Movies for the Rest of Us with Bill Newcott: Two Box Office Movie Misfits

“It’s a Wonderful Life” and “Popeye” — both of these movies were flops when they opened; both have found new appreciation as the years go by.

A scene from It's a Wonderful Life
Featured image: National Telefilm Associates, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Both were flops when they opened; both have found new appreciation as the years go by. It’s a Wonderful Life costar Karolyn Grimes — who played Jimmy Stewart’s youngest daughter Zuzu — tells Bill Newcott how the movie changed her life more than 30 years after she was in it…and “Popeye’s” Paul “Wimpy” Dooley recalls discovering the genius of Robin Williams.

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Featured image: National Telefilm Associates, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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