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.

6: Frank Capra, George Cukor, Clarence Brown " by Allen Estrin, AS Barnes, 1980

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.

* 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 ).

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.

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

He became a naturalized U. S. citizen in 1920, taking the name Frank Russell Capra.

His son Frank Capra, Jr. – one of the four children born to Capra's second wife, Lucille Capra – was the president of EUE Screen Gems Studios, in Wilmington, North Carolina, until his death on December 19, 2007.

His grandson, Frank Capra III, is a Hollywood director and worked as an assistant director in the 1995 film The American President, which referred to Frank Capra in the film's dialogue.

Frank Capra died in La Quinta, California, of a heart attack in his sleep in 1991 at the age of 94.

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.

In 1982, the American Film Institute honored Frank Capra by giving him their AFI Life Achievement Award.

The event was used to create the television film, The American Film Institute Salute to Frank Capra, hosted by James Stewart.

Los Angeles Mayor Sam Yorty, by vote of the city council, declared May 12, 1962 as " Frank Capra Day.

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.

* Tunisian Victory ( 1944, documentary co-directed with Frank Capra )

Nonetheless, as Frank Bowe predicted when he testified as the lead witness on Title III in the Senate hearings leading up to enactment, the fact that Title III calls for accessibility in, and alterations to, thousands of stores, restaurants, hotels, etc., in thousands of communities across the U. S. means that this Title probably has had more effect on the lives of more Americans with disabilities than any other ADA title.

Alfonso III ( 1265, Valencia – 18 June 1291 AD ), called the Liberal ( el Liberal ) or the Free ( also " the Frank ," from el Franc ), was the King of Aragon and Count of Barcelona ( as Alfons II ) from 1285.

It was co-founded by Steven Frank and Henry Burkhardt III, who had formerly helped found Data General and Encore Computer and was one of the original team that designed the PDP-8.

* Two actors who appear in the film played different character roles in other Godfather films ; Carmine Caridi, who plays Carmine Rosato, also went on to play crime boss Albert Volpe in The Godfather Part III, and Frank Sivero, who plays a young Genco Abbandando, appears as a bystander in The Godfather scene in which Sonny beats up Carlo for abusing Connie.

It is this consideration, plus the evidence of the tribute from Baa ‘ li-maanzer / Baal-Eser II to Shalmaneser III, that has led to the adoption of the chronologies of Frank M. Cross and other scholars for the Tyrian kings in the present article.

Parks has worked with such notable performers as Phil Ochs, Grace Kelly, Delaney Bramlett, The Byrds, Loudon Wainwright III, Rufus Wainwright, Harry Nilsson, Silverchair, Ry Cooder, Joanna Newsom, Inara George, Keith Moon, Frank Zappa, and Ringo Starr.

" When Lake Lillian was dredged back in the ' 30s to make it more round, we picked up arrowheads by the buckets-full ," said Frank Pelot III, in a 1986 Star-Banner story by Elaine Hamaker.

Guy Lombardo died in 1977, the same year that real estate developer Frank E. Mackle III was elected president of a new venture called the Tierra Verde Company, a joint venture between Madonna Corporation ( a Murchison interest ), and Delverde ( Deltona ) Corporation.

, the Mayor of Englewood is Frank Huttle, III ( D, term ends December 31, 2012 ).

" Frank " Rodgers, III ( 2014 ; Personnel / Human Services ).

When Childeric II was murdered at Bondi that year, by a disaffected Frank, Theoderic III was reinstalled as king in Neustria with Leudesius as his mayor.

* W. Travis Hanes III and Frank Sanello, The Opium Wars, 2002, ISBN 0-7607-7638-5

Valois Tapestries-Van Damme, Jean Claude-Van den Bergh, Frans-Vandenbroucke, Frank ( cyclist )-Van der Rest, Leon-van Rysselberghe, Théo-van Eyck, Jan-Van Genechten Packaging-Van Hoegaerden, Victor-Van Rompuy, Herman-Van Rompuy I Government-Van Zeeland, Paul-Verdinaso-Emile Verhaeren-Verhofstadt, Dirk-Verhofstadt, Guy-Verhofstadt III Government-Verlooy, Jan-Baptist-Vesalius, Andreas-Veurne-Vieille Montagne-Vink, Karel-Visa requirements for Belgian citizens-Vlaams Belang-Vlaams Blok-Vlaamse Gemeenschapscommissie-Vlaamse Volksbeweging-Vlaamse Liberalen en Democraten ( VLD )-Vlerick, André-Vleteren-VLOTT-Voeren-Vorselaar-Vorst ( Forest )-Vosselaar

Frank McKenna, CEO of ILS, has indicated that in 2010 the Phase III Proton design would become the standard ILS configuration, with the ability to lift 6. 15 metric tons to GTO.

Frank himself was baptized in Lwów ( September 17, 1759 ) and again in Warsaw the next day, with Augustus III as his godfather.

* Louis III, Landgrave of Hesse, " the Frank " ( 1438 – 1471 )

* Alphabet Assassins ( 2008 ) ( with Mongrel alongside Wretch, Stylah, Tony D, Skinnyman, Purple, No. Lay, III Mill, Mic Righteous, Logic, Kyza, Skirmish, Smife, Franrtic Frank, Doc Brown and Deadly Hunta.

Frank Charles Carlucci III ( born October 18, 1930 ) served as the United States Secretary of Defense from 1987 to 1989 in administration of President Ronald Reagan.

** Frank Zappa & Gail Zappa ( art directors ) for Civilization Phaze III performed by Frank Zappa

* The Panarion of Epiphanius of Salamis, Book II and III ( Sects 47-80, De Fide ) Frank Williams, translator, 1993 ( E. J.

While still a teenager, he married Judith Peters ( aka Miss Mercy of Frank Zappa's infamous all-girl group, The GTOs ), and together they had a son, Johnny III ( who goes by Lucky ).

Anne Frank's mother, Edith Frank was born here as well.

* Frank J. Aquila ( born 1957 ), American lawyer

A similar defense comes from Australian Philosopher Frank Jackson ( born 1943 ) who revived the theory of Epiphenomenalism which argues that mental states do not play a role in physical states.

She was born Erin Pattee in Lawrence, Kansas, to Frank Pattee, an industrial engineer and Betty Jo O ' Neal-Pattee, a journalist.

Frank Lloyd Wright ( born Frank Lincoln Wright, June 8, 1867 – April 9, 1959 ) was an American architect, interior designer, writer and educator, who designed more than 1, 000 structures and completed 500 works.

Frank Lloyd Wright was born in the farming town of Richland Center, Wisconsin, United States, in 1867 and named Frank Lincoln Wright.

Edgerton was born in Fremont, Nebraska on April 6, 1903, the son of Mary Nettie Coe and Frank Eugene Edgerton, a direct descendant of Richard Edgerton, one of the founders of Norwich, Connecticut and a descendent of Governor William Bradford ( 1590 – 1657 ) of the Plymouth Colony and a passenger on the Mayflower.

* Frank John Ford ( born 1949 ), Australian theatre director, playwright and festival administrator, long associated with Adelaide ; Order of Australia 1999 ; Centenary Medal 2001

Lindh was born in Washington, D. C. to Marilyn Walker and Frank Lindh.

Grammer was born in Saint Thomas, U. S. Virgin Islands, the son of Sally ( née Cranmer ), a singer, and Frank Allen Grammer, Jr., a musician and owner of a coffee shop and a bar & grill called Greer's Place.

Nancy Sinatra was born in Jersey City, New Jersey, the daughter of singer / actor Frank Sinatra and his first wife, Nancy Barbato Sinatra.

In 1953, he married Elizabeth " Betty " Bottomley She was born on October 7, 1930 in Auburn, Massachusetts, the daughter of Frank Bottomley and Helen McLaren.

Thiessen was born in Long Beach, California, the daughter of Robyn Ernest, a homemaker, and Frank Thiessen, a park designer and landscape architect.

Waits was born at Park Avenue Hospital in Pomona, California, the son of Alma Fern ( née Johnson ) McMurray and Jesse Frank Waits, both schoolteachers.

* June 8 – Architect Frank Lloyd Wright is born in Richland Center, Wisconsin.

* Frank Harper ( Actor, born in Whitechapel )

Keaton was born Joseph Frank Keaton into a vaudeville family.

Frank Robinson ( born August 31, 1935 ) is an American former Major League Baseball outfielder and manager.

Shakur was born in Jamaica, Queens, New York City, on July 16, 1947, where she lived for three years with her parents and grandparents, Lula and Frank Hill.

His father, Francisco ( Frank ) Quinn, was also born in Mexico, to an Irish immigrant father from County Cork and a Mexican mother.

Dennis Nicolaas Bergkamp (; born 10 May 1969 ) was a Dutch professional footballer and now is the assistant manager to Frank de Boer at Ajax.