Tag: you can’t take it with you

Popcorn and Inspiration: ‘You Can’t Take It With You’: What True Wealth Means

May 17, 2023
Arts & CultureBrightFilm & TVFrank CapraJames Stewartyou can't take it with you
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Not Rated| 2 h 6 min | Drama, Comedy | 1938 Grandpa Vanderhof’s (Lionel Barrymore) eccentric household is the only one in downtown Depression-era New York resisting Anthony Kirby’s (Edward Arnold) business ambitions. Kirby wants a moat of unencumbered land around his munitions business, even if it runs his rivals aground. But Vanderhof won’t sell…

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Americanism, Liberty, and Neighborliness: Three Inspiring Scenes From Frank Capra Films

September 28, 2022
Arts & CultureBrightFilm & TVFrank CapraLife & TraditionMeet John DoeMr. Smith Goes to Washingtonyou can't take it with you
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Academy-Award-winning director Frank Capra was one filmmaker who truly cared about imparting important values through his movies, not just making a profit.  Many of Capra’s most famous movies have political themes. A traditional conservative with strong anti-communist leanings, he loved stories which glorified and celebrated the American way of life, and his films are just…

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