Jimmy Stewart was nervous about the phone scene kiss in It's a Wonderful Life but it was done in one take. Then the censors stepped in.

He had just returned home from serving in World War II and this 1946 film was his first movie since witnessing the horrors of war.

Screen Guild Players broadcast its second radio adaptation of It's a Wonderful Life with Donna Reed and Jimmy Stewart reprising their roles.

Donna Reed and Jimmy Stewart reprised their film roles on the radio broadcast of It's a Wonderful Life that aired on December 13, 1951.

Frank Capra’s "It's a Wonderful Life" will air twice on NBC in December. Dates are Dec. 4th and Christmas Eve, Dec. 24th at 8 p.m. EST.

Gloria Graham appears as the sultry Violet in It's a Wonderful Life (1946), along with Donna Reed and Jimmy Stewart.

The phone scene between Jimmy Stewart and Donna Reed in It's a Wonderful LIfe was done in one take but part was cut to satisfy the censor.

Screen Guild Theatre broadcast a 60-minute screen adaptation of "It's a Wonderful Life" on Dec. 29, 1947 with Donna Reed and Jimmy Stewart.

It's a Wonderful Life, starring Donna Reed and Jimmy Stewart, premiered in New York City on December 20, 1946.

Donna Reed and James Stewart reprised their film roles on the broadcast of It's a Wonderful Life on Stars in the Air on December 13, 1951.

Gloria Grahame appeared as the sultry Violet in It's a Wonderful Life (1946), along with Donna Reed and Jimmy Stewart.

ComingSoon.net sat down with Jimmy Hawkins and Karolyn Grimes and discussed the impact and legacy of Frank Capra's "It's a Wonderful LIfe."