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Frank Capra

NOUN
  1. United States film maker (1897-1991)

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  • The idealism and incorruptibility of "Ransom Stoddard" is embedded in Stewart's iconic role as the idealistic young senator in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington and other movies like You Can't Take It with You, from his pre-World-War-II career, particularly his Frank Capra movies, yet also inflected with the toughness and desperation he brought to his own post-war Westerns such as The Naked Spur. Mira Schor: Will Obama Shoot Liberty Valance?
  • I also forgot to say that if I was filibustering, I might very well try to get my hands on the screenplay of the All-American Frank Capra political classic: Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.
  • In this remake of Frank Capra's Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, Adam Sandler's inheritance includes John Turturro as a butler with a fetish for men's feet.
  • You could ring enough bells to give an entire barful of drunken Frank Capra angels their wings and it still wouldn't be enough to drown out the holiday ads Wal Mart has been running since the last slutty pirate slipped out of her Halloween costume. Jason Notte: How the Wal-Mart Stampede Made a Long Holiday Season Longer
  • He was nominated for an Oscar in 1962 for his role in director Frank Capra's last film, "Pocketful of Miracles," and he won an Emmy for the 1962 teleplay "The Price of Tomatoes. Television's Adored, Rumpled Detective
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