Frank Capra
Gender: Male
Born: 18th May 1897
Died: 3rd September 1991
Nationality: United States of America, Italy
Movies: A Hole in the Head, American Madness, Arsenic and Old Lace, Broadway Bill, Dirigible, Divide and Conquer, Flight, For the Love of Mike, Forbidden, Harry Langdon: The Forgotten Clown, Hemo the Magnificent, Here Comes the Groom, Here Is Germany, It's a Wonderful Life, It Happened One Night, Know Your Enemy: Japan, Ladies of Leisure, Lady for a Day, Long Pants, Lost Horizon, Meet John Doe, Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Our Mr. Sun, Platinum Blonde, Pocketful of Miracles, Prelude to War, Rain or Shine, Rendezvous in Space, Riding High, Say It with Sables, So This Is Love?, State of the Union, Submarine, That Certain Thing, The Ballad of Fisher's Boarding House, The Battle of Britain, The Battle of China, The Battle of Russia, The Bitter Tea of General Yen, The Burglar, The Donovan Affair, The Matinee Idol, The Miracle Woman, The Nazis Strike, The Power of the Press, The Strange Case of the Cosmic Rays, The Strong Man, The Way of the Strong, The Younger Generation, Tramp, Tramp, Tramp, Tunisian Victory, Two Down and One to Go, War Comes to America, You Can't Take It With You, Your Job In Germany
Frank Russell Capra (May 18, 1897 – September 3, 1991) was a Sicilian-born American film director. He emigrated to the U.S. when he was six, and eventually became a creative force behind major award-winning films during the 1930s and 1940s. His rags-to-riches story, having worked his way through college, has led film historians like Ian Freer to consider Capra the "American dream personified."
Capra became one of America's most powerful directors during the 1930s, winning three Oscars as Best Director. Among his leading films was It Happened One Night (1934), which became the first film to win all five top Oscars, including Best Picture. Other leading films included Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936), Lost Horizon (1937), You Can't Take It With You (1938), Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939), Meet John Doe (1941), Arsenic and Old Lace (1944), It's a Wonderful Life (1946) and State of the Union (1948). Because of his early fame as a director, his name was listed "above the title" of his films when they were publicized. People "flocked to the theaters" during the 1930s and 1940s to see films directed by Frank Capra.
After World War II, however, Capra's career declined as his subjects were
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