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It's a Wonderful Life on radio
December 29, 1947 - Screen Guild Players air It's a Wonderful Life . The Screen Guild Theater was established to generate funds for the...


A visit with Donna's daughter
Mary Owen, Donna Reed and Nikki Phillippi Nikki Phillippi visits with Mary Owen about their family relationship. Nikki Phillippi is a...


Look what I found
A column from the Donna Reed Foundation. Sleuthing in the Donna Reed Archives. by Judy Miller Donna Reed continued her correspondence...


A film that didn't make beautiful music
Steve Allen (December 26, 1921 – October 30, 2000). Stephen Valentine Patrick William Allen was an American television personality, radio...


She hasn't always been a lady
Richard Widmark and Donna Reed Richard Widmark (December 26, 1914 – March 24, 2008). Richard Widmark was an American film, stage, and...


A radio interview from home
December 26, 1950 - Paula Stone airs Donna Reed interview. Paula Stone was an American theater and motion pictures actress from New York...


Donna worked with this prolific actor
Barton MacLane, who appeared in over 140 films over four decades, appears with Donna Reed in Backlash (1956) and Gentle Annie (1944).


They met in traffic court
Tony Martin (December 25, 1913 – July 27, 2012). Tony Martin was an American actor and popular singer. His career spanned over seven...


Star Trek director was in Denison, IA
Nicholas Meyer Nicholas Meyer (born December 24, 1945). Nicholas Meyer is an American writer and director, known for his best-selling...


Donna's wartime letters
December 24, 2017 - CBS Sunday Morning airs Mail Call: Donna Reed's Wartime Letters. Martha Teichner reports on how Hollywood actress...


One of Donna's B Westerns
December 24, 1954 - Columbia Pictures releases They Rode West (United States). They Rode West is a 1954 American Western film directed...


Donna kept asking him back
Charles Herbert (December 23, 1948 – October 31, 2015). Charles Herbert was an American child actor of the 1950s and 1960s. Before...


A Mary problem?
There Is No Mary Problem in ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’. George’s vision of his wife without him is essential to the film, but critics...


He worked without a dummy
Paul Winchell made two guest appearances on The Donna Reed Show during Season 5, but neither involved the use of a ventriloquist dummy.


78th anniversary of It's a Wonderful Life
December 20, 1946 - It's a Wonderful Life (New York City Premiere). This American Christmas fantasy drama film starring Jimmy Stewart and...


Donna didn't make the credits
December 20, 1960 - Pepe is released by Columbia Pictures. Pepe is a 1960 American musical comedy film starring Cantinflas in the title...


Between takes on the set
December 19, 1945 - They Were Expendable released by MGM. They Were Expendable is an American war film directed by John Ford, starring...


Zuzu reflects
Former child star Karolyn Grimes recalls starring in It's a Wonderful Life and how it has affected her life.

It's a Wonderful Life insight
Jimmy Hawkins, who portrayed Tommy Bailey in It's a Wonderful Life, sits down for an interview at the annual It's a Wonderful Life Festival.
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