One of America's greatest actors of Hollywood's golden age, Jimmy Stewart has far grown to become one of our most treasured icons. Few actors could offer both on and off the screen the values and grace as he did. A true patriot, he loved his country as much as the ideals that embodied it, and brought those values to each of his roles. His optimistic everyman demeanor is one that resonates with us to this day.
BLOOMER — The buck paid little attention to James Stewart or the 14-year-old boy’s 243 Winchester rifle. “I was sitting in a stand. I saw a deer come out of a field . . . It had absolutely no fear of me,” the Eau Claire Memorial High School student said.
Publ.Date : Sun, 30 Nov 2008 13:24:49 GMTHard times have you down this holiday season? Take a trip to the library for some inspiration from treasured stories of Christmas past.
Publ.Date : Tue, 02 Dec 2008 19:09:46 GMTWe have 10 pairs of tickets to give away to a festive screening of the Christmas classic. In attendance: the actress who played James Stewart's youngest daughter
Publ.Date : Sat, 29 Nov 2008 17:11:24 GMTHard times have you down this holiday season? Take a trip to the library for some inspiration from treasured stories of Christmas past. The mortgage meltdown, job squeeze and clash between rich and poor evoke long-popular holiday tales with ghostly clarity, offering messages of hope, faith and togetherness during an intensely uncertain year, says William J. Palmer, an English professor and ...
Publ.Date : Tue, 02 Dec 2008 22:55:13 GMTChristmastime and the new year send television into overdrive with specials and holiday-themed episodes. What stands out? Here's a look at noteworthy programs and a countdown to the most special of all specials:
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The first movie star to enter the service for World War II, Stewart joined a full year before the attack on Pearl Harbor. Initially refused entry into the Air Force because he weighed 5 pounds less that the required 148 pounds, he talked the recruitment officer into ignoring the test. He eventually became a Colonel, and earned the Air Medal, the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Croix de Guerre and 7 battle stars. In 1959, served in the Air Force Reserve, he became a brigadier general.
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