Frank Capra: The Catastrophe of Success
Online ISBN:
9781604738391
Print ISBN:
9781604738384
Publisher:
University Press of Mississippi
Book
Frank Capra: The Catastrophe of Success
Published:
1 February 2011
Online ISBN:
9781604738391
Print ISBN:
9781604738384
Publisher:
University Press of Mississippi
Cite
McBride, Joseph, Frank Capra: The Catastrophe of Success (Jackson, MS , 2011; online edn, Mississippi Scholarship Online, 20 Mar. 2014), https://doi.org/10.14325/mississippi/9781604738384.001.0001, accessed 17 Mar. 2024.
Abstract
Moviegoers often assume Frank Capra’s life resembled his beloved films (such as Mr. Smith Goes to Washington and It’s a Wonderful Life). A man of the people faces tremendous odds and, by doing the right thing, triumphs! But as the author reveals in this biography, the reality was far more complex, a true American tragedy. Using newly declassified U.S. government documents about Capra’s response to being considered a possible “subversive” during the post-World War II Red Scare, the author adds a final chapter to his portrait of the man who gave us It Happened One Night, Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, and Meet John Doe.
Keywords:
Frank Capra, American tragedy, U.S. government documents, subversive, Red Scare, Mr. Deeds, Meet John Doe, Wonderful Life, Mr. Smith
Subject
Film
Contents
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Front Matter
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1.
“I felt nothing”
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“I hated america”
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“A terrible wop”
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“Cap”
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“I’m from Hollywood”
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The Gag Man
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“Marrying the harlot”
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“The Man in the Street”
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American Madness
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“The catastrophe of Success”
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“A Sense of responsibility”
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“The doghouse”
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“Columbia’s Gem”
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“My ancestors couldn’t; I can”
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“We’re the Front Office”
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“That fellow Capra”
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Liberty
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“I have no cause”
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“The Judas pain”
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A Reputation
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End Matter
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