Riding High (Paramount). When famous novelists or playwrights begin to find their ideas flagging, they are usually reduced to mooning wistfully over their early triumphs. But a famous moviemaker in the same plight can simply dig out an old success and do it all over again. Producer-Director Frank Capra has done just that in this remake of his 1934 hit, Broadway Bill. With basically the same Robert Riskin script, at least seven character actors playing their original roles and Capra repeating his crafty directorial touches, the new movie is as beautifully turned...
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