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 [...]
Teachers of film 101 classes always prattle on about D.W. Griffith and Cecil B. DeMille as the creators of the great early cinematic epics, but I will take Frank Capra’s Lost Horizon over them any day. Lost Horizon is not the first adventure drama film, but is one of the best. There is no swashbuckling [...]
Continuing to indulge my Frank Capra addiction… Mr. Deeds Goes to Town is one of the Capra films I hadn’t seen yet. Almost as soon as it started, I knew that it was going to turn out to be one of the best examples of Capra’s philosophy of optimism and faith in human nature. Although [...]
Some friends and I got together with the purpose of watching some ‘30s films, and when discussing what to watch, there was a unanimous vote to watch something with Edward G. Robinson. Robinson, then as well as today, is best known for his gangster roles, but he is also great as a man with trouble [...]
Actor: H.B. Warner
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 [...]
Lost Horizon (1937)
Teachers of film 101 classes always prattle on about D.W. Griffith and Cecil B. DeMille as the creators of the great early cinematic epics, but I will take Frank Capra’s Lost Horizon over them any day. Lost Horizon is not the first adventure drama film, but is one of the best. There is no swashbuckling [...]
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
Continuing to indulge my Frank Capra addiction… Mr. Deeds Goes to Town is one of the Capra films I hadn’t seen yet. Almost as soon as it started, I knew that it was going to turn out to be one of the best examples of Capra’s philosophy of optimism and faith in human nature. Although [...]
Five Star Final (1931)
Some friends and I got together with the purpose of watching some ‘30s films, and when discussing what to watch, there was a unanimous vote to watch something with Edward G. Robinson. Robinson, then as well as today, is best known for his gangster roles, but he is also great as a man with trouble [...]