It’s a Wonderful Life

by Frances Goodrich, Albert Hackett, and Frank Capra, directed by Frank Capra

Release: 20 December 1946
Format: Feature Film
Genre: Fantasy
Audience: Adults
Content: Time Phenomena
Original Language: English

If it’s any time in December (and possibly November), just turn on the TV and this Christmas classic will show you an alternative past without George Bailey, but there’s no time travel to that past or any other—just viewing.

— Michael Main

Don’t you understand, George? It’s because you were never born.

DEBUT

It’s a Wonderful Life (premiered at an unknown movie theater, New York City, 20 December 1946).

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1 English variant

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Credits—Jo Swerling is credited for additional scenes, and Michael Wilson is credited as a contributor.

ITTDB Work #268: by Frances Goodrich, Albert Hackett, and Frank Capra, directed by Frank Capra
Indexer: not yet assigned
Curator: Michael Main
as of 8:32 p.m. MDT, 5 May 2024
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