Miscellaneous Movie Musings

[Snowflake]

I'm not a huge fan of It's a Wonderful Life, either. I've never found the George Bailey character appealing (even with the almost always appealing Jimmy Stewart). I never understood why the Donna Reed character ever married him.

Of course, I have a real problem with the entire Capra body of work. A few stand out films, It Happened One Night is charming, almost a happy accident. There are things I love about Bitter Tea of General Yen (no matter how totally ridiculous it may be and how awful Barbara Stanwyck is). Capra seems to be viewed as a director/storyteller with heart. I rarely find any real heart in any of his films. If I am looking for that, George Stevens does the trick every time. Lost Horizon has great sets and I give Capra chops for casting H.B. Warner in so many films. :-)