I enjoy this movie as well, and I appreciate your post here highlighting how simple truths can be expressed in entertaining fiction.
Bit of trivia: at the end of It's a Wonderful Life, when George Bailey is running back through Bedford Falls, he shouts, "Merry Christmas movie house" at the Bijou, which, according to the marquee, is showing The Bells of St. Mary's ("with Second Great Feature"). The scene takes place on Christmas Eve 1945; The Bells of St Mary's was released on Dec 6, 1945, so very accurate.
The Bells of St Mary's was the highest grossing film of 1945 according to https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/year/1945. Makes me wonder which movie on that list was the "Second Great Feature" in the Bijou.
That's much of what I'm writing about on my newsletter, Deus in Fabula, subtitled "A quest for spiritual, devotional, and mystical realism in fiction" because there seems to be a real dearth of such stories in books and movies alike. I've been exploring what such things might look like in modern stories that shows God's presence for ordinary people in ordinary situations.
I enjoy this movie as well, and I appreciate your post here highlighting how simple truths can be expressed in entertaining fiction.
Bit of trivia: at the end of It's a Wonderful Life, when George Bailey is running back through Bedford Falls, he shouts, "Merry Christmas movie house" at the Bijou, which, according to the marquee, is showing The Bells of St. Mary's ("with Second Great Feature"). The scene takes place on Christmas Eve 1945; The Bells of St Mary's was released on Dec 6, 1945, so very accurate.
The Bells of St Mary's was the highest grossing film of 1945 according to https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/year/1945. Makes me wonder which movie on that list was the "Second Great Feature" in the Bijou.
What an interesting trivia! Thanks for sharing it here. I also loved watching "It's a Wonderful Life." I hope more movies can be like these.
That's much of what I'm writing about on my newsletter, Deus in Fabula, subtitled "A quest for spiritual, devotional, and mystical realism in fiction" because there seems to be a real dearth of such stories in books and movies alike. I've been exploring what such things might look like in modern stories that shows God's presence for ordinary people in ordinary situations.