Happy Birthday: Frank Capra (1897–1991)

Happy Birthday Frank Capra

Born: Francesco Rosario Capra

May 18, 1897 in Bisacquino, Sicily, Italy

Died: September 3, 1991 (age 94) in La Quinta, California, USA

Read reviews of the best of the director:

The Strong Man
1926
dir. Capra
Starring
Harry Langdon
Priscilla Bonner

Long Pants
1927
dir. Capra
Starring
Harry Langdon
Gladys Brockwell

Platinum Blonde
1931
dir. Frank Capra
starring
Loretta Young
Jean Harlow

It Happened One Night
1934
dir. Capra
starring
Clark Gable
Claudette Colbert

IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE
1946
dir. Frank Capra
Stars:
James Stewart
Donna Reed

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