One of the final scenes from “It’s a Wonderful Life.” Clockwise from top: James Stewart, Donna Reed, Carol Coombs, Jimmy Hawkins, Larry Simms and Karolyn Grimes. Herbert Dorfman/Corbis via Getty Images
Frank Capra’s great film launched in 1946, at its heart, a love story. It’s about family and the way we get rid of disasters and difficulties. It’s about concealing from love, until one night, love finds you.
OK, any argument here? You have actually seen it one trillion times, and whenever you see it, you see something new.
For instance, remember when Uncle Billy (Thomas Mitchell) loses the bank deposit on his way to Mr. Potter’s (Lionel Barrymore) bank, to deposit $8,000 of the Saving and Loan’s money?
Billy wraps the envelope of cash in a newspaper, Potter finds it and keeps it.
Look at the expression on Potter’s assistant’s face. It’s just there for a minute, however you understand he abhors Potter’s deception, and we understand sooner or later, he’s going to turn on him. Got that?
Barrymore, (Martin Vanderhof in Capra’s 1938 “You Can’t Take it With You”) as Potter, gives us a take a look at what such an animal could do to America in this years.
In George Bailey’s (James Stewart) headache, Potter takes the soft smile of little Bedford Falls and turns it into a world of confusion, discomfort and darkness.
” It’s a Terrific Life” (1946) when America was simply getting over the end of The second world war, was directed by Capra, who provided us a library of feel excellent, “it’s gon na be all ideal” films.
To this day, we still state “Zuzu’s (Karolyn Grimes) petals,” and in our darkest hours, all of us kind of search for an angel like sweet Clarence (Henry Travers) to rescue us.
It didn’t make much cash, and wasn’t favorably examined, (Stewart blamed that on the casting of Donna Reed as his better half Mary), but it’s thought about today as one of the greatest Christmas stories in film history.
In real life, Stewart, just back from the war having flown 38 battle runs over Adolf Hitler’s Europe read the script and, in spite of some misgivings, knew it was about renewal, love and why George Bailey truly was “The wealthiest guy in the area.” It’s old, but still as brilliant as the brightest accessory on your tree.
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