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Frank Capra
(same as Frank R. Capra)

Born 18 May 1897 in Bisaquino, Sicily.
Died 3 September 1991 in La Quinta, California, USA.

Frank Capra began in film work doing odd jobs, including film processing and editing. Directed his first short films in 1921. Worked as a gag man at the Mack Sennett and Hal Roach studios. Worked as a writer for Harry Langdon. Langdon gave Capra his first opportunity to direct a feature film in The Strong Man (1926). Eventually worked as a contract director at poverty-row studio Columbia Pictures Corporation. Capra was almost single-handedly responsible for Columbia’s rise in industry stature.

In the sound era, Capra won Academy Awards for direction.

 
Frank Capra Silent Era Filmography

Silent era Frank Capra films available on home video

 
Book : The Name Above the Title: An Autobiography by Frank Capra

Book : Frank Capra: The Catastrophe of Success by Joseph McBride

Book : Frank Capra: Interviews edited by Leland Poague

Book : Frank Capra: Authorship and the Studio System by Robert Sklar

Book : The Cinema of Frank Capra: An Approach to Film Comedy by Leland A. Poague

 
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