James Stewart-Signature Collection (2006)

"[Naked] Wonderfully intense psychological Western...  Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
"[Spirit] Fascinating...  Steve Crum, Kansas City Kansan

Editor's Note Screen icon Jimmy Stewart has six of his films collected here: THE CHEYENNE SOCIAL CLUB, FIRECREEK, THE FBI STORY, THE NAKED SPUR, THE SPIRIT OF ST. LOUIS, and THE STRATTON STORY. See individual titles for synopsis information.

James Stewart

New York Times
"[Stewart] was a likable light leading man in the late '30s who developed, after returning from World War II, into a richly contradictory character..." 08/15/2006 p.E4

Channel 4 Film 8 of 10
[Cheyenne] The older he got, the more Jimmy Stewart became attached to his wing collars and tweeds and swinging saloon doors. But it couldn't have been the romantic notion of western chivalry that interested him...The smut remains relatively tasteful for a film of its time - perhaps because Kelly's focus is squarely upon the friendship between O'Hanlon and his old partner Harley Sullivan (Fonda); how they extricate each other from scrapes; how they come to terms with their new acquisition. Moderately funny, but the finale is a let-down.

Ozus' World Movie Reviews 7 of 10
[Stratton] The film offers no surprises, but baseball fans might enjoy seeing some of the stars from the 1930s in action. The athletes include the great Yankee catcher Bill Dickey, and there's a shot of Joltin' Joe DiMaggio rounding the bases after hitting a homer. The film is a reminder of a more innocent time when baseball was the national pasttime. - Dennis Schwartz

DVDLaser.com 9 of 10
[FBI] Seen through the eyes of a fictional agent, portrayed by Jimmy Stewart, the movie traces the history of the Bureau in an episodic fashion, beginning with a piece on the Ku Klux Klan, and moving on to the murder of Indians in Oklahoma in the twenties, the gangsters of the thirties, Nazis in the forties, and Communists in the fifties. The color scheme of the film is conceptually drab and institutional, that is until the Communist sequence--agents trail a spy in New York City--where suddenly there are bright red objects and red backgrounds all over the place. It is a wonderful effect which works quite well on the disc. - Doug Pratt

Chicago Sun-Times 8 of 10
[Fire] "Firecreek" was obviously conceived with high aims. I have the feeling that the people involved thought they were making a pretty good movie. And they almost did. Several scenes, including one between Stewart and his pregnant wife (Jacqueline Scott), and another between Fonda and Miss Stevens, are filled with tenderness...The tension we need to draw us into the story isn't there; things move at too leisurely a pace, and the movie, like the Jimmy Stewart hero, has to be dragged into the excitement against its will. - Roger Ebert