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Which Jimmy Stewart do you mean? The hometown boy of romantic comedy, goshing and gollying his way into Margaret Sullavan's heart in The Shop Around the Corner? Or the tortured Capra hero whose trust in American values was tested past all endurance, till he tumbled close to madness? Or...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A WONDERFUL FELLA: JAMES STEWART, 1908-1997 | 7/14/1997 | See Source »

Sources close to Starr told TIME that the counsel's foray into Clinton's romantic life was driven partly by frustration and partly by a fastidious nature that wants to run down every lead. Decision time on prosecutions is near, they say, and with some sources of information apparently closed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HAS STARR GONE TOO FAR? | 7/7/1997 | See Source »

It's a starry night at Brennan's in the French Quarter. A 10-carat diamond has been nestled in the Bananas Foster by a handsome swain under the influence of one too many romantic comedies. As his lovely maiden scoops up the ring, he asks, "Will you marry me...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TILL DEPOSITIONS DO US PART | 7/7/1997 | See Source »

The spectacular visuals almost succeed in masking the inherent weaknesses of the play. Almost, but not quite. Dating from 1927, "Show-boat" is really a nostalgia piece, and as such it has its problems. The plot is hopelessly old-fashioned, with an anticlimactic "happy ending" that seems both clumsy and...

Author: By Lynn Y. Lee, | Title: Can't Help Lovin' Dat Musical | 6/27/1997 | See Source »

The Disney full-animated feature is the most profitable franchise in movies, maybe in the entire entertainment industry. The pressure to keep producing the tiniest variations on a winning formula must be severe. So it was brave for the Disney artists to try tiptoeing away from what worked. Pocahontas had...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: A HIT FROM A MYTH | 6/23/1997 | See Source »

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