Classic Movies Live – Season 5, Episode 42: It’s A Wonderful Life
December 25, 2024
If you’re listening on the day this episode releases, Merry Christmas!
On this year’s very special Christmas Day episode of Classic Movies Live, our hosts discuss the most important Christmas classic movie of all time: It’s A Wonderful Life.
Starring James Stewart and directed by Frank Capra, It’s A Wonderful Life tells the entire history of George Bailey, a banker from Bedford Falls who repeatedly falls on hard times. Like a 20th Century Ebenezer Scrooge, Bailey is hardened by a difficult life, but unlike the Dickensian character, he refuses to let it affect his ability to do the right thing. When Bailey finally reaches his breaking point, he wishes in a moment of weakness that he was never born, and experiences a terrifying vision of a world without his guiding hand.
Though far from universally loved in its day, It’s A Wonderful Life has become inseparable from the Christmas season, and broadly re-evaluated as one of the greatest films of all time.
So this year, our hosts are going to take a look. Is it a classic? Obviously yes! What do Pierre and Jeff think about it? Tune in to find out!
