Director
Frank Capra
May 18, 1897 · 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".
Notable work
Often works with
H.B. Warner
5 titles together
It's a Wonderful Life, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, You Can't Take It with You
Irving Bacon
5 titles together
It Happened One Night, Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, Meet John Doe
Barbara Stanwyck
5 titles together
Meet John Doe, The Bitter Tea of General Yen, The Miracle Woman
Thomas Mitchell
4 titles together
It's a Wonderful Life, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Lost Horizon
James Stewart
3 titles together
It's a Wonderful Life, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, You Can't Take It with You
Ward Bond
3 titles together
It's a Wonderful Life, It Happened One Night, Lady for a Day
Full filmography · 77
Hollywood sul Tevere
cast
2009
Rendezvous in Space
Director
1964
Pocketful of Miracles
Director
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A Hole in the Head
Director
19596.2The Unchained Goddess
Writer
1958
The Strange Case of the Cosmic Rays
Writer and Director
1957
Hemo the Magnificent
Writer and Director
1957
Our Mr. Sun
Writer and Director
1956
The Fallbrook Story
Director
1952
Here Comes the Groom
Director
1951
Riding High
Director
1950
State of the Union
Director
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