{"id":766,"date":"2020-12-07T14:24:50","date_gmt":"2020-12-07T19:24:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alhambrajax.com\/?p=766"},"modified":"2022-05-31T15:21:07","modified_gmt":"2022-05-31T19:21:07","slug":"a-wonderful-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alhambrajax.com\/a-wonderful-history\/","title":{"rendered":"A Wonderful History"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"766\" class=\"elementor elementor-766\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e9ecdcc elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e9ecdcc\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-efe7152\" data-id=\"efe7152\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2fc9a96 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2fc9a96\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.19.0 - 07-02-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"592\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alhambrajax.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Wonderful-Life-Movie-Poster.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-772\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alhambra.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Wonderful-Life-Movie-Poster.jpg 400w, https:\/\/alhambra.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Wonderful-Life-Movie-Poster-203x300.jpg 203w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-92a6485\" data-id=\"92a6485\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-42d77ee elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"42d77ee\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.19.0 - 07-02-2024 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Although <i>It\u2019s A Wonderful Life <\/i> has long been thought to be an American classic, it was not a hit with original audiences.  It wasn\u2019t until the copyright (accidentally) lapsed in 1974, which made it available royalty-free, that it gained a new audience. It became a holiday staple during that time, and though the free ride ended around 1994, the die was cast and it became a Christmas staple.\n<br><br>\nThe story of <i>It\u2019s A Wonderful Life <\/i>started off as a short story, written by Phillip Van Doren Stern and titled <i>The Greatest Gift<\/i>.  He attempted for years to get his story published, to no avail.  Finally, he decided to gift his tale to 200 of his friends in the form of a 21-page Christmas card, and eventually, that card found its way to RKO Pictures producer David Hempstead.  In 1944, RKO bought the story as a vehicle for Cary Grant, but as the script was written and re-written, Grant went on to make a different Christmas film, <i>The Bishop's Wife<\/i>.<\/p>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7c2ad72 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7c2ad72\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-76fdd0b\" data-id=\"76fdd0b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e3bd700 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e3bd700\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Carl Switzer, also known as Alfalfa in <i>The Little Rascals,<\/i> was cast in the film as the prankster who opens the pool in the dance scene.<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b29215b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b29215b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4ede2ed\" data-id=\"4ede2ed\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-08c5f6e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"08c5f6e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">RKO convinced Frank Capra to read the short story, and Capra bought the rights to the story for his new production company, Liberty Films. Notables like Frances Goodrich, Albert Hackett and Dorothy Parker were brought in to \u201cpolish\u201d the film leading to several drafts of the screenplay.<\/p>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-520ea57\" data-id=\"520ea57\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-917677a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"917677a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.19.0 - 07-02-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>Casting George was easy. As Capra recalled in his autobiography, \u201cOf all actors&#8217; roles I believe the most difficult is the role of a Good Sam who doesn&#8217;t know that he is a Good Sam. I knew one man who could play it&#8230; James Stewart.\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d9ce870 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d9ce870\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4075b3c\" data-id=\"4075b3c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fd45be9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"fd45be9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alhambrajax.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Blog-IAWL-PoolDanceScene.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-768\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alhambra.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Blog-IAWL-PoolDanceScene.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/alhambra.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Blog-IAWL-PoolDanceScene-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alhambra.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Blog-IAWL-PoolDanceScene-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/alhambra.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Blog-IAWL-PoolDanceScene-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-780734d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"780734d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>It\u2019s A Wonderful Life \u2013 The Musical<\/em> was written in 2000 and has been performed by hundreds of theaters, churches and even schools. This show has taken a timeless story and enriched it with music that warms the heart. It honors family and community, and reminds us that when all is taken into account, it truly is a wonderful life.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Although It\u2019s A Wonderful Life has long been thought to be an American classic, it was not a hit with original audiences. It wasn\u2019t until the copyright (accidentally) lapsed in 1974, which made it available royalty-free, that it gained a new audience. 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