“The snow is vital to the storytelling,” he continued. “Capra wanted to be able to shoot live dialogue in close-ups while snow was falling and he also knew he needed a lot of snow in general,” Arnold said. Jimmy Stewart as George Bailey in “It’s a Wonderful Life.” CBS via Getty ImagesĪrnold said the revolutionary filmmaker consulted with RKO Pictures special-effects department chief Russell Shearman and the pair constructed a snow solution that would be quiet enough to shoot with. Plus, these techniques weren’t dramatic enough for Capra’s film, where snowfall was essential to the plotline, like the several scenes with Jimmy Stewart’s George Bailey dramatically running through the snow with his guardian angel, Clarence (Henry Travers), in search of his Christmas spirit. Well-known movie classics that used asbestos during production included 1939’s “The Wizard of Oz” and 1941’s “Citizen Kane.” However, cornflakes proved to be too noisy and asbestos was found out to be harmful to actors’ health. Snow is a must for family Christmas films, but how do you film a cold scene in the middle of say … July? The answer: simple movie magic.įrank Capra’s 1946 classic “It’s a Wonderful Life” transformed how the film industry utilizes fake snow, according to Jeremy Arnold, author of the illustrated book “ Christmas in the Movies.” He explained to Entertainment Weekly just how Capra and a crafty crew produced the white stuff for the magical holiday flick.ĭuring the classic Hollywood days, early films used methods such as cornflakes painted white, cotton and asbestos in place of snow, according to EW. What holiday movie is complete without the soft white flurries of the winter snow?
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