James stewart biography books

Mark Eliot created some waves in "classic film star fans'" world when he published Cary Grant: A Biography a few years ago. Suffice to say, the only reason I was tempted by the biography on James (Jimmy) Stewart was out of my admiration for the actor--not the book's author.

Despite my apprehension, I was pleasantly surprised by Jimmy Stewart: A Biography.

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Although one must always be wary of any biography written on any celebrity--especially one who is dead and especially described in a book not officially endorsed by his family--this biography revealed a refreshingly complex Stewart. Whereas Eliot showed narrow scope and excessive, if not obsessive, theorizing about Grant's sexuality that destroyed any vision for well-roundedness for the book and took away much of its appeal, the Stewart biography offers us a portrait of Jimmy Stewart the son, actor, friend, husband, father, and all-American hero.

It's utterly refreshing, too, to read an James Stewart: A Biography by Donald Dewey | Goodreads CASOP