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Rain or Shine (1930)
Director: Frank Capra
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
Capra's early sound effort was intended as a showcase for Broadway comic Cook, whose mercurial slapstick talent made him a top draw on stage, but rarely translated into screen craft. Here he's running a circus hit by bad weather, declining audiences, a recalcitrant owner and performers about to go on strike. He manages to keep the show on the road, however, with a one-man display of clowning that (literally) brings the house down. Capra upped his directorial reputation by filming the climactic conflagration in one take, a risky undertaking given rudimentary early talkie technology, even if he did use several cameras for coverage.Author: TJ
Cast & crew
Director: Frank Capra
Producer: Harry Cohn
Cast: Joe Cook, Louise Fazenda, Joan Peers, William Collier Jr, Dave Chasen, Tom Howard full cast
Genre(s): Comedy
Duration: 92 mins
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