Why read The Name Above the Title?

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Although Frank Capra (1897-1991) is best known as the director of It Happened One Night, Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, You Can't Take It with You, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Arsenic and Old Lace, and It's a Wonderful Life , he was also an award-winning documentary filmmaker as well…

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Dave McKean

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Frank Capra's autobiography reads like one of his own screenplays, and he's a character itching to be played by, who do you think? Jimmy Cagney? Al Pacino? His prose is ratatat golden age Hollywood banter at its best, with an expansive vocabulary and endless anecdotes, it's fantastically entertaining. Who cares if an awful lot of it is self-aggrandizing fiction/faction/unit publicity, whoever let the truth get in the way of Oscar nod.

From Dave's 3 favorite reads in 2025.