" The first of those was Mr. Deeds Goes to Town ( 1936 ), for which Capra won his second Best Director Oscar.

When director Frank Capra and writer Robert Riskin adapted it for the screen in 1938, the film won the Best Picture Oscar and Capra won for Best Director.

" Capra, certain he was the winner, ran to the podium to collect his Oscar, only to discover Rogers had meant Frank Lloyd, who won for Cavalcade, instead.

Capra won his second Academy Award for Directing in 1936 for Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, while Cooper received the first of his five nominations for Best Actor.

John Ford has won the most Best Director Oscars-four awards, followed by Frank Capra and William Wyler, with three apiece.

He is tied with Frank Capra and behind John Ford, who won four Oscars in this category.

Situated between the mountains and the Massif Ghitu brow, lake gathers the waters of rivers Capra, Buda and several direct tributaries ( River Lady, and Valsan Cernatul, topology, Valea lui Stan and clear ), with a total flow of about 5. 5 m3 / s.

Situated between Frunţii Mountains and Ghiţu mountains, the lake collects the Capra, Buda and some other smaller rivers ( Râul Doamnei, Cernatu and Vâlsan, Topolog, Valea lui Stan and Limpedea ), with a total flow of about 5. 5 million l / s.

Capra emigrated to the United States with his family in 1903, when he was six.

Out of six nominations for Best Director, Capra received the award three times.

Despite his efforts to rise above the rank of private — he even called upon Frank Capra to intercede on his behalf — he never achieved officer's status or any commendations during his six months of service.

* Lady for a Day ( 1933 )— Adapted by Robert Riskin, who suggested the name change from Runyon's title " Madame La Gimp ," the film garnered Academy Award nominations for Best Picture, Best Director ( Frank Capra ), Best Actress ( May Robson ), and Best Adaptation for the Screen ( Riskin ).

On May 5, 1936, Capra was also host of the 8th Academy Awards ceremony.

In 1961, multiple Academy Award-winning director Frank Capra cast Falk in the comedy Pocketful of Miracles.

The films were directed by Academy Award-winning director Frank Capra and narrated by Academy Award winning actor Walter Huston.

* Academy Award for Directing-Robert Z. Leonard ( lost to Frank Capra for Mr. Deeds Goes to Town )

It was the first film for which Capra received an Academy Award nomination for Best Director and the first Columbia Pictures release to be nominated for Best Picture.

Frank Capra received three Academy Awards for directing.

Screwball comedies, such as produced by Frank Capra, exhibited a pleasing, idealized climate that portrayed reassuring social values and a certain optimism about everyday life.

Mammals of Crete include the vulnerable Kri-kri, Capra Aegagrus Creticus that can be seen in the national park of the Samaria Gorge and on Thodorou, Dia and Agioi Pantes, ( islets off the north coast ), the Cretan wildcat and the Cretan spiny mouse.

Among notable recipients below flag rank are: X-1 test pilot Chuck Yeager and X-15 test pilot Robert M. White, who both received the DSM as U. S. Air Force majors ; Air Force Major Rudolf Anderson, the U-2 pilot shot down during the Cuban Missile Crisis ; director Frank Capra, decorated in 1945 as an Army colonel ; actor James Stewart, decorated in 1945 as an Army Air Forces colonel ( later Air Force Brigadier General ); Col. Wendell Fertig, who led Filipino guerrillas behind Japanese lines ; Col. ( later Major General ) John K. Singlaub, who led partisan forces in the Korean War ; and Maj. Maude C. Davison, who led the " Angels of Bataan and Corregidor " during their imprisonment by the Japanese, and Colonel William S. Taylor, Program Manager Multiple Launch Rocket System.

Her first screen appearance was at the age of 10, when she appeared briefly in Frank Capra ’ s It Happened One Night.

1946 saw RKO Radio releasing It's a Wonderful Life directed by Frank Capra.

Frank Russell Capra ( born Francesco Rosario Capra ; May 18, 1897September 3, 1991 ) was a Sicilian-born American film director.

His rags-to-riches story, having worked his way through college, has led film historians like Ian Freer to consider Capra the " American dream personified.

Capra became one of America's most powerful directors during the 1930s, winning three Oscars as Best Director.

People " flocked to the theaters " during the 1930s and 1940s to see films directed by Frank Capra.

Outside of directing, Capra was also active within the film industry, engaging in various political and social issues.

Capra was born Francesco Rosario Capra in Bisacquino, Sicily, a village near Palermo.

He was the youngest of seven children of Salvatore Capra, a fruit grower, and the former Sarah Nicolas.

They eventually settled in an Italian ghetto in Los Angeles, where Capra's father worked as a fruit picker and young Capra sold newspapers after school for the next 10 years, until he graduated high school.

A total of 302 actors have won Oscars in competitive acting categories or have been awarded Honorary or Juvenile Awards.

That victory meant Ajax had won every tournament ( 5 in total ) they entered that year, a feat Celtic achieved in 1967 ( with 6 trophies ) and Barcelona ( also 6 trophies ) repeated in 2009.

New York City Opera's production in August 1990 and July 1991 ( total of 18 performances ) won the 1990 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Revival and was telecast on the PBS show " Live at Lincoln Center " on November 7, 1990.

Members of the Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers have won the most awards of any franchise ( with 16 ), twice the total of the New York Yankees ( eight ), who have produced the most in the American League.

The loss marked a major turning point in Northern Territory politics, a result which was exacerbated when, at the 2005 NT election, the ALP won a second landslide victory, reducing the once-dominant party to a total of just four members in the Legislative Assembly. The 2008 saw the CLP reverse its earlier election losses, increasing its representation from four to 11 members.

Both players had a better fielding percentage, more total chances, better zone rating, more putouts, more double plays turned, better range factor and more assists than their counterparts who won the award instead ( Chicago Cubs first baseman Derrek Lee and Philadelphia Phillies shortstop Jimmy Rollins ).

Considered one of the best NASCAR drivers of all time, Earnhardt won a total of 76 races over the course of his career, including one Daytona 500 victory in 1998.

, the Red Wings have won the most Stanley Cup championships ( 11 ) of any NHL franchise based in the United States, and are third overall in total NHL championships, behind the Montreal Canadiens ( 24 ) and Toronto Maple Leafs ( 13 ).

He won a total of 125 caps for Romania, being ranked second after Dorinel Munteanu, and scored 35 goals, being ranked first.

Other New York portrayals of Hamlet of note include that of Ralph Fiennes's in 1995 ( for which he won the Tony Award for Best Actor ) – which ran, from first preview to closing night, a total of one hundred performances.

In the Egyptian parliamentary election, 2011 – 2012, the political parties identified as " Islamist " ( the Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party and the Salafi Al-Nour Party ) won 70 % of the total seats.

Hewitt won a total of six titles in 2001.

In the first round, the candidate who wins the majority of votes ( 50 % of the total number of votes cast ) will be elected, providing that the number of votes won is not less than 1 / 3 of the total number of registered voters in the constituency.

For most of their early history, the Dolphins were coached by Don Shula, the most successful head coach in professional football history in terms of total games won.

The PDPA won 46 seats in the House of Representatives and controlled the government with support from the National Front, which won 45 seats, and from various newly recognized left-wing parties, which had won a total of 24 seats.

Meanwhile, in parliamentary elections held in May 2003, Nauru First Party won 3 seats and independents garnered 15 in total.

In the 2004 elections to the European Parliament, the PDS won 6. 1 % of the vote nationwide, its highest total at that time in a federal election.

Nurmi set 22 official world records at distances between 1, 500 metres and 20 kilometres, and won a total of nine gold and three silver medals in his twelve events in the Olympic Games.

Stanford athletes have won medals in every Olympic Games since 1912, winning 244 Olympic medals total, 129 of them gold.

* Daniel Ortega Saavedra February 25, 1990 ' Lost as 579. 886 A total valid votes equivalent to 40. 82 %, well below that obtained by the main opposition Mrs. Violeta Barrios de Chamorro candidate of the National Opposition Union ( UNO ) who won 777. 552 to obtain valid votes equivalent to 54. 74 %.

* Daniel Ortega Saavedra October 20, 1996 ' Lost as 669. 443 A total valid votes equivalent to 37. 75 %, well below that obtained by his main opponent on Arnoldo Aleman Lacayo candidate of the Liberal Alliance ( AL ) who won 904. 908 to obtain valid votes equivalent to 51. 03 %.