It’s A Wonderful Life [DVD] [2016]

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Jean Arthur, Stewart's co-star in You Can't Take It With You and Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, was first offered the role of Mary, but had recently dropped out of the Broadway show Born Yesterday from exhaustion shortly before its premiere. Capra next considered Olivia de Havilland, Martha Scott, Ann Dvorak, and Ginger Rogers before borrowing Donna Reed from MGM. Rogers turned it down because she considered it "too bland". [33] In chapter 26 of her autobiography Ginger: My Story, she questioned her decision by asking her readers: "Foolish, you say?" Restored Christmas Classics". Park Circus. Archived from the original on December 24, 2018 . Retrieved December 23, 2018. Scenes from the film are seen in the 2016 documentary Abacus: Small Enough to Jail, where Abacus Federal Savings Bank founder and chairman Thomas Sung talked about how It's a Wonderful Life influenced him.

Filming started on April 15, 1946, and wrapped on July 27, 1946, exactly on deadline for the 90-day principal photography schedule. [18] Noland, Claire (May 5, 2008). "Child actor played early George Bailey". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved July 21, 2018. Rice, Tony (December 22, 2019). "Classic film 'It's a Wonderful Life' features angelic galaxies". WRAL . Retrieved December 24, 2019.Price, Michael H. " 'Life' gets even more wonderful two generations later". Fort Worth Star-Telegram, December 14, 1991. Retrieved July 31, 2011. Granted, there are some imperfections in this divine film, just as a Persian carpet always contains a flaw. For me the initial levity of Clarence as a blinking star is a bit too cute after the stage is set up by the people of Bedford Falls on bended knee entreating for divine intervention for George. But once Henry Travers shows up as Clarence in person that is rectified (I like the way he tells George, "You've never been born," as if what was about to happen was the most natural thing in the world. However, the errors I recall now with regards to this film are my own. The first couple of times I saw the film I thought that Mr. Potter showed up at the end to join in the festivities because the magic of Christmas was such that even his heart grew to the right size. For years I was convinced that when they are searching Uncle Billy's hovel for the missing money and it looks like somebody will be going to prison that George not only says "It's not going to be me," but adds "for once in my life it is not going to be me." Jones, Ken D., Arthur F. McClure and Alfred E. Twomey. The Films of James Stewart. New York: Castle Books, 1970.

Cinematography: Joseph F. Biroc (Director of Photography), Joseph Walker (Director of Photography) and Victor Milner (Director of Photography) (uncredited) Sullivan, Daniel J. " Sentimental Hogwash?: On Capra's It's a Wonderful Life", Humanitas (2005) 18.1–2: 115–140. Web. January 9, 2012.A new "cinematic audio" adaptation by David Ossman of the Firesign Theatre was produced and directed by Ossman and his wife Judith Walcutt of Otherworld Media in December 2019 at the Whidbey Island Center for the Arts. Their version combined elements of traditional and radio theatre, with costumes, sets, makeup, and lighting effects, as well as live music, live sound effects, and over 20 microphones. [112] Remakes [ edit ] Henry Fonda, Stewart's best friend, was also considered. [30] [31] Both actors had returned from the war with no employment prospects. Fonda, however, was cast in John Ford's My Darling Clementine (1946), which was filmed at the same time that Capra shot It's a Wonderful Life. For 17 supporting roles [32] in the film, Capra considered more than 170 established actors. Andrew’s Blu-ray Review: On 21st December, 1946, Frank Capra and James Stewart held the world premiere for IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE in New York at the Globe Theater. The film, is now a true festive holiday classic and a television staple event every year, and was nominated for five Oscars at the 19th Academy Awards® ceremony.