Mr. Smith Goes to Washington: Cleaning Up the Swamp
Claude Rains and James Stewart. Photo: Columbia No one finds Frank Capra’s best movie controversial today. But it certainly was back in 1939. Many politicians and reporters in Washington saw…
You Can’t Take It With You: Enjoy It Now
Photo: Columbia With It Happened One Night (1934), Frank Capra had already won an Oscar for Best Director. The same honor was bestowed on him after he adapted the popular…
Ziegfeld Follies
The king of Broadway, "the glorifier of the American girl", Florenz Ziegfeld (William Powell) is getting bored up in heaven and conjures one last, grand "Follies" show. Powell repeated his…