BATH — Patten Free Library’s fall film festival celebrating Paramount Pictures’ 100th anniversary concludes on Tuesday, Dec. 18, with Frank Capra’s holiday classic “It’s a Wonderful Life.”
James Stewart, Donna Reed and Lionel Barrymore star in this 1946 box office bomb that went on to become one of the best-loved movies of all time. The show starts at 6:30 p.m. in the library’s community room. The film is not rated and has a run time of 132 minutes.
No one is born to be a failure. No one is poor who has friends. Simple thoughts that were the inspiration for one of the richest, most uplifting, most beloved American films ever made.
Capra’s classic tale of George Bailey and his Christmas Eve visit with a guardian angel was nominated for five Oscars, including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actor. After more than 65 years, it remains as powerful and moving as the day it was made.
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