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James Stewart and Robert De Niro were the most-represented actors with five films apiece. In interviews for Wednesday's special, filmmakers and others in Hollywood told AFI they loved the behind-the-scenes story of "Citizen Kane" as much as the film itself, said Bob Gazzale, who produced the AFI show. It was the first movie by Welles, who bucked studio and storytelling conventions to craft a landmark film about the rise and fall of a William Randolph Hearst-like newspaper publisher.
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James Stewart was the movies' quintessential Everyman, a uniquely all-American performer who parlayed his easygoing persona into one of the most successful and enduring careers in film history. On paper, he was anything but the typical Hollywood star: Gawky and tentative, with a pronounced stammer and a folksy "aw-shucks" charm, he lacked the dashing sophistication and swashbuckling heroism endemic among the other major actors of the era. Yet it's precisely the absence of affectation which made Stewart so popular; while so many other great stars seemed remote and larger than life, he never lost touch with his humanity, projecting an uncommon sense of goodness and decency which made him immensely likable and endearing to successive generations of moviegoers.
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James Stewart has come a long way since his boyhood days in Pennsylvania. Starting out as an amateur magician and accordionist, he made his acting debut in a Boy Scout play and later performed in shows for the Princeton Triangle Club. He was graduated from Princeton in 1932 with a degree in architecture, but eventually joined the University Players at Falmouth, Massachusetts. It was here he befriended future stars Henry Fonda and Margaret Sullavan. Years later Sullavan would prove to be instrumental to Stewart's career by insisting that he be given parts in her films. In the years since his motion picture debut, James Stewart has earned a place in the hearts of moviegoing audiences as one of Hollywood's best-loved actors.
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James Stewart announced his decision to pull out of Anaheim-2 giving the injury is to his left knee a chance to heal. He originally injured it at Washougal and then aggravated it further at Anaheim-1 and Phoenix. Up on the big screens at A2, James delivered the bad news to the fans that it had been very uncomfortable for him all week. Fans are hoping that James will be ready for next weekend’s round in San Francisco.
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James Stewart was born in Scotland in 1863. After leaving school at 14 he became a hairdresser. He ... joined the Independent Labour Party and began working closely with other socialists in Glasgow including John Wheatley, Emanuel Shinwell, James Maxton, David Kirkwood, Campbell Stephen, William Gallacher, John Muir, Tom Johnston, Neil Maclean, George Hardie, George Buchanan and James Welsh.
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James Stewart was born in the Orkney Islands in 1826. He married the daughter of Robert McKay, a Selkirk settler, in 1856, the ceremony being performed in Kildonan Presbyterian Church by the Reverend Dr. John Black. They had three sons.
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