This post is written in conjunction with the Summer Under the Stars Blogathon hosted by Sittin’ on a Backyard Fence and Scribe Hard on Film. Full listings for SUTS programming on Turner Classic Movies can be found HERE.Henry Fonda knew Marlon Brando's family from Omaha - he had studied acting with Brando's mother.
Fonda and James Stewart had been roommates in the early 1930s when they were first starting out in acting. The two remained pals for the rest of their lives and enjoyed building model airplanes together.
Fonda was an amateur bee-keeper.
Along with Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, and other Hollywood liberals, Fonda vocally opposed the House Un-American Activities Committee. He took a six-year hiatus from film making in the 1950s to distance himself from the hostile political climate in California at the time.
