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Mr. Deeds Goes to Town The set of It Happened One Night (1934) Gary Cooper seated at a table reaches for Jean Arthur's hand as she is held back by a uniformed officer in a courtroom scene from Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936). James Stewart as Jefferson Smith stands in the Senate chamber surrounded by piles of letters and baskets of mail, addressing a group of seated men in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington. James Stewart holding a booklet labeled Washington while seated at a desk, with Jean Arthur leaning in beside him, in a scene from Mr. Smith Goes to Washington. Walter Brennan, Gary Cooper, and Barbara Stanwyck in a black-and-white scene from Meet John Doe, sitting at a table with dishes and food, engaged in conversation. James Stewart in It's a Wonderful Life Katharine Hepburn leans over Spencer Tracy, resting her hands on his shoulders, in a scene from the film State of the Union (1948). Lobby card for It Happened One Night shows Clark Gable holding Claudette Colbert in his arms, with film title and credits in yellow text on a blue background with a crescent moon. James Stewart and Donna Reed embrace with children gathered around them in a joyful scene from the film It's a Wonderful Life (1946), directed by Frank Capra.
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Frank Capra: References & Edit History

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Charles J. Maland, Frank Capra (1980); Raymond Carney, American Vision: The Films of Frank Capra (1996); Joseph McBride, Frank Capra: The Catastrophe of Success (1993, reissued 2011); Leland Poague, Frank Capra: Interviews (2004).

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Invalidated site: USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism - Image of the Journalist in Popular Culture - Frank Capra and the Image of the Journalist in American Film. Nov 05, 2026
Anniversary information added. Aug 30, 2026
Anniversary information added. May 14, 2026
Add new Web site: U.S. Army - Signal regiment honors Hollywood director. Oct 11, 2025
Add new Web site: American Society of Authors and Writers - Frank Capra. Aug 14, 2025
Add new Web site: BBC - 'It was probably the strongest picture I made': How Frank Capra's It's a Wonderful Life became a Christmas classic. Mar 01, 2025
Add new Web site: Golden Globes - Filmmakers� Autobiographies: Frank Capra, �The Name Above the Title�. Jan 02, 2025
Add new Web site: USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism - Image of the Journalist in Popular Culture - Frank Capra and the Image of the Journalist in American Film. Nov 22, 2024
Add new Web site: Warfare History Network - Director Frank Capra. Aug 29, 2024
Links added. Jul 22, 2024
First paragraph modernization. Feb 20, 2024
Add new Web site: The Guardian - Frank Capra at the BFI - review. Dec 23, 2023
Add new Web site: BFI - Frank Capra: 10 essential films. Apr 20, 2023
Add new Web site: Senses of Cinema - The Experimental Propagandist: Frank Capra and the Shape of Truth. Feb 24, 2023
Noted that his original name was Francesco Rosario Capra. Nov 11, 2019
Article thoroughly revised. Aug 23, 2013
Bibliography revised. Aug 23, 2013
Add new Web site: Turner Classic Movies - Frank Capra. Aug 16, 2013
Add new Web site: AllMovie - Frank Capra. Aug 16, 2013
Add new Web site: Matinee Classics - Biography of Frank Capra. Aug 16, 2013
Media added. Dec 21, 2006
Added new Web site: Reel Classics - Frank Capra. May 14, 2006
Article revised. Nov 02, 2001
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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