From Silent Film Idol to Superman: The Life and Career of John Stuart
From Silent Film Idol to Superman: The Life and Career of John Stuart
McFarland Publishing
Mcfarlandbooks.com
A popular romantic actor, with a fan club rivalling that of Ivor Novello, he starred in films directed by Alfred Hitchcock and G.W.Pabst, and acted opposite stars such as Madeleine Carroll, Elissa Landi, Gracie Fields, Fay Compton, Conrad Veidt and Basil Rathbone. He was also the first actor to speak on screen in Britain. Yet despite a career lasting nearly six decades, his name and achievement are little known today.
Based on his films and his family archive, this is a detailed account of an actor who made a significant contribution to the British film world in the twentieth century.
‘John Stuart was an exceptionally good actor – just about the best we had in those early years.’
Kevin Brownlow, film historian
‘You were one of my boyhood heroes.’
David Lean, film director
‘His story embraces that of the British screen between the wars.’
Dilys Powell film critic
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