The Region - News from Aug. 13, 1985

Producer-director Frank Capra, 88, winner of four Academy Awards, was reported in fair condition at the Eisenhower Medical Center in Rancho Mirage after suffering a possible stroke. Nursing supervisor Gerri Chaney said Capra, who was admitted to the hospital in a mild coma, was alert and comfortable and was undergoing neurological tests. Capra, who lives in nearby La Quinta, won Oscars as a director for “It Happened One Night” in 1934, “Mr. Deeds Goes to Town” in 1936 and “You Can’t Take It With You” in 1938. He won his fourth Oscar as producer of “You Can’t Take It With You,” which was named best film.