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Lawrence Chadbourne's avatar

Nice writeup. Though there is some of that "cold fury" and " moral doubt" in an earlier post WWII Stewart performance, if not the violence: its a wonderful life.

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Patrick Baird's avatar

According to accounts from people who were on the set, Stewart's emotional performance in It's a Wonderful Life was the result of him letting go of war trauma

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