Director Frank Capra to be honored with U.S. postage stamp
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The U.S. Postal Service announced Wednesday that three-time Oscar winner Frank Capra would be the second director honored in 2012 with a Great Film Directors postage stamp.
The first honoree, John Ford, was announced last week.
Capra, who began has career in silent film comedies, earned Oscars for directing the 1934 best picture winner ‘It Happened One Night,’ the 1936 social comedy ‘Mr. Deeds Goes to Town’ and the 1938 best picture ‘You Can’t Take It With You.’ Capra also directed such classics as 1937’s fantasy ‘Lost Horizon,’ the 1939 political drama ‘Mr. Smith Goes to Washington’ and 1946’s ‘It’s a Wonderful Life.’ His final film was 1961’s ‘Pocketful of Miracles,’ a remake of his own 1933 film, ‘Lady for a Day.’
Capra died in 1991 at the age of 94.
The ‘forever’ stamp features an illustration of Capra as well as the famed scene from ‘It Happened One Night’ in which Clark Gable tutors Claudette Colbert on the fine art of hitchhiking. Art director Derry Noyes designed the stamp using art by illustrator Gary Kelley, who created the images using pastels on paper. The forever designation means that the stamps will remain valid for first-class postage regardless of any future rate increases.
The two other directors to be honored will be announced at a later date.
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