Hurd Hatfield and Donna Reed star in The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945).

Fay Bainter played Donna Reed's mother in the film The Human Comedy (1943). Donna later invited her as a guest star on The Donna Reed Show.

The Weird Story of the FBI and "It’s a Wonderful Life’" told by Smithsonian's Kat Eschner. The film supposedly had Communist tendencies.

In the early 1980s, Donna Reed was briefly a Tulsa resident. Her husband, Grover W. Asmus, had an engineering job and she came with him.

On Dec. 1, 1940, Donna Reed was elected Campus Queen of Los Angeles City College. Photographs brought her to the attention of talent scouts.

Efrem Zimbalist appeared with Donna Reed in the TV movie The Best Place To Be (1979), marking Donna's return to acting after 13 years.

Gloria Grahame appears as the sultry Violet in It's a Wonderful Life (1946) but MGM later sold her contract to RKO Studios.

What happens when a football team moves to Los Angeles and meets Hollywood's golden age and television?

When Lux Radio Theater aired To Please a Lady, Donna Reed was asked to read the part played by Barbara Stanwyck in the movie.

Frank Capra used a new form of snow while filming It's a Wonderful Life during a July heat wave. It allowed live dialogue in falling snow.

Marlo Thomas guest-stars on The Donna Reed Show in "Guests, Guests, Who Needs Guests" (Season 7, Episode 26).

Donna Reed's second movie for MGM was Shadow of the Thin Man, the fourth of the six The Thin Man films with William Powell and Myrna Loy.

See 'The Donna Reed Show' cast before and after their time on the '60s TV comedy and learn why the show was the ultimate mid-century sitcom!

The Last Time I Saw Paris (1954) was filmed on locations in Paris and the MGM backlot with an impressive lineup of names.

Donna Reed stars with Hollywood heartthrob Rock Hudson in the Western film, Gun Fury (1953).

Hangman's Knot - released November 15, 1952 (USA). Hangman's Knot is an American Western film starring Randolph Scott, Donna Reed, and...

Lewis Stone appears with Donna Reed in the films The Courtship of Andy Hardy (1942) and The Bugle Sounds (1942).

Donna Reed appears with Rosemary DeCamp in two films, Eyes In The Night (1942) and again in Scandal Sheet (1952).

Jimmy Hawkins appears with Donna Reed in It's a Wonderful LIfe as Tommy Bailey. He later appeared numerous times on The Donna Reed Show.

Robert Sterling starred in the movie The Getaway (1941), along with Charles Winninger and Donna Reed in her film debut.