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Word: soaper (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...tamer of the wild Vanderhof clan in You Can't Take It with You and as Jefferson Smith, patron saint of patriotic lost causes, nurser of noble grudges, in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington. David O. Selznick saw Stewart as a worthy partner for Carole Lombard in the intelligent soaper Made for Each Other. Somebody at Universal made him the unlikely western hero of Destry Rides Again, opposite an amused Marlene Dietrich. These moguls may have undervalued Stewart as an appealing young actor who wouldn't upstage the female lead. But they let him put his wares before the public...

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

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