Which was the first film directed by Alfred Hitchcock to star James Stewart?
James Stewart a new wave of actors would soon remake the town, including Marlon Brando, Montgomery Clift and James Dean. "Magic Town" (1947), a comedy film directed by William A. Wellman, starring James Stewart and Jane Wyman, was one of the first films about the then-new science of public opinion polling. It was poorly received. He completed "Rope" (1948) directed by Alfred Hitchcock and "Call Northside 777" (1948), and weathered two box-office disappointments with "On Our Merry Way" (1948), a comedic musical ensemble in which Stewart and Henry Fonda were paired as two jazz musicians, and "You Gotta Stay Happy" (1949), for
Alfred Hitchcock filmography the host of the anthology television series "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" which he also produced. In 1958, Hitchcock directed the psychological thriller "Vertigo" starring Stewart and Kim Novak. The film topped the 2012 poll of the British film magazine "Sight & Sound" of the 50 Greatest Films of All Time and also topped the American Film Institute's Top Ten in the mystery genre. He followed this with the spy thriller "North by Northwest" (1959) which starred Grant and Eva Marie Saint. In 1960, he directed "Psycho", the biggest commercial success of his career and for which he received his fifth nomination