Frank Capra: Mr. America (2023)

6.0/10 • 93 min • Documentary

Overview

Tells the story of how Frank Capra, a young and penniless immigrant, rose through the ranks of early Hollywood to become one of the Great American storytellers.

Cast

Frank Capra

Self (archive footage)

Alexander Payne

Self - Director and Screenwriter

Jeanine Basinger

Self - Film Historian and Founder of the Frank Capra Archive

Joseph McBride

Self - Biographer of Frank Capra

Tom Rothman

Self - Chairman and CEO of Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group

Sam Wasson

Self - Author and Film Historian

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