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It's a Wonderful Life
It's a Wonderful Life is a 1946 American Christmas fantasy drama film produced and directed by Frank Capra, based on the short story and booklet The Greatest Gift, which Philip Van Doren Stern published in 1943.
Plot
On Christmas Eve 1945, in Bedford Falls, New York, 38-year-old George Bailey contemplates suicide. The prayers of his family and friends reach heaven, where Angel 2nd class Clarence Odbody is assigned to save George to earn his wings. Clarence is shown flashbacks of George's life. He watches 12-year-old George save his brother, Harry, from drowning but lose hearing in his left ear. Later, George prevents the distraught town druggist, Mr. Gower, from accidentally poisoning a child's prescription.
Awards
Cast
- Adriana Caselotti
- Almira Sessions
- Argentina Brunetti
- Bert Moorhouse
- Beulah Bondi
- Brooks Benedict
- Carl Switzer
- Charles C. Wilson
- Charles Halton
- Charles Lane
- Charles Sullivan
- Charles Williams
- Dick Elliott
- Donna Reed
- Eddie Fetherston
- Eddie Kane
- Edward Keane
- Ellen Corby
- Frank Albertson
- Frank Faylen
- Frank Fenton
- Frank Hagney
- Frank O'Connor
- Gloria Grahame
- H. B. Warner
- Harry Cheshire
- Harry Holman
- Henry Travers
- J. Farrell MacDonald
- Jack Cheatham
- James Stewart
- Jean Acker
- Joseph Kearns
- Lillian Randolph
- Lionel Barrymore
- Mary Treen
- Moroni Olsen
- Ray Walker
- Samuel Howard Ash
- Samuel S. Hinds
- Sarah Edwards
- Sheldon Leonard
- Stanley Andrews
- Thomas Mitchell
- Todd Karns
- Tom Fadden
- Virginia Patton
- Ward Bond
- William Edmunds