“It’s a Wonderful Life” is one of my Mom’s favorite movies… so much so, that I gave her a “George Bailey” doll one Christmas as a gift along with a copy of the movie. I was looking online about some info about the movie for her and happened across this great list of facts at countryliving.com. Apparently, the beloved holiday classic has loads of fascinating back stories and they have a great list of 24 facts about the movie I had no idea about…
The most interesting facts on the list for me include:
It’s a Wonderful Life started out as a Christmas card.
Cary Grant was originally slated to play George Bailey.
The movie was shot in the summer of 1946 during a heat wave.
The film didn’t do well at the box office—it even put the director, Frank Capra into debt.
