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It's a Wonderful Life is a 1946 American Christmas supernatural drama film produced and directed by Frank Capra. It is based on the short story and booklet "The Greatest Gift", self-published by Philip Van Doren Stern in 1943, which itself is loosely based on the 1843 Charles Dickens novella A Christmas Carol. [4]
George Bailey is a fictional character and the protagonist in Frank Capra's 1946 film It's a Wonderful Life.The character is a building and loan banker who sacrifices his dreams in order to help his community of Bedford Falls to the point where he feels life has passed him by.
Mary Hatch Bailey is a fictional character in Frank Capra's 1946 film It's a Wonderful Life. She is the sweetheart and later wife of protagonist George Bailey (played by James Stewart as an adult and Bobby Anderson as a child). Mary is played by Donna Reed as an adult and Jean Gale as a child.
It's a Wonderful Life had a big budget for the time ($3.7 million), so it's no wonder that the crew put a lot of time and effort into constructing the town of Bedford Falls. The set took two ...
Released in 1946, "It's a Wonderful Life" tells the story of a frustrated businessman who is thinking of ending his life on Christmas. Just in time, a guardian angel sent from heaven rescues the ...
Anderson is perhaps best-known for his featured role as young George Bailey in the early scenes of the film classic It's a Wonderful Life (1946). He also had a credited role in another holiday movie, The Bishop's Wife (1947), starring Loretta Young, Cary Grant and David Niven. His film career slowed when he entered adulthood.
Fans of the Christmas classic "It’s a Wonderful Life" are livid over Amazon's abridged version of the movie on its streaming service. The 1946 hit film, which follows the life of businessman and ...
The reviews were mixed. After its initial airing a New York Times follow-up article revealed that Frank Capra, the director of the 1946 film It's A Wonderful Life, had denounced the remake as "plagiaristic." [citation needed] The ratings, however, were good enough that it was rebroadcast on ABC twice, in 1978 and 1979.