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betsuni

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18. The timeline has always confused me.

Sun Dec 25, 2016, 03:51 AM

Dec 2016

Harry Bailey graduates high school in 1929, then we're told George waits four years for his brother to come back and replace him at the building & loan. So that would be 1933. But it seems strange, more like the autumn of 1929, that George and Mary have a big wad of cash to go on their honeymoon, and the panic at the bank.

And no way Mary was an old maid. She would've been pushed into marrying Sam by her mother and ended up miserable with a secret drinking problem, but a hell of a jewelry and clothes collection.

My favorite line is the Bailey's maid who says she's been saving up money for a divorce if ever she got a husband. After I got married I told everyone that now I'd have to start saving money for a divorce, but nobody thought that was amusing. They looked away, disgusted.

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Deconstructing "IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE" [View all] brooklynite Dec 2016 OP

Too much egg nog tonite? Nt calendargirl Dec 2016 #1

Red wine; but I've always HATED that movie... brooklynite Dec 2016 #2

You are in the minority I would imagine yeoman6987 Dec 2016 #4

Now THAT is a classic... brooklynite Dec 2016 #6

You know what? You are right. I love the orig miracle on 346th street. yeoman6987 Dec 2016 #27

That was a good version shadowrider Dec 2016 #28

I don't think I watched that version but will give it a try. yeoman6987 Dec 2016 #29

The main problem I had with it is that Warpy Dec 2016 #10

Do you mean Pottersville? oberliner Dec 2016 #11

You can bet those businesses were still thriving off camera Warpy Dec 2016 #12

Seemed like people were generally rude and angry in Pottersville oberliner Dec 2016 #14

A couple of pixilated strangers with no money go into a dive bar Warpy Dec 2016 #15

OK oberliner Dec 2016 #16

Does anyone really believe madaboutharry Dec 2016 #3

Nope... calendargirl Dec 2016 #5

Naah, she has too much poetry for that. CBHagman Dec 2016 #7

Wasn't there a bar run by Sheldon Leonard...? First Speaker Dec 2016 #8

"Beaten Up" is an ugly word... brooklynite Dec 2016 #9

Not exactly. Chellee Dec 2016 #17

It's a movie jberryhill Dec 2016 #13

The timeline has always confused me. betsuni Dec 2016 #18

What the fuck is Mr. Gower even doing with all that rat poison in the first place? Warren DeMontague Dec 2016 #19

The movie has an angel in it and you think it's the rat poison that isn't realistic? pinboy3niner Dec 2016 #20

Why would anyone in his right mind... meaculpa2016 Dec 2016 #21

Truly; it were an Ayn Rand work, he would have delivered a 40 page monologue on the value of Warren DeMontague Dec 2016 #22

I love the movie but mindfulNJ Dec 2016 #23

Are there really only 2 single men in that town? Couldn't she just find someone else? mucifer Dec 2016 #26

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What A Bah Humbug Thread ProfessorGAC Dec 2016 #25