1935 Hooked on You

1. Synopsis: Essentially, our lead played by Frank Sinatra is the son of an immigrant in New Jersey. He falls in love with the daughter of an immigrant played by the wife of Harry Cohn. Sinatra is very sleezy trying to get this classy girl. Then after that Sinatra looses his hand and it is replaced by a hook. Then in the end she falls in love with him despite his disability and the morale is to treat people with disabilities and immigrants better.
2. Genre: Musical Drama, we wanted to have more than just songs to entertain.
3. Studio: We chose Columbia because we really wanted to have Frank Capra direct because he is my personal favorite from this time period. Also, this gave us the excuse to use Cohn's wife as an actress.
4. Cast and Crew: We all liked Capra because we liked his style and he also could be our cinematographer which was nice. We took Joan Perry, Cohn's Wife, because she would be something that Cohn made Capra do as a gesture of loyalty almost. So then we decided on Sinatra because he is the son of a Sicilian immigrant and Capra is from Sicily. It all made sense, putting people into each of these roles. Also, this is early in both Sinatra's and Capra's career,  so it seemed like a good match in that sense as well.
5. Hays Code/ Technology: We decided that it would be better to have a hook hand instead of just a stump because that might offend some people at the Catholic Legion of Decency. Also, Capra would show his fluid camera style in this movie with lots of swooping shots.
6. Changes: We argued a lot about the plot, I wanted it just to be a money maker to start Capra's career before he did his other works. Kevin wanted it to be called Opium Den and have it be all about junkies and Harry wasn't wild about the idea of a musical. We all figured it out in the end but I don't love that it isn't a pure musical thing and that they only sing three time. Sinatra's appeal is in his looks and voice, he is a pretty poor actor so this movie might have been a complete bust.