It's a Wonderful Life (1946) / It Happened One Christmas (1977)

 

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It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Directed by Frank Capra
Screenplay by Frances Goodrich & Albert Hackett and Frank Capra
Additional Scenes by Jo Swerling
Story by Philip Van Doren Stern
Cinematography by Joseph F. Biroc. and Joseph Walker
Art Direction by Jack Okey
Costume Design by Edward Stevenson

It Happened One Christmas (1977)
Directed by Donald Wrye
Written for TV by Lionel Chetwynd
Based on a story by Philip Van Doren Stern
Cinematography by Conrad L. Hall
Production Design by John J. Lloyd
Costume Design by Joe I. Tompkins