It's a Wonderful Life [2 Discs]

It's a Wonderful Life [2 Discs]

Director: Frank Capra Cast: James Stewart
James Stewart
, Donna Reed
Donna Reed
, Lionel Barrymore
Lionel Barrymore
, Henry Travers
Henry Travers
It's a Wonderful Life [2 Discs]

It's a Wonderful Life [2 Discs]

Director: Frank Capra Cast: James Stewart
James Stewart
, Donna Reed
Donna Reed
, Lionel Barrymore
Lionel Barrymore
, Henry Travers
Henry Travers

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Overview

This is director Frank Capra's classic bittersweet comedy/drama about George Bailey (James Stewart), the eternally-in-debt guiding force of a bank in the typical American small town of Bedford Falls. As the film opens, it's Christmas Eve, 1946, and George, who has long considered himself a failure, faces financial ruin and arrest and is seriously contemplating suicide. High above Bedford Falls, two celestial voices discuss Bailey's dilemma and decide to send down eternally bumbling angel Clarence Oddbody (Henry Travers), who after 200 years has yet to earn his wings, to help George out. But first, Clarence is given a crash course on George's life, and the multitude of selfless acts he has performed: rescuing his younger brother from drowning, losing the hearing in his left ear in the process; enduring a beating rather than allow a grieving druggist (H.B. Warner) to deliver poison by mistake to an ailing child; foregoing college and a long-planned trip to Europe to keep the Bailey Building and Loan from letting its Depression-era customers down; and, most important, preventing town despot Potter (Lionel Barrymore) from taking over Bedford Mills and reducing its inhabitants to penury. Along the way, George has married his childhood sweetheart Mary (Donna Reed), who has stuck by him through thick and thin. But even the love of Mary and his children are insufficient when George, faced with an $8000 shortage in his books, becomes a likely candidate for prison thanks to the vengeful Potter. Bitterly, George declares that he wishes that he had never been born, and Clarence, hoping to teach George a lesson, shows him how different life would have been had he in fact never been born. After a nightmarish odyssey through a George Bailey-less Bedford Falls (now a glorified slum called Potterville), wherein none of his friends or family recognize him, George is made to realize how many lives he has touched, and helped, through his existence; and, just as Clarence had planned, George awakens to the fact that, despite all its deprivations, he has truly had a wonderful life. Capra's first production through his newly-formed Liberty Films, It's a Wonderful Life lost money in its original run, when it was percieved as a fairly downbeat view of small-town life. Only after it lapsed into the public domain in 1973 and became a Christmastime TV perennial did it don the mantle of a holiday classic.

Product Details

Release Date: 10/11/2016
UPC: 0032429251633
Original Release: 1946
Rating: PG
Source: PARAMOUNT
Region Code: 1
Presentation: [B&W]
Language: English
Time: 2:10:00
Sales rank: 2,801

Special Features

Closed Caption; The making of "It's A Wonderful Life": a documentary featurette hosted by Tom Bosley; A personal remembrance: a special tribute to Frank Capra narrated by his son, Frank Capra, Jr. ; Original theatrical trailer

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
James Stewart George Bailey
Donna Reed Mary Hatch
Lionel Barrymore Mr. Potter
Henry Travers Clarence
Beulah Bondi Mrs. Bailey
Frank Faylen Ernie
Ward Bond Bert
Gloria Grahame Violet Bick
H.B. Warner Mr. Gower
Frank Albertson Sam Wainwright
Samuel S. Hinds Pa Bailey
Todd Karns Harry Bailey
Mary Treen Cousin Millie
Sarah Edwards Mrs. Patch
Virginia Patton Ruth Dakin
Charles Williams Cousin Eustace
William Edmunds Mr. Martini
Lillian Randolph Annie
Argentina Brunetti Mrs. Martini
Robert Anderson Little George,Little George
Ronnie Ralph Little Sam
Jean Gale Little Mary
Jeanine Anne Roose Little Violet
Danny Mummert Little Marty Hatch
George Nokes Little Harry Bailey,Little Harry Bailey
Sheldon Leonard Nick
Frank Hagney Potter's Bodyguard,Potter's Bodyguard
Ray Walker Joe at Luggage Shop
Charles Lane Real Estate Salesman
Edward Keane Tom
Carol Coombs Janie Bailey
Karolyn Grimes Zuzu Bailey
Jimmy Hawkins Tommy Bailey
Larry Simms Pete Bailey
Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer Freddie
Harold Landon Marty Hatch
Harry Holman High School Principal
Bob Scott Mickey
Harry Cheshire Dr. Campbell
Charles Halton Bank Examiner
Eddie Featherston Bank Teller
Stanley Andrews Mr. Welch
J. Farrell MacDonald House Owner
Marian Carr Mrs. Wainwright
Garry Owen Bill Poster
Lane Chandler Actor
Ellen Corby Miss Davis
Almira Sessions Potter's Secretary
Robert Peyton Actor
Bert Moorhouse Man with Sheriff
Jeanine Ann Roose Little Violet
Joseph Granby Voices
Moroni Olsen Voices
Thomas Mitchell Uncle Billy
Tom Fadden Tollhouse keeper
Al Bridge Sheriff
Harry V. Cheshire Dr. Campbell
Eddie Fetherstone Bank Teller
Dick Elliott Actor
Dimitri Tiomkin Composer

Technical Credits
Frank Capra Director,Screenwriter,Producer
Frances Goodrich Screenwriter
Albert Hackett Screenwriter
Russell A. Cully Special Effects
Frances Goodwill Screenwriter
Michael Wilson Screenwriter
Clem Portman Sound Effects,Sound/Sound Designer
Richard Van Hessen Sound Effects
John Aalberg Sound Effects
Jo Swerling Screenwriter
Philip Van Doren Stern Screenwriter
Richard VanHessen Sound/Sound Designer
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