrymore and Jean Arthur, I was expecting a lot and was slightly disappointed. Capra’s usual writer Robert [...]
I was really expecting a lot from this film. After all, I had found a ‘30s film that I hadn’t seen yet, and it was not some complete obscure title, but something staring Jimmy Stewart and Ginger Rogers. The cast also has Charles Coburn, who I found quite funny as Marilyn Monroe’s admirer in Monkey [...]
Actor: James Stewart
Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
Along with Witness for the Prosecution (1957) and And Justice for All.. (1979), Anatomy of a Murder is a masterpiece in the notoriously difficult genre of the courtroom drama. Based on a real murder case, much has already been written on the detail with which it describes the the American legal system and its shortcomings, [...]
Bell, Book and Candle (1958)
Hitchcock fans such as myself, know of Bell, Book and Candle as an odd little footnote in the history of Hitchcock’s film. Columbia Pictures agreed to lend Kim Novak to Paramont for Vertigo, if Paramont would agree to lend Stewart to Columbia for another Stewart-Novak pairing. While Hitchcock took advantage of the deal to create [...]
Rear Window (1954)
Every now and then, it is such a pleasure and comfort to go back and watch some of the Hitchcock classics that I have seen so many times before. Rear Window is a film I have seen so many times it feels like I have every camera angle and line of dialogue committed to memory, [...]
Pot o’ Gold (1941)
I was surprised that I had never heard of this movie before I stumbled across it at archive.org today. Unlike many of the public domain films at archive.org that have a cast of unknowns, this stars the lovely Paulette Goddard, and is also one of the last films that Jimmy Stewart made before he went [...]
The Philadelphia Story (1940)
The Philadelphia Story is a film that I have seen countless times, and enjoy it more every time. Why is it the prospect of watching a Sandra Bullock rom-com sends shivers up my spine, but I can watch this film over and over again and enjoy it just as much, even more, with each new [...]
You Can’t Take It with You (1938)
I never thought I would see a Frank Capra film that I didn’t love. It is not that I hated You Can’t Take It with You or even disliked it, but with a cast including James Stewart, Lionel Barrymore and Jean Arthur, I was expecting a lot and was slightly disappointed. Capra’s usual writer Robert [...]
Vivacious Lady (1938)
I was really expecting a lot from this film. After all, I had found a ‘30s film that I hadn’t seen yet, and it was not some complete obscure title, but something staring Jimmy Stewart and Ginger Rogers. The cast also has Charles Coburn, who I found quite funny as Marilyn Monroe’s admirer in Monkey [...]