Sets The Bar

Rating: 10/10 (1 January 2017)

Here we have a timeless classic in every sense of the word! Discarded as " Capracorn" upon release in 1946, it fizzled at the box office. In the 1970s and Mid 80's the film had fallen into the dreaded public domain, allowing repeated showing for free with anyone with enough power to broadcast a signal. ( To include a highly rebuffed " colorized" version in 1986. Thru these grainy showings and pastels there was actually something there- A fantastic story, somehow forgotten thru the years. Word had spread about our beloved George Bailey, his trials and tribulations and rise to redemption and triumph. Jimmy Stewart is fantastic, Donna Reed and Lionel Barrymore shine and Clearance the Angel is second to none. Burt the Cop,Ernie the Cabby and a host of others round out the story nicely. A staple in our house and I am sure everyone else during Christmas. It never disappoints to get you into the spirit. No man is a failure who has friends...