Frank Capra's American Dream (Movie)
1997 / Director: Kenneth Bowser / Avg Rating: 5 out of 10
A documentary looking at the life and career of film director Frank Capra. Hosted by Ron Howard.
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Robert Altman...
Frank Capra...
Bette Davis...
Richard Dreyfuss...
Peter Falk...
Ron Howard...
Ronald Reagan...
Edward G. Robinson...
Martin Scorsese... - Cavalcade of the Academy Awards (1940) (Movie) (8)
Shirley Temple...(archive footage)
Bette Davis...Herself
Irving Thalberg...(archive footage)
Luise Rainer...(archive footage)
Paul Muni...(archive footage)
Mack Sennett...(archive footage)
Darryl F. Zanuck...Himself
Frank Capra...Himself - 1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year (2009) (Movie) (7)
Leonard Maltin...Himself
Bette Davis...HerselfJeanine Basinger...
Joseph McBride...
Frank Capra...
Edward G. Robinson...
Darryl F. Zanuck... - Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (1983) (Movie) (6)
Frank Capra...Himself (archive footage)
Bette Davis...Herself (archive footage)
George Jessel...Himself (archive footage)
Ronald Reagan...Himself (archive footage)
Edward G. Robinson...Himself (archive footage)
Shirley Temple...Herself (archive footage) - Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (1975) (Movie) (4)
Paul Muni...(archive footage)
Edward G. Robinson...(archive footage)
Shirley Temple...(archive footage)
Fay Wray...(archive footage) - Casting By (2012) (Movie) (4)
Jeanine Basinger...Self
Richard Dreyfuss...Self
Martin Scorsese...Self
Oliver Stone...Self - Hollywood My Home Town (1965) (Movie) (4)
Ken Murray...Himself
Frank Capra...Himself
Bette Davis...
Hope Lange... - Hollywood Uncensored (1987) (Movie) (4)
Ronald Reagan...Himself (archive footage)
Martin Scorsese...Himself
Shirley Temple...Herself (archive footage)
Fay Wray...Herself (archive footage)
- AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Frank Capra (1982) (Movie) (3)
Frank Capra...Himself
Bette Davis...Herself
Peter Falk...Himself
- Breakdowns of 1936 (1936) (Movie) (3)
Bette Davis...Herself
Paul Muni...Himself
Edward G. Robinson...Himself
- Breakdowns of 1938 (1938) (Movie) (3)
Bette Davis...Herself
Paul Muni...Himself
Ronald Reagan...Himself
- Breakdowns of 1939 (1940) (Movie) (3)
Bette Davis...Herself
Ronald Reagan...Himself
Edward G. Robinson...Himself
- Breakdowns of 1941 (1941) (Movie) (3)
Bette Davis...Herself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Ronald Reagan...Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Edward G. Robinson...Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Breakdowns of 1942 (1942) (Movie) (3)
Bette Davis...Self
Ronald Reagan...Self
Edward G. Robinson...Self
- Cannes: All Access (2007) (Movie) (3)
Ron Howard...Self
Martin Scorsese...Self
Oliver Stone...Self
- Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored (2013) (Movie) (3)
Bette Davis...Herself (archive footage)
Edward G. Robinson...Himself (archive footage)
Ronald Reagan...Himself (archive footage)
- First Works (1989) (Movie) (3)
Oliver Stone...
Martin Scorsese...
Ron Howard...
- It's a Great Feeling (1949) (Movie) (3)
Eleanor Parker...Eleanor Parker (uncredited)
Ronald Reagan...Ronald Reagan (uncredited)
Edward G. Robinson...Edward G. Robinson (uncredited) - James Stewart's Wonderful Life (1988) (Movie) (3)
Richard Dreyfuss...Himself
Ronald Reagan...Himself
Frank Capra...(archive footage)
- Milius (2013) (Movie) (3)
Martin Scorsese...Himself
Richard Dreyfuss...Himself
Oliver Stone...Himself
- Pocketful of Miracles (1961) (Movie) (3)
Bette Davis...Apple Annie
Hope Lange...Elizabeth 'Queenie' Martin
Peter Falk...Joy Boy
- Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film (2008) (Movie) (3)
Leonard Maltin...
Martin Scorsese...
Edward G. Robinson...(archive footage)
- Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1) (1936) (Movie) (3)
Bette Davis...
George Murphy...
Edward G. Robinson... - Show-Business at War (1943) (Movie) (3)
Darryl F. Zanuck...Self
Bette Davis...Self
George Murphy...Self
- That's Entertainment! III (1994) (Movie) (3)
Angela Lansbury...(archive footage)
George Murphy...(archive footage)
Luise Rainer...(archive footage) - The Adventures of Errol Flynn (2005) (Movie) (3)
Richard Dreyfuss...Self - Actor
Richard Schickel...Self - Author and Time Film Critic
Bette Davis...Queen Elizabeth (archive footage) - The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies (1995) (Movie) (3)
Robert Altman...
Martin Scorsese...
Oliver Stone...
- Woody Allen: A Documentary (2011) (Movie) (3)
Martin Scorsese...Himself
Richard Schickel...Himself
Leonard Maltin...Himself
- You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story (2008) (Movie) (3)
Martin Scorsese...Himself
Edward G. Robinson...Himself (archive footage)
Ronald Reagan...Himself (archive footage)
- A Day at Santa Anita (1937) (Movie) (2)
Bette Davis...Bette Davis (uncredited)
Edward G. Robinson...Edward G. Robinson (uncredited)
- A Decade Under the Influence (2003) (Movie) (2)
Robert Altman...Self
Martin Scorsese...Self
- A Dream Comes True (1935) (Movie) (2)
Bette Davis...Herself (uncredited)
Paul Muni...Himself (uncredited)
- A Hole in the Head (1959) (Movie) (2)
Edward G. Robinson...Mario Manetta
Eleanor Parker...Eloise Rogers
- A Legacy of Filmmakers: The Early Years of American Zoetrope (2004) (Movie) (2)
Richard Dreyfuss...Narrator
Martin Scorsese...Himself
- A Night at the Movies: Hollywood Goes to Washington (2012) (Movie) (2)
Oliver Stone...Himself
Ronald Reagan...Himself (archive footage)
- A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies (1995) (Movie) (2)
Martin Scorsese...Himself - Host / Narrator
Frank Capra...Himself
- AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Bette Davis (1977) (Movie) (2)
Bette Davis...Herself
Peter Falk...Himself
- AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Henry Fonda (1978) (Movie) (2)
Bette Davis...Herself
Ron Howard...Himself
- AFI: 100 Years... 100 Movies... 10th Anniversary Edition (2007) (Movie) (2)
Richard Dreyfuss...Himself
Martin Scorsese...Himself
- Adventure in Baltimore (1949) (Movie) (2)
Shirley Temple...Dinah Sheldon
John Agar...Tom Wade - American Graffiti (1973) (Movie) (2)
Richard Dreyfuss...Curt Henderson
Ron Howard...Steve Bolander
- Another Romance of Celluloid (1938) (Movie) (2)
Frank Capra...Self (uncredited)
Luise Rainer...Self (uncredited)
- Arena - John Cassavetes (1989) (Movie) (2)
Martin Scorsese...Himself
Peter Falk...Himself
- Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire (1991) (Movie) (2)
Ronald Reagan...Himself (archive footage)
Edward G. Robinson...Himself (archive footage)
- Blow-Ups of 1946 (1946) (Movie) (2)
Eleanor Parker...Self
Ronald Reagan...Self
- Blow-Ups of 1947 (1947) (Movie) (2)
Edward G. Robinson...Himself
Ronald Reagan...Himself
- Bordertown (1935) (Movie) (2)
Paul Muni...Johnny Ramirez
Bette Davis...Mrs. Marie Roark
- Breakdowns of 1940 (1940) (Movie) (2)
Paul Muni...Himself
Ronald Reagan...Himself
- Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There (2003) (Movie) (2)
Angela Lansbury...Self
Fay Wray...Self
- Cannonball (1976) (Movie) (2)
Joseph McBride...Reporter at Finish Line
Martin Scorsese...Mafioso
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Ron Howard...
Leonard Maltin...
- Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows (2000) (Movie) (2)
Richard Schickel...Self - 'Time' Critic and Clint Eastwood Biographer
Martin Scorsese...Self - Director
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Tom Brokaw...Self - News Reporter (archive footage)
Ronald Reagan...Self (archive footage) - Complicated Women (2003) (Movie) (2)
Bette Davis...Herself (archive footage)
Irving Thalberg...Himself (archive footage)
- Corman's World (2011) (Movie) (2)
Martin Scorsese...Himself - Filmmaker
Ron Howard...Himself - Filmmaker
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Bette Davis...Judith Traherne
Ronald Reagan...Alec
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Angela Lansbury...Salome Otterbourne
Bette Davis...Marie Van Schuyler
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Bette Davis...Marie van Schuyler
Angela Lansbury...Salome Otterbourne
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Richard Schickel...Self
Martin Scorsese...Self
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André De Toth...Himself
Angela Lansbury...Herself - Fort Apache (1948) (Movie) (2)
Shirley Temple...Philadelphia Thursday
John Agar...2nd Lt. Michael Shannon O'Rourke
- Frank Capra's 'It's a Wonderful Life': A Personal Remembrance (1991) (Movie) (2)
Frank Capra, Jr....Self
Frank Capra...Self
- French Cinema Mon Amour (2015) (Movie) (2)
Martin Scorsese...Self
Oliver Stone...Self
- Gene Tierney: A Forgotten Star (2017) (Movie) (2)
Martin Scorsese...Himself
Joseph McBride...Himself
- Grand Theft Auto (1977) (Movie) (2)
Ron Howard...Sam Freeman
Garry Marshall...Underworld Boss - Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood (1987) (Movie) (2)
Martin Scorsese...Himself
Bette Davis...(archive footage)
- Heckler (2007) (Movie) (2)
Leonard Maltin...Self
Ronald Reagan...Self
- Hell on Frisco Bay (1955) (Movie) (2)
Edward G. Robinson...Victor Amato
Fay Wray...Kay Stanley
- Hollywood : la vie rêvée de Lana Turner (2019) (Movie) (2)
Eleanor Parker...(archive footage)
Ronald Reagan...(archive footage)
- Hollywood Canteen (1944) (Movie) (2)
Bette Davis...Self
Eleanor Parker...Self
- Hollywood Mavericks (1990) (Movie) (2)
Robert Altman...Himself
Martin Scorsese...Himself
- Hollywood Without Make-Up (1963) (Movie) (2)
Ken Murray...Host
Hope Lange...Herself
- Hollywood at Your Feet: The Story of the Chinese Theatre Footprints (2000) (Movie) (2)
Leonard Maltin...Self
Michael Keaton...Self - It's Showtime (1976) (Movie) (2)
Ronald Reagan...
Mack Sennett...
- Juarez (1939) (Movie) (2)
Paul Muni...Benito Pablo Juárez
Bette Davis...Empress Carlotta von Hapsburg
- Kid Galahad (1937) (Movie) (2)
Edward G. Robinson...Nick 'Nicky' Donati
Bette Davis...Louise 'Fluff' Phillips
- Little Miss Broadway (1938) (Movie) (2)
Shirley Temple...Betsy Brown Shea
George Murphy...Roger Wendling
- Lost Forever: The Art of Film Preservation (2011) (Movie) (2)
Allen Daviau...Himself
Leonard Maltin...Himself - Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles (2014) (Movie) (2)
Joseph McBride...Self - Welles' Biographer
Martin Scorsese...Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
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Martin Scorsese...Self
Amy Heckerling...Self - Murder by Death (1976) (Movie) (2)
Peter Falk...Sam Diamond
Fay Wray...Screaming Door Bell (archive sound) (uncredited)
- Night of 100 Stars (1982) (Movie) (2)
Bette Davis...
Peter Falk...
- Robin and the 7 Hoods (1964) (Movie) (2)
Peter Falk...Guy Gisborne
Edward G. Robinson...Big Jim Stevens (uncredited)
- Roger Corman: Hollywood's Wild Angel (1978) (Movie) (2)
Ron Howard...Self
Martin Scorsese...Self
- Saturday Night Live: A Tribute to Chris Farley (1998) (Movie) (2)
Martin Scorsese...
Michael Keaton...
- Shadows of Suspense (2006) (Movie) (2)
Richard Schickel...Himself
Edward G. Robinson...Himself (Archive Footage)
- Shark Tale (2004) (Movie) (2)
Martin Scorsese...Sykes (voice)
Peter Falk...Don Feinberg
- Sitcom: The Adventures of Garry Marshall (1979) (Movie) (2)
Garry Marshall...Himself
Ron Howard...Himself
- Spielberg (2017) (Movie) (2)
Martin Scorsese...Self
Richard Dreyfuss...Self
- Stage Door Canteen (1943) (Movie) (2)
George Jessel...George Jessel
Paul Muni...Paul Muni
- Stanley Kubrick in Focus (2012) (Movie) (2)
Martin Scorsese...Himself
Oliver Stone...Himself
- Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures (2001) (Movie) (2)
Richard Schickel...Himself
Martin Scorsese...Himself
- Tenth Avenue Angel (1948) (Movie) (2)
Angela Lansbury...Susan Bratten
George Murphy...Steve Abbutt
- That Hagen Girl (1947) (Movie) (2)
Ronald Reagan...Tom Bates
Shirley Temple...Mary Hagen
- That's Dancing! (1985) (Movie) (2)
George Murphy...
Shirley Temple...
- That's Entertainment! (1974) (Movie) (2)
Angela Lansbury...(archive footage) (uncredited)
George Murphy...(archive footage) (uncredited)
- The 42nd Street Special (1933) (Movie) (2)
Darryl F. Zanuck...Himself
Bette Davis...Herself
- The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938) (Movie) (2)
Edward G. Robinson...Dr. T.S. Clitterhouse
Ronald Reagan...Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
- The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story (2009) (Movie) (2)
Leonard Maltin...Himself
Angela Lansbury...Herself
- The Cockettes (2002) (Movie) (2)
Angela Lansbury...Self (archive footage)
Ronald Reagan...Self (archive footage)
- The Directors: The Films of Roger Corman (1999) (Movie) (2)
Ron Howard...self
Martin Scorsese...self
- The Good Earth (1937) (Movie) (2)
Paul Muni...Wang
Luise Rainer...O-Lan
- The Happy Days of Garry Marshall (2020) (Movie) (2)
Ron Howard...Himself
Garry Marshall...Himself (archive audio)
- The Honor of Thieves (1909) (Movie) (2)
Mack Sennett...
Mack Sennett...Man at dance / Cop
- The John Garfield Story (2003) (Movie) (2)
Richard Dreyfuss...Self
Martin Scorsese...Self
- The Love Goddesses (1965) (Movie) (2)
Bette Davis...(archive footage)
Shirley Temple...(archive footage)
- The Making of 'American Graffiti' (1998) (Movie) (2)
Ron Howard...Himself
Richard Dreyfuss...Himself
- The Making of Trump (2015) (Movie) (2)
Tom Brokaw...Self (archive footage)
Ronald Reagan...Self (archive footage)
- The Navy Comes Through (1942) (Movie) (2)
George Murphy...Lt. Thomas L. 'Tom' Sands
Jane Wyatt...Myra Mallory - The Other Side of the Wind (2018) (Movie) (2)
George Jessel...Himself
Joseph McBride...Charles Pister
- The Road to Damascus: The Reinvention of Bugsy Siegel (2006) (Movie) (2)
Allen Daviau...Self
Richard Schickel...Self
- The Stolen Jools (1931) (Movie) (2)
Edward G. Robinson...Gangster
Fay Wray...Fay Wray
- The Undefeated (2011) (Movie) (2)
Ronald Reagan...Self - President of the United States (archive footage)
Oliver Stone...Self (archive footage)
- The Untold History Of The United States (2012) (Movie) (2)
Oliver Stone...Narrator
Ronald Reagan...Self (archive footage)
- The Voice That Thrilled the World (1943) (Movie) (2)
Bette Davis...Herself (segment 'Dangerous') (archive footage)
Paul Muni...Himself (segments 'The Story of Louis Pasteur' and 'The Life of Emile Zola') (archive footage)
- The Voice of the Turtle (1947) (Movie) (2)
Ronald Reagan...Sergeant Bill Page
Eleanor Parker...Sally Middleton
- This Is Bob Hope... (2017) (Movie) (2)
Leonard Maltin...Himself
Ronald Reagan...Himself (archive footage)
- This Is Orson Welles (2015) (Movie) (2)
Martin Scorsese...Himself
Joseph McBride...Himself
- This Is the Army (1943) (Movie) (2)
George Murphy...Jerry Jones
Ronald Reagan...Johnny Jones
- Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood (2008) (Movie) (2)
Leonard Maltin...Himself
Paul Muni...James Allen (archive footage)
- Torrente 3: The Protector (2005) (Movie) (2)
Oliver Stone...Betrunkener
Oliver Stone...Inglés borracho
- Tune in Tomorrow... (1990) (Movie) (2)
Peter Falk...Pedro Carmichael
Hope Lange...Margaret Quince
- Valley of the Dolls (1967) (Movie) (2)
George Jessel...MC Grammy Awards
Richard Dreyfuss...Assistant Stage Manager (uncredited)
- Vice (2018) (Movie) (2)
Tom Brokaw...Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Ronald Reagan...Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Walt Disney Treasures: The Adventures Of Oswald The Lucky Rabbit (2008) (Movie) (2)
Leonard Maltin...Himself/DVD Producer
Leonard Maltin...Himself
- With Friends Like These... (1998) (Movie) (2)
Martin Scorsese...Self
Garry Marshall...Frank Minetti
- With Malice Toward One (1957) (Movie) (2)
Bette Davis...
Ronald Reagan...
- Witness to a Rape (2020) (Movie) (2)
Arthur Hiller...himself
Martin Scorsese...himself - Women He's Undressed (2015) (Movie) (2)
Angela Lansbury...Self
Leonard Maltin...Self
- Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976) (Movie) (2)
Ken Murray...Souvenir Salesman
George Jessel...Awards Announcer
- You're a Sweetheart (1937) (Movie) (2)
George Murphy...Hal Adams
Ken Murray...Don King
