It's a Wonderful Life
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It's a Wonderful Life is a 1946 American Christmas fantasy drama film directed and produced by Frank Capra. It is based on the short story and booklet "The Greatest Gift", self-published by Philip Van
Theatrical release poster
Director Frank Capra
George Bailey (James Stewart), Mary Bailey (Donna Reed), and their youngest daughter Zuzu (Karolyn Grimes)
James Stewart and Gloria Grahame as George Bailey and Violet Bick
Lionel Barrymore
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Lionel Barrymore was an American actor of stage, screen and radio as well as a film director. He won an Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in A Free Soul and is known to modern audiences
It's a Wonderful Life
…Donna Reed as Mary Hatch Bailey Lionel Barrymore as Mr. Potter Thomas Mitchell as Uncle Billy…
Barrymore c. 1910
Young Lionel with John, Ethel, and their mother (1890)
Barrymore, 1906
Lionel and first wife Doris (in rocking chair) in the 1920 silent film The Devil's Garden