George wasn't literally the "richest man in town" moneywise, his brother meant, he was the richest man figuratively, because he was the most loved.

BTW, George's 2 daughters and youngest son in the film are still alive, Janie 88 (she lives near me), Zuzu 83, Jimmie 82.

No one on their death bed wishes they had more material things. What matters is your relationship with others. Kindness and compassion toward others are the true purposes of life for all of us.

James Stewart (George Bailey) was actually a returning War time Pilot and this was one of his first movies made after his return from the War. 😊 Merry Christmas

$20,000 in 1946 would be equal to $324,812 today.

It tugged at my heartstrings when you said you had no friends. Think about the movie you just watched. Think of all the people your platform is reaching. Think of the people who feel they have no one to relate to, and then they tune into you and are entertained for a while. You may have even saved a life or two yourself.

Black and white is wonderful but, like classical music, abstract painting, or other media, it helps if you understand a little about it. Without the distraction of colour, B&W allows the photography to bring out textures and the contrasts of light and shade. These contrasts can add drama to scenes without exaggeration. Please, do yourself a favour and watch more black and white movies.

My mother(white) was born in Mississippi in 1932 and was raised by a black nanny... Mandy... Mandy pretty much ran the house 😊. She was definitely respected. My mothers mother was sick with cancer for many years.

The message to Mr. Gower about his son dying was a telegram and the word STOP when used replaced period punctuation marks.

Oh and Harry's wife in the film just died in 2022 at 96.

My all-time favorite movie

Lets all give India a like for Christmas. Merry Christmas India.... you'll love this movie. God bless and Happy New Year 🎉

$5k was a huge amount of money back then, even in the late ‘60s when my Dad bought our nice house, it was only $18k!😊

It's mean as well to be proud of your life, because even if you don't know you can have a big impact on people without noticing it if you live a decent and respectful life. And the movie is a touch of realism as George is very human with hope and dream crush, anger, bad temper sometime, we can all recognise ourself in this.

Sam owes George millions he gave Sam the idea to get into plastics and where to build his factory and how to make the plastics. This movie makes me cry everytime my daddy was like George Bailey this movie makes me think of him.

Back then that $20,000 a yr salary would be equivalent to $130,000 a yr in 2023 😮

I don't have friends or family. But. I woke up. I can See..hear. Walk. Talk. I have a Roof. A bed. A car........ Focus on what you have got. Count your blessings and be grateful.

This is such an iconic and adult Christmas movie. This was Stewart's 1st movie after returning from WW2--the bar scene he recalled raw emotion from PTSD. He was also unsure about taking the role--thought he was too old. Lionel Barrymore (Mr. Potter) was a close friend and talked him into taking the role. Barrymore is from the acting family (Drew Barrymore is a current generation relation). He was solid as a comedic and dramatic actor. My mom always resented that Mr. Potter got away with stealing 8K.

James Stewart who plays {George Bailey} is a huge star back when this movie came out.

Greetings explorer India I am so glad to see you again.My name is Karl,and I have enjoyed your comments,and reactions.I am glad to see you have recovered from illness.Have a Blessed Holiday,and a Happy New Year.

George was the richest man in town because he had the things that are of the greatest value, those things which money can't buy.

I was raised Jehovah's Witness. I remember when I was ten, my sister gave me two Star Wars figures for Christmas. It was the best. I think if you put yourself out there, you would make friends easily. If I could throw a rock at an abandoned house and make a wish, I would wish for you to have one good friend.

t's a Wonderful Life is more than a Christmas movie I am not christen and I love it. It is a feel good movie and one of the first time travel element movies. It is so much about time travel or alternative realities that Back to the future 2 allude to it :). Fun fact the movie was not a financial success when it came out and was forgotten. Only because of a copyright registration error ( Which was fixed decades later) the movie was considered public domain for years and because of the that the Tv Networks aired over and over every Christmas till it became a cult classic. Another fun fact the scene with the uncle that was drunk and fell down was adlib because one of the stage worker dropped something in the middle of filming. I love George speech to Mr Potter about the working class. The actor who plays Mr Potter is by the way Drew Barrymore great uncle. If you want another great Jimmy Stewart movie you should watch Mr Smith goes to Washington and Harvey.

Another very good movie you will love too!! It is really good!! I lost count how many times I seen this movie.

👍 👍 Two things 1.) The crow was actually a Raven (a trained bird that appeared in almost every Director Frank Capra film (it is also the same "crow" that landed on the Scarecrow's shoulder in the Wizard of Oz. 2.) James Stewart (George Bailey) was a real war hero as he piloted B-24 Bimbers over Germany and commanded entire bomber squadrons. He remained in the Air Force Reserves after the war attaining the rank of General. You can look it up.

Children working at a young age, or, being slapped around were very common decades ago. It wasn't until the 1970s that things began to change.

Merry Christmas, India. It's always fascinating watching people if today look at how the world was before their time. This movie, like most you will see, serves as a time capsule into the past. The absence of technology, the cost of living, social norms, and other things that were acceptable are always surprising to people on this side of the 2oth century. Some would even say that as much as technology has advanced many things, it has brought just as much harm as good. Also, the old man in the movie is Lionel Barrymore. He is Drew Barrymore's great uncle and part of the great Barrymore acting family. They were a well-respected dynasty on film and stage. As long as you are in a black and white mood, you should take the time to watch Marilyn Monroe in SOME LIKE IT HOT with acting legends Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis, father of Jamie Lee Curtis. It's funny and very good. And the John Wayne and Jimmy Stewart western THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE might give some perspective on how the west was won. I've been subscribed to your music channel for about 3 years and am glad to see you expand your platform. Happy Holidays and good luck into the New Year.

~ James Stewart, my all time favorite actor in most every genre besides musicals👌

I've been following you for a couple of years. You're such a nice person that I'm surprised you don't have any friends. My best friend died a couple of years ago, and I was very lonely. I started going to a church that had people I really like, and I made some friends there. Keep trying. I wish you only good things. Dan

She’s an “Old Maid” at 35….. Sign Of The Times 😂

I'm sorry you can't see the beauty of black and white films. There are so many amazing films that were made either before color was pervasive or as a director's choice. The story and the acting are more important than the way the film looks. Hopefully the more you see these films, the more you'll appreciate them.

Oh my go to movie every Christmas 😊

The dance was in 1928. Movie was made in 46

There is a colorised version available btw

Hope everyone is having a great holiday week and wishing you a safe and happy new year 🎉

I’m the richest man in the world yet I have no family or friends. I have Jesus Christ. Nothing else compares.

Always been a favorite since childhood. Jimmy Stewart was the GOAT back then

I’m surprised that you didn’t really seem very moved by this beautiful film. Every reaction video I’ve ever seen about this movie, the viewers were moved to tears and deeply affected. That you didn’t was really sad. I’m sorry you couldn’t really let it in. You seemed quite distant.

Great movie. My favorite Christmas movie is the original 1947, "Miracle On 34th Street." ✌️❤️🌹

Hey you wanna see something that will delight, and melt your heart? "Roman Holiday" Audrey Hepburn the most beautiful woman of all time it's every Cinderella story made after

I live in Pottersville. I made the wrong turn in life somewhere along the way. 😢

Another great classic is THE QUIET MAN with John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara with a real Love story good action and some classic comedy. Actually filmed in Ireland and one of early full color films

Great reaction: it's such a wholesome movie.

The B&Ws are the only originals. I was born just when color came in, check out the old sit-coms I Deam of Jenny, Bewitched, Gilligan's Island all start B&W then became color. My family didn't even own a color TV until I was in 9th grade in 78, then I got the old B&W TV in my bedroom. Check out "The African Queen" and you will discover "Jungle Cruise" is basically the same movie with CGI

One of the real antagonists was his brother Harry. Harry lost him his hearing, Harry got married without telling ANYONE.

Merry Christmas

When I was kid in the 70's, we had neighbors that were Jehovah Witness and the mom was always out preaching so my mom would take care of her kids as well my sisters and I.

You are a lovely person.

My favorite Christmas movie

Good review. You said most people aren’t born rich and that is true. George Bailey was the son of a banker and grew up with a maid. Even that wasn’t enough to guarantee him an easy life. God put him on the earth for a purpose which he fulfilled.

Happy holidays India, I hope you had a Great Xmas, You and the Kids.

A $5000 house is the equivalent to almost 88 thousand dollar house today. There is a colorized version of this film, I prefer B&W myself.

Grat reaction! Take care ,blessings for the new year

The scene where George comes out of his mom's halfway house,Clarence telling him he's gone, the extreme closeup on his face, is a very dark, almost scary scene DiCapra did! Can u even believe, this movie saved his life? From WW2? Can u believe how many movies came from this? Jimmy started out as a ww2 pilot, became an ace, squadron commander, wing commander, and an entire flight operations officer! He had horrible PTSD, until he did this movie. And the biggest crime? The banker....shoulda went to jail! He is the original family royalty, Barrymore! But he belongs in jail!!! Black and white Reese Witherspoon movie? Groundhog Day? Scrooged? Four Christmases? Click? And in some places, very dark!! And his girl, went on to massive acclaim. Movies and the Donna Reed show!! The jim Carrey 50s movie, plus Bruce Almighty, plus beautiful sunlight...plus the Truman show? The impact of this movie, ....u can't count that high! Also watch his incredible movie, Mr Smith goes to Washington! U will never hear references to Clarence, ever again, during Christmas, Angels, miracles, without thinking of this movie!! Pro tip.... SNL did a skit where several of the townspeople confronted Potter, whip his butt, then send him to jail for theft and bank fraud! Pro tip...the ginger snap cookie, was made from this movie, when George called Zuzu, gingersnap!!

I think you need to give more black and white movies a chance. I guarantee, you’ll grow to love em.

All money values multiply by 27 be close

Merry Christmas India.

James Stewart is actually a Princeton University graduate who studied architecture and learned acting as well at Princeton. He was going to go to graduate school before deciding to become an actor(Rope,Rear Window, Vertigo, The Man Who Knew too Much) He is an Oscar winner as well as Donna Reed(Mary), actress who plays older Violet, and brother Billy for different films. The man who plays Potter is a Barrymore and is a relative of Drew Barrymore the actress, producer, talk show host, and designer/mom. Bedford Falls is based on Seneca Falls, NY which is a real place and has a museum dedicated to this film. Places like Rochester, NY and Buffalo, NY made an impression on Frank Capra which is why they were mentioned in the film. There is a parody to this film called It's a Wonderful Knife a slasher film which is forgettable The guy who was Mary's date and dumped at the dance was actually in the original b/w series The Little Rascals and his character was Alfalfa. Losing 8K at the time(2023 dollars) was about 33K so that was quite a lot of money which was lost by Billy. George was offered a salary in 2023 dollars by Potter of over 300K which would have made him wealthy for the time. My advice when it comes to being a film reviewer: whether a film is b/w or color, silent or a "talkie", animated or traditional, regardless or rating or decade, just be open minded, review the film based on no prejudices: don't like b/w, foreign films since I don't like reading subtitles, or have disregard for an actor/actress. You might be surprised at how many good films there are you are missing! Have a "wonderful" holiday season. Best from (non snowy) #BuffaloNY A few of the original film differences: in the first version, George was a politician and depressed over not winning an election. 2nd when he goes home and he realizes how grateful he is he goes on his knees and recites The Lord's Prayer but the Director did not want the movie overly religious and George made the reference by praying to God and being thankful and finally The Hayes Code which dealt with censorship and moral codes did not punish Potter and was going to give him a fatal heart attack but Director Frank Capra changed his mind and thought that the punishment of the love of the town and family over Potter and getting "saved" by the angel was more than enough. Great Christmas movies that are b/w? Scrooge(1951) and A Miracle on 34th Street with Natalie Wood. #Classics

Man, pushing potters chair, was the hired help not a friend

Don't be afraid of black and white. Some of the best films ever made are in b&w.

I think you are a good person and it's surprising to me to hear you say that in real life, you don't have a friend. I think you are very likable and you deserve to have friends.

Thanks!

"Life is what happens when your busy making other plans" John Lennon.

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There is a colorized version of It’s A wonderful life. Personally, I don’t mind either versions.❤❤❤

I will always be your friend❤😊

This was Twilight Zone before The Twilight Zone!

i always laugh at your little giggle!

5000 Dollars in 1928 is $85,779.47 today

Try meet John Doe. it's another Frank kappa movie some of the same actors and same theme. It should be public domain so it's not hard to find.

Were atheist but never used it as an excuse to cheat our kids out of all the fun and memories other kids have. In fact we bought them their own little trees for their bedrooms and let them decorate the trees any way they liked. It wasn't costly. A single string of lights, and a couple of small boxes of ornaments and a tree top piece with a color matching string of garland. Even our autistic son enjoyed going to the Christmas store and picking out the colors he wanted. And it was unusual for him to express his feelings. He picked out M&M lights and a lot of red ornaments. He still likes red.

Have you seen the movie Haywire?

Just remember Jesus came to this earth not rich even though he could have. And experienced the same human emotion and hardships. He died and rose again so we could have eternal life if you believe.

Another wonderful reaction KZfaq family I have a holiday challenge let's see how close we can get to 18 new patreon members within the 5 days we have left in this year trust me it's worth it

You know there is a colored version of this movie, it even makes it more crisp and newer looking despite people critizing it for being changed from black and white to color. Maybe you would have enjoyed this better in color. I just get this feeling you really didn't enjoy this by your reaction.

How was your Christmas?

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Not a tear / cold as can be

Any chance of doing a first reaction to imitation of life and who's going to live my children a true story😭

Sometimes old fogey black and white films are the best if you can overlook the cheezy lingo.. blame the movie censors of the time! 😂

You could have watched the colored version. It was made several years later.

Those eyes are so fucking beautiful 😍

It sounds like you are really struggling in your life. Jesus is our best friend, even when there is no one else. The Jehovah's Witness religion is not true Christianity. They don't believe in having a personal relationship with God. Also, no amount of good works can save you. The good news of the gospel is that Jesus took all of our sins upon himself when he sacrificed His life on the cross. Then He rose again to victory, making the way eternal life for all those who believe in Him. May God richly bless you, and may you find the "new birth" as is mentioned in John chapter 3.

Different times , different ways !!! It definitely taught respect !!! Could absolutely use some now with the mouthy disrespectful punk kids out there today !!!!