director Frank Capra and the very wet Alexis Smith between takes on set, 1951 MEET JOHN DOE, from left, Barbara Stanwyck, director Frank Capra, on-set, 1941 MEET JOHN DOE, director Frank Capra ...

Barbara Stanwyck embodied the director’s conflict ... the list begins with Frank Capra’s It’s a Wonderful Life. When we think of Capra’s films, it’s easy to break into a smile, for ...

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Frank Capra is one of a handful of directors ... Best of all, there are the five collaborations between Capra and Barbara Stanwyck, who he cast as a lead in "Ladies of Leisure" at a time when ...

Barbara Stanwyck (July 16, 1907 – January 20 ... DeMille, Fritz Lang and Frank Capra. After a short stint as a stage actress, she made 85 films in 38 years in Hollywood, before turning to ...

“Frank Capra at Columbia” is a 20-film Blu-ray ... there are the five collaborations between Capra and Barbara Stanwyck, who he cast as a lead in “Ladies of Leisure” at a time when no ...

A Sicilian whose family immigrated to America in the first years of the 20th century, Frank Capra got into the ... women—exemplified on screen by Barbara Stanwyck, Claudette Colbert and Jean ...