On This Day

It's a Wonderful Life premiere

December 20th 1946

07:18 20 December 2023

Frank Capra's 'It's a Wonderful Life' premiered at the Globe Theatre in New York on this day in 1946. The movie opened to mixed reviews and performed poorly at the box office but managed to earn five Academy Award nominations including Best Picture.

Over the decades since, 'It's a Wonderful Life' has become quite probably the most popular Christmas film of all time, in addition to being considered one of the greatest films ever made.