Yes I was hoping somebody here could prove to me that he wasn't. Perhaps "racist" was too strong a term, maybe I should have just said "prejudiced" instead. The thing is though that the author quoted two of Stewart's closest friends who said he was always uncomfortable around black people. One of them suggested it was because he had lived almost all of his life in either Indiana or Beverly Hills, and so had no understanding of another race's problems.
I guess that since James Stewart was born in 1908 it may be a generational thing. My grandfather, born in 1924, is slightly racist but he is a good man nonetheless who has been married for 61 years, he started working when he was 14 and even after he retired at 67 he kept going back for a further two years when his firm needed extra help. I just accept the fact that he is from a different time and people probably related to each other differently during his formative years.
Posts from ColeThornton in thread „Mickey Rooney appearance“
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Chester, this ColeThornton person is the same nut from IMdB who spends every waking moment flooding the boards over there with negative posts about Duke and Jimmy Stewart. Among other things, he has said was that Duke and Stewart were racists, that Duke was a Nazi, and that Duke deserved to die of cancer.
He has had over thirty accounts deleted on IMdB (he has been known over there as TheLeft, JessBirdwell, BenTrane, CliveJohnson, LinkJones, and OliverIsTheBest, among others), and after single-handedly ruining the IMdB boards he has now come over here with the intent of ruining this board as well. This troll has in the past stated repeatedly on IMdB that he/she/it was a registered user on this board. I think now we all know who it is. It can change its user name, but not its writing style.
I hope the moderators here take a strong, swift stand here and delete this troll's account permanently. This person is NOT a John Wayne fan, and this board will suffer as long as it is allowed to remain and poison the discussions on this great site.
Sorry but I have never been a member of the imdb or any other film site. That book has been published for 11 years, I'm sure many others have read it. -
He's also appearing in pantomine with his wife in Sunderland at Christmas.
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Well Duke I read an excellent bio of Stewart by Donald Dewey, published in 1996, which revelead the actor was a racist who supported the McCarthy witch hunts and had an actor fired just for being black. He also fell out with director Anthony Mann pretty disgracefully. After all that I could never look at Stewart the same.
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Ya know, it's a sad shame to hear certain things about hollywood personalities that I grew up watching. No disrespect to anyone posting about Jerry Lewis and Mickey Rooney. What I mean is, is that I am shocked to hear that they and people like Henry Fonda; really seem to have a "dark side" if you know what I mean?
Yes I know exactly what you mean, Ringo. I read a book about Jimmy Stewart and he certainly had his dark side as well. -
I'm amazed he didn't die years ago, he was declared clinically dead following a huge heart attack in 1982.
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He can't breathe without an oxygen mask. He's in far worse health than Mickey.
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Yeah, but his stupid remarks can.
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Well, Mickey was in great form on the Saturday before last.
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Jerry Lewis? I agree.
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Jerry Lewis was just the same.
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Today is Mickey's 87th birthday!
I only wish last Saturday I had asked him about Freddie Bartholomew. They made several films together in the 1930s and early 1940s. I like to watch "Captains Courageous" every once in a while because like some of Duke's movies it is a film that makes you feel better for having seen it. -
I remember Steve Martin joking that Mickey is older than the Earth at the 2003 Oscars.
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Well I saw him, unfortunately my grandfather couldn't go with me but Mickey is in fine form for a man of 87. Watching him perform was like watching a last living link with Old Hollywood. His wife Jan has a good, strong singing voice as well. I'm very glad I went because he was talking about this tour four years ago when Bob Hope died, so it's unlikely Mickey Rooney will be coming back to the UK. Although he did say he will be performing pantomine at Christmas in Sunderland, I don't know how he finds the energy!
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Yes I will be going to see Mickey tonight. Hopefully my grandfather will be able to go with me.
