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Frank Capra
Frank Capra cuts Army film as a Signal Corps Reserve major during World War II.
Born	Francesco Rosario Capra 18 May 1897(1897-05-18) Bisacquino, Sicily, Italy
Died	3 September 1991 (aged 94) La Quinta, California, U.S.
Spouse(s)	Helen Howell (1923-1927) (divorced) Lou Capra (1932-1984) (deceased); 3 children
Awards won Academy Awards Best Director 1934 It Happened One Night 1936 Mr. Deeds Goes to Town 1938 You Can't Take It with You Best Picture 1934 It Happened One Night 1938 You Can't Take It with You Documentary Feature 1942 Prelude to War Golden Globe Awards Best Director - Motion Picture 1947 It's a Wonderful Life Other Awards AFI Life Achievement Award 1982 Life Achievement Award Golden Lion 1982 Lifetime Achievement

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Early life

Born Francesco Rosario Capra in Bisacquino, Sicily, Capra and his family—his father Salvatore, his mother Rosaria Nicolosi, and his siblings Giuseppa, Giuseppe, and Antonia—immigrated to the United States in 1903. Country Italy Region Sicily Province Palermo (PA) Mayor Elevation 744 m Area 64 km² Population  - Total (as of December 31, 2004) 5,119  - Density 82/km² Time zone CET, UTC+1 Coordinates Gentilic Bisacquinesi Dialing code 091 Postal code 90032 Patron Madonna del Balzo  - Day August 15 Website: [1] Bisacquino... Sicily ( in Italian and Sicilian) is an autonomous region of Italy and the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, with an area of 25,708 km² (9,926 sq. ... 2000 Census Population Ancestry Map Immigration to the United States of America is the movement of non-residents to the United States. ...

In California the family met with Benedetto Capra (the oldest sibling) and settled in Los Angeles. In 1918, Frank Capra graduated from Throop Institute (now the California Institute of Technology) with a Bachelor of Science degree in chemical engineering. During World War I, Capra enlisted in the United States Army on October 18, 1918. However, while at the Presidio, he became ill with Spanish flu and was medically discharged on December 13. This article is about the U.S state. ... Los Angeles and L.A. redirect here. ... The California Institute of Technology (commonly referred to as Caltech)[1] is a private, coeducational research university located in Pasadena, California, in the United States. ... The California Institute of Technology (commonly referred to as Caltech)[1] is a private, coeducational research university located in Pasadena, California, in the United States. ... B.S. redirects here. ... A degree is any of a wide range of status levels conferred by institutions of higher education, such as universities, normally as the result of successfully completing a program of study. ... Chemical engineers design, construct and operate plants Chemical engineering is the branch of engineering that deals with the application of physical science (e. ... “The Great War ” redirects here. ... The United States Army is the largest, and by some standards oldest, established branch of the armed forces of the United States and is one of seven uniformed services. ... is the 291st day of the year (292nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday[1] of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Presidio is a place in the State of Texas in the United States of America: see Presidio, Texas. ... The 1918 flu pandemic (commonly referred to as the Spanish flu) was a category 5 influenza pandemic caused by an unusually severe and deadly Influenza A virus strain of subtype H1N1. ... is the 347th day of the year (348th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...

He became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1920, adopting the name Frank Russell Capra. A judge swears in a new citizen. ... The United States flag The Seal of the United States Article I, section 8, clause 4 of the United States Constitution expressly gives the United States Congress the power (t)o establish a uniform rule of naturalization. ...

Film career

Capra began as a prop man in silent films.^[1] However, he wrote and directed silent film comedies starring Harry Langdon and the Our Gang kids. Capra went to work for Mack Sennett in 1924 and then moved to Columbia Pictures, where he formed a close association with screenwriter Robert Riskin (husband of Fay Wray) and cameraman Joseph Walker. However, Sidney Buchman replaced Riskin as writer in 1940. This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... A silent film is a film which has no accompanying soundtrack. ... Harry Langdon an American silent comedian who fared badly in sound films. ... A poster for the 1931 Our Gang comedy Love Business featuring depictions of (from left to right): Pete the Pup, Jackie Cooper, and Norman Chubby Chaney. ... Mack Sennett (1880 - 1960) Mack Sennett (January 17, 1880 – November 5, 1960) was an innovator of slapstick comedy in film. ... The Columbia Pictures logo from 1993 to the present Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. ... Robert Riskin (March 30, 1897–September 20, 1955) was an American screenwriter and playwright, best known for his collaborations with director-producer Frank Capra. ... Vina Fay Wray (September 15, 1907 – August 8, 2004) was a Canadian–American actress. ... Joseph Walker or Joe Walker can refer to more than one person of note, including: Joseph A. Walker, a United States military aviator Joseph A. Walker, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright (The River Niger) J. E. Walker, former president of the Universal Life Insurance Company. ... Sidney Robert Buchman (March 27, 1902 – August 23, 1975) was a film writer and producer who worked on 38 films from the late 1920s to the early 1970s. ...

For the 1934 film It Happened One Night, Robert Montgomery and Myrna Loy were originally offered the roles, but each felt that the script was poor, and Loy described it as one of the worst she had ever read, later noting that the final version bore little resemblance to the script she and Montgomery were offered.^[2]After Loy, Miriam Hopkins and Margaret Sullavan also each rejected the part.^[3] Constance Bennett wanted to, but only if she could produce it herself. Then Bette Davis wanted the role,^[4] but she was under contract with Warner Brothers and Jack Warner refused to loan her to Columbia Studios.^[5] Capra was unable to get any of the actresses he wanted for the part of Ellie Andrews, partly because no self-respecting star would make a film with only two costumes.^[6] Harry Cohn suggested Claudette Colbert to play the lead role. Both Capra and Clark Gable enjoyed making the movie; Colbert did not. After the 1934 film It Happened One Night, Capra directed a steady stream of films for Columbia intended to be inspirational and humanitarian. It Happened One Night is a 1934 romantic comedy directed by Frank Capra, in which a pampered socialite (Claudette Colbert) tries to get out from under her fathers thumb, and falls in love with a roguish reporter (Clark Gable). ... Robert Montgomery (May 21, 1904 – September 27, 1981) was an American actor and director. ... Myrna Loy (August 2, 1905 – December 14, 1993) was an American motion picture actress. ... Ellen Miriam Hopkins (October 18, 1902 – October 9, 1972) was an Oscar-nominated American actress. ... Margaret Sullavan Margaret Brooke Sullavan (May 16, 1911 - January 1, 1960) was an American actress. ... Constance Campbell Bennett (October 22, 1904 - July 24, 1965) was a US actress known as much for her elegant persona as for her acting career. ... This article is about the actress. ... Warner Bros. ... This article is about Jack Warner, the head of Warner Brothers. ... Harry Cohn (July 23, 1891–February 27, 1958), sometimes nicknamed King Cohn, was president and production director of Columbia Pictures. ... Claudette Colbert (September 13, 1903 – July 30, 1996) was an Academy Award-winning French-born American actress. ... William Clark Gable (February 1, 1901 – November 16, 1960) was an Academy Award-winning American film actor. ... It Happened One Night is a 1934 romantic comedy directed by Frank Capra, in which a pampered socialite (Claudette Colbert) tries to get out from under her fathers thumb, and falls in love with a roguish reporter (Clark Gable). ...

The best known are Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, the original Lost Horizon, You Can't Take It with You, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, and It's a Wonderful Life. His ten-year break from screwball comedy ended with the comedy Arsenic and Old Lace. Among the actors who owed much of their early success to Capra were Gary Cooper, Jean Arthur, James Stewart, Barbara Stanwyck, Cary Grant and Donna Reed. Capra credited Jean Arthur as "my favorite actress". Mr. ... Lost Horizon is a 1937 film directed by Frank Capra starring Ronald Colman, Jane Wyatt, John Howard, Margo, Thomas Mitchell, Edward Everett Horton, Isabel Jewell, H.B. Warner, and Sam Jaffe. ... You Cant Take It with You is a Pulitzer Prize winning comedic play in three acts by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart, and was the basis for the 1938 Academy Award winning film directed by Frank Capra. ... Mr. ... For other uses, see Its a Wonderful Life (disambiguation). ... Arsenic and Old Lace is a film directed by Frank Capra based on a play by the same name by Joseph Kesselring. ... Gary Cooper (born Frank James Cooper May 7, 1901 – May 13, 1961) was a two-time Academy Award-winning American film actor of English heritage. ... Jean Arthur (October 17, 1900 – June 19, 1991) was an Oscar-nominated American actress and a major film star of the 1930s and 1940s. ... For other persons named James Stewart, see James Stewart (disambiguation). ... Barbara Stanwyck (July 16, 1907 – January 20, 1990) was a four-time Academy Award-nominated, three-time Emmy Award-winning, and Golden Globe-winning American actress of film, stage, and screen. ... This article is about the actor. ... Donna Reed (January 27, 1921 - January 14, 1986) was an Academy Award-winning American actress. ...

Capra's films in the 1930s enjoyed success at the Academy Awards. It Happened One Night was the first film to win all five top Oscars (Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, and Best Screenplay). In 1936, Capra won his second Best Director Oscar for Mr. Deeds Goes to Town; in 1938 he won his third Director Oscar in five years for You Can't Take It with You, which also won Best Picture. In addition to his three directing wins, Capra received directing nominations for three other films (Lady for a Day, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, and It's a Wonderful Life). On March 5, 1936, Capra was also host of the 8th Academy Awards ceremony. Academy Award The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are the most prominent and most watched film awards ceremony in the world. ... ©A.M.P.A.S.® The Academy Award for Best Motion Picture is one of the Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) to artists working in the motion picture industry. ... The Academy Award for Directing is one of the awards given to directors working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. ... Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) to recognize an actor who has delivered an outstanding performance while working within the film industry. ... Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) to recognize an actress who has delivered an outstanding performance while working within the film industry. ... The Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay is one of the Academy Awards, the most prominent film awards in the United States. ... Mr. ... You Cant Take It with You is a Pulitzer Prize winning comedic play in three acts by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart, and was the basis for the 1938 Academy Award winning film directed by Frank Capra. ... Lady for a Day is a 1933 film which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. ... This article is about the day. ... Year 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The 8th Academy Awards were held on March 5, 1936 at the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles, California. ...

World War II

Capra was faced with convincing an isolationist nation to enter the war,^{[citation needed]} desegregate the troops,^{[citation needed]} and ally with the Russians,^{[citation needed]} among other things. Capra wanted to counter the films of German filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl, especially Triumph of the Will. Helene Bertha Amalie Leni Riefenstahl (August 22, 1902 – September 8, 2003) was a German film director, dancer and actress, and widely noted for her aesthetics and advances in film technique. ... Triumph of the Will (German: Triumph des Willens) is a propaganda film by the German filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl. ...

Capra produced State of the Union and directed or co-directed eight documentary propaganda films between 1942 and 1948, including the seven-episode U.S. government-commissioned Why We Fight series—consisting of Prelude to War (1942), The Nazis Strike (1942), The Battle of Britain (1943), Divide and Conquer (1943), Know Your Enemy: Japan (1945), Tunisian Victory (1945), and Two Down and One to Go (1945)—as well as produced the African-American targeted The Negro Soldier (1944). Why We Fight, is widely considered a masterpiece of propaganda and won an Academy Award. Prelude to War won the 1942 Academy Award for Documentary Feature. Capra regarded these films as his most important works. State of the Union is a 1946 Pulitzer Prize winning play by Russel Crouse and Howard Lindsay, which was adapted into a 1948 film directed by Frank Capra. ... The Why We Fight Series depicts the Nazi propaganda machine. ... Prelude to War depicts the Nazi propaganda machine. ... Prelude to War was the first film of Frank Capras Why We Fight World War II propaganda film series. ... The Nazis Strike was the second film of Frank Capras Why We Fight propaganda film series. ... The Battle of Britain was the fourth of Frank Capras Why We Fight series. ... Divide and Conquer was the third film of Frank Capras Why We Fight propaganda film series, dealing with the Nazi conquest of Western Europe in 1940. ... Tunisian Victory was an hour long 1944 British American propaganda film about the victories in the North Africa Campaign. ... The Negro Soldier was a 1944 propaganda film produced by the US War Department encouraging African Americans to join the armed forces and otherwise help the war effort. ... Prelude to War depicts the Nazi propaganda machine. ... For other uses, see Propaganda (disambiguation). ... The Academy Award for Documentary Feature is one of the most prestigious awards for documentary films. ...

Postwar

Donna Reed, James Stewart, and Karolyn Grimes in It's a Wonderful Life (1946).

It's a Wonderful Life (1946) was considered a box office disappointment but it was nominated for the Academy Awards for Best Director, Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Sound Recording and Best Editing. The American Film Institute named it one of the best films ever made, putting it at the top of the list of AFI's 100 Years... 100 Cheers, a list of what AFI considers to be the most inspirational American movies of all time. The film also appeared in another AFI Top 100 list: it placed at 11th on AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies list of the top American films. Download high resolution version (1024x768, 87 KB)Jimmy Stewart and Donna Reed in Its a Wonderful Life. ... Download high resolution version (1024x768, 87 KB)Jimmy Stewart and Donna Reed in Its a Wonderful Life. ... Donna Reed (January 27, 1921 - January 14, 1986) was an Academy Award-winning American actress. ... For other persons named James Stewart, see James Stewart (disambiguation). ... Karolyn Grimes is an actress, born in 1940. ... For other uses, see Its a Wonderful Life (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Its a Wonderful Life (disambiguation). ... Although he never won an Oscar for any of his movie performances, the comedian Bob Hope received two honorary Oscars for his contributions to cinema. ... The Academy Award for Directing is one of the awards given to directors working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. ... ©A.M.P.A.S.® The Academy Award for Best Motion Picture is one of the Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) to artists working in the motion picture industry. ... Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) to recognize an actor who has delivered an outstanding performance while working within the film industry. ... The Academy Award for Sound Mixing is an Academy Award that recognizes the finest or most aesthetic sound mixing or recording, and is generally awarded to the production sound mixers and re-recording mixers of the winning film. ... The Academy Award for Film Editing was first given for films issued in 1934. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... 100 Years. ... The first of the AFI 100 Years. ...

Capra's final theatrical film was with Glenn Ford and Bette Davis, named Pocketful of Miracles (1961). He planned to do a science fiction film later in the decade but never got around to pre-production. Capra produced several science-related television specials for the Bell Telephone System, such as "The Strange Case of the Cosmic Rays." Gwyllyn Samuel Newton Glenn Ford (May 1, 1916 – August 30, 2006) was an acclaimed Canadian-born actor from Hollywoods Golden Era with a career that spanned seven decades. ... This article is about the actress. ... Pocketful of Miracles is a 1961 film starring Glenn Ford, Hope Lange and Bette Davis. ... Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ... The Bell System was a trademark and service mark used by the United States telecommunications company American Telephone & Telegraph Company (AT&T) and its affiliated companies to co-brand their extensive circuit-switched telephone network and their affiliations with each other. ...

Capra films usually carry a definite message about the basic goodness of human nature and show the value of unselfishness and hard work. His wholesome, feel-good themes have led his works to be called, by some, "Capra-corn." However, many others who see the positive aspects of Capra's works prefer the term, "Capraesque." It may be argued that much of the 'feel-good' type of cinema that has somewhat become a genre of its own, for better or for worse, is largely Frank Capra's legacy.^{[citation needed]}

Capra in the media

In 1971, Capra published his autobiography, The Name Above the Title. Uncompromising in its details, it offers a compelling self-portrait. It is, however, not considered to be entirely reliable as regards dates and facts; one commentator asserts that it "appears to have been a lie practically from beginning to end".^[7] Year 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. ...

Capra was also the subject of a 1991 biography by Joseph McBride entitled Frank Capra: The Catastrophe of Success. McBride challenges many of the impressions left by Capra's autobiography.

Death and legacy

Frank Capra died in La Quinta, California of a heart attack in his sleep in 1991 at the age of 94. He was interred in the Coachella Valley Cemetery in Coachella, California. La Quinta redirects here. ... Heart attack redirects here. ... Coordinates: County Riverside Government  - Mayor Eduardo Garcia Area  - City 83 km²  (32 sq mi) Elevation 20. ...

He left part of his 1,100-acre (4 km²) ranch in Fallbrook, California to Caltech.^[8] Fallbrook is a census-designated place (CDP) in northern San Diego County, California. ... California Institute of Technology The California Institute of Technology (commonly known as Caltech) is a private, coeducational university located in Pasadena, California, in the United States. ...

His son Frank Capra, Jr. — one of the three children born to Capra's second wife, Lou Capra — was the president of EUE Screen Gems Studios, in Wilmington, North Carolina until his death on December 19, 2007. Frank Capra's grandson is Frank Capra III. Frank Capra, Jr. ... Screen Gems is an American subsidiary company of Sony Pictures Entertainments Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group that has served several different purposes for its parent companies over the decades since its incorporation. ... Wilmington is a city in New Hanover County, North Carolina, United States. ... is the 353rd day of the year (354th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ... Frank Capra III (born July 16, 1959 in San Diego, California) is the son of Frank Capra, Jr. ...

AFI 100 Years... series

• AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition)
  • It's a Wonderful Life...# 20
  • Mr. Smith Goes to Washington...# 26
  • It Happened One Night...# 46
• AFI's 100 Years... 100 Cheers
  • It's a Wonderful Life...# 1
  • Mr. Smith Goes to Washington...# 5
  • Meet John Doe...# 49
  • Mr. Deeds Goes to Town...# 83
• AFI's 100 Years... 100 Laughs
  • It Happened One Night...# 8
  • Arsenic and Old Lace...# 30
  • Mr. Deeds Goes to Town...# 70
• AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions
  • It's a Wonderful Life...# 8
  • It Happened One Night...# 38
• AFI's 100 Years... 100 Heroes and Villains
  • 50 greatest movie heroes
  • It's a Wonderful Life...George Bailey ...# 9
  • Mr. Smith Goes to Washington...Jefferson Smith ...# 11
  • 50 greatest movie villains
  • It's a Wonderful Life...Mister Potter ...# 6

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United States National Film Registry

• The Strong Man (1926)
• It Happened One Night (1934)
• Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
• Why We Fight (1942)
• It's a Wonderful Life (1946)

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Filmography

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Quotes

• "There are no rules in filmmaking, only sins. And the cardinal sin is dullness."^[9]

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See also

• James Stewart

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See also

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References

Notes

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Bibliography

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External links

• Frank Capra at the Internet Movie Database
• Frank Capra at the TCM Movie Database
• Bibliography