The Other James Stewart

By the time he became a movie star in England, it was decided that he would have to change his name because America already had quite a famous James Stewart.  The British James Stewart didn't like it one bit although he understood.  So he was renamed Stewart Granger but for his entire life he would be known by one and all as Jimmy. 

Good 1950's Films: Clash by Night

1952 Drama
From RKO Radio Pictures
Directed by Fritz Lang

Starring
Barbara Stanwyck
Paul Douglas
Robert Ryan
Marilyn Monroe
Keith Andes
J. Carrol Naish
Silvio Minciotti

Flirting with Fifties' Fame

What these three women have in common is that they had some brief fame in the 1950's and then disappeared.  One was a good actress who opted for raising her kids away from the glare of Hollywood.  Another was an Oscar-nominated actress whose downward spiral culminated in suicide.  The third was a pretty ingenue who could never break out of that mold.  One other thing they have in common is that you may not have heard of any of them... age-depending.