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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]
The title refers to the name of the writer Franz Kafka and the 1946 film It's a Wonderful Life, directed by Frank Capra, and the plot takes the concept of the two to absurd depths. The film features a rendition of "Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life" from the 1910 operetta Naughty Marietta. In 1994, the short won the BAFTA Award for Best Short Film.
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 ...
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.
One of the most beloved Christmas classics, It’s a Wonderful Life stars James Stewart as George Bailey, a man on the brink of suicide on Christmas Eve, pushed to the edge by financial stress and ...
"The Greatest Gift" is a 1943 short story written by Philip Van Doren Stern, loosely based on the Charles Dickens 1843 novella A Christmas Carol, which became the basis for the film It's a Wonderful Life (1946). It was self-published as a booklet in 1943 and published as a book in 1944.
The AI-generated “It’s a Wonderful Sleep Story,” which Calm bills as “a heartwarming new holiday tale,” premieres exclusively on the app Dec. 5. It will be available to subscribers of ...
0 1942 Prelude to War: 1 1 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature: 1943 The Battle of Russia: 1 0 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature (nom) 1946 It's a Wonderful Life: 5 0 Best Actor for James Stewart (nom) 1951 Here Comes the Groom: 2 1 1959 A Hole in the Head: 1 1 1961 Pocketful of Miracles: 3 0 Best Supporting Actor for Peter Falk ...