Its a Wonderful Life Giftset Shadowbox with Bell (1946)

Editor's Note A good but slightly ineffectual man tries to off himself after an error that really wasn't his fault. In Christmas Carol fashion, his crusty-but-lovable guardian angel shows up to give him a tour of the world without his presence, and it isn't a pretty place. Moral courage, small-town American life, civic cooperation, and family love are glorified; corporate greed and self-involvement are vilified; at the climax, a blanket of snow like spun sugar makes everything pure and clean like redemption itself.

	Lionel Barrymore
	Charles Lane
	Charles Williams
	Ward Bond
	Beulah Bondi
	Henry Travers
	Bob Scott
	Thomas Mitchell
	Gloria Grahame
	Frank Faylen
	H.B. Warner
	James Stewart
	Donna Reed
	Frances Goodrich - Screenwriter
	Frank Capra - Screenwriter
	Joseph Biroc - Director of Photography
	William Hornbeck - Editor
	Joseph Walker - Director of Photography
	Edward Stevenson - Costume Designer
	Jack Okey - Art Director
	Frank Capra - Producer
	Jo Swerling - Screenwriter
	Dimitri Tiomkin - Composer
	Philip Van Doren Stern - Story
	Albert Hackett - Screenwriter
	Frank Capra - Director

Sight and Sound
"...As appealing as ever..." 02/01/2001 p.61

Total Film
"...With the power to melt the coldest of hearts. James Stewart gives a flawless performance..." 06/01/2000 p.88

Entertainment Weekly
"...It looks more masterful than ever..." 01/11/2002 p.28-9

Premiere
"George Bailey's everyman charm reminds us that it doesn't take a war to make a hero." 04/01/2004 p.60