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'It's a Wonderful Life' Actress to Appear at Dec. 2 Screening at Penn Theatre

Virginia Patton to make guest appearance at Penn Theatre prior to 4:15 p.m. screening of Frank Capra's classic film.

 

Before downtown Plymouth's Penn Theatre screens the 1946 holiday classic It's a Wonderful Life on Sunday, one of the film's stars will make a special guest appearance.

Actress Virginia Patton, who lives in Michigan, will appear at the theater at 3:45 p.m. on Dec. 2, prior to the 4:15 p.m. screening of It's a Wonderful Life.

Frank Capra cast Patton, then a young actress, in the role of Ruth Dakin Bailey, wife of George Bailey's brother, Harry Bailey.

Patton, 86, has resided in Michigan since the late 1940s, when she moved to Ann Arbor with her husband, Cruse W. Moss, and quit acting. 

  • What is your favorite holiday movie?

    (Voting has been closed for this question)
    • It's a Wonderful Life
        4 (16%)
    • A Christmas Story
        2 (8%)
    • Elf
        4 (16%)
    • National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
        1 (4%)
    • Bad Santa
        0 (0%)
    • White Christmas
        1 (4%)
    • A Charlie Brown Christmas
        3 (12%)
    • Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas (live-action version)
        0 (0%)
    • Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas (TV special)
        0 (0%)
    • Arthur Christmas
        0 (0%)
    • The Polar Express
        1 (4%)
    • The Nightmare Before Christmas
        0 (0%)
    • The Santa Clause trilogy
        0 (0%)
    • Santa Claus: The Movie
        0 (0%)
    • Prancer
        0 (0%)
    • Jingle All the Way
        0 (0%)
    • Home Alone
        1 (4%)
    • Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale
        0 (0%)
    • Miracle of 34th Street
        3 (12%)
    • Scrooged
        0 (0%)
    • A Christmas Carol (with Jim Carrey)
        0 (0%)
    • Scrooge (with Albert Finney)
        2 (8%)
    • A Christmas Carol (with Alistair Sim)
        0 (0%)
    • Holiday Inn
        0 (0%)
    • The Muppet Christmas Carol
        1 (4%)
    • Die Hard
        0 (0%)
    • Love Actually
        0 (0%)
    • Other (tell us in the comments!)
        1 (4%)
    Total votes: 24
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Related Topics: Holiday Guide 2012, It's A Wonderful Life, Virginia Patton, and penn theatre

Lisa Flood

8:32 pm on Tuesday, November 27, 2012

No Christmas season is complete without Patricia Neal and Richard Thomas in The Homecoming: A Christmas Story.:)

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Manuel Orona

9:07 pm on Tuesday, November 27, 2012

You forgot the true meaning of Christmas.....Cary Grant and Loretta young in "The Bishops Wife."

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Paul Schulz

9:07 pm on Tuesday, November 27, 2012

The Penn should have Red Carpet out for her appearance. That's really cool! We are fortunate to still have her around today.

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