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This film is a testament to director Frank Capra's faith in people.

John W. Whitehead: Have a Very Merry Celluloid Christmas John W. Whitehead 2011

But Capra's film warns us that taking this path -- this ever-so-seductive Ayn Randian way of viewing the world that was starting to infect the American imagination after WWII -- leads only to moral and social tragedy.

Matt Jordan: Don't Crawl to Potter This Christmas Matt Jordan 2011

He was Oscar-nominated a year later for his work in Frank Capra's Pocketful of Miracles.

Columbo Star Peter Falk Dies at 83 2011

Before that indignity, though, Capra's warm-hearted fantasies and celebrations of American exceptionalism — including "It Happened One Night" (1934), "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" (1939) and "It's a Wonderful Life" (1946) — made him one of the most successful filmmakers in America.

Remarkable Hollywood Lives 2011

NBC's airing of It's a Wonderful Life was No. 1 on Saturday night, with Frank Capra's 1946 film starring James Stewart grabbing 4.55 million viewers.

Ratings: Football, Wonderful Life Most Popular over Christmas Weekend 2011

At 5: 00 p.m. PDT, TCM also has Claudette Colbert in Frank Capra's "It Happened One Night" and at 11: 30 p. m PDT the wonderful "Arsenic and Old Lace". posted by John at 1: 17 PM

Bulletin from The Jean Arthur TV-Movie Alert Service John 2009

He was nominated for an Oscar in 1962 for his role in director Frank Capra's last film, "Pocketful of Miracles," and he won an Emmy for the 1962 teleplay "The Price of Tomatoes."

Television's Adored, Rumpled Detective Stephen Miller 2011

First, the young scientists reached a huge popular audience in the 1970s with books such as Jack Sarfatti's "Space-Time and Beyond," Fritjof Capra's "The Tao of Physics" and Gary Zukav's "The Dancing Wu Li Masters."

Merry-Prankster Physicists John Gribbin 2011

At 5: 00 p.m. PDT, TCM also has Claudette Colbert in Frank Capra's "It Happened One Night" and at 11: 30 p. m PDT the wonderful "Arsenic and Old Lace". posted by John at 1: 17 PM

Ss Petri & Pauli John 2009

Strictly Business: Forty Years of Mogul Turpitude on Film Everett Collection 'The Social Network' 2010 During the Depression, business people were portrayed as fat-cat plutocrats, and in movies like Frank Capra's "You Can't Take It With You" and "Mr. Deeds Goes to Town," they were often set straight about what truly matters in life—and it's not money.

Hollywood's Favorite Villain Rachel Dodes 2011