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Dec 2021
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It’s A Wonderful Premiere

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Festive favourite 'It’s a Wonderful Life' originated as a short story transcribed into Christmas cards by its author Philip Van Doren Stern. But it received disappointing box office returns following its premiere on 20th December, 1946 - and was not considered ‘a classic’ for decades. In the 1970s someone at Paramount forgot to renew its copyright, so the fi ... Show More
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