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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".

Acting (18 movies)

7.5

Why We Fight

2005

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Screen Snapshots (Series 12, No. 2)

1932

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Frank Capra, il était une fois l'Amérique

2020

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The Outcasts of Poker Flat

1919

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Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 12

1938

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Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

1983

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Frank Capra: Mr. America

2023

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Hollywood's Second World War

2019

7.8

It Happened One Night

1934

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Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

1940

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Another Romance of Celluloid

1938

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James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

1987

5.6

George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey

1985

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Frank Capra's American Dream

1997

7.5

1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year

2009

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Dear Mr. Gable

1968

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The Making of 'It's a Wonderful Life'

1990

7.9

Five Came Back

2017

Directing (60 movies)

7.6

Arsenic and Old Lace

1944

7.3

Pocketful of Miracles

1961

8.3

It's a Wonderful Life

1946

6.8

American Madness

1932

7.8

It Happened One Night

1934

7.8

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

1939

7.0

Lost Horizon

1937

6.4

Why We Fight: Prelude to War

1942

7.5

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

1936

7.3

Meet John Doe

1941

6.6

Platinum Blonde

1931

6.1

A Hole in the Head

1959

6.6

State of the Union

1948

7.5

You Can't Take It with You

1938

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The Italian Warship Libia

1921

6.2

The Bitter Tea of General Yen

1932

5.2

Here Comes the Groom

1951

7.1

Lady for a Day

1933

6.7

The Miracle Woman

1931

6.5

Forbidden

1932

6.3

The Strong Man

1926

6.3

The Matinee Idol

1928

6.0

Broadway Bill

1934

6.3

Why We Fight: The Nazis Strike

1943

6.5

Why We Fight: The Battle of China

1944

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Hemo the Magnificent

1957

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Rain or Shine

1930

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Dirigible

1931

6.1

Ladies of Leisure

1930

5.5

Long Pants

1927

6.8

Why We Fight: The Battle of Russia

1943

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Riding High

1950

5.8

Know Your Enemy: Japan

1945

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That Certain Thing

1928

6.8

Why We Fight: Divide and Conquer

1943

7.0

War Comes to America

1945

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The Younger Generation

1929

5.2

Fulta Fisher's Boarding House

1922

6.2

The Power of the Press

1928

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Flight

1929

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Submarine

1928

7.5

Our Mr. Sun

1956

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The Strange Case of the Cosmic Rays

1957

6.7

Why We Fight: The Battle of Britain

1943

6.2

Tunisian Victory

1944

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The Way of the Strong

1928

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For the Love of Mike

1927

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The Donovan Affair

1929

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Here Is Germany

1945

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Your Job in Germany

1945

5.3

So This Is Love

1928

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Say It with Sables

1928

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Our Job in Japan

1945

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Two Down and One to Go

1945

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The Fallbrook Story

1952

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Attack in the Pacific

1944

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Rendezvous in Space

1964

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Why We Fight: World War II: The Battle of China / War Comes to America

2000

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Attack! The Battle for New Britain

1944

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G.I. Journal

1944

Title	Year	Job
The Italian Warship Libia	1921	Writer
3 Days to Live	1924	Writer
Little Robinson Corkscrew	1924	Writer
Riders of the Purple Cows	1924	Writer
All Night Long	1924	Writer
The Wild Goose Chaser	1925	Writer
Boobs in the Wood	1925	Writer
The Marriage Circus	1925	Writer
Super-Hooper-Dyne Lizzies	1925	Writer
Sneezing Beezers	1925	Writer
The Iron Nag	1925	Writer
Tramp, Tramp, Tramp	1926	Writer
That Certain Thing	1928	Producer
That Certain Thing	1928	Screenplay
The Swim Princess	1928	Writer
The Matinee Idol	1928	Producer
The Burglar	1928	Writer
Rain or Shine	1930	Producer
The Miracle Woman	1931	Producer
Platinum Blonde	1931	Producer
Forbidden	1932	Writer
Forbidden	1932	Producer
American Madness	1932	Producer
The Bitter Tea of General Yen	1932	Producer
It Happened One Night	1934	Producer
Broadway Bill	1934	Producer
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town	1936	Producer
Lost Horizon	1937	Producer
You Can't Take It with You	1938	Producer
Meet John Doe	1941	Producer
Why We Fight: Divide and Conquer	1943	Producer
Why We Fight: The Battle of Russia	1943	Producer
The Negro Soldier	1944	Producer
Attack! The Battle for New Britain	1944	Producer
Arsenic and Old Lace	1944	Producer
G.I. Journal	1944	Producer
Your Job in Germany	1945	Producer
Know Your Enemy: Japan	1945	Producer
Know Your Enemy: Japan	1945	Writer
It's a Wonderful Life	1946	Producer
It's a Wonderful Life	1946	Screenplay
State of the Union	1948	Producer
Riding High	1950	Producer
Here Comes the Groom	1951	Producer
The Fallbrook Story	1952	Producer
Our Mr. Sun	1956	Writer
Our Mr. Sun	1956	Producer
Hemo the Magnificent	1957	Writer
Hemo the Magnificent	1957	Producer
The Strange Case of the Cosmic Rays	1957	Writer
The Strange Case of the Cosmic Rays	1957	Producer
The Unchained Goddess	1958	Writer
The Unchained Goddess	1958	Producer
A Hole in the Head	1959	Producer
Pocketful of Miracles	1961	Producer