Movies by Frank Capra
As part of the cast:
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Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Cast: James Stewart, Jean Arthur, Frank Capra …
Directed by: Frank Capra
When idealistic junior senator Jefferson Smith (James Stewart) arrives in Washington, D.C., he's full of plans and dazzled by his surroundings -- qualities he retains despite widespread…
As a director:
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Why We Fight: World War II: The Battle of China / War Comes to America (2000)
Directed by: Frank Capra
Part of Frank Capra's World War II propaganda series made for the U.S. Armed Forces, this program presents newsreel footage addressing the Battle of China and shifting opinion as the…
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Pocketful of Miracles (1961)
Cast: Glenn Ford, Bette Davis, Hope Lange …
Directed by: Frank Capra
In Frank Capra's final directing effort, bag lady Apple Annie (Bette Davis) convinces her long-absent daughter (Ann-Margret) that she's a wealthy socialite. The daughter, who grew…
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A Hole in the Head (1959)
Cast: Frank Sinatra, Edward G. Robinson, Eleanor Parker …
Directed by: Frank Capra
Tony (Frank Sinatra) is trying to keep his failing Miami hotel afloat while raising his 12-year-old son (Eddie Hodges). As a last resort, he's forced to ask his harried brother, Mario…
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Hemo the Magnificent / Unchained Goddess (1957)
Cast: Frank Baxter, Richard Carlson
Directed by: Frank Capra
Frank Capra, the filmmaker with a heart of gold, tries his deft hand at science and makes it approachable and fun for kids in this entertaining and educational pair of movies. In Hemo the…
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Our Mr. Sun / Strange Case of the Cosmic Rays (1956)
Cast: Frank Baxter, Eddie Albert, Richard Carlson …
Directed by: Frank Capra
Part of acclaimed filmmaker Frank Capra's "Wonders of Life" series, this double feature of science-based films (which won an Emmy Award for Best Editing) teaches kids about the sun and…
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Here Comes the Groom (1951)
Cast: Bing Crosby, Jane Wyman, Alexis Smith …
Directed by: Frank Capra
Foreign correspondent Pete Garvey (Bing Crosby) wants to adopt two war orphans, but there's a catch: He must marry within a week. Garvey returns from Europe to Boston, where he discovers…
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Just for You / Here Comes the Groom (1951)
Cast: Bing Crosby, Jane Wyman, Ethel Barrymore …
Directed by: Elliott Nugent, Frank Capra
The incomparable Bing Crosby stars in this charming double feature. In Just for You, he plays Broadway producer Jordan Blake, a workaholic who's grown estranged from his children…
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Riding High (1950)
Cast: Bing Crosby, Coleen Gray, Charles Bickford …
Directed by: Frank Capra
Frank Capra's remake of his 1934 film Broadway Bill, Riding High stars Bing Crosby and Colleen Gray. The story centers on Dan (Crosby), a wealthy lad who enjoys betting on horse races…
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State of the Union (1948)
Cast: Angela Lansbury, Howard Smith, Lewis Stone …
Directed by: Frank Capra
At the urging of power-hungry newspaper executive Kay Thorndyke (Angela Lansbury), industrialist Grant Matthews (Spencer Tracy) is persuaded to campaign for the Republican presidential…
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It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Cast: James Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore …
Directed by: Frank Capra
It's a wonderful film. Frank Capra's inverted take on A Christmas Carol stars Jimmy Stewart as George Bailey, a good man who's spent a lifetime giving up on his dreams in order…
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Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
Cast: Cary Grant, Priscilla Lane, Raymond Massey …
Directed by: Frank Capra
Stellar performances highlight this delightfully witty adaptation of the hit Broadway play about two dotty spinsters (Josephine Hull and Jean Adair) with a peculiar avocation: helping lonely…
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Why We Fight: The Battle of Russia (1943)
Cast: Joseph Stalin, Benito Mussolini, Adolf Hitler …
Directed by: Frank Capra, Anatole Litvak
This Oscar-nominated installment of director Frank Capra's acclaimed World War II documentary series -- created for the military and later shown in movie houses to rally Americans to…
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Meet John Doe (1941)
Cast: Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck, Walter Brennan …
Directed by: Frank Capra
Sacked by her newspaper, spunky scribe Ann Mitchell (Barbara Stanwyck) hatches a hoax to keep her job. In her final column, she pens a missive from "John Doe," a fictitious hobo planning to…
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Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Cast: James Stewart, Jean Arthur, Frank Capra …
Directed by: Frank Capra
When idealistic junior senator Jefferson Smith (James Stewart) arrives in Washington, D.C., he's full of plans and dazzled by his surroundings -- qualities he retains despite widespread…
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You Can't Take It with You (1938)
Cast: Jean Arthur, Lionel Barrymore, James Stewart …
Directed by: Frank Capra
In this Frank Capra classic, Tony (James Stewart) and Alice (Jean Arthur) meet and fall in love. But things are far from rosy: He's the son of a millionaire, and she and her wacky family…
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Lost Horizon (1937)
Cast: Ronald Colman, Jane Wyatt, John Howard …
Directed by: Frank Capra
In Frank Capra's classic based on the James Hilton novel, plane-crash survivors are led through the Himalayas to Shangri-La, a village without hate or crime where no one ages. Robert…
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Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
Cast: Gary Cooper, Jean Arthur, Lionel Stander …
Directed by: Frank Capra
When small-town tuba player Longfellow Deeds (Gary Cooper) lands a $20 million inheritance and moves to the big city, the sharks begin to circle, including a sassy reporter (Jean Arthur)…
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It Happened One Night (1934)
Cast: Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert, Walter Connolly …
Directed by: Frank Capra
Runaway socialite Ellie Andrews (Claudette Colbert) is en route to the Big Apple to elope with a fortune-hunting flyboy. Along the way she meets a crusty newspaperman (Clark Gable),…
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Broadway Bill (1934)
Cast: Warner Baxter, Myrna Loy, Walter Connolly …
Directed by: Frank Capra
It's no ordinary day at the races when betting junkie Dan Brooks (Warner Baxter) -- who infuriates his wife (Helen Vinson) by preferring the racetrack to the family business -- tries to…
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Lady for a Day (1933)
Cast: Warren William, May Robson, Guy Kibbee …
Directed by: Frank Capra
Adapted from Damon Runyon's short story, Frank Capra's delightful comedy-drama centers on Apple Annie (May Robson), a Manhattan street peddler who lies to her daughter Louise (Jean…
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The Bitter Tea of General Yen (1933)
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Nils Asther, Gavin Gordon …
Directed by: Frank Capra
Frank Capra's 1933 saga depicts a love that's doomed before it even begins. Set in isolationist China in the early 20th century, it explores the unusual romance that blooms between…
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Platinum Blonde (1931)
Cast: Loretta Young, Robert Williams, Jean Harlow …
Directed by: Frank Capra
Frank Capra directed this 1931 screwball comedy about a hard-nosed newspaper reporter, Stew (Robert Williams), who, after marrying heiress Ann Schuyler (Jean Harlow), must find a way to…
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Harry Langdon: The Forgotten Clown (1926)
Cast: Harry Langdon, Joan Crawford
Directed by: Frank Capra, Harry Edwards
While Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton and Harold Lloyd are the silent film era's most famous clowns, this trilogy of short features showcases their lesser-known but equally talented…