It's A Wonderful Life (1946)

Dana and Tom finish up Season 2 with the movie most closely associated with Christmas, It's A Wonderful Life: directed by Frank Capra, starring James Stewart, Donna Reed, and Lionel Barrymore.

Plot Summary: George Bailey (James Stewart) grows up in the Town of Bedford Falls, N.Y., and has spent a lifetime in the service of others, putting his family, his friends, and his community above himself and his dreams of seeing the world and doing something big. On Christmas Eve, Uncle Billy (Thomas Mitchell) mistakenly loses $8,000, leaving a shortage in the Building & Loan accounts. Being at his wit’s end, George asks for help from his nemesis and the Town’s villain, Mr. Potter (Lionel Barrymore), who not only refuses to help but swears out a warrant for his arrest for theft. Contemplating suicide, George is visited by Clarence, a guardian angel who has yet to win his wings. To convince George that his life matters, Clarence grants George his wish that he had never been born. As George experiences a world devoid of him, will he learn his true value and what his years of self-sacrifice really meant?

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