Collectible Movie Star Trading Card. James Stewart. Film favorites.

Description

Trading Card- Film Favorites
James Stewart
From personal research,
James Maitland Stewart
(May 20, 1908 – July 2, 1997) was an American actor and military officer who is among the most honored and popular stars in film history. With a career that spanned 62 years, Stewart was a major
MGM c
ontract player who was known for his distinctive drawl and down-to-earth persona, which helped him often portray American middle-class men struggling in crisis. Many of the films in which he starred have become enduring classics.
Stewart was nominated for five
Academy Awards
, winning one for "
The Philadelphia Story
" (1940), and received an
Academy Lifetime Achievement
award in 1985. In 1999, Stewart was named
the third-greatest male screen legend
of the
Golden Age of Hollywood
by the
American Film Institute
, behind
Humphrey Bogart
and
Cary Grant
.
[2]
The American Film Institute has also named five of Stewart's films to its list of the 100 best American films ever made.
He also had a noted military career and was a
World War II
and
Vietnam War
veteran and
pilot
, who rose to the rank of
Brigadier General
in the
United States Air Force Reserve
, becoming the highest-ranking actor in military history.
[4]
In 1985, Stewart was promoted to
Major General
, reserve list by President Ronald Reagan, and was awarded the
Presidential Medal of Freedom
.
Card  measures about 1 1/2 x 2 1/2 inches
Details of his film career are printed on the back.
You will receive the card shown in the pictures (not a stock picture).
Mailing will be by postage stamp. Therefore, no tracking.