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on. [DOC] [TLE] Philip Van Doren Stern - Wikipedia [PAR] Philip Van Doren Stern was an American author, editor, and Civil War historian 
whose story "The Greatest Gift", published in 1943, inspired the classic Christmas 
film It's a Wonderful Life (1946). ... "The Greatest Gift"[edit]. Short story[edit]. Today 
Stern is most remembered for a short story he wrote in 1943. In February 1938... [DOC] [TLE] WATCH: A Holiday Classic - It's A Wonderful Life | Movin 107.7 [PAR] It's a Wonderful Life is a 1946 American Christmas fantasy comedy-drama film ... 
based on the short story 'The Greatest Gift', which Philip Van Doren Stern wrote... [DOC] [TLE] It's a Wonderful Life Excerpts  Jarrett Ott [PAR] Based in part on the timeless film It's a Wonderful Life* (1946) and Philip Van 
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and ultimately made it into It's a Wonderful Life, which debuted in 1946. .... years 
and today is considered one of the great classics in movie history. ... Over his 
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Doren Stern. ... Original manuscript for The Greatest Gift short story. [DOC] [TLE] It's a Wonderful (Copyright) Life - Plagiarism Today [PAR] Dec 5, 2013 ... It's a Wonderful Life is one of the great holiday classics. Directed by ... It's a 
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became the basis for the film It's a Wonderful Life (1946). The film was ... The 
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Question: This 1946 holiday classic was based on "The Greatest Gift", a short story by Philip Van Doren Stern
Answer: It\'s A Wonderful Life