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BY SIDNEY SKOLSKY
Jimmy Stewart, a lanky Yankee whose laconic look and shy smile pack a romantic wallop
JAMES STEWART is a shy, unassuming, easy-going guy, who is plenty determined.
He was determined to get into the Army. He was determined to get out of his Metro contract. He accomplished both.
Take the Army: He was the first Hollywood star to enter the armed services. When he first tried to get into service he was rejected for being underweight. He went on a diet of spaghetti, bananas and cream, just plain cream and other fattening foods and tried again. And made it by one slender pound.
Then take Metro: He had a permanent job at Metro, big salary, all advantages. He decided to free lance. His contract with Metro expired while he was in the service, due to the ruling about the statute of limitations in the Olivia de Havilland law suit against Warners. All their talk and temptation didn’t sway him.
He then said that he was going to make a picture with his friend, Frank Capra. He’s a firm believer in picking directors rather than stories. He went to work in the Capra production, “It’s a Wonderful Life.” After this he made “Magic Town” directed by William Wellman, whom he also admires.
He thinks that actors who demand story approval make a mistake, unless they know as much about stories as they think they know about acting. He feels that he has a lot to learn about acting. But ( Continued on page 108)
Jimmy can stretch a silence longer than most, but breaks it, with interest, for Sidney