Grimes has dedicated much of her life in recent decades to preserving the legacy of "It's a Wonderful Life." She's an adviser for the museum honoring the film in Seneca Falls, New York, which was launched in 2010 with items from her personal collection.
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He was just such a great person to work with.” That’s his responsibility or her responsibility with a child in the scene - that’s the way it works," said Grimes. "And he was able to do that so easily and we all respected him, but (he) also had a way of making you feel important and making you feel like you’re actually the star of that scene. He just had a way of doing that. "I attributed all of that to him because it’s the star that can make the chemistry happen and to work it and to make it work. While she and the actors who played her Bailey siblings were only in a handful of scenes in Capra's epic film, the connection between Grimes and Stewart, her on-screen father, is still undeniable all these decades later. Grimes, now 80, started acting at the age of 4 and was 6 when she appeared in "It's a Wonderful Life," delivering the iconic line, "Every time a bell rings, an angel gets his wings." No wings: Paramount would fight 'Wonderful Life' sequel "It's a Wonderful Life" has returned for 2020, now available in a 4K Ultra HD Combo Steelbook edition from Paramount Home Entertainment featuring the original black-and-white version of the film in 4K high definition and the colorized version of the film on Blu-ray.
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And I think maybe this will revive those feelings when we watch it, and maybe we’ll be able to look into ourselves and give and help our fellow man. I think that’s what the movie really is about.” “George Bailey just gave and gave and gave of himself," Grimes said. "He gave up all of his dreams so he could help other people, and I think in this particular year we’ve kind of lost sight of all of that. That's a message that Karolyn Grimes, who played George and Mary's daughter Zuzu in the film, hopes we all take to heart in 2020, a year she described as "challenging at best." Working from "The Greatest Gift," a story by Philip Van Doren Stern, Capra vividly combines the cosmic, the sacred and the mundane and drives a timeless point home: in our darkest times, getting through the day is a victory - and we can’t do it alone. Voices: The enduring wonder of 'It's a Wonderful Life' Potter, played by Lionel Barrymore.Ī financial crisis pushes George to his emotional breaking point, necessitating the intervention of Clarence, an angel played by Henry Travers, and George's friends, family and neighbors marshaled by his wife Mary, played by Donna Reed.
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George sets aside his own dreams and aspirations in favor of a life spent selflessly helping those in his community who find themselves at the mercy of predatory banker Mr. If you too have yet to see Capra’s film, it is nothing more or less than the grand survey of one American life - namely, that of George Bailey, played by Jimmy Stewart, who runs the family building and loan business in the small town of Bedford Falls.