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I believe that Capra's DP was Joseph Walker not Joseph MacDonald. IMDB seems to confirm this.
references: http://www.theyshootpictures.com/caprafrank.htm
--- "In 1930 Capra went to work for Mack Sennett and then moved to Columbia where he formed a close association with screenwriter Robert Riskin..."
I changed that to Columbia Pictures because it's a bit ambiguous - at first I found it odd that Capra would move to South America. Also, Columbia has one of the longest disambiguation pages I've seen.
Greggykins 11:33, 23 June 2006 (UTC)
I know of no such film. The fact that Mr Deeds Goes to Town(1936) is based on a story of this name suggests that this may have been a working title. No other sourse I've found gives any movie credit to Capra in 1935. I've deleted it from the filmography. 86.20.54.83 00:23, 22 December 2006 (UTC)Graeme
is more of a hatchet job. Has the writer of this entry actually read the book?
I'd suggest that of COURSE an autobiography is subjective. Who is ever 100 percent objective about the details of their own life?
McBride doesn't challenge Capra's interpretation. McBride seemingly set out to wipe Capra's legend from the face of the earth. A nasty, bitter, mean-spirited book, and it's a total shame, since it's obvious McBride did years of research. McBride's subjective interpretation of the voluminous material he compiled is what absolutely ruins the book.
I would definitely reword the passage on McBride's book. In light of actually reading the book, the commentary on McBride's book seems almost droll.
Simplemines 07:26, 29 December 2006 (UTC)
Capra was very anti-Communist and testified against corrupt Hollywood figures who were attempting to push Communist propaganda through Hollywood. Seems odd this article doesn't mention any of that. JettaMann ( talk) 03:10, 29 December 2007 (UTC)
The Battle of Russia was released in Nov. 1943 and can definitely be categorized as propaganda. It needs to be remembered that The Soviet Union at that point in time was our ally against Hitler. The "fear" of Communism was subsumed by the necessity to defeat Nazism. Capra was a Republican of a fervent conservative leaning. During WWII his patriotism trumped his hatred of Communism, something he never relinquished as proven by his activities during the post-war witch hunt of Communist infiltration. Betempte ( talk) 01:54, 29 November 2013 (UTC)
I believe a hatnote to Frank Capra (disambiguation) would be better than the current double hatnote to Frank Capra, Jr. and Frank Capra III. User:Robert K S has disagreed. Robert feels there is no need to distinguish Frank Capra from Francis Capra; I think there are many analogous examples at Special:Whatlinkshere/Template:Distinguish (and indeed I've added the reverse hatnote at Francis Capra). Not wanting to be mentioned at WP:LAME, I won't further edit the hatnote, but I remain unconvinced. jnestorius( talk) 23:47, 14 February 2008 (UTC)
Per debate and discussion re: assessment of the approximate 100 top priority articles of the project, this article has been included as a top priority article. Wildhartlivie ( talk) 10:29, 29 February 2008 (UTC)
A plausibly relevant contribution -- In 1921, Capra created a short film with Dorothy Revier when the Royal Italian Navy ship Libia stopped in San Francisco during a round-the-world cruise. Further information from the Library of Congress catalog notes are posted at Talk:Ernesto Burzagli#Silent film -- Tenmei ( talk) 13:48, 6 November 2008 (UTC)
I have just assessed the article as Start class. Inline citations are not provided for some important parts of the article, otherwise it's good enough for B. Chamal talk 11:28, 30 November 2008 (UTC)
This site: [ [1]] has a video made by this man. Agre22 ( talk) 22:10, 25 April 2009 (UTC)agre22
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If it isn't east of the river, it isn't the East Side. Just saying.
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I believe that Capra's DP was Joseph Walker not Joseph MacDonald. IMDB seems to confirm this.
references: http://www.theyshootpictures.com/caprafrank.htm
--- "In 1930 Capra went to work for Mack Sennett and then moved to Columbia where he formed a close association with screenwriter Robert Riskin..."
I changed that to Columbia Pictures because it's a bit ambiguous - at first I found it odd that Capra would move to South America. Also, Columbia has one of the longest disambiguation pages I've seen.
Greggykins 11:33, 23 June 2006 (UTC)
I know of no such film. The fact that Mr Deeds Goes to Town(1936) is based on a story of this name suggests that this may have been a working title. No other sourse I've found gives any movie credit to Capra in 1935. I've deleted it from the filmography. 86.20.54.83 00:23, 22 December 2006 (UTC)Graeme
is more of a hatchet job. Has the writer of this entry actually read the book?
I'd suggest that of COURSE an autobiography is subjective. Who is ever 100 percent objective about the details of their own life?
McBride doesn't challenge Capra's interpretation. McBride seemingly set out to wipe Capra's legend from the face of the earth. A nasty, bitter, mean-spirited book, and it's a total shame, since it's obvious McBride did years of research. McBride's subjective interpretation of the voluminous material he compiled is what absolutely ruins the book.
I would definitely reword the passage on McBride's book. In light of actually reading the book, the commentary on McBride's book seems almost droll.
Simplemines 07:26, 29 December 2006 (UTC)
Capra was very anti-Communist and testified against corrupt Hollywood figures who were attempting to push Communist propaganda through Hollywood. Seems odd this article doesn't mention any of that. JettaMann ( talk) 03:10, 29 December 2007 (UTC)
The Battle of Russia was released in Nov. 1943 and can definitely be categorized as propaganda. It needs to be remembered that The Soviet Union at that point in time was our ally against Hitler. The "fear" of Communism was subsumed by the necessity to defeat Nazism. Capra was a Republican of a fervent conservative leaning. During WWII his patriotism trumped his hatred of Communism, something he never relinquished as proven by his activities during the post-war witch hunt of Communist infiltration. Betempte ( talk) 01:54, 29 November 2013 (UTC)
I believe a hatnote to Frank Capra (disambiguation) would be better than the current double hatnote to Frank Capra, Jr. and Frank Capra III. User:Robert K S has disagreed. Robert feels there is no need to distinguish Frank Capra from Francis Capra; I think there are many analogous examples at Special:Whatlinkshere/Template:Distinguish (and indeed I've added the reverse hatnote at Francis Capra). Not wanting to be mentioned at WP:LAME, I won't further edit the hatnote, but I remain unconvinced. jnestorius( talk) 23:47, 14 February 2008 (UTC)
Per debate and discussion re: assessment of the approximate 100 top priority articles of the project, this article has been included as a top priority article. Wildhartlivie ( talk) 10:29, 29 February 2008 (UTC)
A plausibly relevant contribution -- In 1921, Capra created a short film with Dorothy Revier when the Royal Italian Navy ship Libia stopped in San Francisco during a round-the-world cruise. Further information from the Library of Congress catalog notes are posted at Talk:Ernesto Burzagli#Silent film -- Tenmei ( talk) 13:48, 6 November 2008 (UTC)
I have just assessed the article as Start class. Inline citations are not provided for some important parts of the article, otherwise it's good enough for B. Chamal talk 11:28, 30 November 2008 (UTC)
This site: [ [1]] has a video made by this man. Agre22 ( talk) 22:10, 25 April 2009 (UTC)agre22
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