Tuhia tētahi tohutoro mō tēnei wāhanga - mō te whanaketanga o tētahi tikanga hou o te whakaata i te hukarere e taka ana i runga i ngā huinga pikitia mō It's a Wonderful Life. Ko te Ora Whakamiharo anake i riro i te Academy Award kotahi, i roto i te kāwai whakatutukitanga Hangarau mō te whakawhanake i tētahi tikanga hou o te hanga hukarere waihanga. I mua i te It's a Wonderful Life, ko te hukarere kiriata teka i hangaia i te nuinga o nga parai parai i peita ma ana he nui te haruru i te wa e takahia ana, ko nga waahanga hukarere katoa me te korerorero i muri mai me tuhi ano. Ko Russell Sherman, te tumuaki o ngā pānga motuhake o RKO studio, i whakawhanake i tētahi pūhui hou, mā te whakamahi i te wai, ngā paraihe hopi, te foamite me te huka. I riro i a ia he Tohu Academy i te 21 o nga Tohu Academy
mō ngā Pānga Motuhake Pai rawa atu. I toa ia mō te kiriata "Portrait of Jennie". I tohaina e ia tana wikitoria me Paul Eagler, Charles L. Freeman, Joseph McMillan Johnson, Clarence Slifer me James G. Stewart.