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Script for It's a Wonderful Life
In 1945, RKO sold the film rights to The Greatest Gift, along with three complete versions of its movie script, for $10,000 to Frank Capra's newly-formed film production company, Liberty Films. Capra hired husband-and-wife screenwriters Albert Hackett and Frances Goodrich to create a completely new script. Capra sent a copy of the script to his longtime collaborator actor Jimmy Stewart, who enthusiastically agreed to play the lead character. The Library of Congress received this typescript in 1946 with the copyright deposit of the film. It was used during the film's production. This "cutting continuity script" includes the final film script and scene-by-scene details as they were shot and edited. |