1.It's a Wonderful Life
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PrestoTheMagician — 17 years ago(January 28, 2009 11:08 AM)
You Can't Take It With You
It Happened One Night
Arsenic And Old Lace
Mr Deeds Goes To Town
Mr Smith Goes To Washington
It is how you do it, and not your content that makes you an artist." -Alfred Hitchcock -
Noirkiss_3 — 12 years ago(June 10, 2013 12:41 PM)
Wow, a lot of the usual suspects for choices. I'm more intrigued by his less celebrated films. My first two choices are some of my all time favorite films. I should also note all these movies had great one sheets.
1.The Bitter Tea of General Yen(1933) Beautifully ethereal. Like no other film of the era.
2. Broadway Bill (1934) Great tale of the underdog. Myrna Loy at her sweetest.
3.Platinum Blonde(1931)Very funny. Robert Williams was an amazing talent who died too soon.
4.It Happened One Night(1934) An obvious classic. Everything a comedy should be.
5.Lady For A Day(1933) A Charming film with a great cast of early talkie regulars.
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GablesGone — 17 years ago(March 24, 2009 02:33 AM)
- It happened one night
- It's a wonderful life
- You cant take it with you
- Meet John Doe
- Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
I LOVE CAPRA!!! and i just cant seem to get enough. What a very influential man who set the standards of Hollywood films.
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vwmoran — 16 years ago(May 03, 2009 02:55 PM)
- Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
- It's a Wonderful Life
- You Can't Take it with You
- Arsenic and Old Lace
- Mr. Deeds goes to Town
You've really had a wonderful life. Don't you see what a mistake it would be to just throw it away?
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mjr1114 — 15 years ago(April 25, 2010 11:21 PM)
My Top 10 Capra
- Meet John Doe
- Mr. Smith Goes To Washington
- It Happened One Night
- Lady For A Day
- Mr. Deeds Goes To Town/American Madness
- Arsenic And Old Lace
- Lost Horizon
- Ladies Of Leisure
- Brodway Bill
- Platinum Blonde
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athomed — 13 years ago(December 28, 2012 01:32 AM)
- It's a Wonderful Life
- Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
- Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
- Arsenic and Old Lace
- Lost Horizon or State of the Union
This list, especially the fifth spot, changes all the time.
Thats a very interesting mixture of poetry and meanness.
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francescafay11 — 12 years ago(November 25, 2013 11:32 PM)
Here are my top 5 Frank Capra films:
(I apologize in advance for my unnecessarily long reply, but once I start talking movies I get on a roll, and it is hard for me to stop
)- Lost Horizon (1937)
~Actually this is tied with Hitchcock's "Shadow of a Doubt" for my all-time favorite film. I just love Ronald Colman in this (and, well everything!) and the tone and nature of this movie deviates from the typical Capra-esque stories that he is so well known for. - Lady for a Day (1933)
~This is a supreme acting achievement for all the actors and actresses in this film. You fall in love with Apple Annie and her friends the moment that they appear on the screen. - It Happened One Night (1934)
~I'm usually not a big fan of Gable (although I love Claudette Colbert), and usually like his films despite of him, but I actually really enjoy him in this film. He still reverts to typical "Gableness"
once and a while, but I think this was still early enough in his career (before the "Parnell" disaster) where he could still branch out from his one-dimensional stock character that appears in most of his later films. - You Can't Take It With You (1938)
~Every character in this film adds another layer to the comedic tension as they each get their turn to shine until it all explodes (pun intended
) into the wonderful final act of this film. - Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
~Really I couldn't decide between this and Meet John Doe (1941), but I went with Smith due to the fact that I like James Stewart, as an actor, more than Gary Cooper, so Smith had me more engaged with the story being told in the film.
- Lost Horizon (1937)