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Frank Capra
🎂 May 18, 1897 — 🕯️ Sep 3, 1991 (94 years)
Bisacquino, Sicilia, Italia
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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It's a Wonderful Life
1946
It Happened One Night
1934
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939
Arsenic and Old Lace
1944
Pocketful of Miracles
1961
Meet John Doe
1941
You Can't Take It with You
1938
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
1936
Lost Horizon
1937
State of the Union
1948
American Madness
1932
Lady for a Day
1933
A Hole in the Head
1959
Broadway Bill
1934
The Bitter Tea of General Yen
1932
Here Comes the Groom
1951
Riding High
1950
Platinum Blonde
1931
The Miracle Woman
1931
Forbidden
1932
Dirigible
1931
Ladies of Leisure
1930
Long Pants
1927
Rain or Shine
1930
Submarine
1928
The Power of the Press
1928
The Younger Generation
1929
The Strong Man
1926
Hemo the Magnificent
1957
The Strange Case of the Cosmic Rays
1957
Fulta Fisher's Boarding House
1922
Flight
1929
So This Is Love
1928
That Certain Thing
1928
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Frank Capra
1897-05-18 · Bisacquino, Sicilia, Italia
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".