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  • Date of Birth: 18 May, 1897
  • Place of Birth: Bisacquino, Sicily , Italy
  • Biography: Frank Russell Capra (May 18, 1897 – September 3, 1991) was a Sicilian-born American film director and a creative force behind a number of films of the 1930s and 1940s, including It Happened One Night (1934), Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936), Lost Horizon (1937), You Can't Take It With... Read more

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By Kirk Honeycutt For movie details, please click here . Anyone who has ever seen a Frank Capra movie would recognize the comic strategy employed by first-time Indian filmmaker Anusha Rizvi in Peepli Live . ... Full Article

Frank Capra made a number of films depicting the greed and self-interest of businessmen and politicians alike, giving capitalism a bad name. Remember Mr Deeds goes to town or Mr Smith goes to Washington , to name just a couple... ... Full Article

Hollywood heads into Oscar weekend faced with a tough task: Getting movie fans to watch an increasingly glitzy love-in that becomes less relevant with each passing year. ... Full Article

Today, in a courtroom that looks over the Capitol Building, Justice Anthony Kennedy - a slight, bookish man with thin glasses - evoked Frank Capra's enduring classic Mr. ... Full Article

ANYONE WHO has seen a Frank Capra movie would recognize the comic strategy employed by first-time Indian filmmaker Anusha Rizvi in "Peepli Live." Take a serious social problem, subject it to satirical scrutiny, appeal to populist sentiment and enjoy a... ... Full Article

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