Frank Capra
Known for: Directing
Born: May 18, 1897
Died: September 3, 1991
Frank Russell Capra (born Francesco Rosario Capra; May 18, 1897 – September 3, 1991) was a Sicilian-born American film director and a creative force behind a number of films of the 1930s and 1940s, including It Happened One Night (1934), Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936), You Can't Take It With You (1938), Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939), Meet John Doe (1941), Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) and It's a Wonderful Life (1946). His films often deal with rags-to-riches stories wich has led film historia…
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The Men who Made the Movies: Frank Capra
1973
Frank Capra: Mr. America
2023
Screen Snapshots (Series 12, No. 2)
1932
Frank Capra, il était une fois l'Amérique
2020
The Screen Director
1951
Another Romance of Celluloid
1938
The Making of 'It's a Wonderful Life'
1990
Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 12
1938
Dear Mr. Gable
1968
Hollywood's Second World War
2019
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
1985
The Outcasts of Poker Flat
1919
Five Came Back
2017
Why We Fight
2005
Hollywood sul Tevere
2009
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
2009
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983
It Happened One Night
1934
The Men Who Made the Movies
1973
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
The Century of Icons
2022
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
Frank Capra's American Dream
1997
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
1940