Capra
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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For more than a century, filmmakers from Charlie Chaplin to Frank Capra to Terrence Malick have captured and even shaped this country’s identity and ideals.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 2026
No matter when you tuned in, he was telling it like it is, for 25 straight hours with passion, insight, inspiration and empathy, like something out of a Frank Capra movie.
From Salon ● Apr. 2, 2025
Famously, the Frank Capra directed fantasy drama failed to break even when it was first released, but became a TV fixture after the rights to the film entered the public domain in 1974.
From BBC ● Dec. 20, 2023
Taking inspiration from Capra, as well as the greatest internet-era films like “The Social Network,” we used an assortment of techniques to bring our characters together when we didn’t have the luxury of physical proximity.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 13, 2023
Those who had had dates over the weekend talked about the new movies in town—Gary Cooper in One Sunday Afternoon, at the Paramount, and a Frank Capra film, Lady for a Day, at the Roxy.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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