Prelude to War - Requiescat in Pace, Greatest Generation

Prelude to War - Requiescat in Pace, Greatest Generation

Desember 06, 2018
FMPU, Frank Capra, Prelude to War, Requiescat in pace, Why We Fight, World War II

Tomorrow, December 7th, marks the 77th anniversary of the day America stood on the precipice of World War II, and a generation -- now referr...

Here Comes the Groom - 1951

Here Comes the Groom - 1951

Januari 06, 2011
Alan Reed, Alexis Smith, Beverly Washburn, Bing Crosby, Charles Lane, Dorothy Lamour, Franchot Tone, Frank Capra, Here Comes the Groom, Jacques Gencel, Jane Wyman, Minna Gombell, Robert Keith

“Here Comes the Groom” (1951) can be viewed through a prism of different spectrums, first and foremost perhaps, as the first in the last han...

Five Films from 1941

Five Films from 1941

Mei 08, 2007
Citizen Kane, Frank Capra, John Huston, Joseph Cotten, Lillian Hellman, Meet John Doe, Orson Welles, Sullivans Travels, The Little Foxes, The Maltese Falcon

Five films from 1941, and I think the top five are, in no special order: “Citizen Kane” “The Little Foxes” “The Maltese Falcon” “Meet John D...

Lafe McKee

Lafe McKee

April 16, 2007
B-westerns, Frank Capra, Gary Cooper, James Stewart, Lafe McKee, Meet John Doe, silent films

Lafe McKee has the astonishing accomplishment of having appeared in 329 movies. He debuted as a film actor in 1912 with “All on Account of ...

Forbidden (1932)

Forbidden (1932)

April 12, 2007
Adolphe Menjou, Barbara Stanwyck, Forbidden, Frank Capra, Jo Swerling, pre-Code movies, Ralph Bellamy

The three leads, the snappy dialogue by Jo Swerling, and impeccable direction by Frank Capra make “Forbidden” (1932) one of the most interes...