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Sep 3, 1991 · 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), 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).
In this unedited recording, legendary Italian-American director Frank Capra recalls his remarkable career. He talks candidly about his time at the studios on Gower Street, his relationship with ...
Mar 10, 2024 · This year, alongside retrospectives, it screened Matthew Wells’ new documentary Frank Capra: Mister America, which offers an enthusiastic yet challenging take on one of the industry’s most influential early contributors. Watching it, I told Matthew when we met, I had expected to get an interesting history lesson, but what I hadn’t anticipated was just how relevant the film feels today.
This list contains all films directed by the Italian-American writer/director/producer Frank Capra. List is divided into two major sections: Narrative films (#1-#32) and documentary films (#33-#48). Note #1: List does NOT include lost films and short films (with the exception of three documentaries: Two Down And One To Go, Your Job In Germany, Rendezvous In Space). Note #2: Why we fight is a ...
Dec 22, 2023 · Frank Capra circa 1943. Frank Russell Capra (born Francesco Rosario Capra; May 18, 1897 – September 3, 1991) was a Sicilian American film director, producer and writer who became the creative force behind some of the major award-winning films of the 1930s and 1940s.
Nov 10, 2022 · Although the film’s script is credited to three screenwriters (Frances Goodrich, Albert Hackett and Frank Capra), its beginnings went far back to 1938. The film began as a short story called The Greatest Gift , by Philip Van Doren Stern, and was conjured from a dream of Stern’s that mimicked Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol.
Sep 3, 2018 · Capra, assuming he had won, leapt from his seat and made to the front of the room, before realizing Frank Lloyd was the winner. “I wished I could have crawled under the rug like a miserable worm ...
