Frank Capra
Birthday: 1897-05-18
Place of Birth: Bisacquino, Sicilia, Italia
Biography: 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".
Movies
Why We Fight
Is American foreign policy dominated by the idea of military supremacy? Has the military become too ...
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Screen Snapshots (Series 12, No. 2)
A Columbia Pictures promotional short which explains how a movie is made....
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Frank Capra, il était une fois l'Amérique
Frank Capra was one of Hollywood's most popular and respected directors in the 1930s and 1940s. His ...
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The Outcasts of Poker Flat
The owner of a gambling hall is entrusted with the care of a pretty young girl. He falls in love wit...
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The Men who Made the Movies: Frank Capra
Career overview of Hollywood legend Frank Capra by Time magazine film critic Richard Schickel....
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Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 12
A visit to Buck Jones's new ranch and his horse, Silver, to James Gleason and his dog, to Charles Ru...
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Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Out-takes (mostly from Warner Bros.), promotional shorts, movie premieres, public service pleas, war...
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Frank Capra: Mr. America
Tells the story of how Frank Capra, a young and penniless immigrant, rose through the ranks of early...
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Hollywood's Second World War
For the USA, World War 2 was an all-out war - to mobilize the masses, the US government launched a h...
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The Screen Director
A documentary short film depicting the work of the motion picture director. An anonymous director is...
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It Happened One Night
A runaway heiress makes a deal with the rogue reporter trailing her but the mismatched pair end up s...
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Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
This 1940 presentation features highlights of earlier (1928 onward) Oscar ceremonies including Shirl...
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Another Romance of Celluloid
This second entry in MGM's "Romance of Film" series documents how celluloid movie film is processed ...
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James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Documentary about James Stewart's long career as an actor and positive personal life....
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George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
Biography of the legendary filmmaker directed by his son....
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Frank Capra's American Dream
A documentary looking at the life and career of film director Frank Capra. Hosted by Ron Howard....
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1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
This documentary focuses on 1939, considered to be Hollywood's greatest year, with film clips and in...
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Dear Mr. Gable
Burgess Meredith narrates this insightful MGM-produced documentary about the life and career of Holl...
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The Making of 'It's a Wonderful Life'
Tom Bosley hosts a documentary the looks into the story behind how one of cinema's greatest films It...
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Five Came Back
The extraordinary story of how Hollywood changed World War II – and how World War II changed Hollywo...
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