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Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)

by Bill on July 26, 2009

Directed by Frank Capra There are good comedies and there are great comedies. Arsenic and Old Lace is a great comedy. It achieves greatness through all the elements that make any great film: wonderful script and wonderful performances. In many ways, in making the movie Frank Capra had only one job: don’t get in the [...]

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Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)

by Bill on June 15, 2009

Directed by Frank Capra I had forgotten how much in love with Jean Arthur I was. I remembered as I watched Mr. Smith Goes to Washington. Originally intended as a follow up to Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (and titled Mr. Deeds Goes to Washington), Gary Cooper, who was in the first film, couldn’t get [...]

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Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987)

by Bill on May 28, 2009

Directed by John Hughes What a joy it is to watch a movie you had forgotten about and weren’t expecting a lot from and discovering it is nothing less than wonderful. Planes, Trains and Automobiles is an absolute gem of a movie. Perhaps one of the reasons it succeeds so well is because it is [...]

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You Can’t Take It With You (1938)

by Bill on May 18, 2007

Directed by Frank Capra Sometimes you can have all the right elements but they somehow don’t quite gel. This is the case with Frank Capra’s 1938 You Can’t Take It With You. It has all the Capra elements, has the Capra touch, and even has Capra stalwarts like Jimmy Stewart and Jean Arthur, Lionel Barrymore [...]

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