Frank Capra's Height
5ft 5 ½ (166.4 cm)
American Film Director, best known for directing It's a Wonderful Life, Mr. Smith Goes To Washington, It Happened One Night, Arsenic and Old Lace, You Can't Take It With You, The Bitter Tea of General Yen, Lost Horizon, Meet John Doe, Pocketful of Miracles and Mr. Deeds Goes to Town. In the book Halliwell's Horizon it described Frank as being "5ft 5.5in, 9st 9lbs"
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Average Guess (12 Votes)
5ft 5.6in (166.6cm)
5ft 5.6in (166.6cm)
Tall Sam said on 20/Feb/18
Cool that you got to interview him, Rey Barry, if I'm reading that correctly. Of those venerable Hollywood auteurs Capra gets a lot of flack relatively, but his best films still largely hold up.
Cool that you got to interview him, Rey Barry, if I'm reading that correctly. Of those venerable Hollywood auteurs Capra gets a lot of flack relatively, but his best films still largely hold up.
Rey Barry said on 16/Feb/18
With reference to that TV interview with Capra, he was 73 years old.
With reference to that TV interview with Capra, he was 73 years old.
Rey Barry said on 16/Feb/18
Tonight I watched a 30 minute TV interview between Capra and me done about 1970 and lost until recently. At the time I was 5' 7" though I have lost a few inches in recent years. I suspect that had already happened to Capra, as several people commented that I seemed to be far taller.
Tonight I watched a 30 minute TV interview between Capra and me done about 1970 and lost until recently. At the time I was 5' 7" though I have lost a few inches in recent years. I suspect that had already happened to Capra, as several people commented that I seemed to be far taller.
Sam said on 9/Nov/15
May have been linked before somewhere but Capra here by Cary Grant and James Stewart, even while leaning both tower over him. Click Here
May have been linked before somewhere but Capra here by Cary Grant and James Stewart, even while leaning both tower over him. Click Here
Sam said on 18/Aug/15
Yeah, that actor was good in General Yen despite the seriously cringe inducing racial aspect...Yen is at least a somewhat sympathetic character unlike D.W. Griffith's often sicking depictions of minorities.
Yeah, that actor was good in General Yen despite the seriously cringe inducing racial aspect...Yen is at least a somewhat sympathetic character unlike D.W. Griffith's often sicking depictions of minorities.
Arch Stanton said on 23/Jul/15
Nils with 5'3 Fay Wray Click Here but can't see footwear or ground, box tricks were common.
Nils with 5'3 Fay Wray Click Here but can't see footwear or ground, box tricks were common.
Sam said on 23/Jul/15
I have the feeling that Capra was a tad starstruck around Sinatra and let it influence him. Capra interviews from the 50s and 60s have an almost cringe-inducing amount of "hip" slang like "swingin'", "baby" and "daddy", I guess an older guy trying to show he was with the times!
I have the feeling that Capra was a tad starstruck around Sinatra and let it influence him. Capra interviews from the 50s and 60s have an almost cringe-inducing amount of "hip" slang like "swingin'", "baby" and "daddy", I guess an older guy trying to show he was with the times!
Sam said on 16/Jul/15
Rob, could you add The Bitter Tea of General Yen, Lost Horizon, Meet John Doe and Pocketful of Miracles to his credits Rob?
Rob, could you add The Bitter Tea of General Yen, Lost Horizon, Meet John Doe and Pocketful of Miracles to his credits Rob?
Arch Stanton said on 15/Jul/15
Stallone posture in the last one LOL!
Stallone posture in the last one LOL!
Sam said on 15/Jul/15
Franks Capra and Sinatra: Click Here
Look how Sinatra squeezes all his height out to tower above the shorter old men, Capra and Edward G. Robinson, who both stand casually: Click Here
Franks Capra and Sinatra: Click Here
Look how Sinatra squeezes all his height out to tower above the shorter old men, Capra and Edward G. Robinson, who both stand casually: Click Here
Arch Stanton said on 15/Jul/15
Awesome edition! One of my favourite directors!
Awesome edition! One of my favourite directors!
Sam said on 15/Jul/15
Yeah, an accurate listing for this director. One of the few filmmakers to inspire a adjective (Capraesque), I like his earlier weirder stuff like Bitter Tea of General Yen but there's no denying the power of Mr. Smith or George Bailey's despair.
Yeah, an accurate listing for this director. One of the few filmmakers to inspire a adjective (Capraesque), I like his earlier weirder stuff like Bitter Tea of General Yen but there's no denying the power of Mr. Smith or George Bailey's despair.
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