35 Festive Facts About Your Favorite Holiday Movies

[TTL News 305]

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It’s that time of year again: You're gathering with friends and family. Wrapping presents. And spiking the eggnog with your favorite yuletide libation. That leaves just one thing: the annual holiday movie marathon. Not sure where to start? How about with this list of fascinating facts about your favorite holiday films.

1. It’s A Wonderful Life was a box office bomb.

Still from It's a Wonderful Life (1946). / Paramount Pictures

Though it has become a quintessential American classic, It’s a Wonderful Life was not an immediate hit with audiences. In fact, it put director Frank Capra $525,000 in the hole, which left him scrambling to finance his production company’s next picture, State of the Union.

 

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[Chris 2,141]

Somehow Bill Murray ad-libbing his lines in “Scrooged” doesn’t surprise me.

[Chris 2,141]

And I’m glad Will Ferrell won’t do an “Elf” sequel. It’s a fun movie on its own, no sense trying to make lightning strike twice.

[Adam 372]

"Robert J. Anderson is not the only actor in this film who also played a child in It's a Wonderful Life (1946). Karolyn Grimes, who plays Debby, played Zuzu in It's a Wonderful Life, whilst Robert J. Anderson played a young George Bailey."

"Sarah Edwards, who plays Mrs. Duffy, played Mrs. Hatch in another Christmas classic, It's a Wonderful Life (1946), a year earlier."

from IMDB for The Bishop's Wife