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Frank Capra (1897 - 1991)

Date of Birth: 18 May 1897
Place of Birth: Bisacquino, Sicily, Italy
Date of Death: 3 September 1991 (from a heart attack)
Place of Death: La Quinta, California, USA
Also Known As: Col. Frank Capra; Frank R. Capra

GENRE FILMOGRAPHY

1925
Super-Hooper-Dyne Lizzies (script)

1937
Lost Horizon (producer, director)
Bortom horisonten - Swedish title
Horitzons perduts - Catalan Spanish title
Les horizons perdus - French Belgian title
Horizonte Perdido - Portuguese title
Horizontes perdidos - Argentinean / Spanish title
In den Fesseln von Shangri-La - German title
In Fesseln von Shangri-La - Austrian / German title
Lost Horizon of Shangri-La - US television title
Orizzonte perduto - Italian title
Sininen kuu - Finnish title
Tabte horisonter - Danish title
Der Verlorene Horizont - Austrian title
Ztraceny obzor - Czech title

1944
Arsenic and Old Lace (producer, director)
Arsen und alte Spitzen - Austrian title
Arsen und Spitzenhäubchen - Austrian / West German title
Arsenic et vieilles dentelles - French / French Belgian title
Arsenico e vecchi merletti - Italian title
Arsénico por compasión - Spanish title
Arsénico y encaje antiguo - Argentinean title
Arsenicum en oude kant - Flemish Belgian title
Arsenik och gamla spetsar - Swedish title
Arsenik og gamle kniplinger - Danish title
Arsenikkia ja vanhoja pitsejä - Finnish title
Arszenik i stare koronki - Polish title
Esse Mundo É um Hospício - Brazilian title
O Mundo É Um Manicómio - Portuguese title

1946
It's a Wonderful Life (producer, script, director)
A Felicidade Não Se Compra - Brazilian title
Det er herligt at leve - Danish title
Do Céu Caiu Uma Estrela - Portuguese title
Az élet csodaszép - Hungarian title
Ihmeellinen on elämä - Finnish title
Ist das Leben nicht schön? - Austrian television / West German television title
Livet är underbart - Swedish title
Qué bello es vivir - Argentinean title
¡Qué bello es vivir! - Spanish title
Que bonic és viure! - Catalan Spanish title
Que la vie est belle - French Belgian title
La vie est belle - French / French Belgian / French Canadian title
La vita è meravigliosa - Italian title
Wat een mooi leven - Flemish Belgian title

1953
The 25th Annual Academy Awards (performer (himself)) *

1956
Bell Science: Our Mr Sun (producer, script, director) *

1957
Bell Science: Hemo the Magnificent (producer, script, director) *

Bell Science: The Strange Case of the Cosmic Rays (producer, script, director) *

1958
Bell Science: The Unchained Goddess (producer, director) *

1959
This Is Your Life: Frank Capra (performer (himself)) *

1972
The 44th Annual Academy Awards (performer (himself)) *

1975
The Men Who Made the Movies: Frank Capra (performer (himself)) *

1977
It Happened One Christmas (original script (It's a Wonderful Life)) *
Sucedió en Navidad - Venezuelan title

1980
The American Film Institute Salute to James Stewart (performer (himself)) *

Hollywood (performer (himself)) *
Hollywood: A Celebration of the American Silent Film - US video title

1981
High Hopes: The Capra Years (performer (himself)) *

1982
The American Film Institute Salute to Frank Capra (performer (himself)) *

1984
The 56th Annual Academy Awards (performer (himself)) *

1990
The Making of It's a Wonderful Life (himself (in archive footage))

1991
Frank Capra's It's a Wonderful Life: A Personal Remembrance (performer (himself))

1995
A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies (himself (in archive footage)) *

NON-GENRE FILMOGRAPHY

1915
Our Wonderful Schools
(editor (uncredited))

1922
Fultah Fisher's Boarding House
(scenario, director)
La pensión de Fultah Fischer - Argentinean title

1924
All Night Long
(story)

Every Man for Himself (script (uncredited))

High Society (script (uncredited))

Jubilo Jr (scenario)

Little Robinson Corkscrew (script (uncredited))

The Reel Virginian (script (uncredited))

Riders of the Purple Cows (script (uncredited))

1925
Boobs in the Wood
(script (uncredited))
Boobs in the Woods
El terror de los bosques
- Spanish title

Breaking the Ice (scenario)

Cold Turkey (script)

Cupid's Boots (script)

Good Morning, Nurse (scenario, story)

The Iron Nag (script)

Love and Kisses (script)

Lucky Stars (script)

The Marriage Circus (script)

Plain Clothes (script)

Wild Goose Chaser (script)

1926
Fiddlesticks
(script)

Saturday Afternoon (script)
Tarde de sábado - Spanish title

Soldier Man (script)

The Strong Man (director)
L'athlète complet - French title
Atleta à Força - Portuguese title
La grande sparata - Italian title
El hombre cañón - Spanish title
Der Starke Mann - German title
Vahva mies - Finnish title

Tramp, Tramp, Tramp (script, story (uncredited))
Un sportman de ocasión - Spanish title

1927
For the Love of Mike
(director)
Per l'amore di Mike - Italian title
Por amor a Mike - Argentinean title
Los tres papás - Spanish title

His First Flame (script)

Long Pants (director)
Calças Compridas - Portuguese title
Die Ersten langen Hosen - German title
Pitkät housut - Finnish title
Sa dernière culotte - French title
Le sue ultime mutandine - Italian title
Sus primeros pantalones - Spanish title

1928
The Burglar
(script, director)

The Matinee Idol (director (as Frank R. Capra))
Bessie à Broadway - French title
Il teatro di Minnie - Italian title

The Power of the Press (director)
El poder de una lágrima - Spanish title
Il potere della stampa - Italian title

Say It with Sables (script, story, director)
Dillo con lo zibellino - Italian title
The Reckoning - UK title

So This Is Love? (director)
Duenque è questo l'amore - Italian title

Submarine (director (as Frank R. Capra))
Femmine del mare - Italian title

The Swim Princess (script)

That Certain Thing (producer, script, director)
Cómo se corta el jamón - Spanish title
Quella certa cosa - Italian title

The Way of the Strong (director)
La maniera del forte - Italian title

1929
The Donovan Affair
(director (as Frank R. Capra))
L'affare Donovan - Italian title
La sortija que mata - Spanish title

Flight (script (as Frank R. Capra), dialogue, director (as Frank R. Capra))
Águilas - Spanish title
Diavoli volanti - Italian title
Flieger - Austrian / German title

Uncle Tom (script, story)

The Younger Generation (director (as Frank R. Capra))
Junge Generation - German title
La nuova generazione - Italian title

1930
Ladies of Leisure
(director (as Frank R. Capra))
Asfaltens liljor - Swedish title
Femmine di lusso - Italian title
Mujeres ligeras - Spanish title

Rain or Shine (director (as Frank R. Capra))
Luci del circo - Italian title

1931
Dirigible
(director (as Frank R. Capra))
Helden der Luft - Austrian / German title
Das Luftschiff - Austrian / German title

The Miracle Woman (director (as Frank R. Capra))
La donna del miracolo - Italian title

Platinum Blonde (director (as Frank R. Capra))
La blonde platine - French title
La donna di platino - Italian title
La jaula de oro - Spanish title
Loira Platinada - Portuguese title
Platinapommi - Finnish title
Vor Blondinen wird gewarnt - German title

1932
American Madness
(director (as Frank R. Capra))
Bankkrach in Amerika - Austrian title
La follia della metropoli - Italian title
La locura del dólar - Argentinean / Spanish title
Panik - Swedish title
La ruée - French title
Der Tag an dem die Bank gestürmt wurde - German title

Forbidden (script, story, director)
Amor prohibido - Spanish title
Amour défendu - French title
Elskerinden - Danish title
Förbjuden - Swedish title
Proibito - Italian title

1933
Lady for a Day
(director)
Dama por un día - Argentinean / Spanish title
Geveret L'Yom Ehad - Israeli title
La grande dame d'un jour - French title
Lady for en dag - Danish title
Lady für einen Tag - German title
Milionária por Um Dia - Portuguese title
Päivä ylhäisönaisena - Finnish title
Signora per un giorno - Italian title

The Bitter Tea of General Yen (director (as Frank R. Capra))
La amargura del general Yen - Spanish title
L'amaro tè del generale Yen - Italian title
Der Bittere Tee - Austrian title
General Yens bitre te - Danish title
La grande muraille - French title
A Grande Muralha - Portuguese title
Kinesflickans hämnd - Swedish title
Das Verhängnis des General Yen - Austrian title

1934
Broadway Bill
(director)
La course de Broadway Bill - French title
La course de Broadway - French title
Derradeira Vitória - Portuguese title
Estrictamente confidencial - Spanish title
Kampf ums blaue Band - Austrian title
Sinä, minä ja hevonen - Finnish title
Strengt fortroligt - Danish title
Strettamente confidenziale - Italian title
Strictly Confidential - UK title

It Happened One Night (producer, director)
Accadde una notte - Italian title
Aconteceu Naquela Noite - Brazilian title
Det hændte en nat - Danish title
Det hände en natt - Swedish title
Es geschah in einer Nacht - Austrian / German title
Ich noce - Polish title
Lo que sucedió aquella noche - Argentinean title
New York - Miami - French title
Succeí una nit - Catalan Spanish title
Sucedió una noche - Spanish title
Tapahtuipa eräänä yönä - Finnish title
Uma Noite Aconteceu - Portuguese title
Ze Kara Lyla Ehad - Israeli title

1936
Mr Deeds Goes to Town
(producer, director)
Doido com Juízo - Portuguese title
É arrivata la felicità - Italian title
L'extravagant Mr Deeds - French title
O Galante Mr Deeds - Brazilian title
En gentleman kommer til byen - Danish title
En gentleman kommer till sta'n - Swedish title
Mar Deeds Holech Ha-Eera - Israeli title
Mister Deeds geht in die Stadt - Austrian title
Mr Deeds geht in die Stadt - German title
Mr Deeds tulee kaupunkiin - Finnish title
El secreto de vivir - Argentinean / Spanish title

1938
You Can't Take It with You
(producer, director (uncredited))
Do Mundo Nada se Leva - Brazilian title
Du kan ikke tage det med dig - Danish title
Eens moet u het toch achterlaten! - Flemish Belgian title
L'eterna illusione - Italian title
Komedia meistä ihmisistä - Finnish title
Komedien om oss människor - Swedish title
Lebenskünstler - Austrian / German title
Não o Levarás Contigo - Portuguese title
Vive como quieras - Argentinean / Spanish title
Vous ne l'emporterez pas avec vous - French / French Belgian title

1939
Mr Smith Goes to Washington
(producer, director)
Caballero sin espada - Argentinean / Spanish title
Monsieur Smith au sénat - French title
Mr Smith geht nach Washington - West German television title
Mr Smith i Washington - Swedish title
Mr Smith kommer til byen - Danish title
Mr Smith lähtee Was hingtoniin - Finnish title
Mr Smith va a Washington - Italian title
Peço a Palavra - Portuguese title

1941
Lelki klinika
(original script (It Happened One Night))

Meet John Doe (producer, director)
Arriva John Doe - Italian title
¿Conocen a John Doe? - Venezuelan title
He uskoivat elämään - Finnish title
Hier ist John Doe - West German television title
L'homme de la rue - French title
John Doe, Dynamite - UK title
Juan Nadie - Argentinean / Spanish title
Um João Ninguém - Portuguese title
Vi behøver hinanden - Danish title
Vi behöver varann - Swedish title

1943
Why We Fight 1: Prelude to War
(producer (uncredited), director (uncredited))
Preludio alla guerra - Italian title
Vorspiel zum Krieg - German title

Why We Fight 2: The Nazis Strike (producer, director)
The Nazi Strike: Blitzkrieg! - US video title

Why We Fight 3: Divide and Conquer (producer, director (uncredited))
Söndra och härska - Swedish title

Why We Fight 4: The Battle of Britain (producer, director (uncredited))
La bataille d'Angleterre - French Belgian title
Luftschlacht um England - German title
De slag van Engeland - Flemish Belgian title

Why We Fight 5: The Battle of Russia (producer, director)
La battaglia di Russia - Italian title
The Battle of Russia: The Nazi March Frozen - US video title
För frihet kämpa de - Swedish title

1944
Attack! Battle of New Britain
(producer)
Attack!
Attack: The Battle for New Britain
- US video title

Why We Fight 6: The Battle of China (director)
The Battle of China: Assault on the Great Wall - US video title

The Negro Soldier (producer (as Colonel Frank Capra))

Tunisian Victory: An Official Record (director)
Seger i Tunisien - Swedish title
Vittoria tunisina - Italian title
Voitto Tunisiassa - Finnish title

1945
Know Your Enemy: Japan
(producer, script, director)

San Pietro (co-supervising producer (uncredited))
La bataille de San Pietro - French title
The Battle of San Pietro
San Pietron taistelu - Finnish title
Die Schlacht um San Pietro - German title

Two Down and One to Go (producer, director)

Why We Fight 7: War Comes to America (producer, director)

Your Job in Germany (director)

1948
State of the Union
(producer, director)
Der Beste Mann - German title
L'enjeu - French title
El estado de La Unión - Spanish title
I valet och kvalet - Swedish title
Ratkaisun edessä - Finnish title
Lo stato dell'unione - Italian title
Det store valg - Danish television title
The World and His Wife - UK title

1950
Riding High
(producer, director)
Broadway Bill - Swedish title
La gioia della vita - Italian title
Jour de chance - French title
Lach und wein mit mir - West German title
Lo quiso la suerte - Spanish title
Me kaksi ja hevonen - Finnish title
På den høje hest - Danish title
Sein bester Tip - Austrian title

1951
Here Comes the Groom
(producer, director)
Aquí viene el novio - Spanish title
È arrivato lo sposo - Italian title
Här kommer brudgummen - Swedish title
Her kommer brudgommen - Danish title
Hochzeitsparade - Austrian / West German title
Poikamiesisä - Finnish title
Si l'on mariait papa - French title

The Screen Director (performer (himself in archive footage - uncredited))

Westward the Women (script, story)
Caravana de mujeres - Spanish title
Caravana de Mulheres - Brazilian / Portuguese title
Convoi de femmes - French title
Donne verso l'ignoto - Italian title
Karawane der Frauen - Austrian / West German title
Kvinderne drog vestpå - Danish title
Naiskaravaani - Finnish title
Vägen mot väster - Swedish title

1959
A Hole in the Head
(producer, director)
Un hombre sin suerte - Argentinean / Chilean title
Läpiä päässä - Finnish title
Livet är härligt - Swedish title
Millonario de ilusiones - Spanish title
Eine Nummer zu groß - Austrian / West German title
Det tossede hotel - Danish title
Un trou dans la tête - French title
Un uomo da vendere - Italian title

1961
Pocketful of Miracles
(producer, director)
Angeli con la pistola - Italian title
Arystokracja podziemi - Polish title
Fickan full av flax - Swedish title
Un gángster para un milagro - Spanish title
Geveret L'Yom Ehad - Israeli title
Lady for en dag - Danish title
Milagre por Um Dia - Portuguese title
Milagro por un día - Argentinean title
Milliardaire d'un jour - French title
Milliardaire pour un jour - French title
Taskullinen ihmeitä - Finnish title
Die Unteren Zehntausend - Austrian / West German title

1965
Hollywood My Home Town
(himself (in archive footage))

1971
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
: 16 June 1971 (performer (himself)) *

1973
The Merv Griffin Show
: 14 August 1973 (performer (himself)) *

1978
Bing Crosby: His Life and Legend
(performer (himself)) *

1984
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
(performer (himself))
Elokuvantekijän matkassa - Finnish title

2001
Frank Capra and James Stewart
(himself (in archive footage)) *

George Stevens: The Filmmakers Who Knew Him (himself (in archive footage))

2003
James Cagney and Jack Warner
(himself (in archive footage)) *

 


Last Updated: 1 January, 2009

 


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