About this title: Although Frank Capra (18971991) is best known as the director of It Happened One Night, Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, You Can't Take It with You, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Arsenic and Old Lace, and It's a Wonderful Life, he was also an award-winning documentary filmmaker as well as a behind-the-scene force in the Director's Guild, the Motion Picture Academy, and the Producer's Guild. He worked with or knew socially everyone in the movie business from Mack Sennett, Chaplin, and Keaton in the silent era through the illustrious names of the golden age. He directed Clark Gable, Jimmy Stewart, ...
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage
Date Published: 1985-03-12
ISBN-13:9780394712055ISBN:0394712056
Description: Good. Paperback, spine glue starting to separate from pages. Pages still tight together. Frank Capra's childhood was characterized by almost unbelievable poverty. The son of Sicilian immigrants, Capra worked his way through college with a view toward becoming a chemical engineer. Instead, he found himself employed as a gag writer by Mack Sennett. In the ensuing years, he directed and made a silent star of Harry Langdon, and eventually built up Columbia Pictures into the major Hollywood studio- ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Macmillan, New York
Date Published: 1971
Description: Good in Fair dust jacket. Xii, 513 p. Illus., ports. 24 cm. Includes: Illustrations, Portraits. Great Value. Prompt delivery with tracking. Satisfaction guaranteed. read more
Description: Good. 0394712056 Former library item may have library binding and show stamps, stickers or other marks. Items not meeting quality expectations may be returned. Due to the large scale of our operation, we do not have access to the specific contents/condition of our items. read more
Description: Good. B000FMLAMK Great condition hard cover book with good paper dust jacket cover! Clean pages, dust jacket has a bit of fraying to edges, a great book! Shop & Save With US. read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Bantam Books
Date Published: 1972
Description: Very Good. This book has tight solid pages and binding, pages are clean but light tan. No names, no marks, no stickers. Little stain on page ends, light wear and tear to covers. We recommend EXPEDITED MAIL for even faster delivery! Careful packaging and fast shipping. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Macmillan
Date Published: 1971
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. VG/VG, nice copy with mild edgewear to the dust jacket and a few chips, interior clean, binding tight, oversized. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: The Macmillan Company, N Y
Date Published: 1971
Description: Very Good- in Good- jacket. 8vo. 513pp. Has wear. DJ rubbed and chipped. DJ torn. Internally Clean. Lang: English. Vols: 1, Wt: 2lbs. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: MacMillan, New York
Date Published: 1971
Description: Book: Good. DJ: Good. 8vo. 513 pp. 6 ½ x 9 ½. Red cloth covered boards w/ gold print on black labeled spine. Black and white pictorial dj. Previously owned by public library. read more
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