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Course Description

During Hollywood’s Golden Age, Jimmy Stewart had the good fortune to work repeatedly with three of the era’s greatest directors: Frank Capra, Alfred Hitchcock and John Ford. While Stewart would be known for his “hesitant drawl and a shy country-boy manner,” some of his earliest roles exhibited a talent for playing psychologically fragile characters, something Stewart consciously pursued as a collaborator with Hitchcock. This course will look at the complexity of Stewart’s iconography and consider how it was atypical of the studio system. This course will study Stewart’s acting range and the historical context in which he drew a large fan base. Movies to be screened include After the Thin Man and The Naked Spur, in which Stewart plays the antagonist; The Philadelphia Story, Harvey, The Spirit of St. Louis, Rope, Rear Window; as well as It’s a Wonderful Life and Vertigo.

**This is a HYBRID class, offered live in the classroom and online via ZOOM simultaneously.  Please choose either the Zoom or Classroom session at the time of registration.

**In class meetings require a separate parking fee of $5/day.  Please collect your parking permit through your CSUSM parking account.  If you do not already have a parking account Parking Services will create one for you upon registration.  You will receive an email from Parking Service which will include your Username, Password and a link to login and purchase permits/packages.  If you’re not sure if you have a parking account or you have one but need your login information, please contact us.

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