Bibliografie des fantastischen Films / Bibliography of Fantastic Film
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Bibliografie des fantastischen Films / Bibliography of Fantastic Film
Bibliografie des Fantastischen Films
Bibliography of Fantastic Film
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#1
Arsen und Spitzenhäubchen. - Nürnberg: Verlag Karin Stähle ?J. (= Super 8 Filmblätter.)
Index:
Capra, Frank
Arsenic and Old Lace (1941)

#2
Arsen und Spitzenhäubchen. - Duisburg: Atlas Filmverleih ?J. (= Atlas Filmhefte 15.)
Index:
Capra, Frank
Arsenic and Old Lace (1941)

#3
Basinger, Jeanne: The It’s a Wonderful Life book. - New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1986.
Index:
Capra, Frank
It’s a Wonderful Life (1947)

#4
Beuka, Robert: Imagining the postwar small town: Gender and the politics of landscape in It’s a Wonderful Life. In: Journal of Film and Video 51. 1999/2000. No. 3/4. [?D] pp. 36-47.
Index:
Capra, Frank
It’s a Wonderful Life (1947)
Natur
Stadt ~ City
Sexualität ~ Sexuality
Politik ~ Politics
Krieg ~ War

#5
Blake, Richard A.: The Catholic imagination of Frank Capra. In: America: The National Catholic Weekly 165. 1991. No. ?N. [September 21] p. 169.
Index:
Capra, Frank
Religion ~ Religion

#6
Blake, Richard Aloysius: Afterimage: The indelible Catholic imagination of six American filmmakers. - Chicago, Illinois: Loyola Press 2000.
Reviews:
Costello, Donald P.: [untitled.] In: Religion and Literature 33. 2001. No. 3. [?D] pp. 75-78.
Description:
Discusses, among others, the work of Martin Scorsese, Frank Capra, Robert De Niro and Alfred Hitchcock.
Index:
Scorsese, Martin
Capra, Frank
De Niro, Robert
Hitchcock, Alfred
USA (United States of America) ~ USA (United States of America)
Religion ~ Religion

#7
Brown, Stephen J.: Theological optimism in the films of Frank Capra. In: Theology [London] 101. 1998. No. 804. [?D] pp. 437-444.
Index:
Capra, Frank
Religion ~ Religion

#8
Brunas, John / Brunas, Michael / Weaver, Tom: John Howard. In: Brunas, John / Brunas, Michael / Weaver, Tom: Science fiction stars and horror heroes: Interviews with actors, directors, producers and writers of the 1940s through 1960s. - Jefferson, North Carolina; London: McFarland & Company 1991. pp. 185-203.
Description:
On the actor who played in Frank Capra’s Lost Horizon, Edward Sutherland’s The Invisible Woman and Francis D. Lyon’s Destination Inner Space. Includes a filmography.
Index:
Capra, Frank
Howard, John
Sutherland, Edward
Lyon, Francis D.
Lost Horizon (1937)
Invisible Woman, The (1940)
Destination Inner Space / Terror of the Deep (1966)
Science Fiction ~ Science Fiction
Horror ~ Horror

#9
Caston, E. K.: Hollywood film narratives relating to angelic intervention 1933-1955: Tradition and community. - Cambridge: University of Cambridge, Ph.D. 2005. [Abstract in Index to Theses with Abstracts 55. 2006. No. 1. p. 15(55-120).]
Description:
Discusses especially Frank Capra’s It’s a Wonderful Life.
Index:
Capra, Frank
It’s a Wonderful Life (1947)
Religion: Engel ~ Religion: Angels
Religion ~ Religion
Hollywood ~ Hollywood

#10
Cavallero, Jonathan J.: Hollywood’s Italian American filmmakers: Capra, Scorsese, Savoca, Coppola, and Tarantino. - Urbana: University of Illinois Press 2011.
Reviews:
Holdzkom, Marianne: [untitled.] In: Film & History 43. 2013. No. 1. [Spring] pp. 39-41.
Index:
Capra, Frank
Scorsese, Martin
Savoca, Nancy
Coppola, Francis Ford
Tarantino, Quentin
USA (United States of America) ~ USA (United States of America)
Italien ~ Italy
Hollywood ~ Hollywood

#11
Cohen, Mark: Why return to Bedford Falls? A contribution to understanding the enduring appeal of the film It’s a Wonderful Life. In: Psychoanalysis, Culture & Society 14. 2009. No. 4. [?D] pp. 393-405.
Index:
Capra, Frank
It’s a Wonderful Life (1947)

#12
Costello, Matthew: The pilgrimage and progress of George Bailey: Puritanism, It’s a Wonderful Life, and the language of community in America. In: American Studies 40. 1999. No. 3. [Fall] pp. 31-52.
Index:
Capra, Frank
It’s a Wonderful Life (1947)
USA (United States of America) ~ USA (United States of America)

#13
Cox, Stephen D.: It’s a Wonderful life: A memory book. - Nashville: Cumberland House 2003.
Index:
Capra, Frank
It’s a Wonderful Life (1947)

#14
de Kock, Ivo: DVD aanraders: Lost Horizon. In: Film en Televisie 2001. No. 509. [February] pp. 42-43.
Index:
Capra, Frank
Lost Horizon (1937)
DVD ~ DVD

#15
de las Carreras-Kuntz, María Elena: The Catholic vision in Hollywood: Ford, Capra, Borzage and Hitchcock. In: Film History 14. 2002. No. 2. pp. 121-135.
Index:
Ford, John
Capra, Frank
Borzage, Frank
Hitchcock, Alfred
Religion ~ Religion
Hollywood ~ Hollywood

#16
Delfini, Daniela / Fuster, Enrique / Galván, José Maria: Verso Dio nel cinema: Viaggio in dieci tappe. - Cinisello Balsamo, Milano: San Paolo 2013. (= Comunicazione: Studi.)
Description:
Includes chapters on Stanley Kubrick’s 2001 - A Space Odyssey, Ingmar Bergman’s Tystnaden and Såsom i en spegel, Woody Allen’s The Purple Rose of Cairo, Terry Gilliam’s Brazil, Charlie Chaplin’s Modern Times, John Hillcoat’s The Road, Andrew Niccol’s Gattaca, Andrei Tarkovsky’s Soljaris and Stalker, Paul Thomas Anderson’s Magnolia, René Clair’s La beauté du diable, John Huston’s The Dead, François Truffaut’s La chambre verte, Theo Angelopoulos’s Mia eoniotita ke mia mera, Akira Kurosawa’s Dreams, Andersen Thomas Jensen’s Adams Æbler, Alain Cavalier’s Thérèse, Carl Theodor Dreyer’s Ordet, Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner and Gladiator, Fritz Lang’s Metropolis, David Wark Griffith’s Intolerance, Quentin Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction, John Lasseter’s Toy Story, Ratatouille by Brad Bird and Jan Pinkava, Frédéric Back’s L’homme qui plantait des arbres, Frank Capra’s It’s a Wonderful Life, Marc Forster’s Finding Neverland, Alejandro González Iñárritu’s Biutiful and Terrence Malick’s The Tree of Life.
Index:
Kubrick, Stanley
Bergman, Ingmar
Allen, Woody
Gilliam, Terry
Chaplin, Charles Spencer
Hillcoat, John
Niccol, Andrew
Tarkovsky, Andrei Arsenyevich
Anderson, Paul Thomas
Chomette, René [Pseudonym: Clair, René]
Huston, John
Truffaut, François
Angelopoulos, Theodoros
Kurosawa, Akira
Jensen, Andersen Thomas
Cavalier, Alain
Dreyer, Carl Theodor
Scott, Ridley
Lang, Fritz
Griffith, David Wark
Tarantino, Quentin
Lasseter, John
Bird, Brad
Pinkava, Jan
Back, Frédéric
Capra, Frank
Forster, Marc
Iñárritu, Alejandro González
Malick, Terrence
2001 - A Space Odyssey (1968)
Tystnaden (1963)
Såsom i en spegel (1960)
Purple Rose of Cairo, The (1985)
Brazil (1985)
Modern Times (1936)
Road, The (2009)
Gattaca (1997)
Soljaris (1972)
Stalker (1978/1979)
Magnolia (1999)
beauté du diable, La (1950)
Dead, The (1987)
chambre verte, La (1977-1978)
Mia eoniotita ke mia mera (1998)
Yume / Konno yume wo mita / Akira Kurosawa’s Dreams / Dreams (1990)
Adams Æbler (2005)
Thérèse (1986)
Ordet (1954)
Blade Runner (1982)
Gladiator (2000)
Metropolis (1925/1926)
Intolerance: Love’s Struggle Througout the Ages (1916)
Pulp Fiction (1994)
Toy Story (1995)
Ratatouille (2007)
homme qui plantait des arbres, L’ (1987)
It’s a Wonderful Life (1947)
Finding Neverland (2004)
Biutiful (2010)
Tree of Life, The (2011)
Religion ~ Religion

#17
Dörfler, Goswin: Lost Horizon. In: Enzyklopädie des phantastischen Films. 18. Ergänzungslieferung. - Meitingen: Corian-Verlag, März 1991.
Index:
Capra, Frank
Lost Horizon (1937)

#18
Ebert, Roger: It’s a Wonderful Life. In: Ebert, Roger: The great movies. - New York: Broadway Books 2002. pp. 229 ff.
Index:
Capra, Frank
It’s a Wonderful Life (1947)

#19
Elder, Robert K.: Purab aur pachhim and It’s a Wonderful Life / Gurinder Chadha. In: Elder, Robert K.: The film that changed my life: 30 directors on their epiphanies in the dark. - Chicago, Illinois: Chicago Review Press 2011. p. ?P.
Index:
Kumar, Manoj
Capra, Frank
Chadha, Gurinder
Purab aur pachhim (1970)
It’s a Wonderful Life (1947)

#20
Fallows, Randall: George Bailey in the vital center: Postwar liberal politics and It’s a Wonderful Life. In: Journal of Popular Film and Television 25. 1997. No. 2. [?D] pp. 50-56.
Index:
Capra, Frank
It’s a Wonderful Life (1947)
Politik ~ Politics
Krieg ~ War

#21
Fillipetti, Sandrine: Peurs et miracles de la restauration dess Horizons perdus. In: Cinémathèque 2001. No. 19. [Spring] pp. 130-137.
Description:
On the restoration of Frank Capra’s Lost Horizon. Text in French and English.
Index:
Capra, Frank
Lost Horizon (1937)
Wunder ~ Miracles
Angst ~ Fear

#22
Fitzsimmons, Lorna: Apocalyptic metaphors in John Ford’s The Hurricane and other American films of the 1930s. - Dallas, Texas: University of Texas at Dallas, Ph.D. 1994. [Abstract in: Dissertation Abstracts International A 55. 1994. No. 4. (October) pp. 777A-778A.]
Description:
Discusses also Frank Capra’s Lost Horizon, Ernest B. Schoedsack’s The Last Days of Pompeii and Woodbridge Strong van Dyke’s San Francisco.
Index:
Ford, John
Capra, Frank
Schoedsack, Ernest B.
van Dyke, Woodbridge Strong
Hurricane, The (1937)
Lost Horizon (1937)
Last Days of Pompeii, The (1935)
San Francisco (1936)
USA (United States of America) ~ USA (United States of America)
Religion: Apokalypse ~ Religion: Apocalypse

#23
Frank Capra: Interviews. Edited by Leland Poague. - Jackson, Mississippi: University Press of Mississippi 2004. (= Conversations with filmmakers.)
Index:
Capra, Frank

#24
Frank, Sam: Lost Horizon - a timeless journey. In: American Cinematographer 67. 1986. No. 4. [April] pp. 30-39.
Index:
Capra, Frank
Lost Horizon (1937)

#25
Frank, Sam: Lost Horizon losses restored. In: American Cinematographer 68. 1987. No. 7. [July] pp. 46-54.
Index:
Capra, Frank
Lost Horizon (1937)

#26
Gansera, Rainer: Magische Momente: Ist das Leben nicht schön?. In: Film-Dienst 68. 2015. No. 26. [December 24] p. 34.
Description:
On Frank Capra’s It’s a Wonderful Life.
Index:
Capra, Frank
It’s a Wonderful Life (1947)
Magie ~ Magic

#27
Garbowski, Christopher: It’s a Wonderful Life as faërian drama. In: Mythlore 23. 2002. No. 4(?N). [?D] pp. 38-48.
Index:
Capra, Frank
It’s a Wonderful Life (1947)

#28
George, remember no man is a failure who has friend’s: It’s a Wonderful Life. In: The movie book. Contributors: Louis Baxter, John Farndon, Kieran Grant, Damon Wise. Consultant editor: Danny Leigh. - New York: DK Publishing 2016. (= Big ideas simply explained.) p. ?P.
Index:
Capra, Frank
It’s a Wonderful Life (1947)

#29
Glaspey, Terry W.: It’s a Wonderful Life, Frank Capra (film, 1946). In: Glaspey, Terry W.: 75 masterpieces every Christian should know: The fascinating stories behind great works of art, literature, music, and film. - Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Books 2015. pp. 253 ff.
Index:
Capra, Frank
It’s a Wonderful Life (1947)
Religion ~ Religion

#30
Gordon, Andrew: It’s not such a Wonderful Life: The neurotic George Bailey. In: American Journal of Psychoanalysis 54. 1994. No. 3. [?D] pp. 219-233.
Description:
On the character from the Frank Capra classic.
Index:
Capra, Frank
It’s a Wonderful Life (1947)
Psychologie ~ Psychology

#31
Gordon, Andrew: You’ll never get out of Bedford Falls: The inescapable family in Amerivan science fiction and fantasy films. In: Journal of Popular Film and Television 20. 1992. No. 2. [Summer] pp. 2-8.
Description:
Discusses, among others, Victor Fleming’s The Wizard of Oz, Frank Capra’s It’s a Wonderful Life as well as the Star Wars and Back To the Future series.
Index:
Fleming, Victor
Capra, Frank
Wizard of Oz, The (1939)
It’s a Wonderful Life (1947)
Back to the Future (Filmreihe)
Star Wars (Filmreihe)
Fantasy ~ Fantasy
Familie ~ Family
Science Fiction ~ Science Fiction

#32
Green, Ronald S.: Buddhism goes to the movies: Introduction to Buddhist thought and practice. - New York: Routledge 2014.
Description:
Includes chapters on Frank Capra’s Lost Horizon, David Fincher’s Fight Club, Richard Linklater’s Waking Life, Yong-kyun Bae’s Dharmaga tongjogurdo kan kadalgun? and on Thai Buddhism in horror films, especially in Nonzee Nimibutr’s Nang nak and Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives.
Index:
Capra, Frank
Fincher, David
Linklater, Richard
Bae, Yong-kyun
Nimibutr, Nonzee
Weerasethakul, Apichatpong
Lost Horizon (1937)
Fight Club (1999)
Waking Life (2001)
Dharmaga tongjogurdo kan kadalgun? (1989)
Nang nak (1999)
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (2010)
Thailand ~ Thailand
Religion: Buddhismus ~ Religion: Buddhism
Religion ~ Religion
Horror ~ Horror

#33
Grob, Norbert: Mittler, Künder, Mahner: Pure Fantasiewesen: Engel im Kino. In: Film-Dienst 56. 2003. No. 26. [December 16] pp. 6-9.
Description:
Discusses, among others, Frank Capra’s It’s a Wonderful Life, Victor Fleming’s A Guy Named Joe, Steven Spielberg’s Always, Jean Cocteau’s Orphée, Luis Buñuel’s El angel exterminador, Pier Paolo Pasolini’s Teorema as well as Wim Wenders’s Der Himmel über Berlin and In weiter Ferne, so nah!.
Index:
Capra, Frank
Fleming, Victor
Spielberg, Steven
Cocteau, Jean
Buñuel, Luis
Pasolini, Pier Paolo
Wenders, Wim
It’s a Wonderful Life (1947)
Guy Named Joe, A (1943)
Always (1989)
Orphée (1950)
angel exterminador, El (1962)
Teorema (1968)
Himmel über Berlin, Der (1987)
In weiter Ferne, so nah! (1993)
Religion: Engel ~ Religion: Angels
Religion ~ Religion
Phantasie ~ Fantasy

#34
Group’s dinner and a movie: Friendship, faith, and fun for small groups. - Loveland, Colorado: Group Publishing 2005.
Description:
On films in Church group work. Includes, among others, chapters on Robert Zemeckis’s Cast Away, Tim Burton’s Big Fish, Andrew Davis’s Holes, Peter Weir’s Mosquito Coast and Frank Capra’s It’s a Wonderful Life.
Index:
Zemeckis, Robert
Burton, Tim
Davis, Andrew
Weir, Peter
Capra, Frank
Cast Away (2000)
Big Fish (2003)
Holes (2003)
Mosquito Coast (1986)
It’s a Wonderful Life (1947)
Religion ~ Religion

#35
Gudd, Kirsten: Arsen und Spitzenhäubchen. In: Filmgenres: Komödie. Hrsg. von Heinz-B. Heller und Matthias Steinle. - Stuttgart: Reclam 2005. pp. 232-235.
Description:
On Frank Capra’s Arsenic and Old Lace.
Index:
Capra, Frank
Arsenic and Old Lace (1941)
Humor ~ Humor

#36
Hammond, John R.: Lost Horizon companion: A guide to the James Hilton novel and its characters, critical reception, film adaptations and place in popular culture. - Jefferson, North Carolina; London: McFarland 2008.
Index:
Hilton, James
Capra, Frank
Jarrott, Charles
Lost Horizon (1937)
Lost Horizon (1973)
Lost Horizon (Literatur ~ Literature)

#37
Haslam, Jason: "A secret proclamation": Queering the gothic parody of Arsenic and Old Lace. In: Gothic Studies 7. 2005. No. 2. [November] pp. 127-142.
Index:
Capra, Frank
Arsenic and Old Lace (1941)
Humor ~ Humor
Horror ~ Horror

#38
Hawkins, Jimmy: It’s a Wonderful Life: The fiftieth anniversary scrapbook. - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; London: Courage Books 1996.
Index:
Capra, Frank
It’s a Wonderful Life (1947)

#39
Henderson, Jan Alan: Bronson Caves: A Hollywood spelunker’s dream. In: American Cinematographer 74. 1993. No. 6. [June] pp. 86-90.
Description:
On a cave area in the mountains above Hollywood where a lot of scenes from fantastic filmes were shot. Discusses, among others, Nicholas Meyer’s Star Trek VI, Charles T. Barton’s Island of Doomed Men, Frank Capra’s Lost Horizon and Donald Siegel’s Invasion of the Body Snatchers.
Index:
Meyer, Nicholas
Barton, Charles T.
Capra, Frank
Siegel, Donald
Star Trek VI - The Undiscovered Country (1991)
Island of Doomed Men (1940)
Lost Horizon (1973)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
Berge ~ Mountains
Technik ~ Technology
Traum ~ Dreams
Hollywood ~ Hollywood

#40
Hendricks, Gay / Simon, Stephen: The heart and soul of spiritual cinema: Deep exploration of the movies that define the genre. In: Hendricks, Gay / Simon, Stephen: Spiritual cinema: A guide to movies that inspire, heal, and empower your life. - Carlsbad, California: Hay House 2005. p. ?P.
Description:
Discusses, among others, Frank Capra’s It’s a Wonderful Life, Stanley Kubrick’s 2001 - A Space Odyssey, the Star Wars films, Steven Spielberg’s Close Encounters of the Third Kind and E.T. - The Extra-Terrestrial, Jeannot Szwarc’s Somewhere in Time, Vincent Ward’s What Dreams May Come, Jerry Zucker’s Ghost, Harold Ramis’s Groundhog Day, the Matrix trilogy, M. Night Shyamalan’s The Sixth Sense, Niki Caro’s Whale Rider and Michael Gondry’s Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.
Index:
Capra, Frank
Kubrick, Stanley
Lucas, George
Spielberg, Steven
Szwarc, Jeannot
Ward, Vincent
Zucker, Jerry
Ramis, Harold
Wachowski, Andy
Wachowski, Larry
Shyamalan, M. Night
Caro, Niki
Gondry, Michael
It’s a Wonderful Life (1947)
2001 - A Space Odyssey (1968)
Star Wars (Filmreihe)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
E.T. - The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
Somewhere in Time (1980)
What Dreams May Come (1998)
Ghost (1990)
Groundhog Day (1993)
Matrix, The (Filmreihe)
Sixth Sense, The (1999)
Whale Rider (2002)
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
Religion ~ Religion

#41
Hill, Geoffrey: Illuminating shadows: The mythic power of film. - Boston, Massachusetts; London: Shambhala Publications 1992.
Reviews:
Gibson, Lee: [untitled] In: Post Script 14. 1994/1995. No. 1/2. [?D] pp. 125-126.
Greenberg, Harvey Roy.: [untitled] In: Film Quarterly 46. 1993. No. 4. [Summer] pp. 41-42.
Sanderson, M.: Enlightenment through film. In: Onfilm 10. 1993. No. 2. [?D] p. 10.
Description:
Discusses also a lot of fantastic movies, among them Jules Dassin’s Phaedra, Phil Alden Robinson’s Field of Dreams, Alex Cox’s Repo Man, Frank Oz’s The Little Shop of Horrors and Frank Capra’s It’s a Wonderful Life.
Index:
Dassin, Jules
Robinson, Phil Alden
Cox, Alex
Oz, Frank
Capra, Frank
Phaedra (1961)
Field of Dreams (1989)
Repo Man (1984)
Little Shop of Horrors (1986)
It’s a Wonderful Life (1947)
Mythologie ~ Mythology

#42
Hurley, Neil P.: The divine comedies of Frank Capra. In: America: The National Catholic Weekly 152. 1985. No. ?N. [April 20] pp. 322-324.
Index:
Capra, Frank
Humor ~ Humor
Religion ~ Religion

#43
Hurlez, N. P.: Entretien avec James Stewart. In: Cahiers du Cinéma 1984. No. 358. [April] pp. 18-25.
Description:
Discusses, among others, Stewart’s work for the films of Frank Capra and Alfred Hitchcock.
Index:
Stewart, James
Capra, Frank
Hitchcock, Alfred

#44
Hurlez, N. P.: Interview with James Stewart. In: New Orleans Review 10. 1983. No. 2/3. [?D] p. ?P.
Description:
Discusses, among others, Stewart’s work for the films of Frank Capra and Alfred Hitchcock.
Index:
Stewart, James
Capra, Frank
Hitchcock, Alfred

#45
Ist das Leben nicht schön? - Nürnberg: Verlag Karin Stähle ?J. (= Super 8 Filmblätter.)
Index:
Capra, Frank
It’s a Wonderful Life (1947)

#46
Ist das Leben nicht schön? - Vogt: Peter Kranzpiller ?J. (= Filmprogramm der Kinoszene 10.)
Index:
Capra, Frank
It’s a Wonderful Life (1947)

#47
Ist das Leben nicht schön? Text von Uwe Wiedleroither. - Stuttgart: Verlag Uwe Wiedleroither ?J. (= Filmprogramm 8.)
Description:
On Capra’s It’s a Wonderful Life.
Index:
Capra, Frank
It’s a Wonderful Life (1947)

#48
Ist das Leben nicht schön? Text von Uwe Wiedleroither. 2. Auflage. - Stuttgart: Verlag Uwe Wiedleroither 1996. (= Filmprogramm 8.)
Description:
On Capra’s It’s a Wonderful Life.
Index:
Capra, Frank
It’s a Wonderful Life (1947)

#49
Karasek, Hellmuth: It’s a Wonderful Life (1946) (Ist das Leben nicht schön?). In: Karasek, Hellmuth: Mein Kino: Die hundert schönsten Filme. - Hamburg: Hoffmann und Campe 1994. pp. 201-204.
Index:
Capra, Frank
It’s a Wonderful Life (1947)

#50
Karasek, Hellmuth: Lost Horizon (1937) (In den Fesseln von Shangri-La). In: Karasek, Hellmuth: Mein Kino: Die hundert schönsten Filme. - Hamburg: Hoffmann und Campe 1994. pp. 76-81.
Index:
Capra, Frank
Lost Horizon (1937)

#51
Karetnikova, Inga: Seven masterpieces of 1940s cinema. - Oxford; Portsmouth, New Hampshire: Heinemann 2006.
Description:
Discusses, among others, Frank Capra’s It’s a Wonderful Life and Alfred Hitchcock’s Notorious.
Index:
Capra, Frank
Hitchcock, Alfred
It’s a Wonderful Life (1947)
Notorious (1946)

#52
Klingenmaier, Thomas: Ist das Leben nicht schön? In: Filmgenres: Fantasy- und Märchenfilm. Hrsg. von Andreas Friedrich. - Stuttgart: Reclam Verlag 2003. (= Universal-Bibliothek 18403.) pp. 43 ff.
Description:
On Frank Capra’s It’s a Wonderful Life.
Index:
Capra, Frank
It’s a Wonderful Life (1947)
Märchen ~ Fairy Tales
Fantasy ~ Fantasy
Science Fiction ~ Science Fiction

#53
Kohler, Marie Lynore: Film and architecture: Discovering the self-reflection of Frank Capra and Frank Lloyd Wright through contextual analysis. - Paradise, Nevada: University of Nevada, Las Vegas, M.A. 2000. [Abstract in: Masters Abstracts International 38. 2000. No. 6. p. 1399.]
Description:
Discusses, among others, Frank Capra’s It’s a Wonderful Life.
Index:
Capra, Frank
Wright, Frank Lloyd
It’s a Wonderful Life (1947)
Architektur ~ Architecture

#54
Kolker, Robert Phillip: Comedy, Capra, and monsters (1931-1944). In: Kolker, Robert Phillip: The cultures of American film. - New York: Oxford University Press 2015. p. ?P.
Index:
Capra, Frank
Monster ~ Monster
Humor ~ Humor
USA (United States of America) ~ USA (United States of America)

#55
Lamm, Robert: "Can we laugh at God?" Apocalyptic comedy in film. In: Journal of Popular Film and Television 19. 1991. No. 2. [Summer] pp. 81-90.
Description:
Discusses, among others, Monty Python’s Life of Brian, Frank Capra’s It’s a Wonderful Life, George Roy Hill’s Slaughterhouse Five and Kubrick’s Dr. Strangelove.
Index:
Jones, Terry
Capra, Frank
Hill, George Roy
Kubrick, Stanley
Monty Python’s Life of Brian (1979)
It’s a Wonderful Life (1947)
Slaughterhouse Five (1971)
Dr. Strangelove Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1963)
Tod ~ Death
Religion ~ Religion
Monty Python ~ Monty Python
Humor ~ Humor
Religion: Apokalypse ~ Religion: Apocalypse

#56
Lauder, Robert E.: It’s a Wonderful Life: Divine benevolence and love of neighbor. In: Image and likeness: Religious visions in American film classics. Edited by John R. May. - New York; Mahwah, New Jersey: Paulist Press 1992. (= Isaac Hecker Studies in Religion and American Culture.) pp. 135-144.
Index:
Capra, Frank
It’s a Wonderful Life (1947)
USA (United States of America) ~ USA (United States of America)
Religion ~ Religion

#57
Luke, Timothy W.: Xmas ideology: Unwrapping the American welfare state under the Christmas tree. In: Sexual politics and popular culture. Edited by Diane Raymond. - Bowling Green, Ohio: Bowling Green State University Popular Press 1990. pp. 219-230.
Description:
On Hollywood christmas films. Discusses, among others, Capra’s It’s a Wonderful Life and George Seaton’s Miracle on 34th Street.
Index:
Capra, Frank
Seaton, George
It’s a Wonderful Life (1947)
Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
Religion ~ Religion
USA (United States of America) ~ USA (United States of America)
Weihnachten ~ Christmas
Politik ~ Politics
Sexualität ~ Sexuality
Hollywood ~ Hollywood

#58
Mamet, David: Crisis in happyland. In: Sight and Sound NS 12. 2002. No. 1. [January] pp. 22-23.
Description:
On the political background of Frank Capra’s It’s a Wonderful Life.
Index:
Capra, Frank
It’s a Wonderful Life (1947)
Politik ~ Politics

#59
Mörchen, Roland: Eine Zeit der Wunder: Sublimierte Wirklichkeit: Frank Capras Ist das Leben nicht schön?. In: Film-Dienst 53. 2000. No. 26. [December 19] pp. 18-19.
Index:
Capra, Frank
It’s a Wonderful Life (1947)
Wunder ~ Miracles

#60
Nicolaï, M.: Les anges du ciné. In: Télérama 1994. No. 2345. [?D] p. 91.
Description:
On angels in film, especially on Frank Capra’s It’s a Wonderful Life and Wim Wenders’s Der Himmel über Berlin.
Index:
Capra, Frank
Wenders, Wim
It’s a Wonderful Life (1947)
Himmel über Berlin, Der (1987)
Religion: Engel ~ Religion: Angels

#61
Noakes, John A.: Bankers and common men in Bedford Falls: How the FBI determined that It’s a Wonderful Life was a subversive movie. In: Film History 10. 1998. No. 3. pp. 311-319.
Index:
Capra, Frank
It’s a Wonderful Life (1947)
FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) ~ FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation)

#62
Peter, Nithila: Sacred vocabularies for world cinema: Transfiguring ancient aural and visual modalities to express sacredness for the contemporary age. - Los Angeles, California: University of Southern California, Ph.D. 2007. [Abstract in: Dissertation Abstracts International A 68. 2007. No. 5. (November)]
Description:
Discusses the work of Frank Capra, Jean-Jacques Annaud, Paul Wagner, Martin Scorsese, Jane Campion and Kei Kumai.
Index:
Capra, Frank
Annaud, Jean-Jacques
Wagner, Paul
Scorsese, Martin
Campion, Jane
Kei Kumai

#63
Riccomini, Donald R.: Christian signature and archetype in Frank Capra’s It’s A Wonderful Life. In: Journal of Religion and Film 13. 2009. No. 1. [April] p. 9.
Index:
Capra, Frank
It’s a Wonderful Life (1947)
Religion ~ Religion

#64
Riskin, Robert: Six screenplays. Edited by Pat McGilligan. - Berkeley, California; London: University of California Press 1997.
Description:
Discusses the Frank Capra films Platinum Blonde, American Madness; It Happened One Night; Mr. Deeds Goes to Town; Lost Horizon and Meet John Doe.
Index:
Riskin, Robert
Capra, Frank
Platinum Blonde (1931)
American Madness (1932)
It Happened One Night (1934)
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
Lost Horizon (1937)
Meet John Doe (1941)

#65
Rodrig, A.: La vie est belle. In: Cinématographe 1983. No. 95. [December] p. 58.
Description:
On Frank Capra’s It’s a Wonderful Life.
Index:
Capra, Frank
It’s a Wonderful Life (1947)

#66
Schmöller, Verena: Was wäre, wenn ... im Film: Spielfilme mit alternativen Handlungsverläufen. - Marburg: Schüren 2012. (= Marburger Schriften zur Medienforschung 36.)
Reviews:
Weyand, Gabriele: [untitled.] In: Medienwissenschaft 2013. No. 2. pp. 215-217.
Description:
Discusses, among others, Frank Capra’s It’s a Wonderful Life, Brett Ratner’s Family Man, María Ripoll’s The Man with Rain in His Shoes, Harold Ramis’s Groundhog Day, Krzysztof Kieslowski’s Przypadek, Tom Tykwer’s Lola rennt, Peter Howitt’s Sliding Doors and the Back to the Future films.
Index:
Capra, Frank
Ratner, Brett
Ripoll, María
Ramis, Harold
Kieslowski, Krzysztof
Tykwer, Tom
Howitt, Peter
Zemeckis, Robert
It’s a Wonderful Life (1947)
Family Man (2000)
Man with Rain in His Shoes, The (1998)
Groundhog Day (1993)
Przypadek (1981)
Lola rennt (1998)
Sliding Doors (1997)
Back to the Future (Filmreihe)

#67
Schmöller, Verena: Was wäre, wenn ... im Film: Spielfilme mit alternativen Handlungsverläufen. - Passau: Universität Passau, Dissertation 2011.
Description:
Discusses, among others, Frank Capra’s It’s a Wonderful Life, Brett Ratner’s Family Man, María Ripoll’s The Man with Rain in His Shoes, Harold Ramis’s Groundhog Day, Krzysztof Kieslowski’s Przypadek, Tom Tykwer’s Lola rennt, Peter Howitt’s Sliding Doors and the Back to the Future films.
Index:
Capra, Frank
Ratner, Brett
Ripoll, María
Ramis, Harold
Kieslowski, Krzysztof
Tykwer, Tom
Howitt, Peter
Zemeckis, Robert
It’s a Wonderful Life (1947)
Family Man (2000)
Man with Rain in His Shoes, The (1998)
Groundhog Day (1993)
Przypadek (1981)
Lola rennt (1998)
Sliding Doors (1997)
Back to the Future (Filmreihe)

#68
Sennett, Robert S.: The lure of the exotic: Hollywood abroad. In: Sennett, Robert S.: Setting the scene: The great Hollywood art directors. - New York: Harry N. Abrams 1994. pp. 144-161.
Description:
Discusses, among others, the work of Stephen Goosson for Frank Capra’s Lost Horizon, Alfred Junge’s work for Black Narcissus by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger as well as Dean Tavoularis’s work for Coppola’s Apocalypse Now.
Index:
Capra, Frank
Powell, Michael
Pressburger, Emeric
Coppola, Francis Ford
Goosson, Stephen
Junge, Alfred
Tavoularis, Dean
Lost Horizon (1937)
Black Narcissus (1947)
Apocalypse Now (1976-1979)
Hollywood ~ Hollywood

#69
Sieck, Thomas: Arsenic and Old Lace. In: Enzyklopädie des phantastischen Films. 61. Ergänzungslieferung. - Meitingen: Corian-Verlag, April 2001.
Index:
Capra, Frank
Arsenic and Old Lace (1941)

#70
Sieck, Thomas: It’s a Wonderful Life. In: Enzyklopädie des phantastischen Films. 61. Ergänzungslieferung. - Meitingen: Corian-Verlag, April 2001.
Index:
Capra, Frank
It’s a Wonderful Life (1947)

#71
Terenzio, Maurice: The interview of a lifetime with John Howard. In: Filmfax 1992. No. 31. [February/March] pp. 52-61, 97.
Description:
The actor on his life and on his role in Frank Capra’s Lost Horizon.
Index:
Howard, John
Capra, Frank
Lost Horizon (1937)

#72
Thomas, Deborah: Reading Hollywood: Spaces and meanings in American film. - London; New York: Wallflower Press 2001. (= Short Cuts 5.)
Reviews:
Chopra-Gant, Mike: Hollywood spaces. In: Film-Philosophy 7. 2003. No. 5. [February] p. ?P.
Leuffen, Michael: [untitled] In: Medienwissenschaft 2003. No. 1. pp. 111-112.
Thomas, Deborah: A reply to Mogg and Chopra-Gant. In: Film-Philosophy 7. 2003. No. 6. [February] p. ?P.
Description:
Discusses, among others, Frank Capra’s It’s a Wonderful Life and Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo.
Index:
Capra, Frank
Hitchcock, Alfred
It’s a Wonderful Life (1947)
Vertigo (1958)
USA (United States of America) ~ USA (United States of America)
Hollywood ~ Hollywood

#73
Tibbetts, John: The wisdom of the serpent: Frauds and miracles in Frank Capa’s The Miracle Woman. In: Journal of Popular Film and Television 7. 1979. No. 3. [?D] pp. 293-309.
Index:
Capra, Frank
Miracle Woman, The (1931)
Wunder ~ Miracles
Schlangen ~ Snakes
Religion ~ Religion

#74
Traber, Bodo: In den Fesseln von Shangri-La. In: Filmgenres: Abenteuerfilm. Hrsg. von Bodo Traber und Hans Jürgen Wulff. - Stuttgart: Reclam Verlag 2004. (= Universal-Bibliothek 18404.) pp. 168 ff.
Description:
On Frank Capra’s Lost Horizon.
Index:
Capra, Frank
Lost Horizon (1937)
Abenteuer ~ Adventure

#75
Valenti, P.: The theological rhetoric of It’s a Wonderful Life. In: Film Criticism 5. 1981. No. 2. [Winter] pp. 23-34.
Index:
Capra, Frank
It’s a Wonderful Life (1947)
Religion ~ Religion

#76
van de Merwe, Piet: Spellbound en Lost Horizon: Van 78-toeren naar CD. In: Skrien 33. 2001. No. 5. [June/July] p. 53.
Description:
On CD editions of the two film scores.
Index:
Hitchcock, Alfred
Capra, Frank
Spellbound (1945)
Lost Horizon (1937)
Musik ~ Music

#77
Vecchi, Paolo: La vita e meravigliosa di Frank Capra. In: Cineforum 28. 1988. No. ?N(271). [January/February] pp. 50-54.
Index:
Capra, Frank
Religion: Engel ~ Religion: Angels

#78
Walters, James: Alternative worlds in Hollywood cinema. - Bristol; Portland, Oregon: Intellect 2008.
Reviews:
Sterrir, David: Visions and revisions: Hollywood’s alternative worlds. In: Film-Philosophy 14. 2010. No. 1. [?D] pp. 310-317.
Wilson, D. Harlan: [untitled.] In: Science Fiction Studies 37. 2010. No. 2(?N). [?D] pp. 331-332.
Description:
Includes chapters on Victor Fleming’s The Wizard of Oz, Fritz Lang’s The Woman in the Window, Michael Gondry’s Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Frank Capra’s It’s a Wonderful Life, Harold Ramis’s Groundhog Day, Vincente Minelli’s Brigadoon and Gary Ross’s Pleasantville.
Index:
Fleming, Victor
Lang, Fritz
Gondry, Michael
Capra, Frank
Ramis, Harold
Minelli, Vincente
Ross, Gary
Wizard of Oz, The (1939)
Woman in the Window, The (1944)
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
It’s a Wonderful Life (1947)
Groundhog Day (1993)
Brigadoon (1954)
Pleasantville (1998)
Hollywood ~ Hollywood

#79
Welch, Bob: Ist das Leben nicht wunderschön? 52 Inspirationen vom schönsten Weihnachtsfilm aller Zeiten. Aus dem Englischen von Christian Rendel. - Basel; Gießen: Brunnen 2013.
First edition:
[Little lessons from It’s a Wonderful Life]
Index:
Capra, Frank
It’s a Wonderful Life (1947)
Weihnachten ~ Christmas

#80
Withalm, Gloria: Leichen im Film - Motive, Handlungskontexte und Repräsentationsmuster: Von Arsenic and Old Lace bis Zombie. In: Begegnung mit dem menschlichen Leichnahm. Hrsg. von Norbert Stefenelli. - Wien: Böhlau 1998. (= Kulturstudien) pp. 294-305.
Index:
Capra, Frank
Romero, George A.
Arsenic and Old Lace (1941)
Dawn of the Dead (1979)
Tod ~ Death


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