James Stewart Timeline

1939 Oct 17 "Mr. Smith Goes To Washington" Is Released
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington is an American 1939 comedy/drama film starring James Stewart and Jean Arthur, about one man's effect on American politics. It was directed by Frank Capra – hi...
1939 Dec 29 "Destry Rides Again" Is Released
Destry Rides Again is a 1939 western directed by George Marshall, starring Marlene Dietrich, James Stewart, Mischa Auer, Charles Winninger, Brian Donlevy, Allen Jenkins, Irene Hervey, Bil...
1940 Jan 12 "The Shop Around The Corner" Is Released
The Shop Around the Corner (1940) is a romantic comedy film, directed by Ernst Lubitsch, and starring James Stewart and Margaret Sullavan. The screenplay was written by Samson Raphaelson ...
1940 Jun 14 "The Mortal Storm" Is Released
The Mortal Storm is a 1940 film that was one of the most direct anti-Nazi Hollywood films released before the American entry into the Second World War. It stars James Stewart as a German ...
1940 Dec "The Philadelphia Story" Is Released
The Philadelphia Story is a 1940 romantic comedy film directed by George Cukor, starring Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, and James Stewart. Based on a Broadway play of the same name by Phi...
1941 Feb 27 13th Academy Awards
The 1940 Academy Award Winners Picture: Rebecca Actor: James Stewart (The Philadelphia Story) Actress: Ginger Rogers (Kitty Foyle) Supporting Actor: Walter Brennan (The Westerner) ...
1946 Dec 20 "It's A Wonderful Life" Is Released
It's a Wonderful Life (1946) is an American drama film produced and directed by Frank Capra and loosely based on the short story "The Greatest Gift" written by Philip Van Doren Stern. ...
1952 Jan 10 "The Greatest Show On Earth" Is Released
The Greatest Show on Earth is a 1952 drama film set in the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. The film was produced, directed, and narrated by Cecil B. DeMille, and won the Academ...
1954 Aug 1 "Rear Window" Is Released
Rear Window is a 1954 suspense film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, written by John Michael Hayes based on Cornell Woolrich's 1942 short story "It Had to Be Murder", and starring James Stew...
1958 Mar 26 30th Academy Awards
The 30th Academy Awards was the first time the entire ceremony was broadcast live. The Oscar for Writing Based on Material From Another Medium was awarded to Pierre Boulle for The Brid...
1976 Aug 11 "The Shootist" Is Released
The Shootist is a novel written by Glendon Swarthout and published in 1975. The book was made into a 1976 Western film directed by Don Siegel and is noted as being the final film role ...