Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Frank Capra Ranked

1) It's a Wonderful Life (pictured below)
2) It Happened One Night (pictured above)
3) Arsenic and Old Lace
4) Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
5) You Can't Take It With You
6) Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
7) The Bitter Tea of General Yen
8) The Miracle Woman
9) Meet John Doe
10) Broadway Bill
11) Lady for a Day

NOTABLE FILMS I HAVEN'T SEEN: anything before 1931; "Platinum Blonde"; "American Madness"; "Lost Horizon"; "State of the Union"; "A Hole in the Head"; "Pocketful of Miracles"

The top two films are on my Barnesyard 100 list; the top 6 are all great; the rest are all somewhere between compromised and terrible. Of the movies I haven't seen, "Lost Horizon" is by far the most praised.

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