If you ask the average person to name the first Frank Capra movie that ... If we’re talking about Capra and the Oscars, though, It’s a Wonderful Life was not one of his biggest winners.

Frank Capra ... the way he once was, but Capra’s works have made a lasting impact on society. The most enduring one may be his Christmas classic It’s a Wonderful Life, which is still an ...

Director Frank Capra, 1944 IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE, James Stewart eating cake with Lionel Barrymore on the set, director Frank Capra in background, 1946 LOST HORIZON, Ronald Colman, director Frank ...

You'd have to be Scrooge (or rather Mr Potter) not to recognise Capra as a film-maker whose delight in the human spirit produced some of the finest, sharpest comedies of vintage Hollywood.

These are the challenging circumstances director Frank Capra found himself in when he was making what would become one of the most treasured Christmas films of all time, It’s a Wonderful Life.