Saturday, August 24, 2013

Its a Wonderful Life

Also Known As: Frank Capra's It's a Wonderful Life

Company: Liberty Films (II)

Aspect Ratio: 1.37 : 1

Budget: $3,180,000

Full Cast: James Stewart / Donna Reed / Lionel Barrymore / Thomas Mitchell / Henry Travers / Beulah Bondi / Frank Faylen / Ward Bond / Gloria Grahame / H.B. Warner / Frank Albertson / Todd Karns / Samuel S. Hinds / Mary Treen / Virginia Patton / Charles Williams / Sarah Edwards / William Edmunds / Lillian Randolph / Argentina Brunetti / Robert J. Anderson / Ronnie Ralph / Jean Gale / Jeanine Ann Roose / Danny Mummert / Georgie Nokes / Sheldon Leonard / Frank Hagney / Ray Walker / Charles Lane / Edward Keane / Carol Coombs / Karolyn Grimes / Larry Simms / Jimmy Hawkins / Jean Acker / Ernie Adams / Monya Andre / Stanley Andrews / Sam Ash / Jack Bailey / Mary Bayless / Beth Belden / Brooks Benedict / Joseph E. Bernard / Al Bridge / Buz Buckley / Marian Carr / Adriana Caselotti / Lane Chandler / Michael Chapin / Tom Chatterton / Jack Cheatham / Harry Cheshire / Edward Clark / Tom Coleman / Ellen Corby / Jimmy the Crow / Bryn Davis / Lew Davis / Harry Denny / Helen Dickson / Dick Elliott / Tom Fadden / Frank Fenton / Eddie Fetherston / Sam Flint / Lee Frederick / Dick Gordon / Jack Gordon / Herschel Graham / Joseph Granby / Charles Halton / Carl Eric Hansen / Herbert Heywood / Harry Holman / Art Howard / Bert Howard / Arthur Stuart Hull / John Indrisano / Eddie Kane / Carl Kent / Milton Kibbee / Effie Laird / Mike Lally / Harold Landon / Meade 'Lux' Lewis / Jack Lomas / J. Farrell MacDonald / Irene Mack / Wilbur Mack / Charles Meakin / Priscilla Montgomery / Bert Moorhouse / Philip Morris / George Noisom / Bob O'Connor / Frank O'Connor / Moroni Olsen / Garry Owen / Netta Packer / Franklin Parker / Suzanne Ridgeway / Mark Roberts / Constantine Romanoff / Cy Schindell / Almira Sessions / Cedric Stevens / Brick Sullivan / Charles Sullivan / Carl 'Alfalfa' Switzer / Max Wagner / Larry Wheat / Charles C. Wilson

Cast and Character: James Stewart as George Bailey / Donna Reed as Mary Hatch / Lionel Barrymore as Henry F. Potter / Thomas Mitchell as Uncle Billy Bailey / Henry Travers as Clarence / Beulah Bondi as Ma Bailey / Frank Faylen as Ernie Bishop / Ward Bond as Bert / Gloria Grahame as Violet Bick / H.B. Warner as Mr. Gower / Frank Albertson as Sam Wainwright / Todd Karns as Harry Bailey / Samuel S. Hinds as Peter Bailey / Mary Treen as Cousin Tilly / Virginia Patton as Ruth Dakin Bailey

Color: Color

Countries: USA

Creators: n/A

Description: An angel helps a compassionate but despairingly frustrated businessman by showing what life would have been like if he never existed.

Directors: Frank Capra

Genres: Drama / Family / Fantasy

Languages: English

Location: California, USA

MPAA: Rated PG for thematic elements, smoking and some violence

Opening Weekend: £49,845

Plot: George Bailey has spent his entire life giving of himself to the people of Bedford Falls. He has always longed to travel but never had the opportunity in order to prevent rich skinflint Mr. Potter from taking over the entire town. All that prevents him from doing so is George's modest building and loan company, which was founded by his generous father. But on Christmas Eve, George's Uncle Billy loses the business's $8,000 while intending to deposit it in the bank. Potter finds the misplaced money and hides it from Billy. When the bank examiner discovers the shortage later that night, George realizes that he will be held responsible and sent to jail and the company will collapse, finally allowing Potter to take over the town. Thinking of his wife, their young children, and others he loves will be better off with him dead, he contemplates suicide. But the prayers of his loved ones result in a gentle angel named Clarence coming to earth to help George, with the promise of earning his ...

Poster: posters/0038650.jpg

Rating: 8.7

Release Date: 7 January 1947 (USA)

Runtime: 130 min

Seasons: n/A

Sound Mix: Mono

Tagline: It's a wonderful laugh! It's a wonderful love!

Title: It's a Wonderful Life

Trailer:

Url: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038650/

Votes: 172,338

Writers: Frances Goodrich / Albert Hackett

Year: 1946





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