Frank Capra

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".

Cast

Self (archive footage)

Screen Snapshots (Series 12, No. 2)

Frank Capra, il était une fois l'Amérique

Self (archive footage)

The Outcasts of Poker Flat

The Men who Made the Movies: Frank Capra

Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 12

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Frank Capra: Mr. America

Self (archive footage)

Hollywood's Second World War

Self (archive footage)

The Screen Director

Self (staged 'archive' footage) (uncredited)

It Happened One Night

Bus Singer (uncredited)

Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

Another Romance of Celluloid

Self (uncredited)

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

Self (archive footage)

George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey

Frank Capra's American Dream

Self (archive footage)

1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year

Self (archive footage)

The Making of 'It's a Wonderful Life'

Self (archive footage)

Self (archive footage)

Hollywood sul Tevere

Crew

Arsenic and Old Lace

Director, Producer

Pocketful of Miracles

Director, Producer

It's a Wonderful Life

Director, Producer, Screenplay

American Madness

Director, Producer

It Happened One Night

Director, Producer

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Director, Producer

Why We Fight: Prelude to War

Director, Producer

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

Director, Producer

The Marriage Circus

Little Robinson Corkscrew

Platinum Blonde

Director, Producer

Sneezing Beezers

A Hole in the Head

Director, Producer

State of the Union

Director, Producer

You Can't Take It with You

Director, Producer

The Italian Warship Libia

Director, Writer

The Bitter Tea of General Yen

Director, Producer

Here Comes the Groom

Director, Producer

Director, Producer

The Miracle Woman

Director, Producer

The Wild Goose Chaser

The Fallbrook Story

Producer, Director

Director, Writer, Producer

The Matinee Idol

Director, Producer

Director, Producer

Why We Fight: The Nazis Strike

Why We Fight: The Battle of China

The Unchained Goddess

Writer, Producer

Hemo the Magnificent

Director, Writer, Producer

Director, Producer

Westward the Women

Ladies of Leisure

Why We Fight: The Battle of Russia

Director, Producer

Director, Producer

Know Your Enemy: Japan

Director, Producer, Writer

That Certain Thing

Director, Screenplay, Producer

Why We Fight: Divide and Conquer

Director, Producer

War Comes to America

The Younger Generation

Fulta Fisher's Boarding House

The Power of the Press

Director, Dialogue

Director, Writer, Producer

The Strange Case of the Cosmic Rays

Director, Writer, Producer

Why We Fight: The Battle of Britain

Tunisian Victory

The Way of the Strong

Scenario Writer

Scenario Writer

Super-Hooper-Dyne Lizzies

Saturday Afternoon

For the Love of Mike

Good Morning, Nurse

The Donovan Affair

Here Is Germany

His First Flame

The Swim Princess

Your Job in Germany

Producer, Director

Riders of the Purple Cows

Say It with Sables

Director, Story

So This Is Love

The Negro Soldier

Our Job in Japan

Two Down and One to Go

Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

Supervisor of Production Resources

Attack in the Pacific

Rendezvous in Space

Why We Fight: World War II: The Battle of China / War Comes to America

Boobs in the Wood

Attack! The Battle for New Britain

Director, Producer

Producer, Director

Tramp, Tramp, Tramp