Frank Capra
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- May 18, 1897
- Died
- September 3, 1991 (aged 94)
- Birthplace
- 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".
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Filmography
Why We Fight: World War II: The Battle of China / War Comes to America
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Rendezvous in Space
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Pocketful of Miracles
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A Hole in the Head
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Hemo the Magnificent
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The Strange Case of the Cosmic Rays
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Our Mr. Sun
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The Bell System Science Series
TV · Director · 4 eps
The Fallbrook Story
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Here Comes the Groom
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Riding High
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State of the Union
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It's a Wonderful Life
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Know Your Enemy: Japan
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War Comes to America
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Here Is Germany
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Your Job in Germany
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Our Job in Japan
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Two Down and One to Go
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Arsenic and Old Lace
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Why We Fight: The Battle of China
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Tunisian Victory
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Attack in the Pacific
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Attack! The Battle for New Britain
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G.I. Journal
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Why We Fight: The Nazis Strike
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Why We Fight: The Battle of Russia
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Why We Fight: Divide and Conquer
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Why We Fight: The Battle of Britain
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Why We Fight: Prelude to War
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Meet John Doe
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Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
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You Can't Take It with You
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Lost Horizon
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Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
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It Happened One Night
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Broadway Bill
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The Bitter Tea of General Yen
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Lady for a Day
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American Madness
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Forbidden
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Platinum Blonde
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The Miracle Woman
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Dirigible
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Rain or Shine
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Ladies of Leisure
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The Younger Generation
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Flight
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The Donovan Affair
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The Matinee Idol
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That Certain Thing
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The Power of the Press
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Submarine
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The Way of the Strong
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Say It with Sables
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So This Is Love
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Long Pants
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For the Love of Mike
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The Strong Man
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Fulta Fisher's Boarding House
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The Italian Warship Libia
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