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".

Directed

1. It's a Wonderful Life (1946) — Director
2. It Happened One Night (1934) — Director
3. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) — Director
4. Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) — Director
5. You Can't Take It with You (1938) — Director
6. Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936) — Director
7. Meet John Doe (1941) — Director
8. Lost Horizon (1937) — Director
9. Pocketful of Miracles (1961) — Director
10. The Bitter Tea of General Yen (1932) — Director
11. Lady for a Day (1933) — Director
12. State of the Union (1948) — Director
13. Why We Fight: Prelude to War (1942) — Director
14. Platinum Blonde (1931) — Director
15. The Miracle Woman (1931) — Director
16. A Hole in the Head (1959) — Director
17. American Madness (1932) — Director
18. Forbidden (1932) — Director
19. Why We Fight: The Battle of Russia (1943) — Director
20. The Strong Man (1926) — Director
21. Why We Fight: The Nazis Strike (1943) — Director
22. Ladies of Leisure (1930) — Director
23. Broadway Bill (1934) — Director
24. Why We Fight: The Battle of Britain (1943) — Director
25. The Matinee Idol (1928) — Director
26. Here Comes the Groom (1951) — Director
27. Know Your Enemy: Japan (1945) — Director
28. Why We Fight: Divide and Conquer (1943) — Director
29. War Comes to America (1945) — Director
30. Tunisian Victory (1944) — Director
31. Why We Fight: The Battle of China (1944) — Director
32. Long Pants (1927) — Director
33. So This Is Love (1928) — Director
34. Our Mr. Sun (1956) — Director
35. That Certain Thing (1928) — Director
36. The Younger Generation (1929) — Director
37. Fulta Fisher's Boarding House (1922) — Director
38. The Power of the Press (1928) — Director
39. Dirigible (1931) — Director
40. Hemo the Magnificent (1957) — Director

Also appeared in

1. It Happened One Night (1934) — Bus Singer (uncredited)
2. Why We Fight (2005) — Self (archive footage)
3. Five Came Back (2017) — Self (archive footage)
4. Five Came Back (2017) — Self (archive footage)
5. The Dick Cavett Show (1968) — Self - Guest
6. George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey (1985) — Self
7. 1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year (2009) — Self (archive footage)
8. Frank Capra's American Dream (1997) — Self (archive footage)
9. Frank Capra: Mr. America (2023) — Self (archive footage)
10. Frank Capra, il était une fois l'Amérique (2020) — Self (archive footage)
11. Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (1983) — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
12. Cavalcade of the Academy Awards (1940) — Self
13. Another Romance of Celluloid (1938) — Self (uncredited)
14. The Making of 'It's a Wonderful Life' (1990) — Self (archive footage)
15. The American Film Institute Salute to ... (1973) — Self
16. The Century of Icons (2022) — Self (archive footage)
17. The Outcasts of Poker Flat (1919)
18. Hollywood's Second World War (2019) — Self (archive footage)
19. The Screen Director (1951) — Self (staged 'archive' footage) (uncredited)
20. James Stewart: A Wonderful Life (1987) — Self (archive footage)
21. Screen Snapshots (Series 12, No. 2) (1932) — Himself
22. The Men who Made the Movies: Frank Capra (1973) — Self
23. Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 12 (1938) — Frank Capra
24. Dear Mr. Gable (1968) — Self
25. Hollywood sul Tevere (2009)
26. The Men Who Made the Movies (1973)