SeeFilmsite""sChristmas Movies.Oscar Trivia:In just two years time (1946-1947), the only three Christmas movies ever nominated for Best Picture were released:It""s A Wonderful Life (1946),The Bishop""s Wife (1947), andMiracle on 34th Street (1947)."The protagonist is a young socialite-heiress named Judith Traherne (Davis), who suffers from a brain tumor and ultimately falls in love with her supportive and dedicated doctor Frederick Steele (Brent).Originally, a gruesome execution scene at the end of the film, in which the claims manager watched as the convicted protagonist was led to the death chamber at San Quentin, was cut, discarded, and replaced with its present ending - one in which the murderer was also justly punished for his crime.The credit titles are interspersed with flashes of more semi-documentary, brownish-tinged pictures.The text of the major credits fade from white to blood red on the dark background.30""s hand-cranked phonographic music (Rudy Vallee""s popular love song of the periodDeep Night) is faintly heard - a haunting omen from another era.