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It's a Wonderful Life (1946)

Name: It's a Wonderful Life
Director: Frank Capra
Genre: drama film, fantasy film, comedy film
Rating: 8.6

It's a Wonderful Life is a 1946 American Christmas fantasy drama film directed and produced 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.

Directed by Frank Capra · Shot by Joseph F. Biroc, Victor Milner · Cut by William Hornbeck · Music by Dimitri Tiomkin

Behind the scenes

It's A Wonderful Life The Making of — Special Features · 23 min
Behind the Scenes: It's a Wonderful Life (Capra, 1946) with James Stewart and Donna Reed — Serious Feather · 14 min
Behind the Scene: IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE Actor Jimmy Hawkins talks about making the Holiday classic — American Film Institute · 6 min
It's a Wonderful Life: 50 Things You Don't Need to Know — A Million Movies · 18 min
Making Movie Snow in "It's a Wonderful Life" — Oscars · 4 min
It's a Wonderful Life (1946) - Earliest Memories — Oscars · 4 min
'It's a Wonderful Life' | Critics' Picks | The New York Times — The New York Times · 4 min
The enduring message of "It's a Wonderful Life" — CBS Sunday Morning · 10 min

Elsewhere

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