The Smithsonian's Christopher Wilson takes you on a journey that interprets It's a Wonderful Life with a new set of eyes.

Seneca Falls celebrates the 76th Anniversary of "It's a Wonderful Life" with a four-day festival featuring former cast members.

Two stars of It's a Wonderful Life, Karolyn Grimes and Jimmy Hawkins, look back at the classic which was nominated for five Oscars.

Gloria Grahame appears as the sultry Violet in It's a Wonderful Life (1946) but MGM later sold her contract to RKO Studios.

Peter Billingsley of A Christmas Story revisits the making of the classic of all Christmas movies, It's A Wonderful Life.

Frank Capra used a new form of snow while filming It's a Wonderful Life during a July heat wave. It allowed live dialogue in falling snow.

Jimmy Hawkins appears with Donna Reed in It's a Wonderful LIfe as Tommy Bailey. He later appeared numerous times on The Donna Reed Show.

Jeanine Ann Roose, whose first job was on The Jack Benny Program at the age of 8, played the role of Violet Bick in It's a Wonderful Life.

All good stories have a twist. Join Mike Rowe for a different take on a Hollywood event involving Donna Reed that you thought you knew.

Did you know Cary Grant almost played George Bailey in It's a Wonderful Life? Check out 15 trivia facts about this classic film.

Virginia Patton's most well-known role was in Frank Capra's It's a Wonderful Life (1946). Read what she later said about him.

During the bank run in It's a Wonderful Life, Ellen Corby asks for her money with a line that surprised Jimmy Stewart and Donna Reed.

Donna Reed was to appear with Frank Morgan in The Stratton Story but the poor box office performance of It's A Wonder Life changed things.

Jimmy Stewart was nervous about the phone kiss in It's a Wonderful Life but filmed it in one take. Part of it was cut as far too passionate.

Lionel Barrymore played the radio role of the miserly Scrooge from 1934 to 1953. It led to his role as Mr. Potter in It's a Wonderful Life.

Ward Bond appears with Donna Reed in It's a Wonderful Life as Bert, the cop, and in They Were Expendable as 'Boats' Mulcahey C.B.M.

The Christmas staple, It's a Wonderful Life, began as a short story that Philip Van Doren Stern couldn't sell. See how it became the movie.

Mary Treen appears in the movie It’s a Wonderful Life as Cousin Tilly. She also guests in three episodes of The Donna Reed Show.

It's hard to imagine another actress in the role of Mary in It's a Wonderful Life (1946), but Donna Reed was not the only one considered.

Henry Travers is best known for his role as the guardian angel Clarence Odbody in the 1946 film classic "It's a Wonderful Life."