'It was probably the strongest picture I made': How Frank Capra's It's a Wonderful Life became a Christmas classic Alamy Released in 1946, Frank Capra's It's a Wonderful Life was derided as an "over-sentimental" Christmas yarn. On its release in 1946, Bosley Crowther of The New York Times critiqued It's a Wonderful Life for its tone, noting that "the weakness …
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Overtly political films have never been popular in American cinema. Meet John Doe Meet John Doe was the third and most ambitious of Capra's political films. John's initial attraction to the social world is money and luxury ― which the Colonel warns him is only the first step toward becoming a "Heelot." By reading speeches prepared by Ann, making use …
