European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 20, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                It s been a wonderful life James Stewart a a Young Man and today at so. I Don t Tike the Way i be grown old lie says. By Bob Thomas associated press a t 80, movie great Jamas Stewart figures his Days on studio stages Are Over. The unique personality and acting Talent that graced american films for More than hair Century will be no More i Don t like the Way i be grown old he says with total Candor. I Don t like my looks. "1 gel these scripts every once in a while but 90 percent o them Are cameos and i think i be Dona enough of  Stewart fans would argue wish this. At his age he is slow moving and talks with hesitation. But heavens he s always been that Way. His Al shucks manner disguises a perceptive mind and a memory that seems to retain everything of importance in his lil clime. He has t done a major acting Job since flight of Way an Hob movie in which he starred with Bette Davis four years ago. However he remain Busy with Good works of All kinds including Protection of wild animals a special interest of his wife Gloria. For the 39 years of their marriage they have shared an English country House in the heart of Beverly Hills. Years ago they bought the House next door and removed it for a Garden. On a recent afternoon Stewart reflected on his 80 years. He talked in his Den. A Book tilled room with Little reminder of his acting career except for the two Academy awards a won Best actor in 1940 for tie Philadelphia Story special award. 1984. He reflected on his tour score years which he divided into equal parts. The first 40 years he said comprised his Happy childhood in Indiana a. His graduation from Princeton introduction to the acting life and Broadway coming to Hollywood for films his wartime service the postwar revival of his career then i met  he continued and we got married and from then on things just smoothed out and in the next 40 years she has Given me a wonderful Lite. She s the one who did it we have a family we be travelled we be had loads of friends that she brought together. In my second 40. She s the one who did the  we All have our favorite scenes irom Jimmy Stewart movies but there Are three thai would certainly appear on anyone s list. He reflected on them. 1, the filibuster scene in Frank Capra s or. Smith goes to Washington we were five Days on in. Capra was so Good at this he gave so Little lecturing or anything. The important thing to him was to be More and More convincing that what you were saying was the right thing by i at the same time you were running out of strength and your voice was tailing. At the end of four Days he said thai s Fine but you re not convincing me that you re losing your voice. You re just whispering it worried me. I stopped at an Eye ears nose and Throat doctor i knew and said is there any Way you can give me a sore Throat he just looked at me and said i be always heard that you Hollywood people were crazy but you take the Caks " the doctor gave him a Lew drops that almost removed the Stewart voice. He even came to the studio the next Day and continued the dosage until the filibuster scene was completed. 2. The crying scene in Capra s it s a wonderful life Capra had built up such a spirit in the film thai we Alt Ell moved. But to get my scene in the first take was important especially in the scene where i go Inlo the bar just before i go out to the Bridge to end my life. I looked up and said of god i m not a praying Man but if you re up there we did it in the lira take but it was an almost Over the shoulder shot. He said i Don t suppose you could do a close up and 1 said i Don t think i could so he look thai scene arid Lor two nights he look it Frame by Frame to bring me Inlo a close up. " crying is a part of the acting business. It lakes work experience concentration plus a Complete knowledge of the scene. It s something that an actor should feel responsible Lor and not consider hat the director is doing something  3. The drunk scene in the Philadelphia Story. That was one take. I decided not to Tell Gary Grant what i was going to do. I decided because i had been drinking i d have the hiccups. I started after we began rolling and Gary just looked me right in the Eye and said excuse me alter several hiccups i added i have the hiccups Gary s alertness is what made it work Stewart feels fortunate that he went to Hollywood during the big studio Era when actors had a Chance to train and develop their skills in film alter film. He appeared As supporting actor in eight films in 1936. I think it s amazing and it s to their credit that there Are so Many Young film actors who Are so damned Good and have not Only survived but do excellent work without the advantage of learning your Craft by working at in he observed. They make their own choices and the movies Don t come one alter the other As they did when i started out i Don t think there s enough variety in films today. I Don t think they re using the medium enough the motion picture can stand tremendous variety. In the big studio system variety was part of the  monday. June 20. 1983 Stewar filmography Here is a list of movie and television productions in which James Stewart has appeared leu Fer in fun 1935,2. Pan mint 1936. 3. Hta tent to Low 19304. Mil it Iii a no ii. 19�. 9, Srol Toon sift uj4 5. By to. 1939.1. Rom of Fixa Hasty 1934. B bom in Dito. 1936.9. Alar an nun min. 1 916. ,. .1 1. Tin la of angina. 1937. Is.  1937.1 3. Of cumin it san. 1931 14. Vina Hattjar 138.16, . 193 16. 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