It Happened One Christmas airwaves on an annual basis, the remake slipped into obscurity. The reviews were mixed. After its initial airing a "New York Times" follow-up article revealed that Frank Capra, the director of the 1946 film "It's A Wonderful Life", had denounced the remake as "plagiaristic." The ratings, however, were good enough that it was rebroadcast on ABC twice, in 1978 and 1979. But by that time the original "It's A Wonderful Life" had begun its resurgence on television and eventually eclipsed the remake. "It Happened One Christmas" is rarely shown today, and has not, as of 2017, been issued on DVD.
It Happened in Brooklyn his television directing, particularly "The Beverly Hillbillies", "Gunsmoke" and "My Three Sons". Filming was interrupted for approximately ten days when Durante had to go and finish filming on "This Time for Keeps". The piano solos in the film were performed by the pianist and composer André Previn. The film earned $1,877,000 in the US and Canada and $787,000 elsewhere, resulting a loss of $138,000. "Variety" says the film earned $2,150,000 in rentals. "It Happened in Brooklyn" was generally well received, "Variety" noting that: "Much of the lure will result from Frank Sinatra's presence in the cast. Guy's acquired the Bing