Word: capra
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Hole in the Head (Sincap; United Artists) is just what famed Filmaster Frank Capra (It Happened One Night, Mr. Deeds Goes to Town) needed this picture like-unless, after an eight-year absence from moviemaking, it was only money he was after. The story about a Jewish family has undergone nearly every possible treatment by Author Arnold Schulman (one-act play, TV script, a novel, two full-length plays, one of which made Broadway) except maybe a synopsis baked inside a Chinese fortune cookie...
...none of Director Capra's sharp, knowing touches about people really save this one-act vignette from being lost for 120 minutes on the wide screen. To beef it all up, he has loaded it with unconscionable plugs for the Miami Beach shoreline, an expensive hotel, fashion models, flamingos and dog races. But not even Capra could plug all the holes...
...idea sounds like a far-out gag from one of his own movies, but Comedy Director Frank (It Happened One Night) Capra insists that this time he is playing it straight. After years of research he is anxious to get started filming the life of St. Paul, and he has already picked his leading man: Frank Sinatra. "I'll admit that at first Sinatra seems a little offbeat for the role," says Capra. "When I first mentioned it to him, I think he was shocked. But there's no doubt about his acting ability, or his depth...
...Bell Telephone Science Series (NBC, 6-7 p.m.). A repeat of Producer Frank Capra's superb color film on weather, The Unchained Goddess...
...swamped with eager questions. But despite these reactions, the M.I.T. committee is still revising the basic text, this week will start making a $2,000,000-plus series of 60 or more supplemental films for classroom showings. One film consultant: Hollywood Producer Frank (It Happened One Night) Capra. In addition, the committee is finishing a handbook for teachers, will soon start approving some 100 books for outside reading on such topics as nuclear reactors and Galileo...