Hank and Jim, Scott Eyman
Hank and Jim, Scott Eyman
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Hank and Jim
The Fifty-Year Friendship of Henry Fonda and James Stewart

Author: Scott Eyman

Narrator: David Colacci

Unabridged: 12 hr 51 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/24/2017

Synopsis

Henry Fonda and James Stewart were two of the biggest stars in Hollywood for forty years. They became friends and then roommates as stage actors in New York, and when they began making films in Hollywood, they roomed together again. Between them they made such memorable films as The Grapes of Wrath, Mister Roberts, Twelve Angry Men, and On Golden Pond; and Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Destry Rides Again, The Philadelphia Story, It’s a Wonderful Life, Vertigo, and Rear Window.

They got along famously, with a shared interest in elaborate practical jokes and model airplanes, among other things. Fonda was a liberal Democrat, Stewart a conservative Republican, but after one memorable blow-up over politics, they agreed never to discuss that subject again. Fonda was a ladies' man who was married five times; Stewart remained married to the same woman for forty-five years. Both men volunteered during World War II and were decorated for their service. When Stewart returned home, still unmarried, he once again moved in with Fonda, his wife, and his two children, Jane and Peter, who knew him as Uncle Jimmy.

About Scott Eyman

Scott Eyman was formerly the literary critic at The Palm Beach Post and is the author or coauthor of sixteen books, including the bestseller John Wayne and Pieces of My Heart and You Must Remember This with actor Robert Wagner. Eyman also writes book reviews for The Wall Street Journal, and has written for The New York Times, The Washington Post, and the Chicago Tribune. He and his wife, Lynn, live in West Palm Beach.

Reviews

Goodreads review by David on January 08, 2020

I'm a sucker for Hollywood history, stories of actors and their trials and tribulations. Author Scott Eyman is a great author and I have read almost everything he has written. I grabbed this book up as soon as it came out and it did not disappoint. I had no idea that Stewart and Fonda were such good......more

Goodreads review by Magdalena aka A Bookaholic Swede on March 30, 2018

As a BIG fan of Henry Fonda was I eager to read this book. I liked the idea of the book that it's a book about Hank and Jim, two very different men who became friends when they were young actors and stayed friends throughout their lives. It was fascinating reading about how they started out in th......more

Goodreads review by Scott on January 26, 2018

There are many things I was expecting with this book and hoping for. First, I was hoping for a double biography, learning about both men, Henry Fonda and James Stewart. Learning about what made these men who they are, what made them tick. Second, I hoped to learn about their experiences in Hollywood......more

Goodreads review by Jim on April 10, 2019

Scott Eyman is an excellent biographer. His focus is generally on film personalities of the so-called Golden Age, and here he tackles two at once. That two of Hollywood's biggest stars were life-long pals presents Eyman with a unique opportunity to examine not only their lives but the nature of frie......more

Goodreads review by Michael on February 16, 2025

What else can I say, an overall well-done product. It covers both of their lives from the beginning, and their friendship from beginning to end. Some points in the book were boring or branched out too much into other things and people. However, it is all tied nicely together with their final years.......more

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