- Born Name: Francesco Rosario Capra[citation needed]
- Birthday: 1897-05-18 (Year-Month-Day)
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- Spouse(s): Helen Howell (1923-1927) Lou Capra (1932-1984) 4 children
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- Medium: Director, producer, writer
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Frank Capra, For other people named Frank Capra, see Frank Capra (disambiguation).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 Cant Take It With You (1938), Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939), Meet John Doe (1941), Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) and Its a Wonderful Life (1946).