The Premiere Frank Capra Collection (Mr. Smith Goes to Washington / It Happened One Night / You Can't Take It with You / Mr. Deeds Goes to Town / American Madness / Frank Capra's American Dream)
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Actor: Claude Rains, Edward Arnold, Guy Kibbee, James Stewart, Jean ArthurBrand: SONY PICTURES HOME ENT
DVD: Region Code 99
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; English (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Format: Box set, Color, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 551 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-12-05
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Movie Reviews of The Premiere Frank Capra Collection (Mr. Smith Goes to Washington / It Happened One Night / You Can't Take It with You / Mr. Deeds Goes to Town / American Madness / Frank Capra's American Dream)
Movie Review: FRANK CAPRA'S AMERICAN DREAM
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a review of the five film box set entitled THE PREMEIERE FRANK CAPRA
COLLECTION released by Sony. It contains five of Mr.Capra's biggest movies plus
a bonus disc with a documentary entitled "Frank Capra's American Dream."
The films included are:
AMERICAN MADNESS (1932) Walter Huston, Pat O'Brien, Kay
Johnson, Constance Cummings. Supposedly the only time Capra used a
sympathetic portrait of a banker, I guess savings and loan officials aren't
bankers, this is a really fine piece of movie artistry made just as Capra
really found his voice and all the elements are already here.
Beleagured hero saved by his own pluck and his many friends' willingness to
believe in his honesty and acumen. Truly enjoyable, another Depression era
classic...and still relevant today almost eighty years later.
IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT(1934). Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert,
Walter Connoly, Rosco Karns. It's impossible to over- rate this comedy
classic, one fine scene after another. From a hitch hikiing tutorial to
donut dunking lessons and learning the second chorus of "The Man On the
Flying Trapeze" to discovering The Walls of Jericho this multi- Oscar winner
as it all. Worth seeing many times over.
MR. DEEDS GOES TO TOWN (1936). Gary Cooper, Jean Arthur,
George Bancroft, Lionel Stander, Douglas Dumbrille. Frank Capra and writer
Robert Risken hit thier stride with this Depression era comedy drama
featuring wonderful performances by Gary Cooper and Jean Arthur. At this
point Cooper almost didn't have to say anything, his facial expressions and
body language acted for him. Another marvelous film, one to watch
repeatedley.
YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU (1938). Jean Arthur, Lionel
Barrymore, James Stewart, Edward Arnold, Spring Byington. Film version of a
hit Broadway play seems kind of flat to me. I thnk that it was filmed a
little late to be effective, again the Depression seems to hang over the
proceedings despite the protagonsits insistance that they are going to go
through life doing whatever they and the other household members want to do.
That ideology does not include the two servants who are treated qiute well
although it's doubtful that they enjoy doing most of the laundry, cleaning
and cooking, freeing everyone else to pursue their artistic careers. In any
event, the big bad wolf comes knocking at the door and somehow everyone's
bacon is eventually saved.
The weakest film in the five movie Capra box set but still interesting.
MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON (1939). James Stewart, Jean
Arthur, Thomas Mitchell, Claude Rains, Edward Arnold. A Capra milestone,
controversial in its time as well as instructive and almost hopelessly
idealistic. A truly terrific film with great performances and chock full of
drama and comedy as well as a bucket full of freshly popped "Capra corn."
An important movie which presented a pretty fair picture of our democracy to
the world just before WWII broke out. Even places that didn't have elections
still had greed and corruption and could understand and identify with our
problems.
Even the least of these movies is well worth seeing more than once and also
included is a documentary entitled "Frank Capra's American Dream," which just
adds even more value to this excellent box set.
You cannot go wrong with this fine collection of classic Capra.
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Summary of The Premiere Frank Capra Collection (Mr. Smith Goes to Washington / It Happened One Night / You Can't Take It with You / Mr. Deeds Goes to Town / American Madness / Frank Capra's American Dream)
Designated the "Number One Director in Hollywood" by Time Magazine in 1938 and voted by Entertainment Weekly (April 19th issue, 1996) as one of the greatest directors of all time, Capra has received numerous industry awards and accolades over the course of his successful career including three Best Director Oscars®.
The Premiere Frank Capra Collection is a 6-disc collectible box set featuring five of Frank Capra?s best films. The digitally re-mastered set includes Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, You Can?t Take it With You, Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, It Happened One Night and American Madness. The DVD box set includes a bonus disc packed with all-new interviews, archival footage, plus Frank Capra?s American Dream documentary hosted by Ron Howard and produced by Capra?s eldest son, Frank Capra, Jr. (An Eye for an Eye, Marooned). This Premiere Collection also features commentaries for each film, along with a 96- page collectible Movie Scrapbook.
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