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4 days ago · Frank Capra (born May 18, 1897, near Palermo, Sicily, Italy—died September 3, 1991, La Quinta, California, U.S.) was an American motion-picture director who was the most prominent filmmaker of the 1930s, during which he won three Academy Awards as best director.
- The Golden Period
Frank Capra - Hollywood Director, Academy Awards, 1930s:...
- The 1940S
Frank Capra - Director, Filmmaker, Academy Award: Capra left...
- The Golden Period
4 days ago · Frank Capra - Hollywood Director, Academy Awards, 1930s: Capra’s “golden period” began with It Happened One Night (1934), the first motion picture to win an Academy Award in five major categories: best picture, best actor, best actress, best director, and best adapted screenplay.
1 day ago · Los Angeles-born actress, Gloria Grahame, started her acting career on the stage before signing a contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, but despite earning a role in Frank Capra's It's a ...
4 days ago · Frank Capra - Director, Filmmaker, Academy Award: Capra left Columbia after Mr. Smith and continued his examination of the American political system with Meet John Doe (1941), which was produced independently by Frank Capra Productions (essentially a partnership with Riskin) and released through Warner Brothers.
2 days ago · 3. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939). Perhaps the quintessential whistleblower film, Frank Capra's political comedy-drama is one of the crown jewels of 1939, often regarded as Hollywood's ...
2 days ago · In Frank Capra’s film of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Kaufman and Hart play, the highly unconventional Sycamore family of New York is, among other things, in the firework-manufacturing business.
2 days ago · Jefferson Smith on the Senate floor. Credit: Columbia Pictures. James (Jimmy) Stewart, known for such classics as It’s a Wonderful Life and Vertigo, stars as an idealistic young senator in this Frank Capra-directed political dramedy. Naive about how things work in Washington, he innocently proposes a bill to build a boys’ campsite in his state.
