Legendary motion picture director, writer, and producer of the 1920s, 30s, 40s, 50s, and 60s. Three-time Oscar winner for his direction on the timeless classics "It Happened One Night" (1934), "Mr. Deeds Goes to Town" (1936), and "You Can't Take It with You" (1938). He also directed the 1946 holiday classic "It's a Wonderful Life," among many other great films. An American icon.
What a great man, the everyman's man. He gave to the movie world what Charles Dickens gave to the book world. Must have had the best heart!!!!!!!
don't forget Lost Horizon....
I Love "Lost horizon" I just bought a new DVD last Christmas
I read somewhere (I think in the James Stewart bio) that the reason Wonderful Life gets played constantly, is that when Capra was in a personal and financial crisis that wrecked his own producing company, he accidently let the copyright lapse and it fell into the public domain. Am I right?
You are indeed!Originally Posted by radiojane
wonderful director.
I got the impression his daughter wouldn't agree with this statement. She worked at a local university forever when her Dad came up conversationally she said all he right things but you could see her tense up. Maybe she was just tired of it but it struck me how her body language totally contradicted her words.
He did a fantastic job on It's A Wonderful Life. My favorite Christmas movie and one of my top 5 favs of all time!
I agree - great all time classic
Apparently he was a crappy father and nothing like the male characters in his movies. I think his son mentioned this in an interview?
Same here Beatle, my fav Christmas movie too.
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