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Whatever good there was in Capra's work came from Robert Riskin, who wrote the scripts for his best 1930s films. After they had their falling out -- prompted both by political incompatibilities and Capra's need to hog credit beyond that which was legitimately his -- there was no restraint on Capra's taste for regressive schmaltz.
Capra's autobiography, "The Name Above The Title," is a textbook example of ego run rampant. A very satisfying takedown of his self-made legend is "Frank Capra: The Catastrophe of Success," by Joseph McBride, a book that peels off the varnish to reveal the thin veneer beneath.
Capra's autobiography, "The Name Above The Title," is a textbook example of ego run rampant. A very satisfying takedown of his self-made legend is "Frank Capra: The Catastrophe of Success," by Joseph McBride, a book that peels off the varnish to reveal the thin veneer beneath.