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Frank Capra was a american/italian director, producer, actor, screenwriter and editor, known for Why We Fight (2005), Frank Capra's American Dream (1997) and A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies (1995). He died September 3, 1991. He became 94 years old.

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# Title IMDb
1 Frank Capra's It's a Wonderful Life (1946) 8.6

Frank Capra

  • Name: Frank Capra
  • Age: 94 years
  • Height: 166 cm
  • Birth Date: May 18, 1897
  • Death Date: September 3, 1991
  • Nationality: American, Italian

Frank Capra's filmography

Director

Frank is listed as director for forty one titles.

Pocketful of Miracles

Pocketful of Miracles
Movie, 1961

  • Director: Frank Capra
  • Main cast: Bette Davis, Glenn Ford, Hope Lange, Arthur O'Connell
  • Music: Jimmy Van Heusen, Walter Scharf

A Hole in the Head

A Hole in the Head
Movie, 1959

  • Director: Frank Capra
  • Main cast: Frank Sinatra, Edward G. Robinson, Eddie Hodges, Carolyn Jones, Eleanor Parker
  • Music: Nelson Riddle

Hemo the Magnificent

Hemo the Magnificent
Movie, 1957

  • Director: Frank Capra, William T. Hurtz
  • Main cast: Mel Blanc, Richard Carlson

Our Mr. Sun

Our Mr. Sun
Movie, 1956

  • Director: Frank Capra, William T. Hurtz
  • Main cast: Eddie Albert, Lionel Barrymore, Marvin Miller

Design for Death

Design for Death
Movie, 1947

  • Director: Frank Capra, Richard Fleischer
  • Main cast: Kent Smith

Frank Capra's It's a Wonderful Life

Frank Capra's It's a Wonderful Life
Movie, 1946

  • Director: Frank Capra
  • Main cast: James Stewart, Lionel Barrymore, Donna Reed
  • Music: Dimitri Tiomkin

Here Is Germany

Here Is Germany
Movie, 1945

  • Director: Frank Capra
  • Main cast: Anthony Veiller

War Comes to America: The Front At Home

War Comes to America: The Front At Home
Movie, 1945

  • Director: Frank Capra, Anatole Litvak
  • Main cast: Walter Huston, Lloyd Nolan

Know Your Enemy - Japan

Know Your Enemy - Japan
Movie, 1945

  • Director: Frank Capra, Joris Ivens
  • Main cast: Howard Duff, Walter Huston
  • Music: Dimitri Tiomkin

Two Down and One to Go

Two Down and One to Go
Movie, 1945

  • Director: Frank Capra

Arsenic and Old Lace

Arsenic and Old Lace
Movie, 1944

  • Director: Frank Capra
  • Main cast: Cary Grant, Jack Carson, Priscilla Lane, Raymond Massey
  • Music: Max Steiner, Leo F. Forbstein

Tunisian Victory

Tunisian Victory
Movie, 1944

  • Director: Frank Capra, John Huston, John Boulting, Roy Boulting, Hugh Stewart
  • Main cast: Burgess Meredith, Bernard Miles
  • Music: William Alwyn

Armed Forces Information Film: A.F.I.F. Number 3

Armed Forces Information Film: A.F.I.F. Number 3
Movie, 1944

  • Director: Frank Capra
  • Main cast: Winston Churchill, James Doolittle

The Battle of Russia: The Nazi March Frozen

The Battle of Russia: The Nazi March Frozen
Movie, 1943

  • Director: Frank Capra, Anatole Litvak
  • Main cast: Nikolay Cherkasov, Anthony Veiller
  • Music: Dimitri Tiomkin

Divide and Conquer

Divide and Conquer
Movie, 1943

  • Director: Frank Capra, Anatole Litvak
  • Main cast: Murray Alper, General Bergeret, Monte Blue, Knox Manning
  • Music: William Lava

The Battle of Britain

The Battle of Britain
Movie, 1943

  • Director: Frank Capra, Anatole Litvak, Anthony Veiller
  • Main cast: Walter Huston, Frieda Inescort
  • Music: Max Steiner

The Nazi Strike: Blitzkrieg!

The Nazi Strike: Blitzkrieg!
Movie, 1943

  • Director: Frank Capra, Anatole Litvak
  • Main cast: Edvard Beneš, Neville Chamberlain, Clementine Churchill

Why We Fight: Prelude to War

Why We Fight: Prelude to War
Movie, 1942

  • Director: Frank Capra, Anatole Litvak
  • Main cast: Walter Huston, Max Schmeling
  • Music: Cyril J. Mockridge, Alfred Newman, David Raksin, Hugo Friedhofer, Arthur Lange

Meet John Doe

Meet John Doe
Movie, 1941

  • Director: Frank Capra
  • Main cast: Gary Cooper, Walter Brennan, Barbara Stanwyck
  • Music: Dimitri Tiomkin

Frank Capra's Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Frank Capra's Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Movie, 1939

  • Director: Frank Capra
  • Main cast: James Stewart, Jean Arthur, Claude Rains
  • Music: Dimitri Tiomkin

You Can't Take It With You

You Can't Take It With You
Movie, 1938

  • Director: Frank Capra
  • Main cast: James Stewart, Jean Arthur, Lionel Barrymore
  • Music: Morris Stoloff, Dimitri Tiomkin

Lost Horizon

Lost Horizon
Movie, 1937

  • Director: Frank Capra
  • Main cast: Edward Everett Horton, Ronald Colman, Jane Wyatt
  • Music: Dimitri Tiomkin

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Movie, 1936

  • Director: Frank Capra
  • Main cast: Gary Cooper, Jean Arthur, George Bancroft, Lionel Stander
  • Music: Howard Jackson, Louis Silvers

It Happened One Night

It Happened One Night
Movie, 1934

  • Director: Frank Capra
  • Main cast: Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert, Walter Connolly, Roscoe Karns
  • Music: Howard Jackson

Lady for a Day

Lady for a Day
Movie, 1933

  • Director: Frank Capra
  • Main cast: Guy Kibbee, Warren William, Glenda Farrell, May Robson
  • Music: Howard Jackson

The Bitter Tea of General Yen

The Bitter Tea of General Yen
Movie, 1933

  • Director: Frank Capra
  • Main cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Nils Asther, Walter Connolly, Toshia Mori
  • Music: W. Franke Harling

Faith

Faith
Movie, 1932

  • Director: Frank Capra
  • Main cast: Pat O'Brien, Constance Cummings, Walter Huston
  • Music: Mischa Bakaleinikoff, Karl Hajos

Dirigible

Dirigible
Movie, 1931

  • Director: Frank Capra
  • Main cast: Hobart Bosworth, Ralph Graves, Jack Holt, Fay Wray

The Miracle Woman

The Miracle Woman
Movie, 1931

  • Director: Frank Capra
  • Main cast: Barbara Stanwyck, David Manners, Sam Hardy, Beryl Mercer

Platinum Blonde

Platinum Blonde
Movie, 1931

  • Director: Frank Capra
  • Main cast: Jean Harlow, Loretta Young, Halliwell Hobbes
  • Music: Bernhard Kaun, David Broekman

Rain or Shine

Rain or Shine
Movie, 1930

  • Director: Frank Capra
  • Main cast: Joe Cook, Louise Fazenda, Joan Peers

The Donovan Affair

The Donovan Affair
Movie, 1929

  • Director: Frank Capra
  • Main cast: Agnes Ayres, William Collier Jr., Jack Holt, Dorothy Revier

The Younger Generation

The Younger Generation
Movie, 1929

  • Director: Frank Capra
  • Main cast: Ricardo Cortez, Lina Basquette, Jean Hersholt, Rex Lease

The Matinee Idol

The Matinee Idol
Movie, 1928

  • Director: Frank Capra
  • Main cast: Lionel Belmore, Ernest Hilliard, Bessie Love, Johnnie Walker

Say It with Sables

Say It with Sables
Movie, 1928

  • Director: Frank Capra
  • Main cast: Francis X. Bushman, Helene Chadwick, Margaret Livingston

So This Is Love?

So This Is Love?
Movie, 1928

  • Director: Frank Capra
  • Main cast: William Collier Jr., Shirley Mason, Johnnie Walker

That Certain Thing

That Certain Thing
Movie, 1928

  • Director: Frank Capra
  • Main cast: Viola Dana, Ralph Graves, Aggie Herring, Burr McIntosh

The Way of the Strong

The Way of the Strong
Movie, 1928

  • Director: Frank Capra
  • Main cast: Alice Day, Mitchell Lewis, Margaret Livingston, Theodore von Eltz

For the Love of Mike

For the Love of Mike
Movie, 1927

  • Director: Frank Capra
  • Main cast: Claudette Colbert, Ben Lyon

Long Pants

Long Pants
Movie, 1927

  • Director: Frank Capra
  • Main cast: Harry Langdon, Priscilla Bonner, Gladys Brockwell, Alan Roscoe

The Ballad of Fisher's Boarding House

The Ballad of Fisher's Boarding House
Movie, 1922

  • Director: Frank Capra
  • Main cast: Ethan Allen, Olaf Skavlan

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Producer

Frank is listed as producer for twenty five titles.

Pocketful of Miracles

Pocketful of Miracles
Movie, 1961

  • Director: Frank Capra
  • Main cast: Bette Davis, Glenn Ford, Hope Lange, Arthur O'Connell
  • Music: Jimmy Van Heusen, Walter Scharf

A Hole in the Head

A Hole in the Head
Movie, 1959

  • Director: Frank Capra
  • Main cast: Frank Sinatra, Edward G. Robinson, Eddie Hodges, Carolyn Jones, Eleanor Parker
  • Music: Nelson Riddle

The Unchained Goddess

The Unchained Goddess
Movie, 1958

  • Director: Richard Carlson, William T. Hurtz
  • Main cast: Mel Blanc, Richard Carlson

Hemo the Magnificent

Hemo the Magnificent
Movie, 1957

  • Director: Frank Capra, William T. Hurtz
  • Main cast: Mel Blanc, Richard Carlson

Our Mr. Sun

Our Mr. Sun
Movie, 1956

  • Director: Frank Capra, William T. Hurtz
  • Main cast: Eddie Albert, Lionel Barrymore, Marvin Miller

Frank Capra's It's a Wonderful Life

Frank Capra's It's a Wonderful Life
Movie, 1946

  • Director: Frank Capra
  • Main cast: James Stewart, Lionel Barrymore, Donna Reed
  • Music: Dimitri Tiomkin

Know Your Enemy - Japan

Know Your Enemy - Japan
Movie, 1945

  • Director: Frank Capra, Joris Ivens
  • Main cast: Howard Duff, Walter Huston
  • Music: Dimitri Tiomkin

Arsenic and Old Lace

Arsenic and Old Lace
Movie, 1944

  • Director: Frank Capra
  • Main cast: Cary Grant, Jack Carson, Priscilla Lane, Raymond Massey
  • Music: Max Steiner, Leo F. Forbstein

The Negro Soldier

The Negro Soldier
Movie, 1944

  • Director: Stuart Heisler
  • Main cast: William Broadus, Clarence Brooks, Carlton Moss
  • Music: Albert Glasser, Dimitri Tiomkin, Earl Robinson

The Battle of Russia: The Nazi March Frozen

The Battle of Russia: The Nazi March Frozen
Movie, 1943

  • Director: Frank Capra, Anatole Litvak
  • Main cast: Nikolay Cherkasov, Anthony Veiller
  • Music: Dimitri Tiomkin

Divide and Conquer

Divide and Conquer
Movie, 1943

  • Director: Frank Capra, Anatole Litvak
  • Main cast: Murray Alper, General Bergeret, Monte Blue, Knox Manning
  • Music: William Lava

Why We Fight: Prelude to War

Why We Fight: Prelude to War
Movie, 1942

  • Director: Frank Capra, Anatole Litvak
  • Main cast: Walter Huston, Max Schmeling
  • Music: Cyril J. Mockridge, Alfred Newman, David Raksin, Hugo Friedhofer, Arthur Lange

Meet John Doe

Meet John Doe
Movie, 1941

  • Director: Frank Capra
  • Main cast: Gary Cooper, Walter Brennan, Barbara Stanwyck
  • Music: Dimitri Tiomkin

Frank Capra's Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Frank Capra's Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Movie, 1939

  • Director: Frank Capra
  • Main cast: James Stewart, Jean Arthur, Claude Rains
  • Music: Dimitri Tiomkin

You Can't Take It With You

You Can't Take It With You
Movie, 1938

  • Director: Frank Capra
  • Main cast: James Stewart, Jean Arthur, Lionel Barrymore
  • Music: Morris Stoloff, Dimitri Tiomkin

Lost Horizon

Lost Horizon
Movie, 1937

  • Director: Frank Capra
  • Main cast: Edward Everett Horton, Ronald Colman, Jane Wyatt
  • Music: Dimitri Tiomkin

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Movie, 1936

  • Director: Frank Capra
  • Main cast: Gary Cooper, Jean Arthur, George Bancroft, Lionel Stander
  • Music: Howard Jackson, Louis Silvers

It Happened One Night

It Happened One Night
Movie, 1934

  • Director: Frank Capra
  • Main cast: Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert, Walter Connolly, Roscoe Karns
  • Music: Howard Jackson

The Bitter Tea of General Yen

The Bitter Tea of General Yen
Movie, 1933

  • Director: Frank Capra
  • Main cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Nils Asther, Walter Connolly, Toshia Mori
  • Music: W. Franke Harling

Faith

Faith
Movie, 1932

  • Director: Frank Capra
  • Main cast: Pat O'Brien, Constance Cummings, Walter Huston
  • Music: Mischa Bakaleinikoff, Karl Hajos

The Miracle Woman

The Miracle Woman
Movie, 1931

  • Director: Frank Capra
  • Main cast: Barbara Stanwyck, David Manners, Sam Hardy, Beryl Mercer

Platinum Blonde

Platinum Blonde
Movie, 1931

  • Director: Frank Capra
  • Main cast: Jean Harlow, Loretta Young, Halliwell Hobbes
  • Music: Bernhard Kaun, David Broekman

Rain or Shine

Rain or Shine
Movie, 1930

  • Director: Frank Capra
  • Main cast: Joe Cook, Louise Fazenda, Joan Peers

The Matinee Idol

The Matinee Idol
Movie, 1928

  • Director: Frank Capra
  • Main cast: Lionel Belmore, Ernest Hilliard, Bessie Love, Johnnie Walker

That Certain Thing

That Certain Thing
Movie, 1928

  • Director: Frank Capra
  • Main cast: Viola Dana, Ralph Graves, Aggie Herring, Burr McIntosh

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Actor

Frank is listed as actor for fourteen titles.

Why We Fight

Why We Fight
(archive footage)
Movie, 2005

  • Director: Eugene Jarecki
  • Main cast: Gore Vidal, John Ashcroft, Osama Bin Laden

Frank Capra's American Dream

Frank Capra's American Dream
Movie, 1997

  • Director: Kenneth Bowser
  • Main cast: Robert Altman, Ron Howard, Frank Capra, Jr.

A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies

A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies
Himself
Movie, 1995

  • Director: Martin Scorsese, Michael Henry Wilson
  • Main cast: Martin Scorsese, George Lucas, Francis Ford Coppola, Brian De Palma
  • Music: Elmer Bernstein

Frank Capra's 'It's a Wonderful Life': A Personal Remembrance

Frank Capra's 'It's a Wonderful Life': A Personal Remembrance
Self
Movie, 1991

  • Main cast: Frank Capra, James Stewart, Frank Capra, Jr.

The Making of 'It's a Wonderful Life'

The Making of 'It's a Wonderful Life'
Self (archive footage)
Movie, 1990

  • Main cast: Frank Capra, Sheldon Leonard, Tom Bosley

George Stevens A Filmmaker's Journey

George Stevens:A Filmmaker's Journey
Movie, 1984

  • Director: George Stevens Jr.
  • Main cast: Fred Astaire, Rock Hudson, Warren Beatty, Hermes Pan
  • Music: Carl Davis

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
(archive footage)
Movie, 1983

  • Director: Ron Blackman, Bruce Goldstein, Stanley Sheff
  • Main cast: Bud Abbott, Walter Abel, Katharine Alexander, Gig Young

The Men Who Made the Movies: Frank Capra

The Men Who Made the Movies: Frank Capra
Self
Movie, 1973

  • Director: Richard Schickel
  • Main cast: Frank Capra

Dear Mr. Gable

Dear Mr. Gable
Self
Movie, 1968

  • Main cast: Clark Gable, Carole Lombard, Burgess Meredith

Hollywood My Home Town

Hollywood My Home Town
Movie, 1965

  • Main cast: Ben Alexander, Ken Murray

The Screen Director

The Screen Director
Movie, 1951

  • Director: Richard L. Bare
  • Main cast: Frank Capra, Richard L. Bare, Phyllis Coates

Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
Movie, 1940

  • Main cast: Janet Gaynor, Emil Jannings, Carey Wilson

It Happened One Night

It Happened One Night
Bus Singer
Movie, 1934

  • Director: Frank Capra
  • Main cast: Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert, Walter Connolly, Roscoe Karns
  • Music: Howard Jackson

The Outcasts of Poker Flat

The Outcasts of Poker Flat
Movie, 1919

  • Director: John Ford
  • Main cast: Harry Carey, Joe Harris, Gloria Hope, Cullen Landis

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Screenwriter

Frank is listed as screenwriter for sixteen titles.

The Unchained Goddess

The Unchained Goddess
Movie, 1958

  • Director: Richard Carlson, William T. Hurtz
  • Main cast: Mel Blanc, Richard Carlson

Hemo the Magnificent

Hemo the Magnificent
Movie, 1957

  • Director: Frank Capra, William T. Hurtz
  • Main cast: Mel Blanc, Richard Carlson

Our Mr. Sun

Our Mr. Sun
Movie, 1956

  • Director: Frank Capra, William T. Hurtz
  • Main cast: Eddie Albert, Lionel Barrymore, Marvin Miller

Frank Capra's It's a Wonderful Life

Frank Capra's It's a Wonderful Life
Movie, 1946

  • Director: Frank Capra
  • Main cast: James Stewart, Lionel Barrymore, Donna Reed
  • Music: Dimitri Tiomkin

Know Your Enemy - Japan

Know Your Enemy - Japan
Movie, 1945

  • Director: Frank Capra, Joris Ivens
  • Main cast: Howard Duff, Walter Huston
  • Music: Dimitri Tiomkin

The Swim Princess

The Swim Princess
Movie, 1928

  • Director: Alfred J. Goulding
  • Main cast: Carole Lombard, Andy Clyde, Daphne Pollard

That Certain Thing

That Certain Thing
Movie, 1928

  • Director: Frank Capra
  • Main cast: Viola Dana, Ralph Graves, Aggie Herring, Burr McIntosh

Boobs in the Wood

Boobs in the Wood
Movie, 1925

  • Director: Harry Edwards
  • Main cast: Harry Langdon, Marie Astaire, Vernon Dent, Leo Willis

The Iron Nag

The Iron Nag
Movie, 1925

  • Main cast: Billy Bevan, Andy Clyde, Ruth Taylor

Sneezing Beezers

Sneezing Beezers
Movie, 1925

  • Main cast: Billy Bevan, Andy Clyde, Madeline Hurlock

Super-Hooper-Dyne Lizzies

Super-Hooper-Dyne Lizzies
Movie, 1925

  • Main cast: Billy Bevan, Andy Clyde, Lillian Knight

The Wild Goose Chaser

The Wild Goose Chaser
Movie, 1925

  • Director: Lloyd Bacon
  • Main cast: Trilby Clark, Jack Cooper, Eugenia Gilbert, Ben Turpin

The Marriage Circus

The Marriage Circus
Movie, 1925

  • Director: Felix Adler, Edgar Kennedy, Reggie Morris
  • Main cast: Louise Carver, Madeline Hurlock, Ben Turpin

Three Days to Live

Three Days to Live
Movie, 1924

  • Director: Tom Gibson

Little Robinson Corkscrew

Little Robinson Corkscrew
Movie, 1924

  • Director: Ralph Ceder, F. Richard Jones
  • Main cast: Andy Clyde, Alice Day, Ralph Graves

Riders of the Purple Cows

Riders of the Purple Cows
Movie, 1924

  • Director: Ralph Ceder
  • Main cast: Andy Clyde, Alice Day, Ralph Graves

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Editor

Frank is listed as editor for one title.

Three Days to Live

Three Days to Live
Movie, 1924

  • Director: Tom Gibson

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