The fellow angel from Heaven, named Clarence, who was assigned to watch out for him, granted that wish. Every film collection needs a copy of the classic holiday film It’s a Wonderful Life starring Jimmy Stewart and Donna Reed. FILM FACT: Awards and Nominations: 1946 New York Film Critics Circle Awards: 3rd place Award: Best Director for Frank Capra. It's a Wonderful Life is a title that has been milked on home video for all that it was worth in its entire life - with the 1999 Republic/Artisan DVD being its first disc release. Blu-ray Video Quality – Liberty Films and Universal Pictures presents this wonderful Blu-ray disc in stunning 1080p black-and-white and colour images that reflect a quantum leap beyond the original inferior DVD version and both versions are of the highest quality calibre.

To provide him the help he needs, a neophyte angel, still in the process of earning his wings, is dispatched to take over the case of George Bailey. To me the Colorization wins hands down and stands out the best for me, as I feel you get a much more impressive and greater depth of field in its presentation, as well being in colour I feel you get a much more image clarity, which is my personal preference. He doesn't make much of an impact, until you look at the shot again and realize that the little running man is James Stewart.

Farrell MacDonald (uncredited), Wilbur Mack (uncredited), Philip Morris (uncredited), Frank O'Connor (uncredited), Moroni Olsen (uncredited), Franklin Parker Almira Sessions (uncredited), Brick Sullivan (uncredited), Carl 'Alfalfa' Switzer (uncredited), Max Wagner (uncredited), Larry Wheat (uncredited) and Charles C.

The scene on the bridge where Clarence saves George was filmed on a back lot on a day where the temperature was 90 degrees Fahrenheit and if you look closely, you can see that James Stewart is perspiring profusely in a few scenes.

If you can imagine the movie playing as a straight narrative, you can see the problems it would impose on the story structure. Frank Capra strove to make scenes as real as he could for the actors, thus the first kiss between Stewart and Reed was shot at the same time, as the other end of the phone conversation with Sam Wainwright [Frank Albertson] on a different set in Wainwright’s New York office at RKO’s Pathé Studio. IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE’ isn't just a festive holiday favourite, but a great film by almost any standards.

This was Capra's first independent production, money was tight, and his editors made creative use of film that would normally be thrown away. Again the strong audio fidelity maintains sharp dialogue with a pleasant maturity from its original 71 year old release in the cinema. However, when a huge amount of money goes missing from his savings and loans company he panics and finds himself preparing to commit suicide. Frank Capra's heart-warming masterpiece has been embraced as a cherished holiday tradition by families around the world! Stewart filmed the scene in only one unrehearsed take, and it worked so well, that part of the embrace was cut, because it was too passionate to be approved by the censors.This high spirited Christmas classic directed by the legendary Frank Capra ranks among fans and film critics alike as one of the most universally loved films ever made. Anderson, Ronnie Ralph, Jean Gale, Jeanine Ann Roose, Danny Mummert, Georgie Nokes, Sheldon Leonard, Frank Hagney, Ray Walker, Charles Lane, Edward Keane, Carol Coombs, Karolyn Grimes, Larry Simms, Jimmy Hawkins, Jean Acker (uncredited), Ernie Adams (uncredited), Stanley Andrews (uncredited), Sam Ash (uncredited), Jack Bailey (uncredited), Brooks Benedict (uncredited), Al Bridge (uncredited), Marian Carr (uncredited), Adriana Caselotti (uncredited), Michael Chapin (uncredited), Jack Cheatham (uncredited), Harry Cheshire (uncredited), Edward Clark (uncredited), Tom Coleman (uncredited), Ellen Corby (uncredited), Jimmy the Crow (uncredited), Lew Davis (uncredited), Helen Dickson (uncredited), Tom Fadden (uncredited), Frank Fenton (uncredited), Eddie Fetherston (uncredited), Sam Flint (uncredited), Dick Gordon (uncredited), Herbert Heywood (uncredited), Art Howard (uncredited), Bert Howard (uncredited), Arthur Stuart Hull (uncredited), John Indrisano (uncredited), Eddie Kane (uncredited), Milton Kibbee (uncredited), Mike Lally (uncredited), Meade 'Lux' Lewis (uncredited), J. Blu-ray Audio Quality – Liberty Films and Universal Pictures has brought out this wonderful Blu-ray disc with a brilliant 2.

Certain items can take longer to source than the estimated week, particularly during busy trading periods and may take longer to arrive at our warehouse.At that moment, George overhears the following two lines of dialogue through the pane of glass door behind him. In 1947, an FBI analyst submitted, without comment, an addition to a running memo, on “Communist infiltration of the Motion Picture Industry,” in recording the opinion of an industry source who said that the film’s “obvious” attempt to discredit bankers “is a common trick used by the Communists. Now you can watch the holiday classic like never before, newly remastered from the original film negatives and more vibrant than ever in High Dynamic Range!