STEWART JAMES: (1908-1997) American actor, Academy Award winner for Best Actor in 1940 for his role as Macaulay Connor in The Philadelphia Story. Signed 8 x 10 photograph of Stewart standing in a half-length pose in costume as United States Senator Ransom ?Ranse? Stoddard from the American Western film The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) directed by John Ford and co-starring John Wayne (the first film in which Stewart starred alongside Wayne). Signed by Stewart in black ink with his name alone to a lighter area of the background of the image. Some light, minor creasing to the white borders and corners, otherwise VG