It's A Wonderful Life

It's A Wonderful Life - December 05 - December 07, 2019

IT ALL BEGAN WITH A CHRISTMAS CARD.
CARY GRANT WAS SET TO STAR IN THE ADAPTATION.
DOROTHY PARKER WORKED ON THE SCRIPT.
SCREENWRITERS FRANCES GOODRICH AND ALBERT HACKETT WALKED OUT.
CAPRA DIDN’T DO THE BEST JOB OF SELLING THE FILM TO JIMMY STEWART.
IT WAS DONNA REED’S FIRST STARRING ROLE.
MARY OWEN IS NOT NAMED AFTER MARY BAILEY.
CAPRA, REED, AND STEWART HAVE ALL CALLED IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE THEIR FAVORITE MOVIE.
THE MOVIE BOMBED AT THE BOX OFFICE.
A COPYRIGHT LAPSE AIDED THE FILM’S POPULARITY.
THE ROCK THAT BROKE THE WINDOW OF THE GRANVILLE HOUSE WAS ALL REAL.
IT TOOK TWO MONTHS TO BUILD BEDFORD FALLS.
SENECA FALLS, NEW YORK IS “THE REAL BEDFORD FALLS.”
THE GYM FLOOR-TURNED-SWIMMING POOL WAS REAL.
THE FILM WAS SHOT DURING A HEAT WAVE.
CAPRA ENGINEERED A NEW KIND OF MOVIE SNOW.
ZUZU DIDN’T SEE THE FILM UNTIL 1980.
THE FBI SAW THE FILM. THEY DIDN’T LIKE IT.
THE MOVIE’S BERT AND ERNIE HAVE NO RELATION TO SESAME STREET.
THE FILM’S ENDURING LEGACY WAS SURPRISING TO CAPRA.

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