BORN TODAY: FRANK CAPRA.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO FRANK RUSSELL CAPRA aka FRANCESCO ROSARIO CAPRA.
18 MAY (1897). BORN IN BISACQUINO (SICILY).
CINEASTA, SCENEGGIATORE E PRODUTTORE.
REGISTA MEMORABILE DELLA HOLLYWOOD ANNI TRENTA E QUARANTA.
TRATTASI DI GENIO.
Frank Capra Receives Three Best Director Oscars. Footage of Frank Capra receiving three Best Directors Oscars – part of the 10th AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute To Frank Capra (1982).
• IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT (1935)
• MR. DEEDS GOES TO TOWN (1936)
• YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU (1939)
Frank Capra's "Why We Fight" World War II Propaganda Series. This is a short, but favorable, presentation discussing Frank Capra's World War II propaganda series entitled "Why We Fight." This series of films was funded by the United States government and used to condition the American military and public to accept the war. The majority of Americans wanted no part of another European conflict. Behind the scenes though the Roosevelt administration was steering the country towards war. Watch the entire film series:
Why We Fight, Part 1: Prelude to War
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Why We Fight, Part 2: The Nazi's Strike
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Why We Fight, Part 3: Divide and Conquer
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Frank Capra on the Tomorrow Show. Frank Capra talking with Tom Snyder about Mr Smith Goes to Washington on the Tomorrow Show.
Filmografia
• La grande sparata (The Strong Man) (1926)
• Le sue ultime mutandine (Long Pants) (1927)
• For the Love of Mike (1927)
• That Certain Thing (1928)
• So This Is Love? (1928)
• Il teatro di Minnie (The Matinée Idol) (1928)
• The Way of the Strong (1928)
• Say It with Sables (1928)
• Femmine del mare (Submarine) (1928)
• The Power of the Press (1928)
• La nuova generazione (The Younger Generation) (1929)
• L'affare Donovan (The Donovan Affair) (1929)
• Diavoli volanti (Flight) (1929)
• Femmine di lusso (Ladies of Leisure) (1930)
• Luci del circo (Rain or Shine) (1930)
• Dirigibile (Dirigible) (1931)
• La donna del miracolo (The Miracle Woman) (1931)
• La donna di platino (Platinum Blonde) (1931)
• Proibito (Forbidden) (1932)
• La follia della metropoli (American Madness) (1932)
• L'amaro tè del generale Yen (The Bitter Tea of General Yen) (1933)
• Signora per un giorno (Lady for a Day) (1933)
• Accadde una notte (It Happened One Night) (1934)
• Strettamente confidenziale (Broadway Bill) (1934)
• È arrivata la felicità (Mr. Deeds Goes to Town) (1936)
• Orizzonte perduto (Lost Horizon) (1937)
• L'eterna illusione (You Can't Take It with You) (1938)
• Mr. Smith va a Washington (Mr. Smith Goes to Washington) (1939)
• Arriva John Doe (Meet John Doe) (1941)
• Why We Fight (1942-1945)
• Arsenico e vecchi merletti (Arsenic and Old Lace) (1944)
• La vita è meravigliosa (It's a Wonderful Life) (1946)
• Lo stato dell'Unione (State of the Union) (1948)
• La gioia della vita (Riding High) (1950)
• È arrivato lo sposo (Here Comes the Groom) (1951)
• Un uomo da vendere (A Hole in the Head) (1959)
• Angeli con la pistola (Pocketful of Miracles) (1961)
