Frank Capra
Frank Capra
Frank Russell Caprawas an Italian-American film director, producer and writer who became the creative force behind some of the major award-winning films of the 1930s and 1940s. Born in Italy and raised in Los Angeles from the age of five, his rags-to-riches story has led film historians such as Ian Freer to consider him the "American dream personified."...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth18 May 1897
CountryUnited States of America
kept past senate several track
They tell me that you've kept track of everything the Senate has done for the past several decades. My five-foot diary.
books
One of these books isn't, by any chance, called 'Filibusters I Have Known,' is it?
sin cardinals filmmaking
There are no rules in filmmaking. Only sins. And the cardinal sin is dullness.
filmmaking
There are no rules in filmmaking
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No saint, no pope, no general, no sultan, has ever had the power that a filmmaker has; the power to talk to hundreds of millions of people for two hours in the dark.
spiritual prayer struggle
Man's greatest advances are weapon advances. Culture follows from weaponry, we are militant like the animals and birds - defending our homes. No matter how far back you go in history, along with the struggle for existence, along with the survival necessities - kill or be killed, eat or be eaten - there is a hunger for something spiritual. He invents God, prayers, incantations to something above him. Why? This is not brought out - this is not weapon culture.
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A hunch is creativity trying to tell you something.
motivational mistake drama
I made mistakes in drama. I thought drama was when actors cried. But drama is when the audience cries.
advice trends young
My Advice to Young Filmmakers is This: Don't Follow Trends. Start Them!
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Film is one of the three universal languages, the other two: mathematics and music.
dream strong kindness
Someone should keep reminding Mr. Average Man that he was born free, divine, strong; uncrushable by fate, society, or hell itself; and that he is a child of God, equal heir to all the bounties of God; and that goodness is riches, kindness is power, and freedom is glory. Above all, every man is born with an inner capacity to take him as far as his imagination can dream or envision-providing he is free to dream and envision.
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Man is a unique individual. He can never be put in a system where he becomes just another notch. Another nail.
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Friend, you are a divine mingle-mangle of guts and stardust. So hang in there! If doors opened for me, they can open for anyone.
photography jobs believe
If the audience gets everything, if they see the photography and notice that it is good, then the story goes out the window, but if you become involved with the lives of the actors and forget that you are seeing mechanical devices on a huge screen - forget the make-believe - this is the job of the director to involve the audience with the actors.