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Frank Capra

May 18, 1897 - Sep 03, 1991 (94 years old) in Bisacquino, Sicilia, Italia

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".

Known For

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Five Came Back
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Why We Fight
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Screen Snapshots (Series 12, No. 2)
Himself
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George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
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1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
Self (archive footage)
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Frank Capra's American Dream
Self (archive footage)
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Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 12
Frank Capra
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James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Self (archive footage)
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Another Romance of Celluloid
Self (uncredited)
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It Happened One Night
Bus Singer (uncredited)

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