kewissman

kewissman t1_je2c6fz wrote

Henry Fonda let Jimmy Stewart live in his daughter’s “play house” in their backyard when Jimmy returned from Europe at the end of WW2. Stewart was having major trauma episodes (night terrors, etc) from his flying days, Fonda and his wife helped Stewart settle a bit.

When Frank Capra approached Stewart to do It’s A Wonderful Life and Stewart refused, Fonda and Capra convinced Stewart to do it.

All detailed in sobering and excruciating detail in the book Mission by Robert Matzen.

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