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James Stewart - The Signature Collection (The Cheyenne Social Club / Firecreek / The FBI Story / The Naked Spur / The Spirit of St. Louis / The Stratton Story) DVD
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 0012569816183
Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Label: Warner Home Video
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Number Of Items: 5
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Release Date: August 15, 2006
Running Time: 683 minutes
Sales Rank: 8740
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: April 20, 1957
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Product Description:
In his early years Jimmy Stewart came to personify the Everyman. "Hollywood dishes out too much praise for small things'' Jimmy once said. "I won't let it get me but too much praise can turn a fellow's head if he doesn't watch his step.'' - Through a Hollywood career spanning 50 years James Stewart has thrilled touched and delighted audiences with over 80 films. Six of those films are now available on DVD in the all new James Stewart: The Signature Collection.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: TELEVISION/CLASSIC UPC: 012569816183 Manufacturer No: 81618
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Few Hollywood stars have the reservoir of goodwill that James Stewart enjoys; even in his so-so vehicles he's delightfully worth watching. That premise is tested by James Stewart: The Signature Collection which, with one exception, contains none of Stewart's really important pictures. The box does present a collection of movies mostly new to DVD, which gives the set whatever urgency it has from an otherwise mixed bag.
The one important Stewart title is The Naked Spur, arguably the best of the superb series of Westerns the actor made in collaboration with director Anthony Mann in the 1950s (which also include Winchester 73 and The Man from Laramie). The nervous, hard character who emerged in those films is perfected in Stewart's amazingly raw performance in The Naked Spur. He plays an embittered bounty hunter attempting to bring captured outlaw Robert Ryan to the authorities while also dealing with Ryan's companion (Janet Leigh) and two associates who want in on the reward (Ralph Meeker and Millard Mitchell). Mann's command of locations that reflect the emotional lives of the characters is unerring, and Stewart goes all the way with a performance that suggests he is as unbalanced as his villainous quarry.
Two other Westerns are included, both teaming Stewart with Henry Fonda: Firecreek, a grim 1968 High Noon imitator with Jimmy as a small-town farmer defending the place from Hank's band of desperadoes; and The Cheyenne Social Club, a comedy that has Stewart inheriting a bordello, as saddle pal Fonda tags along for the laughs. If director Gene Kelly's approach weren't so crass, the movie might be a lot funnier than it is.
The Stratton Story, a big hit from 1949, casts Stewart in the true tale of pitcher Monty Stratton, who enjoyed some big-league success before a hunting accident cost him his leg. The cornball script is rife with baseball nostalgia, and audiences loved the gee-whiz chemistry of lanky Stewart and tiny, indomitably perky June Allyson. Equally square is The FBI Story, an account of the Bureau's growth from the 1920s onward, with especially lavish reverence for J. Edgar Hoover (who appears in a cameo). Stewart is the agent through whose eyes we see the decades roll by.
The Spirit of St. Louis is one of the most atypical titles in Billy Wilder's career, standing as a straightforward account of Charles Lindbergh's legendary solo flight from the U.S. to Europe. Stewart may have been apt casting for the Lone Eagle in some ways, but he looked far too old to play the young aviator in this 1957 picture. The film has some nagging storytelling problems, but the aviation footage--especially Lindbergh's thrilling liftoff for his record flight--is beautifully shot. Taken together, this set does provide different angles on James Stewart's American Hero (a more complex personality than he's usually given credit for). But it's not his top-drawer work. --Robert Horton
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This is a great collection. For anyone who loves James Stewart, this is a must have
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This Collection has a wide variety of James Stewart's work & talent. It is a must own collection for any fan of James Stewart. Enjoy
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James (Jimmy) Stewart was one of the truly great actors of the the screen. His reign was long and honourable - as was his life, generally, especially during WW2. Stewart deserves every superlative, for his acting and this 'collection' does nothing to tarnish his reputation as a superb and accomplished actor. That said............
The problem with 'collections' is that, invariably, not each of the components please everyone. Everyone has a different opinion, about any form of art and, ... Read More
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Did James Stewart ever give a bad performance? Was he ever boring on film?
Did he ever make a bad picture? If he did, 'tis something I missed.
The Naked Spur: Right up there with any classic western/movie you care to name!
The Cheyenne Social Club: funny as all get-out! There's Henry Fonda and that...sight-for-sore-eyes:Shirley Jones. Think I'll drop in at the CSC for a visit!
Firecreek: The story is a bit strange but the whole-lotta-talent on the screen makes up for it.
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This is a very good collection of films primarily from the 1950's featuring James Stewart from the library controlled by Warner Home Video. The only one missing that I would have liked to have seen from this era is "Carbine Williams", but I can't tell you which of the six included films I would have given up to have that film replace it.
James Stewart was an actor who never gave a bad performance, and this collection features some of his best. I particularly enjoyed the double feature ... Read More
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