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4 days ago · Frank Capra, American motion-picture director who was the most prominent filmmaker of the 1930s. His most-beloved films, many made during the Great Depression, were patriotic sentimental celebrations of the virtuous everymen who selflessly speak truth to power in pursuit of the common good.
- Michael Barson
3 days ago · Mr Smith Goes to Washington (1939) Frank Capra’s evergreen ode to American idealism, Mr Smith Goes to Washington has James Stewart playing the titular protagonist, a righteous man who takes ...
2 days ago · Perhaps the quintessential whistleblower film, Frank Capra's political comedy-drama is one of the crown jewels of 1939, often regarded as Hollywood's greatest year.
2 days ago · In Frank Capra’s film of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Kaufman and Hart play, the highly unconventional Sycamore family of New York is, among other things, in the firework-manufacturing business. But that’s only one of the uniquely American pursuits in which the Sycamores indulge — candy-making, amateur ballet, and, vitally, income tax evasion.
4 days ago · Actors Clark Gable, center, and Claudette Colbert and director Frank Capra on the set of It Happened One Night (1934), the first film to sweep the major Academy Awards.
- Michael Barson
4 days ago · Capra’s final two films were A Hole in the Head (1959), in which Frank Sinatra starred as hotelier whose irresponsibility nearly costs him custody of his son, and Pocketful of Miracles (1961), a musical remake of Lady for a Day with Bette Davis, which failed to earn back its cost.
5 days ago · In Frank Capra's acclaimed romantic comedy, spoiled heiress Ellie Andrews (Claudette Colbert) impetuously marries the scheming King Westley, leading her tycoon father (Walter Connolly) to spirit her away on his yacht.
