Frank Capra
The film was released in 1946. This topic is part of Film People within Movies & Television. This page currently draws on 7 supporting questions, with answers and bonus facts available below.
Frank Capra trivia questions
Frank Capra directed which Christmas-season classic starring James Stewart?
Answer: It's a Wonderful Life
Bonus fact: The film was released in 1946.
Which Capra film won Best Picture and features Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert?
Answer: It Happened One Night
Bonus fact: It became the first film to sweep the five major Oscars.
What broad theme often appears in Capra's films?
Answer: Ordinary individuals confronting powerful institutions
Bonus fact: His films often celebrate civic idealism and individual decency.
Frank Capra’s "Lost Horizon" is set around the mysterious hidden place called what?
Answer: Shangri-La
Bonus fact: The name Shangri-La came from James Hilton’s novel and became a general term for an idyllic hidden refuge.
Which actor stars as Tony Kirby in Frank Capra’s "You Can’t Take It with You"?
Answer: James Stewart
Bonus fact: Stewart plays the son of a wealthy businessman who falls in love with a woman from an eccentric family.
Which actor plays the title figure in Frank Capra’s "Meet John Doe"?
Answer: Gary Cooper
Bonus fact: Cooper plays a drifter hired to impersonate a fictional man invented by a newspaper columnist.
"You Can’t Take It with You" won the Academy Award for what major category?
Answer: Best Picture
Bonus fact: The 1938 comedy also brought Frank Capra his third Oscar for Best Director.