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Director / actor John Cassavetes contemplating Capra ’ s contribution to the art of film quipped: “ Maybe there really wasn ’ t an America, it was only Frank Capra .” Capra ’ s films were his love letters to an idealized America — a cinematic landscape of his own invention.

The performances his actors gave were invariable portrayals of personalities developed into recognizable images of popular culture, “ their acting has the bold simplicity of an icon ...”