Meet John Doe
Outstanding and so, so relevant to today's times. The message in this film, to the people, should resonate and be told to the people again today - and they should...
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Frank Capra
Films
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That Certain Thing
Molly Kelly, a cigar stand drudge, marries the wealthy son of a restauranter who (as a result) disinherits his son. Later the son "makes good" by opening a lunch box stand and his father, whose business has fallen off, gives the young couple financial help to expand their business. An early effort from...Start your free trial to watch
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Meet John Doe
Written by a discharged journalist as a publicity stunt and as a parting shot at the paper’s new editor, a letter unexpectedly fires the imagination of the Bulletin’s readers and the wider American public. The author, Ann Mitchell (Barbara Stanwyck), who has fabricated the letter in her final column, is rehired, and now needs...Start your free trial to watch
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The Battle of Britain
Originally released in 1943, THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN represents the fourth movie in Frank Capra's epic WHY WE FIGHT documentary series. This film traces the fate of the British during the dark days of the Blitz. It is a portrait of the desperate, but ultimately successful struggle to prevent a Nazi invasion...Start your free trial to watch
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Know Your Enemy: Japan
This U.S. War Department propaganda film was little seen for decades, its production so dogged by conflict that by the time of its completion World War II had ended. Famed Hollywood director Frank Capra (IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE) assigned Dutch-born documentarian Joris Ivens in early 1943 to assemble a...Start your free trial to watch
Genres
- International / Americas / North American / American
- International / Americas / North American / American
- International / Americas / North American / American
- International / Americas / North American / American
- Classic / Classic Documentary
- Classic / Classic Drama
- Drama / Dramedy
- Drama / Dramedy
- Drama / Dysfunctional Family
- Drama / Melodrama
- Ephemera / Newsreel
- Documentary / Propaganda
- Documentary / Propaganda
- Silent / Silent Drama
- Documentary / War
- Documentary / War
- War / WWII
- War / WWII
Recent Reviews
Meet John Doe
Babara Stanwyck and Gary Cooper in a Frank Capra movie...what else do you need on a summer's evening especially in a presidential election year? Need an explanation of how the...
Meet John Doe
VERY APPROPRIATE FOR EVEN TODAY, EXCELLENT!
Meet John Doe
I always wonder what it was like to have lived in the era of such a film. Frank Capra was always good at taking a simple theme and bringing attention...
Meet John Doe
What a great film - and very timely given all the concerns today, from both the right and the left, about the factors in our government and economy that favor...