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The Donovan Affair

1929, Movie, NR, 83 mins

The Donovan Affair: Review

This early all-dialog talkie was among the first of the many films Frank Capra directed under his contract deal with Harry Cohn, boss of Columbia Pictures, a deal that took Capra from two-reeler Mack Sennett obscurity to total creative freedom--he was the first studio contract director whose name was permitted to precede the film's title when the credits rolled--and that made Columbia a major studio. In coming years, Capra was to win three Academy Awards for directing within... read more leave a comment