Frank CapraIf Kanye West was at the Academy Awards in 1946, he probably would've stormed the stage as William Wyler won for The Best Years of Our Lives and said, "William, you're a good director, a...

Frances Goodrich, Albert Hackett, Frank CapraThe Greeting Card That Keeps on Giving Props to historian and writer Philip Van Doren Stern who, although not involved in the screenplay, wrote "The Gre...

Liberty FilmsTo the Big Screen (and a Billion TV Screens)Sometimes, all you have to do to get a movie made is warm the heart of a Hollywood executive—with a Christmas card. At least, that's how I...

A White Christmas … in SoCal It's a Wonderful Life was filmed in black and white on 35mm film. There's a colorized version floating around out there that Frank Capra absolutely hated. ("Colorized...

Dimitri TiomkinDon't Mess With His Score Dimitri Tiomkin wrote the score for It's a Wonderful Life as he had for other, earlier Frank Capra movies like Lost Horizon, Meet John Doe, and Mr. Smith Go...

Christmas CopyrightBecause it became ubiquitous on TV after its copyright expired in 1974, half of America watched the film—over and over again. It became a holiday tradition for families, develo...