It’s A Wonderful Life

Merry Christmas to all of you in 2020. Here is to a better year in 2021! Just like television playing this movie every Christmas…I’m relogging it .

I didn’t watch this great movie until the late 80s. All it took was one time and I haven’t missed a year of watching it. I don’t tear up very easy..but it never fails at the end of the movie when Zuzu says… Every time a bell rings, an angel gets his wings…it gets me every time. This movie was released in 1946.

Poor George Bailey. All he wanted to do was travel and get out of Bedford Falls to see the world. Every single time he gets close…so close that it hurts…something happens and George ends up doing the right thing.

Bedford Falls needs George Bailey…every town needs a George Bailey but many end up with only a Mr. Potter. There is one thing about this movie which was unusual. Mr. Potter was never punished for what he did…which drew criticism at the time but it was more in line with reality to me.

This is a Christmas movie but really only the last part of the movie is about Christmas. It is a movie for any time not just for December. We were thinking of names for our unborn child and couldn’t think of one…I was watching this movie in November of 1999 and it hit me…Bailey…so the movie means more than some movies do.

Here is a small summary from IMDB…don’t read it…watch the movie instead. If you haven’t seen it…give it a shot…whether it is Christmas or July.

George Bailey has spent his entire life giving of himself to the people of Bedford Falls. He has always longed to travel but never had the opportunity in order to prevent rich skinflint, Mr. Potter, from taking over the entire town. All that prevents him from doing so is George’s modest building and loan company, which was founded by his generous father. But on Christmas Eve, George’s Uncle Billy loses the business’s $8,000 while intending to deposit it in the bank. Potter finds the misplaced money and hides it from Billy. When the bank examiner discovers the shortage later that night, George realizes that he will be held responsible and sent to jail and the company will collapse, finally allowing Potter to take over the town. Thinking of his wife, their young children, and others he loves will be better off with him dead, he contemplates suicide. But the prayers of his loved ones result in a gentle angel named Clarence coming to earth to help George, with the promise of earning his wings. He shows George what things would have been like if he had never been born.

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Author: Badfinger (Max)

Power Pop fan, Baseball, Beatles, old movies, and tv show fan. Also anything to do with pop culture in the 60s and 70s... I'm also a songwriter, bass and guitar player.

23 thoughts on “It’s A Wonderful Life”

    1. I watch this one every year…I have something to admit…this is one of the very few movies which I will feel tears. Not a manly thing to admit but I do… at the end when Clarence get his wings.

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    1. It’s not a 100 percent Christmas movie…I mean it is but it stands on it’s own…because really Christmas doesn’t happen til the very end.

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  6. I’ve been watching this movie since I was a kid and usually at Christmas time as thats when tv channels used to broadcast it. You’ll never find a better movie for illuminating the unsung hero of “everyman.” Where so often the working class are made to feel like cookie cutter cogs to be exploited by the machine, here we see one man being important and able to make a positive difference in the world. I love Jimmy Stewart in this. Honestly Jimmy Stewart was my favorite actor back in the day. Harvey is another one of my favorite movies with him in it.

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    1. You described it better than me…that was perfect.

      Yes I like Harvey also…Another movie that I really like him in is “You Can’t Take It With You” ….I can’t reccomend that movie enough.

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