The final scene gets me every year. WIDER ANGLE George crosses over to the soda fountain, at which Mary Hatch, a small girl, is seated, watching him. They had to wait and save their money before they even ought to think of a decent home. But Potter thinks that the working class should be “thrifty.” I'll wring his neck, so help me, George, you hear what that buzzard... LAWYER Mr. Chairman, it's too soon after Peter Bailey's death to talk about chloroforming the Building and Loan. George Bailey spends his entire life giving up his big dreams for the good of his town, Bedford Falls, as we see in flashback. Spoiler alert: I don’t have two heads, and I’m not like Mr. Potter at all. Compare Potter’s vindictive reaction when George Bailey crawls to him for help after the $8,000.00 is lost to Potter’s reaction at the board meeting at the beginning of the movie. (Potter and Bailey fall out -not that they were BFF- over another one of Potter’s schemes to buy the soul of Bedford Falls.) They are as giddy as Mr. Potter, who, at the end of the movie, thinks George Bailey has been defeated. 35. You know, also, that for a number of years I've been trying to get control of it. George later comes in desperation to Mr. Potter asking for a loan to cover the lost money; instead of returning it, Mr. Potter demands that George show collateral. How is the uncaring, unfeeling, business-only attitude of the Republicans today any different that from Mr. Potter in 1946? Provided he has enough brains to climb aboard. [Clarence] I love watching “It’s a Wonderful Life.” It’s a Christmas holiday tradition in our home. Mr. LIONEL BARRYMORE (Actor): (as Mr. Potter) George Bailey is not a common, ordinary yokel. In the classic film It’s a Wonderful Life (which, in my opinion, is one of the greatest movies ever made), we have two main characters: George Bailey and Mr. Potter. Rhode Island is taking money away from Mr. Potter and giving it to George Bailey, to put General Treasurer Seth Magaziner’s latest initiative into “It’s a Wonderful Life” terms. GEORGE (calling toward back room) It's me, Mr. Gower. According to Deadline, Pete Davidson is going to star as George Bailey in a virtual table read of It’s A Wonderful Life hosted by Tom Bergeron, with proceeds going to The Ed Asner Family Center (which raises money to help children with special needs). George Bailey would surely marvel at the stupidity and greed of our current crop of great financiers, who make Mr. Potter look like a genius—even a humanitarian. And worse about to be thrown in jail, a disgrace, all due to Uncle Billy accidentally handing over $8,000 of the Building and Loan’s money to Mr. Potter, putting George Bailey on the brink of committing suicide by plunging to his death. But I don't like them either, so that makes it all even. Mr. Potter quotes. It becomes more than he can handle after Old Man Potter steals $8,000 and blames George for the misfortune. “George Bailey, whose ship has just come in. I started thinking about how George Bailey took on Mr. Potter at every turn to do what was right for his friends and neighbors, regardless of his personal desires. George Bailey. The movie is an all-time classic and not just for Christmas. With James Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore, Thomas Mitchell. Directed by Frank Capra. George turns to his business rival Mr. Potter for help, but what he doesn’t know is the banker found and kept their money. CLOSE SHOT Mr. Gower, the druggist, peering from a window in back room. CAMPBELL Very well. Yet they can give us insights into the difference between self … George goes on to get his apron from behind the fountain. Deeds Goes To Town (1936), Lo que sucedió aquella noche (1934) y Un gánster por un milagro (1961). This movie was filmed in 1946 and using the real Rothschild’s owned Minnesota Federal Reserve Bank’s CPI calculator this would be equal to $256,659.84 in 2018 Federal Reserve Notes. This post-movie journey now has me comparing our politicians and political pundits to Mr. Potter. At first glance, it would seem that they have little in common. 'Well, Mr. Potter, He Died A Much Richer Man Than You'll Ever Be.' More specifically, the state is taking money out of big, nationwide banks and investing it with local, Rhode Island lenders. I know that. Was George Bailey a Democrat? Merry Christmas, Mr. Potter! Well, it doesn't, Mr. Potter. That would make it a much more interesting movie, but they’re reading from the original script and he’ll play George Bailey. es un drama dirigido por Frank Capra, director de Mr. A great memorable quote from the It's a Wonderful Life movie on Quotes.net - Mr. Potter: George, I am an old man and most people hate me. Was Mr. Potter a Republican? At the board meeting, Potter dismisses George’s unhinged attack upon him and redirects the discussion to the subject of the meeting: what is best for Bedford Falls. George Bailey resolves to commit suicide after his finances and consequently his sense of self crater. Just a minute — just a minute. [Harry] No man is a failure who has friends. “George, I am an old man and most people hate me. Finally, the It's A Wonderful Life script is here for all you quotes spouting fans of the movie starring Jimmy Stewart. In keeping with the grand COVID tradition of virtual script reading with a stunt casting twist, Deadline reports that Pete is confirmed to play Jimmy Stewart’s iconic role in a one-night-only table read of the 1946 film. MAN Peter Bailey died three months ago. But in the present, on Christmas Eve, he is broken and suicidal over the misplacing of an $8000 loan and the machinations of the evil millionaire Mr. Potter. GEORGE (CONT'D) Hot dog! It's a wonderful house - with more than one story. George Bailey (to Mr. Potter): “What’d you say a minute ago? Now, hold on, Mr. Potter. Chagrined by George’s success, Potter changes tactics and catches George at a moment of weakness. At one point Potter offers George Bailey a job and offers him a $20,000 annual salary. Without George Bailey, the two would wind up living in run-down rental shacks with nothing to show for their blue-collar work. Potter fails when George decides to remain in Bedford Falls, saving the Building and Loan and opening Bailey Park – where working people find affordable housing leaving behind Potter’s slums. Wait for what? We This script is a transcript that was painstakingly transcribed using the screenplay and/or viewings of It's A Wonderful Life. But the story follows George Bailey and the struggles that life throws his way. George Bailey tells “free market capitalists” to blow him. The despondent George then reveals his sole liquid asset: $500 equity in a life insurance policy with a face value of $15,000. You’re right when you say my father was no business man. S eventy years ago on Christmas eve, George Bailey was at the end of his rope and was about to jump off a bridge in Bedford Falls, New York. Not surprisingly, Mr. Potter gets a villainous one: when $8000 that Uncle Bill Bailey was supposed to deposit accidentally falls into Mr. Potter's hands, instead of doing the right thing for once in his life, he hides the money away, watches George twist in the wind and eventually uses the crises to try to drive poor George to suicide. An angel is sent from Heaven to help a desperately frustrated businessman by showing him what life would have been like if he had never existed. 320 Sycamore weaves a tale based on a few subtle threads that were left dangling in Frank Capra's classic film "It's a Wonderful Life", and reveals several Bedford Falls backstories that chronicle the life events of her citizens including a congressman named Kraft, a family named Granville and, just maybe, a hero named Potter. Until they’re so old and broken down that they… Do you know how long it takes a working man to save $5,000? Wait? Voila! I second Mr. Potter's motion. [George] To my brother George, the richest man in town. It was probably inevitable that someone would appeal to Frank Capra’s classic 1946 film It’s a Wonderful Life in the context of our present political situation. Mr. Potter was as evil as he was wrong. George wishes he was never born, and an angel shows him what happens if he was not born. ... 37. ¡Qué bello es vivir! 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