Frank Capra

    Frank Capra

    May 18, 1897 (127 years old) in Bisacquino, Sicilia, Italia

    Frank Russell 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".

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    The Dick Cavett ShowThe Dick Cavett Show
    It Happened One NightIt Happened One Night
    The American Film Institute Salute to ...The American Film Institute Salute to ...
    Le Siècle des icônesLe Siècle des icônes
    The Men Who Made the MoviesThe Men Who Made the Movies

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