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

Peter Billingsley of A Christmas Story revisits the making of the classic of all Christmas movies, It's A Wonderful Life.

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.

Jeanine Ann Roose, whose first job was on The Jack Benny Program at the age of 8, played the role of Violet Bick in It's a Wonderful Life.

Did you know Cary Grant almost played George Bailey in It's a Wonderful Life? Check out 15 trivia facts about this classic film.

Virginia Patton's most well-known role was in Frank Capra's It's a Wonderful Life (1946). Read what she later said about him.

During the bank run in It's a Wonderful Life, Ellen Corby asks for her money with a line that surprises Jimmy Stewart and Donna Reed.

Jimmy Stewart was nervous about the phone kiss in It's a Wonderful Life but filmed it in one take. Part of it was cut as far too passionate.

Lionel Barrymore played the radio role of the miserly Scrooge from 1934 to 1953. It led to his role as Mr. Potter in It's a Wonderful Life.

Ward Bond appears with Donna Reed in It's a Wonderful Life as Bert, the cop, and in They Were Expendable as 'Boats' Mulcahey C.B.M.

The Christmas staple, It's a Wonderful Life, began as a short story that Philip Van Doren Stern couldn't sell. See how it became the movie.

Mary Treen appears in the movie It’s a Wonderful Life as Cousin Tilly. She also guests in three episodes of The Donna Reed Show.

It's hard to imagine another actress in the role of Mary in It's a Wonderful Life (1946), but Donna Reed was not the only one considered.

Lux Radio Theatre broadcast an adaption of "It's a Wonderful LIfe" with Donna Reed and James Stewart reprising their classic film roles.

Henry Travers is best known for his role as the guardian angel Clarence Odbody in the 1946 film classic "It's a Wonderful Life."

For the past 16 years Donna Reed's daughter, Mary, has been introducing screenings of It's a Wonderful Life in small independent theaters.

It's a Wonderful Life appeared in theaters on January 7, 1947. It went into the public domain in 1974 and became a Christmas favorite.

Screen Guild Theater broadcast the second radio adaptation of It's a Wonderful Life. Donna Reed and Jimmy Stewart reprise their film roles.

George’s vision of his wife without him is essential to the film, but critics continue to miss its true—and profound—meaning.

Jackie Schmillen, a 1998 Donna Reed Scholar and TV host, visits with Jimmy Hawkins about his role as Tommy Bailey in It's a Wonderful Life.