Among the indispensable elements that contribute to the classic status of Frank Capra’s “It’s a Wonderful Life” (1946), there ...

Q. I would appreciate your opinion on the enclosed pictures. Could they possibly be by THE Lionel Barrymore? They are brass (I guess) etchings that I purchased many years ago at a household auction.

Lionel Barrymore began a successful career on the stage in the mid-1890s, but he apparently put that aside and moved to Paris with his wife Doris Rankin (married 1904 to 1923). He is said to have ...