It's a Wonderful Life
1947
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Apr 12, 2024 · 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.
Aug 30, 2023 · The best movies from classic Hollywood director Frank Capra include It's a Wonderful Life, It Happened One Night, and Lost Horizon.
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.
An Italian immigrant who never lost the common touch while rising from poverty to become one of this country’s most beloved filmmakers, Frank Capra is the screen’s foremost champion of the ordinary American. Arriving in the United States as a child in 1903, the year of the first airplane flight and the birth of the American film industry ...
Sep 17, 2023 · Having picked up the Oscar for Best Director three times (along with an additional three Oscars in other categories), Frank Capra and his movies left an undeniable impact on the Golden Age of Hollywood. The Italian-American auteur has had a cinematic life story of his own.
Frank Russell Capra (born Francesco Rosario Capra; May 18, 1897 – September 3, 1991) was an Italian-born American film director, producer, and screenwriter who was the creative force behind some of the major award-winning films of the 1930s and 1940s.
Sep 4, 1991 · Frank Capra, the Academy Award- winning director whose movies were suffused with affectionate portrayals of the common man and the strengths and foibles of American democracy, died yesterday at...
