Books:

About the film:

• It's a wonderful life: a memory book by Stephen Cox (Nashville, Tenn.: Cumberland House, c2003).
• It's a wonderful life: the fiftieth anniversary scrapbook by Jimmy Hawkins (Philadelphia, PA : Courage Books, c1996).
• The "It's a wonderful life" trivia book by Jimmy Hawkins and Paul Petersen (New York: Crown Publishers, c1992).
• The "It's a wonderful life" book by Jeanine Basinger in collaboration with the Trustees of the Frank Capra Archives; interviews by Leonard Maltin (New York: Knopf, 1986).

Referenced in:

• Zuzu Bailey's It's a wonderful life cookbook: recipes and anecdotes inspired by America's favorite movie by Karolyn Grimes and Franklin Dohanyos (Secaucus, N.J.: Carol Pub. Group, c1996).

Articles:

Features:

• Thomas, Bob. "Christmas Classic Had an Unpromising Start."  Associated Press (3 July 1997).
• Cadenhead, Rogers.  "Why TV Lost Interest in a Holiday Classic."  The Record (Bergen County, NJ) (10 December 1997): Y04.

Citations:

• Hollywood Reporter (13 Sep 1945): 2. 
• Los Angeles Examiner (5 Nov 1945). 
• Hollywood Reporter (11 Apr 1946): 2. 
• Hollywood Reporter (12 Apr 1946): 5, 14 
• Hollywood Reporter (15 Apr 1946): 16. 
• Hollywood Reporter (19 Apr 1946): 21. 
• Hollywood Reporter (4 Jun 1946): 9. 
• Hollywood Reporter (5 Aug 1946): 3. 
• Motion Picture Herald Product Digest (7 Sep 1946): 3186. 
• Hollywood Reporter (9 Dec 1946): 3. 
• Hollywood Reporter (10 Dec 1946): 3. 
• Hollywood Reporter (19 Dec 1946): 3. 
• Film Daily (19 Dec 1946): 5. 
• Daily Variety (19 Dec 1946): 3, 30.
• Motion Picture Herald Product Digest (21 Dec 1946): 3376. 
• Hollywood Reporter (23 Dec 1946): 6. 
• New York Times (23 Dec 1946): 19. 
• Variety (25 Dec 1946): 12. 
• New York Times (8 Apr 1951). 
• Daily Variety (7 Apr 1975): 15.
• Hollywood Reporter (23 Jan 1988). 
• Hollywood Reporter (15 Jun 1993). 
• Daily Variety (30 Aug 1993). 
• Daily Variety (7 Nov 1996): 3, 6 
• Daily Variety (13 Nov 1996). 
• Daily Variety (13 Nov 1997). 
• USA Today (8 Nov 2002).

Other:

• "Frank Capra's It's a Wonderful Life: A Personal Remembrance" (Bexy Communications, Inc., 1991).
• "The Making of It's a Wonderful Life" (Raycom, 1990).

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