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 as inspiring today as they were 80 years ago.
Film director Frank Capra, circa 1930s, presented a message of patriotism in some of his greatest movies. (Public Domain)
Let’s consider three particularly uplifting scenes from Frank Capra movies.
‘You Can’t Take It with You’
“You Can’t Take It with You” is a touching story about two families with very different ideas about what’s important in life. The Vanderhoffs are an eclectic group of fun-loving, generous relatives and friends, headed by loveable old Grandpa Martin Vanderhoff (Lionel Barrymore)….
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