The 1946 classic<i> </i>film <i>It’s a Wonderful Life</i> directed by Frank Capra was added to the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress in 1990.  Photo 3 of 3 in How ’40s and ’50s Holiday Films Helped Define the Quintessential Christmas “Look”

How ’40s and ’50s Holiday Films Helped Define the Quintessential Christmas “Look”

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The 1946 classic film It’s a Wonderful Life takes place in the fictional town of Bedford Falls in rural New York at the gateway to New England.