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Frank Russell Capra (born Francesco Rosario Capra; May 18, 1897 – September 3, 1991) was an Italian-American film director, producer and writer who became the creative force behind some of the major award-winning films of the 1930s and 1940s. Born in Italy and raised in Los Angeles from the age of five, his rags-to-riches story has led film historians such as Ian Freer to consider him the "American dream personified."
Capra became one of America's most influential directors during the 1930s, winning three Oscars as Best Director. Among his leading films was It Happened One Night (1934), which became the first film to win the "Big Five Academy Awards", including Best Picture. Other leading films in his prime included You Can't Take It With You (1938) and Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939). During World War II, Capra served in the U.S. Army Signal Corps and produced propaganda films, such as the Why We Fight series.
After World War II, Capra's career declined as his later films such as It's a Wonderful Life (1946) were critically derided as being "simplistic" or "overly idealistic". In succeeding decades, however, these films have been favorably reassessed.
Actors: Patt Noday (actor), Peter Jurasik (actor), Meg Lansaw (miscellaneous crew), Keith Flippen (actor), Nuno Malo (composer), Phillip DeVona (actor), Eric Paisley (actor), Terry Linehan (producer), Jacquelyn Zook (actress), Steven St. Gelais (actor), Leigh Leverett (costume designer), Jack Landry (actor), Craig Rogers (producer), Joel R. Wells (miscellaneous crew), Chip Hackler (producer),
Plot: Blindsided by the success of his comedy, 'It Happened One Night,' which swept the 1935 Oscars, director Frank Capra became crippled with fear. Convinced his next film would fail, he deteriorated to the brink of death--until the day a mysterious stranger showed up, changing Capra's life, and films, forever.
Keywords: independent-film, period-drama, spiritualActors: Lionel Barrymore (actor), Frank Capra (actor), James Gleason (actor), Buck Jones (actor), Charles Ruggles (actor), Silver (actor), James Stewart (actor), Jean Arthur (actress), Harriet Parsons (producer), Ralph Staub (producer), Ralph Staub (writer), Ralph Staub (director),
Plot: A visit to Buck Jones's new ranch and his horse, Silver, to James Gleason and his dog, to Charles Ruggles and his kennels; on the set of 'You Can't Take it With You', director Frank Capra and stars James Stewart and Jean Arthur celebrate Lionel Barrymore's sixtieth birthday; a ski meet is held at the Los Angeles Coliseum.
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Frank Capra accepts the 10th AFI Life Achievement Award (1982). CONNECT WITH AFI: http://facebook.com/AmericanFilmInstitute http://twitter.com/AmericanFilm http://AFI.com/members AFI FACEBOOK APP: http://apps.facebook.com/afiytapp/
14-Minute 1982 Frank Capra interview on filmmaking
Adoravel Vagabudo 1941 de Frank Capra com Barbara Stanwyck, Gary Cooper, Walter Brennan, Edward Arnold.
Jimmy Stewart narrates the early years of Oscar-winning Director Frank Capra at the 10th AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute To Frank Capra (1982). CONNECT WITH AFI: http://facebook.com/AmericanFilmInstitute http://twitter.com/AmericanFilm http://AFI.com/members AFI FACEBOOK APP: http://apps.facebook.com/afiytapp/
KNOW YOUR ALLY: BRITAIN is a 45-minute propaganda film made in 1944. It was narrated by Walter Huston and produced by the United States War Department and Signal Corp to solidify Anglo-American solidarity within the ranks as well as counter Nazi propaganda aimed at weakening the Alliance. The film was one of the 17 documentaries supervised by producer-director Frank Capra (including the famed "Why We Fight" series). The "Know Your Enemy" / "Know Your Ally" was originally planned as a set of six informational films under two headings -- but only five movies were completed, and just two of them had the original headings in their titles due to the war coming to a rapid conclusion. Know Your Ally: Britain took a long time to make and as a result it was nearly "useless as propaganda" accordi...
"The Battle of Britain," Chapter IV of Frank Capra's "Why We Fight" series, begins after Hitler's conquest of Western Europe. Once firmly in control of the parts of France and Norway closest to Great Britain, the Nazis commence their massive air assault on the British isles. Outnumbered six to one, the fighters of the Royal Air Force defend their skies against the Luftwaffe for close to four months. Capra embellishes the British successes, for example the film claims the RAF fought 200 dogfights in the first thirty minutes of the battle alone, and that by the end of the first month they had destroyed 900 German planes. Why We Fight (sinngemäße dt. Übersetzung: „Warum wir Krieg führen“) ist eine siebenteilige US-amerikanische Serie von Propagandafilmen aus dem Zeitraum 1942 bis 1945. Die Fi...
Durante il proibizionismo, Dave lo Sciccoso è a capo di una banda di contrabbandieri di alcolici a New York. Dave è un tipo superstizioso, che ha un debole per le mele magiche vendute da Apple Annie, una mendicante alcolizzata, convinto che gli portino fortuna. Apple Annie con grandi sacrifici ha mantenuto la figlia Louise in un collegio in Spagna dove la ragazza ha conosciuto il figlio del conte Alfonso Romero. Il conte, il figlio Carlos e anche Louise (che non sa nulla della situazione economico-sociale della madre) stanno per arrivare a New York per conoscere la famiglia. Dave, che in fondo ha un cuore doro, decide di aiutare Annie, e con la sua banda organizza i preparativi per trasformare la stracciona in una gran signora. Con la sua fidanzata Regina Martin, proprietaria di un night ...
Frank Capra (1897-1991), un cinéaste célèbre et dont bien des films sont encore trop méconnus (le merveilleux Forbidden / Amour défendu, 1932…) ; un cinéaste réputé pour ses comédies politiques à succès et leur rapidité de ton et d’exécution ; un cinéaste qui demandait à ses acteurs et actrices d’une prise à l’autre d’un même plan de parler plus vite, d’accélérer. Cette vitesse, c’est à l’unisson celle des temps modernes, de cette Amérique industrieuse, à plein régime, en surchauffe même à en croire la crise de 1929, une des plus violentes de son histoire. Des temps modernes donc habités et minés par la vitesse, une vitesse trompeuse, pernicieuse, qui déforme les êtres et les valeurs. Où se trouve alors la vérité, où s’est-elle réfugiée ? Pour Capra, pas de doute qu’elle se voit encore sur...
- It's a Wonderful Vacation by Frank Capra, John Hughes & Frank Capra III - *Frank Capra's grandson Frank Capra III was the second assistant director for Christmas Vacation hence the title I gave; 'The Capra's'. It’s a Wonderful Life & National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation Last Christmas Eve I sat down with the family and a bottle of mulled wine & the odd flaming rum punch, as we performed the annual tradition of watching our favourite holiday films; It’s a Wonderful Life and National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, with Wonderful Life obviously being last. I have always found similarities in of these films, whether or not it was subconscious, since we watch them in such a short space of time i’m not sure. What I do know is that while watching each movie side by side I began to take not...
Lana Del Rey - Never Let Me Go Unreleased Footage from It's a Wonderful Life by Frank Capra (1946) ---------------- Fan-made ---------------- Lyrics: Hold me in your arms, Love me like your best friends did, Promise I won't hurt you kid, Hold me really tight until the stars look big, Never let me go. All the world is ours, Like they say in Scarface kid, You can push your drugs and I can make it big, Singing CB Jeebies have a real good gig, Hey you never know. Cause baby we were born to live fast and die young, Born to be bad, have fun, Honey, you and me can be one, Just believe, come on. If you love me hardcore, then don't walk away, It's a game boy, I don't wanna play, I just wanna be your's, Like I always say, Never let me go. Boy, we're in a world war, Let's go all the w...
This month's essay focuses on the Coen Brothers glorious epic comedy, a tribute to their favourite films from Hollywood's golden age.
A celebration/tribute to the filmmakers of the past whom although are no longer with us, without a doubt have left an unforgettable mark in the history of cinema. Looking back to the directors that impacted the cinema goers and future filmmakers, changed the film landscape forever. Sadly not all film directors were able to make the cut or else this would be a never ending video. The films included: Cecil B. Demille- The Greatest Show on Earth, The Ten Commandments Michael Curtiz- Casablanca, Adventures of Robin Hood Victor Fleming- Gone With The Wind, Wizard of Oz Carl Theodor Dreyer- The Passion of Joan of Arc, Vampyr Charlie Chaplin- The great dictator, Modern Times Fritz Lang- Metropolis John Ford- Stagecoach, The Searchers Jean Renoir- The rules of the game, The grand illusion Buster...
Triumph of a City (2013) is a deconstructed film memory of the world's history that never was. Hard times, unemployment, and political unrest stir the global citizenry to search out a new social order that will define the next one-thousand years. On the brink of world revolution, one euphemistic city embraces apathy and short-sightedness, refusing to change. This is our city. Winnipeg filmmaker Aaron Zeghers combines original footage with the forgotten propaganda films of yesteryear, carving out his own political proclamation. With reverence for the past and a fear of the future, Triumph of a City is a political manifesto on revolution and a frustrated dialogue with one's hometown.
Adoravel Vagabudo 1941 de Frank Capra com Barbara Stanwyck, Gary Cooper, Walter Brennan, Edward Arnold.
KNOW YOUR ALLY: BRITAIN is a 45-minute propaganda film made in 1944. It was narrated by Walter Huston and produced by the United States War Department and Signal Corp to solidify Anglo-American solidarity within the ranks as well as counter Nazi propaganda aimed at weakening the Alliance. The film was one of the 17 documentaries supervised by producer-director Frank Capra (including the famed "Why We Fight" series). The "Know Your Enemy" / "Know Your Ally" was originally planned as a set of six informational films under two headings -- but only five movies were completed, and just two of them had the original headings in their titles due to the war coming to a rapid conclusion. Know Your Ally: Britain took a long time to make and as a result it was nearly "useless as propaganda" accordi...
WHY WE FIGHT / POURQUOI NOUS COMBATTONS Après des années de politique isolationniste, et suite à l'attaque de Pearl Harbor de 1941, il fallait convaincre le pays, du bien-fondé de l'effort de guerre contre l'Axe. Réalisation Jean-Yves Guillin 2014 "Résistance lycée Lalande" pour le site : http://lalande2.com/ Pour une utilisation, par exemple à des fins pédagogiques, contacter l'association : resistance.lalande@gmail.com Contrôlant les régions de la France et de la Norvège qui sont les plus proches de la Grande-Bretagne, les nazis lancent un assaut aérien massif. La RAF, six fois moins importante que la Luftwaffe, a défendu son espace aérien pendant près de 4 mois. Capra fait la part belle à la RAF, qui perd deux fois moins d'avions que les allemands en réalité. Quant à eux : bilan n...
Durante il proibizionismo, Dave lo Sciccoso è a capo di una banda di contrabbandieri di alcolici a New York. Dave è un tipo superstizioso, che ha un debole per le mele magiche vendute da Apple Annie, una mendicante alcolizzata, convinto che gli portino fortuna. Apple Annie con grandi sacrifici ha mantenuto la figlia Louise in un collegio in Spagna dove la ragazza ha conosciuto il figlio del conte Alfonso Romero. Il conte, il figlio Carlos e anche Louise (che non sa nulla della situazione economico-sociale della madre) stanno per arrivare a New York per conoscere la famiglia. Dave, che in fondo ha un cuore doro, decide di aiutare Annie, e con la sua banda organizza i preparativi per trasformare la stracciona in una gran signora. Con la sua fidanzata Regina Martin, proprietaria di un night ...
Meet John Doe is a 1941 American comedy drama film directed and produced by Frank Capra, and starring Gary Cooper and Barbara Stanwyck. The film is about a "grassroots" political campaign created unwittingly by a newspaper columnist with the involvement of a hired homeless man and pursued by the paper's wealthy owner. It became a box office hit and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Story. It was ranked #49 in AFI's 100 Years... 100 Cheers. It was the first of two features Capra made for Warner Brothers, after he left Columbia Pictures. IMDb Rating: 7.7/10 Watch Classic Movie Meet John Doe Summary: A man needing money agrees to impersonate a nonexistent person who said he'd be committing suicide as a protest, and a political movement begins. Starring: Gary Cooper, Barbara...
"Divide and Conquer is the third episode of Director Frank Capra's "Why We Fight" film series. (As seen in Netflix "Five Came Back" documentaries.) After occupying Poland, Hitler says he has no further plans of conquest, guaranteeing the neutrality of the Scandinavian countries and Holland and Belgium. Six month later he occupies Denmark and moves swiftly to invade Norway, a strategic asset on Britain's flank. The British land troops to oppose the Germans, but Luftwaffe air superiority force them to withdraw. After a period of inaction on the border with France known as the "Sitzkrieg," Hitler orders his generals to attack, ignoring the neutrality of Holland and Belgium. The invasion of France is shown in great detail using dramatic footage and animation to illustrate Blitzkrieg tactics,...
Part one of seven of the documentary series commissioned by the U.S. government during World War II. Direct by Frank Capra and Anatole Litvak
Jefferson Smith est très aimé des Boys Rangers, un club de jeunes garçons qu'il dirige. Cet homme populaire et naïf est une affaire pour le gouverneur Hopper et son chef politique Jim Taylor, qui en font un sénateur idéal pour couvrir leurs sombres histoires. Mr. Smith devient alors vite la risée du Congrès et est, malgré lui, compromis dans une affaire louche. Après un moment de découragement et grâce à sa secrétaire, il prend la parole au Sénat et la garde vingt-trois heures durant! Un film réalisé par Frank Capra. Retrouvez toute l'actualité politique et parlementaire sur http://www.publicsenat.fr Suivez-nous sur les réseaux sociaux : Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/publicsenat Twitter : https://twitter.com/publicsenat Instagram : https://instagram.com/publicsenat
gov archives arc 36071 The Battle of Russia (1943) is the fifth film of Frank Capra's "Why We Fight" documentary series, and the longest film of the series, consisting of two parts. The film was made in collaboration with Russian-born Anatole Litvak as primary director under Capra's supervision. Litvak gave the film its "shape and orientation," and the film had seven writers with voice narration by Walter Huston. The score was done by Russian-born Hollywood composer, Dimitri Tiomkin, and drew heavily on Tchaikovsky along with traditional Russian folk songs and ballads. Academy Awards, 1944: Nominated, Best Documentary, Features National Board of Review, 1943: Won, NBR Award, Best Documentary National Film Preservation Board, 2000: Won, National Film Registry, as part of the Why We Fight se...
14-Minute 1982 Frank Capra interview on filmmaking
An interview with legendary Hollywood Director Frank Capra from 1971
The career of director Frank Capra from his early years with Hal Roach, the war years and the creation of his Why We Fight Series, and his post war films until his retirement. In an interview recorded at Washington State University in 1976 or 1977, Capra discusses the rationale behind the Why We Fight Series and his difficulty in making documentaries. Capra offers a message to young people today on his life experiences and his belief in the saleability of sentiment and heroism of the underdog. The video was recorded from a 1977 U-Matic video (call number 3/4" 10054), and due to the condition of the tape it accelerates and decelerates slightly at a few points during this recording.
In this interview from 1977, director Frank Capra discusses his life and film career. After discovering his love for America as a song immigrant parents, he went on to act and direct film across six decades. He talks with Brian about his first movie, the 1927 film For The Love Of Mike, which he says was "a terrible film," the 1933 film Lady For A Day, the 1934 film It Happened One Night, the 1937 film Lost Horizon, the 1959 film A Hole In The Head and the 1961 film Pocket Full of Miracles. Stars that come up in conversation include Claudette Colbert, Clark Gable, Bette Davis, Frank Sinatra and Barbara Stanwyck. He also tells a story about Winston Churchill. From 1974 to 2000, Canada’s Brian Linehan conducted thousands of in-depth interviews with the greatest actors and directors from o...
Director Frank Capra (Mr. Smith Goes to Washington) discusses who should make the film.
The legendary director's only guest appearance on Late Night. Complete here and in far-clearer video quality. (This version has full audio on both tracks; the earlier version had audio on one track only.)
Frank Capra accepts the 10th AFI Life Achievement Award (1982). CONNECT WITH AFI: http://facebook.com/AmericanFilmInstitute http://twitter.com/AmericanFilm http://AFI.com/members AFI FACEBOOK APP: http://apps.facebook.com/afiytapp/