It’s a Wonderful Life

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Christmas film drama film fantasy film film

It’s a Wonderful Life is a classic 1946 American Christmas fantasy drama film that follows a despairing man who is shown by an angel what the world would be like if he had never been born.

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It’s a Wonderful Life canonical 16
It's a Wonderful Life 12
A Wonderful Life 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christmas film ⓘ
drama film ⓘ
fantasy film ⓘ
film ⓘ
alternateRealityName Pottersville ⓘ
angelRank AS2 ⓘ
basedOn Philip Van Doren Stern ⓘ
The Greatest Gift ⓘ
blackAndWhite true ⓘ
character Clarence Odbody ⓘ
George Bailey ⓘ
Harry Bailey ⓘ
Henry F. Potter ⓘ
Mary Hatch Bailey ⓘ
Mr. Gower ⓘ
Uncle Billy Bailey ⓘ
cinematographyBy Joseph Biroc ⓘ
Joseph Walker ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
culturalStatus Christmas classic ⓘ
director Frank Capra ⓘ
distributor RKO Radio Pictures ⓘ
editedBy William Hornbeck ⓘ
featuresAngel Clarence Odbody ⓘ
fictionalLocation Bedford Falls ⓘ
genre Christmas ⓘ
drama ⓘ
fantasy ⓘ
hasTheme community support ⓘ
family ⓘ
redemption ⓘ
sacrifice ⓘ
self-worth ⓘ
suicide prevention ⓘ
initialBoxOfficePerformance disappointment ⓘ
laterReception classic ⓘ
musicBy Dimitri Tiomkin ⓘ
narrativeFocus George Bailey's life ⓘ
narrator Heavenly voices ⓘ
notableSong Auld Lang Syne ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
plotElement guardian angel shows alternate reality ⓘ
preservationStatus National Film Registry ⓘ
surface form: United States National Film Registry
producer Frank Capra ⓘ
productionCompany Liberty Films ⓘ
registrySelectionYear 1990 ⓘ
releaseDate 1946-12-20 ⓘ
releaseYear 1946 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 130 ⓘ
screenwriter Albert Hackett ⓘ
Frances Goodrich ⓘ
Frank Capra ⓘ
Jo Swerling ⓘ
selectedFor National Film Registry ⓘ
setInPeriod 20th century ⓘ
setInPlace Bedford Falls ⓘ
starring Beulah Bondi ⓘ
Donna Reed ⓘ
Gloria Grahame ⓘ
Henry Travers ⓘ
James Stewart ⓘ
Lionel Barrymore ⓘ
Thomas Mitchell ⓘ
Ward Bond ⓘ
tagline The timeless classic that will warm your heart ⓘ

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Frank Capra → notableWork → It’s a Wonderful Life ⓘ
Frank Capra → directed → It’s a Wonderful Life ⓘ
James Stewart → notableWork → It’s a Wonderful Life ⓘ
this entity surface form: It's a Wonderful Life
Frances Goodrich → notableWork → It’s a Wonderful Life ⓘ
Albert Hackett → notableWork → It’s a Wonderful Life ⓘ
this entity surface form: It's a Wonderful Life
Gloria Grahame → notableWork → It’s a Wonderful Life ⓘ
Sheldon Leonard → actedIn → It’s a Wonderful Life ⓘ
Francesco → notableWork → It’s a Wonderful Life ⓘ
subject surface form: Francesco Rosario Capra
Beverly Hills High School → featuredIn → It’s a Wonderful Life ⓘ
this entity surface form: It’s a Wonderful Life (1946 film, gym floor pool scene inspiration/filming)
H. B. Warner → notableWork → It’s a Wonderful Life ⓘ
H. B. Warner → appearedInFilm → It’s a Wonderful Life ⓘ
Ward Bond → notableWork → It’s a Wonderful Life ⓘ
Lionel Barrymore → notableWork → It’s a Wonderful Life ⓘ
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Henry Travers → notableWork → It’s a Wonderful Life ⓘ
this entity surface form: It's a Wonderful Life
Henry Travers → portrayedIn → It’s a Wonderful Life ⓘ
this entity surface form: It's a Wonderful Life
Adriana Caselotti → notableAppearance → It’s a Wonderful Life ⓘ
Vatican list of important films → hasFilm → It’s a Wonderful Life ⓘ
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Dimitri Tiomkin → notableWork → It’s a Wonderful Life ⓘ
Thomas Mitchell → notableWork → It’s a Wonderful Life ⓘ
Donna Reed → notableWork → It’s a Wonderful Life ⓘ
this entity surface form: It's a Wonderful Life
Donna Reed → starredIn → It’s a Wonderful Life ⓘ
this entity surface form: It's a Wonderful Life
Frank Albertson → notableWork → It’s a Wonderful Life ⓘ
this entity surface form: It's a Wonderful Life
Frank Albertson → appearedIn → It’s a Wonderful Life ⓘ
this entity surface form: It's a Wonderful Life
Sheldon Harnick → notableWork → It’s a Wonderful Life ⓘ
this entity surface form: A Wonderful Life
Jo Swerling → notableWork → It’s a Wonderful Life ⓘ
Jo Swerling → wroteScreenplayFor → It’s a Wonderful Life ⓘ
Joseph F. Biroc → notableWork → It’s a Wonderful Life ⓘ
this entity surface form: It's a Wonderful Life
Joseph F. Biroc → workedOn → It’s a Wonderful Life ⓘ
this entity surface form: It's a Wonderful Life
Bedford Falls in the film "It’s a Wonderful Life" → appearsIn → It’s a Wonderful Life ⓘ
subject surface form: Bedford Falls
William Hornbeck → notableWork → It’s a Wonderful Life ⓘ