Capra - Frank Capra

Japanese: キャプラ - きゃぷら(英語表記)Frank Capra
Capra - Frank Capra

American film director. Born in Palermo, Sicily, Italy, he moved to the United States at the age of six. He entered the film industry in 1921, and after working as a comedian and other comedians, he became a director. In 1934, "It Happened One Night" won all the major categories at the Academy Awards, and established the type of "screwball comedy" that satirizes the wealthy class and the struggle for survival in the city through the conflict and love between the male and female protagonists and their eccentric behavior, and had a great influence on American comedy films thereafter. He followed it up with "The Opera Hat" (1936) and "The House That Lies Down" (1938), both of which won the Academy Award for Best Director, and produced a series of comedies in the same vein as "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" (1939) and "The Crowd" (1941), but with more individuality and a stronger social message. Many of the works from this period are also famous for being made in collaboration with screenwriter Robert Riskin. He later produced "Drunk and Lace" (1944) and "It's a Wonderful Life!" " (1946) and others.

[Takaharu Miyamoto]

Documents List of Director's Works

The Strong Man (1926)
Harry's First Battle Tramp, Tramp, Tramp (1926)
First Love Harry Long Pants (1926)
For the Love of Mike (1927)
Submarine (1928)
The Way of the Strong (1928)
The Power of the Press (1928)
That Certain Thing (1928)
The Matinee Idol (1928)
Donovan The Donovan Affair (1929)
Flight (1929)
Ladies of Leisure (1930)
Ladies of Leisure (1930)
Platinum Blonde (1931)
The Miracle Woman (1931)
Dirigible (1931)
Forbidden (1932)
American Madness (1932)
Lady for a Day (1933)
The Bitter Tea of ​​General Yen (1933)
It Happened One Night (1934)
Broadway Bill (1934)
Opera Hat Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
Lost Horizon (1937)
You Can't Take It with You (1938)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Crowd Meet John Doe (1941)
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
State of the Union (1948)
Riding High (1950)
Here Comes the Groom (1951)
A Hole in the Head (1959)
Pocketful of Miracles (1961)

[References] | It Happened One Night | Screwball comedy

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

アメリカの映画監督。イタリア、シチリア島のパレルモに生まれ、6歳のときアメリカに移住。1921年映画界に入り、ギャグマンなどを経て監督となる。1934年、アカデミー賞の主要部門を独占した『或(あ)る夜の出来事』で、主人公男女の対立と恋愛、奇抜な行状を通して富裕階層や都会の生存競争を風刺的に描くという、「変人喜劇」(スクリューボール・コメディ)の型を定め、以後のアメリカ喜劇映画に大きな影響を与えた。続いて『オペラハット』(1936)と『我が家の楽園』(1938)がともにアカデミー監督賞を受け、『スミス都へ行く』(1939)、『群衆』(1941)と同系列ながら、より個性的で社会的メッセージの濃厚な喜劇を連作。この時期の作品の多くは脚本家ロバート・リスキンとのコンビによることでも有名である。その後『毒薬と老嬢』(1944)、『素晴らしき哉(かな)人生!』(1946)などがある。

[宮本高晴]

資料 監督作品一覧

当りっ子ハリー The Strong Man(1926)
初陣ハリー Tramp, Tramp, Tramp(1926)
初恋ハリイ Long Pants(1926)
力漕一挺身 For the Love of Mike(1927)
サブマリン Submarine(1928)
闇を行く The Way of the Strong(1928)
渦巻く都会 The Power of the Press(1928)
呑気な商売 That Certain Thing(1928)
陽気な踊子 The Matinee Idol(1928)
ドノヴァン The Donovan Affair(1929)
空の王者 Flight(1929)
希望の星 Ladies of Leisure(1930)
有閑夫人 Ladies of Leisure(1930)
プラチナ・ブロンド Platinum Blonde(1931)
奇蹟の処女 The Miracle Woman(1931)
大飛行船 Dirigible(1931)
たそがれの女 Forbidden(1932)
狂乱のアメリカ American Madness(1932)
一日だけの淑女 Lady for a Day(1933)
風雲のチャイナ The Bitter Tea of General Yen(1933)
或る夜の出来事 It Happened One Night(1934)
其の夜の真心 Broadway Bill(1934)
オペラハット Mr. Deeds Goes to Town(1936)
失はれた地平線 Lost Horizon(1937)
我が家の楽園 You Can't Take It with You(1938)
スミス都へ行く Mr. Smith Goes to Washington(1939)
群衆 Meet John Doe(1941)
毒薬と老嬢 Arsenic and Old Lace(1944)
素晴らしき哉、人生! It's a Wonderful Life(1946)
愛の立候補宣言 State of the Union(1948)
恋は青空の下 Riding High(1950)
花婿来たる Here Comes the Groom(1951)
波も涙も暖かい A Hole in the Head(1959)
ポケット一杯の幸福 Pocketful of Miracles(1961)

[参照項目] | 或る夜の出来事 | スクリューボール・コメディ

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