It's a Wonderful Life [1946] [DVD]

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Again the strong audio fidelity maintains sharp dialogue with a pleasant maturity from its original 71 year old release in the cinema.

They can be heard when amplifying the volume, and are also explicitly depicted in the closed-captioning. Every shot of snowy Bedford Falls is probably a part of the head trim between the slate and the director's 'Action! Then there is the superb Lionel Barrymore making the town banker even more of a Scrooge than anyone else could have. They made possible a complete reorganization of It's a Wonderful Life, introducing from the very beginning the whimsical fantasy element and the crucial threat of suicide. While watching It's a Wonderful Life for the umpteenth time, I saw a detail I never noticed before in dozens of showings.The next time you see It's a Wonderful Life, look for the shot in the beginning where Stewart starts to run. This film is one of several films for the actress Beulah Bondi portrayed James Stewart’s mother, and the other films were ‘Mr. was very popular in the years just preceding, and the book states that Capra had no interest in repeating the cliches of Heaven Can Wait, A Guy Named Joe, Here Comes Mr.

And the 'original shooting script' in the otherwise thorough making-of book turns out to be the same continuity script anyone could have transcribed from the feature film. To top things off, the print is close to near perfect condition, noticeably cleaner than the original inferior DVD presentation, with far less visible dust, dirt and nicks on the print.For a man who rarely admited professional problems, Capra's account of acute anxiety while making what became his most beloved film raised my curiosity. Regarded as a cinematic masterpiece and one of the most popular films of all time, ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ is the very definition of the Christmas feel good family film.