| Academy Awards, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1939 | Won | Oscar | Best Director Frank Capra |
| Best Picture (Columbia). | |||
| Nominated | Oscar | Best Actress in a Supporting Role Spring Byington | |
| Best Cinematography Joseph Walker | |||
| Best Film Editing Gene Havlick | |||
| Best Sound, Recording John P. Livadary (Columbia SSD) | |||
| Best Writing, Screenplay Robert Riskin | |||
Directed by Frank Capra
My rating: 3.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, Sony)
Jean Arthur and Jimmy Stewart are well-paired as lovers from opposite sides of the track. He's the son of a wealthy banker during the Depression years, a vice-president with a comfortable job and not much to do. She is his free-spirited secretary. When his stuffy father and mother meet her eccentric family chaos ensues. This eventually forces them apart. It's up to her grandfather, Lionel Barrymore, to get them back together again, and all it takes is a well-timed harmonica duet. It features many classic Capra scenes, the courtroom drama and the final harmonica scene in particular, but a stage-bound feel and occasional forced sentimentality keep it a tad below his best films.
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