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To: V K Lee
This is one of the greatest movies ever made. There isn't a single bad part in the entire thing. The actors were absolutely fantastic, as was the directing Cast: Raymond Massey, Cary Grant, Jack Carson, Edward Everett Horton, Priscilla Lane.

I've seen it. When I ran across it I wanted to watch it because I had seen the play at my school theater when I was in high school, and it was excellent.

Oddly enough, the movie with Carry Grant playing the lead role was a paler imitation of what I saw produced by a high school theater. A lot of the lines I thought uproariously funny at the play, fell flat in the movie.

It just wasn't as good, and I was shocked and surprised. I thought it would be better than a high school play.

10 posted on 09/18/2023 1:35:38 PM PDT by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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To: DiogenesLamp
Thanks to the Production Code, quite a few aspects of Kesselring's play had to be watered down for the movie. The other problem with the movie is that the laughter is forced in many scenes. It's not one of Capra's best.
11 posted on 09/18/2023 1:38:25 PM PDT by Publius
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