📽 On this day, 79 years ago It’s a Wonderful Life (1946), directed by Frank Capra, premiered at the Globe Theatre in New York City. In a letter dated December 31, 1946, James Stewart wrote to Philip Van Doren Stern, author of the short story The Greatest Gift, which inspired the film: “More important than anything, thank you for giving us that idea, which I think is the best one anyone has had for a long time. It was an inspiration for everyone concerned with the picture to work in it, because
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📽 On this day, 79 years ago It’s a Wonderful Life (1946), directed by Frank Capra, premiered at the Globe Theatre in New York City. In a letter dated December 31, 1946, James Stewart wrote to Philip Van Doren Stern, author of the short story The Greatest Gift, which inspired the film: “More important than anything, thank you for giving us that idea, which I think is the best one anyone has had for a long time. It was an inspiration for everyone concerned with the picture to work in it, because
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