Frank Capra
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".
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
Why We Fight
as Self (archive footage)
2005
Screen Snapshots (Series 12, No. 2)
as Himself
1932
Frank Capra, il était une fois l'Amérique
as Self (archive footage)
2020
The Outcasts of Poker Flat
1919
The Men who Made the Movies: Frank Capra
as Self
1973
Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 12
as Frank Capra
1938
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1983
Frank Capra: Mr. America
as Self (archive footage)
2023
Hollywood's Second World War
as Self (archive footage)
2019
The Screen Director
as Self (staged 'archive' footage) (uncredited)
1951
It Happened One Night
as Bus Singer (uncredited)
1934
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
as Self
1940
Another Romance of Celluloid
as Self (uncredited)
1938
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
as Self
1985
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
as Self (archive footage)
1987
Frank Capra's American Dream
as Self (archive footage)
1997
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
as Self (archive footage)
2009
Dear Mr. Gable
as Self
1968
The Making of 'It's a Wonderful Life'
as Self (archive footage)
1990
Five Came Back
as Self (archive footage)
2017
