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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.
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.
"It's a Wonderful Life" Festival: Films, lectures downtown. The 21st "It's a Wonderful Life" Festival kicks off Friday with a day of lectures, ... For a full list of events go here.
It's a Wonderful Life Bailey Kids actor Jimmy Hawkins who played Tommy, donates his childhood tap shoes to the It's a Wonderful Life Museum on the opening day of the It's a Wonderful Life Festival ...
In 1945, Frank Capra visited Seneca Falls, New York to look for inspiration for the town of Bedford Falls. The real town and the fictional town are very similar as they are both mill towns, they both had a grassy median down the main street (Seneca Falls does not anymore), both communities boast Victorian architecture and a large Italian population, and they both have very similar toll bridges.
What Is It’s a Wonderful Life About? 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 ...