The James Stewart Signature Collection: DVD Review (2006)

(Originally published 2006)

If you’re going to call your collection of films a signature collection, it's probably best to give consumers a signature collection. Otherwise, just call it what it is--a collection--which is what Warner really has on their hands with their “James Stewart Signature Collection.”

While the six movies collected here are fine--1953’s “The Naked Spur,” 1957’s “The Spirit of St. Louis,” 1959’s “The FBI Story,” 1970’s “The Cheyenne Social Club,” 1949’s “The Stratton Story” and 1968’s “Firecreek” all are featured--any Stewart fan is going to be curious as to how “Vertigo,” “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington,” “Rear Window,” “The Philadelphia Story,” “Rope” and especially “It’s a Wonderful Life” got left off the list.

Short answer? With the exception of “Philadelphia,” other studios own the rights to those films, which, if collected, would have given us the significant signature this collection lacks.

Grade: B-

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