Even more unlikely was that when the film’s copyright came up for renewal, the film studio neglected to pay the $4 necessary to renew it. He weaves a star-studded tale of how the script was bought by a movie company at the recommendation of none other than Cary Grant, who initially envisioned himself in the lead role. With genuine amusement and his signature verbosity, Harvey’s telling of the story will keep listeners at the edge of their seats. Harvey reveals the story of an unlikely script, titled The Greatest Gift, that came to author Philip Van Doren Stern in just moments while shaving his face. Today we’re listening to Harvey give us the rest of the story of It’s a Wonderful Life, starring Jimmy Stewart in his first theatrical appearance after returning from active duty during WWII. While he was an influential figure in many aspects of journalism, today he is most remembered for his more than 3,000 human interest pieces, in a series titled The Rest of the Story. The voice of this broadcasting giant once commanded the airwaves of 1,200 radio stations and reached an average of 24 million listeners per week. In fact, the movie may never have become as popular as it is today if not for a lapsed copyright, and without Paul Harvey, we may never have known the rest of this story.Īs radio continues to go the way of the dodo, many of the younger generation may not know of Paul Harvey. What many may not know, however, is that the film was almost never made, and when it finally hit the theaters it flopped hard. It’s a Wonderful Life is a timeless Christmas classic that resonates with faithful and secular audiences alike. After all, ‘there’s nothing more prosaic – at least, at this end of human history – than a car journey.Paul Harvey presents the unlikely tale of how one of the most beloved Christmas films was almost lost to obscurity. In eight-wheeled contraptions and winged machines, they carry us on a trail of dreamlike journeys.
In Moonlight Travellers, two creative minds at the height of their powers connect word and image, darkness and light with our deepest sensibilities. With characteristic sharpness, Self mingles fiction, fact and flights of memory to transport the reader on a radical tour of Blake’s mysterious lands. A unique collaboration, this book brings Blake’s macabre wit into dialogue with the imaginative insight of Will Self.
These watercolour journeys through unknown landscapes capture, with unmatched skill, all the mystery and intrigue of the dead of night. But this is no lycanthropic or otherwise spooky metamorphosis: it’s far stranger than that…’ When Quentin Blake embarked on creating a set of new drawings on fantasies of travel, even he had not envisaged a series so sombre, so haunting, as Moonlight Travellers. ‘The moon drives everyone mad – you know that, well enough.
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