It's a Wonderful Life (1946) Got Me Clapping and Crying at the End - First Time Watching
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- Опубліковано 27 вер 2024
- It's a wonderful life reaction and first time watching. Merry Christmas and happy holidays, guys! It's been a crazy week for me and that's why i couldn't post this video sooner but it's here. What an amazing script, there's no way to watch this movie and not be moved :')
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Mary Bailey is probably the greatest wife in cinema.
Well, there’s also Nora Charles.
Nora Charles was Nick's wife *and* drinking companion. Those two could really put it away.
Yep. Until Michelle Obama is cast as Mary in the new updated It's a Wonderful Life. No word yet on if Barack will play George or not.
@@trhansen3244Dear God do not put ideas into anyone's head. This film is perfect, it doesn't need to ever be remade.
@@M11969That ship has sailed. The Family Man, a 2000 theatrical movie with Nicholas Cage, is essentially a retelling of It's a Wonderful Life. The same with a big chunk of Shrek Forever After, in 2010. Marlo Thomas produced and starred in a gender-swapped made-for-TV version in the 70s called It Happened One Christmas, with Orson Welles obviously phoning in a performance as Mr. Potter just for the paycheck. There was another version in the 90s, broadcast live on TV, with Bill Pullman as George, which was actually produced by Jimmy Hawkins, who, as a child actor, had played George's younger son Tommy ("Excuse me! I burped!") in the original movie. The Muppets did a TV special, It's a Very Muppet Christmas Movie, with Kermit in the George role. Quite a few TV shows, such as Fresh Prince of Bel Air and Family Matters have done episodes that called back to It's a Wonderful Life in one way or another. Billy Joel even did a music video for You're Only Human, in which he plays the angel who shows a suicidal man what the world would be like without him.
Virginia Patton who played Ruth Baily (Harry's wife) died on August 18, 2022, at age 97. She was the last surviving adult cast member of It's a Wonderful Life
And she was the niece of a lead American WWII commander, General George Patton.
Actually the last surviving member Is still alive and her name is Kathryn Grimes... She is the little girl at the end that says, " Look daddy... Every time a bell rings an angel gets it's wings"... Bedford falls was actually a real town but the name of it is Seneca Falls in central ny... It's about 40 miles away from where I live...Kathryn Grimes goes there every year and poses for pictures with people and signs autographs... She is in her 80s so she'll probably do it a few more years I imagine...
@@dewman0269 The posted comment to which you've 'replied' makes clear in its referencing of Virginia Patton as being, before her death, _'the last surviving_ *adult* _cast member..'_ of the film.
@@dewman0269 Karolyn Grimes. She's making an appearance near Detroit this December. Getting my ticket soon.
At the end, the culmination of the movie, is that George realized and accepted what his father told him at the dinner table in 1928-they weren't just working in a "shabby little office" scraping a few pennies together, they were having a profound impact on people's lives. This is shown by the outpouring of love and support at the end. This is also seen during the bank panic scene in 1932 when George looks at the framed saying his father loved. In the end it's not what you have, but what you give. So, George didn't get to be a great architect and builder, but he gave completely of himself and had a massive impact.
The director of the film, Frank Capra, was a penniless Italian immigrant when he arrived in America as a child, he made this movie to show that the contributions of all lives are important, and their true impact is never fully known to us.
This will be the third reaction to this movie I've watched today and the 3rd time I've cried to it today.
lmaoo well, i hope you enjoy mine :)
You're not the only one FWIW.
You're not the only one by far. I tear up every single time Clarence says that George really did have a wonderful life. If I were to picture myself as Clarence in that moment, the tears would be welling in my eyes as I pleaded with him.
Another time is when Martini and Gower and everyone George ever helped suddenly come through in their own ways. Martini even going as far as busting open his jukebox for the spare change. It's just so sweet that not only did they notice George was in trouble, they didn't hesitate to pull out ALL the stops just to make sure he was okay.
29:16 Potter is shocked that George claims that HE lost the money, knowing full well it was the uncle. He clearly can't grasp taking accountability for other's mistakes.
He’s shocked but happy to make George suffer as much as possible. He knew George was right when he called him a “warped, frustrated old man”, and it hurt. Potter could only find joy in meanness and petty revenge.
I’m surprised more reactors don’t pick up on this. Even though he’s angry with Billy, even though he swore he wouldn’t take the fall, he did indeed because that’s the man he is
Yeah, Potter was the Donald Trump of Bedford Falls. 😂
Merry Christmas
Peace ❤
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George's prayer on the bridge was "I don't care what happens to me just get me back to my wife and kids." He thought it was wonderful that he was going to jail. You said nothing changed. Oh yes it did. His perspective abd he was overjoyed before he knew the town gave him money.
Also, he always wanted to do "big things " and have an impact on the world. Seeing his Impact on Bedford Falls probably meant a lot to him. 😊
George Bailey's actor, James Stewart, also had his character's integrity in real-life. He enlisted in the US Army in February of 1941. That was a full 10 months before Japan attacked Pearl Harbor. During a time when half of the US were isolationists who didn't want to get involved in World War II, James Stewart joined up knowing it would take a lot of good men to help save the world.
"Life is what happens while you're busy making plans." It's something everyone needs to be reminded of from time to time.
John Winston Lennon..if my memory serves me
Yes, when he came in to see Mary he had a weird attitude. He was traumatized because he had just had his big dreams dashed by Harry's marriage and new job.
That and he was feeling railroaded, pushed in a direction counter to his own wishes not just by life in general but by Mary and his own mother.
George Bailey though his life was hopelessly ruined. A angel came and showed him live was worth it and he had a wonderful life. Everyone he helped came to his rescue and the angel got his wings. My mother loved this movie. She would cry Everytime the bell rang giving Clarence his wings. She passed away in 2011. I still can't watch it without tearing up. She was the best.
Sorry for your loss
Two things
1.) The crow was actually a Raven (a trained bird that appeared in almost every Director Frank Capra film (it is also the same "crow" that landed on the Scarecrow's shoulder in the Wizard of Oz.
2.) James Stewart (George Bailey) was a real war hero as he piloted B-24 Bimbers over Germany and commanded entire bomber squadrons. He remained in the Air Force Reserves after the war attaining the rank of General.
Jimmy Stewart was dealing with PTSD from ww2 when he made this film, he really channeled it in his performance.
Yes, indeed. aka Method acting.
The movie begins in 1919. The pharmacist son died in the worldwide Spanish flu epidemic. The bank panic was during the great depression. And, of course, the end of the movie is during World War II.
not during. After.
It's unfortunate that many reactors don't understand any of those history references. Most seem completely confused about the "bank run."
@@shawnpatrick1877 History gets longer with each year, but our lives stay relatively the same length as human beings. Unless you're a historian (like me) or interested in it as a hobby, it's unlikely you know the relevance of certain segments of old movies or books without living through it yourself. After 3+ generations, most people can't relate to the language, mannerisms, or cultural events of an old story.
She put on a special dress after George's mother told her he was on the way over.
Many people seem to struggle to understand George during the scene with the telephone. In his mind, he WANTS to leave town and travel, but he can't resist the attraction of Mary. All the time he's trying to persuade himself that he WILL leave town, and is fighting angrily against giving in to his true feelings; but in the end he can't resist his affection for Mary, and she wins the struggle.
Agreed. But I think George Bailey is too complex for these simpletons today. Yes, George goes off the deep end. He can be rude and insulting. But you never get the feeling that George is a bad person.
In the previous scene after Harry's party, George and Mary fall in love. It was never going to be the same between them.
She ruined George's life with her own wishes .
@@mottorcyle5052 George shouldnt have opened his mouth about his wishes
@@mottorcyle5052 You just don’t get it.
Growing up in the USA in the 1960s and 1970s, the two biggest things (at 16, for working class and lower middle class children) were: getting your driver's permit and your "working papers", so you could get a part time job. I had a part time job right when I turned 16. I worked 20 hours a week through the school year and 40 hours in the summers. In 1919 child labor laws had been passed but still allowed some restricted child labor.
The banking panic happened in the years between 1930 to 1933 (part of the Great Depression) in the US. Many banks closed and "bank holidays" were declared. During those years legislation was passed to stabilize the banking crisis and the situation finally settled down after 1933. George's building and loan was hit probably in 1932. Potter was able to save his bank by calling in outstanding loans. He was clever enough to still be able to try and take over the building & loan by offering 50% for shares.
Donna Reed (Mary) was the goat wife . Cast was exceptional 👏. Thanks for reaction
At the end, you worry that George is living a life he didn't choose, in that he has been unable to travel the world and build grand structures the way he'd first planned. However, you're forgetting that he _did_ choose this life. Every step of the way when he was about to leave town he was faced with a decision and he _chose_ to help his community or family rather than to begin his voyage. Every step, his childhood dream was less important to him than the dream that had essentially been handed down to him from his father. And, through Clarence's miracle, he now knows that those choices weren't a foolish waste, but rather had a powerful positive impact.
And I _do_ think George was able to travel places after the events of this film. With all the donations -- including the $25k Sam gave! -- the Savings & Loan is on quite stable financial footing. George and Mary are certain to be able to save and, with the loving support of their community, to travel a bit if they still want to -- maybe even with their children!
It's not the galaxy....it's heaven!
Giving is always better the receiving, George had a wonderful life❤
Great movie. Jimmy Stewart's acting was terrific. His breakdown after Uncle Billy lost the money was amazing. In the bar when he breaks down was powerful .
And hs reaction on the bridge when he realizes Bert knows him. The choices he made were all so brilliant and believable. There is not a second of this film he doesn't fill the shoes of the character
Yes Lionel Barrymore's portrayal of Potter was evil but in another Frank Capra movie called You Cant Take It With You also with Jimmy Stewart he absolutely nails that role as the lovable Grandfather.... A testament to his skill and the reason why him and his siblings as well as their parents and grandparents were called the Royal Family of the American Stage.... also he is the great uncle of Drew Barrymore....
It's a wonderful reaction. The Rolling Stones song said it best ' You Can't Always Get What You Want, but if you try some time, you just might find you get what you need.' Being an important person to so many people is more valuable than fulflling your desires that might not be what you need. You might say he has learned this valuable lesson that beause he has been valuable to people, he should finally appreciate that makes a more fulfilling life than travelling to exotic places, and then what? For me, the wonderful ending is earned because the darkness is real and authentic. Being made just after the end of the second world war, it was a deeply moving message of moving out of the darkness and appreciating that life is indeed wonderful.
Well said!!!
The point of the story is he had a wonderful life he just could not realize it but when it was taken away from him then he realized it was a wonderful life in the end he wanted his wife and children back he wasn't praying to go on a trip or an adventure he was praying for his wife and kids to come back
The important message of the film is that service to others and sacrificial love are what MAKE a life wonderful. George's life would have been entirely forgettable if he had had the life he wanted for himself, but because he put others before himself, his life made his whole town remember and admire him, and saved lives he never even considered.
If you watch the scene again where George says “I don’t want to mary anyone!” they are both becoming intensely close, literally smelling eachother’s hair, etc. It’s all done without words. I won’t tell you what you should think, but it is key to understanding this scene. If you carefully watch it again I don’t think you’ll be confused by it. I say this because I sensed you weren’t noticing it, especially since you seemed so confused by it.
After that scene was filmed, the script assistant reminded the director that James Stewart and Donna Reed had neglected to speak a fair number of the lines thad been written for them. The director said, "With acting like that, who needs dialogue?"
I didn’t know that! Explains a lot! Thank you!
@@user-mg5mv2tn8q Yeah - it was all about the struggle that George was facing internally - He saw all his dreams sailing away and was really frustrated and mad and depressed. He really liked Mary but she was stopping him too. So he had an internal struggle. Mary was constant throughout the movie, an anchor for him - she helped him and was able to help him face the life he never wanted. She worked to provide him with whatever she could - you could see that in the honeymoon she put together. When you think about it she is the hero of the movie (at least the human one). I think the part where some people dont see that it is terrible that she became an old maid is that they miss that her dream was the wife/husband/family - and she is the best at it - it was her dream - it was never fulfilled. So if he gave up his life - she would lose her dream as well.
It's not Amanda only. The buildup of the romantic tension is lost on some other reactors. Remember, we've seen it tens if not hundreds of times. The other scene which causes (unnecessary) cringing is when he "grabs" Mary after finding her leaving the library. Everyone forgets, she's his "wife" as far as he knows and expects her to react with relief, not terror. Again, 20+ watches, right?
Exactly. And George has just lost his last chance to do what he really wanted to do. Hes miserable. But then, George found himself again in Mary. Theyve always been drawn to each other
It was quite normal for children to have jobs decades ago. I got my first job in 1968 at the age of 13.
I'm 55, and I cry every time time I have watched this, which was every year growing up in the 70s, 80s, and 90s. It's harder to find afterwards, as I am poor, no TV, and couldn't afford cable anyway.
I watch reactions like yours, instead. And I cry.
I'm an artist and musician, I put my emotions into my work.
Thank you.
That is point of the movie. If George had done what he wanted in life, all those other people would not have a better life. Sometimes we sacrifice our own happiness and desires for others.
It's not a "gated community" -- there are no fortress-like walls or gates or guards -- but it probably _is_ what we'd call a "housing development." It's a large plot of land that the Building & Loan owns and on which they build houses to sell to their members.
Annie stole every scene in which she was involved! Merry Christmas!
I love that Sam Wainright was willing to send him all that money even though he didn't get the girl.
This film always makes me tear up. Thanks for the great reaction and for pointing out Venezuela was mentioned! I never caught that before, my cousin-in-law is from Venezuela. He married my Colombian cousin. Merry Christmas Amanda!
No idea about the squirrel, but I do know that Capra was fond of Jimmy the raven and used him in all his movies from 1938 on. You may have seen him already. He played the crow in “The Wizard of Oz”.
"Was George responsible for her eyesight???"
😆
Good point 💕
No, that was not Lionel Barrymore’s real head. He’s wearing a bald cap. Did you know the actor was Drew Barrymore’s grand uncle?
Funny you should refer to Scrooge. Lionel Barrymore used to do Scrooge on the radio every Christmas for around 20 years or so. I bet you could find a recording on line. He has *two* stars on the Walk of Fame, one for radio and one for films.
Lesson learned…. No man is a failure who has friends…❤
Clarence is wearing men's underwear of the 18th century: a long shirt. George is wearing men's long underwear of the first half of the 20th century-long underwear (instead of just something to cover the area that we usually think of when we think of underwear) because it's winter.
14:07 "That Potter guy should have three angels visiting him on Christmas night." 👏 Good Dickens reference -- but don't forget Marley! (Marley was dead, to begin with.)
4:54 - Mr. Gower's telegram is dated 1919 - the year of the great influenza pandemic. Tens of millions died world wide. I think movie audiences in 1946 would have been very familiar, seeing that telegram.
Yes. My Grandfather's parents (my Dad's side) both died from the Spanish 'Flu. Despite this, my Grandfather was more fortunate than most, however, as he, his brother and sister were all adopted by one family and not separated from each other.
18:00 “Is he angry? I’m struggling to understand”
In the 1920s there was no birth control (except condoms), and no daycare for children. So when a man got married children and responsibilities came quickly. George cant travel with Mary, he must have a steady job to support her and the kids. George loves Mary, but he knows that marrying her means giving up his dream forever.
Hi Amanda -- and Merry Christmas!!! George was living his best life -- he just needed to realize it :-)
George lived as we must at times, we don't always get our desires, our dreams, often our obligations come first. George was a man who had a deep sense of duty, while he did not want his father's work, he saw that his father's work would not be done unless he did that work. If he did not do that duty, the town would have gone the way of Pottersville, a place which the poor just exist, renting their homes, scraping together a life, and drinking their troubles away at clubs and burlesque houses. Leaving nothing but broken families, possibly deep drug problems, and that little town would slowly die out. Thankfully George saw his duty to serve his family, by continuing what his father started, to his community, by keeping as many as he could out of Potter's slums, and ultimately as the story shows, he served God.
I doubt George would have been truly happy, had he gone off exploring the world, building skyscrapers, instead of running the building and loan. The guilt of leaving his father's work behind, surrendering to Potter, would have eaten at his duty-bound conscience till he could not stand it anymore, and he might have jumped off one of his own great skyscrapers. Had he taken Potter's offer, he would have traded all the people he helped for $20,000 a year, Mary would have been ashamed that he had done that, she would have still loved him, but she loved George's willingness to put others before him. Ultimately George's conscience would have tormented him constantly, in the same way had he gone to school in 1928 after his father died. So while he did not get what he wanted as a boy, he got what he really needed, a beautiful wife, four beautiful children, and a town forever grateful for George's sacrifices. His brother did get the life George would have wanted, but his brother never forgot him, and left a party in his honor to be there for his brother in his time of need.
So while George like most of us, never got his dream, he got the life that he needed, and did what we all must do, our duties. We have obligations beyond us, and as difficult as it may be, they tend to keep us on the right path.
Merry Christmas miss, and have a happy New Year!
All right, one big mental hug for you💕🙏🏼🎄❄️God Bless you and have a wonderful and very Nice Christmas ✝️❣️
18:09 "I'm struggling to read this guy." In _George's_ mind, his last chance to travel has just died, what with his brother returning with a job offer which, if he takes it (which George knows would be a good opportunity for him), will mean that there's no one to run the Savings & Loan unless George gives up his dream and stays to keep doing it himself. He's angry and frustrated and feels like he's being tied down to this town. And now his heart is telling him he should further tie himself to Mary, but that's yet one more bond that would bind him to Bedford Falls. Needless to say, he's conflicted.
Kids had jobs in the 1980s as well and even in the 1990s. Parents didn't buy their kids stuff that weren't necessary other than for presents on special occassion. Kids were expected to earn their own money to buy the things they wanted. Almost all my friends in the 1980s who were under 16 years of age had jobs to pay for their albums, clothes, cars, car insurance, dates, eating out with friends, and to help pay for college.
In the US, kids can't work at a normal job until they are 14. It has been that way since 1938.
@@batape1965 I guess you never heard of paperboys. One of my friends was a paperboy hired by the biggest paper (and one of the largest newspapers in the country) in the city at the age of 8. Kids can still work under the age of 14. But, yes, most of my friends and I started working at the age of 14. But some had jobs at age 12.
@@batape1965 Wrong. I always had a job in the summer when I was a teen.
Yeah, and I cut my neighbor's lawn for $10/week. Also not a regular job.
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Babysitting, lawn care, paper routes--there were definitely ways to work in the '80s. I started babysitting when I was 12.
Wonderful, Amanda. Such a sweet story! Thanks for sharing this one. 🙂
In his song "Beautiful Boy", John Lennon wrote "Life is what happens when you're busy making other plans." We don't all get to fulfill our childhood fantasies (there'd be a lot more rock stars and astronauts if we did.) George was bitter that he didn't get the life he'd dreamed about. But the life he got was a good one. He just needed to be able to see that.
"She could kill him...and no one would know". That's dark! 😂😂😇 LOL
That is amazing, Amanda. Your tears are so magical, it made the black and white film suddenly turn to color! Ha ha ha!
Thank you for reacting to this great movie. It was made at a time when films told great stories with great actors.
A great reaction to one of the best movies, not just Christmas movies, of all time in my mind. Even as a bitter and heartless old man (or so I hear) I tear up every time I watch this movie.
And for someone who has struggled so much with depression and self-destructive thoughts throughout my life, the lesson of this movie has always been one of the reasons I've never given in to those urges.
Jimmy Stewart was pretty much fresh out of serving as the pilot of a B-24 bomber in WWII when this movie started production. After flying so many bombing missions over Germany in the course of his service and seeing all the death and destruction of a world war, he was suffering from what we'd now call PTSD. Lionel Barrymore (the hated Mr. Potter) was the main one who got Jimmy Stewart to take this role when he really didn't want to, and the end result was playing the character that he called his favorite of the ones he played. The movie was therapeutic for him as well. Stewart said that acting out the scenes where George was enraged was cathartic for him. While filming the scene in which George prays in the bar James Stewart was so overcome because of how low he felt in his own life that he began to sob. Frank Capra later re-framed and blew up the shot because he wanted to catch that expression on Stewart's face. It really hammers home the feeling of Stewart BEING George Bailey. James Stewart was such a brilliant actor anyway, but this role might have been great therapy for him as well as a perfect role for him to play.
And if nothing else we can be thankful to Mr. Potter for getting Jimmy Stewart to do this movie.
To understand the phone scene you need to remember George was looking forward to his brother taking over for the past 4 years. Now he sees Harry should take the job at the glass factory with his new wife's family. This is extremely disturbing to George's plans to leave. He does like Mary but he sees her as one more thing that would keep him in Bedford Falls. So as he feels the attraction to Mary while on the phone he becomes frustrated and attempts to push away Mary. But looking at her while saying that he sees her hurt by it. Well that's too much for him and at that moment he gives into the love he has and kisses and embraces her. They jump forward to them being married.
Being "an old maid" WAS a bad thing at that time. A woman's quality of life and even survival depended upon her family. Being unable to secure a husband could very well mean not being able to secure a future and security and happiness.
True. There were women in the work force, but when they got married, it was normal for them to quit their job, if not immediately, at least when they began having children.
I think mainly it just means being a lonely old cat lady
It's _still_ for the most part, 'a bad thing' people merely pretend that it isn't
I love the ending, her emotions from the song resonated with me as well. ❤😊
That's pretty much my life. I'm 69 years old and I've had all these plans all my life and the things have always turned in other directions. I'm finally learning to just accept what the universe has for me. It hasn't been easy. And I may never get to travel to the places I've always wanted to travel to. But I am a naturopathic doctor and I do touch a lot of lives. I don't make much money doing this but it is my life's calling. I thought I would make more than I am but I have a roof over my head. I have grandchildren and great-grandchildren and a man who loves me very much. So this movie helps put things in perspective. Thank you for your reaction. 42:56
"The universe" didn't have other plans for you. The capitalist system is designed to exploit and oppress you, and you unfortunately weren't able to escape the machine. It happens to most, and it's unjust. You should have made your dreams happen, and I'm sorry you didn't. :(
My grandfather, who served in the Marines in WW2, saw this after he came back, and he told me one of the reasons it probably did so poorly at the box office was that a lot of people had just been through the harsh reality of the war, and the glowing sentimentality of the film clashed with that reality rather strongly, which made a lot of people pan it as too corny and soft. He said that the passage of time softens people's memories, and this made it grow on a lot of his generation over time, but that my parents' generation and mine didn't experience the war, so they only saw it from a perspective of only the wonderful things the past held, and embraced it right away after it went into the public domain and started being shown on TV every Christmas season.
The 1918, 1919 flu pandemic killed millions of people around the world.
The Oct 1929 stock market crash; millions of people lost all their savings, businesses went bankrupt and millions of people lost their jobs; known as the great depression which lasted through the 1930s.
Some for those who hope and are hopeless. Maybe we all someday will live again !
You need to watch this again, because you completely missed the point. Because he lost that which was most valuable to him, he was allowed to come to the realization that it is truly what he wanted. After all, nobody held a gun to his head and said, "Marry Mary!" He loved her and married her and HE chose to have kids and he loved them too. And, because of his epiphany he came to realize that money was without meaning, he was happy to go to jail, because that which was truly important to him was given back to him. His faith in people, in the end, was his reward and savd his life. He regrets nothing.
Merry Christmas..... Great Reaction..... This is a Christmas Staple (Must Watch)......
This was the First Movie Jimmy Stewart did after serving in WW2, Acting in this Movie helped Jimmy Combat his PTSD from the War....
When George and Mary threw rocks at the "Ole Granville House" the director had someone off camera ready to throw a rock, but Donna Reed, who had played softball in school, made the throw and broke a window on her own.
When Drunk Uncle Billy staggers down the sidewalk and you hear a crash.... The actor actually knocked over stuff/items off camera, and Apoligized and they left it in the movie....
Great Movie that shows the "Butterfly Effect" of how the smallest things can have ripple effects that have large effects....
Yes, George's friends, Ernie (Taxi-Driver) and Bert (Cop) were the inspiration for Bert and Ernie on Sesame Street......
One of the best movies ever,,,,,💥💥💥👍
Merry Christmas Amanda!
$5000 in 1919 is worth about $90000 today.
16:45 He came into Mary's house with a weird attitude because he knew he was about to commit to her, and life there, rather than going abroad. He was scared. He hasn't learned yet, what was most important in life.
A huge segment of the human population _are_ simpletons...these things i.e., the otherwise plainly obvious, must be ''spelled out'' for them.
The best Christmas movie ever. Great reaction!!!
Does anyone recognize Alfalfa from the original Little Rascals. He's one of the teenagers opening the floor of the gym to the pool.
In a World full of Potters , be a George Bailey !
That crow is the same crow from the Wizard of Oz when Dorothy meets the scarecrow.
Amanda, I love what you did with the Christmas lights on the wall, it makes a perfect border around the screen and is better than any other Christmas light screen border that I've seen.
I honestly did not think his life was bad at all. See this is what happens when people priorities are not in line with nature. We should not be career driven. In love with our jobs. The true thing that matters in life is creating family. And he had that. For on your death bed, thats all that will be there. Your work wont.
Reactor reversed the image. English as a second language speaker so sometimes she doesn't understand dialogue, and she didn't put it up on the screen, which would have solved both problems. Merry Christmas!
Sure, George didn't choose his circumstances, but he chose his response. He could have gone to college. He could have gone off to his honeymoon. At each turn he put the needs of others before his own. His conflict only makes his choices that much more noble. We make similar sacrifices when we have children and put their needa before our desires.
I started working in 1960 when I was 12. It was only because my father worked for his step father who owned a shoe store chain and I got to work in the shoe warehouse in downtown Seattle in the summers and Christmas vacation and Spring Break. $2.25/hr and I loved it! That's how I was able to save and get a car when I was 16.
His dreams didn't come true. His angel showed him he really did have a wonderful life. His original plans were selfish, he wanted to do what he wanted to do, traveling, living for himself. Things did change the angel showed him that it was better to live for the benefit of other people.
Very true. Just that he was little better than the others.
36:54 LOL dude, your questions are adorbz.
Thank you, Amanda. Feliz Navidad ❤️✝️🙏🎄
Amanda, George definitely found a new perspective on his life after Clarence showed him the world without George Bailey in it. Now he understands that all his self-sacrifice and regret/difficulty was for a REASON. He did see that his life, as difficult and frustrating as it was, did have meaning and had a big, positive impact. He certainly will take comfort from that understanding and, especially now that the money issue is resolved, he will live the rest of his life (presumably) a much happier man. Of course, we would all like to see Potter get held accountable for his evil but that is less important than George finding out his life was very precious, despite the hardships.
Kids worked for many years. As a result, they were more mature and responsible. Sure he's mad. His brother left him holding the bag. No shame in crying. It shows that you have a good heart and that's a beautiful thing.
Merry Christmas Amanda. God Bless You. Peace. It's a wonderful life!
Merry Christmas Amanda 🎄🎅⛄ i hope you understand the positive effects you have on all of us. ❤
39:18 she doesn’t look confused to me…that’s one very happy wife right there..that’s what they look like
My theory about George's obstinance in believing Clarence's story about "Guardian Angel" and George seeing what life would be like without him is that would require George to admit that he was experiencing a literal miracle. Like, literally Heaven getting directly involved in George's life and showing him the impossible, when seen from the human perspective. George is not overly religious. He said at Martini's bar that he's "not a praying man", when he was praying to God for deliverance from his troubles. He's a man who has struggled most of his life with disappointment and the hard realities of living in the "real world". He therefore has a very difficult time accepting Clarence's testimony and miraculous "paradigm shift", in showing him an alternate reality. You have to admit, it's a lot to swallow. Also, George is a humble man, top to bottom. He would never entertain the idea that God himself would send an angel down to earth to save him from trouble. No way would he accept that at face value. So it takes him a long time to accept the evidence of his own eyes and ears in such an extraordinary situation.
Amanda, in 1919 $5000 was probably in the form of Gold Certificates which represented 250 $20 dollar gold pieces. So converting 1919 dollars to 2023 dollars you take the current price of gold and multiply it times 250 $20 dollar gold pieces ($5000÷$20= 250).
$2000 X 250= $500,000.
George Bailey can't go into the service because of his hearing what is brother did and became a hero
His friends and family make him happy, easy
Actually the water was probably warm. The movie was shot during a Summer heatwave.
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When went to the house of the Mary and you said he looks disturbed, is because the he just met the wife of his younger brother and now his brother have offered a job which means he needs to stay and he won't be able to do what he dreamed of because nobody will take over their business. Didn't you get that?
A huge percentage of human-kind consists of the simple-minded variety.
The run on the bank had to do with the Great Depression where an insane amount of banks went bankrupt
The cop and taxi driver are named Burt & Ernie. I'd like to think the Sesame Street muppet roommates were named after them.
Interesting take that a soul discouraged is as crippling (or moreso) than physical illness.
It has to be, if George wasn't realizing that he'd built (and been given) both value and dreams without having to run off to some faraway exotic place to find them. He had a family, he had an entire town that had his back when things got tough.
Love this movie. It's great.
My downer question is that simply coming up with the cash after the fact wouldn't eliminate the criminal charge. If George had embezzled bank funds, then his friends chipping in to replace the deficit discovered by the bank examiner wouldn't necessarily clear him of committing a crime. The guy with the warrant (afaik) wouldn't have the power to simply tear up the papers he's supposed to serve just because he witnessed a heart-warming scene, and George likely would still have to be placed under arrest pending an investigation.
Not that this would be the worst outcome. Likely George would be out on bail pretty quickly, and more patient investigators wouldn't have too much trouble figuring out what Uncle Billy did with the money. Best case scenario, the investigators get some of Potter's men to confess that he received the money and kept it.
Old man Potter was played by Lionel Barrymore, Drew Barrymore's great-uncle. The Barrymores are a famous family of actors.
Yes, they would still wonder “where did the original $8000 go? Hadn’t thought of that. And no doubt Potter would take that secret with him to the grave, save being snitched on. Good points.
Eh? George had the $8000 and since there was no deficit there's no malfeasance so there's no point in arresting him. Might as well tear up the warrant.
@@flpndrox Collecting $8000 from neighbors doesn't change that the bank was short. Banking regs don't allow for shrugging irregularities away.
A few years back, a woman in Kansas embezzled $13K from her savings and loan. She paid back the money and was sentenced to two years. Paying it back likely reduced her sentence, but she still broke the law. We only know that George didn't break the law because we saw the movie. From the viewpoint of law enforcement, George benefiting from a collection drive is actually that much more evidence that he lost the bank's money, which he essentially confessed to Potter anyway.
Replacing the money after you're caught in no way demonstrates a lack of malfeasance. The assumption would be that you're only doing it because you were caught. It was bad luck that the bank examiner was already there, or else George could have quietly replaced the money without detection. But having already been caught short, there would be an assumption of wrongdoing.
@@ink-cow I'm not really up on the NY S&L regulations since I'm not even sure S&L had fed regs at that point but if the issue was that Potter swore out the warrant on George's word alone (to admit otherwise he would have to admit to having the money and he was still a board member) and the Bank Examiner, who had not yet completed his report since he was still in town that night for the party, would verify the $8000 was no longer missing since Bailey had it I don't see a problem.
@@ink-cow Incorrect analogy. George didn’t steal anything.
The concept that happiness isn’t supposed to be a person’s top priority is pretty alien to modern society but was common in these older classic films. The same theme is explored through a romantic drama called Casablanca, which I recommend if you ever feel like watching another black and white.
The fact is that pretty much no one on Earth, statistically speaking, is living the life they want, and it may not seem wonderful in the moment but we should be thankful because it could always be worse.
And even if we got all that we wanted, “All you can take with you is that which you’ve given away.”
The funny thing is, with all this individualistic pursuit of happiness, people seem to be more miserable.
Keep in mind, the $8,000 more than trebled. Back when that movie was made, he would have enough to do a lot of the things he had dreamed of.
The deal when he was leaving on his honeymoon, and he had to use his honeymoon money to pay people was the great depression. The banks closed and people needed money. The banks closed and people like Potter bought banks and then were bailed out by the government.
I see the angle where he still had to continue on his path he wasn't happy with. however, I think one of the lessons is appreciating what you do have, and who you are as opposed to what you don't have. Grass isn't always greener. Also, Sam 'Hee Haw' advanced him $25,000....so maybe he now has his chance to see the world with that.
Yep. And the money was still coming in after the $25000. We are all individuals, and nobody, I mean NOBODY wants to be just a cog, but arguably we’re too individualistic in our goals as a society, and this movie shows another possibility.
Mr Potter was Drew Barymore's gr grandfather
Great uncle.