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Birth Name: Francesco Rosario Capra

Born: 18 May 1897 Died: 3 September 1991

Country of origin: Italy

Height: 5' 7"

Relationship Status: Married

Partner: Lucille Warner


Lists

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The Idiot's Guide To Famous (Classic) Filmmakers (85 items)
list by Severin Severin
Published 11 years, 6 months ago 14 comments
109 votes
Directors' Favorite Actors/Actresses (94 items)
list by Stehako
Published 6 years, 11 months ago 14 comments
96 votes
Gone, but not forgotten (1904 items)
list by Agent Kermit D. Fonz
Published 3 weeks, 3 days ago 10 comments
75 votes
A Movie for every Director (Part 1) (100 items)
list by xolmis
Published 11 years, 4 months ago 7 comments
75 votes
Directors and Their Masterpieces *UPDATED* (32 items)
list by Moon River
Published 12 years, 4 months ago 21 comments

Frank Capra Videos



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Description: Frank Capra 1897-1991, an American film director, author of some highly popular films. Born in Bisacquino, Sicily (Italy), Capra moved with his family to America in 1903, settling in Los Angeles, where he graduated from Throop College of Technology (later CalTech). In 1930 Capra went to work for Mack Sennett and then Columbia where he formed a close association with (writer) Robert Riskin and (cameraman) Joseph MacDonald, although in 1940 Sidney Buchman replaced Riskin as writer. After the Oscar winning romantic comedy It Happened One Night he produced a steady stream of films intended to be inspirational and humanitarian ... (more)
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2. Forbidden (1932)
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2. Today (1952)
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Gone, but not forgotten (1904 person items)
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Movies: Greatest Directors (62 person items)

"It's a Wonderful Life (1946) It Happened One Night (1934) Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936) You Can't Take It with You (1938) Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)"


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La politique des auteurs (11 person items)
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TCM’s The Essential Directors (56 person items)

"Must-See Movies Platinum Blonde Lady for a Day It Happened One Night Mr. Deeds Goes to Town Lost Horizon You Can’t Take It with You Mr. Smith Goes to Washington It’s a Wonderful Life State of the Union"


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Every Best Director Winner (71 person items)

"1934-It Happened One Night 1936-Mr. Deed Goes to Town 1938-You Can't Take it With You "


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Directors' Favorite Actors/Actresses (94 person items)

"Barbara Stanwyck - Ladies of Leisure (1930) - The Miracle Woman (1931) - Forbidden (1932) - The Bitter Tea of General Yen (1933) - Meet John Doe (1941) James Stewart - You Can't Take it With You (1938) - Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) - It's a Wonderful Life (1946) Jack Holt - Submarine (1928) - The Donovan Affair (1929) - Flight (1929) - Dirigible (1931) Jean Arthur - Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936) - You Can't Take it With You (1938) - Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) Ward Bond - Lad"


Nattkrypet added this to a list 6 years, 11 months ago
Films that Director's Never Got to Make or Wanted (81 person items)

"Wanted to make a film about the life of Saint Paul with Frank Sinatra in the title role Wanted to make "Soviet", a film about an American engineer building a dam in Russia. It was to star Clark Gable, Joan Crawford, Marie Dressler and Wallace Beery, but the production was cancelled. "


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Influences (127 person items)
Beroofficial added this to a list 8 years, 1 month ago
100 Greatest Filmmakers of All Time (100 person items)

"Italian Major Works: It's a Wonderful Life (1946) Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) It Happened One Night (1934) • Director, Writer, Producer. •"


darthjoker12 added this to a list 8 years, 4 months ago
Oscars 1947 Winners (My Version) (23 movies items)

"Best Director! Winner: Frank Capra, It's a Wonderful Life! Nominees: William Wyler - The Best Years of Our Lives Howard Hawks - The Big Sleep Laurence Olivier - Henry V Alfred Hitchcock - Notorious"


darthjoker12 added this to a list 8 years, 4 months ago
Oscars 1935 Winners (My Version) (19 movies items)

"Best Director! Winner: Frank Capra, It Happened One Night! Nominees: Jean Vigo - L'Atalante Victor Schertzinger - One Night of Love W. S. Van Dyke - The Thin Man Howard Hawks - Twentieth Century"