| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
xiv, 190 pages, 12 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm. |
| Series |
Ann Arbor paperbacks ; AA195
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Ann Arbor paperbacks ; AA195.
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| Note |
Filmography: p. 187-188. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-190). |
| Contents |
Introduction / John Raeburn -- The man. Thinker in Hollywood / Geoffrey T. Hellman ; Directors without power / Frank Capra ; Frank Capra : one man, one film / The American Film Institute ; A conversation with Frank Capra / Richard Glatzer ; Capra at work / Lewis Jacobs -- The films. Capra's idealism / Malcom Lowry ; Capra's early films / Richard Griffith ; American madness and American values / John Raeburn ; Frank Capra and screwball comedy / Andrew Bergman ; Capra's comic sense / Robert Willson ; Capra and the picaresque / William Troy ; The business of promoting a thesis : four reviews / Otis Ferguson ; A director of genius : four reviews / Graham Greene ; Mr. Capra goes to town / Robert Stebbins ; The imagination of stability : the depression films of Frank Capra / Robert Sklar ; Meet John Doe : an end to social mythmaking / Richard Glatzer ; Why we fight / Richard Barsam ; Prelude to war / James Agee ; It's a wonderful life / James Agee ; It's a wonderful life and post-war realism / Richard Griffith ; Under Capracorn / Stephen Handzo ; American madness / William S. Pechter -- Filmography. |
| Form |
Also issued online. |
| Subject |
Capra, Frank, 1897-1991.
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Capra, Frank, 1897-1991. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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Biographies.
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| Added Author |
Raeburn, John.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Frank Capra. 1st ed. Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 1975 (OCoLC)645323278 |
| ISBN |
047206195X : $3.95 |
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9780472061952 |
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