Word: cava
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...hands of a lesser director than Gregory La Cava (My Man Godfrey, Stage Door) this theme might well have turned sour. By superb cinema artistry he raises it to the level of subtle, entertaining comedy without losing sight of its basic problem. That tour de force is a rare cinema triumph...
...ability to make extremely good motion pictures has long belonged to George Gregory La Cava, a grizzled, balding, vigorous little man with an irrepressible fund of humor, a fierce integrity, and an unholy belligerence that has kept him in hot water most of his life. He made his first feature picture (Restless Wives, with Doris Kenyon and Edna May Oliver) 17 years ago at the Astoria Studios on Long Island...
...right to make his kind of pictures without studio interference was a long time coming for La Cava. Famed was his feud with the late Irving Thalberg. Accustomed to being consulted before each day's shooting, Thalberg was furious when his new director ignored his calls to counsel. When the irate producer arrived on the set, the director, warned of his coming, was placidly practicing golf shots while his actors rehearsed themselves. The conversation was brief...
...Cava: "Why should...
...Cava: "O.K., you direct...