It's a Wonderful Life Frank Capra The Best Years of Our Lives Samuel Fuller The Big Red One The Actors Studio Elia Kazan Robert Lewis Cheryl Crawford Oskar Fischinger Motion Painting No. 1 M film Italian
1946 saw RKO Radio releasing It's a Wonderful Life directed by Italian-born filmmaker Frank Capra. Soldiers returning from the war would provide the inspiration for films like The Best Years of Our Lives, and many of those in the film industry had served in some capacity during the war. Samuel Fuller's experiences in World War II would influence his largely autobiographical films of later decades such as The Big Red One. The Actors Studio was founded in October 1947 by Elia Kazan, Robert Lewis, and Cheryl Crawford, and the same year Oskar Fischinger filmed Motion Painting No. 1.
