It's a Wonderful Life: The Story Behind America's Favorite Christmas Film w/ Eric Smoodin
Update: 2025-12-08
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Dr. Eric Smoodin, film historian at the University of California- Davis and author of Regarding Frank Capra: Audience, Celebrity and American Film Studies, 1930-1960, joins Bob and Ben for the history of the people, the industry, and law that made Frank Capra's 1946 film It's A Wonderful Life into one of America's quintessential Christmas films.
This episode originally aired as #292 on December 16, 2024. This rebroadcast was edited by Ben Sawyer.
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