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Frank Capra

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1897 - 1991

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Frank Russell 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), Lost Horizon (1937), 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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Frank Capra, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Birthday: 1897-05-18

Born At: Bisacquino, Sicily, Italy

Casted In:

Why We Fight

A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies

Frank Capra's American Dream

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey

And the Oscar Goes To...

1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year

The Screen Director

Crewed In:

Arsenic and Old Lace

Pocketful of Miracles

It's a Wonderful Life

American Madness

It Happened One Night

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Lost Horizon

Why We Fight: Prelude to War

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

Platinum Blonde

Here Comes the Groom

Meet John Doe

A Hole in the Head

State of the Union

You Can't Take It with You

The Bitter Tea of General Yen

Lady for a Day

The Miracle Woman

Forbidden

The Strong Man

The Matinee Idol

Broadway Bill

Why We Fight: The Battle of Britain

Why We Fight: The Nazis Strike

Why We Fight: The Battle of China

The Unchained Goddess

Hemo the Magnificent

Rain or Shine

Dirigible

Westward the Women

Riding High

Tramp, Tramp, Tramp

Why We Fight: The Battle of Russia

Ladies of Leisure

Long Pants

Know Your Enemy - Japan

That Certain Thing

The Negro Soldier

Why We Fight: Divide and Conquer

Why We Fight: War Comes to America

Flight

Fultah Fisher's Boarding House

The Donovan Affair

Super-Hooper-Dyne Lizzies

Saturday Afternoon

Fiddlesticks

The Power of the Press

The Younger Generation

Our Mr. Sun

The Strange Case of the Cosmic Rays

Tunisian Victory

The Way of the Strong

For the Love of Mike

Here Is Germany

Your Job in Germany

Riders of the Purple Cows

Say It with Sables

So This Is Love?