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»How Jimmy Stewart s Experience With World War II Shaped His Portrayal in It s a Wonderful Life
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How Jimmy Stewart s Experience With World War II Shaped His Portrayal in It s a Wonderful Life
The movie captures a period of American life packed with some of the most landmark historical events in the 20th century, including the Great Depression and World War II. (Credit: Youtube)
Stewart had just returned home from serving as a flight leader in World War II and this 1946 film was his first movie since witnessing the horrors of war. With this postwar mentality, Stewart and director Frank Capra take a film titled It s a Wonderful Life and antithetically crescendo into a failed suicide attempt.
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It s George Bailey s crucial moment. Disheveled and desperate, he offers up a Hail-Mary prayer to a God he s not sure is listening: I m not a praying man, but if you re up there and you can hear me, show me the way. I m at the end of my rope. Actor Jimmy Stewarts emotion is palpable in this scene, one that acclaimed actress Carol Burnett called one of the finest pieces of acting ever on the screen. What may have escaped audiences watching It s a Wonderful Life over 70 years after its making, is that the tears running down Stewart s face are real, the actor later shared.