James Stewart Film Festival

Jimmy Stewart Film Festival
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James Stewart Film Festival

Stanford Theatre
221 University Avenue
Palo Alto, California

May 26-June 28, 2019

By Peter Y. Chou
WisdomPortal.com

Jimmy Stewart Film Festival
Stanford Theatre Flyer (Schedule)

Preface: This web page is my homage to Jimmy Stewart. Palo Alto's Stanford Theatre had recent film festivals of Humphrey Bogart (Feb. 6-March 3) where I saw 2 of 14 films, Alfred Hitchcock (March 6-April 14) where I saw 4 of 24 films, Doris Day (April 19-May 23) where I missed seeing even one. Since Doris Day died recently at age 97 (May 13, 2019), I wished to honor her memory. So when Stanford Theatre played The Man Who Knew Too Much where she sang "Que Sera Sera", I went on May 26 and heard her singing this song twice. It was the start of James Stewart Film Festival (May 24-June 30), and I decided to attend all of his films. With the exception of Anatomy of a Murder which I've seen twice, was able to see rest of
the 20 Stewart films shown at this festival. Three of my favorite Jimmy Stewart films were not shown at this festival— The Shop Around the Corner (1940), A Wonderful Life (1946) (Photos 12-24-2018), and Vertigo (1958). (50th Anniversary; Haikus; Mythology: Melencolia). Jimmy Stewart was
a Brigadier General and received two Distinguished Flying Crosses for heroism during WW II. Enjoyed Jimmy Stewart reading poem on the Johnny Carson show (7-28-1981) "I'll Always Love A Dog Named Beau". Below are haikus written on the 20 films with 10 photos of the Stanford Marquee
as well as 44 photos of the window and lobby displays, and film posters with photo placards in the Memorabilia Room at the Stanford Theatre.

Sunday, May 26, 2019, 5:25-7:20 pm
Stanford Theatre: Alfred Hitchcock directs
"Rear Window (1942) with Jimmy Stewart, Grace Kelly, Wendell Corey; Thelma Ritter, Raymond Burr, Judith Evelyn, Ross Bagdasarian Sr., Georgine Darcy, Frank Cady, Sara Berner, Jesslyn Fax, Rand Harper, Havis Davenport, Irene Winston; (YouTube: 1 2, 3, 4) (Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Jimmy Stewart with injured leg in wheelchair
plays voyeur of neighbors and finds killer
Raymond Burr who murdered his wife.

Marquee of Rear Window &
The Man Who Knew Too Much

Sunday, May 26, 2019, 7:30-9:30 pm
Stanford Theatre: Alfred Hitchcock directs "The Man Who Knew Too Much" (1956) with Jimmy Stewart, Doris Day, Brenda de Banzie, Bernard Miles, Ralph Truman, Daniel Gélin, Mogens Wieth, Alan Mowbray, Hillary Brooke, Christopher Olsen, Reggie Nalder, Richard Wattis, Richard Wordsworth, Alexis Bobrinskoy; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4); (Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)

"Que Sera, Sera" (Whatever Will Be, Will Be) won
1956 Academy Award for Best Original Song
and was Number One in the UK Singles Chart.

Sunday, June 2, 2019, 5:40-7:20 & 9:35-11:15 pm
Stanford Theatre: W. S. Van Dyke directs "After the Thin Man (1936) with William Powell, Myrna Loy; Jimmy Stewart, Elissa Landi, Joseph Calleia, Jessie Ralph, Alan Marshal, Sam Levene, William Law, Penny Singleton, Teddy Hart, George Zucco, Paul Fix, Asta; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4); (Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Forgot the plot of this film;
Came here to see fox terrier Asta
my favorite dog in all the movies.

Philadelphia Story & After the Thin Man

Sunday, June 2, 2019, 7:30-9:25 pm
Stanford Theatre: George Cukor directs
"The Philadelphia Story" (1940), with Cary Grant,
Katharine Hepburn, Jimmy Stewart, Ruth Hussey,
John Howard, Roland Young, John Halliday, Mary Nash, Virginia Weidler, Henry Daniell, Lionel Pape; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5); (Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Virginia Weidler as Dinah Lord
Tracy's younger teenage sister
dancing ballet & singing "Lydia".

Wednesday, June 5, 2019, 5:10-7:20 pm
Stanford Theatre: Frank Capra directs
"You Can't Take It with You" (1938); with Jean Arthur, Lionel Barrymore; Jimmy Stewart, Edward Arnold, Mischa Auer, Ann Miller, Spring Byington, Donald Meek, Samuel S. Hinds, H. B. Warner, Halliwell Hobbes, Dub Taylor, Mary Forbes, Harry Davenport; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3); (Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Wealthy Kirby buys all houses
on the block, except one which
Grandpa Martin refuses to sell.

You Can't Take It With You
& Bell, Book & Candle Marquee

Wednesday, June 5, 2019, 7:30-9:15 pm
Stanford Theatre: Richard Quine directs
"Bell, Book and Candle" (1958), with Jimmy Stewart,
Kim Novak, Jack Lemmon, Ernie Kovacs, Janice Rule,
Elsa Lanchester, Hermione Gingold, Howard McNear, Dick Crockett, Bek Nelson, Pyewacket the cat;
(YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5); (Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)
Caught 10:33 pm Bus #22 & 10:25 pm Bus #40 home

After Jimmy Stewart's obsession
with Kim Novak in Vertigo
they're paired up for film on witchcraft.

Sunday, June 9, 2019, 7:30-9:05 pm
Stanford Theatre: Anthony Mann directs "Winchester '73" (1950), starring Jimmy Stewart, Shelley Winters, Dan Duryea, Stephen McNally, Millard Mitchell, Charles Drake, John McIntire, Will Geer, Jay C. Flippen, Rock Hudson, Tony Curtis, John Alexander;
(YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4); (Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Jimmy Stewart wins a prize Winchester rifle
in a shooting contest, but it's stolen,
and he tries to get it back.

Bend of the River & Winchester '73

Sunday, June 9, 2019, 9:15-10:46 pm
Stanford Theatre: Anthony Mann directs "Bend of the River" (1952) with Jimmy Stewart, Arthur Kennedy, Rock Hudson; Julia Adams, Lori Nelson, Jay C. Flippen, Harry Morgan, Howard Petrie, Chubby Johnson, Royal Dano, Stepin Fetchit; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4); (Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4); 11:13 pm Bus #22 home

Jimmy Stewart in Anthony Mann
Western with scenic photography
of Snake River and Mt. Hood.

Wednesday, June 12,, 2019, 5:50-7:20 pm
Palo Alto, Stanford Theatre: George Marshall
directs "Pot o' Gold" (1941), starring Jimmy Stewart,
Paulette Goddard, Horace Heidt, Charles Winninger,
Mary Gordon, Frank Melton, Jed Prouty, Charles Arnt,
Dick Hogan, James Burke, Art Carney, Donna Wood,
Larry Cotton; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3); (Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Jimmy Stewart sings & plays the harmonica
with Paulette Goddard and band, while
his uncle Charles Winniger hates music.

Pot O' Gold & The Glenn Miller Story

Wednesday, June 12,, 2019, 7:30-9:30 pm
Palo Alto, Stanford Theatre: Anthony Mann directs
"The Glenn Miller Story" (1953); starring Jimmy Stewart, June Allyson, Harry Morgan; Charles Drake, George Tobias, Barton MacLane, Sig Ruman, Marion Ross, Nino Tempo, Irving Bacon, Kathleen Lockhart, James Bell; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4); (Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Musical biography of great bandleader
Glenn Miller, played by Jimmmy Stewart
was a big box office hit, making him $2 million.

Friday, June 14, 2019, 5:45-7:20 pm
Stanford Theatre: George Marshall directs
"Destry Rides Again" (1939), starring Jimmy Stewart,
Marlene Dietrich, Charles Winninger, Brian Donlevy, Mischa Auer, Una Merkel, Allen Jenkins, Warren Hymer, Irene Hervey, Jack Carson, Samuel S. Hinds, Billy Gilbert; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3); (Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Newly arrived deputy sheriff Jimmy Stewart
refused to wear a gun in Bottleneck town,
but changed his mind when gang got violent.

Marquee of Destry Rides Again
& Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Friday, June 14, 2019, 7:30-9:40 pm
Stanford Theatre: Frank Capra directs "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" (1939) with Jimmy Stewart, Jean Arthur, Claude Rains; Edward Arnold, Guy Kibbee, Thomas Mitchell, Eugene Pallette, Beulah Bondi, H. B. Warner, Harry Carey, Astrid Allwyn, Ruth Donnelly; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4); (Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)

New junior senator Jimmy Stewart
arrives in Washington D.C. and learns
lots of corruption going on in Congress.

Thursday, June 20, 2019, 5:50-7:20 pm
Stanford Theatre: Clarence Brown directs "Come Live with Me" (1941) with Jimmy Stewart, Hedy Lamarr, Ian Hunter, Verree Teasdale, Donald Meek, Barton MacLane, Edward Ashley-Cooper, Ann Codee, King Baggot, Adeline De Walt Reynolds, Frank Orth, Frank Faylen; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3); (Reviews: 1, 3, 4)

Hedy Lamarr to be deported, marries
writer Jimmy Stewart, who writes
a novel about the situation.

Come Live With Me & Vivacious Lady

Thursday, June 20, 2019, 7:30-9:00 pm
Stanford Theatre: George Stevens directs "Vivacious Lady" (1938); starring Ginger Rogers, Jimmy Stewart, James Ellison; Beulah Bondi, Charles Coburn, Frances Mercer, Phyllis Kennedy, Franklin Pangborn, Grady Sutton, Jack Carson, Alec Craig, Willie Best, Hattie McDaniel; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4); (Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Botany Professor Jimmy Stewart marries
nightclub singer Ginger Rogers, but afraid
to tell his Dad, the University President.

Friday, June 21, 2019, 5:35-7:20 pm
Stanford Theatre: Anthony Mann directs
"The Man from Laramie" (1955), starring Jimmy Stewart, Arthur Kennedy, Donald Crisp, Cathy O'Donnell, Alex Nicol, Aline MacMahon, Wallace Ford, Jack Elam, John War Eagle, James Millican, Gregg Barton, Boyd Stockman, Frank de Kova; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4, Full film); (Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Jimmy Stewart seeks vengeance on
man who sold repeating rifles used
in raid that killed his brother.

Naked Spur & The Man from Laramie

Friday, June 21, 2019, 7:30-9:05 pm
Stanford Theatre: Anthony Mann directs
"The Naked Spur" (1953); starring Jimmy Stewart,
Janet Leigh, Robert Ryan; Millard Mitchell,
Ralph Meeker, Sam Rolfe, Harold Jack Bloom,
William H. Wright; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4);
(Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4); Caught 9:33 pm
Bus #22 at Train Depot & 10:19 pm Bus #40 home

Beautifully scenes in Colorado Rockies
as Jimmy Stewart relentlessly pursues
a fugitive for the reward money.

Wednesday, June 26, 2019, 5:50-7:20 pm
Stanford Theatre: Edward H. Griffith directs
"Next Time We Love" (1936), with Margaret Sullavan, Jimmy Stewart, Ray Milland, Grant Mitchell, Anna Demetrio, Robert McWade, Hattie McDaniel, Ronnie Cosby; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3; (Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4);
Caught 10:25 pm Bus #40 home

Aspiring actress Margaret Sullavan
marries ambitious newsman Jimmy Stewart
as they try to balance romance & their careers.

Mortal Storm & Next Time We Love

Wednesday, June 26, 2019, 7:30-9:10 pm
Stanford Theatre: Frank Borzage directs "The Mortal Storm" (1940) with Margaret Sullavan, Jimmy Stewart, Robert Young, Frank Morgan; Robert Stack, Bonita Granville, Irene Rich, Maria Ouspenskaya, William T. Orr, Ward Bond; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4); (Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4); [Stewart, Sullavan, Morgan in Shop]

Nazis came to power as country goes fascist;
Margaret Sullavan breaks engagement to Nazi
Robert Young & escapes with Jimmy Stewart.