No studio in Hollywood had as deep of a roster as MGM, proclaiming to have “more stars than there are in the heavens.” But they worked hard.

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.

No studio in Hollywood had as deep of a roster as MGM, proclaiming to have “more stars than there are in the heavens.” But they worked hard.

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.

Donna Reed had been making four or five films a year when she starred with Lionel Barrymore and Philip Dorn in "Calling Dr. Gillespie."

Lionel Barrymore's radio role of miserly Scrooge led directly to his being cast as Mr. Potter in It's A Wonderful Life (1946).

Donna Reed stars with Lionel Barrymore and Philip Dorn in Calling Dr. Gillespie which was released by MGM July 9, 1942.

Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case was release May 8, 1943 (USA) starring Lionel Barrymore, Van Johnson, and Donna Reed.

An annual radio broadcast with Lionel Barrymore in the role of Ebenezer Scrooge led directly to his being cast in It's a Wonderful Life.