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JAMES STEWART (1908-1997).

Currency:GBP Category:Memorabilia Start Price:75.00 GBP Estimated At:150.00 - 200.00 GBP
JAMES STEWART (1908-1997).
AUCTION DATE 15H JUNE 2020 - 5PM GMT.

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A nicely professionally framed James Stewart signed cheque from 1984, with mount showing front and back of cheque and a photo of James Stewart.

The passionate Sicilian-American and the young James Stewart from Indiana,Pennsylvania somehow shared a commonality of values both on and off screen that made many people become his friends for life. When Stewart received his Oscar for Lifetime Achievement in 1985, it was Capra he singled out as having the most profound influence on his career. Stewart's life offscreen was as interesting and demanding as his career in films.
While he was building his reputation as an actor, the rest of the world was about to go to war. German occupation in numerous countries in the early part of 1940 led Congress on September 16, 1940 to pass the Selective Service Bill, the draft, this bill called for 900,000 men between the ages of 20 and 36 to be drafted each year. Stewarts draft number was 310. When his number was called and he appeared at Draft Board No. 245 in West Los Angeles in February 1941, the 6 ft 3Stewart weighed only 138 pounds, 5 pounds under the acceptable weight level. He was turned down. Stewart wanted to fly and serve his country but by May of 1941 he would have been too old to get into flight school. He went home ate everything he could that was fattening and went back and enlisted in the Army Air Corps, he passed the physical with an ounce to spare. While others tried to avoid the draft, he actually wanted to serve in the military. Later he would actually campaign to see combat.