Editing James Stewart (section)

=== 1960–1970: Westerns and later career ===
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Stewart opened the new decade by starring in the war film ''[[The Mountain Road]]'' (1960). To his surprise, it was a box office failure, despite his claims that it was one of the best scripts he'd ever read.{{sfn|Fishgall|1997|pp=268–288}} He began a new director collaboration with [[John Ford]], making his debut in his films in the Western ''[[Two Rode Together]]'' (1961), which had thematic echoes of Ford's ''[[The Searchers (film)|The Searchers]]''.{{sfn|Dewey|1996|pp=408–409}} The same year, he also narrated the film ''[[X-15 (film)|X-15]]'' for the USAF.<ref>{{cite news |title=X-15: The Hollywood Version |url=https://www.airspacemag.com/history-of-flight/x-15-the-hollywood-version-20174784/ |access-date=June 12, 2019 |work=Air and Space Magazine |publisher=Smithsonian |date=August 2007 |archive-date=April 10, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190410233806/https://www.airspacemag.com/history-of-flight/x-15-the-hollywood-version-20174784/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Stewart was considered for the role of [[Atticus Finch]] in the 1962 [[To Kill a Mockingbird (film)|film adaptation]] of [[Harper Lee]]'s novel ''[[To Kill a Mockingbird]]'', but he turned it down, concerned that the story was too controversial.{{sfn|Eliot|2006|p=393}}

Stewart and Ford's next collaboration was ''The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance'' (1962).{{sfn|Eyman|2017|pp=246–247}} A classic psychological Western,{{sfn|Dienstag|2012|p=293}} the picture was shot in black-and-white [[film noir]] style at Ford's insistence,{{sfn|Barr|2011|pp=166, 169}} with Stewart as an [[East Coast of the United States|East Coast]] attorney who goes against his non-violent principles when he is forced to confront a psychopathic outlaw ([[Lee Marvin]]) in a small frontier town.{{sfn|Day|2016|pp=169–170}} The complex film initially garnered mixed reviews but became a critical favorite over the ensuing decades.{{sfn|O'Neill|2004|p=472}} Stewart was [[Billing (performing arts)|billed]] above John Wayne in posters and the trailers, but Wayne received top billing in the film itself. Stewart, Wayne, and Ford also collaborated for a television play that same year, ''[[Flashing Spikes]]'' (1962), for [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]'s anthology series ''[[Alcoa Premiere]]'', albeit featuring Wayne billed with a television pseudonym, "Michael Morris", (also used for Wayne's brief appearance in the John Ford-directed episode of the television series ''[[Wagon Train]]'' titled "[[The Colter Craven Story]]") for his lengthy cameo. Next, Stewart appeared as part of an all-star cast—including Henry Fonda and John Wayne—in ''How the West Was Won'', a Western epic released in the United States in early 1963. The film went on to win three Academy Awards and reap massive box-office figures.

[[File:James Stewart Billy Mumy Dear Brigitte 1965.jpg|thumb|upright|left|With [[Bill Mumy]] in ''[[Dear Brigitte]]'' (1965)]]

In 1962, Stewart signed a multi-movie deal with [[20th Century Fox]].{{sfn|Eliot|2006|p=346}} The first two of these films reunited him with director Henry Koster in the family-friendly comedies ''[[Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation]]'' (1962) with [[Maureen O'Hara]] and ''[[Take Her, She's Mine]]'' (1963), which were both box-office successes.{{sfn|Fishgall|1997|pp=292–294}} The former received moderately positive reviews and won Stewart the [[Silver Bear for Best Actor]]&nbsp;at the [[Berlin International Film Festival]]; the latter was panned by the critics.{{sfn|Fishgall|1997|pp=292–294}} Stewart then appeared in John Ford's final Western, ''Cheyenne Autumn'' (1964), playing a white-suited [[Wyatt Earp]] in a long semi-comedic sequence in the middle of the movie.{{sfn|Eliot|2006|pp=340–341}}<ref>{{cite news |title=Cheyenne Autumn |url=https://variety.com/1964/film/reviews/cheyenne-autumn-1200420666/ |access-date=June 12, 2019 |work=Variety |date=December 31, 1964 |archive-date=November 9, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191109164714/https://variety.com/1964/film/reviews/cheyenne-autumn-1200420666/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The film failed domestically and was quickly forgotten.

In 1965, Stewart was given his first honorary award for his career, the [[Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award|Cecil B. DeMille Award]]. He appeared in three films that year. The Fox family-comedy ''[[Dear Brigitte]]'' (1965), which featured French actress [[Brigitte Bardot]] as the object of Stewart's son's infatuation, was a box-office failure.{{sfn|Eliot|2006|pp=347–356}} The Civil War film ''[[Shenandoah (film)|Shenandoah]]'' (1965) was a commercial success with strong anti-war and humanitarian themes.<ref>{{harvnb|Munn|2005|pp=259–261}};{{harvnb|Ayres|2009|pp=2–4}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=Holsinger |editor1-first=M. Paul |title=War and American Popular Culture: A Historical Encyclopedia |date=1999 |publisher=Greenwood Press |location=Westport, Connecticut |isbn=0313299080 |page=133 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Oe4AOVHkJ9oC&q=shenandoah+film+box+office+success&pg=PA133 |access-date=June 12, 2019 |archive-date=April 23, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210423174333/https://books.google.com/books?id=Oe4AOVHkJ9oC&q=shenandoah+film+box+office+success&pg=PA133 |url-status=live }}</ref> ''The Flight of the Phoenix'' (1965) continued Stewart's series of aviation-themed films; it was well-received critically, but a box-office failure.{{sfn|Fishgall|1997|p=309}}

For the next few years, Stewart acted in a series of Westerns: ''[[The Rare Breed]]'' (1966) with [[Maureen O'Hara]],{{sfn|Fishgall|1997|pp=305–306}} ''[[Firecreek]]'' (1968) with Henry Fonda, ''[[Bandolero!]]'' (1968) with [[Dean Martin]], and ''[[The Cheyenne Social Club]]'' (1970) with Henry Fonda again. In 1968, he received the [[Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award]].&nbsp;Stewart returned on Broadway to reprise his role as Elwood P. Dowd in ''Harvey'' at the [[August Wilson Theatre|ANTA Theatre]] in February 1970; the revival ran until May.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Prideaux |first1=Tom |title=A Durable Invisible Rabbit |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qVAEAAAAMBAJ&q=james+stewart+broadway+1970+harvey&pg=PA6 |access-date=June 17, 2019 |magazine=Life |date=March 13, 1970 |archive-date=April 23, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210423174332/https://books.google.com/books?id=qVAEAAAAMBAJ&q=james+stewart+broadway+1970+harvey&pg=PA6 |url-status=live }}</ref> He won the [[Drama Desk Award]] for Outstanding Performance&nbsp;for it.