Frank Capra

Personal Details

  • Born

    • Birthday: 18 May 1897
  • Died

    • Deathday: 3 September 1991
  • Source ID

    • TMDb: 2662

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.

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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".

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Best movies and TV shows with Frank Capra

Selected highlights from Frank Capra’s filmography, featuring their best-known movies and TV shows in the Watchmora catalogue.