10.0
10.0
The Way of the Strong
1928
Director
Frank Capra
Also known as: Frank Robert Capra, Frank Russell Capra, Francesco Capra...
Directing
Born:May 18, 1897
Died:September 3, 1991(aged 94)
Birthplace:Bisacquino, Sicilia, Italia
Nationality:Kingdom of Italy
Education:California Institute of Technology, Manual Arts High School
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Director y productor estadounidense, nacido en Palermo, Italia, y conocido sobre todo por sus comedias. Capra tenía 6 años cuando su familia emigró a los Estados Unidos y se estableció en Los Angeles. Su primer trabajo importante en el cine fue como guionista en los estudios de Mack Sennett. Después dirigió, entre 1926 y 1927, tres películas mudas para Harry Langdon, antes de incorporarse a la Columbia Pictures, donde tuvo gran éxito como director de comedias con personajes atractivos, resonancias sociales y finales felices (aunque como demuestran muchas de sus películas posteriores tenía capacidad para abordar muy diversos géneros). Con tres de estas comedias ganaría el Oscar al mejor director: Sucedió una noche (1934), El secreto de vivir (1936), y Vive como quieras (1938). Durante la II Guerra Mundial, Capra produciría una serie de documentales de propaganda como Por qué combatimos. Otras de su películas a destacar son Horizontes perdidos (1937), Caballero sin espada (1939), Juan Nadie (1941), Arsénico por compasión (1944), ¡Qué bello es vivir! (1946), El estado de la unión (1948), Millonario de ilusiones (1959), o Un gángster para un milagro (1961).
Filmography (90 movies)
9.5
9.5
Frank Capra, il était une fois l'Amérique
2020
as Self (archive footage)
8.3
8.3
It's a Wonderful Life
1946
Producer
8.1
8.1
Hemo the Magnificent
1957
Producer
8.0
8.0
Hollywood's Second World War
2019
as Self (archive footage)
7.9
7.9
Five Came Back
2017
as Self (archive footage)
7.8
7.8
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939
Director
7.8
7.8
It Happened One Night
1934
Director
7.6
7.6
Arsenic and Old Lace
1944
Producer
7.5
7.5
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
1936
Producer
7.5
7.5
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
2009
as Self (archive footage)
7.5
7.5
Why We Fight
2005
as Self (archive footage)
7.5
7.5
Our Mr. Sun
1956
Writer
7.5
7.5
You Can't Take It with You
1938
Producer
7.5
7.5
All Night Long
1924
Writer
7.3
7.3
Pocketful of Miracles
1961
Director
7.3
7.3
Meet John Doe
1941
Director
7.1
7.1
Lady for a Day
1933
Director
7.0
7.0
Here Is Germany
1945
Director
7.0
7.0
War Comes to America
1945
Director
7.0
7.0
The Unchained Goddess
1958
Writer
7.0
7.0
Lost Horizon
1937
Producer
6.8
6.8
Why We Fight: Divide and Conquer
1943
Director
6.8
6.8
American Madness
1932
Director
6.8
6.8
Why We Fight: The Battle of Russia
1943
Producer
6.7
6.7
The Miracle Woman
1931
Producer
6.7
6.7
Boobs in the Wood
1925
Writer
6.7
6.7
Why We Fight: The Battle of Britain
1943
Director
6.6
6.6
State of the Union
1948
Producer
6.6
6.6
Platinum Blonde
1931
Director
6.5
6.5
Why We Fight: The Battle of China
1944
Director
6.5
6.5
That Certain Thing
1928
Producer
6.5
6.5
The Younger Generation
1929
Director
6.5
6.5
Forbidden
1932
Producer
6.4
6.4
Why We Fight: Prelude to War
1942
Director
6.3
6.3
Flight
1929
Director
6.3
6.3
Why We Fight: The Nazis Strike
1943
Director
6.3
6.3
The Strong Man
1926
Director
6.3
6.3
The Matinee Idol
1928
Director
6.2
6.2
Two Down and One to Go
1945
Director
6.2
6.2
Tunisian Victory
1944
Director
6.2
6.2
The Power of the Press
1928
Director
6.2
6.2
Rain or Shine
1930
Director
6.2
6.2
The Bitter Tea of General Yen
1932
Director
6.1
6.1
A Hole in the Head
1959
Director
6.1
6.1
Ladies of Leisure
1930
Director
6.1
6.1
The Negro Soldier
1944
Producer
6.0
6.0
The Making of 'It's a Wonderful Life'
1990
as Self (archive footage)
6.0
6.0
Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 12
1938
as Frank Capra
6.0
6.0
Frank Capra: Mr. America
2023
as Self (archive footage)
6.0
6.0
Screen Snapshots (Series 12, No. 2)
1932
as Himself
6.0
6.0
The Screen Director
1951
as Self (staged 'archive' footage) (uncredited)
6.0
6.0
Broadway Bill
1934
Producer
6.0
6.0
The Donovan Affair
1929
Director
6.0
6.0
Attack! The Battle for New Britain
1944
Producer
5.8
5.8
Know Your Enemy: Japan
1945
Writer
5.8
5.8
Tramp, Tramp, Tramp
1926
Writer
5.8
5.8
Riding High
1950
Producer
5.6
5.6
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
1985
as Self
5.6
5.6
Your Job in Germany
1945
Director
5.5
5.5
Long Pants
1927
Director
5.5
5.5
Submarine
1928
Director
5.3
5.3
So This Is Love
1928
Director
5.2
5.2
The Strange Case of the Cosmic Rays
1957
Producer
5.2
5.2
Here Comes the Groom
1951
Producer
5.2
5.2
Fulta Fisher's Boarding House
1922
Director
5.0
5.0
Another Romance of Celluloid
1938
as Self (uncredited)
5.0
5.0
Say It with Sables
1928
Director
5.0
5.0
Dirigible
1931
Director
5.0
5.0
For the Love of Mike
1927
Director
5.0
5.0
The Burglar
1928
Writer
5.0
5.0
The Italian Warship Libia
1921
Director
4.0
4.0
The Outcasts of Poker Flat
1919
2.3
2.3
The Wild Goose Chaser
1925
Writer
Dear Mr. Gable
1968
as Self
The Men who Made the Movies: Frank Capra
1973
as Self
Our Job in Japan
1945
Director
The Iron Nag
1925
Writer
Rendezvous in Space
1964
Director
3 Days to Live
1924
Writer
The Fallbrook Story
1952
Director
The Swim Princess
1928
Writer
The Marriage Circus
1925
Writer
Little Robinson Corkscrew
1924
Writer
Sneezing Beezers
1925
Writer
G.I. Journal
1944
Director
Super-Hooper-Dyne Lizzies
1925
Writer
Riders of the Purple Cows
1924
Writer
Attack in the Pacific
1944
Director
Why We Fight: World War II: The Battle of China / War Comes to America
2000
Director
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