Daily Dialogue — August 24, 2013

“God… God… Dear Father in Heaven. I’m not a praying man, but if you’re up there and you can hear me, show me the way. I’m at the end of the rope. Show me the way, God.”

— It’s A Wonderful Life (1946), screenplay by Frances Goodrich, Albert Hackett, Frank Capra, story by Philip Van Doren Stern

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week is overcome with emotion suggested by Sabina.

Trivia: While filming the scene where George prays in the bar, James Stewart has said that he was so overcome that he began to sob right then and there. Later, Frank Capra reframed the shot so it looked like a much closer shot than was actually filmed because he wanted to catch that expression on Stewart’s face.

Dialogue On Dialogue: Such a powerful moment as the events of the day, an accumulation of choices George has made throughout his life, have left him a broken man. And of course, the seeming answer to his prayer is a sock in the jaw by Mr. Welch. The actual answer: Clarence the angel.