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".

Filmography of Frank Capra

• Rendezvous in Space (1964)
• Pocketful of Miracles (1961)
• A Hole in the Head (1959)
• Hemo the Magnificent (1957)
• The Strange Case of the Cosmic Rays (1957)
• Our Mr. Sun (1956)
• The Bell System Science Series (1956)
• The Fallbrook Story (1952)
• Here Comes the Groom (1951)
• Riding High (1950)
• State of the Union (1948)
• It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
• Know Your Enemy: Japan (1945)
• War Comes to America (1945)
• Here Is Germany (1945)
• Your Job in Germany (1945)
• Our Job in Japan (1945)
• Two Down and One to Go (1945)
• Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
• Why We Fight: The Battle of China (1944)
• Tunisian Victory (1944)
• Attack in the Pacific (1944)
• Attack! The Battle for New Britain (1944)
• Why We Fight: The Nazis Strike (1943)
• Why We Fight: The Battle of Russia (1943)
• Why We Fight: Divide and Conquer (1943)
• Why We Fight: The Battle of Britain (1943)
• Why We Fight: Prelude to War (1942)
• Meet John Doe (1941)
• Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
• You Can't Take It with You (1938)
• Lost Horizon (1937)
• Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
• It Happened One Night (1934)
• Broadway Bill (1934)
• Lady for a Day (1933)
• American Madness (1932)
• The Bitter Tea of General Yen (1932)
• Forbidden (1932)
• Platinum Blonde (1931)