For other uses, see The Greatest Gift (disambiguation).
"The Greatest Gift"
Short story by Philip Van Doren Stern
Country
United States
Language
English
Genre(s)
Fantasy
Publication
Publisher
Cluster Publishing Ltd
Media type
Print (hardback)
Publication date
1943 (written) 1944 (published)
Pages
48 pp
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"The Greatest Gift" is a 1943 short story written by Philip Van Doren Stern, loosely based on the Charles Dickens 1843 novella A Christmas Carol, which became the basis for the film It's a Wonderful Life (1946). It was self-published as a booklet in 1943 and published as a book in 1944.
The film was nominated for five Oscars and has been recognized by the American Film Institute as one of the 100 best American films ever made,[1] placing number 11 on its initial 1998 greatest movie list and number one on its list of the most inspirational American films of all time.[2]
^"AFI's 100 YEARS...100 MOVIES10TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION". American Film Institute. Retrieved 2012-07-15.
^"AFI's 100 YEARS...100 CHEERS". American Film Institute. Retrieved 2012-07-15.
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