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It’s a Wonderful Life (1. Director: Frank Capra. Writers: Philip Van Doren Stern (story), Frances Goodrich, Albert Hackett and Frank Capra (screenplay), Jo Swerling (additional scenes)Producer: Frank Capra (Liberty Films)Photography: Joseph Biroc, Joseph Walker. Music: Dimitri Tiomkin. Cast: Jimmy Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore, Thomas Mitchell, Henry Travers, Beulah Bondi, Frank Faylen,? Ward Bond, Gloria Grahame, H. B. Warner, Frank Albertson, Todd Karns, Samuel S.
Hinds, Lillian Randolph, Sara Edwards, William Edmunds, Sheldon Leonard. The Rundown. For a film that’s become such a fixture in our homes each holiday season, it’s amazing how much Frank Capra’s It’s a Wonderful Life still has the ability to shock viewers with the same reaction: “I forgot how dark it is. How serious. How little it actually focuses on Christmas.” Indeed, Capra uses the holidays as a mere framing device for an in- depth character study into one man’s life of disappointment — a kind of film noir with a second chance, a human tragedy with revisionist fantasies.“Happiness here was pursued by the hounds of living hell; the American Dream was so close to the nightmare,” critic David Thomson writes. How could so many people convince themselves that it was cheery?”The answer can only be that Capra shines through the darkness with such blinding truth, pitting dreams of personal greatness against the duties of reality and the common cause. It’s a fable of mankind’s interconnectedness, where each of us is an irremovable cog in a wheel where you can only take that which you have given and where no man is a failure who has friends. The infamous “Capra- corn” had finally found its proper doses.
It’s a Wonderful Life proves we need the darkness to see the light; the lows to feel the highs; the despair to feel the inspiration. Capra needs to beat up George Bailey for two hours before he can save him, just like The Shawshank Redemption (1. Andy Dufresne before it can free him.
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It’s no coincidence that Shawshank. They had learned from the master. How fitting that Spielberg ties Capra for the most films (5) on the AFI’s 1. Cheers, a list of history’s most inspirational movies, topped by It’s a Wonderful Life.
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Spielberg called it “a five hanky movie,” and you’d be hard- pressed to find those who disagree. Few films have touched audiences like this one, from the sappiest of wreath- hangers to the most hardened of cynics.
What better tribute than the fact that Capra and Jimmy Stewart always considered It’s a Wonderful Life the best film either of them ever made? Plot Summary. The film opens on Christmas Eve, 1. Bedford Falls praying for the life of George Bailey (Jimmy Stewart), a man contemplating suicide after a life of doing everything right only for nothing to go according to plan.
The prayers are answered by God in heaven, who sends for George’s guardian angel, Clarence Oddbody (Henry Travers). He promises Clarence a chance to earn his wings if he can convince George that his life is worth living. In order to do so, Clarence must get caught up on George’s life, and we viewers go along for the journey. We first see George as a young kid (Bobbie Anderson), as he saves his kid brother, Harry, from drowning in a frozen pond.
He tops his own act of bravery by stopping his drugstore boss, Mr. Warner), from accidentally poisoning kids in a moment of grief. He also stands up for his father, Peter Bailey (Samuel Hinds), against Henry F. Potter (Lionel Barrymore), the “richest and meanest man in the county,” who’s trying to wipe the family business, the Bailey Building and Loan, off the map. As a young man, George announces dreams of “shaking the dust off this crummy little town and seeing the world.” He never gets around to doing it, as obstacle after obscale keeps him grounded in Bedford Falls: his father’s death, a board decision at the Building & Loan, Harry’s surprise marriage and job offer, an unexpected romance with his childhood friend Mary Hatch (Donna Reed), marriage, a bank run the night of his honeymoon, and fatherhood. As George builds the quaint Building & Loan into a community favorite, it becomes a thorn in the side of Mr.
Potter, who owns half of Bedford Falls and would rather own all of it. He seizes the moment when, on Christmas Eve, he accidentally gains possession of an $8,0. Baileys meant to deposit.
The lost check would spell prison for George, who reaches his breaking point, forsakes his family and prepares to jump off a bridge. Enter Clarence and his plan to save George. He magically transforms Bedford Falls into an alternate reality so that George can see what the world would be like if he didn’t exist. The result is a dark existence for the town and all who inhabit it. One by one, George sees the people from his life, and each of them is in dire straits. He comes to learn that his life truly had a positive impact on countless people, and he pleads with Clarence to return his life back to normal.
In a moment of jubilation, George runs through the streets of Bedford Falls thankful to have his ordinary life back. It’s a Wonderful Cast.
Fitting for a film about the importance of friends, Capra compiled a powerful cast of familiar faces, giving each a final bow as they come to George’s aid in the film’s finale. Thomas Mitchell (Uncle Billy) was the most accomplished in the supporting cast.
Just seven years earlier, he had won the Best Supporting Actor Oscar as the drunken doctor in Stagecoach (1. That same year, he appeared in four other classics: Gone with the Wind (1. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1.
Only Angels Have Wings (1. The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1.
In Wonderful Life, he’s such a lovable character we almost forget he’s the other “brother” in the Bailey Bros. Building & Loan. Henry Travers (Clarence) was equally well known, having earned an Oscar nomination for Mrs.
Miniver (1. 94. 2) before providing comic relief in Hitchcock’s Shadow of a Doubt (1. Bing Crosby and Ingrid Bergman in The Bells of St. Mary’s (1. 94. 5), which is on the marquee at the Bedford Falls movie house. His Clarence is the moral conscience of the film, providing truth, comedy and perspective. Ward Bond (Bert the cop) had already played police officers in John Ford’s The Grapes of Wrath (1.
John Huston’s The Maltese Falcon (1. The same year he shot Wonderful Life, he also appearance in Ford’s My Darling Clementine (1. His partner in crime, Frank Faylen (Ernie the Cabbie), had appeared in the previous year’s Best Picture, The Lost Weekend (1. Together, the two inspired the Sesame Street characters (see pop culture below). H. B. Gower) had been a titan of the silent era, to the point of playing Jesus Christ in Cecil B. De. Mille’s King of Kings (1.
But it was Capra who brought him into the “talkies,” casting him in Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1. Supporting Actor nomination in Lost Horizon (1. Best Picture platform in You Can’t Take it With You (1. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1.
The role of Violet Bick made Gloria Grahame a star, as she earned an Oscar nomination the following year for Crossfire (1. The Bad and the Beautiful (1. Grahame is the sexy alternative to Donna Reed, who can’t help but win us over with her sweetness. Her chemistry with Stewart makes for some of the most romantic scenes in history, launching It’s a Wonderful Life to #8 on the AFI’s 1. Passions, just ahead of Love Story (1.
Ironically, Reed had to turn darker to finally win her Oscar seven years later in From Here to Eternity (1. It was her one and only brush with the gold, though she was nominated for four Emmys for TV’s The Donna Reed Show (1. Still, no matter what else she accomplished in her career, Reed was grateful to be immortalized forever in Capra’s masterpiece.“When I finished making that film, I thought perhaps I might not make any more movies,” Reed said. Frank, I am very grateful and beholden to you for letting me be Mary Bailey.” (E)Screen Legends: Stewart & Barrymore.
Capra anchored this cast with a hero and villain that were two of the best at their craft. Is there a more recognizable leading man than Jimmy Stewart? Capra had launched Stewart’s career with back- to- back starring roles in the 1. Best Picture You Can’t Take it With You and the all- time classic Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1.
Oscar the following year for The Philadelphia Story (1. It’s a Wonderful Life was their third picture together, and it would become Stewart’s career role, as George Bailey was voted the AFI’s #9 Hero of All Time, two spots ahead of his Jefferson Smith in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.
George Bailey is heroic because he’s an ordinary man who does extraordinary things. His everyday acts of kindness, courage, and honor come in spite of everything a script can throw at him.
Perhaps Stewart was so good at playing George Bailey because he was so much like him in real life. In addition to his aw- shucks demeanor, many of George’s aspirations stem from Stewart’s own background.
He himself had studied architecture before joining a theater company (“I want to build things”) and was later inducted into the National Aviation Hall of Fame (“anchor chains, plane motors and train whistles”). Premiere magazine voted it the #8 Greatest Performance of All Time. We believe he’s at the end of his rope as he clutches his kid to his chest; as he kicks his model bridge set; as his wild eyes prepare to launch him off a bridge. Likewise, his “second chance” joy rivals that of Alistair Sim in A Christmas Carol (1. It’s impossible not to smile as George realizes his life is back to normal: “My mouth’s bleeding, Bert! My mouth’s bleeding!
Zuzu’s petals! Zuzu’s — there they are!”Ironically, Stewart may not have been a part of the film if it weren’t for his on- screen nemesis, Lionel Barrymore, who convinced him to do the film even though Stewart didn’t feel up for it after returning from the war.