#It&039;s A Wonderful Life

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35 frames from Frank Capra's It's a Wonderful Life

From It’s a Wonderful Life, 1946. Directed by Frank Capra; cinematography by Joseph Walker and Joseph Biroc. Via FilmGrab.

[milliondollarbaby87]

Top 10 - Christmas Film Villains!

Top 10 – Christmas Film Villains!

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Who Wants to be a Billionaire?

Who Wants to be a Billionaire?

If you’re upset you can’t afford holiday presents, or that you even have to buy holiday presents, be cheered by the confirmation once again of this salient fact – Money does NOT buy happiness. But you can rent it, right Chairy? The richest man in the world was having a hissy fit this week because a bunch of reputable journalists posted stories about him and his whereabouts he didn’t like and…

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Coulsdon theatre troupe quick to sign up for Capra's classic

It could prove to be Croydon’s hottest ticket this Christmas, with seats selling fast even before Theatre Workshop Coulsdon confirmed performance dates for their production of It’s A Wonderful Life. One of the all-time great Christmas movies, directed by Frank Capra and starring James Stewart and Donna Reed, has only just been cleared for stage versions, and the enterprising theatre types in…

[zoot580]

But What If We HAD/HADN'T?: The Flip Side Of Fate (A Lesson For National Karma Day)

A message for National Karma Day. A lesson in the choices we make...

It’s the blame game. We’ve all played it. We’re late for an appointment, or we miss our turn or worse, we have an accident. It’s so easy to look over at the person sitting next to you and say to them, “This wouldn’t have happened if you hadn’t…”. I came close to that a few years ago when my wife promised my son she’d pick him up from the movie theater and then, after hanging up, asked me to go.…

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Which political party is more likely to lead to economic gains

Or, who should be in charge for the sake of middle-class prosperity, Mr. Potter or George Bailey? Unemployment is a key economic indicator, as the rate is tied to whether companies are hiring or laying off workers. The whole point of unemployment benefits, after all, is economic insurance for businesses so that their customers continue to have money to buy the things they need, like food and…

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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights: Carrie Jacobs-Bond, Pioneering Songwriter and Publisher

As wildly popular as Taylor Swift in her day, Wisconsin born Carrie Jacobs-Bond became viral the old fashioned way, through the sale of sheet music. Several of her songs became standards employed for years for special occasions. Music wasn’t a passion, but a way to survive adverse and turbulent times, and hopefully leave life better if only for a few moments. In the process, she “sung and…

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Chapter 5: Voyage and Return 02/25/2024

Chapter 5: “Voyage and Return” begins with a brief explanation of the general story that makes up the “Voyage and Return” plotline. The voyage and return of the main character(s) revolves around the instance that the hero leaves the state of their daily life and enters an entirely new world for them to discover. This new world holds some kind of evil, and eventually, as the plot thickens the main…

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The Film Noir of Ralphie Parker and George Bailey

The Film Noir of Ralphie Parker and George Bailey

Over the winter holidays in the U.S., the films It’s a Wonderful Life and A Christmas Story play on TV in what sometimes is quite literally is a loop. Channels TBS and TNT have a marathon “24 Hours of A Christmas Story” that has caused me (a fan of the film and the stories it is based on) to change the channel. It’s a Wonderful Life is a great film and I have watched it many times. I don’t watch…

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Jimmy Stewart: The Truth Behind the Legend by Michael Munn #Hollywood #BookReview

The #AudiblePlus catalog has a bunch of biographies of old Hollywood stars, so I added a few to my library. #JimmyStewart #TheTruthBehindtheLegend by #MichaelMunn #Hollywood #bookreview #audiobook #academyaward #rearwindow #itsawonderfullife

Many of the stars of the silver screen in twentieth-century Hollywood became national icons, larger-than-life figures held up as paragons of American virtues. Unfortunately, the private lives of actors such as John Wayne, Henry Fonda, and Errol Flynn rarely lived up to the idealistic roles they portrayed. However, James Stewart was known as the underdog fighter in many of his films and in real…

[notesfromthecactuspatch-blog]

Weekends Are Meant To Be Relaxing. Right?

Weekends are made for chilling out, napping, reading, yard work, gardening, listening to vinyl records, and other mundane pursuits. To start off a lovely sunny Saturday, I find banks are failing in California and other branches across the US and Europe. Tech upstarts and shady banking boardroom skullduggery are the culprits, and they remind me of the classic movie, “It’s A Wonderful Life.” The…

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I just want to be happy

How many times have I said …”I just want to be happy”…..in my head? Even though I know this is a futile thought…even silly, it is still there…floating around…like a albatross around my neck. My brain knows that being happy  is a relevant term, one that is a mind-set not a way of life. My spirit knows that it rains on the just and the unjust…(its in the Bible….for pete’s sake!)) as well as living…

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What Makes You Rich?

How do you measure your riches? How rich are you?

On Christmas Eve, after our family attended our Christmas Eve service, we made our way home, ate our traditional dinner of Chinese takeout, and watched It’s A Wonderful Life the way we have for the last few years. It used to just be my wife and I that watched it together after the kids had gone to sleep, but we’re at that age where the kids are often staying up later than we are. So we decided…

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Now available! Podcast with stories behind Croydon headlines

The latest episode of the Croydon Insider is now available, discussing the stories behind the headlines… The Croydon Insider proudly remains a politician-free zone – so what gets discussed here cuts through the spin and BS that you’ll hear in the Town Hall chamber or read in your MPs’ monthly virtue-signalling emails. In this episode, our panel of Inside Croydon readers and community activists…

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Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas to all followers, supporters and friends of Let’s Go To The Movies. I hope you have a fantastic day!

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The Ghosts of Christmas Past (and Present)

The Ghosts of Christmas Past (and Present)

Paul Fitzpatrick: London, December 2022 I always thought there were three ghosts in Dicken’s A Christmas Carol, but there’s actually four – the ghost of Scrooge’s partner Jacob Marley and the ghosts of Xmas past, present & future. This ties in neatly with my theory that as we move through the stages of life there are four phases of Christmas…. Stage One – I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every…