📽 On this day, 79 years ago It’s a Wonderful Life (1946), directed by Frank Capra, premiered at the Globe Theatre in New York City. In a letter dated December 31, 1946, James Stewart wrote to Philip Van Doren Stern, author of the short story The Greatest Gift, which inspired the film: “More important than anything, thank you for giving us that idea, which I think is the best one anyone has had for a long time. It was an inspiration for everyone concerned with the picture to work in it, because

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22 reactions · 4 comments | “We agreed Amelia... 90%” Composer Hans Zimmer was instructed by Christopher Nolan to make a unique score: "it's time to reinvent. The endless string ostinatos need to go by the wayside, the big drums are probably in the bin." Nolan did not provide Zimmer a script or any plot details for writing music for the film, and instead gave the composer "one page of text" that "had more to do with Zimmer's story than the plot of the movie." | History of Cinema | Facebook