Resources and Help on Frank Capra: The Catastrophe of Success

DIRECTOR OF "IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE" AND "IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT" and others

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Another Frank Capra
Cambridge University Press
Published November 2005

PUBLISHER:
Another Frank Capra offers a new interpretation of the great hollywood director beyond the patriotic sentimentalist or the cynical opportunist that he has been taken for. Often cast as a cinematic simpleton or primitive, Capra's exploitation of the stylistic and narrative resources of cinema was, in fact, extremely self-conscious and adventurous in ways typical of artistic modernism. His modernism is also evident in his repeated and strong identification with female characters. Informed by recent work in genre theory and feminist psychology, Another Frank Capra shows Capra to be a "proto-feminist" director whose feminism has been entirely neglected by previous critics.

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Resource Help on Frank Capra for Students

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NOTE: This website is a "fan" page and thus is not associated in anyway with Frank Capra or his family. I cannot forward script ideas or questions to Capra's family as I do not have contact information for them. If you write to me with a specific question (trivia or a curiosity about Mr. Capra's films) I'll respond if I know the answer (it's up to you to check out whether those answers are correct or not! Remember that the internet is not an infallible information source!)

A common-sense first step:
Many public libraries in America contain
collections of Capra films and books on the Capra movies.
Be sure to consult your local library for
research materials that are usually available
for free to anyone who is a local resident.

(BELOW) SOME IMPORTANT SOURCES

Wesleyan University
The Wesleyan Cinema Archives

"I want my archive to be available to all the people who have enjoyed my movies. I have nothing to hide from anyone. Let people make of these things what they will, because what they will make of them will tell us not only who I am, but who and what they are. I've saved these things because I've had a wonderful life, enjoyed it, and I believe in people and trust them." - Frank Capra

Frank Capra Archives

Wesleyan Cinema Archives
301 Washington Terrace
Middletown, Connecticut 06459

phone: (860) 685-2220
fax: (860) 685-2221

Open 9:15-4:45, Monday-Friday.
Scholars, students, and other researchers working on bona fide topics are invited to call or write to schedule appointments and to inquire about the materials.

The Library of Congress

Web Site Access to Catalog

(Below) Selected records from the Library of Congress:

Meet John Doe Test Footage

LC Control Number: 97513985
Type of Material:
Moving Image or Slide/Transparency
Brief Description: [Meet John Doe--test] / Frank Capra Productions.
United States : Warner Bros., 1941.
1 roll (ca. 191 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm. dupe neg.
1 roll (ca. 191 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm. dupe neg (copy 2)
1 roll (ca. 191 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm. dupe neg (copy 3)
1 roll (ca. 191 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm. dupe neg (copy 4)
1 roll (ca. 191 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm. dupe neg (copy 5)

CALL NUMBER: FPC 7809 (dupe neg)
Request in:
Motion Picture & Television Reading
Room (Madison Building, LM336)

The Donovan Affair -- Excerpt Footage

LC Control Number: 95513440
Brief Description: [The Donovan affair--excerpts] /
Columbia Pictures Corporation ;
directed by Frank R. Capra ; produced by Harry Cohn
; dialog, Howard Green ; continuity, Dorothy Howell.
United States : Columbia Pictures Corporation, 1929.
1 reel (405 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm. ref print.
1 reel (405 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm. dupe neg.

CALL NUMBER: FEB 4738 (ref print)
Request in: Motion Picture & Television Reading Room (Madison Building, LM336)

Turning point. Interview with Frank Capra 1959

LC Control Number: 94838473
Type of Material: Nonmusic Sound Recording
Brief Description: Capra, Frank, 1897-
Turning point. Interview with Frank Capra [sound recording]. 1959.
On 2 sound tape reels : analog, 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, mono. ; 10 in.

(1) CALL NUMBER: LWO 2855--LWO 2856, side A (archival -- not for playback)
Request in: Recorded Sound Reference Center (Madison, LM113)

(2) CALL NUMBER: LWO 2855--LWO 2856, side A (playback copy)
Request in: Recorded Sound Reference Center (Madison, LM113)

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CAPRA FILM PAGES:
It's A Wonderful Life (1946)
Arsenic and Old Lace (1941)
Meet John Doe (1941)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
You Can't Take It With You (1938)
Lost Horizon (1937)
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
Broadway Bill (1934)
It Happened One Night (1934)
The Bitter Tea of General Yen (1933)
Lady for A Day (1933)
American Madness (1932)
Forbidden (1931)
The Miracle Woman (1931)
Platinum Blonde (1931)
Ladies of Leisure (1930)
COMPLETE LIST

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