Frank Capra
Frank Capra | |
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 Capra during the 1930s | |
| Born | Francesco Rosario Capra 18 Mey 1897 Bisacquino, Sicily, Kinrick o Italy |
| Dee'd | 3 September 1991 (aged 94) La Quinta, Californie, Unitit States |
Cause o daith | Heart failur |
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| Years active | 1922–1961 |
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Frank Russell Capra (Mey 18, 1897 – September 3, 1991) wis an Italian-born American film director, producer an writer who wirked his way frae Los Angeles's Italian ghetto tae acome the creative force behind some o the major awaird-winnin films o the 1930s an 1940s. His rags-tae-riches story haes led film historians such as Ian Freer tae consider him the "American dream personified."[1]
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ Freer 2009, pp. 40–41.
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