Other leading films included Mr. Deeds Goes to Town ( 1936 ), Lost Horizon ( 1937 ), You Can't Take It With You ( 1938 ), Mr. Smith Goes to Washington ( 1939 ), Meet John Doe ( 1941 ), Arsenic and Old Lace ( 1944 ), It's a Wonderful Life ( 1946 ) and State of the Union ( 1948 ).

In addition to his three directing wins, Capra received directing nominations for three other films ( Lady for a Day, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, and It's a Wonderful Life ).

Although It's a Wonderful Life is his most well-known film, Friedman notes that it was Mr. Smith Goes to Washington ( 1939 ) which most represented the " Capra myth.

* June 21 – Wonderful Smith, African-American comedian ( d. 2008 )

* Wonderful Smith as Backstage Maintenance Worker

Painter was the composer for the 2005 animated film " Hoodwinked ", the 2006 film " The Second Chance " starring Michael W. Smith, and the VeggieTales DVD " The Wonderful Wizard of Ha's ".

He worked on other Capra films during the following decade, including the comedy, You Can't Take It With You ( 1938-AA winner for " Best Picture ); Mr. Smith Goes to Washington ( 1939-AA winner for " Best Picture "); Meet John Doe ( 1941 ); and It's a Wonderful Life ( 1946 ).

* U-113-" Milk Train "/" Love Is a Wonderful Thing "-Tab Smith His Fabulous Alto and Orchestra

In January 2005, The Fall were the subject of The Fall: The Wonderful and Frightening World of Mark E. Smith, a BBC Four television documentary.

Lane appeared in many Frank Capra films, including You Can't Take It With You ( 1938 ), Mr. Smith Goes to Washington ( 1939 ), Arsenic and Old Lace ( 1944 ) and It's a Wonderful Life ( 1946 ).

She also played his mother in four other films: It's a Wonderful Life, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Of Human Hearts and Vivacious Lady.

She played the mother of James Stewart in four films, including Mr. Smith Goes to Washington ( 1939 ) and It's a Wonderful Life ( 1946 ).

Bondi played James Stewart ’ s mother in four films: It's a Wonderful Life, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington,

# The Wonderful World of Adam Smith

With Louis Armstrong's " What a Wonderful World " as the title music, the episodes were narrated by John Peel and later by Arthur Smith in sardonic tones.

It was directed by comedy film director Dick Smith ( 1886-1937 ), and was the first film written by Jo Swerling, who later co-wrote It's a Wonderful Life, Gone with the Wind and many other films.

His roles in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, The Philadelphia Story, It's a Wonderful Life, Harvey and Anatomy of a Murder earned him Academy Award nominations ( he won for The Philadelphia Story ).

* 1946 – The popular Christmas film It's a Wonderful Life is first released in New York City.

There followed Summer Stock ( 1950 ) – Judy Garland's last musical film for MGM – in which Kelly performed the celebrated " You, You Wonderful You " solo routine with a newspaper and a squeaky floorboard.

Lyman Frank Baum ( May 15, 1856 – May 6, 1919 ) was an American author of children's books, best known for writing The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.

* December 23 – Wonderful Radio London commences transmissions with American top 40 format broadcasting, from a ship anchored off the south coast of England.

* July 6 – Louis Armstrong, African-American jazz trumpeter ( What A Wonderful World ) ( b. 1901 )

* August 14 – Wonderful Radio London shuts down at 3: 00 PM in anticipation of the Marine Broadcasting Offences Act.

* My Wonderful Life ( 1997 – 1999 ) – Alan

* Little Nemo in Slumberland ( 1905 – 1914, 1924 – 1927 ) ( 1911-1914 under the title In the Land of Wonderful Dreams )

* The Salvation Army – Wonderful Words of Life program

He began performing part-time as Master Stanley Holloway – The Wonderful Boy Soprano from 1904, singing sentimental songs such as " The Lost Chord ".

* August 14 – The Marine Broadcasting Offences Act becomes law in the United Kingdom, and most offshore radio stations ( including Wonderful Radio London ) have already closed down.

* S Wonderful ' S Marvellous – Ray Conniff

* Wonderful Words – The Mills Brothers

* Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color ( 1961 – July 1971 under this title ; has aired regularly since 1954 )

* The Wonderful World of Disney ( 1969 – 1979 ).

* The Wonderful World of Disney ( 1969 – 1979 under this title )

* The Wonderful World of Disney ( 1969 – 1979 )

* The Wonderful World of Disney ( 1969 – 1979 ).

* The Wonderful World of Disney ( 1969 – 1979 ).

* The Wonderful World of Disney ( 1954 – present ; 1969 – 79 with this title )

This musical featured the hit songs " I Whistle a Happy Tune ", " Hello, Young Lovers ", " Getting to Know You ", " We Kiss in a Shadow ", " Something Wonderful ", " I Have Dreamed ", and " Shall We Dance?

" It consisted of two segments that parodied A Christmas Carol directed by Tony Kluck and It's a Wonderful Life directed by former DreamWorks Animation director Mike deSeve, as well as Christmas-themed music videos ( taken from the first Christmas special ) and several segments in which Butt-Head answered fan mail dressed as Santa Claus while whipping a reindeer-costumed Beavis.

Examples of this style of film include It's a Wonderful World ( 1939 ), The Shop Around the Corner ( 1940 ), Sabrina ( 1954 ), Annie Hall ( 1977 ), When Harry Met Sally ... ( 1989 ), Pretty Woman ( 1990 ), and Four Weddings and a Funeral ( 1994 ).

1946 saw RKO Radio releasing It's a Wonderful Life directed by Frank Capra.

However, the only picture completed by the studio was It's a Wonderful Life ( 1946 ).

Although It's a Wonderful Life and State of the Union were successful shortly after the war ended, Capra's themes were becoming more out of step with changes within the film industry and with the public mood.

An annual " It's a Wonderful Life " celebration that Capra attended in 1981, during which he said, " This is one of the proudest moments of my life ," was recounted in The New Yorker.

Some lesser known features were included in this deal as well, such as It's a Wonderful Life.

* In 1947, the studio acquired Frank Capra's production company, Liberty Films, which produced only 2 films in the 1940s: It's a Wonderful Life, released originally by RKO Radio Pictures, and State of the Union, released originally by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ( the latter made under Paramount ownership ).

* It's a Wonderful World ( 1939 ), d. W. S. Van Dyke

" It's a Wonderful Life " ( 1946 )

* Some of Hollywood's most notable blockbuster films of the 1940s include: The Maltese Falcon directed by John Huston ( 1941 ), It's a Wonderful Life directed by Frank Capra ( 1946 ), Double Indemnity directed by Billy Wilder ( 1944 ), Meet Me in St. Louis directed by Vincente Minnelli ( 1944 ), Casablanca directed by Michael Curtiz ( 1942 ), Citizen Kane directed by Orson Welles ( 1941 )," The Great Dictator directed by Charlie Chaplin ( 1940 ).

** Frank Capra's It's a Wonderful Life, featuring James Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore, Henry Travers, and Thomas Mitchell, is released in New York.

A famous example of this theory is It's A Wonderful Life.

* It's a Wonderful World ( 1956 )

It's a Wonderful Life is an American Christmas drama film produced and directed by Frank Capra, that was based on the short story " The Greatest Gift ", written by Philip Van Doren Stern in 1939, and privately published by the author in 1945.

It's a Wonderful Life was nominated for five Oscars without winning any, the film has since been recognized by the American Film Institute as one of the 100 best American films ever made, placing number 11 on its initial 1998 greatest movie list, and would also place number one on its list of the most inspirational American films of all time.

It's a Wonderful Life.

It's a Wonderful Life: A Memory Book.

It's a Wonderful Life: The Complete Script in its Original Form.

* Rodgers, James W. It's A Wonderful Life: A Play in Two Acts.

" Reclaiming the Real: It's a Wonderful Life ( Frank Capra, 1946 )".