This listing is for It's a Wonderful Life Colorized Version VHS James Stewart, Donna Reed. 

Actors: James Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore, Thomas Mitchell, Henry Travers

Directors: Frank Capra

Writers: Frank Capra, Albert Hackett, Frances Goodrich, Jo Swerling, Michael Wilson

Producers: Frank Capra

Format: Color, NTSC, Full Screen

Rated: NR - Not Rated

Number of tapes: 1

Studio: Video Treasures, Inc

VHS Release Date: 1989

Run Time: 130 minutes 

"It's a Wonderful Life", initially greeted with meager enthusiasm by the movie going public, who thought it too depressing for a Christmas film, finally came into its own when the days of TV syndication came along. It was given an extra boost due to the fact that through inattention, the copyright ran out! When TV stations realized they could show it with no royalties due, it became a popular item in their schedules. Movie fans, with a second chance to appreciate this film, found that they liked it after all. Once you understand that George Bailey's life is full and rich, even if it never followed the course he himself had imagined for it, you understand that the movie isn't depressing at all. No matter how many times I view "It's a Wonderful Life", I still get a little choked up at the end.

This was Jimmy Stewart's first film role after serving in, literally, heroic fashion as a bomber commander during World War II. Despite being a star and subject to assignment in "morale roles" if he had so chosen, Stewart went into the Air Corp and flew a complete tour of 25 bomber missions. He also flew a number of other live missions that were tallied as flights where he trained air crews. When offered the chance to have those missions count against his tour of 25, he declined. If you know anything about the history of WWII, you know that bomber crew duty in the European theater was pretty much the most dangerous combat assignment in the war.

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