Frank Russell Capra (born Francesco Rosario Capra; May 18, 1897 – September 3, 1991) was an Italian-American film director, producer, and screenwriter...
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Frank Warner Capra (March 20, 1934 – December 19, 2007), known as Frank Capra Jr., was an American film and television producer. He was one of the three...
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Frank Capra (May 5, 1897 – September 3, 1991) was an Italian-American film director, producer and writer who became the creative force behind some of...
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series Veronica Mars. Capra attended Our Lady of the Assumption Catholic School. He is not related to the director Frank Capra. He is of Italian and Dominican...
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It's a Wonderful Life (category Films directed by Frank Capra)
American Christmas supernatural drama film produced and directed by Frank Capra. It is based on the short story and booklet "The Greatest Gift" self-published...
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Lost Horizon (1937 film) (category Films directed by Frank Capra)
Shangri-La) is a 1937 American adventure drama fantasy film directed by Frank Capra. The screenplay by Robert Riskin is based on the 1933 novel of the same...
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Robert Riskin (section Relationship with Frank Capra)
American screenwriter. He is best known for his collaborations with Frank Capra. Robert Riskin was born on New York City's Lower East side to Jewish...
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Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (category Films directed by Frank Capra)
Washington is a 1939 American political comedy-drama film directed by Frank Capra, starring Jean Arthur and James Stewart, and featuring Claude Rains and...
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up capra in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Capra may refer to: Capra (genus), comprising the goats Capra (goat dance), a Romanian custom Capra (titular...
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Frank Capra (1897–1991) was an Academy Award-winning Italian-American film director. Frank Capra may also refer to: Frank Capra Jr. (1934–2007), film...
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Arsenic and Old Lace (film) (category Films directed by Frank Capra)
Lace is a 1944 American screwball black comedy crime film directed by Frank Capra and starring Cary Grant. The screenplay by Julius J. Epstein and Philip...
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Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (category Films directed by Frank Capra)
Goes to Town is a 1936 American comedy-drama romance film directed by Frank Capra and starring Gary Cooper and Jean Arthur in her first featured role....
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Frank Capra: Mr. America is a 2023 British documentary film written and directed by Matthew Wells, at his feature film debut. It premiered out of competition...
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Why We Fight (category Films directed by Frank Capra)
ordered distribution for public viewing. Academy Award-winning filmmaker Frank Capra, daunted but impressed and challenged by Leni Riefenstahl's 1935 propaganda...
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It Happened One Night (category Films directed by Frank Capra)
comedy film with elements of screwball comedy directed and co-produced by Frank Capra, in collaboration with Harry Cohn, in which a pampered socialite (Claudette...
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Meet John Doe (category Films directed by Frank Capra)
John Doe is a 1941 American comedy drama film directed and produced by Frank Capra, written by Robert Riskin, and starring Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck...
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Lady for a Day (category Films directed by Frank Capra)
Frank Capra. The screenplay by Robert Riskin is based on the 1929 short story "Madame La Gimp" by Damon Runyon. It was the first film for which Capra...
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Pocketful of Miracles (category Films directed by Frank Capra)
comedy film starring Glenn Ford and Bette Davis, produced and directed by Frank Capra, filmed in Panavision. The screenplay by Hal Kanter and Harry Tugend...
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You Can't Take It with You (film) (category Films directed by Frank Capra)
Take It with You is a 1938 American romantic comedy film directed by Frank Capra, and starring Jean Arthur, Lionel Barrymore, James Stewart, and Edward...
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and lasted until the early 1950s. Arthur had feature roles in three Frank Capra films: Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936) with Gary Cooper, You Can't Take...
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books and essays about Frank Capra: Capra, Frank; Schickel, Richard (1975). The Men who made the movies: interviews with Frank Capra, George Cukor, Howard...
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a favorite of directors, including Cecil B. DeMille, Fritz Lang, and Frank Capra, and made 85 films in 38 years before turning to television. Orphaned...
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independent motion picture production company founded in California by Frank Capra and Samuel J. Briskin in April 1945. It produced only two films, the...
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supporting role in The Murder Man (1935) and had his breakthrough in Frank Capra's ensemble comedy You Can't Take It with You (1938). Stewart went on to...
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John Ford has received the most awards in this category, with four. Frank Capra and William Wyler won three each. David Lean was the first non-American...
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State of the Union (film) (category Films directed by Frank Capra)
State of the Union is a 1948 American drama film directed by Frank Capra about a man's desire to run for the nomination as the Republican candidate for...
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Covert, Erick Avari, and John Turturro. The film is a remake of the 1936 Frank Capra film Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, which itself was based on the 1935 short...
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The 76th Directors Guild of America Awards, honoring the outstanding directorial achievement in feature films, documentary, television and commercials...
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music composer. Tiomkin received his first break from Columbia director Frank Capra, who chose him to write and perform the score for Lost Horizon (1937)...
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at the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles, California, and hosted by Frank Capra. Frank Capra became the first person to win three Best Director awards, to be...
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