Went to see It's A Wonderful Life yesterday. It may be more relevant today than when it was made

[geefloyd46]

First is the great Jimmy Stewart speech and the second when it was being tied to move your money movement

[Honest_Abe]

1. I find it fscinating

The number of people who love "It's a Wonderful Life" and "A Christmas Carol", and don't see how closely they resemble Mr. Potter and Ebeneezer Scrooge.

[Kolesar]

2. Watching Jimmy Stewart is like putting a galvanized roofing nail on my tongue

I think I have seen a movie by him that I liked, but his acting just does not speak to me. It is probably because movie direction was generally lame in the first half of the 20th century.

[ashling]

3. American Madness

Before Capra directed It's a Wonderful Life he did a film in 1932 shortly after the start of the New Deal
about a banker who was trying to keep his bank afloat.
In the following scene from American Madness, John Dickson - played by Walter Huston - is meeting with the board of directors trying to convince them to keep from selling the bank to a larger bank (a la Mr. Potter).

This describes his theory of banking. I first saw this in 2008 as the financial system was going to hell creating the infamous "credit crunch."

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[geefloyd46]

4. thanks I appreciate the clip

I posted it on my blog. http://laborspains.blogspot.com/2012/11/american-madness-character.html