Frank Capra

'Sam Wasson’s brilliant book is about the founding of the film industry as well as the story of how America discovered itself through the movies. But at its core, it is the seminal – and the best – book about Frank Capra I’ve ever read' Steven Spielberg

It was the sight of the Statue of Liberty that caused the 6-year-old Sicilian immigrant boy to change his name from Franco to Frank Capra and become one of the great chroniclers of America