james stewart – lauri-l

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_{film meme » seven actors [2/7]: James Stewart}

_{“I was going to be an architect. I graduated with a degree in architecture and I had a scholarship to go back to Princeton and get my Masters in architecture. I’d done theatricals in college, but I’d done them because it was fun.”}

_{When filming the long shot of his prayer in It´s A Wonderful Life (1946), Stewart was so moved, he began sobbing for real. Rather than risk losing the intensity by shooting additional takes, director Frank Capra created close-ups by enlarging frames of the long shot.}

_{Most popular movies: Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, It´s a Wonderful Life, The Shop around the Corner, Harvey, The Philadelphia Story, Vertigo & Rear Window}