I have been reading a book about the production of It’s a Wonderful Life, and naturally thinking about that film a lot. Frank Capra often said in interviews that that his experiences serving in World War II lead him to make a much darker film than his earlier works, a change that was mirrored in [...]
I never thought I would see a Frank Capra film that I didn’t love. It is not that I hated You Can’t Take It with You or even disliked it, but with a cast including James Stewart, Lionel Barrymore and Jean Arthur, I was expecting a lot and was slightly disappointed. Capra’s usual writer Robert [...]
I came uponThree on a Match as I am trying to get through as many Bette Davis movies as I can find. Unfortunately, it was only one year since Davis’s screen debut, and she has the smallest role of the three women of the title. She was mainly just asked just to look sincere and [...]
Actor: Edward Arnold
Meet John Doe (1941)
I have been reading a book about the production of It’s a Wonderful Life, and naturally thinking about that film a lot. Frank Capra often said in interviews that that his experiences serving in World War II lead him to make a much darker film than his earlier works, a change that was mirrored in [...]
You Can’t Take It with You (1938)
I never thought I would see a Frank Capra film that I didn’t love. It is not that I hated You Can’t Take It with You or even disliked it, but with a cast including James Stewart, Lionel Barrymore and Jean Arthur, I was expecting a lot and was slightly disappointed. Capra’s usual writer Robert [...]
Three on a Match (1932)
I came uponThree on a Match as I am trying to get through as many Bette Davis movies as I can find. Unfortunately, it was only one year since Davis’s screen debut, and she has the smallest role of the three women of the title. She was mainly just asked just to look sincere and [...]