December 25, 2025
IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE (1946) – AFI Movie Club
“Every time a bell rings, an angel gets its wings.” Featuring the talents of two AFI Life Achievement Award honorees – director Frank Capra and star James Stewart – IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE (1946) was twice named by the American Film Institute among the greatest films of all time, as well as among the top ten fantasy...
October 30, 2025
ARSENIC AND OLD LACE (1944) – AFI Movie Club
Set in Brooklyn on Halloween – where, according to a title card, “anything can happen –– and it usually does” – ARSENIC AND OLD LACE (1944) is a madcap slapstick comedy from director and AFI Life Achievement Award honoree Frank Capra. Named by the American Film Institute among the funniest films of all-time, the iconic...
August 14, 2025
IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT (1934) – AFI Movie Club
Directed by AFI Life Achievement Award recipient Frank Capra and starring Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert – both of whom were enshrined among AFI’s greatest screen legends – IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT (1934) is an iconic screwball comedy that’s appeared on no fewer than five of AFI’s lists of the greatest American films of all...
June 18, 2025
MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON (1939) – AFI Movie Club
The story of an idealistic young senator who naively takes on Washington corruption, MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON (1939) is a beloved film that appears on four of AFI’s lists of the greatest American films – on both the original and 10th anniversary editions as well as among the art form’s most inspiring stories –...
November 28, 2023
MR. DEEDS GOES TO TOWN (1936) – AFI Movie Club
Appearing on the American Film Institute’s lists of the greatest screen comedies and the art form’s most inspirational stories, MR. DEEDS GOES TO TOWN (1936) was directed by AFI Life Achievement Award honoree Frank Capra and features a pairing of Jean Arthur and Gary Cooper – the latter named by AFI among the greatest screen...
December 25, 2021
AFI Movie Club Rewind: IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE
This film was originally selected as an AFI Movie Club pick on December 24, 2020. IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE (1946) was named 20th on AFI's Top 100 greatest American films of all time. It’s ranked # 1 on 100 Years…100 Cheers and #9 on 100 Years…100 passions, and George Bailey is listed at #9 on AFI’s 100 Heroes list. James Stewart is ranked #3 on AFI’s list of...
December 24, 2020
AFI Movie Club: IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE
IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE was named 20th on AFI's Top 100 greatest American films of all time. It’s ranked # 1 on 100 Years…100 Cheers and #9 on 100 Years…100 passions, and George Bailey is listed at #9 on AFI’s 100 Heroes list. James Stewart is ranked #3 on AFI’s list of the greatest stars in cinematic history. Go "Behind the Scene" with Jimmy Hawkins of IT'S...
December 1, 2020
DID YOU KNOW? This popular holiday film released 74 years ago this month was co-written by the prolific Pulitzer Prize-winning author Frances Goodrich.
IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE (1946), which ranked #1 on AFI’s 100 YEARS… 100 CHEERS list of the most inspiring films of all time, and #20 on AFI’s 100 YEARS… 100 MOVIES list of the greatest films of all time, was co-written by Frances Goodrich, who would have celebrated her 130th birthday this month. Goodrich was…
July 31, 2020
AFI Movie Club: IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE
It’s Christmas in July! IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE was named 20th on AFI’s Top 100 greatest American films of all time. It’s ranked #1 on 100 Years…100 Cheers and #9 on 100 Years…100 passions, and George Bailey is listed at #9 on AFI’s 100 Heroes list. James Stewart is ranked #3 on AFI’s list of the…
July 24, 2020
AFI Movie Club: MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON
MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON is a beloved film that appears on four of AFI’s lists of the greatest American films – and Jimmy Stewart’s character, Jefferson Smith, was named one of cinema’s most inspiring screen heroes by AFI. Stewart was also honored with an AFI Life Achievement Award in 1980, and two years later,…
May 30, 2020
AFI Movie Club: IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT
IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT appears on four of AFI’s lists of the greatest America films – including #8 on AFI’s 100 Years…100 Laughs, which chronicles the funniest films ever to grace the silver screen. Movie Trivia about IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT –DID YOU KNOW the film is the first of only three films to ever win…
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