Frank Capra — Director (12)
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Rain or Shine (1930) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Rain or Shine
director: Frank Capra actor: Joe Cook / Louise Fazenda …
other title: Luci del circo / Pasa el circo
Young Mary Rainey takes the reins of her deceased father's failing circus. With the help of the Inimitable Smiley Johnson, she hopes to bring fortune back to her ragtag band of ragged shoeleather performers.
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Meet John Doe (1941) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Meet John Doe
director: Frank Capra actor: Gary Cooper / Barbara Stanwyck …
other title: Arriva John Doe! / Vi Behøver Hinanden …
As a parting shot, fired reporter Ann Mitchell prints a fake letter from unemployed "John Doe," who threatens suicide in protest of social ills. The paper is forced to rehire Ann and hires John Willoughby to impersonate "Doe." Ann and her bosses cynically milk the story for all it's worth, until the made-up "John Doe" philosophy starts a whole political movement.
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Why We Fight: Divide and Conquer (1943) [Movie] NeoDB Douban IMDb WikiData
Why We Fight: Divide and Conquer
director: Frank Capra / Anatole Litvak actor: Knox Manning / Murray Alper …
other title: Diviser pour régner / Why We Fight 3: Divide y conquistarás
The third film of Frank Capra's 'Why We Fight" propaganda film series, dealing with the Nazi conquest of Western Europe in 1940.
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Why We Fight: Prelude to War (1942) [Movie] Douban NeoDB IMDb WikiData TMDB
Why We Fight: Prelude to War
director: Frank Capra / Anatole Litvak actor: Walter Huston / Max Schmeling …
other title: Preludio alla guerra / Pourquoi nous combattons : Prélude à la guerre …
Prelude to War was the first film of Frank Capra's Why We Fight propaganda film series, commissioned by the Pentagon and George C. Marshall. It was made to convince American troops of the necessity of combating the Axis Powers during World War II. This film examines the differences between democratic and fascist states.
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Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) [Movie] TMDB NeoDB IMDb WikiData Douban
Arsenic and Old Lace
director: Frank Capra actor: Cary Grant / Priscilla Lane …
other title: Arsenico e vecchi merletti / Arsenik og gamle kniplinger …
Mortimer Brewster, a newspaper drama critic, playwright, and author known for his diatribes against marriage, suddenly falls in love and gets married; but when he makes a quick trip home to tell his two maiden aunts, he finds out his aunts' hobby — killing lonely old men and burying them in the cellar!
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Why We Fight: The Battle of Britain (1943) [Movie] TMDB NeoDB Douban IMDb
Why We Fight: The Battle of Britain
director: Frank Capra / Anthony Veiller … actor: Walter Huston / Frieda Inescort …
other title: La bataille d’Angleterre / Why We Fight 4: La batalla de Inglaterra …
The fourth of Frank Capra's Why We Fight series of seven propaganda films, which made the case for fighting and winning the Second World War. It was released in 1943 and concentrated on the German bombardment of the United Kingdom in anticipation of Operation Sea Lion, the planned German invasion.
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You Can't Take It with You (1938) [Movie] TMDB
You Can't Take It with You
director: Frank Capra actor: Jean Arthur / James Stewart …
other title: L'eterna illusione / Não o Levarás Contigo …
Alice, the only relatively normal member of the eccentric Sycamore family, falls in love with Tony Kirby, but his wealthy banker father and snobbish mother strongly disapprove of the match. When the Kirbys are invited to dinner to become better acquainted with their future in-laws, things don't turn out the way Alice had hoped.
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Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936) [Movie] NeoDB TMDB Douban
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
director: Frank Capra actor: Gary Cooper / Jean Arthur …
other title: È arrivata la felicità / En gentleman kommer til byen …
Longfellow Deeds lives in a small town, leading a small town kind of life. When a relative dies and leaves Deeds a fortune, Longfellow moves to the big city where he becomes an instant target for everyone. Deeds outwits them all until Babe Bennett comes along. When small-town boy meets big-city girl anything can, and does, happen.
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Lost Horizon (1937) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Lost Horizon
director: Frank Capra actor: Ronald Colman / Jane Wyatt …
other title: Orizzonte perduto / Horizonte Perdido …
British diplomat Robert Conway and a small group of civilians crash land in the Himalayas, and are rescued by the people of the mysterious, Eden-like valley of Shangri-la. Protected by the mountains from the world outside, where the clouds of World War II are gathering, Shangri-la provides a seductive escape for the world-weary Conway.
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It's a Wonderful Life (1946) [Movie] TMDB IMDb Douban NeoDB WikiData
It's a Wonderful Life
8.3 (15 ratings) director: Frank Capra actor: James Stewart / Donna Reed …
other title: La vita è meravigliosa / Det er herligt at leve …
A holiday favourite for generations... George Bailey has spent his entire life giving to the people of Bedford Falls. All that prevents rich skinflint Mr. Potter from taking over the entire town is George's modest building and loan company. But on Christmas Eve the business's $8,000 is lost and George's troubles begin.