American Madness
Directed by Frank Capra
Starring Walter Huston
1932
This movie has a similar plot to 1946's 'It's Wonderful Life', starring Jimmy Stewart. Huston plays the money making depression era NYC banker with a heart of gold. Thugs spark a run on his private bank, with the help of morally challenged middle manager.
The plot in this movie is perhaps not as developed as in the later version, however the energy of the time, 1932, comes through loud and clear.
Walter Huston is himself a remarkable character. He was the old salt who leads Bogart in search of 'Treasure of the Sierra Madre', a movie directed by his son, the more modern classically famous John.
Huston was born in Toronto and was trained as an engineer as well as dabbling in the arts.He began his hollywood career after a somewhat spectacular failure as a civil engineer.
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