JAMES "JIMMY" STEWART - LOBBY CARD SIGNED - HFSID 251065

JAMES STEWART
Signed color lobby card for Stewart's 1949 baseball movie The Stratton Story, with Stewart talking to two women in a kitchen. Captioned: "'We're stepping out tonight!'"
Lobby card signed: "James/Stewart". Color, 14x10¾. Lobby card for The Stratton Story (1949). Property of National Screen Service Corp, no. 4 in a series of 49 out of 238. ©1949 Loew's Incorporated. Captioned: "'We're stepping out tonight!'" The Stratton Story starred Stewart in the role of real-life Chicago White Sox pitcher Monty Stratton, who returned to baseball in the minors after having his leg amputated. Stewart was reportedly Stratton's top pick to play him. Stewart (1908-1997, born in Indiana, Pennsylvania) starred in more recognized masterpieces of the American cinema than any other actor. In 1940, he won the Best Actor Academy Award for The Philadelphia Story,and he was nominated for Oscars in the same category for Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939), It's A Wonderful Life (1946), Harvey (1950) and Anatomy of a Murder (1959). Stewart, who was awarded an Honorary Academy Award in 1984, also appeared in You Can't Take It With You (1938), Destry Rides Again (1939), The Greatest Show on Earth (1952), Rear Window (1954), The Spirit of St. Louis (1957), Vertigo (1958) and a long list of other features. Lightly toned, soiled and creased. Pinhole in the middle of the image. Image is scratched. Otherwise, fine condition.