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Fri Apr-02-04 11:30 AM
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Poll question: Fonda vs. Stewart |
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They were opposites: Fonda, liberal and much married. Stewart, conservative and married only once. But they were the best of friends who could spend hours silently building model airplanes together. They were also great actors. Among their credits:
Fonda: Young Mr. Lincoln The Grapes of Wrath The Ox-Bow Incident My Darling Clementine Fort Apache Mister Roberts War and Peace The Wrong Man Twelve Angry Men Fail-Safe Once Upon a Time in the West On Golden Pond
Stewart: You Can't Take it With You Destry Rides Again Mr. Smith Goes to Washington The Philadelphia Story Harvey Winchester '73 Rear Window It's a Wonderful Life Vertigo Anatomy of a Murder The Glenn Miller Story The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
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Fri Apr-02-04 11:34 AM
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1. I love Harvey and I love Stewarts voice |
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Fri Apr-02-04 11:34 AM
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politics aside, he was a talented actor.
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Fri Apr-02-04 11:38 AM
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3. Stewart seems like he woulda been nicer, on screen and off. |
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Fonda strikes me as a guy who was probably pretty gruff in real life. His own daughter and son call him by his first name, an attribute I always find creepy and telling.
To take nothing away from Hank's Tom Joad, Jimmy was the everyman. It's easier for me to imagine JS playing most of HF's roles than the other way around.
Both men were iconic, though. I treasure the memory of getting to see Grapes on a real theater screen (a 1982 revival), something I can't say, unfortunately, about Jimbo.
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Fri Apr-02-04 11:42 AM
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4. Jimmy Stewart's political contributions 1993-1997 |
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Fri Apr-02-04 11:46 AM
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5. I always thought he was a Democrat. |
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Fri Apr-02-04 12:12 PM
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7. Remember reading once... |
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about Fonda and Stewart actually coming to blows on one occasion. I don't know if the story is true or not -- both seemd to be pretty laid back in their temperament.
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Fri Apr-02-04 11:48 AM
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6. As actors I think Fonda had more range....Stewart was always Stewart |
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Fonda showed more variety in his portrayals...IMO...
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Fri Apr-02-04 02:26 PM
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to a point. But in the 50's especially for Hitchcock, Jimmy began moving away from his "aw-shucks" image especially in the films he did for Hitchcock and Anthony Mann.
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Fri Apr-02-04 12:14 PM
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Good actor, good American, and all around good guy.
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