Capra's Missing Oscar Returned
A duplicate Oscar statuette of Capra's 1948 win for his "Why We Fight" series short film "Prelude to War" was on loan to the U. S. Army until it disappeared in 1970. Recently it was recovered when it showed up for sale at famed auction house Christie's. It has now been returned to the Army. The Daily Herald has the whole story here.

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New page on Barbara Stanwyck at cinemagraphe.com

Screenshot of the video player at the NYT online

A. O. Scott's "Critic's Pick" Online at NYT
A three minute video essay about Capra's State of the Union is online at the New York Times, featuring clips from the film and NYT writer A. O. Scott's commentary.

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Page on Barbara Stanwyck at cinemagraphe.com

Capra on the set of General Yen, 1932, with Asther and Stanwyck.

Capra's "Bitter Tea of General Yen" on TCM in June
As part of Turner Classic Movies special film program in June titled "Asian Images on Film," there will be a screening of Capra's "The Bitter Tea of General Yen" which premiered in 1933. A unique film in Capra's filmography, the movie stars Barbara Stanwyck and Nils Asther.

Lady for A Day updated; New Glenda Farrell Page
Some additional information and images about Capra's 1934 Lady for A Day has been added. Also, a new bio page about actress Glenda Farrell (who is the "gun-moll" in Lady for A Day) is also newly added to the site.

Capra's 1956 "Our Mr. Sun" documentary online
Capra's 1956 television documentary broadcast was later distributed through public schools by the Bell Telephone System. Has Eddie Albert as "The Fiction Witer" and also Lionel Barrymore lending his voice to the animated character "Father Time." The entire 57 minute documentary can be seen here.

John Huston WW2 Docs shown; was in Capra's Film Unit
Director John Huston's WW2 era war documentaries "Battel of San Pietro" and "Let there be Light" are being shown in Los Angeles, both of which were suppressed, and then heavily edited at their time of production. Huston was in Capra's U. S. Army Signal Corp film unit, and Capra was involved in the talks with the war department trying to get Huston's documentaries released. 'San Pietro' is about a 1943 battle in Italy; 'Let There Be Light' is a 1943 examination of the psychological difficulties of returning war veterans.

The Los Angeles Times online has a complete story here.

"FLIGHT" to show on TCM March 13, 2008
Turner Classic Movies cable and satellite movie channel will be running the relatively unknown early Capra film FLIGHT on March 13, 2008. This 1929 film was co-written by Capra and the film's star Ralph Graves (who also appears in Capra's Ladies of Leisure and Dirigible).