Frank Capra Movies

A Columbia Pictures promotional short which explains how a movie is made.

An eccentric inventor has thought of a way that automobiles can run on radio waves, without gasoline. His plans put him in conflict with the owner of...

A scientist and a writer explain the various meteorological phenomena to Meteora, the goddess of weather, while giving an insight into the technology...

The Marriage Circus is a 1925 silent comedy short.

Harry Shelby has been kept in knee pants for years by his overprotective parents, but the day finally comes when Harry is given his first pair of...

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

A jail break turns into a race.

A chaotic, night-long comedy ensues when a newlywed couple's celebration is interrupted by rowdy in-laws, a pet parrot that gets stuck inside the...

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

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...

A young boy, determined to make money enough to buy his mother a birthday present, finds a variety of odd jobs and finally starts up a makeshift...

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

Inspector Killian tries to solve a murder case with his assistant Carney.

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

Harry leaves home to become a doctor, but winds up with "Doc" Healy's Medicine Show.

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...

Harry and his friend have planned to go out for an afternoon of fun. But first, Harry must figure out how to slip away from his domineering wife with...

“The Fallbrook Story,” is a 20-minute film of Cold War-era uneasiness in which director Frank Capra rails against what he calls the evils...

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...

Returning to his hometown a fitness equipment salesman falls in love with the store keeper's daughter.