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 [...]
Actor: Spring Byington
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 [...]