Tom Hanks can recall “every moment” he saw the Hollywood legend’s house.
Hanks visited Jimmy Stewart’s home in 1989 when they were photographed together for a special issue Life magazine. It was a “lovely house,” as Hanks remembers it on the red carpet at the world premiere of his new film Here at AFI Fest in Los Angeles on Friday, October 25.
“He had absolutely no memories of his career,” reports Hanks. “Nothing. Zero. He had nothing. There is no trace of the film he made.”
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The two-time Oscar winner admitted that there are a few reminders of Stewart’s legendary film career, but not nearly as many as there could have been. “He had a little Harvey the Rabbit figurine on his bookshelf,” he says. Stewart, who died in 1997 aged 89, starred in the 1950 film. Harveyabout a man and his invisible friend the rabbit.
Jimmy Stewart ca. in 1940.
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“That was it,” Hanks recalls, “in a huge house.”
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That and a watercolor painting of Pia, the horse that Stewart rode in many of his films. Hank Fonda, costar from the 1970s Cheyenne Social Clubhe presented Stewart with a depiction of the beloved animal—which, Hanks recalls, Stewart said had died two weeks later.
“Would you forget such a story?” jokes Hanks.
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Stewart, he adds, “lived right across the street from Lucille Ball… What kind of parties are these?”
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Tom Hanks in 1988.
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in 1989 Life issue of the magazine featured intergenerational pairings, including William Hurt and Olivia de Havilland, Meryl Streep and Bette Davis, and Michael Keaton and Mickey Rooney, alongside Hanks and Stewart.
The next star is Hanks Here (in theaters Nov. 1), which reunites him with Forrest Gump director Robert Zemeckis and costar Robin Wright. Written by Eric Roth and Zemeckis and starring Paul Bettany and Kelly Reilly, the film takes place in one room over several years. Among his other upcoming projects is Wes Anderson Phoenician scheme, in which he will star alongside Scarlett Johansson and Benedict Cumberbatch.
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