It's a Wonderful Life

Frank Capra · 1946 CE · Film · Modern / American · Contemporary

George Bailey gives up college, travel and every plan he ever made in order to keep a small building and loan alive in Bedford Falls. On Christmas Eve a lost deposit puts him on a bridge over the river, and an apprentice angel is sent down to him. Despair answered by an accounting of grace.

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• influenced by ↑ A Christmas Carol
  Charles Dickens · 1843 CE · Novel

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