Actor

Frank Capra

1919–present1897–1991DocumentaryHistoryComedy

Witness to History

Also directed 61 films ↗Also wrote 32 screenplays ↗

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Known For

21 acting credits

as Bus Singer (uncredited)

It Happened One Night

as Bus Singer (uncredited)

1934

It Happened One Night

Filmography

2023Frank Capra: Mr. AmericaSelf (archive footage)6.0 2020Frank Capra, il était une fois l'AmériqueSelf (archive footage)9.5 2019Hollywood's Second World WarSelf (archive footage)8.0 2017Five Came BackSelf (archive footage)7.9 20091939: Hollywood's Greatest YearSelf (archive footage)7.5 2009Hollywood sul Tevere

About

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".

As Director

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1944Arsenic and Old Lace 1961Pocketful of Miracles 1946It's a Wonderful Life 1932American Madness 1934It Happened One Night 1939Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

As Screenwriter

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1946It's a Wonderful Life 1925The Iron Nag 1925The Marriage Circus 1924Little Robinson Corkscrew 1925Sneezing Beezers 1921The Italian Warship Libia

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