Here’s another round-up of some great deals out there to add to your personal film collection. As always, please note that the sale prices listed are accurate as of posting, and may be subject to change (and quickly). So if one of our recommendations catches your fancy, we urge you to snap it up as…
My second post for the ongoing romantic films countdown at Wonders in the Dark is up now. At number 32, it’s Frank Capra’s seminal sexy screwball classic, It Happened One Night (1934). Night has been cited as one of the founding pictures of the screwball genre, and indeed, many of the elements that would come to define…
In 1934, director Frank Capra released the seminal classic It Happened One Night, a picture that helped define the relatively new genre of screwball comedy. On the heels of that film’s monumental success, Capra followed up with another comedy, Broadway Bill. But while Night became a perennial favorite, Bill virtually disappeared for decades after its release; according to the TCMdb entry on…
Hello, Classic Film World! I apologize for my absence from the blog (and especially to Brandie and Nikki for leaving them to keep things going so swimmingly without help- *pause for a moment of applause*). So, I’m getting back in gear with Therapy Thursday again… and I’m taking it a different direction. Today, I’m doing…
Frank Capra’s indelible brand of feel-good morality tales, sprinkled with romance and humor, has led to his films being labeled as “Capra-corn” by some critics. And it’s true that some of his most beloved and well-known movies tend toward the sentimental. But to deride Capra’s work as mere schmaltz is to ignore the sheer talent…
Tonight, Turner Classic Movies will show a lineup of some of director Frank Capra’s best. SET YOUR DVR. Now that I’ve gotten the warning/mild-threat-of-violence-if-you-don’t-comply out of the way … If you’ve read my introduction page (in the links to the right), you know that I consider Capra one of my five favorite film directors of…
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