Frank Capra

Riverside radios 'Wonderful Life'

BY PAM HARBAUGH • FLORIDA TODAY • November 20, 2009 If you can't get your fill of "It's a Wonderful Life," Frank Capra's classic starring Jimmy Stewart, then head south to Riverside Theatre where the Equity company is staging...

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Holiday Guide 2009: Get in the seasonal spirit without losing your mind or wallet

So the presents are wrapped, the bows are primped, the boxes are mailed, last year's cards are recycled, er, signed, and the wish lists are nothing but crossed-off lines. At ease, people—it's time to actually enjoy the sights...

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It’s A Wonderful Movie

It’s A Wonderful Life (1946) began as a short story called “The Greatest Gift”. Writer Philip Van Doren Stern was unable to sell it to a publisher, so he sent the tale out as a long Christmas card to friends. His agent...

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Teen’s tall tale makes it to small screen

Nothing says Christmas like the voice of William Shatner. The “Star Trek” star and master of late-night poetry readings narrates the holiday special “Gotta Catch Santa Claus” (6 p.m., ABC Family). The cartoon follows the...

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Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939), dir. Frank Capra

Frank Capra on Jean Arthur (quoted in Richard Schickel's The Men Who Made the Movies): Jean Arthur was an enigmatic figure because she doesn't do very well in crowds, and she doesn't do very well with people, and she...

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Top Ten Classic Romantic Comedy Movie Rentals

Inexpensive and Original Date Night DVD Ideas AFI's list of top 10 romantic comedies make great date night movie rentals. Since they're classics, rentals can be found free or for less than new DVD rentals. Here are the films...

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Charles Boyer Was Among Greatest Screen Lovers

Off-Screen, Star of Gaslight, Algiers, Love Affair Was One-Woman Man On film, debonair Charles Boyer was pure Continental romance and sophistication. Charles Boyer's Appearance Needed a Lot of Hollywood Help Filmmakers worked...

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I Was Lou Dobbs's Last Guest: Witness To a Star Reborn

Jonathan Swift "You're speaking as though you believe America is a free country." The speaker was longtime CNN journalist and commentator Lou Dobbs. I was even more startled at what had transpired moments before -- when Dobbs,...

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Arsenic And Old Lace

"There is a Happy Land, far, far away..." This is a Halloween tale of Brooklyn, where everything can happen — and it usually does... Arsenic and Old Lace is a 1944 Frank Capra film from Warner Bros. starring Cary Grant, based...

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Laughing his way to the top

Interviewing Ricky Gervais feels more like my own private stand-up show than just an opportunity to quiz The Office star about his latest Hollywood outing. I've barely walked into his Soho hotel room and he's cracking jokes...

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