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...inside the clubhouse later, Frank Capra caused Pasadena eyebrows to rise by appearing without...
...morning a few months ago, Director Frank Capra had a letter from Joanne. It was written in jingles, explained that nobody appreciated Joanne, wondered if Director Capra thought the jingles showed promise. He did. A few mails later he received Joan...
...Frank Capra, famous Hollywood producer and director, is sending a representative to the East to give screen tests in an attempt to find "an average American" for the impending screen play, "The Life of John Doe," it was announced last night. Among other places the tests will be given at Harvard...
...taking his favorite plot of the sheep among wolves and putting it down in the heart of U. S. political life, the Senate, Frank Capra has created something close to dynamite in motion picture form. "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington", like all Capra pictures, makes you laugh, cry, and sit on the edge of your seat in suspense. But this time Capra has gone a step further: he has portrayed what James Truslow Adams calls the "American dream." Granted that the picture is emotional to the nth degree, the fact remains that democracy, Americanism--call it what you will...
...Capra has not sacrificed entertainment for his "message." The cast is superb, headed by James Stewart, Jean Arthur, Claude Rains, and Edward Arnold. The Senate set is a perfect replica of the Washington chamber, but best of all are the shots taken in the Lincoln Memorial, the real thing this time...