| ||||||||||
 
Dr. Ronald P. Rogers CHIROPRACTOR Support for your body's natural healing capabilities 270-384-5554 Click here for details 
  
Columbia Gas Dept. GAS LEAK or GAS SMELL Contact Numbers 24 hrs/ 365 days 270-384-2006 or 9-1-1 Call before you dig 
Visit ColumbiaMagazine's Directory of Churches Addresses, times, phone numbers and more for churches in Adair County Find Great Stuff in ColumbiaMagazine's Classified Ads Antiques, Help Wanted, Autos, Real Estate, Legal Notices, More... 
|
The story behind the popular movie ''It's a Wonderful Life'' A few years ago actor Jimmy Stewart told of the story behind the now-famous Christmas movie "It's a Wonderful Life". The director, Frank Capra, was the son of Italian immigrants. Neither of his parents could read or write. Young Frank took jobs before and after school but still got grades good enough to get into California Institute of Technology. He graduated in 1918 and enlisted in the Army where he taught mathematics to artillery officers in San Francisco. The end of the war found him with a bad case of influenza and no job. He took his guitar and hopped a freight train to see the country, singing for his supper. Then he saw an ad asking for an experienced movie director. Saying he was from Hollywood, Frank got the job and later made dozens of successful films. Most reflected two of his strongest beliefs: Love thy neighbor and The meek shall inherit the earth. He enlisted in the Army again in 1941 and was asked to make documentary films. His Why We Fight series was so good that he was given the Distinguished Service Medal. After the war, Capra was handed a short story by Philip Van Doren Stern. It was, he said, the story I've been looking for my whole life. It's about George Bailey, a businessman living in a small town. Things werent going well. In addition, he lost a large amount of money. He decided to end it all by jumping off a bridge. An angel named Clarence comes down from heaven to save him, but he can't swim. So the despondent George ends up saving himself, and the angel. In the end, George's friends replace the missing money. Capra wanted it to be a film that says to those who can't afford an education, or lose their job, or take radiation treatments, No man is poor who has one friend. Three friends and you're filthy rich! But the film didn't do well at first, which meant the end of Liberty Films, Capra's company. But Capra lived to see the film begin to play on television each year at Christmas. It has inspired many, especially the scene in which the angel tells George, Strange isn't it? Each man's life touches so many other lives, and when he isn't around he leaves an awful hole, doesn't he? This story was posted on 2003-12-25 19:28:18
Printable: this page is now automatically formatted for printing.
Have comments or corrections for this story? Use our contact form and let us know. More articles from topic News:
Winter has officially begun even if you can't tell it Old time Apple Stack Cake recipe shared by Nannie Bennett My favorite holiday recipe The Christmas Story Columbia man arrested in Millerfield arson case Passenger dies in deer-car, deer-car accident just east of Russell Springs Adair Arts Council presents first Holiday Tour Bicyclist Eric Parnell dies of accident injuries Flu shots still available Homemakers hold holiday event View even more articles in topic News |
 
115 Jamestown St. Columbia, KY. 270-384-2496 
  
   
 Provided by the Adair Co Fiscal Court and the Adair Co. Emergency Mgt. Agency 
|
||||||||
|
| ||||||||||
|
Quick Links to Popular Features
Looking for a story or picture? Try our Photo Archive or our Stories Archive for all the information that's appeared on ColumbiaMagazine.com. | ||||||||||
|
Contact us: Columbia Magazine and columbiamagazine.com are published by Linda Waggener and Pen Waggener, PO Box 906, Columbia, KY 42728. Please use our contact page, or send questions about technical issues with this site to webmaster@columbiamagazine.com. All logos and trademarks used on this site are property of their respective owners. All comments remain the property and responsibility of their posters, all articles and photos remain the property of their creators, and all the rest is copyright 1995-Present by Columbia Magazine. Privacy policy: use of this site requires no sharing of information. Voluntarily shared information may be published and made available to the public on this site and/or stored electronically. Anonymous submissions will be subject to additional verification. Cookies are not required to use our site. However, if you have cookies enabled in your web browser, some of our advertisers may use cookies for interest-based advertising across multiple domains. For more information about third-party advertising, visit the NAI web privacy site.
| ||||||||||
