John Ford And Frank Capra: A Study Of Their Movies

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glamourous musicals and fantasy movies, were mere ploys to divert the
sad reality of the time and in doing so Hollywood firmly defined its role as
entertainer not critic. Capra and Ford can also be accused of following this
pattern too, with other movies they made. The 30's were also a time of the great
studio system and one had to work under the control of these institutions,
although both directors managed to achieve enough fame and power that they could
create their own visions. With this power and fame, Capra and Ford were able to
turn out movies that went against the usual Hollywood style; critical of society,
authority, government, newspapers, the police and political rebels. These men
where able to make movies about the injustice in the world and they created
simple folk yet(much like Forrest Gump in Capra's case) complex enough to deal
and in some cases win against the evils of the world. Although they deal with
similar topics and understands about society ...

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and starvation to mass starvation and political
corruption. There also seem to be the tone in Capra's and Ford's movies that man
was doing fine until society interfered with him, not just society in general
but more city society. There is a feeling that city people are corrupt and
infect all that they touch, while the simple country folk are pure and good.
This point is proven over and over again, it is not the individual that is
corrupt it is the society that corrupts the individual. Deeds and Smith both
from there respective self titled movies are happy and fine living quiet
sheltered lives in their small town. As soon as city society comes knocking on
their door trouble begins. Whereas ...

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