Frank Capra Movies

A poor cobbler's son enters a $25,000 cross-country hiking contest sponsored by the footwear company that has nearly bankrupted his father. He also...

Biography of the legendary filmmaker directed by his son.

The sixth film of Frank Capra's Why We Fight propaganda film series illustrates Japan's occupation of China, including Madame Chiang Kai-Shek's...

A meek Belgian soldier (Harry Langdon) fighting in World War I receives penpal letters and a photo from "Mary Brown", an American girl he has never...

This documentary, the final film directed by Frank Capra, explores America's plans for the future of space exploration. It was produced by the...

An exiled king supports his daughter and himself by serving genuine chili con carne at a rapid-service lunch counter. Word arrives that he will be...

The naive newspaper cub Clem lands a scoop when he's sent out to cover a murder. In his enthusiasm he writes that the main suspect is Jane. When she...

A man, accidentally locked out of his house is mistaken for a burglar as he attempts to re-enter the house. The gag is that the person mistaking...

Our Job in Japan was a United States military training film made in 1945, shortly after World War II. It is the companion to the more famous Your Job...

A Mack Sennett slapstick comedy featuring the cross-eyed man Ben Turpin.

Actual footage by the United States Signal Corps of the landing and attack on Arawe Beach, Cape Glouster, New Britain island in 1943 in the South...

Frank Capra was one of Hollywood's most popular and respected directors in the 1930s and 1940s. His best-known films include "Isn't Life Beautiful?",...

A jail break turns into a race.

Harry runs into his old Marine sergeant and is reminded of the rivalry they had for a girl while they were stationed in France.

In this silent film, now considered lost, Doug Caswell falls for Irene, his wealthy father's mistress. It's up to Doug's stepmother Helen to put...

Career overview of Hollywood legend Frank Capra by Time magazine film critic Richard Schickel.

A documentary recording the visit of the Italian navy warship Libia to San Francisco.

Three stock market investors in San Francisco find themselves the target of a mystery investor, who is driving them to bankruptcy. The mystery...

Documentary short film produced by the U.S. Army, intended to enlighten the American public on the final thrust of the Allied war effort in Europe...