Truly. I couldn't have taken that ear slap so gracefully. Typing this at the age of 34, George's grace and compassion is still greater than mine is today.

100 percent. That guy was amazing. Oscar nominated actor. Great performance by the kid. I noticed as he’s explaining to Gower about the poison, after he stopped hitting him, the kid kept his left hand up, trying to anticipate another blow. Also, the little girl wincing each time she hears the slap….those details just show how stellar the directing was. Truly ahead of its time.

Too bad the coloring shows that old black and white movies used chocolate sauce in scenes with blood in them.

Jarrett Smith He really hit him!

Glorious moral character and responsibility on film.

And child abuse at the hands of an alcoholic. I'm afraid to ask of your childhood if you find this nostalgic

@@tommypetraglia4688 Understood. But its clear from the context of the film that Mr. Gower was only drinking because of his deep depression over the loss of his son. I suppose George could have run to the police and reported Gower for putting the poison in the capsules but he didnt. He clearly knew that was abnormal for Gower and took the risk of showing compassion for the man and saved not only the boy but Gower as well. Sometimes we have alternatives to punishment. We need need more (or at least some) George Baileys.

@@tommypetraglia4688 😂

@Cosmonauteable Geez dude, where did I claim to be an expert on anything? I was just trying to show how the emotional power of this scene effected me even though it came out of a movie that I wasn't totally set up to love. This scene is so intense that it still shakes me. Is that okay with you?

@@petercollinson8039 I wouldn't listen to that troll. Even an emotional scene like this has got to warm his cold fucking heart. People are just twisted. I'm with you pete. I'm not a huge fan of this movie, but this scene makes me bawl like a baby every time!

I get choked up too and I'm a jerk.poor kid.

I ball every time I see this scene. Ask Dad, where has family and life values like this gone. The boy saved so many lives in this scene, just beautifully done.

Well, George is set for life now. Free unlimited ice cream sundaes and cocaine cola.

Beautiful artistic work, life scene to, such values, were we ever principled.

Realistic

Um...that's not acting, that would be child abuse.

Archer LOL

It's just not Christmas until this scene.

Exact date on the telegram: 1919. One year later when pandemic started

@@jonathancruz5932 The Spanish Flu began in early 1918 and went heavy for 2 years. It killed my great grand aunt about 10 years later. It did what this pandemic is doing. Mutating.

Did your great great grandmother's generation handle the shutdowns better than ours did? How did they survive without social media?

@@emptyhand777 No. They shut down for a while and a lot of people died. Turns out that a great aunt in died from Spanish flu years later since it was never eradicated. And my great great grands were farmers so had plenty to do without social media. I was horrified to read 2 days to clean the house and her joy at borrowing a vacuum.

Either that or goes full rigor and drops dead, cuz after all It's Poison 🙄

Mommie Dearest. Highly recommend.

In such a small dosage it probably wouldn't have affected a grown man much if at all. But considering the medication was for a sick child, a single whole pill's worth could've been fatal, especially if the child it had been meant for was already suffering from something that would've only made the poison more effective. And yeah, back in the early-mid 1900s, it was fairly common for druggists to check a pill by taking a very tiny taste of the drug, recognizing it by its taste. There was no way to tell in some cases aside from that.

maryjhanep I guess that was before they developed the clap slap effect.

maryjhanep That’s kinda messed up. I mean, a grown man slapping a kid’s ear & actually making it bleed. Do you know what happened after they did this scene

@Kevin Lee jesus, he really could've burst that kids eardrum. I would love to box the directors ears just once and and I think after that, he would have been fine with the first take

KMK7355 he was so depressed over his son's death that he accidentally put poison in those capsules instead of it's respective medicine inside.had George didn't intervene with Mr Gower, the child would've died from accidental poisoning & sent 2 prison!

Most medicines you take are poisons and its up to the pharmacist to mix them in the correct amounts so they don't kill you. Today at the neighborhood pharmacy they mostly just separate the pills because the drug manufactures mass produce and ship to the pharmacist...back then, the local pharmacist mixed raw ingredients (including some pretty harsh poisons), on site to make medicine.

Adrianna De Vega Wow this persons point went right over your head lmao

No it's perfectly believable. You used to have to buy pest control poisons (rat poisons for example) from a druggist so Mr. Gower having a bottle of poison is not only plausible, his NOT having it would be more surprising.

Which is ironic because that’s exactly what the nurses did throughout your birth.

You do know when this scene to place, right?

George Bailey wasn't a stool pigeon.

Because back in the early 1900s when this scene is supposed to take place, corporal punishment was a legal disciplinary measure. Nowadays only parents are allowed to use such measures for the most part.

​@@zackcross7190 Haha. yeah I know...😂

IF KIDS CAN BE CRUEL THEN THEY DESERVE TO BE ABUSED!