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Frank Capra: Biography

  • Birth Name: Francesco Rosario Capra
  • Birth Place: Bisacquino, Sicily, Italy
  • Date of Death: 09/03/1991
  • Profession: Director; producer; writer
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  • Stephen Colbert, Rainn Wilson and More News Briefs | Today's News: Our Take | 12/21/2007
    Stephen Colbert has been named the Associated Press' Celebrity of the Year, for "exceed[ing] the influence of most real pundits, orchestrating an ill-fated run for president and topping best-seller lists with I Am America (And So Can You!)".... The Office's Rainn Wilson has the blessing of the WGA to host the 2008 Spirit Awards on Feb. 23, 2008.... Gossip Girl's Chuck, aka Ed Westwick, and his band The Filthy Youth lend two songs, "Orange" and "Come Flash All You Ladies," to the Jan. 2 episode.... Frank Capra Jr., president of EUE/Screen Gems Studios (where over the years he shepherded such fare as Dawson's Creek and 28 Days) and the son of It's a Wonderful Life's director, died Wednesday at the age of 73. read more
  • All About It's a Wonderful Life | Ask FlickChick | 12/29/2006
    Send your movie questions to FlickChick.Questions: What's the name of the movie theater in It's a Wonderful Life? — WilliamWhat's the name of the house where George Bailey throws a rock? — SueWhat book is Clarence reading when he falls into the river? — Ed Is Bedford Falls a real place? — BarryFlickChick: I'm a huge fan of It's a Wonderful Life (1946), which is not the sentimental piece of Capra-corn so many people imagine it to be. So before the holiday season is definitively over, I'm taking this opportunity to answer some queries about the classic holiday film that have trickled into my Ask FlickChick mailbox. The movie theater is called The Bijou (and though you didn't ask, it's playing 1945's The Bells of St. Mary's). The deserted house, which George Bailey (James Stewart) and his wife, Mary (Donna Reed), eventually move into, is the Old Granville place. Clarence (Henry Travers) the apprentice angel is reading Mark Twain's The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.And... read more
  • FlickChick | 2/2/2006
    When did directors start getting credits like ?Alfred Hitchcock?s Psycho??That?s called a possessory credit, and popular read more
  • FlickChick | 12/22/2005
    I desperately need to find out the name of Clarence the Angel's book in It's a Wonderful Life -- it's read more
  • FlickChick | 8/11/2005
    Are you familiar with a movie about Shangri-La? The hero crashes in the mountains and is rescued by the natives, then fa read more

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Frank Capra: Credits

Title Year Type
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey (Actor) 1984 Movie
Pocketful Of Miracles (Producer) 1961 Movie
Pocketful Of Miracles (Director) 1961 Movie
A Hole In The Head (Director) 1959 Movie
A Hole In The Head (Producer) 1959 Movie

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