📽 On this day, 79 years ago It’s a Wonderful Life (1946), directed by Frank Capra, premiered at the Globe Theatre in New York City. In a letter dated December 31, 1946, James Stewart wrote to Philip Van Doren Stern, author of the short story The Greatest Gift, which inspired the film: “More important than anything, thank you for giving us that idea, which I think is the best one anyone has had for a long time. It was an inspiration for everyone concerned with the picture to work in it, because

On this day 70 years ago, Picnic (1955), directed by Joshua Logan, was released in the United States | History of Cinema