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Dec 27, 2020 · The film was being written by husband-and-wife team Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett, who were happy to keep writing until they heard, according to The New York Times, that the director had...
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Jo Swerling (April 8, 1897 – October 23, 1964) was an American theatre writer, lyricist, and screenwriter.
It's a Wonderful Life (1946) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Dec 22, 2018 · According to Stern’s daughter, one day in March 1944, when she was in the third grade, the family telephone rang and she answered it. On the other end of the line was a Western Union operator asking to speak with her father. The daughter feared wartime bad news; her father took the call.
When a bell on the Christmas tree rings, George's youngest daughter, Zuzu, explains that "every time a bell rings, an angel gets his wings", while the people are singing "Auld Lang Syne". Cast [ edit ]
SWERLING, Jo(seph) 1897-1964. PERSONAL: Born April 18, 1897, in Bardichov, Russia; died 1964; married Florence Manson; children: Peter, Jo, Jr. CAREER: Screenwriter, playwright, and short-story writer. Journalist for Chicago Herald and Examiner and Chicago correspondent for Variety until 1964.
Plot. On Christmas Eve 1945, in Bedford Falls, New York, George Bailey contemplates suicide. The prayers of his family and friends reach Heaven, where guardian angel second class Clarence Odbody is assigned to save George in order to earn his wings. Clarence is shown flashbacks of George's life.
