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Portraying Mr. Potter in It's a Wonderful Life (1946) In a series of Doctor Kildare movies in the 1930s and 1940s, he played the irascible Doctor Gillespie, a role he repeated in an MGM radio series that debuted in New York in 1950 and was later syndicated. Barrymore had broken his hip in an accident, hence he played Gillespie in a wheelchair.
It's a Wonderful Life is a 1946 American Christmas fantasy drama film produced and directed by Frank Capra. It is based on the short story and booklet "The Greatest Gift", self-published by Philip Van Doren Stern in 1943, which itself is loosely based on the 1843 Charles Dickens novella A Christmas Carol. [4]
[1] [12] During that time, he appeared as Dr. Gillespie in the popular Dr. Kildare film series, with Lew Ayres in the title role, [13] and as Mr. Potter in It's a Wonderful Life—a role that was highly placed on the American Film Institute's list of the 100 Heroes and Villains [14] in a film that the critic Philip French described as "a ...
It's a Wonderful Life had a big budget for the time ($3.7 million), so it's no wonder that the crew put a lot of time and effort into constructing the town of Bedford Falls. The set took two ...
Directed by Frank Capra, "It's a Wonderful Life" stars James Stewart as the main character, George Bailey; Donna Reed and Lionel Barrymore. The film's most iconic line is, "When a bell rings, an ...
It's a Wonderful Life Bailey Kids actor Karolyn Grimes who played Zuzu, smiles at guests during a press conference on the opening day of the It's a Wonderful Life Festival in Seneca Falls, NY ...
Although Barrymore won an Academy Award for Best Actor in A Free Soul in 1931, in the 1940s he was best known as the voice of Ebenezer Scrooge in the CBS radio dramatizations of A Christmas Carol. At the time Barrymore played the role of Mr. Potter, Barrymore had become a wheelchair-user due to a hip injury and severe arthritis.
Her great uncle Lionel Barrymore won an Academy Award, and starred in the 1946 classic It’s a Wonderful Life. “For me, stopping drinking is one of the most honoring things I can do to the ...