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It's A Wonderful Life study guide contains a biography of Horatio Alger, literature essays, quiz questions, major themes, characters, and a full summary and analysis. Best summary PDF, themes, and quotes.
Dec 25, 2019 · The sweep by The Best Years of Our Lives was, many assumed, the final nail in the coffin for It’s a Wonderful Life, which was a box-office disappointment and generally viewed by critics as...
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Dec 25, 2023 · The recent biographical documentary Frank Capra: Mr America paints a complicated, often damning portrait of the man behind feelgood classics such as Mr Smith Goes to Washington and It Happened One...
Plot. On Christmas Eve 1945, in Bedford Falls, New York, George Bailey contemplates suicide. The prayers of his family and friends reach Heaven, where guardian angel second class Clarence Odbody is assigned to save George in order to earn his wings. Clarence is shown flashbacks of George's life.
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- It's a Wonderful Life began as a Christmas card. What probably isn't widely known is the fact that the idea for It's a Wonderful Life, which in itself was inspired by A Christmas Carol, came from a Christmas card from writer and Civil War historian Philip Van Doren.
- Cary Grant could have been George Bailey. When RKO acquired "The Greatest Gift," their idea was to cast Cary Grant — currently subject of the bio-series Archie — and make it their big holiday film of 1947.
- Mary could've been played by a number of actresses. Donna Reed, everyone probably agrees, was absolutely perfect as Mary in It's a Wonderful Life, but through the development process there were a number of other possibilities being pursued.
- Vincent Price as Mr. Potter? Somebody else in the role of Mr. Potter besides Lionel Barrymore? Impossible, you say, but there were actually other actors considered.
Dec 2, 2020 · While the movie deals with dark themes related to indecency, suicidal idealization, and financial instability, It's A Wonderful Life is a broadly accessible movie, one that has become a...
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Dec 18, 2021 · Monday marks 75 years since the debut of "It's A Wonderful Life," Frank Capra's masterpiece that wasn't initially hailed as a masterpiece at all.
