20 Things You Didn't Know About It's A Wonderful Life

One moment of the film which James Stewart kept on procrastinating off was the phone kiss scene because it was the first onscreen kiss he would do since his return to acting after the war. He especially found it all the more difficult because he viewed Donna Reed was the epitome of goodness.

Jimmy asked Donna if she wanted to rehearse it, but she suggested they just do it and see what happens. It ended up being filmed in one unrehearsed take, and was such a success, that part of the embrace had to be cut just to make it past the censors.

Stewart has since proclaimed it to be “One of the best things I’ve ever done!”.