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19-Aug-2011
by Rob Howard
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| Picture above, Jimmy Stewart playing in movie Night Passage (1957). The Accordions Worldwide news for August 15th 1997 reported that the Hollywood actor James Stewart (1908-97) had recently died. Stewart was one of most prominent people of his time to play the accordion, not only recreationally, but also semi-professionally and in three of his movies. (James Stewart’s biography is in ‘An A to Z of the Accordion, Volume 2’) JIMMY STEWART REMEMBERED AS AN ACCORDIONIST IN LIFE MAGAZINE Contributed by Faithe Deffner, President of the American Accordionists' Association When actor Jimmy Stewart passed away last month, Hollywood lost one of its foremost leading men of the golden age of film and the accordion world lost a great exponent of our favourite instrument. Life magazine said it all in a double-page spread photograph of the late star playing his accordion. Some of the actor's biography speaks of the role his accordion played throughout his long and colourful life. "While in college, he went on the road with a magician. It was Jimmy's job to play the accordion during awkward moments." "At Princeton University, his ability to play the accordion helped him win a role in a Dramatic production. After graduating, he accepted an offer from Josh Logan to join the University Players, a summer stock group. It was his job to play the accordion in the tea room next to the theatre and do some small walk-on parts". Alluding to Stewart's lifelong interest in the accordion, "He obviously did much more than just tinker with the instrument." Jimmy was often photographed with his accordion and sometimes played it in his films. |