Stewart Granger was indeed born James Lablanche Stewart. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Friday, August 24, 2001 9:13 AM Subject: Re: Hitchcockian ambiguity: ROPE, THE LODGER, SABOTEUR, UNDER CAPRICORN, et al. > >>You are confusing Stewart Granger with Farley Granger. It was Farley who > >>appeared in Rope opposite John Dall. Although I think Stewart would have > been > >>rather hot in it. > > a rather more interesting "error" than might > at first appear . . . for i believe that the actor > who went by the name of stewart granger was > in fact named james stewart but was unable to > use his own name because it was, as we all know, > already "taken" so to speak . . . and of course the > other james stewart plays opposite farley granger > in ROPE, giving the film a portmanteau "stewart > granger" and making leo right in a joycean kind > of way > > mike > > ---- > To sign off Screen-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF Screen-L > in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask] ---- Screen-L is sponsored by the Telecommunication & Film Dept., the University of Alabama: http://www.tcf.ua.edu