Frank Capra: authorship and the studio system

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Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Anatomy of a House Director: Capra, Cohn, and Columbia in the 1930s Thomas Schatz 2. A Leap into the void: Frank Capra's Apprenticeship to Ideology Robert Sklar 3. It Is (Not) a Wonderful Life: For a Counter-reading of Frank Capra Vito Zagarrio 4. Capra and the Abyss: Self-interest versus the Common Good in Depression America Charles J. Maland 5. It Happened One Night: The Recreation of the Patriarch Richard Maltby 6. Roosevelt, Arnold, and Capra, (or) the Federalist-Populist Paradox Guiliana Musico 7. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington: Democratic Forums and Representational Forms Charles Wolfe 8. Studio Metamorphosis: Columbia's Emergence from Poverty Row Brian Taves 9. Notes on Columbia Pictures Corporation, 1926-1941, with a New Afterword Edward Buscombe Bibliography Filmography About the Contributors Index

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