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AMERICAN MADNESS. Drama. One of Frank Capra’s early, lesser known films is a revelation for fans of It’s a Wonderful Life and Mr. Deeds Goes to Town. Addressing some of the same themes Capra would tackle in these classic films, in his own inimitable style, he again focuses on American history and the character of the small town hero.
During the 1930s Depression, the Board of Directors of Thomas Dickson's bank want him to merge with New York Trust and resign; he refuses. One night, his bank is robbed of $100,000. The suspect is Matt Brown, an ex-convict whom Dickson hired and appointed Chief Teller. Brown, who's very loyal to Dickson, refuses to say where he was that night.
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American Madness. Disponible en iTunes. Empleado de banco es reprendido por la junta de directores cuando se enteran de su política de préstamos poco ortodoxa. Drama 1932 1 h 21 min. NR. Reparto Walter Huston, Pat O'Brien, Kay Johnson. Dirección Frank Capra, Allan Dwan.
Directed by Frank Capra. With Walter Huston, Pat O’Brien, Kay Johnson. US, 1932, 35mm, black & white, 75 min. Print source: HFA. Was there some film ‘hay’ to be made out of the Depression? Of course—the ‘sob’ angle: wealth versus ‘ideals’; Big Money against little people. Opportunistic as Hearst reporters, Riskin and I concocted ...
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Nearly all of American Madness, directed by Frank Capra in 1932, occurs in a single location: the Union National Bank, run by president Tom Dixon, who hasn't let Depression-era worries distract him from the kinder, gentler capitalism he believes in. His faith in the power of positive banking strikes his anxiety-prone board of directors as sheer insanity-after all, bankruptcy and insolvency are ...
