“It’s A Wonderful Life” is a fantasy family drama co-written and Directed by Frank Capra based on the story by Philip Van Doren Stern.
The film is a slightly dark, almost
bittersweet tale of a savings and loan manager George Bailey (James Stewart), a
bit an earnest do-gooder who struggles against a greedy banker Mr. Potter
(Lionel Barrymore) and his own self-doubting nature in a small town.
After suffering a financial catastrophe, he
see’s suicide as a possible solution to his predicament only to be rescued by a
whimsical, endearing, trainee-angel named Clarence (Henry Travers).
However its only when George says he wished he
had never been born that Clarence is able to show him what life would be like
for his mother (Beulah Bondi) and Uncle Billy (Thomas Mitchell), his friends
Ernie, Bert and Violet, (Frank Faylen, Ward Bond and Gloria Grahame), former
employer Mr. Gower (H.B. Warner) and his loving wife Mary (Donna Reed), in a
world in which he had never existed.
So, George Bailey, after years of feeling
trapped in a small town finally recognizes his life to be wonderful and truly
rich.
A typical performance by the ever-dependable
James Stewart and ably supported by the beautiful Donna Reed and the
incomparable Lionel Barrymore as the grasping villain of the piece.
Even thought it was not a success at the box office at the time, it is now one of the most popular and heart-warming films ever made...
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