James Stewart

Written by Cliff Aliperti and originally published on Immortal Ephemera

James Stewart (1908-1997)

Indiana, PA born screen legend began acting at Princeton, which led to a summer stock opportunity and his friendship with Henry Fonda, who had belonged to the same troupe. Stewart joined Fonda in New York in 1932, and struggled along on Broadway for a few years until he began landing better parts. His feature film debut came for MGM in The Murder Man (1935) starring Spencer Tracy, but Stewart quic...