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Also Known As Francesco Rosario Capra
Born May 18, 1897 • Palermo • Italy
Died September 3, 1991 (aged 94) • Italy
Awards And Honors Academy Award (1939) • Academy Award (1937) • Academy Award (1935)
Notable Works “A Hole in the Head” • “Arsenic and Old Lace” • “Broadway Bill” • “It Happened One Night” • “It’s a Wonderful Life” • “Lost Horizon” • “Meet John Doe” • “Mr. Deeds Goes to Town” • “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington” • “Platinum Blonde” • “Pocketful of Miracles” • “Riding High” • “State of the Union” • “You Can’t Take It with You”

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Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
The set of It Happened One Night (1934)
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Jimmy Stewart in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
scene from Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
A scene from the film Meet John Doe (1941)
James Stewart in It's a Wonderful Life
Scene from the film State of the Union (1948)
lobby card for It Happened One Night
It's a Wonderful Life
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