It’s A Wonderful Life

Seneca Falls and the Seneca County town's connection to the Frank Capra holiday classic 'It's A Wonderful Life' was featured on CBS Sunday Morning this week. Senior contributor Ted Koppel visits Seneca Falls for last ... more

Thousands of merry revelers descended on Seneca Falls on Saturday, December 13, 2025 for the It's A Wonderful Life Festival and the 17th Annual It's A Wonderful Run 5K. Meet many of them in this ... more

The community that embraces its identity as the inspiration for Bedford Falls is ready to welcome thousands for the 79th anniversary celebration of It’s a Wonderful Life, a sprawling three-day festival featuring cast members, special ... more

Organizers from the It's A Wonderful Run 5K are in-studio to share important information and changes for this year's event which is coming up on Saturday in Seneca Falls, NY ... more

Seneca Falls, widely believed to be the inspiration for It’s a Wonderful Life’s Bedford Falls, has been named one of the best Christmas towns in the U.S. by Vogue. The Finger Lakes town transforms into ... more

Saturday at the It's A Wonderful Life Festival in Seneca Falls, NY features the Christmas Parade in the afternoon and the It's A Wonderful Run 5K at dusk. This year almost 5,800 revelers participated in ... more

The 78th Anniversary Celebration of It’s a Wonderful Life returns to Seneca Falls today continuing through the weekend. This annual tradition transforms the town into "Bedford Falls," bringing fans, cast members, and historians together for ... more

Board Members from the It's A Wonderful Life Museum Board of Directors are in-studio to share their plans to build a bigger and better home in Seneca Falls for the museum preserving the history surrounding ... more

It was a mild December Saturday during the 2023 It's A Wonderful Life Festival in Seneca Falls, NY. Over 5,000 runners from 37 different states participated in the 15th Annual It's A Wonderful Run 5K ... more

John Kuri is a writer, musician, and filmmaker and is in-studio with Jim Sinicropi ahead of the It's A Wonderful Life Festival in Seneca Falls to talk about his father's role in creating the iconic ... more

Jimmy Hawkins is back in Seneca Falls for this weekend's It's A Wonderful Life Festival and returns to our studio to talk about his role as Tommy Bailey in the holiday classic. Hawkins is fascinating ... more

George Bailey Was Never Born, a one-of-a-kind podcast experience, takes a definitive look at It’s a Wonderful Life, one of the most popular films of all time, the story of Americans’ decades-long love affair with ... more

Anwei Law from the It's A Wonderful Life Museum is in-studio to talk about their renovation plans as part of the Town of Seneca Falls DRI grant. Anyone interested in more details and in supporting ... more

The official video of the It's A Wonderful Run 5K and footage from the It's A Wonderful Life Festival in Seneca Falls, NY on Saturday, December 10, 2022 ... more

It started out foggy and damp in Seneca Falls as it transformed (again) into Bedford Falls for the third day of the It's A Wonderful Life Festival. Members of the original cast, street actors, vendors, ... more

How does Jimmy Hawkins feel about a remake of It's A Wonderful Life? The legendary actor who portrayed Tommy Bailey in the holiday classic was in-studio for Finger Lakes Today ahead of the annual Seneca ... more

What was it like being part of the holiday classic It's A Wonderful Life? That's the running question this week as we sit down with cast members of the 1946 hit It's a Wonderful Life ... more

The actress who played Zu-Zu, Karolyn Grimes, in Frank Capra's Holiday Classic It's A Wonderful Life was in-studio to talk about the iconic film as she returned to Seneca Falls, NY for the annual It's ... more

A Press Conference is scheduled for 9:00 am on Friday, December 9, 2022 at 32 Fall Street, Seneca Falls, the permanent home of the Seneca Falls It’s a Wonderful Life Museum. At that time, the ... more