In the case of It's a Wonderful Life, that miracle actually came many years after the film's initial debut. When the movie bowed in 1946, it was such a flop that it ended up closing down the ...

No film is a failure if it has fans What’s long delighted film historians is the fact that when “It’s a Wonderful Life” debuted, it was largely deemed a wash. The film, whose signature ...

THE 75-year-old classic movie is an American drama production. It's a Wonderful Life has always been associated with Christmas but is it an actual Christmas movie? When the film was first released ...

“It’s a Wonderful Life” will enjoy just that at the b.o ... Capra may not have taken here the stride forward in film-making technique he achieved in “It Happened One Night,” but ...

In 2006, the American Film Institute ranked “It’s a Wonderful Life” first on its list of the 100 most inspiring motion pictures ever made. To judge from the enduring popularity of the 1946 ...

For as long as I can remember, 1946’s “It’s a Wonderful Life” has been my favorite Christmas movie. Yes, it’s the most cliché ...

Life wasn’t always wonderful for Karolyn Grimes. The actress was 6 years old when she was offered a role in the 1946 film "It’s a Wonderful Life." The Frank Capra-directed classic stars James ...

and made her movie debut in the musical Thank Your Lucky ... Patton, a niece of World War II General George Patton, came to It’s a Wonderful Life director Frank Capra’s attention via a USC ...

The one-time lost Christmas classic "It's A Wonderful Life" staged an unlikely comeback in the 1970s and 1980s by becoming a December TV staple, after underperforming at the box office and failing ...