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 historians such as Ian Freer to consider him the "American Dream personified".
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 historians such as Ian Freer to consider him the "American Dream personified".
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Wikipedia: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q51492
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Filmography (Movies)
Frank Capra: Mr. America
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/09/2023
Frank Capra, il était une fois l'Amérique
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:22/12/2020
Hollywood's Second World War
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:03/09/2019
Five Came Back
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:31/03/2017
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:02/07/2009
Why We Fight
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:20/01/2005
Frank Capra's American Dream
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/1997
The Making of 'It's a Wonderful Life'
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:18/10/1990
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:13/03/1987
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
Character:Self
Release Date:03/03/1985
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Character:Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Release Date:25/02/1983
The Men who Made the Movies: Frank Capra
Character:Self
Release Date:11/01/1973
Dear Mr. Gable
Character:Self
Release Date:05/03/1968
The Screen Director
Character:Self (staged 'archive' footage) (uncredited)
Release Date:12/03/1951
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
Character:Self
Release Date:31/07/1940
Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 12
Character:Frank Capra
Release Date:29/07/1938
Another Romance of Celluloid
Character:Self (uncredited)
Release Date:05/02/1938
It Happened One Night
Character:Bus Singer (uncredited)
Release Date:22/02/1934
Screen Snapshots (Series 12, No. 2)
Character:Himself
Release Date:17/06/1932
The Outcasts of Poker Flat
Character:
Release Date:29/06/1919
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