Capra

American

[kap-ruh] / ˈkæp rə /

noun

Frank, 1897–1991, U.S. film director and producer, born in Italy.

Capra British

/ ˈkæprə /

noun

Frank. 1896–1992, US film director born in Italy. His films include It Happened One Night (1934), It's a Wonderful Life (1946), and several propaganda films during World War II.

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So gratified was Capra that he didn’t mind when a friend toasted him publicly as “a legend in his own book.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

Capra evaded the blacklist, but his bitterness remained.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

Fired by Sennett in 1925, Capra moved to First National.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

“Whatever success I’ve had in my own work has been due to the fact that I know America and Americans,” Capra said in 1941.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

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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