30 March 2008

They're both completely nuts

The Talk of the Town

(1942)

I kept thinking throughout this, "If only Frank Capra had directed this, it would have been spectacular instead of only very good."

OK, problem: do you believe Cary Grant as a Bolshevik on trial for capital arson? No, me neither. John Garfield might have been better casting--though then we'd have lost the fun of having Cary play against Jean Arthur, who is perfectly cast, but again, in need of Capra.

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