Capra

[kap-ruh]

noun

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

Capra

/ ˈkæprə /

noun

1. 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.

Example Sentences

It’s easy to miss the confidence of Billy Wilder or Frank Capra whenever some brave soul tries to make a comedy that takes America’s temperature by straddling cynicism and optimism.

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“You never feel like Capra’s ever judging people, or being snobby about the people he’s making movies about. He’s making movies about the people who go to the movies.”

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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.

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That is the audience-flattering message of American cinema at least since Frank Capra's "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington": Good will eventually triumph over evil because of the innate virtue and common sense of the people.

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That, as any connoisseur of black-and-white movies will tell you, is the fictional town in Frank Capra's famous feature It's A Wonderful Life.

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