Frank Capra Collection: You Can't Take It With You / Mr. Smith Goes... / Mr. Deeds Goes... / It Happened... / American Madness

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The Premiere Collection of films from Hollywood legend, Frank Capra, are now available DVD in one must-own collection. "You Can't Take It With You" - Jean Arthur stars as Alice Sycamore, the stable family member of an offbeat clan of free spirits who falls for Stewart, the down-to-earth son of a snooty, wealthy family. Amidst a backdrop of confusion, the two very different families rediscover the simple joys of life. "Mr. Smith Goes To Washington" - The award-winning 1939 classic about an idealistic, small town senator who heads to Washington and suddenly finds himself single-handedly battling ruthless politicians out to destroy him. When Frank Capra decided to film the novel "The Gentleman From Montana", he ran into an obstacle director Rouben Mamoulian owned the rights to the story. Unwilling to sell, Mamoulian eventually traded the material to Columbia on the condition that he be allowed to direct "Golden Boy." As Capra began working on the film, now called "Mr. Smith Goes To Washington", it was suggested that Gary Copper, the star of "Mr. Deeds Goes to Town", take the lead. Capra selected Jimmy Stewart instead and the film solidified Stewart's movie career, garnering him his first Academy Award nomination. Receiving a total of eleven 1939 Oscar nominations (including Best Picture and Best Director), and winning one (Best Motion Picture Story), "Mr. Smith Goes To Washington" is considered one of Capra's, Stewart's and Columbia's finest films. It also marked the end of an era it was Capra's final film for the studio. "Mr. Deeds Goes To Town" - When a small-town idealist (Gary Cooper) goes to New York to collect a twenty million dollar inheritance, he finds romance with wisecracking journalist Jean Arthur, becomes the target of ruthless businessmen and relatives, and finally decides to give his fortune away because it's so much trouble. This milestone film is one of the most charming and best-loved romantic comedies ever made.