During World War II, Harryhausen joined Frank Capra's film unit, which made the "Why We Fight" propaganda series.

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Lee is a throwback to old Hollywood you can imagine him learning his craft, and his reliable optimism, under Capra.

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In Frank Capra's 1948 State of the Union, Spencer Tracy plays a straight-talking businessman having an affair with Angela Lansbury.

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During World War II Harryhausen joined director Frank Capra's film unit, which made the Why We Fight series to back the US war effort.

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Affleck still doesn't consider himself a real director -- "Capra is a real director, Scorsese's a real director, Spielberg's a real director, " he said.

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By mixing the sweetness of Frank Capra with the sour realism of directors like Vittorio De Sica, Mr Kaurismaki accords his unlikely heroes dignity without appearing sentimental.

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Then, in 2009, an extinct Pyrenean ibex (Capra pyrenaica pyrenaica) was cloned at the University of Zaragoza in northern Spain, using domestic goats as allies in the experiment.

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Only Frank Capra could pull that off.

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