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Frank Capra

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".

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Directing

1921

[ ] The Italian Warship Libia (Director)

1922

[ ] Fulta Fisher's Boarding House (Director)

1926

[ ] The Strong Man (Director)

1927

[ ] Long Pants (Director)
[ ] For the Love of Mike (Director)

1928

[ ] The Matinee Idol (Director)
[ ] That Certain Thing (Director)
[ ] The Power of the Press (Director)
[ ] Submarine (Director)
[ ] The Way of the Strong (Director)
[ ] Say It with Sables (Director)
[ ] So This Is Love (Director)

1929

[ ] The Younger Generation (Director)
[ ] Flight (Director)
[ ] The Donovan Affair (Director)

1930

[ ] Rain or Shine (Director)
[ ] Ladies of Leisure (Director)

1931

[ ] Platinum Blonde (Director)
[ ] The Miracle Woman (Director)
[ ] Dirigible (Director)

1932

[ ] American Madness (Director)
[ ] The Bitter Tea of General Yen (Director)
[ ] Forbidden (Director)

1933

[ ] Lady for a Day (Director)

1934

[ ] It Happened One Night (Director)
[ ] Broadway Bill (Director)

1936

[ ] Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (Director)

1937

[ ] Lost Horizon (Director)

1938

[ 5/10 ] You Can't Take It with You (Director)

1939

[ 5/10 ] Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (Director)

1941

[ ] Meet John Doe (Director)

1942

[ ] Why We Fight: Prelude to War (Director)

1943

[ ] Why We Fight: The Nazis Strike (Director)
[ ] Why We Fight: The Battle of Russia (Director)
[ ] Why We Fight: Divide and Conquer (Director)
[ ] Why We Fight: The Battle of Britain (Director)

1944

[ ] Arsenic and Old Lace (Director)
[ ] Why We Fight: The Battle of China (Director)
[ ] Tunisian Victory (Director)
[ ] Attack in the Pacific (Director)
[ ] Attack! The Battle for New Britain (Director)
[ ] G.I. Journal (Director)

1945

[ ] Know Your Enemy: Japan (Director)
[ ] War Comes to America (Director)
[ ] Here Is Germany (Director)
[ ] Your Job in Germany (Director)
[ ] Our Job in Japan (Director)
[ ] Two Down and One to Go (Director)

1946

[ ] It's a Wonderful Life (Director)

1948

[ 6/10 ] State of the Union (Director)

1950

[ ] Riding High (Director)

1951

[ ] Here Comes the Groom (Director)

1952

[ ] The Fallbrook Story (Director)

1956

[ ] Our Mr. Sun (Director)

1957

[ ] Hemo the Magnificent (Director)
[ ] The Strange Case of the Cosmic Rays (Director)

1959

[ ] A Hole in the Head (Director)

1961

[ ] Pocketful of Miracles (Director)

1964

[ ] Rendezvous in Space (Director)

2000

[ ] Why We Fight: World War II: The Battle of China / War Comes to America (Director)

Production

1928

[ ] The Matinee Idol (Producer)
[ ] That Certain Thing (Producer)

1930

[ ] Rain or Shine (Producer)

1931

[ ] Platinum Blonde (Producer)
[ ] The Miracle Woman (Producer)

1932

[ ] American Madness (Producer)
[ ] The Bitter Tea of General Yen (Producer)
[ ] Forbidden (Producer)

1933

[ ] Lady for a Day (Producer)

1934

[ ] It Happened One Night (Producer)
[ ] Broadway Bill (Producer)

1936

[ ] Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (Producer)

1937

[ ] Lost Horizon (Producer)

1938

[ 5/10 ] You Can't Take It with You (Producer)

1941

[ ] Meet John Doe (Producer)

1943

[ ] Why We Fight: Divide and Conquer (Producer)
[ ] Why We Fight: The Battle of Russia (Producer)

1944

[ ] Arsenic and Old Lace (Producer)
[ ] The Negro Soldier (Producer)
[ ] Attack! The Battle for New Britain (Producer)
[ ] G.I. Journal (Producer)

1945

[ ] Know Your Enemy: Japan (Producer)
[ ] Your Job in Germany (Producer)

1946

[ ] It's a Wonderful Life (Producer)

1948

[ 6/10 ] State of the Union (Producer)

1950

[ ] Riding High (Producer)

1951

[ ] Here Comes the Groom (Producer)

1952

[ ] The Fallbrook Story (Producer)

1956

[ ] Our Mr. Sun (Producer)

1957

[ ] The Strange Case of the Cosmic Rays (Producer)
[ ] Hemo the Magnificent (Producer)

1958

[ ] The Unchained Goddess (Producer)

1959

[ ] A Hole in the Head (Producer)

1961

[ ] Pocketful of Miracles (Producer)

Writing

1921

[ ] The Italian Warship Libia (Writer)

1924

[ ] Little Robinson Corkscrew (Writer)
[ ] Jubilo, Jr. (Scenario Writer)
[ ] 3 Days to Live (Writer)
[ ] Riders of the Purple Cows (Writer)
[ ] All Night Long (Writer)

1925

[ ] The Iron Nag (Writer)
[ ] The Marriage Circus (Writer)
[ ] Sneezing Beezers (Writer)
[ ] The Wild Goose Chaser (Writer)
[ ] Cold Turkey (Scenario Writer)
[ ] Super-Hooper-Dyne Lizzies (Writer)
[ ] Good Morning, Nurse (Story)
[ ] Lucky Stars (Story)
[ ] Boobs in the Wood (Writer)

1926

[ ] Saturday Afternoon (Story)
[ ] Tramp, Tramp, Tramp (Writer)

1927

[ ] Fiddlesticks (Story)
[ ] His First Flame (Story)

1928

[ ] The Swim Princess (Writer)
[ ] That Certain Thing (Screenplay)
[ ] The Burglar (Writer)
[ ] Say It with Sables (Story)

1929

[ ] Flight (Dialogue)

1932

[ ] Forbidden (Writer)

1945

[ ] Know Your Enemy: Japan (Writer)

1946

[ ] It's a Wonderful Life (Screenplay)

1951

[ ] Westward the Women (Story)

1956

[ ] Our Mr. Sun (Writer)

1957

[ ] Hemo the Magnificent (Writer)
[ ] The Strange Case of the Cosmic Rays (Writer)

1958

[ ] The Unchained Goddess (Writer)

Editing

1924

[ ] 3 Days to Live (Editor)

Crew

1940

[ ] Cavalcade of the Academy Awards (Supervisor of Production Resources)

Actor

1919

[ ] The Outcasts of Poker Flat (????)

1932

[ ] Screen Snapshots (Series 12, No. 2) (Himself)

1934

[ ] It Happened One Night (Bus Singer (uncredited))

1938

[ ] Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 12 (Frank Capra)
[ ] Another Romance of Celluloid (Self (uncredited))

1940

[ ] Cavalcade of the Academy Awards (Self)

1951

[ ] The Screen Director (Self (staged 'archive' footage) (uncredited))

1968

[ ] Dear Mr. Gable (Self)

1973

[ ] The Men who Made the Movies: Frank Capra (Self)

1983

[ ] Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (Self (archive footage) (uncredited))

1985

[ ] George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey (Self)

1987

[ ] James Stewart: A Wonderful Life (Self (archive footage))

1990

[ ] The Making of 'It's a Wonderful Life' (Self (archive footage))

1997

[ ] Frank Capra's American Dream (Self (archive footage))

2005

[ ] Why We Fight (Self (archive footage))

2009

[ ] 1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year (Self (archive footage))
[ ] Hollywood sul Tevere (????)

2017

[ ] Five Came Back (Self (archive footage))

2019

[ ] Hollywood's Second World War (Self (archive footage))

2020

[ ] Frank Capra, il était une fois l'Amérique (Self (archive footage))

2023

[ ] Frank Capra: Mr. America (Self (archive footage))