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Capra classic tops AFI list -
16 June 2006
Frank Capra's 1946 classic It's A Wonderful Life has been voted the most inspiring film of all time by the American Film Institute (AFI). - -The film was selected by a jury comprising over 1,500 box office boffins, including critics, actors, reviewers and cinema hist
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Pocketful Of Miracles
on DVD
(1961)
Starring: Bette Davis, Bette Davis, Glenn Ford
Director: Frank Capra
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Annie (Bette Davis), an ageing apple-seller, passes herself off as a woman of wealth in order to impress her daughter's fiance. Young Louise (Ann-Margret) has just returned from years in Spain and hopes to marry into the well to-do family of a Count. Assisting Annie in her comic charade is a motley ..read more »
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A Hole In The Head
on DVD
(1959)
Starring: Frank Sinatra, Edward G. Robinson, Eleanor Parker
Director: Frank Capra
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In this Frank Capra comedy-drama, widower Tony Manetta (Frank Sinatra) is a small-time hotel owner with delusions of grandeur. He seeks help from his wealthy brother (Edward G Robinson) and his wife, who regard him as a worthless dreamer, who's too irresponsible to look after his young son. Instead ..read more »
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It's A Wonderful Life
on DVD
(1946)
Starring: James Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore
Director: Frank Capra
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The legendary James Stewart (HARVEY, VERTIGO) stars as George Bailey. George is a noble man who has spent much of his life on a crusade to stop shady local businessman Henry Potter (Lionel Barrymore - TREASURE ISLAND, DUEL IN THE SUN) from taking over the picturesque town of Bedford Falls. However, ..read more »
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It's A Wonderful Life - BLU-RAY Version
(1946)
Starring: James Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore
Director: Frank Capra
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The legendary James Stewart (HARVEY, VERTIGO) stars as George Bailey. George is a noble man who has spent much of his life on a crusade to stop shady local businessman Henry Potter (Lionel Barrymore - TREASURE ISLAND, DUEL IN THE SUN) from taking over the picturesque town of Bedford Falls. However, ..read more »
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Why We Fight - Nazi Strike
on DVD
(1945)
Director: Frank Capra
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Examines the rise of the Nazis in Germany in the 1930s and their plans for expansion that led to the outbreak of the Second World War.
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50%
from 52 members
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Battle Of China
on DVD
(1945)
Director: Frank Capra
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Focuses on the events of China during the Second World War.
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from 60 members
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Arsenic and Old Lace
on DVD
(1944)
Starring: Cary Grant, Raymond Massey, Jack Carson
Director: Frank Capra
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A drama critic discovers that his family are mad on the eve of his wedding. His aunts have hidden thirteen bodies in the cellar and the police are hunting for his brother who has also committed murder. Can he keep it all a secret from the rest of the world....?
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from 4,125 members
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Meet John Doe
on DVD
(1941)
Starring: Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward Arnold
Director: Frank Capra
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In this Frank Capra film, Gary Cooper plays Long John Willoughby, an unemployed man who is duped into becoming an American symbol by D.B. Norton (Edward Arnold), an unscrupulous newspaper tycoon. When Ann Mitchell (Barbara Stanwyck) is fired by Norton, she sends a fake suicide note to the publisher ..read more »
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64%
from 391 members
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Mr Smith Goes To Washington
on DVD
(1939)
Starring: Jean Arthur, James Stewart, Claude Rains
Director: Frank Capra
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Two slimy fat-cat legislators recruit Jefferson Smith, an innocent and staunchly principled Montana scout leader, as the state's new Senator, hoping to exploit his naviete and community pride to bring home pork-barrel funds. Once he ascends to Capitol Hill, however, Mr. Smith finds nothing but deep-..read more »
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from 4,908 members
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You Can't Take It With You
on DVD
(1938)
Starring: Jean Arthur, Lionel Barrymore, James Stewart
Director: Frank Capra
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Tony (Jimmy Stewart), the eldest son of millionaire Anthony P. Kirby, has fallen in love with Alice Vanderhof. She's a sweet working girl who lives with her eccentric family and a few extra misfits in a decaying old house. It's a building that just happens to stand in the way of Mr. Kirby's plans ..read more »
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Lost Horizon
on DVD
(1937)
Starring: Ronald Coleman, Jane Wyatt, John Howard
Director: Frank Capra
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Capra's timeless masterpiece is fully restored. Based on James Hilton's book, five people stumble upon an idyllic valley in the Himalayas called Shangri-La, where peace abounds and time has virtually stopped. Academy Award Nominations: 7, including Best Picture. Academy Awards: Best Film Editing, ..read more »
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It Happened One Night
on DVD
(1934)
Starring: Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert
Director: Frank Capra
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A sparkling, legendary romantic comedy based on the story "Night Bus" by Samuel Hopkins Adams about a news reporter and a runaway heiress who fall in love while traveling cross country on a bus. Academy Awards: 5, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor--Clark Gable, Best Actress--..read more »
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The Bitter Tea of General Yen
on DVD
(1933)
Starring: Barbara Stanwyck, Nils Asther, Toshia Mori
Director: Frank Capra
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Set in China during the "Warlord Period" of the late 20s and early 30s, the film concerns the strange abduction of a New England missionary and a cruel but highly cultured Chinese general. As the general tries to woo the missionary, her conflicted feelings for him come to the forefront, all the ..read more »
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from 177 members
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Platinum Blonde
on DVD
(1931)
Starring: Jean Harlow, Loretta Young
Director: Frank Capra
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Two women, one a socialite, the other, 'one of the boys' in a newsroom, go head-to-head to win the attentions of tabloid hound 'Stew' Smith.
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from 220 members
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The Miracle Woman
on DVD
(1931)
Starring: Barbara Stanwyck, David Manners, Sam Hardy
Director: Frank Capra
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After Florence Fallon's father is fired from the church where he preached for many years, she becomes embittered and loses faith. She teams up with Horsby, a con man, and performs fake miracles for profit. But the love and trust of a blind man restores her faith in God and her fellow man.
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Leni Riefenstahl rides again ... 25 September 2005
...iefenstahl's 'Triumph of the Will', not that I'm suggesting for one moment that Frank Capra set out to make anything else than a wonderfully heart-warming and life re-affi...
