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date: 16 February 2025

Capra, Frank (1897–1991) 

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Who's Who in the Twentieth Century
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 Market House Books Market House Books

Italian-born US film director, known for his many film comedies of the 1930s.Born in Palermo, Sicily, Capra was taken to the USA by his parents. He studied chemical engineering at the California Institute of Technology and served in the army during World War I. A variety of jobs followed, before he managed to talk himself into directing the short film adaptation of ... ...

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