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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 · 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 ...
3 days ago · Frank Capra's iconic American political drama Smith Goes to Washington was released in 1939. Jefferson Smith (James Stewart) is a young, idealistic, and naive man appointed to the U.S. Senate by unscrupulous political leaders.
4 days ago · Frank Capra - Hollywood Director, Academy Awards, 1930s: Capra’s “golden period” began with It Happened One Night (1934), the first motion picture to win an Academy Award in five major categories: best picture, best actor, best actress, best director, and best adapted screenplay.
- Michael Barson
4 days ago · Capra’s first film of the 1950s was Riding High (1950), an uninspired musical remake of Broadway Bill that featured Bing Crosby, as did Here Comes the Groom (1951).
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5 days ago · What did George dream of becoming in the movie It's a Wonderful Life? George Bailey was a young man, living in a small upstate New York town, but with big dreams. From an early age, he wanted to get away from Bedford Falls, travel the world, and accomplish big things--planning cities and building huge airfields, skyscrapers, and bridges.
