Years lived before 1921: Thirteen
Years lived after 1932:Seventy-Six
Jimmy Stewart is probably my favorite actor. This should not be too surprising as It's A Wonderful Life is my favorite film. Stewart played many original characters in his films but was also in a great deal of bio-pics. Today we are going to look at 3 of those films as all of the titular subjects were also alive in 1921.
Film 1: The Stratton Story (1949)
Years lived after 1921: Sixty-one
Monty Stratton was a pitcher with the the Chicago White Sox in the 1930's. He lost a leg due to a hunting accident. He learned to pitch while using his prosthetic leg and had a comeback in the minor leagues but never did get back to the big leagues.
Film 2: The Glenn Miller Story (1954)
Glenn Miller
Years lived before 1921: Seventeen
Years lives after 1921: Twenty-three
Glenn Miller was a big band musician and bandleader in the swing era of the 1930's and 1940's before his aircraft disappeared over the English Channel in late 1944.
Fun Fact: June Allyson portrayed both the wife of Glenn Miller in this picture and Monty Stratton in the Stratton story. She played Stewart's wife in 3 different films.
Film 3: Spirit of St. Louis (1957)
Charles Lindbergh
Years Lived Before 1921:19
Years lived after 1921: 53
In 1927, Charles Lindbergh made the first solo nonstop flight from New York to Paris in an airplane built for that purpose called the Spirit of St. Louis. The film tells the story of this event.
A To Z Easter Eggs
A to Z Archives: S is for Stewart at HSD. We go back 6 years ago today when I wrote about Mr. Stewart in my 2nd go round of the a to z challenge. For more of the 2021 rendition of the challenge click here.
1 comment:
I love Jimmy Stewart and It's a Wonderful Life is my favorite movie too. I blogged about it a bit for my B entry in this A to Z. He made so many great films. Weekends In Maine
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