On this day in 1946, RKO RADIO PICTURES premiered IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE. Directed by FRANK CAPRA, it’s hard to imagine how our lives would have been different had this movie not been made. A holiday staple, it’s probably been seen by more people of more faiths, more times than any other seasonal film. JIMMY STEWART stars as a decent but suicidally depressed businessman who is shown by an angel what life would have been if he’d never existed. The all-star supporting cast includes DONNA REED, LIONEL BARRYMORE, THOMAS MITCHELL, BEULAH BONDI, FRANK FAYLEN, WARD BOND, GLORIA GRAHAM, FRANK ALBERTSON and MARY TREEN.