{"id":11132,"date":"2010-05-31T08:26:54","date_gmt":"2010-05-31T15:26:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=11132"},"modified":"2020-12-01T19:55:35","modified_gmt":"2020-12-02T02:55:35","slug":"its-a-wonderful-world-1939","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=11132","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s a Wonderful World (1939)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;I need you as much as I need a giraffe!&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/Its-a-Wonderful-World-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/Its-a-Wonderful-World-Poster-203x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"203\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-55896\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/Its-a-Wonderful-World-Poster-203x300.png 203w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/Its-a-Wonderful-World-Poster-692x1024.png 692w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/Its-a-Wonderful-World-Poster-86x128.png 86w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/Its-a-Wonderful-World-Poster-182x270.png 182w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/Its-a-Wonderful-World-Poster.png 749w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 203px) 100vw, 203px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA falsely accused private detective (Jimmy Stewart) tries to ditch an overly helpful poetess (Claudette Colbert) he meets while on the lam.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Claudette Colbert Films<\/li>\n<li>Detectives and Private Eyes<\/li>\n<li>Falsely Accused<\/li>\n<li>Fugitives<\/li>\n<li>Jimmy Stewart Films<\/li>\n<li>Romantic Comedy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nWhen people think of Jimmy Stewart in a film starting with <em>It&#8217;s a Wonderful<\/em>&#8230;, the word that automatically springs to mind is <em>&#8230;Life<\/em> &#8212; thus dooming this earlier Stewart vehicle (directed by W.S. Van Dyke, and scripted by Ben Hecht and Herman J. Mankiewicz) to permanent second-class status. If you do manage to locate a copy of <em>&#8230;World<\/em> (it&#8217;s curiously unavailable on DVD), you&#8217;ll discover a flawed but innocuous screwball rom-com, with Stewart cast against type as a boorish private eye (audiences of the day weren&#8217;t happy), and plucky Colbert gamely playing his nemesis and love interest. Unfortunately, we never really believe in their potential together as romantic partners, given their underdeveloped characters and the script&#8217;s clumsy handling of their love-hate relationship; with that said, there are some reasonably humorous throwaway moments (i.e., Stewart hiding out as a scout master in coke-bottle glasses):<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/Its-Wonderful-Goggles-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/Its-Wonderful-Goggles-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"368\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-55899\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/Its-Wonderful-Goggles-1.png 480w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/Its-Wonderful-Goggles-1-300x230.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/Its-Wonderful-Goggles-1-128x98.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/Its-Wonderful-Goggles-1-352x270.png 352w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; and Hecht and Mankiewicz&#8217;s screenplay offers a few random zingers: &#8220;Lady, you&#8217;re full of prunes!&#8221; But the end result is ultimately rather forgettable. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>An innocuously enjoyable screwball comedy<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/its-wonderful-leads.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/its-wonderful-leads.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"368\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11137\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, but fans of the genre may be curious to check it out. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0031500\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1939\/05\/19\/archives\/the-screen-murder-outs-farcically-in-its-a-wonderful-world-with.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/1460\/its-a-wonderful-world#articles-reviews?articleId=62610\">TCM Article<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;I need you as much as I need a giraffe!&#8221; Synopsis: A falsely accused private detective (Jimmy Stewart) tries to ditch an overly helpful poetess (Claudette Colbert) he meets while on the lam. Genres: Claudette Colbert Films Detectives and Private Eyes Falsely Accused Fugitives Jimmy Stewart Films Romantic Comedy Review: When people think of Jimmy Stewart in a film starting with It&#8217;s a Wonderful&#8230;, the word that automatically springs to mind is &#8230;Life &#8212; thus dooming this earlier Stewart vehicle&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=11132\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11132","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11132","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11132"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11132\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55895,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11132\/revisions\/55895"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11132"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}