As the creator of classics such as 'It's a Wonderful Life' and 'You Can't Take It With You,' director Frank Capra knew how to touch the hearts and souls of moviegoers.
The self-described Christmas Catholic took that power seriously. 'No saint, no pope, no general, no sultan, has ever had the power that a filmmaker has,' he once said. This was the 'power to talk to hundreds of millions of people for…